Beth- EI to Honor Irving I. Katz
at Dinner Marking 60th Birthday
Friday, March 24, 1967-25
Betty Swartz Betrothe d 7 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Irving I. Katz, nationally known a member of the internal relations
as a pioneer in the development commission of the Jewish Com-
of the field of temple administra- munity Council.
tors, will be honored Wednesday
He is a charter member of the
evening at a dinner at the Stand- board of trustees of Wayne State
ard City Club.
University Press and presently
Katz, who is executive secretary serves as president of the Greater
of Temple Beth El, will be pre- Detroit Metropolitan Cemetery
rented with a life membership in Association.
the Jewish Chautauqua Society.
He was a member of the De-
troit Citizen's Committee for the
Katz is nationally known as a
observance of Detroit's 250th
anniversary. During the Ameri-
can Jewish Tercentenary he
served as secretary of the De-
Katz was born March 31, 1907, troit Committee of 300 and as
in Dvinsk, Russia, was educated chairman of exhibits and publi-
at Hebrew Gymnasium, Hebrew cations. During the Civil War
Teachers' Normal School and City Centennial he was a member of
the Michigan Civil War Centen-
nial Observance Commission and
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pioneer in the development of
the field of temple administra-
tion and the profession of tem.
ple administrator,
the Detroit Civil War Centennial
Committee, lie received a cita-
tion from the U.S. Treasury De-
partment for his home front
activities during World War II.
IRVING I, KATZ
yeshiva in Riga, Russia, and is
an ordained rabbi. A certified
fellow in temple administration
(FTA), he holds degrees from
Spencerian Business College and
Western Reserve University in
Cleveland.
Prior to assuming his present
post of executive secretary of
Temple Beth El, in 1939, he
served as educator-administrator
of Oheb Zedek Congregation in
Cleveland, and Anshe Emeth Tem-
ple in Youngstown.
He is the founder and first presi-
dent of the council of synagogue
executive directors of Metropoli-
tan Detroit, a founder and a past
president of the Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan, board mem-
ber of the Detroit Service Group
On the national scene, Katz was
the founder, in 1941, of the Na-
tional Association of Temple Ad-
ministrators, served as its first
president, and was elected hon-
orary president for life. He is a
charter member of the executive
board of the UAHC Great Lakes
Region, and a member of the
executive board and executive com-
mittee of NATA the Commission
on Synagogue Administration of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations and the Central
Conference of American Rabbis,
the board of certification for Tem-
ple Administrators of UAHC-
CCAR-NATA, and chairman of
NATA's congregational survey
service commission.
lie has been in demand as a con-
sultant in temple administration
and has conducted over 60 admin-
istrative surveys of individual con-
gregations from coast to coast.
Katz is the author of "The Beth
El Story—With A History of the
Jews in Michigan before 1850"
(Wayne State University Press,
1955), "History of Jewish Com-
munity Services in Detroit" (Jew-
ish Welfare Federation of Detroit,
1960), and "The Jewish Soldier
From Michigan in the Civil War"
(Wayne State University Press,
1962) for which he received a cita-
of the Jewish Welfare Federation tion from the Michigan Civil War
and the professional division of Centennial Observance Commis-
the Allied Jewish Campaign, past
chairman and presently adviser of
the synagogues and school division
of the Allied Jewish Campaign and
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sion. He was also the recipient
of a citation from the Department
of Michigan Jewish War Veterans.
lie has been commissioned to
write the histories of -a number of
Jewish congregations and organi-
zations in Michigan and was pre-
sented with an honorai-y life mem-
bership in the Hannah Schloss
Old Timers Association Tor his
comprehensive history of the Ilan-
nah Schloss Memorial Building.
Detroit's first Jewish community
building and predecessor of the
Jewish Community Center.
lie was awarded a citation of
high merit by Hebrew Union Col-
lege-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Katz is married to the former
Gail Peres. They have two daugh-
ters and four grandchildren.
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a meeting to discuss "Does Nazism
Have to Be Part of the American
Way of Life?" 7 p.m. April 2 at
Cong. Beth Hillel. The public is
invited at no charge.
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MISS BETTY SWARTZ
Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Swartz,
18986 Roselawn, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Betty
Louise to Joseph Lawrence Hirsch-
field, son of Mrs. Doris Hirschfield
of Passaic, N.J., and the late Mr.
Harry Hirschfield.
Miss Swartz is a graduate of the
University of Michigan and is cur-
rently enrolled in the U. of M.
School of Social Work. Her fiance
is a graduate of Rutgers State
University and the University of
Michigan.
The couple plans a June wed-
ding, to take place in West Ger-
many where the bridegroom-to-be
is serving with the U.S. Army.
Contractor Elkin
toTalk at Technior
Chapter Meeting
The Detroit Chapter, American
Society for Technion will hold the
second in its series of lectures 8
p.m. April 6 at the Jewish Center.
Murray Hauptman, chapter pro-
gram committee co-chairman, an-
nounced that "Detroit Metropolitan
Airport Expan-
sion Program —
Fact Versus Fic-
tion" will be dis-
cussed by Sol Lif-
sitz, chief engi-
neer of the Wayne
County Road
Commission, and
Alex J. Etki n,
nresident of A. 3
Etkin Construe-
lion Co.
. Etkin
Lifsitz. a vice chairman of the
Detroit Chapter's board of direc-
tors. has been associated with the
Wayne county Road Commission
since 1926. lie is in charge of all
activities of the road commission,
which include the $50,000,000 air-
port expansion program.
Etkin. a vice president of the De-
troit Chapter, held the contract to
build a major portion of the De-
troit Metropolitan Airport. He has
held several important positions
with the Associated General Con-
tractors of America, serving as
president of its Detroit Chapter
in 1965.
At the convention of the Amer-
ican Society of Concrete Con-
structors last month, in New Or-
leans, he was a main speaker.
His topic will be "Reinforced
Concrete Construction of Ter-
minal 2 at Detroit Metropolitan
Airport."
Gen. Dan Tolkowsky, former
commander-in-chief of the Israel
Air Force will also appear.
The public is invited. There will
be no solicitation of funds, and re-
freshments will be served.
Hauptman suggests that those
who wish, to attend should call the
Detroit Regional Office, American
Society for Technion, 358-3070.
Greenfield/8 Mile Rd.
Suburban
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