Detroit to Celebrate Israel's Birthday "Out of the Desert," a musical adaptation of a talmudic legend, will highlight the communitywide celebration of Israel Independence Day 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Temple Israel. Plans for the program were announced by Dr. Samuel Krohn and Morris Lieberman, co-chairmen of the joint committee of the Jewish Community Council and Zionist Council of Detroit, sponsoring groups of the annual Independence Day affair. Cantors Harold Orbach of Temple Israel and Louis Klein of Cong. Bnai Moshe will be joined by Annette Chajes, Susan La Croix and Cheryl Bensman in this musical tale adapted especially for the Independence Day program. The Habonim Dancers are also featured. Based on the legend, ". . . but a day will come when we shall rise—a mighty host in Yisroel to dwell," the young pioneers in "Out of the Desert" who fight to free the Promised Land again for Israel are reflections of biblical figures who were born in the desert after the Exodus. The work is an original composition by Julius Chajes with lyrics by Michael Atzmoni Keen. Chajes, conductor of the Jewish •Center Symphony Orchestra since 1940, (Continued on Page 7) THE JEWISH [141 NEWS c:1•1 -r A Weekly Review Israel's 19th anniv. ersary is an occasion for celebration not only by our kinsmen in the Holy Land but by Jews every- where who have cause to rejoice in Israel's progress and to join in thanksgiving over the fulfillment of Prophecy and the opportunities that were created by Israel's emergence to end the statelessness and the homelessness of hundreds of thousands of our people. We join with Jewish communities everywhere in greet- ing Israel and in the entertainment of the hope that peace Will come to that embattled area. Anti - Semitic Displays in Spain, South Africa (From JTA News Services to The Jewish News) The anniversary of Hitler's death last weekend provided the excuse for anti-Semites in Madrid and Johannesburg to flex their muscles. A memorial mass in Madrid for Hitler, to have marked the 22nd anniversary of his death last weekend, was banned by the Archbishop of Madrid. The Most Rev. Casimiro Moreilio issed the ban after a group reportedly associated with the Spanish Falange Party tried to ar- range the service at a Madrid church. The canceled plan was seen as part of a minor revival recently of pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic sentiments in Spanish groups associated with the Falange, the only recognized political party in Spain. However, the Franco regime was known not to be in any way encouraging such sentiments. The regime has in fact been making special efforts to protect and encourage Jewish cultural and reli- gious activities. A new Spanish postage stamp issued this week portrays the Jewish philosopher, Maimonides, who was born in Cordoba. Two recent indications of anti-Semitism appeared in the weekly magazine . ' SP, identified with the Falange, and Falange's Madrid newspaper, Arriba. S'P declared that "all these ideas about the evils of Nazism are pure Judaic propaganda." Arriba published a quotation from the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht between Britain and Spain, banning either "Jew or Moor" from living in Gibraltar. The quotation. involving Spain's efforts to abro- gate the treaty. referred to the fact that one of the ministers of the Gibraltar government is Jewish. In Johannesburg, police had to use tear gas last Saturday to disperse a large and excited crowd which gathered outside a beerhall where Jewish youths scuffled with neo-Nazis. Several members of the crowd were injured and some were arrested. The incident; which took place in a beerhall in Hillbrow, a Johannesburg suburb, was the second in a week. In the first inci- in dent, a number of German immigrants toasted Hitler's birthday the beerhall. A number of Jewish youths went later to the beerhall and remarks were exchanged with the German patrons leading to a scuffle which police quickly halted. The youths admitted their guilt not and paid their fines, declaring they wanted to show they were ready to let a salute to Hitler go unchallenged. In the second incident, another group of Jewish young people (Continued on Page 11) MICHIGA N of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper Vol. LI, No. 8 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—Detroit 48235 May 12, 1967 Second Highest Drive Total Assured for 1967 Allied Campaigners Estimate Reaching $5,761,000 forYear Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign for 1967 promises to result in the second highest total subscribed in the history of local philanthropic efforts, it