Lupiloff-Berent Rites
Set For September 10
People Make News
MISS BARBARA LUPILOFF
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lupiloff of
Briar Dr., Oak Park, announce the
engagement of their daughter Bar-
bara Faith to Melvyn Gerald Be-
rent, son of Dr. and Mrs. Louis
Berent of Sherfield Pl., Southfield.
Miss Lupiloff attends Michigan
Lutheran College. Mr. Berent is a
a graduate of Ferris State College
School of Pharmacy and is affili-
ated with Sigma Alpha Mu Fra-
ternity.
A Sept. 10 wedding is being
planned.
National Policy Parley
to. Take Up U.S. Role
in Mid East April 24
WASHINGTON — National and
community leaders from all parts
of the United States will meet here
April 24-25 for the seventh annual
National Policy Conference of the
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee.
This organization, which is led
by. Rabbi Philip S. Bernstein of
Rochester, N. Y., meets annually
with representatives of the Depart-
ment of-State for a review of U.S.
policy in the area and for the for-
mulation of a statement of policy
to guide its work throughout the
year.
Avraham Harman, ambassador
of Israel, will be honored.
An innovation will be a special
program for faculty and students
on Israel's role in helping to cope
with global problems of hunger,
poverty and discrimination.
Higher Interest on Bonds
The President directed that the
interest rate on all bonds pur-
chased on and after Dec. 1, 1965,
be increased from 3.75 per cent to
4.15 per cent. This is being ac-
complished by shortening the ma-
turity period on Series E Bonds
from the former 7 34 years to an
even 7 years. Interest checks on
Series H Bonds will be larger be-
ginning in June.
DOM
The World Jewish Congress has
named FRITZ BECKER as its ob-
server to the ninth session of the
intergovernmental committee on
the world food program in Rome
April 18th-26. The conference will
take place at the headquarters of
the Food and Agricultural Organ-
ization in Rome. Becker is the
representative of the World Jew-
ish Congress in the Italian capital.
* * *
DR. JOHN P. HUMPHREY, di-
rector of the United Nations divi-
sion of human rights, was feted by
the World Jewish Congress at a
luncheon here March 30. Dr.
Humphrey is retiring April 30 from
the post which he assumed almost
20 years ago. He will join the
law faculty of McGill University
at Montreal. Samuel Bronfman,
luncheon host and chairman of the
North American executive commit-
tee of the World Jewish Congress,
presented a citation to Dr. Hum-
phrey.
* * *
Herman L. Weisman, prominent
New York attorney, Zionist and
communal leader, was elected pres-
ident of the Jew-
ish National
Fund of America
at a special meet-
ing of the JNF
board of direc-
tors at JNF
House in New
York City. He
succeeds the late
NI a x Bressler,
who passed away
in Miami Beach,
Feb. 15. Chair-
man of the na-
tional executive
council of the
Zionist Organiza-
tion of America,
Weisman h a s
been active in Weisman
Jewish life for many years. He was
president of the Brandeis Youth
Institute, chairman of the execu-
tive council of the United Pales-
tine Appeal, national chairman of
UJA, and national chairman of the
commission on law and social leg-
islation of the American Jewish
Congress. He is a graduate of
Harvard University Law School,
was an Assistant Attorney General
of New York State and has held
other important legal posts.
* * *
A practicing .physician who is
totally blind, Dr. MORRIS MAR-
GOLIN of Omaha, Neb., will be the
principal speaker at the 35th an-
niversary dinner of the Jewish
Braille Institute of America, April
18, at Hotel Pierre, New York. Dr.
Margolin, assistant professor of
internal medicine, College of Medi-
cine, University of Nebraska, is a
BY HENRY LEONARD
WHY RABBIS GET GREY AT THE TEMPLES:
past president of the Nebraska
Diabetes Association and currently
serves as its executive director. He
lost his sight 20 years ago at the
age of 51.
* * *
LEON A. JICK, rabbi of the Free
Synagogue of Westchester, Mt.
Vernon, N.Y., has been named di-
rector of Brandeis University's
Institute of Contemporary Jewish
Studies.
* * *
Norman Cousins, editor of the
Saturday Review and a leader in
efforts to outlaw nuclear bomb
tests, has been
selected by the
National Federa-
tion of Jewish
Men's Clubs as
the recipient of
its annual award
for distinguished
service to peace
a n d humanity.
Cousins, who is
honorary presi-
dent of the Unit-
Cousins
ed World Federalists and former
co-chairman of the National Com-
mittee for a Sane Nuclear Policy
and the Citizens Committee for a
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, will re-
ceive the award at the 37th annual
convention of the Jewish Men's
Clubs Federation at Grossinger,
N. Y., May 1-4.
* * *
The retirement is announced of
KURT R. GROSSMANN as consul-
tant on German Restitution Affairs
to the Conference on Jewish Mate-
rial Claims Against Germany, Inc.,
and the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Grossmann, who has passed the re-
tirement age of 68, has been serv-
ing in his present capacities since
1952, during which time he made
11 trips to Germany in rendering
important service to the cause of
indemnification for Jewish victims
of Nazi persecution.
