Collegians Protest Detention of Israelis in Iraq
The American Students for Is- a group of students"to bring to the
act by releasing the hijackers,
racl-Jewish Action Committee at , attention of the American public—
but has issued a stamp com-
Wayne State University will parti- particularly the student public —
memorating the incident. The
cipate in the "Free Damascus 2 ' this terrible injustice that has been
stamp depicts the hijackers
Day" called for Thursday by the perpetrated "against two Israelis
standing triumphantly in front of
newly organized Ad Hoc Student kidnaped off a TWA plane and
the damaged airliner.
Committee—Free Damascus 2, in being held captive in Syria.
On Thursday , erev Hanuka, the
New Yor k.
WSU s group pointed out that
Ad Hoc Committee will hold a
The committee was organized by not only has Syria condoned the
demonstration in the New York
area and has asked for similar
demonstrations on other campuses.
The New York protest will involve
Hanuka will be a festive occasion ! of volunteers from various sister- a flashlight parade from the United
in 14 private nursing homes in the !hoods on holiday teams, who bring Nations to the Syrian legation.
Detroit area, due to the combined I comfort and joy to aged and iso-
The American Students for Is-
efforts of the Jewish Family and I lated Jews. Volunteers also com- rael here will sponsor a literature
Children's Service, sisterhoods, ' prise the 10 visiting teams which table at Wayne on Thursday. In-
youth groups, choral groups and . regularly visit nursing home resi- formation will be distributed and
cantors. !dents who have little or no family. buttons sold.
The nursing homes will be fes- ' Rabbi Leonard Cahan is chairman
tooned with Hanuka decorations, I of the NHVP.
Ceremony
Planned
and some 500 gifts will be wrapped JFCS and its department of !
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and distributed by more than 75 aging are expanding services to
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volunteers who will plan and par- the aged in nursing homes and to
ticipate in the parties, reports those who are living alone within
Mrs. Max Biber, chairman of the the community. Additional volun-
program committee of the Nursing I teers are needed to perform all
Home Volunteer Project of the types of service—visiting, phoning
JFCS.
or driving. For information, call
The project utilizes the services JFCS, DI 1-5959.
Hanuka Coming to Nursing Homes
July
Bud Guest Speaks at Shaarey Zedek
Bud Guest (Edgar A. Guest,
Jr.) of Radio Station WJR
will be presented, 10 a.m. Wednes-
day at the Shaa-
rey Zedek, for the
Sisterhood's sec
ond session of its
Town Hall Series.
Speaking "On the
Sunny Side of the
Street," he will
be introduced by
Mrs. David Kli- - --
ger, Town Hair
chairman. M r s .
Marvin Fleisch- Bud Guest
man, president of the Sisterhood,
will preside. Mrs. Irwin Groner
will give the opening prayer.
Son of poet-philosopher Edgar A.
Guest whose "folksy" and down-
to-earth rhymes were recited in
all of Detroit public school class-
rooms, Bud Guest is currently
heard over WJR Monday through
Saturday, expounding on "Sunny
Break," "Sunny Side Club," and
"Time Traveler."
A product of Detroit public
schools,' Culver Military Academy
and the University of Michigan,
Guest has been a newspaper re-
porter and radio personality since
1934, and served for a time in the
U.S. Navy during World War II.
The Town Hall committee, in ad-
dition to the chairman, includes
Mesdames Morris Adler, Jay Go-
lub, and Peter A. Martin.
A continental breakfast will pre-
cede the lecture. Mrs. Sol King is
vice-president and social chairman.
Guest is expected to visit with
those in attendance during the cof-
fee hour.
Library Honors
Former Detroiter
W. R. Blumenthal
A distinct honor has been ac-
corded by Sinai Temple of Los
Angeles to a former Detroiter.
The Sinai Tem-
ple William R.
Blumenthal Li-
brary was dedi-
cated during the
observance of
Book Week in Los
Angeles.
Blumenthal,
who directed Ke-
renHayesod cam-
paigns here and
was a noted lead-
er in Zionist cir-
cles, is the author
of several books,
and a lecturer of
note. His book
Blumenthal collections are
among the most varied, containing
scores of volumes that have been
out of print for decades. His home
library is one of the largest in the
country,
Single tickets will be available
for the lecture, and for Feb. 4
when Elinor Rose of the Detroit
News will be presented. Only series
ticket purchasers will be able to
attend the final session on March
4, when Mrs. Morris Adler will
be the speaker, and luncheon will
be served.
