Linda Shaw Married
to Ronald L. Stern
MRS. RONALD STERN
Linda Shaw, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Shaw of Wildemere
Ave., was united in marriage at
the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel to Ron-
ald L. Stern, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold H. Stern, of Franklin Fair-
way, Farmington. Rabbi Jacob
Segal officiated.
The bride wore a gown of silk
organza over taffeta. The rounded
neckline, bateau sleeves and Em-
pied bodice were appliqued in gar-
lands of hand-run Alencon lace and
motifs of pearls. The chapel-length,
detachable train was attached to a
floor - length, dome - shaped skirt.
She wore a shoulder-length mant-
illa of matching lace and silk org-
anza and carried Euarist lilies
and Stephanotis on her Bible.
Mrs. Rean Weintraub, sister of
the bridegroom, was matron of
honor. Bridesmaids were Mrs.
Sharon Colburn, Mrs. Willa Weis-
berg and Mrs. Sharon Goldish.
Flower girls were Nancy and
Betsy Kain.
Arnold Levin was best man, and
serving as ushers were Robert
Shaw, Sherwood Colburn and Ron-
ald Weintraub.
Following a honeymoon in Mexi-
co, the newlyweds will reside on
Miller Ave.
Two Area Youths Play
With Interlochen Camp
World Youth Symphony
An American in Israel—Detroiter Describes Life of a Newcomer
By CHARLOTTE HYAMS
Social work deals with the art
and science of adjustment. And
social worker Harold Silver has
had two years to practice the art
on himself.
Silver, 65, headed Detroit's Jew-
ish Family and Children's Service
for 30 years. (When he first took
the post of director, is was known
as the Jewish Social Service
Bureau.) Now he and his wife
Fannie call Israel home—he serv-
ing as consultant on family serv-
ices with the
ministry of social
welfare.
Although a
permanent resi-
dent of Israel,
there is much
that calls Silver
back to the
United States,
and it was on
one of these oc-
casions — to visit Silver
family and friends—that he stop-
ped briefly in Detroit.
He sandwiched in a Sunday
morning interview ("I'm sorry if
I got you . up too early," he said
to his groggy guest. "You know, in
Israel we're at work by 7:30 . . .
yes, on Sunday") before taking off
on another visit with friends.
Munching on matzo and sipping
coffee in Mrs. Miriam Joffe's San
Juan Drive home, where the
Silvers were staying, he described
his own adjustment to the "tre-
mendous and exciting social work
laboratory" that is Israel.
"Let me begin by telling you
there are three essentials for
successful adjustment to living
in Israel: housing (that's prima-
ry), a job and language.
"I guess I was one of the lucky
ones: I had an apartment and a
job waiting. Learning Hebrew was
more a matter of persistence."
Silver explained that housing
can make the difference between
a successful aliyah and a "casual-
ty"—the returnee–"There is prac-
tically no rental," he said. "If
you want a house, you must either
buy it or build it—with a large
down payment and high interest
rate." There is government rent
control, so those who do manage
to rent apartments must pay a
large sum, called "key money" as
a type of collateral to the landlord.
The sum can be paid back by the
next tenant.
The American in search of a
residence encounters more than a
financial dilemma. "It's partly a
psychological adjustment he must
make," said Silver. "It's a state of
mind as to how big a house you
need. Five rooms there is a luxury.
But, somehow you learn because
you see your neighbors living the
same way."
Two local 15-year-olds, both vet-
erans at Interlochen National
Music Camp, appeared with the
World Youth Symphony at Inter-
lochen Sunday.
The symphony is composed of
150 teen-agers from the United
States and seven foreign lands.
The two are violinst Clark
Feldman, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Manuel Feldman, 4485 W. Outer
Dr.; and clarinetist Norman Let-
vin, 15, son of the Albert Let-
vins, 17585 Parkside.
In addition, Norman, a student
at Cass Technical High School,
won the camp's annual concerto
competition, giving him the op-
portunity to solo with the orch-
estra.
The World Youth Symphony also
will perform in the second Inter-
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—A "New
lochen Arts Festival Aug. 24-26. Horizons" master plan for further
Both boys are Interlochen scholar-
development of the City of Hope
ship winners.
here, initiating a $50,000,000, five-
year project of vast . growth, has
National Bond Holdings
been launched here by the na-
Cain $64 Million in May
tional convention of the City of
Public holdings of series E and Hope.
q.bonds increased by $64,000,000
The plan was approved by dele-
in 'May, raising the total value of gates from City of Hope chapters
the two series in the hands of the in 150 cities in 28 states. The de-
American people to $48,733.040,000. velopment program is to be cul-
This was another new high, which minated in 1970 with the comple-
contrasted with the yearago fig- tion of an additional hospital
ure of $47,637,000,000.
structure.
May purchases of series E and
The program calls for enlarg-
H bonds totaled $356,000,000 while
ing patient care, research and
redemptions at cost price were
medical education facilities;
$340,000,000, leaving a net increase consolidation and modernization
of $16,000,000.
of many areas of the 90-acre
Interest accruing during the physical plant; stepped-up ef-
month on outstanding E bonds ficiency of services, and installa-
amounted to $116,000,000. Accrued tion of complex new equipment
interest paid out on bonds re- for use in City of Hope pilot pro-
deemed was $63,000,000, resulting
grams in heart, blood and chest
in the addition of $48,000,000 to diseases, cancer and leukemia.
the value of bond holdings,
Among the highlights of the con-
vention was the dedication of the
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
new Seymour Graff Building to
22—Friday, July 23, 1965
house research at Duarte. Major
..... „ „
.
