THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 20—Friday, April 4,1969 22.2......=2.2■41.■■••••■ Flint News Flint IAA Campaign Passes Midway Point With 8500,000 Pictured at the annual Flint United Jewish Appeal campaign dinner March 27 at the University Club, are (from left) Dr. Leon Rosky, associate chairman; guest speaker Yehudah Hellman and entertainer, Yaffa Yarkoni; Michael Pelavin, general chairman; and Louis Kasle, dinner chairman. Megdell Reminds Pesch -Observers: Help Oppresse In a Passover message to the have to join with family and community, Joseph Megdell, presi- friends for the seder in secret, dent of the Flint Jewish Com- if at all. I think of the brave people in Israel's Beit Shan munity Council, said: "Among the peaks of the Jew- Valley whose once-famed flow- ish calendar year is surely the er gardens will not blossom this advent of the 3,000-year-old Fes- tival of Passover. This is the time when the memory of our people stirs us to feel first-hand the many acts in the Passover drama of freedom—emancipation, exodus .. and wandering in the wilder- April 6—Tween Bowling Program, ness. Town and Country Lanes, "Even in the midst of this 3 p.m. warmest and most intimate of —Senior Friendship Club family occasions, the thoughts of Passover Program, 7:30 many will reach to others far p.m., Cong. Beth Israel away. It is in keeping with the 7—Hadassah Board Meeting, Passover tradition to be concerned 12:30 p.m. with those who cannot observe 1O—JWVA Board Meeting, Passover according to the ancient 8:30 p.m. ritual, who cannot honor it in a —Cong. Beth Israel Board manner they would wish:- For all Meeting, 8 p.m. too many Jews, to be a slave in 11—Joint Service of Com- Egypt is not a matter of past his- memoration—Warsaw tory, but a fact of today's exis- Ghetto Memorial Service, tence. 8:30 p.m., Cong. Beth "I think of the tens of thou- Israel sands of our fellow Jews who • • • are still slaves unto Pharoab in lands of persecution; who Bnai Brith Women will hold a "Go-Go Dinner-Dance" 9 p.m. Community Calendar Passover because they have been uprooted. "In their place now are deep underground shelters where the children of the settlements sleep every night, relatively safe from the constant artillery barrages. I think of the young men who will spend their Passover this year by the Suez Canal, not knowing when death and destruction will rain from the skies again. "On behalf of the officers and staff of the Flint Jewish Com- munity Council, I urge you, too, to think of these people this Pass- over and to accept your respon- sibility to them. In doing so, your own holiday will become even more meaningful." — Comings ... and ... Goings Yehudah Hellman addresses a gathering ne teen-a gers at Cong. Beth Israel prior to his appearance at the annual campaign dinner. Flint's annual United Jewish Appeal campaign dinner March 27 at the University Club, brought increased pledges from the 100 guests, raising Flint's total cam- paign past the half-million mark. Louis Kasle, dinner chairman, pointed out that Israel has no friends she can depend upon ex- cept the Jews of the world, and in particular, American Jews. Until the Israeli people can win the peace, they will be so over- burdened maintaining their de- fenses against another war, that they will be unable to meet the spiraling social needs within their borders, he said. Michael Pelavin, general chair- man of the Flint UJA campaign, called for a record outpouring of support for the current drive so that a record allocation can be made to the 1969 Emergency Fund, and so that vital programs carried on locally can be continu- ed. Israel's greatest social problem is her immigrants from backward Afro-Asian countries, who need special training to be brought into the mainstream of westernized Israeli life, he said, adding that the nation can be only as strong as its weakest social link. Pelavin noted that most immigrant-assist- ance programs were begun by the UJA, but that the Israelis over the years had participated with a con- tribution of $2 for every $1 raised abroad. Now the UJA alone must assume this entire enormous hu- manitarian burden, he said. Guest speaker, Yehuda Hell- man, executive director of the Conference of Presidents of Ma- jor American Jewish Organiza- tions, reported