Private Schools
Co-Chatirmen Named for Dinner AJCongress Suit Will Challenge Aid to
y en-
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NEW YORK (JTA)—The Am-
croachments
on the Bill of Rights
lip
Sloittovitz
lIttitttring Phi
erican Jewish Congress has de- sents a powerful attack„ on the
and any challenge to its integrity
Irwin I. Cohn, chairman of the
Jewish National Fund dinner hon-
oring Philip Slomovitz, to be held
June 17 at Cong. Sharrey Zedek,
has named there co-chairmen to
assist him.
They are Louis Berry, Leonard
N. Simons and Paul Zuckerman,
all past honorees at JNF testimo-
nial affairs.
The event, held each year by
JNF, will this year mark the
golden anniversary of the Jewish
National Fund Council. Slozno-
vitz, editor and publisher of The
Jewish News, was the first pres-
ident of the council and will be
honored for his half century of
service to JNF.
Since its inception, Detroit's
JNF Council has been one of the
most active in the nation. Each
year It finances the planting of
more than 200,000 trees in Israel.
cided to file suit to challenge the principle that public funds may be
constitutionality of a newly passed given only to public institutions. presents a threat to Pe security
bill providing $28,000,000 in public The Jewish community has a spec- of every Jew, for religious liberty
funds to aid secular functions of ial stake in the unitary principle is the basis of all freedom."
of church-state separation and re-
private schools.
The bill, approved by the state I ligious liberty . The security of all
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LEONARD N. SI3IONS
Israel Tennis Assn.
Cancels Davis Cup
Match With Rhodesia
The Jewish National Fund. which ;
is Israel's sole land agent, is re-;
sponsible for the reclamation of
TEL Aviv (.1TA) — The Israel land, the building of roads and .
Tennis Association, apparently the establishment of settlements.
y ielding to government pressure,
has canceled its scheduled Davis
Cup Tournament match with Rho- JNF Suggests Planting
desia.
Trees to Honor Mothers
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has
On Mother's Day, May 10, fam-
been urging cancellation since the ilies will pay tribute to mothers
International Lawn Tennis Asso- in many different ways—one way
ciation paired Israel with Rhode- is with the planting of trees in
sia and ordered the match to be Israel in honor of mother or to
held in Israel.
perpetuate her memory.
The government announced re-
According, to David P. Zack,
cently that it would not admit the
Rhodesian players. (Guy Hodder, president of the Jewish National
Fund.
Detroiters have been using
secretary of the Rhodesian Lawn
Tennis Association said in Salis- the planting of a tree in Israel for
many
years as a way to mark
bury .that the Israeli concellation
Mother's Day as a day of special
was "completely non-political."
-A growing tree is
significance.
Ile said the letter o`.." cancella-
tion received from the Israel Ten- a living tribute to every mother,"
said
Zack.
"And
when it's plant-
nis Association explained that the
to-) Israeli player. Willie David- . ed in Israel in her honor or mem-
ory,"
he
added,
"it provides a
mann, was under doctor's orders
not to play for three months and link to the land of our past and
;
of
our
future."
another player has been called up
In addition, Zack says that
for military duty. The Israelis
therefore felt they could not field , trees in Israel are of vital im-
portance to Israel's economy and
a strong enough side for the Davis
secizrity. Many newcomers to Is-
Cup play, Hodder said. Rhodesian
rael are employed by the JNF in
tennis champion Hank Irvine called
the planting, of trees. The trees
the Israeli letter "a reasonable ex-
provide lumber, protect the soil
planation." t
and furnish shade and recrea-
Several weeks ago the Israeli
Tennis Association appeared de-
tional areas.
termined to go through with the
Certificates for trees planted in
match and said it would play out- Israel can be ordered from the,
side Israel if necessary. It appar- Jewish National Fund office by !
ently had a change of mind.
calling 399-0820 or through JNF .
Israel is officially opposed to chairmen of affiliated organiza-
apartheid and the racial policies tions. The certificates will be ;
of the Rhodesian government.
mailed to the mother honored or
to relatives of mothers who mem-
ory is to be perpetuated by the
planting of trees.
The JNF office. 22100 Green-
field. Oak Park, will be open 10
a.m.-2 pm. May 10 for the con-
venience of those who wish to pick
up a Mother's Day tree certificate
on their way to visit with their
mothers.
It's Nice
To Deal With
Joe Slatkin's
DEXTER
CHEVROLET
20811 W. 8 Mile
between Southfield & Telegraph
5.34-1400
Prices Quoted Over
The Phone.