was indicated at the vic- tory dinner held at the Jewish Center Wednesday. Alfred Deutsch, campaign chairman, and William Avrunin, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Federation under whose direction the campaigns are held here, announced that the total accounted for up to the night of the closing dinner was $5,548,600, and that additional income from a group yet to be contacted is certain to boost the total, to approximately $5,761,000. This will make 1967 the second best year in fund-raising by the Detroit Jewish community since 1957 when $5,918.268 was subscribed. Wednesday's Victory Dinner was marked by enthusiastic acknowledgement by the drive's leaders and division heads over the attainments resulting from dedicated com- munity efforts. Especially heartening in this year's drivel is the announcement that 21,689 people thus far have joined the community's ranks as contributors, with many more yet to be accounted for. Avrunin pointed to previous experience as the basis for hopes that the $5,761,000 would be reached. At last year's victory dinner, pledges totaling $5,406,000 were an- nounced, and the campaign went on to a final figure of $5,628,000. The figure announced Wednesday was the highest ever for a victory dinner. The number of contributions is expected to surpass 24.000-1.000 more than in 1966. Greatest dollar volume was noted by the mechanical trades division: $1,428,421. Co-chairmen are Merle Harris and Kaye Frank. The junior division's president. 'Mrs. Robert G. Portnoy, announced that 750 cards, including 207 new pledges, have yielded $28.447-128 per cent of the total raised last year by the young adults. The women's division has raised its largest total in history-8720.000 from 9,167 women, a 103 per cent increase over 1966. With several hundred cards yet to reach, Mrs. Arthur H. Rice, chairman, expected even greater results. Other gains were reported by the following: Mercantile division, David S. Mondry, chairman: S-147,999-102 per cent of the 1966 goal (with $38,000 expected from as-yet-unsolicited reports). Services division. Leonard J. Borin. chairman: $266.908-101 per cent of last year. ;Real estate and building trades division. Harold Berry. chairman: S942,578-101 per cent' of last year. (Continued on Page 3) Center's Hebrew Ulpan Students Will Obtain High School Credits Official confirmation has been received from the North Central Association of Colleges and school Secondary Schools that participants in the Center's Summer Ulpan will be able to obtain high credit if they successfully complete the seven-week Hebrew conversation course. In accordance with the formal approval received from G. Sutherland Hayden, chairman of the Michigan State Committee, students passing the examination will be awarded one Carnegie Unit, 33-day period, students which is the equivalent of 10 semester hours of high school credit. Thus, in a will be able to earn one full year's high school language credit. The Ulpan will be conducted at the Jewish Community Center from July 5 through Aug. 18. Modern, conversational Hebrew as it is spoken in Israel will be taught, using audio-visual equipment. will be interspersed with elective periods of swimming, gym, socials, folk dancing, singing and This dramatics. The program is for high school students who have little or no knowledge of the Hebrew language. The fee for the Ulpan is $75 for members of the Center and $100 for non-members. Applications on a first-come, first-served basis. A limited number of openings are still available. c will be acepted DI 1-4200, Ext. 254. For further information call the Center's Hebrew department, Y Temple Emanu-El Asked to Reconsider Its Withdrawal . From Parent Group, ULTARC NEW YORK (JTA) — Hope that Temple Emanu-El, the largest Reform congregation in the world, would reconsider its "hasty" with- drawal from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the asso- ciation of Reform congregations, was expressed Sunday by Irving Fane, chairman of the UAIIC board of trustees. Disclosure that a divided temple board had voted, 6 to 4, to pull the congregation out of the UAIIC for the second time, touched off a series of exchanges between officials of the temple and the UAIIC. In disclosing the withdrawal action, Alfred Bachrach, congre- gation president, said the action was taken in protest about state- ments on United States participation in the Vietnam war and other public issues by Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath, UAIIC president. Dr. Eisendrath has been one of the sharpest criticS- among a group of Reform rabbis opposing the American role in the war. (Continued on Page 7)