For tickets and information,
phone Mrs. Robert Brody, 368-0480,
ticket chairman, or Mrs. Milton
Golden, 358-59883.
MISS ELAINE LEEMON
Mr. and Mrs. Philmore Leemon
of Talbot Ln., Huntington Woods,
announce the engagement of their
daughter Elaine to Daniel Gruber,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Gruber
of Millburn, N.J.
Miss Leemon is a senior at
Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology
in Cambridge, Mass. Mr.
The appointment of Avraham
Levy as regional director of Tech- Gruber is a recent graduate of
nion-Israel Institute of Technology MIT.
The couple plan a July 19 wed-
is announced by Sam Rich, presi-
ding.
dent of the Detroit Chapter.
Levy, 40, holds bachelors and
masters degrees
in political sci-
ence from Wayne
State University.
He was previous-
ly on the staff
of State of Is-
rael Bonds and
co-owner of an
import - export
business.
A veteran of
Levy
the Israel Air
Force, Levy taught Hebrew at the
United Hebrew Schools while at-
tending Wayne. There, he was
president of the Israeli Student
Organization for three years.
Later, he worked for the Discount
Bank of Israel in Tel Aviv, before
returning to Detroit.
Married and the father of three, !
Levy resides at 24522 Rensselaer,
Oak Park.
As regional director for Tech-
nion, he will direct activities on
behalf of the institute in Michigan,
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
Avraham Levy
Named Technion
Regional Director
!THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 28, 1969 - 31
Universityof Texas Names Detroiter
David Lesser Top Alumnus of '69
David Leeser, chief metallurgist the atomic b o m b, Leeser also
for Chrysler Corp.'s Amplex Di- holds citations from the War Man-
vision in Detroit, has been select- , power Commission (1945) and the
ed outstanding ex-student of 1969 U.S. Scientific Research and De-
by the University of Texas at El veloprnent Office (1946).
Paso.
Leeser has done many articles
Leeser, 13144 Winchester, Hunt- on materials research and nu-
clear
energy. Two of his technical
ington Woods, was guest of honor
at a number of UT homecoming papers were selected from among
activities, including the parade 2.000 submitted for presentation at
and banquet, where he was guest the Second International Confer-
ence for Peaceful Uses of the
speaker.
A 1943 graduate of UT's college Atom in Geneva in 1958. to which
he
was appointed U.S. delegate by
of mines and metallurgy, Leeser
has held a number of important the Atomic Energy Commission.
positions in research, including He has been U.S. delegate to
materials consultant and engineer other conferences as well.
The Leesers have a daughter,
for Capt. Hyman Rickover's scien-
tific team at the Argonne National Joyce. 15, at home and a second
daughter,
Mrs. David Lachar, who
Laboratory in Chicago. Leeser
also holds a masters degree from is doing graduate work in psychol-
ogy at the University of Minne-
Ohio State University,
He came here in 1954 to join sota, along with her husband.
Atomic Power Development Asso-
ciates, Inc., a subsidiary of De-
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troit Edison, as a manager of the
materials and metallurgy section.
Leeser joined Chrysler in
And Orchestra
1961 and worked at Cape Ca-
naveral with the Space-Defense
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group, contributing to nuclear-
oriented programs. Due to his
developments of new concepts
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in science, engineering and
ROSEN BLAT
management, Leeser was named
1967 Engineer of the Year for
ORCH ESTRA
the Cape Kennedy area, by the
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the Canaveral Council of Tech-
nical Societies.
For his contributions to the de-
velopment of special materials for
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Molly Yagoda — 357-4526
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Rothschild to Speak in NY
Evelyn de Rothschild, member
of the international banking fam-
ily, will be guest • -
speaker at the
national dinner
of the American
Technion Society
Thursday at the ■ ••
Americana Hotel 4 '
in New York. De
Rothschild, long
active in world
Jewry and the
development of
Israel, is chair- De Rothschild
man of the British Techn io n
Society and International board of
governors. Honor guest will be Sol
M. Linowitz, former ambassador
•to the Organization of American
States and a prominent business-
man and attorney.
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