(Silver, who lives in a new apart-
ment behind the Israel Art
Museum, said "if there weren't a
wall around it, we could see into
the musuem's back yard.")
Although the government real-
izes the need for reasonable rent-
al rates or financial arrange-
ments for purchasing a home,
there is a system of priorities.
Immigrants from countries of
oppression are its first responsi-
ibility; settlers from Western
lands are considered next. But
Silver anticipates a change as
immigration trends shift.
His experience in social work
was welcome in Israel, which has
felt the severe shortage of trained
personnel. With its multitude of
nationality backgrounds, the coun-
try must tackle problems a Wayne
County field worker wouldn't
dream af. Such family problems,
for example, as the leftovers of
polygamy among some Oriental
newcomers, or conflicts arising
over religious jurisdiction in mar-
riage-divorce cases.
Currently, the highest social
work degree is a bachelors, offered
at the Hebrew University. The up-
grading of staff, plus the prepara-
tion of adequate guideline mater-
ials, is now under way, to Silver's
great satisfaction.
(The Detroiter, whose principal
area of concern as a consultant is
public assistance, found such gov-
ernment aid at unbelievably low
levels. In the past two years, he
has seen low-income families re-
ceive double the relief they had
been getting in 1963. Besides rent,
health insurance and clothing, "35
pounds—$11.67—a month per per-
son is still woefully inadequate,
but at least it's an improvement."
Silver refused to take credit for
any such improvement, saying he
only "worked for it.")
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Back to An American In
Israel . . .
Silver warned: "It's not hard
to find work in Israel, but the
new settler mustn't expect to im-
mediately attain the same level
of job—or salary—he held here.
At the higher professional levels,
there are not as many vacan-
cies; and the newcomer must
take time to learn the language,
get to know the people and cir-
cumstances.
"Someone with a decent job in
the United States must expect to
lower his standard of living—un-
less, of course, he succeeds in get-
ting a superior job."
Nevertheless, despite the disil-
lusioned "casualties," the numbers
from America have grown. The
Silvers belong to an organization
of "landsmanshaften" in Jerusa-
lem, called the "Association of
Americans and Canadians in Is-
rael." He estimates there are 5,000
Americans and many more Cana-
dians living there.
In the area of language, Silver's
adjustment took some American
stick-to-it-iveness. "I registered in
an ulpan (school for teaching Heb-
rew to newcomers), but it didn't
move fast enough so I invested in
private instruction for a year."
His efforts paid off when he de-
livered his first speech in Hebrew
to his colleagues. "They were very
pleased."
Silver noted that Israelis in
general are "very pleased" at
the recent arrival's efforts to
learn Hebrew. Most of the popu-
lation is of recent origin, .he
pointed out, "and the older set-
tlers are very sympathetic."
There are some misapprehen-
sions he has had to fight, Silver
admitted. "One is the idea that
every American is well to do. For
example, it takes the average
Israeli one to two years to acquire
a telephone. In America, of course,
we consider it essential, and as
soon as we arrive in Israel we sign
up for one. It costs 450 pounds
for installation and requires a 400-
pound compulsory loan repayable
in five years. Now, when an Israeli
sees all the Americans signing up
for telephones, what does he
think?"
As a new "Israeli," Silver also
has had the chance to observe
tourists' behavior — a sometimes
bewildered response to what is des-
goundations
by Nuth
cribed as sabra "hutzpah," or
nerve.
"By and large," he said, "Ameri-
can tourists do all right. They
leave Israel with a sense of pride
and appreciation. What they do
complain about are petty annoy-
ances: behavior of waiters, failure
of hotels to keep all promises, this
type of thing. I heard, for ex-
ample, about a couple who went
into a top hotel and ordered boil-
ed eggs. 'Not today,' said the
waiter. 'Today you eat scrambled.'
"Waiters there must learn to ac-
quire a sense of service, and not
regard their work as menial. And
tourists must learn to regard the
lack of service and dusty roads
with tolerance.
"I think that Israel's waiters
and hotels in the future will be as
good as the Swiss. This is a new
field for Jews, and, like all of
Israel, what they are doing must
be considered in perspective. Just
be patient. Israel, too, must be
given a chance to adjust."
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City of Hope Launches Master Plan
for Five-Year Development Project
addresses were delivered by Dr.
Ralph J. Brunche, United Nations
undersecretary for special political
affairs, and former United States
senator Kenneth B. Keating.
Emanuel H. Fineman was elected
president for a full two-year term.
He has been serving as president
for an interim term, since the
death of Seymour Graff last fall.
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Israel Development Corp.
Reports Earnings, Assets
Israel Development Corp. an-
nounced that both its interim earn-
ings and assets reached alltime
highs during the six months ending
May 21.
Net income before taxes for the
period rose to $402,626, compared
with $396,168 for the like period
last year. Assets on May 31, 1965
totaled $16,894,331, compared with
$14,787,063 a year earlier.
Abraham Dickenstein, IDC pres-
ident, noted that an increased
dividend of 60 cents per share was
paid this week to share-holders
of record July 7. The 1964 interim
dividend was 50 cents a share.
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