36—Friday, November 15, 1968 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Flint News Abby Hirsch Betrothed Jewish History on Surinam Stamps tery of Savannah which contains to Howard M. Golding By ERIC LIND 439 tombstones. The renovation Hirschmann, Author, Businessman, to Address Communitywide Dinner • Outstanding community leaders The annual dinner of the Flint will be recognized, according to Jewish Community Council, when current programs and future plans Joe Megdell, president of the will be outlined, is scheduled for Flint Jewish Community Council. Principal speaker will be Ira 6:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at Cong. Beth Hirschmann, author, correspond- Israel. nt, special inspector general of The findings of a statistical sur- t vey of the Flint Jewish community the United Nations Relief and Re- will be presented by demographer habilitation Administration in 1946. Recipient of the One World Award, Dr. Albert J.' Mayer. he was a special consultant for the Department of State in Yugoslavia in 1944 and president of the foun- dation for the Future of Israel in 1951. He has been consultant to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency since 1960 and is vice pres- ident and general manager of Saks Fifth Avenue and of Blooming- dale's, New York. Arthur Hurand past president of the Council and chairman of the:, United Jewish Ap- peal Campaign. is chairman of the annual dinner. He Hurand announced that Mrs. Stanley Keller is in charge of the decorations committee. IRA HIRSCHMANN Communal Calendar • Nov. 16—Senior Citizens to Detroit Yiddish Theater, bus leaves 6:15 p.m. from Temple Beth El Temple Beth El Sister- hood Dinner and Square Dance, 7 p.m. 17—Cong. Beth Israel PTA Meeting, 3 p.m. 18—City of Hope Board Meet- ing, 8:30 p.m., home of Mrs. Murray Rulney 19—Bnai Brith Women Meet- ing, 12:30 p.m., Temple Beth El Joint Adult Education, 8 p.m., Temple Beth El 20—City of Hope Educational Meeting, 1 p.m., Temple Beth El 21—Cong. Beth Israel Board of Education Meeting, 8 p.m. • * elude facts about fund raising and the aims of City of Hope. A coffee hour will follow. Art Show Aids Israel Surinam has released a set of three stamps to commemo- was in the hands of a small Dutch rate the establishment of the first unit led by Sir Vooren. Jewish settlement in the territory then known as Dutch Guiana.• Also depicted is the restoration project of the synagague and other his- torical monuments by the Amer- ican Jewish Historical Society. Surinam is an associated terri- Nov. 15—Joint Thanksgiving Service, Temple Emanuel tory of the Netherlands, and the 16—Bnai Brith Girls Hayride Jewish community is the oldest Ahavas Israel Sisterhood permanent settlement in the West- Program ern Hemisphere, which dates back 17—USY Meeting to the early part of the 17th Cen- Grand Rapids Temple tury and now numbers only some Youth Meeting 35 families. UJA Workers Tea After a period of the struggle Temple Emanuel Men's between English, French, - Dutch Club Meeting and Spanish, Surinam finally re- 20—Bnai Brith Women mained a Dutch colony at the end MISS ABBY HIRSCH, Meeting of the Napoleon Wars. 21—Hadassah Board Meeting Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hirsch Surinam plays an important part 22-24—GRTY Weekend in of Lincoln Dr. announce the en- in the history of the Jewish people South Bend gagement of their daughter Abby in this hemisphere. In 1682, Sephar- * * * Merredith to Howard Michael dic Jews started plantages in the Ahavas Israel Congregation and Golding, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin region of Savannah after they had Temple Emanuel will hold a joint Golding of Oak Park. to flee from the Portuguese inqui- Miss Hirsch is a graduate of sition. They were welcomed in UJA Thanksgiving Service at Tem- Cambridge School, Boston. Mr. what was then called Dutch Gui- ple Emanuel this Sabbath. Rabbis Golding attended Wayne State Uni- ana. This area is still called the Frederick Eisenberg and Joel Chazin of Ahavas Israel will con- versity. "Jewish Savannah." The pioneers duct services. Emanuel Z'ev Sufott, A Feb. 16 wedding is planned. have long since moved to other former consul of the. Israel Em- places, and the synagogues are bassy in Washington and a veteran Announce Committee now in ruins but are frequent of Israel's War of Liberation, will visiting attractions to tourists. be guest speaker. for Israel Bond Dinner There is now a flourishing Jew- * s * The 20th anniversary of Israel's ish community in Paramaribo to- statehood will be celebrated at a Plans for a Dec. 28 wedding are day. Many escapees from Nazi testimonial dinner honoring Flint being made by Carrie Bach Glaser Jewish communal leader Jacob Germany found a haven there in and Ronald Lewis Ludwig of Wash- Pines 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at Cong. this generation. ington, it is announced by- the Surinam years ago issued a Beth Israel. bride-elect's parents, Mr. and- Mrs. Louis Kasle, chairman of the stamp of 25 cent denomination— Abe Glaser. Mr. Ludwig, son of Mr. Flint Committee for State of Israel for the first time in philately and Mrs. Julius Ludwig of Beach- Bonds, announced Joey Adams, featuring a Jewish synagogue in wood, 0., is a graduate of Duke entertainer and former president multicolors—as part of a set of University, Durham, N.C., and the of the American Guild of Variety