Sociologist Blasts the Stereotype
of Jewish Mother; Officers Elected
at Joint Annual Meeting in Center
"It is questionable whether the
stereotyped picture of the domi-
nant Jewish mother or the passive
Jewish father should be considered
as evidence of personal patholo-
gy," according to Dr. Otto Pol-
lak, professor of sociology, Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Pollak was speaker at the
annual meeting of Jewish Family
and Children's Service Resettle-
ment Service and Jewish Com-
munity Center May 20. He noted
that usually the Jewish mother
is described as a domestic tyrant
who nags her husband and chil-
dren into submission and uses
her suffering as a weapon of dom-
- Thinance, making all family mem-
bers guilty by her anguish and
martydom.
Dr. Pollak suggested that in
our culture women appear
strong and independent and
men weak and dependent, but
this occurs, as well, in white
Protestant families.
He said there is too much em-
phasis on biological and psycho-
logical differences between men
and women and urged, rather,
that common needs for self ful-
fillment be stressed. He stated
that it is inadvisable to try to
"go back into the past" and try
to re-establish a patriarchal so-
ciety where the man is dominant.
"We should accept the fact that
women work and men help around
the house. What is important is
that women and men should help
each other in assuring their max-
imum capabilities, and the inter-
changing of their roles should
not be considered as evidence of
personal pathology if the married
couple lives in harmony."
At the annual meeting of JFCS,
Mrs. Henry A. Krolik, Merle Har-
ris and Ronald L. Greenberg were
re-elected to the board of direct-
ors for three-year terms. In addi-
tion, the following new members
were elected to the board for
three year terms:
Arnold Faudman, Mrs. Max M.
Fisher, Mrs. Stanley Fleishaker,
Mrs. J. Shurly Horwitz, Judge
Ira Kaufman, and Herbert Sill-
man.
Resettlement Service elected
Ernest Gans to fill the board va-
cancy created by the death of
Samuel J. Caplan, Mrs. Sol Gross-
man, David I. Rosin, and Mrs.
Lewis Manning were re-elected
as officers of the Resettlement
Service board.
For Jewish Center, the follow-
ing were reelected for a three-
year term:
Dr. • Maxwell B. Bardenstein,
Aubrey H. Ettenheimer, Benja-
man H. Frank, Martin Fried,
Hugh W. Greenberg, Mrs. Sid-
ney J. Karbel, Mrs. Leo Mellen,
Gilbert Michel, Charles Milan,
Mrs. Victor Shiffman and Phil-
ip Stollman. Mrs. David Handle-
man, Joseph H. Jackier, Mrs.
Max Stollman, and Julian S.
,
Tobias were elected for a three-
-Tear term; and Arnold Faudman
,i1 as elected for a one year term.
---- Samuel Lerner, director of
JFCS and Resettlement Service
in his annual report, indicated
that the agency handled 2,164
cases in 1964. Twenty-one women
participated in 89 group therapy
sessions. Over 50 per cent of the
referrals were from parents, and
15 percent were medical and
r
-
psychiatric. Other referral sourc-
es were schools, police and juven-
ile courts, public and private
agencies and lawyers.
in residential treatment facilities,
including Bellefaire, the Jewish
children's facility in Cleveland,
Ohio, and The Orchards, which
is under local sponsorship of the
National Council of Jewish Wom-
en.
The annual report on Reset-
tlement Service indicated that
during 1964, 36 refugee families,
including 114 individuals, were
helped to settle in the Detroit
area. Of this group, 22 families
were new arrivals. Thirteen fam-
ilies came from Romania, five
from Poland, two from Hungary
and two from Morocco.
Resettlement Service also pro-
cessed 240 claims for restitution
and indemnification against the
German government because of
loss of life, health and property
suffered by Jews under the Nazi
regime.
Milton J. Miller presided at the
business meeting of Jewish Cen-
ter; Mrs. Benjamin E. Jaffe,
JFCS; and Mrs. Samuel J. Cap-
lan, Resettlement Service.
Nominating committee chair-
man for JFCS was Maxwell Kat-
zen; for Resettlement service,
Walter Herz; and for Jewish
Community Service, Mrs. Arthur
I. Gould.
Resettlement Service, Jewish
Family and Children's Service
and Jewish Center are supported
by funds collected from the Allied
Jewish Campaign. JFCS and JCC
are also recipients of funds from
the United Fund Drive.
Abe Kasle to Get
Honors on Firm's
30th Anniversary
Deutch-Elsila Troth
Is Announced Here
Abe Kasle, communal leader
and steel "magnate," will cele-
brate June 5 the 30th anniver-
Judge BENJAMIN D. BUR-
DICK of the Wayne County Cir-
cuit Court will be speaker at the
noon luncheon of the Taylor
Rotary Club June 10 at the Colo-
nial House. Judge Burdick's sub-
ject will be "The Wayne Circuit
Court."
Larry Freedman
sary of the company he founded:
Kasle Steel and Aluminum Co.
He will be presented an alu-
minum-and-rosewood bust of him-
self by the Reynolds Metals Co.
Kasle is a major distributor of
Reynolds products.
Orchestra and Entertainment
Featuring:
Outstanding Yiddish
and Popular Vocalist
One of the largest steel and
aluminum service centers in the
Great Lakes region, Kasle Steel
is undergoing a $500,000 expan-
sion program under his supervi-
sion.
647-2367
MISS KATHLYN DEUTCH
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Deutch
of Wisconsin Ave. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Kath-
lyn Nina to David A. Elsila, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Elsila of
Westover Ave., Southfield.
Miss Deutch is a graduate of the
University of Michigan's school of
education. A July wedding is plan-
ned.
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 28, 1965-29
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Daniel Carpenter, William M. Ell-
man, Philip M. Fisher, Gordon S.
Gard, George Karden, Marshall F.
Loewenstein, Dr. Samuel Mill-
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L. Rosenbush, Walter Shapero,
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Colman and William Harris. Mil-
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evening, assisted by Robert Rosen-
bush. Music will be by Hal Gor-
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BNAI DAVID MEN'S CLUB will
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p.m. Thursday in the social hall.
Newly elected officers are: Philip
Bolton, president; Harvey Alexan-
der, Ellis Sheplow and Raymond
Steinberg, vice presidents; George
Maalinoff, treasurer; Albert Seigle,
Jack Miller and Morton Granat,
secetaries; Joseph Hassal, chap-
lain; and Joseph Gutterman, ser-
geant-at-arms. Entertainment and
refreshments will be featured.
Guests invited.
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MISHKAN ISRAEL MEN'S
COUNCIL will show the film
documentary "Let My People Go"
8:30 p.m. Sunday at the synagogue.
Refreshments will be served, ac-
cording to chairman Harry J.
Mays. Nominal donation.
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