Bar Mitzva Gifts
Go Toward `Mitzva'
-Helping Israel
Louis E. Levitan (left), De-
troit Israel Bond director, holds
a $1,000 Israel Bond purchased
by Mark Rubinstein, who was
Bar Mitzva earlier this month at
Ahavas Achim. Mark used the
money he received as Bar Blitz-
va gifts to buy Israel Bonds, to
aid Israel in its hour of need.
Mark, who is in the eighth
grade, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Rubinstein, 19490
Littlefield. "I hope and trust
this example set by Mark will
be emulated," said Phillip Stoll-
man, chairman of the Israel
Bond Emergency Campaign. "It
is proper and fitting that a
sacred occasion such as a Bar
Mitzva or Bas Mitzva should be
utilized to aid a sacred cause—
the prosperity and security of
Israel."
Burton Collection,
Federation Linked
Through Archives
The ninth annual meeting of the
Jewish Historical Society of Michi-
gan June 21 marked the formal
association of the Detroit Jewish
Welfare Federation with the Bur-
ton Historical Collection, the latter
having become the official archival
depository of the Federation's past
records.
The Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan also awarded citations
to Federation President Hyman
Safran; its executive directof, Wil-
liam Avrunin, and assistant direc-
tor, Sam Cohen, for helping make
the Burton Historical Collection
archives a center for Michigan
Jewish historical research.
The following officers were elect-
ed: Dr. Irving I. Edgar, president;
Mrs. Ray Raphael, vice president;
Jonathan D. Hyams, treasurer,
and Mrs. Edgar, secretary. On the
board of directors are Charles E.
Feinberg, Walter L. Field, Dr.
Leon Fram, Mrs. Morris Fried-
man, Morris Garvett, Dr. Harold
Glen, Dr. Henry Green, Irwin T.
Holtzman, Rabbi David Jesse!,
Irving I. Katz, Dr. Shmarya Klein-
man, Benjamin M. Laikin; Rueben
Levine, Louis LaMed, Jack Mala-
mud, Prof. Shlomo Marenoff, Mrs.
Marshall M. Miller, Sadie Padover,
Bernard Panush, Mrs. Bernard
Panush, Dr. A. S. Rogoff, Jay
Rosenshine, Gregory A. Ross,
Irwin Shaw, Leonard N. Simons
and Dr. Israel Weiner.
Plan Trip to Ceylon
as SS HOPE Project
The seventh voyage of the hos-
pital ship S.S. HOPE will be to
Ceylon. The voyage will begin next
March and will mark the first
return of the HOPE to Asia since
the maiden voyage to Indoesia and
South Vienam in 1960-1961.
The announcement here came
from Detroiters Dr. Herbert J.
Bloom, and Dr. Robert K. Nixon,
as they prepared to leave Metro-
politan Airport as part of the
advance survey team to Ceylon.
They will take part in two weeks
of meetings with Ceylon officials,
helping to plan HOPE's teaching
and training program for the up-
coming voyage.
LETTER BOX
`How Good It Is
Mine Are Alive'
Editor, The Jewish News:
I wish to call attention to letters
I received from my family in Israel
which tell the story of Israel much
better than 10 eloquent speakers
can do.
We all know the heartening re-
sponse of U.S. Jewry to the peril of
Israel. We also know that Israel
won the war, but not the long de-
sired peace. Instead of the stale,
outworn speeches of some of our
so-called leaders, they better ask
and read their haverim some of
the following.
I am translating some excerpts
from the last letter I received from
my niece, Estherke (Esther Viron),
written June 18. Igal (her hus-
band, 49), Amir (her son-in-law,
23, a captain of a tank brigade,
who looks like 16 years old and is
a bashful child in company. He
hardly spoke to me when I saw
him two years ago), and Yoav
(her son in the air force, also
about 23) were still in service, also
her nephew, my grand-nephew,
Zvike, 24, who is now building
the Gaza-Lud railroad:
"It is very hard to open our
newspapers without a trembling
in your heart and tears in your
eyes. Danny, Uzi, Yosi and Shmu-
lik and Yankele—Two of one
family and again two of one
family—and there I sit in the
kitchen alone after work and
a feeling of egoism whisperes
quietly in my ear. Oh! how good
it is that mine are alive! and a
little more patience and they
will return home. I wish they
would already return! When I
was last Saturday at Didi's (her
daughter) kibutz, I heard one of
the children say: "Mama, why
did my father have to be
killed?" You see, my dear uncle,
just as much as we are desiring
peace, the wars are chasing after
us. I hope that my grandchildren
will not know any war and they
Rothberg to Speak
at Bond Emergency
Meeting Wednesday
Samuel Robtiburg, national Is-
rael Bond campaign chairman, will
address a special leadership meet-
ing, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at
the new Community Center on the
Park in Somerset Park, 2501
SAMUEL ROTHEBERG
Somerset, Troy, it was announced
by Phillip Stollman, chairman of
the Israel Bond emergency cam-
paign, who called the meeting.
