THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
18—Friday, March 19, 1971
Israel Bond Dinners Will Honor Weisberg, Judge Kent, M. Rosender
Four "Men of the Year" will be
honored at Bnai Brith dinner
dances in the next few days.
Harvey L. Weisberg will be the
guest of honor at a dinner dance,
sponsored by Henry Morgenthau
Lodge and Chapter 8:30 p.m. this
Saturday at Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
He was chosen as Morgenthau
"Man of the Year," for his exem-
plification of the Bnai Brith credo,
for his dedication to the Jewish
people and for his devotion to the
state of Israel.
Weisberg is a leader in Bnai
Brith, Shaarey Zedek, the
Allied Jewish Campaign and the
Israel Bond campaign. Leo Kaplan
is dinner dance chairman.
Judge George D. Kent of the
Common Pleas Court of Wayne
County will be honored as Down-
town-Fox and Centennial Lodges
and Chapters "Man of the Year"
Michigan Bank Buys More Bonds
at a dinner-dance at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday at Shaarey Zedek.
Judge Kent has been a judge
since 1962 and pior to that served
in the prosecutor's office of the
homicide division. He has devoted
more than 25 years of service to
Bnai Brith, and was honored at a
dinner sponsored by Cong. Ahavas
Achim and the Israel Bond Com-
mittee some years ago. He is being
honored for his devotion to his
community, country and Israel.
Joey Adams, will head the pro-
gram at the dinner for Judge Kent.
Maurice Victor and Jerry K. Stein
are dinner dance co-chairmen.
Pisgah Lodge and Chapter
will honor Aaron Droock at a
dinner 7 p.m. Monday, in the
nai David social hall. -
Droock is the oldest living past
resident of Pisgah and Bnai Brith
istrict Grand Lodge No. 6. He
s being honored for his 56 years
f service to Bnai Brith, which he
joined in 1915, and on the occasion
of his 80th birthday. He has been
a leader in the Detroit Jewish
community for half a century, and
was a co-founder of the Jewish
Community Council and served on
the board of the Jewish Welfare
Feder ation.
Droock served on the national
board of the Supreme Lodge of
Bnai Brith and was a leader in
the American Jewish Conference,
serving with the late Rabbi Stephen
f
The Michigan Bank, National Association, has purchased an addi-
tional $75,000 of the Second Development Investment Issue of 51/2 per
cent, 90-day-on-demand State of Israel Bonds, it was announced by
Stanford C. Stoddard, vice chairman of the board. The issue is for
banks and other eligible institutions. This new purchase brings the
holdings of the Michigan Bank to $200,000 in State of Israel Bonds.
At the presentation of a check for the new Israel Bond purchase by
the Michigan Bank, are (from left) Frank R. Welsher, executive vice
president; Richard J. Jacob, a director; Stanford C. Stoddard, vice
chairman of the board; David Pollack, Israel Bond institutional chair-
man; and George A. Pierson, president of the Michigan Bank.
Radomer Honor Levitan on 60th
Louis E. Levitan, director of the
Detroit Israel Bond office since
1958, was honored at a 60th birth-
day surprise party given for him
Sunday by the
Radomer Mutual
Society of De-
troit at the Young
Israel Center of
Greenfield.
The evening
was prepared and
conducted by Ra-
domer past presi-
dents Oscar Gold-
berg and Eleanor
Manela.
Levitan
Following a pattern of "This Is
Your Life," Rabbi and Mrs. Her-
bert Eskin told of their long as-
sociation with Levitan and of his
job as division chief of the Inter-
national Refugee Organization
(IRO). In this capacity, he was
responsible for rescuing hundreds
of Jewish children lost during the
war, as well as aiding thousands
of displaced persons.
Levitan was presented with a
painting by the organization of
which he has been honorary vice
president for 10 years.
Max Sosin, president of Cong.
Bnai David, and Eric Rosenow
provided entertainment.
Levitan, who was born in the
Ukraine, was 11 when his par-
ents brought him to the United
States. They settled in Chicago,
then in San Francisco. He was
graduated from the University
of Illinois and enlisted in the
armed services during World
War IL
After the war, he served as chief
of the bureau of documents and
tracing for the United Nations Re-
lief and Works Agency and later
as a division chief of the Inter-
national Refugee Organization
(IRO) in Stuttgart. With the latter,
he headed all Jewish DP camps
in the central section of the U. S.
zone of Germany. Many Radomer
members, refugees, recalled Levi-
tan from Germany.
It was in Stuttgart that Levitan
met his future wife Marie in
April 1947. They were married in
October 1947 in Paris.
