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Michelson and Lillian Wald Elected to Hall of Fame Student
PHILADELPHIA — (JTA) —
NEW YORK — (JTA) — The
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
at New York University has its
first Jewish members in its 70-
year history. Dr. Albert Abraham
Michelson (1852-1931), the first
American scientist to win a Nobel
Prize, and Lillian D. Wald (1867-
1940), the founder of the Henry
Street Settlement, were announced
Oct. 28 as the 3.970 electees.
They were the, only two chosen
from a list of 196 nominees, all
dead for at least 25 years.
The nominees not elected includ-
ed Supreme Court Justice Louts
D. Brandeis; philanthropists Ham
Salomon and Jacob H. Schiff; pub.
lisbers Adolph S. Ochs and Joseph
Pulitzer; scientist Charles P.
Steinmetz; pianist and composer
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, and Ha-
dassah founder Henrietta Szold.
With a majority , of the 110 votes
Mrs. Nathan Linden Dedicates Forest
Mrs. Nathan (Ma) linden, on her latest visit to Israel, dedicated
the Nathan and Ada Linden Family Forest in the John F. Kennedy
Peace Forest. Accompanied by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Nelson (shown at rear), Mrs. -Linden is pictured with
Hannan Yarden, executive board member of Herrn Kayemeth Le-
Israel; Akiva Einis, administrator of Keren Kayemeth; and one of
the forest attendants.
Geriatric Experiments Related
TORONTO (JTA)—Officials of a
Jewish-sponsored Philadelphia ger-
iatric agency presented progress
reports here last week on two ex-
Black Educator
Accuses Jews;
Students Silent
BROOKLYN (JTA) — A vicious
attack on Jews was launched here
by a black educator addressing
students at Brooklyn College of
the City University of New York
(CCNY).
James Garrett, director of the
Center of Black Education in
Washington, D.C., declared in a
speech sponsored by the Afro-
American Institute of Brooklyn
College that "It is the Jew, in
particular, who has kept the black
man under chains. The Jew con-
trols the means, services and most
important, owns the land. The
black man has been so incor-
porated in this society that, should
the white man decide to kill the
black man, he can do so at will
simply by cutting off all the serv-
ices which he controls."
Although many members of the
audience were Jewish and there
are several Jewish organizations
on campus, no official protest at
the statement was lodged with the
Afro-American Institute.
Orthodox Aged Home
Will Accept Wives
NEW YORK- (JTA)—Home of the
Sages of Israel, an institution
founded on Neal York's lower east
side 30 years ago to provide a
completely Orthodox environment
,for elderly male Jews plans to
admit wives for the first time.
Founded because Jewish old age
homes did not provide the total
religious environment devout Jews
required, the first residents were
15 elderly scholars who wanted to
devote the rest of their days to the
study of Torah.
Unique is its program of study
and lectures on Jewish religious
lore, conducted both by residents
and by visiting rabbinical schol-
ars. Two years ago, the home
moved from Its original site to a
new $1,000,000 building with 45
residents.
The institution has a "shabat ele-
vator," which operates continu-
ously and automatically on holy
days, and "shabat clocks" which
turn lights off and on at pre-
determined hours. There is also a
ritual bath, a synagogue, a library,
a solarium, dining rooms and a
recreation room.
periments. They are aimed at im-
proving the functioning of old peo-
ple with organic mental impair-
ment. Also a new type of arrange-
ment is sought for older persons
with limited incomes who can
maintain independent lives with
some forms of assistance.
The reports were presented to
the annual meeting here of the
Gerontological Society by Mrs.
Elaine Brody, social work depart-
ment director at the Philadelphia
Geriatric Center and by Mrs. Edith
P. Bronson, a center social worker
and Mrs. Rose Locker, associate
director of the center's social work
department.
In reporting on the three-year
experiment in intensive treatment
for mentally impaired older per-
sons, Mrs. Brody told the confer-
ence that the research project;
which she heads, was supported by
grants totaling $325,000 from the
National Institute of Mental
Health.
cast required for election, Dr.
Michelson received 81; Miss Wald
had received 87 by Ibe 28th
with three ballots still not receiv-
ed. Miss Wald, who was born in
Cincinnati, was the granddaughter
of a German Jewish immigrant.
Educated in Rochester, N.Y., and
at the Women's Medical College in
New York, she turned to social
work after viewing slum condi-
tions on the East Side.
With the aid of Jacob Schiff,
Miss Wald obtained an apartment
on Henry Street that was to be-
come her famed settlement house
for aid to immigrants. As a result
of her efforts there, President
Theodore Roosevelt created the
Federal Children's Bureau in 1908.
On her '70th birthday she was laud:
ed over national radio, by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Gov.
Herbert H. Lehman. She always
maintained an interest in Jewish
affairs.
Dr. Michelson was born in Ger-
many and grew up in California.
After giving up hope for an ap-
pointment to Annapolis, he was
named to at "appointment at
large" by President Ulysses S.
Grant, and thereafter maintained
that his career was started by an
illegal Presidential act. After grad-
uation from the Naval Academy in
1873, he became an instructor
there, and by the age of 26 was
an internationally known physicist
on the basis of his work in light
velocity. In 1887, aged 35, he de-
veloped his famed interferometer
for measuring the velocity of the
earth. In 1898 he developed the
echelon spectroscope, a major rea-
son for his being awarded the No-
bel Physics Prize for 1907. He was
not given religious training as a
child, and throughout his life dis-
dained Judaism and Jewish com-
munity affairs.
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One of the few film reports on the
lives and views of Hasidic Jews
has been made by a Jewish stu-
dent at Temple University in ful-
filment of one of the requirements
for - his master's degree. Jonathon
Greene made the 16-minute film on
location in New York City. He told
the Jewish Exponent of Philadel-
phia he did so because he had
wanted to learn more about Hasi-
dism since reading the works of
the late Martin Buber.
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A Jewish Book Fair Highlight Co-Sponsored
by THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND and
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF DETROIT ...
LEONARD SLATER
author of
"THE PLEDGE"
To Speak Wednesday
November 11, at 8:15 p.m.
at the Jewish Community Center
17100 Meyers Road
Public Invited
No Admission Charge
The Pledge by Leonard Slater is the true and
amazing story of the American underground that
supplied Israel with airplanes, tanks and guns
during the perilous days of 1948. It gives never-
before-told accounts of how millions of dollars were
raised secretly and arms purchased from unsus-
pecting dealers for delivery to Israel.