THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 26—Friday, September 12, 1969 Calendar Art at the Jewish Center Hebrew Day Schools on Increase in IT. S. NEW YORK (JTA) — An in- I crease in the number of Hebrew' day schools in the New York metropolitan area and in the rest of the counutry was recorded Mon- day as the new school year opened here. Former Top Nazi Feels `Personally Responsible' for Auschwitz Murders NEW YORK (JTA)—A former top Nazi has admitted he feels "very personally responsible" for what went on in the Auschwitz death camp during World War according to a report in the cur- rent issue of Time magazine. Albert Speer, 64, Hitler's one- time munitions minister, said his guilt feelings stemmed from the fact that he never personally in- vestigated conditions at Ausch- witz -out of fear that I might dis- Members of the Detroit Jewish Center youth groups create cover something which would have a surrealistic mural highlighting the holidays of the Jewish forced me to certain steps." Time calendar, whose year 5730 begins on Rosh Hashana. reported. "I did not want to know what was happening there . . . I shut my eyes." Speer wrote in his mem- Gussie Mason, recognized as an Beautiboot. which she originated oirs to be published this week. authority on weight reduction. to slim thighs and legs. Mrs. Mason Speer was released from Spandau conducts two camps for that pur - gives direction on how to make the prison in 1966 for using slave Teen-Alters Told How to Lose Weight pose—Camp Tahoe for boys and weighted boot, which is one of the Camp Stanley for girls. both in the most essential pieces of reducing Catskills. equipment at her camps. As for the diet. Mrs. Mason She has gone into every detail involving obesity among young peo- takes into account that most young- sters dislike what is good for ple. and her studies include re- search into effects of uncontrolled them, and that liver heads the list. eating at parties, food consumed while teen-agers are part of hang- 'The Fire-Dwellers,' outs, the type of food they con- sume. etc. New Laurence Novel Now she offers advice in an in- Literary skill, the effectiveness' teresting book- - Help Your Child that marked her "A Jest of God," Lose Weight. - published by Haw- which became "Rachel, Rachel" thorn. in the movies, again is in evid- ence, in Margaret Laurence's "The Fire-Dwellers," published by Knopf. parent-child Family relations, In this book she suggests prac- tical ways for teen-agers to lose weight. And her book provides so typical examples dealing with the problem that it reads like fiction. many We learn from her that of the 38.000,000 teenagers some 12,000,000 are overweight. They try many methods of reducing. the program suggested by - Mrs. Mason is illustrated with charts, menus, recipes, and therefore is a practical book. Mrs. Mason covers every situa- tion where dieting can be a prob- lem. such as traveling abroad. din- ing at a friend's house or in a res- taurant, going away to school. or avoiding snacks at a favorite teen hangout. In her section on exer- cises. Mrs. Mason features her experiences, psychic pressures, en- vironmental influences—a score of aspects elevate the new novel into a high rating. - Fire-Dwellers" emerges here in the experiences of our time, in the effects that this age has on char- acters so splendidly portrayed here that Mrs. Laurence's work-is another gem in contemporary lit- erature. Its unique literary style, the splendid portrayal of a cast of characters. the motivations — all combine to make "The Fire- Dwellers" by Margaret Laurence a notable work. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF ETTER received by the editor of a rural weekly: "Sir: My wife and I, unbeknownst to each other, bought sub- scriptions to your paper, so now two issues are delivered to us every week. One is carefully slipped under our welcome mat, the other is thrown by a boy riding a bicycle and lands somewhere on our front porch, where the pages usually blow apart. Kind- ly cancel our subscription to the one that blows apart." • • • Remember Houdini, self- styled 'The Great Escape King?" He could wriggle his way loose from bolts, chains, locked trunks, even shackles imposed by experts from Scotland Yard. But he couldn't get out of a snowbank he fell into on a blustery, blizzardy day in Chicago. It took four policemen to pull him out They say he persuaded them not to tell the story to reporters with a passel of , free tickets to his show. labor. Congressman Stresses Israel Economic Needs NEW YORK—Dr. Thomas E. Morgan. chairman of the U.S House of Representatives Commit. tee on Foreign Affairs, urged sup- port of the Israel Bond ,:ampaign to further Israel's economic devel- opment at a time of crisis, when it is "forced by the menace of some of its neighbors to maintain an unremitting posture of defense." Congressman Morgan described the bonds of mutual friendship that exist between the United States and Israel, and emphasized the import- ance of Israel's continued existence to the free world. The House leader spoke at an Israel Bond dinner meeting in Washington, Pa., at which he re- ceived the Eleanor Roosevelt Hu- manities Award for his support and friendship for Israel. According to a report by Torah Umesorah, the national society for Hebrew day schools, about 50,000 students were enrolled in New York area Hebrew schools, an increase of 3 per cent over last year. The organization estimated that nation- wide enrollment in such schools will probably reach 73.000 this year. Five new Hebrew day schools were established in the New York area during the summer bringing the total to 170. Of these, 110 are elementary schools and 60 are high schools. Outside of New York, 15 new day schools, including four at the high school level, were established in various communities of the United States and Canada. The nationwide total of such schools now stands at 361 in the U.S. and 43 in Canada. LOUIS & ROSA LEVINSON and SONS Wish all their customers and friends A YEAR OF PEACE, HEALTH & HAPPINESS RADOM TAILORS 22141 COOLIDGE CLOTHIERS & CLEANERS Phone: 398-9188 TUROVER AID SOCIETY, TUROVER EZRAS ACHIM and TUROVER LADIES AUXILIARY Wish all members, their families, and their friends a year of Peace. Health and Happiness. Nathan Korhy, President Nathan Samet. Vice President Alex Baer. Vice President Turover Aid Soc. Jacob Nosanchuk. 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Efface our trans- gressions and our sins, and make them pass away from before Thine eyes; as it is written in Scripture, 'I, even I, am He that effaceth thy transgressions for Mine own sake.' I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and, as a mist, thy sins: return unto Me for I have redeemed thee.' For on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before the Lord." Meditation From United Synagogue Prayer Book Our sincerest greetings on the New Year to family and friends THE STOLLMANS