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. 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