Stollman said:
"The response both in the Israel
Bond emergency campaign and the
Israel Emergency Fund is hearten-
in,g. However, we cannot slacken
our efforts because the crisis is
still on. The Israel Bond Emer-
gency Campaign is over the $3,000,-
000 mark in cash deposited in the
bank and available to Israel," said
Stoliman. "Cash and pledges total
plans. RHODA and JOSHUA
SHAMES
Talpiot Hotel, Haifa
June 17, 1967
Bay City Jews
Give $100,000,
Setting Record
Bay City Jewry responded
promptly and generously to the
appeal for the Israel Emergency
Fund.
Rabbi Joseff J. Kratzenstein of
the Bay City Jewish Community
Association reports that within
two hours, on the day the war
broke out, 300 Bay Cityans con-
tributed $100,000.
"Translated into corresponding
proportions," Rabbi Kratzenstein
said, "the American Jewish com-
munity as a whole should be able
to send this month $2,000,000,000
to Israel as a spontaneous and
temporary support in its successful
fight for existence. The overwhelm-
ing majority of Bay City Jewry
Ma rilynKoralEngaged
to Thomas David Elias
MISS MARILYN MORAL
Ben D. Koral of Nadine Ave.,
understands the far-reaching con- Oak Park, announces the engage-
ment of his daughter Marilyn
sequences of this historic hour."
Edith to Thomas David Elias, son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Elias of
11U
Help keep
America
Strong
U.S. SAVINGS BONDS
NEW FREEDOM SHARES
Mr.
Deerfield, m.
Miss Koral, a graduate of the
University of Michigan, attends
Stanford University, where her
fiance is also a graduate student.
A December wedding is planned.
over $4,000,000.
Rothberg, president of the Israel
Investors Corporation and of Capi-
tal for Israel, is chairman of the
board of the American Friends of
the Hebrew University and has
been a driving force in the United
Jewish Appeal, which he formerly
served as national chairman for
initial gifts.
Washington Rally
will learn about it only in history
books.
Report by Grossman
"The first time I heard of Amir
(my son-in-law) it was on the radio to Junior Division
The Junior Division of the Jew-
when General Avraham Yaffe told
of the conquest of Sinai: and ish Welfare Federation will hear
imagine my happiness when all of a "Tale of Two Cities—Jerusalem
a sudden I am standing face to and Washington" at its annual
face with a squadron of Santari- meeting 8:15 p.m. Thursday at the
onim (tanks, whose leader is my Jewish Center, Mrs. Robert G.
Portnoy, president, announced.
brother's son Amir.
Lewis S. Grossman, president,
"Can you imagine my happiness,
Detroit Chapter, American Jewish
uncle?"
I am very sorry, I may not be Committee, member of the board
good enough to translate the of the Jewish Welfare Federation,
depth of the feelings expressed in will be guest speaker.
Michael J. Hermanoff has been
the language of our prophets. I
nominated for president of the di-
did the best I could.
vision
for the coming year. Other
This is what American Jewry
has to hear in the future fund- officers nominated are: Paul D.
raising rallies, not the run-of- Borman, chairman, executive com-
the-mill speeches. There will be mittee; Allan Nachman, Bylaina
many more speeches until we will Nelson, Lawrence K. Snider, vice-
see Israel safe and sound on its presidents; members-at-large, Je-
own feet and this will happen only rome B. Greenbaum, Mrs. James
when Gog and Magog will under- Hack, Joseph Levin, Joel Safran
stand that they can not fight and Bernard Stollman.
Nominated as new members to
anymore in the face of such de-
structive weapons that they must the board are: Leonard Borman,
finally live in peace with each Stanley Frankel, Barbara Howers,
Ira Jaffe, Stuart Kaufman, Harriet
other.
Miller, Spencer Partrich, Mrs.
Respectfully yours,
Dale Rands, Mrs. Joel Safran,
SOL LEIBICK
Michael Scheinker and Mrs. Robert
•
Slatkin.
Message from Israel
Members of the Junior Division
Editor, The Jewish News:
We have been visiting in Israel carry on summer programs for
since April and have seen how
Israel has stood up as a genera-
tion of warriors. There was too
much blood lost-700 young lives
were sacrificed and more than
2,500 were injured.
A great influx of tourists is ex-
pected here soon and all who wish
to come should hurry and make
Friday, bine 30, 1967-29
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
disadvantaged children and year-
round educational programs for its
members. They participate in the
Allied Jewish Campaign and dur-
ing the 1967 drive, which ended
May 10, raised over $30,000. Mem-
bers have also been active in the
Israel Emergency Fund now seek-
ing extra funds for health and
welfare needs in Israel.
Detroit optometrist Dr. SEY-
MOUR ROSEN was recently in-
stalled as a board member of the
Wayne County Society of Optom-
Dr. PETEIt DIAMANDOPOULOS, etrists at the Michigan Optometric
dean of academic administration at Association convention in Traverse
Brandeis
University, has been City. Dr. Rosen was elected head
HOPE will go to Ceylon at the
of the Michigan vision services
invitation of the Ceylonese gov- named the university's dean of the committee.
arts
and sciences.
ernment and medical associations. faculty of
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