List Participants
in Israel Tours
of Service Group
90 Young People in Israel
for Service Program
Torn Borman to Be Awarded Freedom
Medal at Israel Bond Dinner on Oct. 3
TEL AVIV — The second pilot
group of the new nationwide She-
rut La'am (Service to the People)
program consisting of 90 American
and Canadian university graduates
and undergraduates arrived in
Israel Sept. 16 for a year of serv-
ice.
They have joined 65 June vol-
unters, which brings the total to
155 men and women who will
work as teachers, social workers,
youth group leaders, nurses and
other professionals in new immi-
grant centers and development
areas or as volunteers in kibbutzim.
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice
Tom Borman will receive the of Jewish heroism and sacrifice
president of the Israel Bond Or-
More than 80 Detroiters will Israel Freedom Medal, in recogni- for freedom.
The Israel Freedom Medal pre- ganization, will address the dinner
participate in planned - itinerery tion of his outstanding leadership
missions to Israel as the Detroit in the Israel Bond campaign, at the sented to Borman by the Israel and will present Borman with the
Service Group Israel survey tour award dinner sponsored by the Bond campaign will be inscribed award, the first time this award
departs on Oct. 10 and the United Israel Bond drive, Sunday, Oct. 3, to him "in recognition of except. has been bestowed upon a leader
ional service in strengthening of the Detroit Jewish community.
Jewish Appeal National Mission 6 p.m., at Cobo Hall.
The Israel Freedom Medal com- the freedom of the State of Israel
leaves one week later. The Service
Other participants at the dinner
Group is the year round fund- memorates the heroic defense of through the promotion of its will include Rabbi Morris Adler,
raising arm of the Jewish Welfare the ancient Jewish fortress of economic development."
Jacob E. Segal, Moses Lehrman
Masada, which was the last Jewish
The face of the medal bears a
Federation of Detroit.
strong-hold to fall in the Roman sculptured representation of the and Israel I. Halpern; Mrs. Morris
L. Schaver, Charles Grosberg, Phil-
The local mission will be led conquest of Palestine 1,900 years
by Walter Field and George Stutz, ago. Recent archaeological dig- rock of Masada with the camps lip Stollman, Marjorie Gordon and
the national mission by Max M. gings under the direction of Yigael of the besieging Roman legions at Mrs. Norman Allan.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Fisher, general chairman of the Yadin, former Israeli Chief of Staff, its base. The legend, "We shall
For reservations to the dinner.
remain free men!" appears in Eng-
UJA.
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confirmed the story ofthe courage- lish and Hebrew at the top and call DI. 1-5707.
Both groups will spend time at ous struggle of 960 Jews against bottom of the bronze medallion.
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Joint Distribution Committee Cen- an army of 6,000 Romans. When
The
design
on
the
reverse
side
ters and other points of Jewish all hope of defeating the Romans
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interest in Italy, and will go on for faded, they committed suicide, pre- of the medal recalls an ancient
shield.
In
the
center
is
a
composi-
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an additional 12 days or more in ferring to die as free men rather
This
Wish
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Israel.
than to live as slaves in captivity. tion in relief of Hebrew charact-
ers,
reminiscent
of
the
towers
of
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Since
that
time,
Masada
has
been
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Participants in the local group
a fortress, with the letters spell-
Opportunity to Extend to You
include Mr. and Mrs. Charles one of the most dramatic symbols ing out: "Masada shall not fall I
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Abramson, Mrs. A. Allen Agree,
again!" The same phrase in English I
Best
Wishes
Our
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Axelrod, Mr. Bloch Will Publish
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appears around the center. The
and Mrs. Oscar Band, Mr. and Mrs.
outer portion bears a continuous I
Theodore D. Birnkrant, Mrs. Ber- Sports Encyclopedia
for a Very Happy and
circular line of figures which repre- I
nard Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
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"Encyclopedia of Jews in sent builders, diggers and warriors
L. Field, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sports," the first book to record with their tools and weapons.
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Fried, Mr. Samuel H. Greenberg, and interpret Jewish achievements
One of the distinguished part-
Mrs. Morris Halperin, Mr. and Mrs. in all fields of sports in all coun- icipants at the Israel Freedom I
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Sidney Kaye, Mr. and Mrs. Theo- tries, will be published by Bloch Award dinner will be the chair- I
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dore R. Kelter, Mr. and Mrs. Isa- next month.
man of the national board of I
dore H. Kolodney, Mr. and Mrs.
governors
of
the
Israel
Bond
Or-
The product of more than ten
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Sol G. Kurtzman, Mrs. Mandel years of research, this encyclopedia ganization, Louis H. Boyar, of I
Lansky, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stewart includes articles about the history Los Angeles.
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Linden, Mr. and Mrs. Harry T: of Jewish s p or t s participation
Max M. Fisher, national general I
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Madison, Mr. Leo L. Majzels, Mr. from Bible days to the present, chairman of the United Jewish
and Mrs. Nathan L. Milstein, Dr. the rise of the Maccabiah move- Appeal and president of the United I
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and Mrs. Harold A. Robinson, ment, sports in the Respona and Foundation, will be the toastmaster I
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shenkman, Mr. Rabbinic literature, the impact of at the dinner.
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and Mrs. Oscar Spilkin, Mr. and sports on the YMHA movement,
Edward G. Robinson will be the
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Mrs. George . Stutz.
sports in Israel, and Jewish parti- principal participant, David Saf- I
Detroiters going with the na- cipation in the Olympic Games ran, dinner committee chairman
tional group are William Avrunin, from 1896 to 1964 and many other and in coming Detroit Israel Bond I
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executive director of the Federa- subjects.
chairman, announced.
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tion; Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Blum-
Dedicated to the memory of Dr.
berg, Mrs. Hyman C. Broder, Mr. Max Nordau, the famed Zionist
and Mrs. Irwin I. Cohn, Mr. and leader and physician who coined
Mrs. Louis M. Elliman, Mr. and the phrase "muscular Judaism"
Mrs. Max M. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. and was the spiritual father of the
Meyer M. Fishman, Mr. and Mrs. Maccabiah movement, the ency-
Harry Goldman, Mr. Charles Gros- clopedia is the work of Bernard
berg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ham- Postal, Jesse Silver and Roy
burger, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silver.
Hechtman, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
D. Jacobs, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Brandeis Awarded Grant
Levin, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C.
WALTHAM, Mass. — The U.S.
Levy, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Miro, Public Health Service has award-
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer L. Prentis, ed a $101,895 grant to Brandeis
Mr. and Mrs. Nate L. Shapero, Mr. University to conduct a novel
and Mrs. Abe Shif f m a n, Mrs. study of medical care.
Abraham Srere, Mr. and Mrs. Max
The study is intended to ex-
Stollman, and Mr. Phillip Stoll- amine the coordination of patient
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1965 Allied Jewish Campaign, Sol with patients, physicians and other
Eisenberg and Irwin Green, with medical personnel in Cleveland.
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Mrs. Eisenberg and Mrs. Green,
will be among the Detroiters in
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