old and new architectures. It was University of Michigan Law School. Artists, will head the program. the Neve Shalom temple of He is affiliated with Zeta Beta Tau Kasle announced the committee Paramaribo. Fraternity. Miss Glaser is attend- planning this communitywide affair The new 1968 stamps also are ing the University of Michigan. includes Mr. and Mrs. Philip executed in a variety of colors. s Agree, Mrs. Sol Schafer and Mrs. The 20-cent shows a map of Jewish Temple Emanuel Men's Club is Herbert Harrison. Savannah with the Surinam River planning its first social event of The committee consists of: in the center, which is a reproduc- the-season for Nov. 23. All proceeds Mrs. William Baffles, Mrs. Eli Bern- stein, Samuel Catsman, Mr. and Mrs. tion from the 17th Century. The will go toward the teni.ple land- Ed Elk, Mrs. Mollie Epstein, Dr. and inscription is in Dutch and also in scape fund. A lecture on water Mrs. Julian Feller, Mr. and Mrs. San- pollution will be presented at the ders Goodstein, Dr. Saul Gorne, Dr. Hebrew. Sam Gotlib, Rabbi William Greenebaum On the 25-cent stamp, "Joden regular Sunday morning meeting II, Herbert Harrison, Mrs. Frances Nov. 24 by Chester Harvey of the Hertz, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hurand, Savanne Synagogue," the old syna- Mrs. Louis Kasle, Al Klein, Joe Lam, gogue is shown as etched in 1685. State Conservation Department. Bernard Loviticy, Dr. and Mrs. Bertram Marx Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Megdell, The third one, 30 cents, "Joden Rabbi Hillel Millgram, R. H. Mittleman, Savanne Grafzerk 1733," illustrates Detroit's CENTRAL HIGH Murray Moss, Morris Nathanson, Jean SCHOOL CLASS OF 1938 is having Passint, Mr. and Mrs. B. Morris Pela- a tombstone with Bible citations in vin, Michael Pelavin, Irving Pines. Can- Hebrew lettering. The words are a dinner-dance Nov. 30 at the Hill- tor Abraham Ranant, Dr. Leon Rosky, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rubenstein, Mrs. quotes from the Old Testament, crest Country Club and •is attempt- David R. Schafer, Henry Schafer, Sol which were suggested by Rabbi J. ing to re-establish contact with all Schafer, Joe Schiller, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Schreiber, Ed Schreiber, Israel Sendler, Van Gelder of Utrecht: "Our members of the class who-gradik- Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shaprow, Mr. and fathers dwelt on the other side of ated in either January or June Mrs. Barney Sherman, Morris Steinman and Mrs. Ruth Vinacow. the flood in old time." (Joshua of that year. For reservations, call The dinner will be in behalf of 24:2). Other legends are from Mildred (Lubetzky) Pershin, 358- 5518; Most Lesser, 868-9659; Herb Israel Bonds. Isaiah and Genesis. - For reservations, contact Mrs. The reason for this printing was Eder, 356-5253; or Bob Pokorny, the restoration of the Jewish ceme- 272-7570. Schafer, 3221 Helber, 233-3876. Ann Lebster Hadassah's "Eve- ning with the Arts" Sunday opened the Israeli Art Exhibit, proceeds from which will support Hadas- sah's medical facilities in Israel. Mrs. Arnold Schaffer was gener- al chairman for the donor, assisted by Mrs. Murray Moss and Mrs. Leon Rosky, co-chairmen. Other chairmen were Mesdames Asher Marder, Harry Weisberger, Milton Weiss, Sidney Hartman, Abe Heitz- ner, H. Kesten, Gerald Schreiber, Gilbert Gottlieb, Joseph Weinstein, James Lebster, Robert Mitchell, Arthur Silverman, Ira Marder, Simon Indianer, Ronald Goldstein, Marshall Cossman, Daniel Levy, Henri, Livingston, Jerome Arenson Bnai Brith Women will meet and Carl Myers. 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Temple Beth El. Luncheon hostesses are Mes- PTA to Hold Drop-In dames Jack Kippelman, Harry r Karsh, Morris Rosenthal and Sam for Parents, Students Winston. Mrs. Edward Joseph will Beth Israel Parent-Teacher As- entertain with a medley of show sociation will start the year with a tunes. parent-teacher -student "drop-in" • * * 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the synagogue. Cartoons, movies and refresh- Yetta Shapiro Chapter, City of Hope, will hold an educational ments will be offered to the chil- dren in the canteen, while their meeting 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Temple Beth El library. It will in- parents hold a short meeting in the library. Following clastroom visits and demonstrations, there will be a coffee hour. LINCOLN INN 1901 Southfield Road at Dix Lincoln Park It's Time for r i T1JRKEY All The Dlicios e u Tri mmin gs Children's Portions OTHER SELECTIONS from SPECIAL MENU FREE ORCHIDS Mothers • Sweethearts SEE THE EXCITING 1968 H ISTORICAL - DISPLAY From Michigan Museums and Don's Gun Shop Cali Today For Reservation: . Facilities for - BANQUETS • • . 386-5000 WEDDINGS MEETINGS Comings and ...Goings Dr. Carl B. Fisher was named to the board of the Michigan State Podiatry Association at the. group's recent 53rd annual convention at Harbor Springs. * * * Jerry Silberman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Silberman, is enrolled at Wayne State University. • * • Dr. Saul Goren will present a paper on education at the general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, currently meeting at the Regency Hyatt House in Atlanta. Michael Pelavin will chair a session at the "Small Cities Conference." 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