WIZO's 50 Years of Fruitful Labors By a Special Correspondent A group of women Zionists in Britain organized the despatch of medical and social aid to what was then Palestine. That was in 1920 when WIZO—the Women's Interna- tional Zionist Organization — was formed. They collected money, or- ganized a large-scale informational campaign and succeeded in send- ing over a number of medical teams equipped with the best facili- ties then available. From this beginning there has evolved one of the most remark- able chapters in the history of vol- untary humanitarian effort. In 50 years that small kernel of women visionaries in London has grown into a world movement embracing 250,000 Jewish women affiliated in 50 federations. Its magnificent record in the service of humanity has gained it recognition in the United Nations where WIZO is a member of two major non-govern- mental bodies: UNICEF and ECOSOC. It would be difficult to ima- gine Israel as we know it today without the ramified activities of WIZO. When national independ- ence was won WIZO had a net- work of institutions and schools to serve the fledgling state. What began in the 1920s as an emer- gency immunization and mater- nal education campaign had de- veloped into a model multi- institutional framework geared to the needs of Israel's infants and their parents. Today, WIZO operates 70 child- care centers that include di.y creches for the children of working mothers, medical centers for a no- tionally and/or physically handi- capped children, as well as bahy homes and nurses training schools. They are all WIZO supported, but are geared to the ministry o. edu- cation's program of preparing chil- dren for the regular schools. Tens of thousands of families h ive bene- fited from these service: and their lives have been improved through such facilities. There have been many heart- rending milestones. One has only to recall the faces of the hun- dreds of thousands of. child sur- vivors of the Holocaust. Hardly had hostilities ceased than these masses of Jewish children began wandering over ravaged Europe. They had no homes to go to; hope had been banished from their lives. WIZO women went out to the DP camps to care for SEMI-ANNUAL RED-TAGGED PIPE SALE to Valo.9 $ ues5 3 PIPES 3 99 each $1000 Mix 'Ent — Match 'Em! grouping of many sizes and shapes in sand- blast or smooth, light or dark finishes. Large selected Shop our Reg-Tagged Pipe Tc- bacco and Buy the Box, Ciga r Specials for Extra Savings! 1111110111111rOAK PARK TOBACCO N 1ST Custom Blended Pipe Tobacco 21178 GREENFIELD ROAD In Grwrn-a Shopping confer Open Evenings and Steetlays PACKAGE LIQUOR DEALER the unfortunates, and quickly established and staffed centers in pre-state Eretz Israel to pro- vide the little refugees with hope when they reached the Promised Land. Under the then existing immigration laws, the so-called "illegal immigrants" and their children were not allowed to enter Palestine and were sent to camps in Cyprus or back to the European graveyards. It was then that WIZO organized a world- wide appeal to the conscience of enlightened mankind to let the children go. WIZO's institutions, especially Hadassim and Ahuzat Yeladim, were founded for chil- dren rescued from DP camps. WIZO's tasks cave included care for disturbed children, for whom a special home was set up in Haifa in 1946. This place —the Ahuzat Yeled Center—has achieved inter- national reputation as a rehabili- tation center, unique of its kind. WIZO volunters went out to the immigrant villages to help mothers, usually with very large families, cope with their new, quite bewilder- ing environments. These women learned how to manage the compli- cations of modern sanitation and how to prepare nourishing meals with as-yet mysterious ingredients. Their children were provided with day care centers and were given aid and encouragement that Luftwaffe Veteran the enabled them to compete with luckier children at school. At the Seeks State Post; same time WIZO set up handicraft training programs whereby the County GOP Mum mothers could manage to supple- ment the family income. s Their older children are also catered for in 50 youth clubs throughout Israel, where teenagers are kept out of mischief through supplementary education and rec- reational facilities. In the fields of youth care and maternal welfare, WIZO does not differentiate between the various communities. Thus a WIZO youth club, a women's center and day creche have been opened in East Jerusalem. In Haifa, for example, there is the highly successful Arab Jewish youth club where young- sters of both communities meet daily and play together. Here the seeds of coexistence and future peace are being sown; here the basis of mutual understanding is being laid. Richard Friske, veteran of These are just a few of the Hitler's Luftwaffe of World War achievements that WIZO is so II, is caught in a political cress- proud of, and which will figure on fire in Ellsworth, Mich. Friske, the agenda of the organization's in the orchard busines, defeated jubilee conference to convene in 10 other candidates for the GOP Jerusalem in November. nomination for state represent- ative in the 106th district, a seven-county area, but be doesn't Pave An Affair to Remember have the endorsement of any MORI LITTLE county organization. Some Re- publican leaders have threaten- And Orchestra ed to promote a write-in for the post in the November election. KE 4-5980 e -•—••••-^ • '-v"-"' Jewish Seamen Invited to Israel The Israel Maritime League needs trained seamen, especially officers, to man the new cargo ships of the Israel Merchant Marine, and Jews from abroad will get a special assist. The league's head office in Haifa issued the call for engine, radio and deck officers, electricians, and refrigerating technicians. But it is also willing to train young men of age 18-25 as deck officers (high school graduates) and engine room electricians and radio officers (technical school graduates). Crew members who are interest- ed in learning Hebrew before New intensified curricula have established for kinder- garten and junior high classes. Further program enrichments will be included in several other classes. There will be a daily and Sun- day minyan and breakfast at the school for junior high students. Akiva is planning its own day camp for the summer of 1971. For information, call Rabbi Ger- ald Werner, principal, 545-1060. I Men's Clubs I BETH MOSES MEN'S CLUB will meet 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the synagogue. Patrick McDonald, a member of the Detroit Board of Education, and Rev. 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Akiva Introduces New Programs A special orientation new students in the kindergarten and first grade will be held at Akiva Hebrew Day School Wed- nesday. The session for kinder- garten students will be held from 10 to 11 a.m., while that of the first grade will be held from 11 a.m. to noon. Akiva is announcing many new features in its program. Due to many inquiries concern- ing the transfer of students beyond the first-grade level into Akiva, serious consideration is being given to the immediate establishment of an ungraded Hebrew class. It would enable such students to be fully integrated eventually into the regular Hebrew studies program. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, August 28, 1970-29 PLEATS! PLEATS! PLEA7'S ! / At the Sheraton-Tel Aviv you'll be on the beach overlook- ing the blue Mediterranean. But you'll only be minutes away from the downtown business district And right in the hotel there's a great health club and gymna- sium. As well as an art gallery. 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