Friday, November 3, 1967-9 Hadassah, Sisterhoods, Bnai Brith, Zionist THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Object to Term 'Anti-Semitism' in Bill Programs on Schedule of Annual Book Fair Nations The Saudi Arabian delegate, C. UNITED NATIONS (JTA) — Ob- Programs sponsored by Hada- Then for five years, he was Chief Analyst and Wage Administrator Organization and the Jewish Na- for the 'U.S. Civil Service at the tional Fund, Bnai Brith, American Boston Post of Embarkation, and Jewish Committee, Landsmanshaf- later served in the same capacity ten, youth Zionist, American Jew- for the New England Division of ish Congress and other groups are the War Assets Corporation. From included in the program of the 1946 to 1962, he was in private annual Jewish Book Fair to be held business, and then returned to at the Jewish Center Nov. 11-19. teaching. He was an instructor at A highlight of the Book Fair Franklin Institute of Boston, and will be Hadassah Day, Tuesday, is now on the staff of State Col- Nov. 14. Guest speakers will in- lege, Boston. Mr. Kemelman lives clude Abraham Avidar, consul with his family in Marblehead, general of Israel in the Midwest, Massachusetts, and some of his and Mrs. Molly Lyons Bar-David, best friends are rabbis. author and food columnist. Almost a half century of Jew- ish life in the United States and throughout the world is encom- passed in "Challenge and En- counter: Behind the Scenes in the Struggle for Jewish Sur- vival," the autobiography of Mau- rice Bisgyer. Bisgyer, for 27 years the executive head of Bnai Brith, will appear at the Thurs- day evening program of Book Fair co-sponsored with Bnai Brith. "Challenge and Encounter" is an intimate and revealing memoir of a lifetime devoted to public service by one of the most import- ant Jewish organizational leaders and representatives. It includes Bisgyer's first-hand observations HARRY KEMELMAN and recollections of seven Ameri- can presidents with regard to sev- Born in Poland, 'Avidar later eral incidents involving Jewish mat- went with his parents to Danzig, where he joined the Halutzic Pio- ters. He discusses the recent Va- tician declaration on Jews and the neering Movement. He served for many years as its head, organizing entire problem of German-Jewish the rescue of Jewish youth by legal relationship, both during and after the Nazi regime. and illegal means from Nazi Dan- "Watching a State Achieve Na- zig. tionhood" will be the topic dis- During World War II, Avidar cussed by Frank Gervasi, author was in Great Britain, taking a lead- of the newly released "The Case ing part in the pioneering move- for Israel," Wednesday evening, ment, especially in educating Jew- Nov. 15. ish refugee youth. He also acted Gervasi's appearance at the Book on behalf of the Hagana, and or- Fair is co-sponsored by the Jewish ganized "illegal" Aliyah to Pales- National Fund and the Zionist Or- tine. While in England, he studied ganization of Detroit. Dr. Israel at the London School of Economics. In 1947, Avidar went to Pales- tine, where he joined the Kibutz ssah, local sisterhoods, the Zionist mission on adult Jewish education of Bnai Brith, and Ruth Freeman Solomon, author of "The Candle- sticks and the Cross." A graduate of Hunter College, Mrs. Edelman holds an MA in Galed and participated in the War of Liberation. He also con- 'tuned his studies at the He- brew University and graduated with honors. Mrs. Adler, well known for her active participation in Jewish and community affairs in Detroit, has also been a board member of the Women's Division of the Jewish Welfare Federation. She will dis- cuss the topic, "Don't Sleep Late, Don't Go Hungry, Don't Miss the Book Fair." An unorthodox mystery, "Satur- day the Rabbi Went Hungry" by Harry Kemelman has been pur- chased by the Reader's Digest as a Condensed Book Selection and is a Book of the Month Club alter- nate. Kemelman's first successful novel, "Friday the Rabbi Slept Late," has been translated into half a dozen languages and was the win- ner of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for the Best First Mystery of the Year. Kemelman's "The Nine Mile Walk" appeared in "Delights of Detection." edited by Jacques