Center to Celebrate 40th Anniversary June 9th
A far cry from what is now
The Jewish Community Center
will mark its 40th anniversary at known as the Jewish Community
a dinner at the Center, in conjunc- Center was the church house of
tion with the annual meeting, the Methodist Tabernacle on Mel-
bourne Street.
June 9.
This being a very important oc-
Milton M. Al-
casion, the beard of directors will exander, the Cen-
pay special honor to the past pres- ter's first pres-
idents who will be present for the ident, helped to
evening event.
establish the new
Milton J. Miller, president, an- quarters there,
nounces that invitations will be and in 1926 this
extended to all Center members, became Detroit's
first Jewish Com-
munity Center.
In the begin-
ning, t h e pro-
grams were gear-
ed to serve_ only
youngsters, but
shortly after-
wards the facili-
ties were expand-
ed and programs
were instituted
Alexander
for parents.
Although Detroit's first Com-
munity Center originated in 1926,
its history and how it came into
being dates • back to just prior to
the turn of , the century.
MILTON J. MILLER
At that time, Detroit had a pop-
the board of directors, special
guests and representatives of vari- ulation of 300,000, of whom 5,000
were Jews.
ous Jewish _agencies.
The YMHA, the Young Men's
The anniversary arrangements
committee is plannning special
honors for past presidents.
There will be a slide presenta-
tion, with narration, depicting the
40 years of Center growth.
Committee members are: Martin
E. Citrin, chairman, John Alex-
ander, Herbert A. Aronsson, N.
Brewster Broder, Mrs. Arthur I.
Gould, Mrs. Harry L. Jackson,
Harry L. Jones, Jacob L. Keidan,
Richard Kux, Gilbert Michel, Mil-
ton J. Miller, Mrs Emil D. Roth-
first by-laws in 1891. They ini-
tiated a program of physical
fitness, Jewish learning, social
cultivation and a special bureau
for securing employment for de-
serving young men.
The Self-Help Circle assisted
children of the Russian immigra-
tion with classes in home arts,
cooking and deportment and there
was a Hebrew Ladies Sewing So-
ciety. -
In 1899, the United Jewish Char-
ities were formed and in 19Q3 the
Hannah Schloss Memorial Building
became its headquarters. The char-
ities offered services that facili-
tated Americanization and aided
the economically underprivileged.
With the dedication of its Jew-
ish Institute Wing in 1908, it was
then possible for these activities
Babies attended the Ida Gins- some 1,300 young people partici-
berg Day Nursery, there were pated in dances, plays, parties and
classes in arithmetic, civics, phys-
ical fitness, piano, drama and man-
ual training for youngsters. The
Jewish. Boy Scouts also were part
of this.
As the years passed, these edu-
cational programs took on new ma-
turity, and subjects such as ex-
periments in self-government and
democratic procedures were added.
Out of the various classes
grew clubs, the most famous
being the Try Squares, which
was developed from Dr. Lane's
manual training class.
Goldman, 1952-1955; Jacob L.
Keidan, 1955-1958; Samuel Frank-
As the Jewish population mi- el, 1958-1961; Charles H. Gershen-
grated north, - so did the Jewish son, 1961-1964.
Institute program when they
moved into their new headquarters
at 579 E. Philadelphia.
The YMHA, which dissolved
during World War I, reorganized
after the war and in 1921 the Jew-
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to expand and flourish.
Boston Raises $5,492,000
BOSTON — (JTA) — The Com-
bined Jewish Philanthropies of
Greater Boston announced a final
figure of $5,492,000 in its 1966 ap-
peal at its campaign closing din-
ner at the Somerset Hotel. Nor-
man B. Leventhal, general cam-
paign chairman, noted that this
year's total—some $400,000 higher
than in 1965—was the best result
in close to a decade.
Hebrew Association, signed its
concerts.
In 1926 the Jewish Centers As-
sociation was formed within the
new Jewish Welfare Federation.
Center presidents were: Milton
M. Alexander, 1925-1929; Milford
Stern, 1929-1931; Nate • Shapero,
1931-1933; Meyer L. Prentis, 1933-
1934; Judge Charles Rubiner, 1934-
1937; Henry Meyers, 1937-1941;
Mrs. Samuel Glogower, 1941-1944;
Hyman C. Broder, 1944-1947; .
Samuel H. Rubiner, 1947-1949;
Morris Garvett, 1949-1952; Harvey
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SPITZER'S HEBREW BOOK & GIFT CENTER
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man, Rudy Simons, Mrs. Leonard
Weiner, Lloyd H. W e st o n, Mrs.
Sidney J. Winer, Mrs. Lois Winsen
and Mrs. Milli Fox, public rela-
tions director.
The many years of Center
growth and development are re-
flected by its present quarters,
which spans an area of some 12
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N.Y. to Lend Texts
to Religions Schools
ALBANY, N.Y. (JTA) — The
New York State Assembly ap-
proved, by a huge majority, expan-
sion of the hotly debated 1965 law
allowing public school boards to
provide religious and other non-
public schools with any textbooks
they request. After the assembly
vote, the senate also passed the
measure. Gov . Rockefeller, who
signed the 1965 measure, will sign
the new one.
In debate preceding the vote,
arguments focused — as they did
last year — on the constitutional-
ity of the measure. Several Jewish
organizations have opposed such
bills as violating the state and fed-
eral requirements of church-state
separation. A suit challenging the
constitutionality of the 1965 law
has been started by the East
Greenbush school dtstrict.
The 1965 law permits local
school boards in the state to "lend"
textbooks to pupils in the 7th
through 12th grades in nonpublic
schools. The state would reim-
burse the local boards up to $10
per pupil. The bill passed by the
legislature empowers the state to
reimburse local school boards up
to $25 per pupil in the first year
and $10 per pupil annually there-
after.
Under the bill, any money
spent by local boards above the
$25 and $10 limits can be included
by the local board in its operating
expenses on which state aid to
School districts is based. Foes of
the measure said this "loophole"
made the $25 and $10 limits mean-
ingless.
The largest hailstone on record
in the United States measured 17
inches around and weighed a pound
and a half.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 20, 1966-3
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