Israel Army Colonel, Yaacob Kaplan, Hubert-Segel Wedding
to Take Place July 4
to Speak at JNF Lawyer's Fete
Col. Yaacob Kaplan, on leave I Within recent months, the colonel
from his post as commanding I has addressed large assemblies of
officer of the Northern Defense 1 JNF supporters across the nation,
Area of Israel, will be guest describing the Six-Day War and
speaker at a reception for lawyers, , the role of the JNF before, during
accountants and insurance agents and after the conflict.
8:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at Cong. Bnai
Col. Kaplan, who played a
Moshe. Cocktails will be served
leading role in the military
at 8.
operations of Northern Galilee
The reception, an annual event, i during the war, has served in
is announced by Judge Joseph Per- the Israel Defense Forces since
nick, chairman of the Jewish
1949. He is a graduate of the
National Fund Foundation in
Staff College, Israel's highest
Detroit.
military school. As a commander
of the Northern Defense Area
during the past four years, he
has worked in close contact with
all the settlements throughout
the northern region of Israel and
with the Jewish Agency and the
Karen Kayemeth.
In 1949 he migrated to Israel
Postmaster Edward L. Baker
reported there has been an alarm- from Poland and immediately
joined
the Israel Defense Forces
ing increase in mail robberies from
street letter boxes in Detoit since working his way up through the
various
branches of the army to
the first of the year. He said 13
different collection boxes have ' his present rank. In addition to his
been broken into and their contents military duties, Col. Kaplan found
stolen in the past two weeks. He the time to study and graduate
said last year there were only one from the Hebrew University, with
or two such occurrences. He added, a B.A. degree in political science.
since the mail taken, in most in- The Foundation for Jewish Na-
stances, has consisted of letters tional Fund was formed to mobil-
deposited in the boxes by mailers, ize the resources of American
it is difficult to estimate just how Jewry for the extensive land re-
many letters have been stolen, but clamation and afforestation pro-
the figure could well run into the grams of the Karen Kayemeth Le-
thousands. Israel through bequests, bond
The Postmaster called on Detroit transfers and the assignment of
citizens to lend their support to insurance.
the intensive effort that is being
Refreshments will be served.
made by postal inspectors and po- r .t
lice to combat these crimes. He
The Jewish National Fund of De-
said individuals could help by
troit will be relocated Thursday at
calling the police immediately
its new quarters, 22100 Greenfield,
when they see someone tampering
Oak Park, it is announced by
w ith a mail box.
Judge Burton R. Shifman, presi-
"Rewards of up to $200 are of-
dent of the local JNF.
fered by the Post Office Depart-
After 10 years at its present lo-
ment." Baker said, "for informa-
tion leading to the arrest and cation on Wyoming Ave., the JNF
is
moving so as to be within the
conviction of anyone stealing mail
heart of the Jewish community.
from one of these boxes."
The
Women's Auxiliary of JNF
Mail boxes and their contents
are protected by Federal law, and also will carry on its activities
maximum penalties range from from the new JNF headquarters
three years or $1,000 for malicious
destruction of boxes, to five years
and/or $2,000 for actual theft of
mail from them.
Postmaster Asks
Aid in Preventing
Mail Robberies
Zwerdling Urges
Board File Suit
for School Aid
A suit by the Detroit Board of
Education—with the State of Mich-
igan as defendant—was proposed
today by Board Member A. L.
Zwerdling. He wants the courts
to determine whether or not it is
a responsibility of the state to pro-
vide equal educational opportunity
for all of the state's public school
Business
Brevities
GORDON R. MEISNER AGENCY
of Indianapolis Life Insurance Co.
! was the company's leading agency
in Michigan in volume of new
business
written during
1967,
Arnold Berg, vice president and
director of agencies, announced.
The Meisner Agency ranked 14th
among all company agencies in
the nation for the year. Top agent
in the agency was David Lippitt.
who was Indianapolis Life's lead-
ing agent in Michigan and ranked
seventh in the nation.
children.