* * *
Dr. ISIDOR MARGOLIS, promi-
nent Jewish educator, was appoint-
ed executive director of the World
Council an Jewish Education.
* * *
BERNARD SHULMAN, one-time
pharmacist here, has resigned
from his posts as president and di-
rector of Revco D.S. Inc., chain of
117 discount drugstores which he
founded. It was said he plans to
devote his time to personal activi-
ties, civic affairs and investments.
Sidney N. Amster, 70, his succes-
sor, along with others in the Revco
management, bought Shulman's re-
maining shares of Revco stock for
$1,500,000. Revco was started in
Detroit with four stores in 1956.
With headquarters now in Cleve-
land, Revco operates in four states.
* * *
WALT WHITMAN ROSTOW, a
high-ranking official of the State
Department, was appointed by
President Johnson as a special as-
sistant, to work principally on for-
eign policy, developing long-range
plans and coordinating develop-
ment plans in Latin America.
New Manual Designed to Meet
Critical Need of Jewish Community
A new publication which seeks
to meet a critical need of Jewish
communal agencies has been pub-
lished by the National Jewish Wel-
fare Board. It is a 154-page man-
ual entitled "Training Part-Time
Staff." It is based on a demonstra-
tion project conducted by JWB to
develop, demonstrate and evaluate
effective programs for group lead-
ership training. Dr. Louis Lowy,
professor of social work, and Dr.
Leonard M. Blocksberg, assistant
professor of social work, Boston
University School of Social Work,
were project directors. It was fi-
nanced by funds made available
to JWB through the generosity of
the Florence G. Heller Foundation.
"Darling, at the Bar Mitzvah today, take it easy
on the Schnapps and chopped liver, . • and in
your sermon take it easy on the congregation."
Gossips fall out and - tell each
other truths.
—Spanish Proverb
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
20—Friday, April 8, 1966
Attitude of Longfellow on Judaism,
Jews Told in Wagenknecht Portrait
Longfellow's poem "The Jewish
Cemetery at Newport" has an im-
portant place in the poetry of the
great authors of the last century.
What was the eminent author's at-
titude on Jews and Judaism?
New light on the subject is pro-
vided in "Henry Wadsworth Long-
fellow — Portrait of an American
Humanist" by Edward Wagen-
knecht, published by Oxford Uni-
versity Press (417 5th, NY16).
Wagenknecht, whose "My Long-
fellow," now out of print and un-
available, remains a most authori-
tative work on the poet, develops
sidered poetic utterance on Jewish
matters is his strong and wholly
sympathetic poem about 'The Jew-
ish Cemetery at Newport:' ,
How came they here? What burst
of Christian hate,
What persecution merciless
and blind,
Drove o'er the sca—that desert
desolate—
Those Ishmaels and Hagars of
mankind?"
The notes referring to this pas-
sage mention several important
Jewish sources that were utilized
by the author.
Wagenknecht states in describ-
his theme anew in this exceedingly ing Longfellow's attitude in reli-
interesting volume in which he gious concepts: "J udaism and
calls attention to one unhappy Catholicism both have a respect-
reference, in "Hiawatha," in which able intellectual background. The
Longfellow wrote of "the Jews, same can hardly be said of all the
the tribe accursed." Wagenknecht marginal religious movements of
asserts.
Longfellow's time—`wildcat reli-
"There is nothing elsewhere in
gions,' Mark Twain was to call
Longfellow to match this utter-
them—but he is never scornful in
ance."
his references to them, for it was
He points out that Longfellow his settled conviction that 'super-
had made purchases of books stitions often hold great truths in
about Jews, that he spoke dis- solution,' and his mind, as he him-
respectfully of a picture he had self remarked, was 'hospitably
see'n at Mainz, and called it "a col- open to empiricism and its 'kind-
lection of disgusting, fat Jewish dred delusions.' "
faces, indicating an overfed and
corpulent imagination in the ar-
In tribute to the :8th year of the
tist."
state of Israel—the Year of Chai,
On another occasion, Longfellow or life—special honor categories of
branded as "ungrateful" an un- Israel Bond purchasers have been
kindly reference to a Jew.
established. Chai Trustees are
Wagenknecht makes the follow- those who buy $18,000 or more in
ing significant reference to Long- Israel Bonds; Chai Builders buy
fellow's famous poem:
$5,400; and Chai Guardians (men)
"In the 'Tales of a Wayside Inn,' and Chai Sponsors (women) buy
the Spanish Jew (whose original $1,800 in Israel Bonds.
name was Israel Edrehi) is
■ 00,4.000 ■ •• ■ •••••• ■■■•■
learned, romantic, exotic and lux- •■ •• ■ awoRvio-
"Pleasing You
urious. But Longfellow's most con-
Since 1927"
Unit Rejoins AJCongress
The American Jewish Congress
announced the re-affiliation of
Brith Abraham, 78-year-old fra-
ternal order whose leaders helped
establish the AJC during the First
World War.
The re-affiliation was in line
with a resolution adopted by Brith
Abraham calling for the renewal
of ties between the two organiza-
tions.
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