IN COOPERATION WITH THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
HONORING
\ 1969-70
THE PRESIDENTS
YAFFEE
METROPOLITAN
DETROIT HAI BRITH
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
COUNCILS
LODGE PRESIDENTS
1969-70
The riots of "Black Saturday" in
Cairo on Jan. 26, 1952, resulted in
the destruction of that city's sys-
tem of Jewish schooLs and corn-
munal institutions. The riots were
followed by the expulsion 6f sev-
eral thousand Jews from the
Egyptian capital. Rioters had de-
stroyed the old Jewish quarter of
the city in 1946.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friday, May 1, 1970
DENNIS J. RICE
Albert D. Tucker
ERIC ROSENOW
Albert Einstein
AARON KRAFT
, Centennial
LESTER BERNBAUNI
Detroit
MARK STERN
Detroit Louis D. Brandeis
JOSEPH FELDMAN
Detroit Louis Marshall
AND
AIRS. SY RESNICK
Albert D. Tucker
MRS. KUZIEL
Albert Einstein
MRS. HARLEY ADLER
Centennial
MRS. SANI PERLSTEIN
Detroit
AIRS. JOHN SANDLER
Detroit Louis D. Brandeis
AIRS. WILLIAM PLOTKIN
Detroit Louis Alarshall
MRS. SAM SKEEGAN
Dov Frenkel
AIRS. ETHEL FOX
Downtown-Fox
THE LODGE AND
CHAPTER
PRESIDENTS
. ALSO
SPECIAL CITATIONS
HERMAN KASOFF
Council President
WALTER LITT
Detroit Sholem Aleichem
ABE BLEIWAS
Detroit Suburban
JOSEPH FRENKEL
Dov Frenkel
LARRY PIANIN
Downtown-Fox
WALLACE KINZER
Eddie Jacobson
HAROLD S. JAFFA
Harry B. Keidan
SIDNEY SINGER
Henry Morgenthau
RUDOLF LEISER
Israel
J,ULIUS SCHLUSSEL
Ivan S. Bloch
BRUNCH CHAIRMAN
JULIUS KAHN
B.B. ISRAEL MARTYRS
FOREST
Chairmen
LEO HACK,
Blen's Council
MRS. DAVID GERSHON
Women's Council
CO-CHAIRMAN
Julius Berkowitz
Ben Columbus
Sam Papo
Miss Selma Cohen
Mrs. Sidney Miller
Mrs. Arthur Schultz
GUEST SPEAKER
DANIEL I. WALDMAN
Livonia
DAVID LEVINE
Maurice C. Zeiger
HARRY LEVIN
Motor City
BERNARD ALLAUN
Oakland Century
HARRY A. HARWOODS
Philip Handler—East Side
DR. HERBERT BEAN
Pisgah
AUBREY KORT
Zager—Stone
DR. MASHEM
CZUDNOWSKI
SAMUEL BELL
Rex
FRED RUBINSTEIN
Samuel Grant
Of the Hebrew University in Jeru-
salem, currently visiting Professor
Wayne State University.
MAURICE RAZNICK
Tikvah
MRS. ALLEN WEITZMAN
Council President
AIRS. SIDNEY COHN
Eddie Jacobson
AIRS. MORRIS BERNSTEIN .
Harry B. Keidan
MRS. PAUL FINK
Henry Morgenthau
AIRS. RAY MAZER
Israel
MRS. JOSEF FEUERSTEIN
Ivan S. Bloch
MRS. PHILIP MARGOLIS
MRS. SYLVIA ROSS
MRS. HAROLD ROWE
(Presidium Presidents)
Alaurice C. Zeiger
AIRS. ESTHER COHEN
Philip Handler—E'ast Side
MRS. FANNIE STOCKLER
Pisgah
Stone:
AIRS. HARVEY NAUSSBAUM
Zager)
MRS. JACK BRICKNER
AIRS. BERNARD DOSIE
AIRS. I.OUIS KRAMER
(Presidium Presidents)
Zager—Stone
MRS. NIALCO51 SIMON
Rex
AIRS. ALBERT SNIDERMAN
Tikvah
MRS. JACK GROSS
Gershwin
AIRS. LEE DIAMOND
Business & Professional
AIRS. LAWRENCE FOX
Deborah
MRS JOSEPH RADKIN
MRS.
MRS. MELVIN WASSERMAN
Galilee
MRS. RICHARD MAY
Frances Solovich
AIRS. EDDIE SILVER
Masada
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1970, 10:30 A.M.
CONGREGATION BNAI MOSHE
W. 10 Mile Rd. at Kenosha
Members of Family and Friends Invited
ELIGIBILITY:
Minimum Purchase of I Tree ($2.50) Per Reservation
ADMISSION: $1.00 Per Reservation
Forest in
Honor your lodge president by planting trees in the Bnai Brith Martyr's
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