36—Friday, April 24, 1970
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEVIS
Flint Launches Intense Campaign
to Convert UJA Pledges Into Cash
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tinning war of attrition is drain-
The Flint United Jewish Appeal
ing the country. The people of
is starting an immediate, intensive
campaign to convert pledges into Israel are taxing themselves •to
cash, Michael Pelavin, collections the utmost to survive, yet more
than 60,000 new Jewish immi-
chairman, announced. The cash
grants will enter the country this
drive will culminate in a national
cash mobilization conference June year and must be supported until
they become self-supporting.
7-8 in New York City, he said.
This requires large amounts' of
"Jewish communities throughout
cash--cash that it bas been the
the country are pledging far great-
traditional responsibility of Jew-
er amounts than last year for
ish philanthropy to provide. Cash
UJA's Israel Emergency Fund and
for their regular campaigns. How- the people of Israel can no
ever the mounting needs for immi- longer provide."
Pelavin urged Jewish community
gration, health, education and other
humanitarian services in Israel and leaders to set an example for their
in 30 other countries is so urgent communities by redeeming their
that immediate cash is necessary." own pledges immediately.
"Jews in Israel and throughout
Pelavin stated.
The chairman pointed out that the world cannot live on credit or
"The cost of defense in a con- promises. The help they receive
throug.h the United Jewish Appeal
is vital. They cannot wait," Pela-
vin stated.
Grand Rapids
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News Notes
April 24—Passover Family Service
26—United Synagogue Youth
Meeting
29--Bnai Brith Women
Meeting
—USY Slate Aleeting
30--USY Social
May 1—Kahn Bat Mitzva,
Temple Emanuel
2—Barkin Bar Alitzva,
Ahavas Israel
2-4—Antique Show, Temple
Emanuel
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Cong. Ahavas Israel held a Crea-
tive Family Service Sunday morn-
ing in the main sanctuary, featur-
ing a new Hagada, "Freedom and
Peace as We Experience It
Today."
vacation continues
through April 28 for religious
school students at Cong. Ahavas
Israel.
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R. J. Stimpson won a Cadillac
Passover
Sisterhood Sets
Antique Show
Comings .. .
and
... Goings
Youth on The Move
Births
a daughter, Cari Lynn.
Returnees From Israel Praise
Steadfastness of Her 'People
Four couples, Dr. and Mrs. Jack
Stanzler, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Schreiber and Dr. and Mrs. Bert
Marx have just returned from
Israel with a report of calm
Mesdames David Wolin, Sol Scha- amid growing pressures from
fer, Louis Harris, Richard Siegel
and Charles Weinstein. General
chairmen are Mesdames Jack
Brenner, Frank Kasle and Gordon
Suber.
Miller has sung with the CBC
Opera Company in Canada and is
currently in the Shaarey Zedek
and Oak Park Civic choruses. Mrs.
Kaplan has soloed with the Michi-
gan Opera Company and the De-
troit Symphony. Presently, she is
with the Oak.Park Chorus and the
Music Study Club Chorus. Airs.
Polen, who gave recitals at age 7,
played for MGM Studios and pres-
ently accompanies for many sing-
ers throughout the Detroit area.
Donations go to the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary of America and
the construction of the Mathilda
Schechter Residence Hall for
Young women.
For reservations, call Mrs. Bren-
ner, 742-7613; Mrs. Kasle, 239-1154;
or Airs. Suber, 787-7147.
Fannie Goldin, 73
Fannie Goldin, 5424 Maura,
Flushing died April 10 at age 73.
Mrs. Goldin was born in Russia,
the daughter of Mendel and Freida
Aaron, and had been a resident of
Flint and Genesee County for the
last 41 years. She was a member of
Cong. Beth Israel.
Surviving are a son Howard;
two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Dollen
of Flint and Airs. Dorothy Solotar
of San Mateo, Calif.; and five
grandchildren.
lEnd Anti-Israel
Stand, French
, Senators UrEe
and Betty Green a Camaro in the
recent Cadillac Giveaway at Cong.
