Tribute to Cohn Draws 850 Well-Wishers
More than 850 attended the
National Bnai Brith Humani-
tarian Award Dinner honor-
ing Irwin I. Cohn for half a
century of leadership in civic;
communal and philanthropic
activities.
Jack J. Spitzer. national
chairman of the Bnai Brith
Foundation of the United
States, presented the award
to Cohn, "for distinguished
and enduring contributions of
a humanitarian nature" at
the dinner Wednesday night
at Cobo Hall.
Spitzer pointed out that
among his many benefactors.
Cahn had donated a chapel
to the Hillel Foundation at
the University of Michigan
and the Hillel wing at Wayne
State University Hillel.
Responding, Co hn rem-
inisced about the early Jew-
ish community of Detroit,
Onai Orith
OAKLAND CENTURY
LODGE will hold a dinner
meeting 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
at Town and Country Club.
Ralph Miller, program chair-
man, announced that Sol and
Elaine Lewis of the Michi-
gan Metaphysical Society
will present an audience par-
ticipation program on the
psychic and hypnosis. The
lodge will hold its annual
Christmas party 1:30 p.m.
Dec. 17 for 300 children at
the Wayne County Child
Development Center in
Northville. Surprise packages
will be presented to each
child and prizes will be
awarded to children partici-
pating in the program. Chair-
man of the affair is Burton
Selik.
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ALBERT EINSTEIN
LODGE will hold its New
Year's Eve dance with cock-
tails at 8:30 p.m. and dinner
at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 31 at Cong.
Adas Shalom. A continental
breakfast will be served, and
music will be provided by
Eric Rosenow and his Con-
tinentals. For reservations,
call Al Rosenberg Caterers,
626-5702, or Sam Freedman,
356-6171.
Sandra Nisenson
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MISS SANDRA NISENSON
Mr. and Mrs. A. Morris
Nisenson of Northbrook Ct.,
Southfield, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter
Sandra Joy to Ernest Steven
Needle, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Needle of Virginia
Dr., Southfield.
Miss Nisenson was gradu-
ated from Oakland Commu-
nity College. Her fiance is a
graduate of Michigan State
University and a student at
:he Detroit College of Law.
A June wedding is planned.
recalling that at the first
report meeting of the United
Jewish Charities, in 1899, a
sum total of $4,500 was raised.
Cohn said his father contrib-
uted $7, considered a fine
gift.
Louis Berry, general din-
ner chairman greeted the
guests, representing a "who's
who" of leadership in com-
munal, civic, business, labor,
educational, religious, frater-
nal and philanthropic fields.
Proceeds of the $100-a-
plate dinner will help carry
on the work of the Bnai Brith
Youth
Services,
involving
some 200,000 young people.
Paul Winter of Station WJR
introduced the nearly 60 dig-
nitaries on the dais. Cantor
Jacob Barkin of Cong. Shaar-
ey Zedek, guest artist, offi-
ciated at the lighting of the
Hanuka menora.
Cantor Barkin sang a spe-
cial selection in honor of the
forthcoming anniversary of
Horace Kallen
to Be Honored
by Bnai Brith
Cohn and his wife Sadie, who
will accompany him on a
visit to Israel next week.
There, they will meet an
uncle, aunt and their family,
who immigrated from Russia
two months ago.
There were greetings from
U.S. Senators Philip A. Hart
and Robert Griffin, from Gov.
William G. Milliken and
Michigan Secretary of State
Richard Austin and a procla-
mation from the State Legis-
lature. introduced by State
Sen. Jack Faxon.
Austin paid tribute to Cohn
for his efforts on behalf of
Blacks and Jews and empha-
sized the common bond be-
tween both peoples "who
must unite now to face the
perilous days ahead." Cohn
is former president of the
Detroit Urban League, which
also presented him with an
a ward.
One note of levity was Fax-
on's reading of the legislative
resolution in Yiddish. For the
benefit of the many Gentiles
in the audience—as well as
non-Yiddish speaking Jews—
he then read the resolution
in English.
Mayor Roman S. Gribbs of
Detroit proclaimed Dec. 6
"Irwin I. Cohn Day" in De-
troit, and Mayor Norman W.
Feder proclaimed a similar
day in Southfield. The Detroit
Common Council passed a
resolution commending Cohn.
Mandell L. Berman, presi-
dent of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, paid tribute to
Cohn, and the Very Rev. Mal-
Friday, Doe. •, 1972-3S
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the "Prayer for Peace." Rab- son.
bi Leonard Berman of Cong.
Bnai Israel of Pontiac, pro-
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nounced the invocation. Louis
Weber, chairman of the Bnai
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previous award recipient, for
h i s continuing interest in
Bnai Brith.
Morris Direnfeld, member
of the Bnai Brith Supreme
Lodge board of -governors, in-
troduced Spitzer, who lauded
Cohn for his many contribu-
tions to the community, to
Bnai Brith, -and to Israel.
MICHAEL KAPUT
Barry Margolis, president of
the AZA Council of Metro-
politan Detroit, and Marla
Parker, president of the Mich-
igan Great Lakes Bnai Brith
Girls Council, voiced appre-
ciation on behalf of the youth
agencies. The Very Rev. Wal-
ter Ziemba, rector of Orchard
Lake Seminary, pronounced
the benediction.
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Prof. Horace M. Kallen,
the philosopher who success-
fully challenged the "melting
pot" theory with his con-
cepts of an American society
built on "cultural pluralism,"
was honored by Bnai Brith
Thursday for his "lifetime of
creative contributions to Jew-
ish thought." The 90-year-old
scholar and educator received
the second annual Harold M.
Weisberg Memorial Award
at a dinner at the New
School in Manhattan, where
Dr. Kallen taught for 51
years. The presentation in-
cludes a $1,500 cash gift for
the support of the Horace M.
Kallen Chair in American
Philosophy which the New
School established last year.
Dr. Kallen joined the New
School faculty at its found-
ing in 1919. He retired from
active teaching at age 87.
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for Young Adults
Bnai Moshe Young Adults,
age 21-30. will hold an in-
formal cocktail party 8 p.m.
Sunday at the home of Caryl
Scheur, 27979 Tavistock,
Southfield. Dr. Moses Lehr-
man will speak on "Assim-
ilation and Intermarriage of
Young Adults."
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