34—Friday, May 23, 1969

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Detroiters Enlisted in New
Israel Tourism Development

At the Israel tourism dinner are (from left) standing, Sam
Rothberg, Emma Schaver and Robert Brody; seated, Norman Allan
and'Israel Minister Moshe Kol.

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•

Investments in the sum of $84,-
000 were made Monday night at
a dinner of Capital for Israel at
the Sheraton, arranged to enlist
local support for the Israel Tour-
ist Development Corp.
Under the chairmanship of Nor-
man Allan, with Louis Levitan in
Charge of the enrollment, ad-
dresses were delivered by Israel
Minister of Tourism Moshe Kol
and Sam Rothberg, president of
Capital for Israel.
! Describing the importance of
tourism to Israel, indicating that
this industry may soon emerge
the largest in Israel, Kol pointed
to the vast increase in the num-
ber of visitors to Israel. lie re-
ported that in 1968 there were
432,000 tourists who visited Is-
rael—half of them Christians—
and the income for Israel was '
close to $95,000,000. He com-
paredthese figures with those
for 1961, when there were 252,-
000 visitors who spent $50,000,-*
000. He predicted another in
crease in 1969.
Kol stated that many people, in
defiance of El Fatah efforts to
destroy Israel's tourist industry by
injecting fears, now insist on
traveling on El Al planes.
Detroit was the third of the 12
cities Kol is visiting in behalf of
the project to secure 520,000,000 in.
investments in the new tourist pro

ject. He stated that the jumbo jets
that are being placed in operation
are presenting a challenge to Is-
rael and he stated:
"The problems posed by the

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to destroy Israel economically,
Rothberg told of the manner in
which a responsive American
Jewish community meets the
challenge and declared that the
progress registered by Israel not
only is continuing but is increas-
ing.
Rothberg told of the new under-
takings in Israel in the establish-
ment of hotels, in advancing the

services for tourists, and he de-
scribed the new educational pro-
grams in Israel which already pro-
vide free high school education for
the first two years. He said that
before long secondary education
will be made totally free for all
Israelis, thus elevating the educa-
tional standards.

Linda Dorfman to

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People Make News

"Antitrust Aspects of the Fran-
chise Phenomenon" was the sub-
ject of the annual spring meeting
of the State Bar of Michigan's anti-
trust law section last week. EU-
GENE DRIKER was chairman.
Among the speakers were S.
JERRY COHEN, staff director and
chief counsel of the Senate Anti-
trust and Monopoly subcommittee;
DAVID V. KAHN, Chicago attor-
ney; and WILLIAM H. YAGER of
Butzel, Levin, Winston and Quint in
Detroit.
• • •
The appointment of Rabbi DA-
VID A. GOLDSTEIN as director of
the Dropsie College Israel pro-

gram, also serving in the capacity
as assistant to the president, was
announced by Dr. Abraham I.
Katsh, president of Dropsie College
for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.
Rabbi Goldstein will head the new
position at the post-graduate uni-
versity which was established to
direct an expanded program in
Israel for scholars, students and
educators.
i • •

Mrs. B. JOSEPH HAMMOND o
Los Angeles will receive the
American Judaism Award of the
Society of Honor of the Reform
Jewish Appeal, at a banquet hon-
oring her on May 27 at Hotel
Pierre, New York. Mrs. Hammond
was the first woman to serve as
national chairman of the Society
of Honor, during the 1966-1967
campaign. She is on the board of
governors of Hebrew Union Col-
lege-Jewish Institute of Religion,
and is vice-chairman of the admin-
istrative board of the California
School of HUC-JIR.
• • •
WALTER A. GOODMAN is the
new president of the Wayne State
University Alumni Association.
• • •
Former Prime Minister DAVID
BEN-GURION of Israel arrived
Sunday on a seven-day visit to
Brazil. He was scheduled to be

received by President Costa e Silva
at the capital in Brasilia. Plans

for a mass reception at the air-
port were scrapped for security
reasons but within a few hours
of his arrival. Ben-Gurion had an
enthusiastic meeting with some
1,500 Brazilian Jewish youth. He
told them that they had to learn
Hebrew because "the greatest
danger to the Jewish people is the
lack of a common language and