Ahavas Israel. Irving Kleiman and
Melvin Rashewsky were co-chair-
Rae Grudinsky, president of Mo
men.
for City Chapter of the Nationa
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Secretaries Association (Interna
Bnai Brith Women will hold its tional) was selected as Secretary
installation 1 un che on 1 p.m. of the' Year for 1970-71. She also
Wednesday at the Pantlind Hotel, was selected from 19 chapters in
Sadler Room. Airs. Harold Shul- Michigan as one of the top five sec-
man, public affairs chairman for retaries to compete for the title of
District 6, will be installing offi- Michigan Division Secretary of the
cer. At 8 p.m. that day, there will Year. She will compete at the an-
be a workshop conducted by Airs. nual meeting of the NSA (Interna-
Shulman at the home of Airs. David tional) in Kalamazoo.Miss Gru-
Feldman, 2323 Elliott SE.
dinsky is executive platform secre-
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Hyman Berkowitz, Grand Rapids tary to H. A. Lossing, vice.presi-
community leader, has been named dent of the Genesee Merchants
chairman of the Grand Rapids Bank and Trust Co.
State of Israel Bonds.
The community will launch a
celebration of Israel's 22nd anni-
versary of statehood at a recep-
tion 8 p.m. May 13 in the home of
Mr. and Airs. Percy A. Berman,
April 27—Temple Beth El Board
2465 Fletcher, NE.
Meeting, 8:30 p.m.
The reception will be on behalf
28--Bnai Brith Board Meet-
of State of Israel Bonds.
ing, 8:30 p.m., home of
Dr. Arieh Plotkin, who served
Dr. Bert Marx.
as an officer in the Intelligence
29—Hadassah
New Mem-
Corps of the Israel Defense
bers Tea, 1 p.m., home
Forces, will be guest speaker.
of
Airs.
Milton
Weiss.
Berkowitz, vice president of
Cong. Ahavas Israel and former
president of Julius Houseman
Lodge, Bnai Brith, said his com-
mittee represents a cross-section of
Lisa Braun has been placed on
leadership in the community.
Members include Airs. Sona the dean's list of Brandeis Univer-
sity
in recognition of her excellent
Ashendorf , Percy Berman, Stanley
Cohen, Joe Cohn, Alorton Finkel- record for the fall semester.
Gary
Lewis, son of Air. and Mrs.
stein, Harold Heller, Stuart Jacob-
son, Sam Kravitz, Paul Levin, Melvin Lewis of Davison, has been
named
to
the academic honors list
Alartin Packard, Seymour Rapa-
port, Airs. Irma Samrift, Leonard at Ferris State College for the win-
ter
term.
Singert Sam Smaller, Airs. Geneva
Smith, Jerome Subar and Sol
Swiss.
For reception information, con-
tact Mr. or Mrs. Percy A: Berman,
To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Suber,
456-5200.
The Torah Fund champagne
luncheon to be held by Bnai Israel
Sisterhood May 6 at the synagogue
will feature entertainment by sing-
ers Max Miller and Pearl Kaplan,
accompanied by Betty Polen.
The food committee is headed by
The 14th annual Eastern Mich-
igan Antique Show and Sale will
, be presented Sunday through
Tuesday at Temple Beth El.
I Mrs. Robert Mitchell, chairman
of the show, sponsored by the tem-
ple sisterhood, announced that over
25 exhibitors from the Midwest and
New York will display and sell
glassware, china, jewelry, furni-
ture, stained glass windows and
coins Portrait artists will do
pastels.
The tea room will feature home-
baked pastries and snacks. Park-
ing is free. Show hours are noon-
10 p.m.
Last year, several thousand visi-
j PARIS (JTA) — A substantial
tors attended.
Community
Calendar
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Singers to Highlight
Torah Fund Lunch
' group of French senators demand
that the government abandon its
"one-sided" "anti-Israel" stance in
the Middle East and bring its poli-
cies in line with its claims of
"neutrality and objectivity."
They assailed the French arms
embargo as a "unilateral" meas-
ure that works against Israel while
"Russia arms Egypt, Syria and
Iraq, and France arms Libya,
Algeria and some of the oil-produc-
ing emirates.
Foreign Aiinister Maurice Schu- '
mann replied to the critics with a
vehement defense of the embargo
and France's Mid East policies.
Arab neighbors.
Dr. and Mrs. Stanzler said that
Cairo Radio and other neighbor-
ing Arab stations can be heard
anywhere in Israel.
Even if the Israelis don't be-
lieve what they hear on the
Egyptian. station, the Arabs
themselves do, said Dr. Stanzler.
