18—Friday, October 18, 1968
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS AJCongress Chairman
I. Hirschmann, Author of Look Article
on Arab Refugees, to Speak at Temple
Ira Hirschmann, businessman,
author and philanthropist, will
open the Temple Israel Lecture
Series 8:30 p.m. Monday at the
temple.
Speaking on "America's Stake in
the Middle East," Hirschmann will
expand on the theme of his article
in last month's Look magazine,
The Case of ther",'"'-'
Missing Ara br
Refugees."
President of the
I r a IIirschmann
Co. in New York
City, the speaker
is associated with
and has served
as consultant to
many department
stores throughout
the nation as a
business adviser. Hirschmann
Hirschmann served during World
War II as chairman of the National
War Labor Board and as the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
special envoy to Turkey.
Since 1960 be has been a con-
sultant to the United Nations Re-
lief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
and is the author of several
books, one of which, "Caution to
the Winds," written in 1962, con-
tains inside stories of his personal
talks with President Nasser of
Egypt, King Hussein of Jordan
and David Ben-Gurion.
The Hirschmann lecture is part
of a series planned by the Temple
Israel adult education committee
under the chairmanship of Leo
Saltz.
Subsequent lectures will be de-
livered by Rabbi Samuel Sandmel,
Nov. 4, on "Judaism and Chris-
tianity;" Rabbi Solomoh B. Free-
hof, Dec. 2, on "The Teachings of
the Talmud;" Dr. Jakob J. Petu-
chowski, Jan. 6, "The Bible of the
Synagogue;" and Rabbi Eugene B.
Borowitz, Feb. 3, on "The Religion
Turn in American Jewish Fiction."
In addition to the lectures, the
St. Louis Synagogue Starts
adult education program includes
First Hebrew High School classes taught by Dr. Leon Fram,
ST. LOUIS (JTA) — A Hebrew Rabbi M. Robert Syme, Cantor
high school has been organized Harold Orbach and Cantor Arthur
for the new academic year by the Asher beginning Oct. 28.
Classes include "Introduction to
Heritage Center of the Traditional
Congregation of Creve Coeur, ac- the New Testament" by Dr. Fram;
cording to Rabbi Avraham Weiss. "Introduction to the Talmud" by
He said classes for eighth, ninth Rabbi Syme; and "Introduction to
and 10th graders would be held on the Prayerbook" by Cantor Orbach.
Monday afternoons. Classes for They will be taught from 8 to 9
11th and 12th graders will be p.m. and repeated from 9 to 10
held on Wednesday afternoons. p.m. Cantor Asher teaches ele-
Rabbi Weiss said classes would he mentary Hebrew 8-9 p.m. and ad-
open to both members and non- vanced Hebrew 9-10 p.m.
Lecture series tickets entitle the
members of the congregation and
they wilt begin on Oct. 21. Each bearer to enroll in the adult educa-
tion
classes at no additional cost.
course will include Hebrew, pray-
ers, basic concepts of Judaism. Individual lecture tickets also will
modern Israel, Bible and Jewish be sold.
history.
Merged Congregations
Hold Southfield Service
SYNAGOGUE
L
George Soll, 48, of Roslyn,
N.Y., attorney and civil liber-
tarian, has been named chair-
man of the commission on law
and social action of the Amer-
ican Jewish Congress. Widely
regarded as the "attorney-gen-
eral" for the U.S. Jewish com-
munity, CLSA is the national
pioneer in using the law and the
courts to fight anti-Semitism and
other forms of racism and to
protect religious liberty and
church-state separation. Soll is a
graduate of the City College of
New York and Columbia Law
School.
Hippie Heyday
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Cottler are
devoted to the bettering of
Jewish institutions, the
State of Israel, synagogues
and their sisterhoods, aid
orphans, and to the
strengthening of Jewish ed-
Adv.
ucation.
Jossi Stern, Israeli painter and
ilustrator, will be special geust at
a champagne re-
ception 8:15 p.m.
Oct. 29, opening
the Festival of
Israeli Art at
Cong. Beth Sha-
lom. The exhibit,
which continues
through Nov. 3,
will feature the
"Young and Old
Masters of Is-
rael."
He also will
.
be guest speak-
Stern
er Oct.30, when
the exhibit and art sales will be
open to the public 8-11 p.m.
Born in 1923 in Kayar, Hun-
gary, Stern moved with his fam-
ily to Budapest at age 10, fled
with a group of young refugees
to Palestine at 16, and spent his
first six months in the promised
land imprisoned as an "illegal
immigrant."
In 1943, with the assistance of
friends and Youth Aliya, he began
studies at the Bezalel School of
Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem. He
graduated three years later win-
ning the Herman Struck Award as
Outstanding Student. He has taught
at the Bezalel School ever since.
Numerous one-man shows have
brought his work before the public.
He was a "war illustrator" in both
1948 and 1967. In 1965 he was the
recipient of UNESCO fellowship to
study in the United States.
Israel Raises Pensions
JERUSALEM (ZINS)—The law
to increase the pension for Israel's
"golden agers" went into effect
Sept. 1. An individual who pre-
viously had received '71 pounds
a month, will now get 89; a couple
who received 110 pounds, was in-
creased to 139. The new law ben-
efits all Israeli citizens, including
those who did not pay the old-age
insurance tax, and who otherwise
would not have been entitled to
pensions.
A
GOOD
INVESTMENT
BEWARE!!
