Record- reaking I etroit Drive
Sets Pace for Entire Country
Avrunin, Campaign Leaders
Confident $9,607,000 Mark
Obtainable in Final Returns
THE JEWISH NEWS
A Weekly Review
Continuing a long-established tradition for generosity,
now additionally fortified by noteworthy responses to the
appeals for the 1968 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emerg-
--sy Fund, the current Detroit drive came to a close Wednes-
plight, at the victory dinner held at the Jewish Commun-
ity Center, with the announcement that subscriptions totalling
$9,113,882 already have been accounted for. Assurances given
by the campaign chairmen, Alfred L. Deutsch and Maxwell
Jospey, and by the executive vice-president of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, William Avrunin, that many gifts are yet
to be recorded and that hundreds of contributors remain to
be enrolled in the drive, contained the added prediction that
the $9,607,000 sum envisioned as a campaign total for 1968
is definitely in sight.
Announced in advance as a "victory dinner," Wednes-
day's meeting justified the prediction and turned into a tri-
umph for the many hundreds of Detroit volunteer workers.
who worked in support and defense of Israel and in sup-
port of local and national causes. Their successful efforts
made Detroit the first community in America to fulfill its
obligations and to set the pace for generosity for the rest of
the country. Traditionally holding one of the two top spots
in the land in fund-raising successes, there was even an in-
dication, as a result of the current triumph, that Detroit
Jewry may well emerge as the most generous Jewish com-
munity in the land.
The victory dinner was the occasion to honor four De-
troiters, Emma Schaver, Max and Philip Stollman and Abe
Shiffman, for their contributions towards the advancement
of educational projects in Israel by establishing high schools
jthere. The Fellows of Israel Education awards were pre-
sented to them by Max M. Fisher.
Analyzing the campaign results, Avrunin reported a total
as of Wednesday night of $9,113,881 from 22,002 contributors.
These figures include the reports submitted at the victory
dinner-with an addition of $65,000 reported by Avrunin
from two donors, including one for $50,000 from the Ford
Motor Co. received by Fisher.
Adding to assurances given by Paul Broder, president
of Detroit Service Group, who called for division reports,
and the campaign co-chairmen that the Telethon drive will
continue and all efforts will be made to reach the several
thousand prospective donors yet to be contacted. Avrunin's
-prediction was that the drive will end with a sum total of
$9,607,000, and that the number of contributors will increase
by at least 1,000 over last year's list of donors.
Broder acclaimed the extent of the great achievement
in the drive and commended the volunteer workers. He di-
rected the presentation of divisions' reports which were sub-
mittd by Ben Frank, Leonard Bonin, Kaye G. Frank, George
Zeltzer, Harvey Weisberg, Albert Colman, Richard Kux, Mich-
ael Hermanoff, Louis E. Barden and Mrs. Arthur H. Rice.
The dinner commenced with a salute to Israel on the
state's 20th anniversary, led by Hyman Safran, president of
the Jewish Welfare Federation, marked by the serving of
Israel Carmel champagne.
In their addresses, co-chairmen Deutsch and Jospey
spoke enthusiastically about their Israel visit. . They warned
of impending dangers and urged unending devotion to the
drive to assure Israel's security.
Mrs. Harry L. Jones, national chairman of the women's
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MERCANTILE
SERVICES
MECHANICAL TRADES
REAL ESTATE
FOOD
PROFESSIONAL
ARTS & CRAFTS
JUNIOR
METROPOLITAN
WOMEN
MISCELLANEOUS
TOTALS
$ 474,495
$ 731,461
271,590
430,617
2,580,906
1,484,878
1,388,747
963,358
551,48'8
810,272
951,923
1,468,689
281,548
21,913
38,734
468,657
41,540
78,862
725,006
953,000
65,000
$5,668,802
$9,113.38 1_
May 10, 1968
'Shooting While Talking'
Mars Reported Optimism
of Mid-East Jarring Mission
Possibilities of inauguration of separate peace talks to be conducted by Israel and
Jordan, with United Nations peace emmissary Dr. Gunnar Jarring, in New York, as a
substitute to face-to-face talks by Israel with the Arab nations in Cyprus, has been re-
ported this week. This has been interpreted as an optimistic turn of events affecting the
Middle East crisis.
