Private Schools Co-Chatirmen Named for Dinner AJCongress Suit Will Challenge Aid to y en- emocracy. An Soil charged that the bill repro - American 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 WANTED legislature last week, earmarks racial and religious minority Small multiple site approx. 80x the monies for attendance-keeping groups depends on the health of 140 in suburbs, utilities and and other record-keeping. zoning required. People Proof George Solt, chairman of the Will pay cash or joint venture. Eyeglasses AJ Congress' commission on fed- eral and state laws on the separa- CALL 644-8641 or 354-3820 or tion of church and state. Box 968 Jewish News, 17515 W. Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, who Nine M i 1 e Rd., Southfield, PRESCRIPTION OPTICAL CO. supported the bill, is expected to 26001 Mich. 48075. 543-3343 Coolidge sign it within the week. n)50-7 1 4.th, annual. 13'nai B'rith Presidents Brunch : 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 SAY IT WITH JEWISH NATIONAL FUND 2 21 0 0 GREENFIELD RD. • OAK PARK, MICH. 48237 PHONE 399-0820 OFFICE HOURS: MON. THRU THURS., 9 to 5; FRIDAY, 9 to 4; SUNDAY, 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. Israel