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The American Conference on
Soviet Jewry has named Rabbi Is-
rael Miller, president of the Orth-
odox Rabbinical Council of Amer-
ica, as steering
committee chair-
man. T h e con-
ference, compris-
ing the 24 prin-
cipal Jewish civ-
ic, religious,
Zionist bodies in
this country,
founded in April
1964 to combat
Soviet anti-Sem-
itism, repo rted
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that despite some Rabbi Miller
minor gains, the future of 3,000,-
000 Soviet Jews remains grave and
that international pressure must
continue to be brought upon the
authorities of the USSR.
In the summer of 1965, Rabbi
Miller headed a group of Rabbini-
cal Council members who visited
several Soviet cities and met at
length with Rabbi Yehudah Leib
Levin of Moscow's main synago-
g,ue.
* * *
Dr. BENJAMIN CHINITZ, an
alumnus of Yeshiva University,
chairman of the economics depart-
ment at the University of Pitts-
burgh, has been appointed by Sec-
retary of Commerce John T. Con-
nor as Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Economic Devel-
opment.
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* *
HENRY W. LEVY, public rela-
tions director of the Jewish Agency
—American Section, was re-elected
president of the American Jewish
Public Relations Society for a sec-
ond term at the annual meeting
of the society held in New York.
* *
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
H. Fowler appointed WILFRED
D. MacDONNELL of Romulus,
Mich., as state chairman for the
U.S. Savings Bond p r o g r a m - in
Michigan.
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MURRAY YUFFY of Windsor
was among 110 attorneys named
queen's Counsel in Canada this
year. Yuffy, 51, was born in Tor-
onto and moved to Windsor as a
youngster. He completed one year
at Assumption College before at-
tending Osgoode Hall. Yuffy re-
sides at 2210 Dougall and is in
practice with his brother, Benja-
min Yuffy, Q.C.
* * *
Pianist PAUL SCHOENFIELD,
son of Detroiters Dr. and Mrs. Gil-
bert D. Schoenfield, has been sel-
ected as one of the young artists
to appear in Leonard Bernstein's
Young People's Concert at Lincoln
Center, New York. The program
will be televised nationally on
/— CBS Feb. 22.
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The Kiwanis Club of Oak Park
installed MORRIS H. ARNOWITZ
and HARRY MARKOWITZ as vice
presidents; and MURRAY LIBER-
MAN, GERRY MEYER and JOE
MEYERS as trustees.
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A. JOSEPH LANDAU, Detroit
luxury home builder, was named
president of the American Insti-
tute of Master Luxury Builders.
* * *
WILLIAM HUTT, one of the
continent's busiest actors, returns
for his 12th season to the Strat-
ford Festival in the title role of
Kinsolving's original
drama about Russia's last Czar,
"Nicholas Romanov."
* * *
Detroiters EDGAR CYRIL
BEVAN and C. ALLAN HARLAN
were elected to the board of trus-
tees of the National Jewish Hos-
pital at Denver last week. Bevan,
an attorney, and Harlan, president
of Harlan Electric, have worked
actively in behalf of the famed
free, nonsectarian chest
disease research center. An-
drew G o o d m a n, president of
Bergdorf Goodman, New York, was
re-elected chairman of the board.
Denver insurance executive Joseph
H. Silversmith Jr. was re-elected
NJH president.
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SAMUEL D. POPKIN, assistant
chief of Albert Kahn Associated
Architects and Engineers, was one
of five architects appointed to the
newly formed health environment
committee of the American Insti-
tute of Architects. The committee
advises the profession in its rela-
tions with government and private
organizations concerning planning
of medical facilities. Popkin has
served on local, state and national
committees concerned with hospi-
tals and health.
* * *
MAURICE A. BETMAN of Mau-
rice A. Betman, CLU, and Asso-
ciates, sold $1,480,000 in life in-
surance during 1965, making him
fourth in sales for all of south-
eastern Michigan for the North-
western Mutual.
* * *
Harry I. Barron has been
named executive director of the
National Found-
ation for Jewish
Culture. He has
served as execu-
tive director of
the Jewish Wel-
fare F e d eration
of New Orleans
for the past de-
cade. Barron
succeeds Dr.
Judah J. Sha-
piro, who now
serves as a con-
sultant to the
foundation. Barron
* * *
ANDREW CUNNINGHAM led
Elsea Realty's sales force in volume
of sales in 1965, having par-
ticipated in sales totaling $1,000,-
140, announced Staunton M. Elsea,
company president. Neil Appicelli
of the firm's northwest office ran
a close second.
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*
Proceeds of $7,000 from a din-
ner honoring PAUL SHERIDAN,
deputy superintendent of the De-
troit Police Department, were
turned over to the Detroit Round-
table of Christians and Jews for
its many projects. NATE GOLD-
STEIN was toastmaster at the
affair, attended by 1,400 persons
and given by the Exchange Club
of East Detroit at Roma Hall.