While this is transpiring on the eve of what had been termed by Nasser as a total
collapse of the Jarring mission, shooting continues and many casualties have been re-
ported from Israel during the current week.
Meanwhlie, JTA reports from Jerusalem that the USSR remains an obstacle on the
road to peace. According to the JTA report, quoting the Tel Aviv morning daily
Davar, Yakob Malik, chief of the Soviet Mission to the United Nations, told the Israeli
chief delegate, Ambassador Yosef Tekoah at a secret meeting, that the Soviet Union
does not approve of UN peace envoy Gunnar Jarring's formula calling for a meeting be-
tween Arab and Israeli representatives under his auspices. Davar said the meeting
took place some time ago at UN headquarters in New York.
Ambassador Gunnar Jarring returned to Jerusalem Wednesday for . talks with
Gideon Rafael, director-general of the Forei g n Ministry. He was scheduled to visit
Cairo on Thursday. Dr. Jarring met with Rafael in the absence of Foreign Minister
Abba S. Eban who is on an official tour of the Scandinavian countries.
According to Davar, Malik told Ambassador Tekoah that the Jarring formula was
not acceptable to the Arabs because it does not contain safeguards for the "implementa-
tion" of last November's Security Council resolution on the Middle East. The resolu-
tion called for an agreement between both sides on certain issues including the with-
drawal of Israeli forces from occupied territories. The Arabs and the Soviet Union have
been interpreting the resolution as a blanket order for Israel's withdrawal without any
prior agreements between the two sides.
The Davar report is viewed as further 'proof that the Soviet Union was behind Arab
intransigence over talks with Israel. It is noted that the United States had been urging
Jordon to meet with Israel and that Dr. Jarring's efforts for the past few weeks have
been centered around bringing such a meeting about. But the Russians instructed Egypt
to warn Jordan away from btalks with Israel. The Russians believe that such talks
would be interpreted as an American success.
JTA also reports from Jerusalem that the foreign ministry was about to take up
with the U.S. State Department the recent activities of certain American consular
officials in East Jerusalem which it considered detrimental to Israeli interests. Among
those activities, according to the report, was the giving of "advice" to Arab women
who demonstrated in East Jerusalem last week against Israel's Independence Day
parade. According to information received by the bIsrael Foreign Ministry, a delega-
tion of the women visited an official in the U.S. Consulate whom they informed of their
plans. Two consular officials subsequently appeared on the site of the demonstration,
although it had not been announced beforehand, and was, in any event, illegal. Israel is
expected to ask the State Department to instruct consular officials to confine their ac-
tivities to their legitimate tasks which are to take care of the interests of U.S. citizens.
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468 Campaign scorecard at Victory Dinner
1968 Allied
1967 Allied
Jewish Campaign Jewish Campaign
and Israel
and Israel
Emergency Fund Emergency Fund
of Jewish Events
Moscow Chief Rabbi Affirms
Acceptino Invitation to U.S
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
1967
Pledges
1968
Pledges
New 196.8
Pledges
$ 2,221
1,153
944
$ 2,089
976
$ 206
111
924
75
1,197
1,079
68
713
4,666
421
685
64
4,130
427
788
1,788
9,456
$23,347
397
26
678
1,985
192
426
9,047
2
974
$21,992
$2,569
NEW YORK-Chief Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levin of Moscow has
informed the American Council for Judaism that he is prepared to
bring a- Russian Jewish religious delegation to this country before the
middle of June.
In a cable received by the anti-Zionist organization Monday, Dr.
Levin indicated that the state of his health precluded a visit at any
other season.
A council spokesman said Tuesday that original plans to have Dr.
Levin address its convention had had to be changed and that the
council would set up a special conference with the visiting delegation.
Rabbi Levin presumably will be accompanied by three others whom
his cables named and identified as Rabbi Israel Berkovitch Schwartz-
blatt, described as rabbi of the Odessa Synagogue; David Moissevitci
Stiskin, cantor of the Leningrad Synagogue, and Rabbi Israel Mois-
sivitch Bronfman, described as the rabbi of the Derbenta Synagogue.
It was indicated thatlf Dr. Levin, for reasons of health, is unable
to make the trip, the remaining members of the delegation wilt.
Assurances were cabled to Rabbi Levin that the major American
Jewish organizations would introduce him "to all the varied manifes-
tation and institutions of American Jewish life and to the leadership.
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