14—Friday, October 17, 1969

HUC-JIR Issues New Marcus Book

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

[Dinner Oct. 21 Starts Series of World

Hebrew Union College Press has' this volume constitute a history of
just published a new book by Dr. the American Jew from the earl!,
Jacob R. Marcus, distinguished est days to the present. There is
service professor of American Jew- even an attempt in "The Future of
ish History at College-Institute and American Jewry" and in "The
director of its American Jewish Quintessential Jew" to evaluate
i and predict the outlook of the new
Entitled "Studies in American Jew of the 21st Century.
Jewish History," it is a collection
The publication of this volume
of his essays and addresses in the was made possible by the
Alumni
h i story,
area of American .
a field of studies of which Dr. Mar- Association of HUC-JIR as a trl-
cus is the recognized master. bute to their esteemed teacher alai
Taken as a whole, the essays in colleague.

Events Honoring Weizmann Institute Archives.

NEW YORK — Sponsored by 600
renowned personalities from 19
countries, 63 of them Nobel Laure-
ates, an international tribute din-
ner will take place at Americ:',na
Ilotel, Tuesday. honoring, on the
occasion of its • 25th anniversary,
the Weizmann Institute of Science
of Rehovot, Israel, described by
Nobel Laureate Dr. Arthur Korn
berg of Stanford University Medi-
cal School as one of the top 10
research institutions in the world"
and its president and principal
architect Meyer W. Weisgal.

will be joined by delegations from
Latin America, Britain and the
European continent.
Guests at the Tuesday dinner
will include members of the Inter-
national Sponsorship Committee,
among them personalities distin-

guished in science. education, pub-
lic affairs, literature, music, art
and business.
Earlier that day, Weisgal will
receive an award from the City of
New York for his distinguished
services to the Institute.

-Leningrad Police Dispersed Youth
on Simhat Torah; Observer Reports

TEL AVIV (PTA) — An Israeli police.
Reports in the world press last
newspaper claimed that Leningrad
police armed with clubs dispersed week said that some 12,000 Jews,
3,000 Jewish . youths attempting to mainly youngsters, danced and

The dinner is the first of a series
of accolades for the internationally
Simhat Torah cele-
participate
pre - eminent scientific institutions,
Laureate brations outside the Leningrad
called "unique" by Nobel
synagogue last week.
Dr. I. I. Rabi. "No other institute," ,
The evening daily Yediot Abronot
according to him, "to my knowl-
and
re-
attributed
its information to a
edge combines teaching
a
range
of
tourist
who arrived here from
search over so great
at so high Russia and said he witnessed the
scientific knowledge and
incident. According to the account,
a level."

sang outside the main synagogue
in Moscow on Simhat Torah. The
street was blocked to traffic but
there was no reported interference
by police. A Jewish elder was
quoted as saying that he doubted
that Simhat Torah celebrations on
such a scale were permitted in
' about 5,000 Jewish youths assem- cities other than Moscow.
Notabres from many parts of the bled outside the synagogue even
A roundup of Simhat Torah
United States will attend the dinner though the street was closed by demonstrations in six major Cana-
which will be addressed by Senator p olice .
dian cities in behalf of Soviet
Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, Meyer ! The police apparently thought Jews was included in the Russian
W. Weisgal, and Dr. Albert B. the gathering was too large and language program of the Canadian
Sabin, noted virologist, president- moved in to break it up, using Broadcasting Corp. international
elect of the Weizmann Institute.' their clubs. The tourist said he service, the Canadian Jewish Con-
Charles H. Revson, chairman of , saw scuffles between youths and gress reported.
the board of Revlon, Inc., dinner
chairman, will preside. Metropoli-
tan Opear Star Jan Peerce will
present a musical program.
On Oct. 28, a dinner in tribute to
Weisgal will be held in London.
Beginning on Nov. 2, a 10-day
series of celebrations will take
place at Rehovot on the campus of
the Weizmann Institute. The cere-
monies there will include the in
auguration of the I. I. Rabi Chair •
in Natural Philosophy and a lecture
by the 1944 Nobel Laureate in
Physics, who is University Profes-
sor Emeritus of Columbia Univer-
sity.
On Oct. 29, a representative dele-
gation from the United States will
fly to Israel to participate in the
Rehovot celebrations. There, they

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Senator Edmund S. Muskie of
Maine will address the Interna-
tional Tribute Dinner, Oct. 21,
at the Americana, New York,
honoring the Weizmann Institute
of Science on its 25th anniver-
sary and its president and prin-
cipal architect, Meyer W. Weis-
gal. The New York dinner, first
of a series of international cele-
brations, is sponsored by more
than 600 notables from 19 coun-
tries, 63 of them Nobel Laure-
ates. Addresses will also be deli-
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by the Institute's President-elect,
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Revson, chairman of the dinner
committee, will preside. The
dinner is under the auspices of
the American Committee for the
Weizmann Institute of Science.

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Honoring: DANIEL A. LAVEN

on His 70th Birthday

1. Wm. Sherr, General Chairman

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