Levitan later served as IRO
director of welfare for Italy and
as regional director for the Ameri-
can Joint-Distribution Committee
in Milan.
In December 1948, he left for
the United States and arrived in
New York where he stayed for
only a few weeks before depart-
ing for the West Cbast (the Cali-
fornia area). When Henry Monitor,
the man responsible for starting
the sale of Israel bonds, approach-
ed Levitan to help, he went to Los
Angeles, San Francisco and then
to Winnipeg and Minneapolis to
help with this new project.
In 1958, he was asked to head
the Detroit office.
Meeting for Participants
in Beth Achim Trip Set
An orientation program for par-
ticipants and those interested in
the Beth Achim Tour to Israel will
be held 8 p.m. Tuesday through
the courtesy of El Al Israel Air-
lines.
The meeting, which will take
place at the synagogue, will fea-
ture a special film, as well as tips
and advice to travelers. -
For information, call the syna-
gogue, 352-8670.
Detroiters Do Part in Bond Drive
18 Lodges, 20 Chapters
Sponsor Israel Birthday
Eighteen Bnai Brith lodges and
20 chapters are sponsoring an Is-
rael anniversary rally, 8:15 p,m,
Tuesday at Cong.
Bnai David, to
mark Israel's 23
years of state-
hood. Emil Cohen
will head the pro-
gram of enter-
tainment at this
event on behalf
of the Bnai Brith
Israel Bond pro-,
gram.
Co - sponsorin
lodges are: Ivan
S. Bloch, Brother-.
hood, Detroit
Sholem Aleichem
Louis D. Bran-
Cohen
deis, Detroit Su-
burban, Dov Frenkel, Samuel
Grant, Eddie Jacobson, Harry B.
Keidan, Israel, L'Chayim, Motor
City, Rex, Tikvah, Albert D. Tuc-
ker, Zager-Stone and Zeiger. Chap-
ters joining in the rally on Tuesday
include: Business & Professional,
Bloch, Brandeis, Deborah, Detroit,
East Side, Frenkel, Galilee, Gersh-
win, Handler, Israel, Keidan, Ma-
sada, Rex, Solovich, Stone,_Tikvah,
Tucker, Zager and Zeiger chapters.
There is no admission charge.
Refreshments will be served at the
conclusion of the program. For res-
ervations, call 352-6770.
,
Michael F. Grossberg, son of the
J. Leo Grossbergs of Boston Ave.
SE, and a junior in pre-med
studies at Northwestern Univer-
sity, has been named to the dean's
list for completing his last term
with highest distinctions. Gross-
berg, who achieved a straight-A
average this past term, is a 1968
graduate of East Grand Rapids
High School.
Callie E. Amberg, formerly of
Grand Rapids, died Feb. 27 at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. C.
Philipp (Hazel) Hollmann in
Hemet, Calif. Mrs. Amber, 80,
was the widow of Julius H. Am-
berg. Besides her daughter sur-
viving are a son, David, of Grand
Rapids, and six grandchildren.
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Dr. and Mrs. Herschel D. Ro-
senzweig, former Grand Rapids
residents, now of Brookline, Mass.,
announce the birth of a son,
Michael Allen.
A total of $730,000 in Israel Bonds was subscribed at Miami
Beach reception for Detroiters, addressed by Israel Economic Minis-
ter to the U.S. Shimon Alexandroni (fourth from right). With him
are (from left) A. J. Cutler, Nathan Fishman, entertainer Emil
Cohen, Lou Berry, the Abe Greens, who were hosts, Mrs. Morris L.
&haver, Mrs. Nathan Fishman and Mrs. Louis Berry.
S. Wise, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver
and Louis Lipsky. He has been a
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Samuel W. Leib is dinner chair-
man and Elias Goldberg, dinner co-
chairman.
Maurice Rosender will be hon-
ored as Oakland Century Lodge
of Bnai Brith "Man of the Year"
6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shaarey
Zedek.
Now president of Oakland Cen-
tury Lodge, he has been a mem-
ber of Bnai Brith for 37 years. He
is on the board of Adas Shalom
and active in the Israel Bond cause
for many years. He is devoted to
Bnai Brith and other causes.
Nathan Rubenstein is dinner
chairman and Sidney Freedland
will voice greetings from the lodge.
Emil Cohen will head the pro-
gram of entertainment at the four
Bnai Brith dinner dances. Eric
Rosenow and his Continentals will
provide the dance music.
For reservations to the dinner
dances, on behalf of the Bnai
Brith Israel Bond program, call
the Israel Bond office, 352-6770.
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