that not since the Six-Day War have the Israelis been faced with such bold threats to their survival, have they been pushed so close to the brink of war by neighbors still crying for their total anni- hilation. In the face of this con- tinning crisis, he said, the Is- raelis have no choice but to pay the terribly high costs of de- fense. They are already the most heavily taxed people in the world. The evening concluded on a lighter note with the renditions of Yaffa Yarkoni, Israeli vocalist. Youth on the Move Gail Scho, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Scho, has been accepted into the National Honor Society at Northwestern Community High School. Gail is a junior. * • * Jeffrey Cossman, a senior at the University of Michigan, has been awarded a continuing grant in re- search from the U-M medical school. Jeffrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cossman, received a grant from the National Science Foundation last year, doing re- search in anthropology in South Africa, East Africa and Israel. He accompanied his professor, Dr. C. Loring Brace, on this three-month trip. Yetta (Simen) Berebitsky Yetta (Simen) Berebitsky, 433 Chalmers, died March 20 at age 81. Mrs. Berebitsky was born in Rus- sia, the daughter of Theodore and Sarah Finkelstein, and had been a resident of Flint for the last 32 years. Surviving are three sons, Jack H. Simon of Chicago, Irving L. Simen and Theodore S. Simen of Los Angeles; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Shuster, Mrs. Dorothy Wolfson and Mrs. Maribelle Wolf- son, both of Chicago; one sister, 16 grandchildren and 16 great- grandchildren. Interment Chicago. activates In Society Mrs. Edward Rosenfeld hosted a tea at her home on E. Court Street to introduce Judith Lea Sonshine of Detroit, fiancee of Mrs. Rosen- feld's son, Martin. Among the guests were Miss Sonshine's mother, Mrs. Louis Sonshine, and her grandmother, Mrs. Joseph Sonshine, both of Detroit; and her aunt, Mrs. Jack Blauer of' Oak Park. The couple plans to marry Aug. 3. "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running," hit Broadway comedy by Robert And- erson, will be given two profes- sional performances 8:30 p.m. May 16 and 17 by the Flint Drama Guild, of which Mrs. Benjamin E. Kaufman is president. David Rae Smith, New York actor who ap- peared at the Musical Tent in 1968, will appear as leading man in the play at Whiting Auditorium. • • * Drs. Harvey V. Ring, president of the Genesee County Osteopathic Association, and Milton J. Rosen- baum are among the five osteo- paths who made local history last week as the first of their profes- sion allowed to practice at a medical hospital in Genesee County. Action admitting them to the medical staff of Genesee Memorial Hospital was taken by the Board of County Institutions, chester hospitals. Approval of their membership applications had been recommended by the credentials committee of the hospital's medic- al staff, which must pass on all physicians' applications. Eban Book in Braille JERUSALEM (JTA)—The book by Foreign Minister Abba Eban, "My People" will be issued in Braille by the Jewish Braille In- stitute in New York. It will be transcribed by Mrs. William Davidson and contains 12 volumes. Eban has waived his rights to share in any profits from the sale of the Braille edition. April 12 at the Grand Blanc Golf Club. Featured will be two bands, go-go girls, late supper buffet and entertainment. For reservations, contact Mrs. Harry Karsh, 694- 5113; or Mrs. Ted Goldberg, 732- 7693. " MORE FLINT NEWS PAGE 21 ELECT MARSHALL WALLACE 0 P. ASSOCIATE JUDGE WALLACE OFFERS MATURE EYPER!ENIED JUDGEMENT Thinking of a new Cadillac? For Personalized Service Call TOMMY RAAD KLETT CADILLAC 24600 Grand River Nr. 7 Mile KE 1-2600 ELECT JAMES E. WELLS "Attorney For The People" MAYOR OF SOUTHFIELD Return Southfield Government to the People! Wells' Positive Program includes fighting to pre- vent tax assessments beyond Charter Limita- tions; Led successful court action against 20- foot lots and spot re-zoning; Spearheaded op- position to the TenMile- Evergreen Firehouse Property "give-away". Norman Kagen Theodore Pollack Albert Silver Gordon Weinstein Members of the Kennedy Civic Group Retain. COUNCILMAN CRONK CONTINUE GOOD GOVERNMENT