THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 2, 1967-21
Dr. Mandelbaum to Honor Patrons at Local Reception
Beth Aaron Buys Bonds to Ease Crisis
Delegations of leaders from Con- mementoes to charter members of
servative congregations in Detroit the Detroit Chapter, National Pat-
and other Michigan communities rons Society. Included will be a
will welcome Dr. Bernard Mandel- replica of a page from a Hagada
baum, president of the Jewish made in 13th Century Spain and
Theological Seminary of America. now in the Mortimer Marcus Rare
at a reception 4 p.m. Thursday in Book Room of the seminary's lib-
the Crystal Ballroom a the Shera- rary.
In addition to Karbal and Weiss,
ton-Cadillac Hotel.
Morris Karbal, reception chair- those due to receive the awards
man, and Benjamin Weiss, co- are Henry S. Alper. Louis Berry,
chairman, announced that the Abraham and Tom Borman, Irwin
event will be highlighted by Dr. I. Cohn, Alfred L. Deutsch, Sol
Mandelbaum's presentation of al- Eisenberg. Joseph Feldman, Wal-
bums of appreciation and other ter L. Field, Max M. Fisher and
Ben Goldberg.
Also, Abe Green, Irwin Green,
N. Z. Greenhouse, Louis and Sam-
uel Hamburger, Victor H. Linden,
David M. Miro, Robert Ruch, Da-
vid and Hyman Safran, George
Seyburn and other charter mem-
bers of the local patrons chapter.
'67 BUICKS
THE BEST
FOR LESS
AT
They Made the Grade
Beth Aaron Synagogue has purchased $100,000 in Israel Bonds
to demonstrate its faith in Israel and its unity with the people of
Israel in the gravest crisis in the 19-year life of the Jewish nation.
The purchase was made from Beth Aaron's Building Fund, under
the 30-day redemption clause open to synagogues and to other non-
profit Jewish institutions and organizations. The purchase was
authorized by the board of trustees. Involved in the transaction are
(from left) Max Nosanchuk, first vice president; Rabbi Benjamin
B. Gorrelick, spiritual leader; Sam Loberman, president; and Louis
E. Levitan, Detroit Israel Bond director.
Jewish Communal Service Body Elects
Vincent as President After Avrunin
National Conference annual
ATLANTIC CITY — Sidney Z.
Vincent, executive director, Jewish meeting would be held in De,
Community Federation of Cleve- troit next May.
land, was elected president of the
Also in Atlantic City, Dr. Elijah
National Conference of Jewish Bortniker, president and executive
Communal Service Saturday at its director of the Jewish Education
69th annual meeting here.
Association of Essex County warn-
Vincent succeeds William Av- ed of some of the disruptive and
runin, executive director, Jewish conflicting trends which now ob-
Welfare Federation of Detroit. tain within the field of Jewish edu-
The organization Vincent will cation and the Jewish community
head is composed of five organi- in general.
He spoke at the opening session
zations made up of professionals
working in the field of Jewish of the 41st annual conference of
communal service: the Associa- the National Council for Jewish
Education, attended by more than
tion of Jewish Community Rela-
tions workers; the National As- 200 Jewish educators from all
sociation of Jewish Center Work- parts of the country.
ers; the National Association of
The council conference is meet-
Jewish Family, Children's and ing together with the National Con-
Health Services: the National As- ference of Jewish Communal Ser-
sociation of Jewish Homes for vice.
the Aged, and the National
Dr. Bortniker noted some of
Council of Jewish Education.
the positive developments that
Climax of the meetings was pas- , have taken place in Jewish edu-
sage of a resolution supporting
cation such as increase in the
United States policy to preserve
number of pupils in Jewish
Israel's natiOnal sovereignty and
schools, the expansion of the
territorial integrity and to preserve
all-day school, the growth in the
peace in the Middle East..
study of the Hebrew language,
Prior to the passage of the re-
growth of Jewish educational
solution. Mrs. Avram Harman. wife
camping, and larger number of
of Israel's ambassador to the )'nit students enrolled in Hebrew high
schools.
ed States. addressed the delegates
and told them that "it is essential
- However, within the American
to Israel's survival that the life-
,lowish community there seems to
line of the Gulf of Aqaba and the
he a trend towards divisiveness
Strait of Tiran he kept open." She
and an emphasis on ideological
lso warned that "long drawn out
negotiations mild he very damag- differences rather than an empha-
ing to Israel's economic life" be. sis on unity:' he said "Such dif-
cause continuance of Nasser's ferences tend to make for dupli-
blockade of the gulf and the strait cation of activities and fragmenta-
would interfere with Israel's eon. Lion of purposes."