Zwerdling proposed—what is be-
Morley B. Katz has been ap-
lieved to be the first in the nation pointed manager of the HACK
—litigation which should spell out SHOE CO. store in Birmingham.
conclusively what the Michigan Ile had worked at the downtown
Constitution and the United States Detroit store and was at the Liver-
Supreme Court mean by "state re- nois Ave. store for several years
sponsibility for education."
before .becoming assistant man-
Zwerdling's action comes after ag of the Birmingham store about
long and repeated attempts to get a year ago.
more support for Detroit schools
from the state. His move is- based Yarzeit of 'Sefat Emet'
on what he feels is the right of
A melave malka will be held
boys and girls of the City of De- 9 p.m. Feb. 3 at Cong. Bnai Jacob
troit to have "equal educational on the occasion of the yarzeit of
opportunities" to those of the stu-
the Hasidic leader, Rabbi Yehuda
dents of the rest of the state. He
Laib Alter, the "Sefat Emet." He
cited a series of cases which in- was the second rebbe of the
terprets public education as the
renowned Gerer dynasty, leaders
"responsibility of the state."
of Polish Jewry.
Guest speaker will be Rabbi B.
Attorney Tukel to Speak Borchardt of New York, head of
at Farband Unit Meeting the national office of Zerei Agudath
Irving Tukel, Detroit attorney, Israel and a leader in religious
will speak at the meeting of the youth work.
The public is invited.
Chaim Weizmann-Sholem Alei-
cham Farband Branch 114 at 8:30
CHARLES ZIBBELL, assistant
p.m. Saturday at the Labor Zion-
executive director of the Los An-
ist Institute.
Tukel, who visited Israel after geles Jewish Federation-Council
the Six-Day War, will describe for the past 18 years, will become
the associate executive director
what he saw and show slides.
Movsas Goldoftas, cultur al of the Council of Jewish Federa-
chairman, will read from Jewish tions and Welfare Funds, it was
literature. Refreshments will be announced by Philip Bernstein,
served. Friends are invited at no executive • vice president of the
council.
charge.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 26, 1968-25
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A drawing of friendly people
and an outline of the state accom- :•
panied by the theme "Michigan—
Land of Hospitality" will be the
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business firms, schools, organiza- I t.!:
FOR ALL MUSIC!
Lions and individuals to begin dis- ..;
playing it everywhere early in the BIG BAND OR
spring was made by Win Schuler•
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Mr. and Mrs. Milton D. Hubert
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of Mr. and Mrs. Manny Segel of
Addison Ave., Southfield.
The bride-elect attended the
University of Michigan and is
now a senior in dental hygiene
at the University of Detroit Den-
tal School. Her fiance is a junior
pre-dental student at Wayne State
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Labelology
A study, dear to the hearts of value-
conscious food shoppers. Below is an
excellent example of labelogistics.
With explanations to guide you!
A well-known name
from 'way back! Come
to think of it,we're
going to be a hundred
years old pretty soon.
My, how time flies!
We wanted to say
"strictly vegetarian,"
but our designer said
"strictly" would be
redundant. That
fellow loves to use
fancy words.
VEGETARIAN
BEAN
We'd love to give you
the recipe, but one of
our competitors might
be/ooking over your
Shoulder. Sorry!
You should never have
to do business with our
bean selectors! They are
fussy, difficult and
often unreasonable.
Shorthand for Kosher.
@ is the seal of
Frankly, this picture is
intended to put temp-
tation in your path.
Mean, isn't it?
THE UNION OF
ORTHODOX JEWISH
CONGREGATIONS OF
AMERICA.
Divide the price by 16 and you
have the cost per ounce. If
you don't have a pencil, take our
word for it. You get a lot of
good eating for your money.
P.5.—We also pack 3 other sizes of
Heinz Vegetarian Beans.
Attention:—Labelologists! Now that you
have completed your study, the
labelogical next step is to serve the
beans. Tonight? A splendid ideal