36—Friday, April 24, 1970 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEVIS Flint Launches Intense Campaign to Convert UJA Pledges Into Cash • 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 1 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 * * 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. , * 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 * * 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- ▪ * 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 •••, 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 • I B 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." 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