"We are breaking up into what
siderable trade with Asia and
are presumably components of the
Africa.
Jewish community, but actually
Dr. Gary T. Marx, assistant
into disparate and separate sub-
professor of sociology at the Uni-
units. Group differences are, of
has
versity of California, who
course, natural, in fact inescapable.
been studying the attitudes of
But when these reach a stage of
the American people towards the inability to work together in areas
civil rights movement since 1964. where common enterprise is es-
reported that "Civil rights con-
sential. then we are facing an un-
cerns tend not to breed anti-
favorable prognosis," he stated.
feelings among Negroes.
white
The more militant Negroes, on
the average, are more tolerant
of whites and tend to be less
anti-Semiti•."
Rabbi Jay Kaufman, executive
vice president of Bnai Brith, said
that in helping the younger gen
eration to find its Jewish identity,
the Jewish professional working
in the various fields of Jewish
communal service could serve as
a model of Jewish identity.
During the more than 100 work-
shops. held while the conference
was in session. Jewish communal
workers from all parts of the coun-
try heard papers on both profes-
sional and general interest. Prog-
ress of the preparations for the
International Conference of Jew-
ish Communal Service, to be held
in Jerusalem Aug. 19-24 were re-
ported on.
It was announced that the 1963
He urged the members of the
national council to be actively
concerned with the community
approach to Jewish education
and to stress the need for unity.
JUDY LOPATIN, 12-year-old Awards at a dinner Wednesday
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving evening, honoring 83 high school
Lopatin, 20541 Faust, was runner- students, considered outstanding in
up in the Detroit News Metropoli- their respective classes. Selected
tan Spelling Bee last week. After by teachers and fellow students
many greuling rounds, the word for excellence of character, schol-
that finally tripped her up was arship, loyalty, leadership, citizen-
"solecism." She has never heard ship and reliability, the students
of the word. For her achievement received certificates and inscribed,
as second-place speller in the five- bronze name plates. The latter will
county metropolitan area, Judy be affixed to Youth Award plaques
will receive a set of the World donated to each participating school
14500 W. 7 MILE
Book Encyclopedia, and her school, by Chrysler Corp., co-sponsor of
AT LODGE X-WAY
Mettetal Junior High, where she the program with the police de-
is in the 7A, will receive a copy partment.
of the Lincoln Library of Essential
Information. Judy attends religious
school at Bnai Moshe and Hebrew
classes at United Hebrew Schools.
We are grateful to all our friends for the support
Prior to competing in the metro-
politan bee this year, Judy won
they
have been giving El Al, during these difficult
spelling bees in her grade, school
and district. Her sister Donna, in
times. We need all and every assistance we know
the 6A at Pitcher Elementary, won
her grade and school bees, and
we shall continue to receive from you.
the sisters were thus rivals in the
district bee. Donna placed eighth
Our State and its National Carrier are going
in that contest, which Judy went
through one of the many crisis we have been
on to win. Judy's mother, formerly
Dorothy Simon, was a previous
through since the inception of the State of Israel.
Metropolitan Spelling Bee winner,
in 1944 and 1945, and her aunt,
As in the past we shall overcome the present dif-
Beverly Simon, won the same con-
test in 1951.
ficulties.
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The National Council for Jewish
Education is the over-all profes-
sional organization of Jewish edu-
cators in the United States.
It comprises in its membership
men and women in the profession
of Jewish education in the adminis-
trative and supervisory positions
of - local and national Jewish edu-
cational agencies, principals of all
types of Jewish schools, instruc-
tors in Hebrew high schools and
Hebrew colleges and instructors in
arts and crafts, dancing. dramatics
and related fields.
Membership includes represen.,'
lotion of all ideological viewpoints
and trends in American Jewish
life.
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BA C K
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LESLIE CARTER, a senior at
Henry Ford High School, and
DANIEL R. BIBER, a senior at
Mumford, were recipients of the
Detroit Police Department Youth
ALLAN D. EMIL, completing
his second year as campaign chair-
man of the Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies of New York, was
selected the 1967 recipient of the
Annual Gold Medal Award of the
Society of the Founders of the
American Friends of the Hebrew
University.
El Al is and will continue its flights both to Israel
and Europe. If you will not be going to Israel in
the immediate future, we understand. But should
you wish to go to Europe, we shall be delighted
to welcome you aboard our flights, where you will
receive our usual friendly and courteous service
EL
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Reuven Goldstein,
District Sales Manager
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