Support
There's about to appear
a man on the scene
To all mankind
he'll be like a saint.
But the Lord has forewarned us,
That he will forlorn us
"Tis the Devil in his crafty taint.
Richard Palmer
Chalutz United Synagogue Youth
of Cong. Beth Moses will sponsor
a hippie convention 8:15 p.m. Sat-
urday in the youth lounge of the
synagogue. Hippie costume is re-
quested. There will be games. —
prizes and refreshments.
For information, call Marilyn
Rothenberg, KE 3-8458.
Beth Yehuda
Schools
TRAVELING
ANYWHERE
EVERYWHERE
Call
YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH
Specially Conducted & Chaperoned
SERVICES
The recently merged Ahavas
Achim and Beth Aaron congrega-
mIpern ■ ni
tions are now conducting regular
weekly Sabbath services at the CONG. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM: Services 6•30 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
newly acquired building in South-
Saturday. Rabbi Goldman will speak on "The Genesis of the
World." Henry Jeffrey Gelbart, Bar Mitzva.
field, 21100 W. 12 Mile.
Sabbath morning services begin BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Wine will
at 9 and are conducted by Rabbi
speak on "The Czechs, the Vietnamese and the Liberal Dilemma."
Milton Arm. Residents of South- CONG. BETH ABRAHAM: Services 6 p.m. today and 8:40 a.m. Satur-
field are invited.
day. Rabbi Halpern will speak on "Do You Believe What You See?"
Eric Cary Monson, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: 'Social Adtion services' 8:30 p.m. today. Lewis
Grossman, president of the Detroit Chapter, American Jewish Com-
mittee, will speak on "Jewish Backlash and Social Justice."
YOUNG ISRAEL OF GREENFIELD: Services 6:30 p.m. today and 9
a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Prero will speak on "What Does A New Year
Mean to You?' ,
The forthcoming annual
donor luncheon of the
Ladies of Beth Yehuda, to
be held October 30, at Beth
Abraham, will be sponsored
by Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Cottler as they have so gra-
ciously done for many
Israeli Painter Stern to Kick Off
Beth Shalom Art Sale, Exhibit
CONG. BNAI ISRAEL of Pontiac: Services 8:30 p.m. today and 7:30
a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Minkowich will speak on "What We Can
Learn From the History of Our Past."
TEMPLE BETH JACOB of Pontiac: Forty-fifth anniversary services
8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Berkowitz will speak on "Looking Forward."
Past presidents will be honored.
CONG. BNAI JACOB: Services 6:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Isaac will speak on "Genesis."
THE NEW TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today at the Birmingham
_Unitarian Church. Rabbi Conrad will speak on "Am I My Brother's
Keeper?"
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Fram will speak
on "Genesis." Lawrence David Gaynor and Scott Brooke Silver,
Bnai Mitzva. Saturday services 11 a.m. Steven Howard Lublin, Bar
Mitzva.
BETH AARON SYNAGOGUE: Services 6:15 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m.
Saturday. Brian Sefansky, Bar Mitzva.
YOUNG ISRAEL OF OAK-WOODS: Services 6:15 p.m. today and 9
a.m. Saturday. Michael Foster, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 8:30 p.m. today and 11:15 a.m. Saturday.
Barry Waldbott, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Services 6:50 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
Edwin Harry Goldberg and Steven Walsh, Bnai Mitzva.
LIVONIA JEWISH CONGREGATION: Services 6:15 p.m. today and 9
a.m. Saturday. Mark Adelstein, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 6:15 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Satur-
day. Sheldon Nueman and Leslie Feldman, Bnai Mitzva.
CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Steven Kepes, Bar Mitzva.
ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 6 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m.
Saturday. Lee Rosenbloom. Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH HILLEL: Services 6:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Larry Weiner, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Services 6:15 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m.
Saturday. Sheldon Cohn, Bar Mitzva.
CONG AHAVAS ACHIM: Services 6:30 p.m. today and 8:40 a.m. Satur-
day. Michael Blau and Edward Steven Grant, Bnai Mitzva.
Regular services will be held at Young Israel of Northwest, Cong.
Beth Moses, Mishkan Israel, Temple Beth Am, Downtown Synagogue
and Shomrey Emunah.
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TEMPLE ISRAEL
Invites the Community to Hear
MR. IRA
HIRSCHMANN
Author — Lecturer
Businessman
Philanthropist
-- Speaking --
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
At 8:30 P.M., Temple Israel
17400 Manderson Rd.
On the Subject
"AMERICA'S STAKE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST"
The speaker, Mr. Hirschmann, is a former Special Envoy
of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Consultant to
UNRWA since 1960; is the author of several books deal-
ing with the Middle East; and wrote an article, "The
Case of the Missing Arab Refugees," in the Sept. 17,
1968 issue of Look Magazine.
Subsequent speakers in the Temple Israel Lecture Series will be:
Monday, November 4—Rabbi Samuel Sandmel—JUDAISM AND
CHRISTIANITY
Monday, December 2—Dr. Solomon B. Freehof—THE TEACHINGS
OF THE TAIMUD
Monday, January 6—Dr. Jakob J. Petuchowski—THE BIBLE OF
THE SYNAGOGUE
Monday, February 3—Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz—THE RELIGIOUS
TURN IN AMERICAN JEWISH FICTION
Tickets $1.50 for Hirschmann Lecture or
$5.00 for the Entire Series