Sponsor Fete Sells $51,000 in Bonds THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 31, 1968-31 Jul et Criterion Club Elects Nate Rubin, President At the luncheon sponsored by the Detroit Chapter of Sponsors of Israel held at the Great Lakes Club, at which $51,000 in Israel Bond subscriptions was announced, with Countess Antoinette Rinaldini-Cardelli, as the guest of honor are (from left) seated, Mes- dames S. L. A. Marshall, Max Stollman, Charles Milan, Louis Berry, Countess Cardelli, Morris L. Schaver, Joseph Holtzman and David Pollack; standing, Mesdames Joseph Katchke, Philip Helfman, Norman Allan, Sidney Schwartz and Irwin Green. Mrs. Berry is the Israel fashion show chairman; Mrs. Schaver is Israel Bond Women's Division chairman; Mrs. Holtzman was the luncheon co-chairman eon. Paid-up sponsors of Israel were pinned by Countess Cardelli. and Mrs. Pollack, the Sponsor chairman and chairman of the lunch- Hebrew U. Prof., Dr. Jacob Landau, to Spend Year on WSU Semitics Staff A wide curriculum and an addi- tion to the staff have been an- nounced by the Near Eastern languages and literatures depart- ment of Wayne State University. The department offers instruc- tion in Hebrew, Arabic and Ara- maic, in addition to more general courses dealing with the history and civilization of the Near East from its origins to present day and instruction in highly specialized areas. New to the staff for the year 1968-69 is Dr. Jacob Landau, visit- Mitchell-Tracht Rites Are Planned for Sept. c4 MISS BARBARA MITCHELL Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Mitch- ell of Scotia Ave., Oak Park, an- nounce the engagement of their daughter Barbara Diane to Larry Allan Tracht, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tracht of W. Maple Rd., Birmingham. Mr. Tracht is a graduate of the Detroit Institute of Technology. A Sept. 8 wedding is planned. Asainnulas Hospital • New Sabin Ns Very • Illraidays • Syspeth ► wary to tim thoughtful ... ... we'll sign your mini and dollvot a gift bask•? for you. ing professor of Near Eastern lan- guages from the Hebrew Univer- sity in Jerusalem, where he is sen- ior lecturer in political science. He holds a PhD from the University of London and has taught at Bran. deis and the University of Cali- fornia. For the academic year that Dr. Landau will be on the staff, Dr. Jacob Lassner will be on leave of absence. Associate professor and chairman of the department, Dr. Lassner has taught at Wayne State since 1963. He has a book, "The Topography of Baghdad in the Early Middle Ages" in press and is currently preparing a compan- ion volume on the city of Samarra. Dr. Landau, whose books and articles have ranged from Near Eastern history and politics to modern Arabic literature, Arab theater and cinema, will offer a complement to the courses of Dr. Max Kanustin and Dr. Daniel Reisman. Rabbi Kapustin, adjunct. profes- sor in post-biblical Hebrew and Jewish history and thought, holds a PhD degree in Semitic languages and literatures magna cum laude from the University of Heidelberg. His rabbinical degree is from the Hildesheimer Seminary in Berlin; and from 1935 to 1937, he taught Bible, Talmud and Jewish history at the Rabbinical College of Frank- furt. He has been director of Wayne State University's Hillel Foundation since 1948 and has written works on the Mishna, rab- binics and Semitics. He is current- ly preparing a critical edition and commentary of the Mishna Treatise Chullin. Dr. Reisman, who received his PhD degree from the University of Pennsylvania, has worked in Sum- erology, Assyriology and biblical studies. He is presently preparing a body of Sumerian divine hymns from hitherto unpublished frag- ments. He instructs in ancient Near Eastern studies and Hebrew lan- guage. In addition to courses in lan- g•ages the department offers such courses as Seminar in Develop- ment of Hebrew Language and Literature, History and Civilization of the Ancient Near East, History of the Arabs, Civilization of the Medieval Near East and Readings in Arabic Literature and biblical and post-biblical Aramaic. The department offers both bach- elors and masters degrees in He- brew and Arabic. In addition, ac- cording to the department bro- chure, it functions as a service de- partment for political scientists historians, a nth ropologists, geo- graphers and archaeologists" who may wish to acquaint themselves with the traditions of this very crucial area in world affairs." The Criterion Club will install the following officers at a dinner- dance 8 p.m. Saturday at Danny's Hour Glass: Nate Rubin, presi- dent; Jenny Marian, Frances Kir- cidel and Pearl Greenstein, vice presidents; Gertrude Edelstein, counselor; Betty Weinberg and Charles Gross, secretaries; Ann Mondrow, treasurer; Sid Berman, historian; and Bertha Miller, Henry Gottlieb, Eve Lang, Edith Finkel and Pauline Bernstein, directors. i Suburbans Green - 8 Center Bloomfield Commons Maple and Lahser SHOP SUNDAY 12 To 5 P.M.! . " ;e' O ifF= 1 At Green-8 Center and Bloomfield -.. Kni t Dress with Plaid Coat 1 Sunday Only ! '29 Reg. 70. Commons Sunday Only! 2000 NEW Summer Dresses reg. 20. to 160. EXACTLY- X 1/2 PRICE! Greatest selection ever! All brand new! All fresh and crisp! Many famous labels included! SUNDAY ! 12 TO 5 P.M. I Sunday 12 to 5 p. Green-8 Center Greenfield-8 Mile Rd. 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