30—Friday, Jewelry I, 1971
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Laikin Feted on 75th Birthday
Associates in the Labor Zionist
movement gathered with members
of his family to honor .Benjamin
M. Laikin, on his 75th birthday,
Saturday night, at the home of his
daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and
Mrs. Harold (Batsheba) Davidson,
of Shadow Lane, Bloomfield Hills.
It was a total family reunion
BENJAMIN M. LAIKIN
and with Dr. and Mrs. Davidson
and their children, Joshua and
Jessica, acting as hosts, the other
children and grandchildren who
came here for the event were:
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley (Pnina)
Wilkins and Maury, Deborah, Abi-
gail and Susan Michal of Balti-
more; Prof. and Mrs. Sol (Judith)
Elkin and Elissa and Shoshana of
Albion; Mr. and Mrs: Israel
(Shulamith) Tuchman and Rachel,
Dahlia and Aviv Laikin of Los
Angeles.
Lalkin was born Jan. 1, 1896,
in Pobelov, province of Minsk,
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Russia, and he came to Baltimore 'Leningrad Trial Shows
at the age of 17. He settled in
Detroit in 1929 and was in the Utter Bankruptcy
wiping cloth business here until of Marxist Theory'
1960.
Editor, The Jewish News:
Since his retirement, be de-
The Leningrad "Trials" unmask
voted time to writing his mem- the utter bankruptcy of Marxist
oirs, which were published in theory. It is obvious that the epi-
Yiddish under the title, "Mem- temological basis of Soviet society
oirs of a Practical Dreamer" is anchored upon a theoretical
last year. His book now Is being groundwork which has no empiri-
translated into English for early
cal evidence for its support.
publication.
Russian anti-Semitism and im-
perialism
are deeply rooted in the
During his entire residence in
Detroit, Laikin was associated soil of Soviet society. Since Tsarist
with Poale Zion Branch 3. He is times, the goal of warm water
a former president of the Jewish ports has been a target of Russian
National Fund and of the Zionist expansionism. Over the years,
Council of Detroit. Be was one of nothing has changed. We see the
the organizers of the Jewish Com- Soviets embracing the Nazi-orient-
munity Council and helped in ed Anwar Sadat. The much vaunt-
framing its constitution. He is a ed alteration of "human nature"
member of Congregation Shaarey has not been achieved by the
Zedek and a regular participant "Communist" state. We see simply
the exacerbation of ancient prob-
in Sabbath services.
His interest upon coming to De- lems. When a state fails to achieve
troit has been especially in the its goals, it must seek a scape-
Farband Shute. He was the orga- goat. The Jew serves as a scape-
nizer of the first Yiddish school goat today, as he did in Tsarist
in Baltimore under auspices of times.
Russian cynicism blames Zion-
the Arbeiter Ring and he con-
ism for its failures. Hence, the
tinued that interest here.
Jew must bear the brunt. Of what
He also has been instrumental crime are the Leningrad martyrs
in efforts for the Farband Camp convicted? The desire to leave the
and for many years was a leader Cancer Ward which is the USSR.
in Histadrut campaigns.
Let my people go!
One of the participants in the
LEONARD W. MOSS,
building of the Labor Zionist
Professor, Department
Center, he is now active in the
of Anthropology,
planning of a new Labor Zionist
Wayne State University
Center about to be completed.
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In his industrial activities he
held national position, served as Detroit Friends Condemn
president of National Association Russian Discriminations
of Wiping Cloth Manufacturers and Editor, The Jewish News:
upon his retirement was named
As an individual and a member
an honorary life member of the of the Society of Friends, I want
association's board of directors.
to express may support of the ef-
His wife, the late Anna Laikin, fort to secure religious freedom
shared with him many communal for Jewish believers and other
labors as well as in sponsoring religious groups in the Soviet
literary reading circles. Such emi- Union.
nent authors as I. I. Schwartz,
Quakers have been led by the
Mendel Elkin, David Pinsky, Abba Divine Spirit to believe that capital
Gordin and others were encour- punishment is wrong—and most as-
aged by them and were guests suredly doubly wrong when this
in their home at special functions. act is carried out in order to in-
Laikin participates in Allied Jew- timidate persons from observing
ish Campaigns and his voice has their religious duties.
been head at public gatherings in
Members of the Society of
support of Israel and the Zionist Friends are aware of the barba-
movement.
rous suppression and genocidal
He presently resides at 14350 acts of the Communist regimes in
Martha Washington, Southfield.
the Soviet Union. Our dear breth-
ren, the peace-loving Mennonites,
Early Rising
have suffered for generations for
No man practices so well as maintaining the testimonies of our
he writes. I have, all my life Quaker-Mennonite faith. They have
long, been lying till noon; yet I known the same pogroms, the per-
tell all young men, and tell them secutions, the cultural genocide
with great sincerity, that nobody and civil disabilities that the Jews
who does not rise early will ever of Russia have borne for decades.
do any good.—Samuel Johnson.
C. G. DAVIDSON,
Clerk, Social Concerns Committee
Detroit Friends Meeting (Orthodox)
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Editor, The Jewish News:
The Black Quakers of Detroit
want to let your people know that
Friends understand and support
your efforts to see the Russian
Jews free to worship according
to the traditions of the Hebrew
faith.
Lois Ekelmon
At our Tuesday prayer meet-
ing, we litfed up the plea to
Heaven to deliver those in prison
for conscience's sake. Our prayer
is for peace and freedom for all
humanity — Jew, Arab, Black,
White, Vietnamese and everybo-
dy. "Let the oppressed go free."
We saw Blyard Bustin, a Black
Quaker associate, on TV with Jew-
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Reader Quotes the Bible
Against Communism
Editor, The Jewish News:
Jews have the right to leave
Russia and go to Israel• or the
United States.
Jeremiah 50:18: "Cut off the
sower from Babylon and him that
handleth the SICKLE in time of
harvest." 50:23: "How is the HAM-
MER of the whole earth cut asun-
der and broken!"
HAMMER and SICKLE is the
symbol of communism, and the
Lord, through the Prophet Jere-
miah, said to cut off the SICKLE
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HAMMER. Almighty God is op-
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