The American Institute of Archi-
tects announced that three Detroit
architects have been elected to the
College of Fellows, among the na-
tional total for 1969 of 76. This is a
lifetime honor bestowed for out-
standing contributions. The three
understanding."
fellows named were WILLIAM
• • •
KESSLER, president of William
Rabbi BERNARD A. POUPKO
Kessler Associates: PHILIP J.
of Shaare Tora Congregation, Pitts-
MEATHE, an executive vice presi-
burgh, has been appointed chair-
dent. Hinchman & Grylls. Inc.:
man of the 33rd annual national
and LOUIS MENK, vice president.
convention of the Rabbinical Coun-
treasurer and a member of the Coast Guard Academy in New cil of America. to be held at Pine
board of directors of Albert Kahn London. He organized the first Mil-
F llsb h, N.Y.,
iew Motel ,
let group at Connecticut College June 23-26.
Associates, Inc.
and served as its counselor. Amer-
• • •
ican College, which is concluding
The 1969 Aaron Zacks Memorial its first year of studies, is the new-
Award has been won by Saul est institution of higher learning
Wachs, educational director • of in Israel.
Temple Tifereth Israel of Colum-
bus, it has been.
Direct Color
MUSIC DESIGNED TO PLEASE
announced by Isa-
and
dore Breslau,

president of the
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jumbo jets are not impossible to
meet." "Right now we have more
investors interested in Israel's
MISS LINDA DORFMAN
tourist industry than we have ever
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dorfman of
had before. Many of these poten-
tial investors are from the United ! Oxley Rd., Southfield, announce
States, both Jews and Gentiles,1 the engagement of their daughter
with others from various countries Linda Gail to Murray Ronald Feld-
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
of Europe and South America."
"The $20,000,000 issue is in Feldman of Harding Ave., Oak
Tourist Industry Development Park.
Corporation stock, and will allow! The bride-elect will be in the
us to continue the encourage- I June graduating class at East-
of these investment pro- ern Michigan University College of
jects," Kol said. "In this way Education. Mr. Feldman attends
we will meet the challenge of Wayne State University.
the jumbo jets."
A Dec. 21 wedding is planned.
Kol noted that the development
budget of the tourist ministry for
all of these projects is dependent Parent Group Plans .
on the results of the speedy sale of Coffee Klatch, MD Talk
the Tourist Industry Development
"Parents Without Partners" Vice
Corp. issue and expressed the hope
that America's Jewish community President Henrietta Lewis an-
would "help in the implementa- nounces two upcoming events:
tion of this great program, espe-
"Coffee and Conversation" with
cially since the conditions of the dancing will be held 8:30 p.m.
issue are so very favorable."
Sunday at the Southfield Howard
Kol pointed out that there are Johnson Motor Lodge's Evergreen
now approximately 2,500 hotel Room. Guests are invited.
rooms under construction in Israel
The organization will hear Dr.
as either new hotels or as expan- Joseph Stern 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at
sion of existing hotels. Another the Jewish Center. His topic is
4,500 additional hotel rooms are "Sex and the Teen-Age Girl."
planned for the next two years.
For information, call Mrs. Lewis,
Charging that El Fatah seeks LI 6-0903.

Governors FRANK LICHT of
Rhode Island and MARVIN MAN-
DEL of Maryland were honored in
New York City this week with the
awarding of the Herbert H. Leh-
man Ethics Medal.
s • s
Religious leaders from various
groups joined in a community open
house at the University of Detroit
Memorial Building, Sunday honor-
ing the recent elevation of JOHN
CARDINAL DEARDEN to the Col-
lege of Cardinals. Among the well-
•ishers were Rabbi LEON FRAM,
chairman of the rabbinical com-
mission of the Jewish Community
Council. and WALTER E. KLEIN,
executive director of the Council.
• • •
Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman, chair-
man of the National Rabbinic ORT
Committee, announced the appoint-
ment of Rabbi LEON FRAM as a
member of the board of directors.
• • •
Dr. Norman Greenwald, presi-
dent of the American College in
Jerusalem, announced the appoint-
ment of Rabbit' -
Leonard J. Gold-7.
stein of New''
London. Conn., as
the first dean of
administration of
the college.
Rabbi Goldstein'';
has served Con-
gregation Beth El
in New London
for 17 years and
has also been the •
chaplain at the Rabbi Goldstein
C.S. submarine base and the U.S.

ation for Jewish
Education. The
award, is to be
granted annually
by the AAJE for
"original, crea-
tive and effective
contributions
made by a Jewish
educator in the .
formal setting of Wachs
a Jewish elementary or high
school," was established by the
Zacks Family Foundation in honor
of the late Aaron Zacks. The prize
, of $3,000 is to be used by the win-
ner and spouse to help finance an
educational trip and study in Is-
rael.
• • •
Appointment of Cantor Arthur
Wolfson of Temple Emanu-El, New
York, as chairman of the National
Jewish Music Council of the Na-

tional Jewish Wel-
fare Board, has
been announced
by Louis Stern,
JWB president. A
long-time m e tu-
ber of the Jewish
Music Council's
executive board,
Cantor Wolfson,
who lives in Flush
ing, succeeds
Rabbi Avraham
Soltes. The first
cantor and con-
cert artist to be
named chairman
of the MusicCoun- Wolfson
cil, Cantor Wolfson is a faculty
member of the School of Sacred
Music of the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Reli-
gion. President-elect of the Jewish
Liturgical Music Society of Amer-
ica, he is past president of the
American Conference of Cantors
and of the Jewish Music Forum,
and is a visiting lecturer at Union
Theological Seminary, New York
City.

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