* *
ROBERT A. STEINBERG, exec-
utive vice president of Blumberg
Brothers Co., has been elected to
a three-year term on the board of
directors of the Detroit Associa-
tion of Insurance Agents, com-
posed of independent insurance
agents in the Greater Metropolitan
Detroit area. Steinberg has been
an instructor in general insurance
in the association's education pro-
gram and is currently a member
of its agency-company liaison com-
mittee, program committee and
education committee.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 28, 1966-25
The Committee on Community
Psychiatry, in cooperation with FM
STATION WQRS, announces a
Hebrew Teachers
to Hold Inaugural
Association Event
Miss Pearlena
to Wed Jason Bodzin
s
'KsAvr'
The Association of Hebrew
Teachers will hold its first corn-
munitywide dinner March 13 at
Beth Aaron Synagogue, it was an-
nounced by Menachem Glazer,
president.
The program will center around
the life and works of the late He-
brew poet and writer, Saul Tcher-
nichowsky. Highlight will be a can-
tata, written by Norman Ruten-
berg and Shlomo Biederman, and
performed by members of the fac-
ulty of the United Hebrew Schools.
The Association was organized
last year to promote the welfare
and teaching standards of Hebrew
teachers in the Detroit area. The
community is invited to this in-
augural affair.
series of broadcasts, "Who's Who
in Mental Health," every Friday,
at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. The goal
of this series is to present the
educational ,background and func-
tions of various professions active
in the mental health field. Dr.
Emanuel Tanay is chairman of the
Committee on Community Psy-
chiatry, Wayne State University-
College of Medicine, and director
of the Community Psychiatry Pro-
gram, Detroit General Hospital.
* * *
MORRIS WEINBERG, publisher
of the Day-Jewish Journal, national
Yiddish daily newspaper, was the
recipient of numerous greetings
on his 90th birthday, including
greetings from President Johnson
and Israel's President Zalman
Shazar. Among those who sent
messages of greeting to Weinberg
were also Israel's Prime Minister
Levi Eshkol, Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Mayor John V. Lind-
say, and Jewish leaders from all
over the United States. Greetings
were telegraphed also by Vice-
President Hubert H. Humphrey,
Israel's former Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion, and many other
notable personalities.
* * *
CHARLES C. BASSINE, Jewish
communal leader, who has con-
tributed millions of dollars to the
advancement of health, education
and medical research, has been
named chairman of the board of
the Hospital of the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine of Yeshiva
University. The new 12-story gen-
eral hospital, with a capacity of
375 beds, opened earlier this
month. Bassine is a founder of the
Albert Einstein College of Medi-
cine.
* * *
Several new appointments have
been made in the publicity depart-
ments of Random House, Knopf
and Pantheon, according to Miss
JEAN ENNIS, director of public-
ity for the combined operations of
the three affiliated companies.
WILLIAM LOVERD has been
named publicity manager for
Knopf books. Miss SELMA SHA-
PIRO, has been appointed public-
city manager for Random House
MISS PEARLENA WILSON
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson of
Hartwell Ave. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Pearl-
ene to Jason Howard Bodzin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bodzin of
Birwood Ave.
The bridegroom-elect is present-
ly attending Wayne State Univer-
sity's school of medicine. An Au-
gust wedding is planned.
Cultural Allocations
The Conference on Jewish Mate-
rial Claims Against Germany last
year allocated $237,000 for re-
search and publication projects in
the United States.
You are required by law to file
your 1965 income tax not later than
April 15, 1966.
File your tax return with the
District Director, Internal Revenue
Service, Detroit, Michigan 48220.
If your tax return indicates money
is owing, make checks payable to
"Internal Revenue Service." Any
tax that is owed must be paid at
the time you file your income tax
return.
When the tax return is com-
pleted, be sure to attach a Form
W-2 for each employer shown on
the income tax form. Double check
your arithmetic for accuracy. Sign
the return . . . if it is a joint
return, both husband and wife
must sign. Drop the completed tax
return in the mail.
Do it early—Don't wait till the
last minute!
The Internal Revenue Service
says "first come, first served" on
refunds. Be one of the first!
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ALVIN E. FROMMER, an as-
sociate of the Novara Insurance
Agency of Detroit, ranked tenth
in sales for 1965 by Guarantee Mu-
tual Life Co., Omaha. Frommer
had a total of $1,010,107 in volume
sales during 1965.
* * *
RAYMOND M. ABRAMS, a
representative of Aetna Life In-
surance Co., is attending a special
four-week training course at the
company's home office in Hartford,
Conn. Abrams is associated with
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