THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 10—Friday, January 9, 1970 Sabin Takes Over Weizmann Institute as Weisgal Bids Adieu as President REilOVOT — A scientific race for human betterment to match the space race was urged as the scientific goal of t'.e next decade JERUSALEM—A street in the by Meyer W. Weisgal as he relin- name of the late Isaac Shmaya quished the presidency of the Eliachar, the first president of the Weizmann Institute of Science to United Jewish Community in Jeru- Dr. Albert B. Sabin. salem, has been dedicated on the Dr. Sabin took up residence in Hebrew University's Givat Ram Rehovot and assumed his official campus. duties as president Jan. 1. The Eliachar family, one of the I Before leaving Israel for a oldest Jewish families in Jeru- protracted stay abroad, Weisgal, salem, were owners of land on who was named chancellor of which part of the campus was the institute by the board of gov- built. ernors, foresaw for the Weiz- The family has lived in Jeru- mann Institute - successful new salem for 18 generations, and its tasks" focused on "human bet- history is connected with important terment," as well as science events in Palestine and the Mid-1 more extensively "dedicated to Elle East during the last centuries. research directly concerned with In the 15th Century, it was one of the economic development of Is- the prominent Jewish families in rael." the city of Ijar in Spain (Sara- gossa) whence the family immi- , grated to Palestine in the year 1485, seven years before the Jews were expelled from Spain. In Palestine, the members of the NEW YORK — American pro- family were referred to as El Ijar. pointing to their original residence fessionals in the field of mental in Spain, and this name eventual- deficiency are intensifying their campaign for the withdrawal of ly was changed to Eliachar. Warsaw as the site of an interna- tional congress next summer be- cause of Poland's reported anti- Semitic and repressive policies. The latest round against conven- Fine Clothes for ing the Second Congress of the In- Over 35 Years ternational Association for Scien- tific Study of Mental Deficiency (IASSMD) in Warsaw was carried to the editorial pages of the Ameri- can Journal of Mental Deficiency by Dr. Martin B.;filler, associate professor of educa• ion at Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate 3 Special Groups School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Hebrew U. Street Named for Old Jerusalem Family His own first task is to complete the manuscript o' his memoirs, covering more than half a cen- tury devoted to the renascence of the Jewish state, spanning three continents and embracing the worlds of journalism, drama, lit- erature and science, the last 25 of which were devoted to the Weizmann Institute. The closeset political and scien- tific associate of Dr. Weizmann, Weisgal had served as Dr. Weiz- mann's personal, political repre- sentative, f r o m 1940 until the founding of the Jewish state. As general editor and chairman of the editorial board of the Weiz- mann Archives, Weisgal will con- : tinue the over-all supervision of the publication of the letters and papers of Dr. Weizmann covering a 60-year period. A 12-volume work Campaign Waged t o Remove Warsaw as Site for Mental Deficiency Parley HARRY THOMAS A SALE! 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The selec- • tion was reaffirmed in September by a 15-5 council vote. Dr. Miller said that the 1967 vote was acceptable to him and others at the time because of the "liberalizing trends" of Wladyslaw Gomulka's regime and because the choice seemed "consonant 440 acres of happy Snowmobile Country for the EXCLUSIVE use of Lewiston Lodge guests. The Lodge is located on East Twin Lake and nestled in the north woods. A huge warm fireplace and cheerful cocktails add to the enchantment of Lewiston Lodge. Come to happy Snow Country. Snowmobiles (7) rental by hour or day. YES ! • 7 Miles of StIllIrIllobile A rca — No Hazards Ice Skating Rink for the family • Snowmobiles for rent • Sheridan Valley ski area LEWISTO or :.1 L O DGE 1 1 1 141. 5 1 I Loi‘ltin Lodge call — Detroit I.11.lt 542-37011 or I A' 1517) 786-2452 with the spirit of detente" between East and West. is expected to emerge. The first volume has been published in Ile- brew; and in English by Oxford University Press. A second vol- ume is now in press. An editorial staff of 40 is currently working on the project at Beit Weizmann here. (Later, at the annual meeting of the editorial board of the Weiz- man Archives, Weisgal stated that the voluminous archives, which contain over 20,000 of the late president's letters to and from var- ious correspondents, as well as tens of thousands of other items, would in due course be moved to Beit Weizmann.) Looking ahead to the next de- cade, Weisgal said: "Although I am no scientist, it is evident to a lay mind, such as my own, that as we stand on the threshold of the seventh decade of the century, the Weizmann Insti- tute, as indeed science generally, wherever pursued, will be called upon to tackle major, new scien- tific tasks during the coming de- Since 1967, however, "the Polish government has outraged much of the world with a se- ries of extraordinary actions, including a vicious and explicit anti-Zionist campaign which has led to the outright persecution of many Jews, including scien- tists and academicians, along with many non-Jews who were sympathetic with the plight of their Polish brethren," Dr. Mil- ler said. cade. "In the coming decade and later, mankind must look to its health and wealth for the sake of human betterment, Just as it has begun looking and travelling to the moon and the stars. If there's to be a space race, there must also be a welfare damental knowledge the sole re- sponsibility of our scientists," be said. "Among the most important tasks I foresee for the Weizmann Institute during the '70s is a more intensive dedication of the Insti- tute to research directly concern- ed with economic development of Israel. "I am confident all this MR be achieved with luster and distinc- tion, in the spirit of Dr. Weiz- mann's heritage of service, under the brilliant and able guidance of Albert Sabin. He is in effect the most illustrious new immigrant whom Israel has been privileged to welcome in recent times." WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ADVANCE ORDERS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR 22ND ANNIVERSARY COIN SPECIMEN SETS Dr. Miller said that he and others would use their energies and contacts both in the United States and abroad to urge a boy- cott of the conference if it is held in Warsaw. 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