One recent report from the
Egyptian capital, called "The
Psychological Campaign," ended
this way: "The more alarmed and
bewildered Israel and its backers
feel, the more intense, bitter and
vicious becomes their campaign of
psychological warfare against the
UAR to cover up the collapse of
Israeli morale. This campaign is
the agonized thrashing of those who
launched aggression and who now
see for themselves the inevitable
fate awaiting their aggression."
"Taking the broadcast at face
value, the commentary paints a
dismal picture," said Dr. Stanzler.
"We heard it shortly after our ar-
rival as members of the UJA's
Young Leadership Mission and we
wondered if it could be true. Un-
fortunately for Cairo, it is not.
"Perhaps the most striking thing
we saw on our visit to Israel was
not only the lack of alarm among
the people, but the overwhelming
evidence of high morale, and not
only limited to the fighting forces.
To be sure, the daily pressures are
there. You can't miss the numbers
of young men and women dressed
in uniforms, walking in the streets
or waiting for lifts by the side of
, highways throughout the country,"
I Dr. Stanzler said.
3Ir. and Mrs. Isaacs continued,
"You can't avoid the concern on
the face of a mother whose son
is almost ready for military ser-
vice or the edginess in a father
whose son is serving somewhere
on the Suez. You can't help won-
dering, along with hundreds of
other people, the mission of a
helicopter flying low over Jeru-
salem in the direction of Ha-
dassah Hospital.
"You can't miss the advertise-
"Buy a Share in a Phantom," the
American-made fighter that is now
being delivered to Israeli; it's rem-
iniscent of our own "Buy Victory
Bonds" from almost 30 years ago.
The bond campaign, by the way,
has far exceeded its goal—another
remarkable fact when one consid-
ers that the Israelis are already
among the highest taxed people in
the world.
"This additional voluntary tax-
ation was needed," said Isaacs,
"because more than 80 per cent of
the internal revenue of the country
goes for defense. And there is no
relief in sight since the Arabs re-
fuse to negotiate a peaceful settle-
ment and are now better equipped
by the Russians than they were in
1967."
The Schriebers observed that
every facet of life in Israel is af-
fected by the situation. "But Is-
raelis, somehow, take it in stride;
after more than 20 years of living
through three wars and constant
pressures on their borders, the
people have become tough, not by
choice, but by circumstance.
There's a will among the people
to get on with the job. Part of it is
a pride in their armed forces that
is hard for Americans to believe
or understand," said Schreiber.
"Israelis like to joke that their
kids don't demonstrate; they've
got more important things to
worry about. The fact is, how-
ever, that teen-agers are inter-
ested in joining the service, not
seeking ways to get rid of it.
The spirit has spread to former
members of the Hagana and the
pre-independence underground
organizations, men who finished
their military obligation years
ago. Many are joining a group
called 'Fighters of the State on
the Borders,' which helps pro-
tect northern settlements."
Dr. Stanzler concluded, "Despite
the obvious pressures, the mood in
Israel seems to be one of quiet
steadfastness. This, perhaps, is the
real 'psychological campaign' cai-
rn was referring to. It is not 'bewil-
derment' one sees on the faces of
the older people who make their
way through the twisting streets
of Arab Jerusalm to pray at the
Western V)-all. And it is not 'alarm'
which drives Tel Aviv youngsters
to the sidewalk cafes to fill up on
ments and posters asking you to American-style hamburgers.
"The radio announcements about
the fighting at the front and the
casualties mentioned in the daily
papers have seemingly done one
William Green, son of Mr. and thing," said Dr. Stanzler. "They
Airs. Kenneth Green, will be called have bound a small nation together
to the Torah as Bar Mitzva May 2' and strengthened the determination
at Cong. Beth Israel. I of its people."
Ba r Mitzva
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Sen. Andrei Monteil of the
Centrist Union, who is president
of the foreign affairs committee,
told Schumann, "We do not ask
you to become pro-Israeli but we
demand that France adopt a
policy which does not endanger
Israel's right to a free and inde-
pendent existence within secure
and recognized borders."
The foreign minister said that
under present circumstances
France cannot consider releasing
50 embargoed Israeli Mirage jets
or reverting to a policy of "selec-
tive embargo" which would enable
Israel to obtain spare parts for its
Mirages.
- Schumann said, "The fact that
the United States refuses to sell
additional Phantoms to Israel goes
to show what we have said all
along that Israel still enjoys un-
disputed air superiority over the
Arab states."
He repeated his earlier assertion
that Franco-Israel relations will
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