Bar- zun, and he is also the creator of the popular Nicky Welt mystery stories in Ellery Queen's "Mystery Magazine." After earning his master's de- gree in English at Harvard Gar- duate School in 1931, Kemelman taught at various schools until 1941. Allagany, supported an Israeli sug- gestion that the term "anti-Juda- ism" be substituted for anti-Semi- tim and contended that "the true anti-Semitic practices today were directed against Moslem and Chris- tian Arabs." Mrs. L. Ider, of Mongolia, pro- posed that the convention be re- titled "international convention on the elimination of discrimination on grounds of religion or belief." IF YOU TURN THE UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T FIND A FINER WIN& THAN 24 1 a{) rd./ 7 Milan Wineries. Detroit. Mick Sensational St, SALE PRICED! The elegant one from the looms of MOHAWK! Each step is cushioned with this extra-thick nylon pile shag.: Sparkling color combinations ! THIS IS A SPECIAL PURCHASE! Ron Reunalf of Australia equaled his own world duration ball-punch- ing record of 125 hours, 20 minutes at 10:20 p.m. on Dec. 31, 1955, at the Esplanade, Southport, Queens- land, Australia. Now to go to a In 1958-61, he went on a diplo- matic mission behind the Iron Cur- tain to Poland and Russia. On his return to Israel, Avidar worked in the U.S. Division at the Minis- try for Foreign Affairs, and served as spokesman of the Ministry. Prior to his present assignment, he was senior consul of Israel in New York, in charge of political affairs. A new feature of Book Fair will be Sisterhood Day, Wednes- day, Nov. 15, which will host Mrs. Golda Adler, wife of the late Rabbi Morris Adler, and Harry Kemelman, author of "Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry." MAURICE BISGYER English Literature from Columbia University, and a professional diplo- ma in adult education administra- tion from Teachers College, Colum- bia. Mrs. Edelman, who together with Mrs. Goldie Adler, edited "May I Have A Word With You?" a col- lection of Rabbi Morris Adler's writings, will speak -on "Turning On" with Jewish books. Ruth Freeman Solomon will dis- cuss her book, "The Candlesticks and the Cross," a compelling ro- mance and epic novel of the clima- tic end of the Russian Empire. Mrs. Solomon, who was born in Russia, tells the story of her family—a wealthy. high-placed, romantical- ly-inclined Jewish family in the Imperial Court of Russia during the reign of Czar Nicholas. jections continued to mount against inclusion of the term "anti-Semi- tism" in the draft convention on the elimination of all forms of religious discrimination, now be- fore the general assembly's com- mittee on social, humanitarian and cultural affairs. The representative of Kenya, Mrs. T. Kiti, opposed the reference to any particular kind of religious intolerance. She was supported by C. O'Leary of Eire who said that the convention should possess a universal character. The Tunisian representative, S. Guermazi, alleged that anti-Semi- tism "was strictly a European phe- nomenon that has largely radical implications" and said that the countries where it occurred "could sign a convention between them- selves to deal with it." AVRAHAM AVIDAR Wilner is in charge of the program. Ruth Finer Mintz, whose po- etry and translations have ap- peared in the United States and Israel, will be a featured guest at the 16th Book Fair. Mrs. Mintz, author of "The Dark- ening Greens" and "Modern He- brew Poetry," will address the Nov. 13 program of the Book Fair, co-sponsored by Parents Without Partners. Chairman of the program is Mrs. Sonia Wiatrak, president of the group. Ruth Finer Mintz is an American who holds a Bachelor of Hebrew letter from the Jewish Theological Seminary of American and a Mas- ter's degree in English from the University of California. She has also lived in Israel for several years, where she had a grant for the study of Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew University. In the three years which she spent in Israel, Mrs. Mintz met the contem- porary poets whom she translates in her latest work released earlier this year, "An Anthology of Mod- ern Hebrew Poetry." 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