Ear-Ilan Pioneering Recalled on University's Anniversary; Will be Honored Here Sept. 20 Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan University will utilize the annual dinner, to be held Sept. 20 at Cong. Shaarey Zedek, to honor pioneer builders of the university and to celebrate the univer- sity's 18th anniversary. studies in a religious back- ground and carry on the tradition of Volozhin as the molding place of the Jewish spirit," Tomkiewicz recalls. "Dr. Churgin came to the United States, was connect- ed with Yale and Columbia that the tributes to be ac- corded will include those to be given to the Mizrachi leader, Rabbi Meir Berlin Bar-Ilan, in whose name the university was established, and Dr. Pinkhos Churgin, the first president of Bar-Ilan. Stollman also said that Phillip Stollman, associate chairman of the global board honor is due the executive of trustees of Bar-Ilan, said director of Detroit Mizrachi and Detroit Friends of Bar- Ilan University, Zvi Tomkie- wicz, who was a classmate of the late Dr. Churgin in the ,tine Clothes For Over 36 Yeorc. Volozhin Yeshiva. Tomkie- 24750 TELEGRAFH wicz has been the chief or- At 10 Mile Next to Dunkin' Donuts., ganizer of efforts in support Open Daily to 6, Thursday to 8 of Bar-Ilan in Detroit for the SUNDAY 11 to 4 past 18 years. RY THOMAS Phillip Stollman became the national chairman of the American Friends of Bar- Ilan and Mrs. Max (Frieda) Stollman founded and be- came chairman of Women of Bar-Ilan. Last month Phillip Stollman was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bar- Ilan. The University, which was founded in 1955 with 70 students, now has over 6,000 students, with a faculty of more than 800, on a 130- acre campus in Ramat Gan. Elie Wiesel, noted author, is shown here delivering the opening address at the third International Colloquium of the Institute for Judaism and Contemporary Thought at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. More than 1,500 attended the session addressed by Wiesel. In photo, from left, are: Prof. Marvia Fox, Prof. Harold Fisch, who pre- sided; Prof. Ephraim Katzir, president of Israel Rector Menahem Zevi Kaddari of Bar-Ilan University. MEIR BAR-ILAN Tomkiewicz, a student at Volozhin from 1910 to 1912, recalls "the glories of the great yeshiva, whose fame spread throughout the world. It produced the greatest 26001 COOLIDGE HWY. 5413-1143 OAK PARK rabbis and the most renown- ed scholars, including Rabbi Avraham Itzhak Kook, who later became chief rabbi of Palestine, Rabbi Meir Berlin, who gained fame as Bar- Ilan, and Chaim Nahman Bialik." "Dr. Churgin long nour- ished a dream, from his stu- dent days, to establish a school combining secular THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS and became the founder and dean of the Teacher's Sem- inary at Yeshiva Univer- sity. With the establishment of the state of Israel, Dr. Tomkiewicz, who came to Churgin immediately em- Detroit in 1947, has been a barked on his plans to es- member of Mizrachi for al- tablish a school of higher education in Israel, imbued with the spirit of Judaism," Stollman, with Abe Nus- baum, with Dr. A. M. Hersh- Friday, August 24, 1973 NEW LINCOLN TOWERS You can walk to the Lincoln Center shopping mall from Lincoln Towers, and do your banking on the way Just down Greenfield is Northland with all its shops and services. You're also near The Southfield and Lodge Freeways, so it's easy going anywhere: downtown, the far northwest suburbs, the lakes and parks beyond. 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Laundry and storage lockers on every floor ... and fantastic views from the private balconies and huge • picture windows. Tomkiewicz said. He added: "Detroiters had a great deal to do with the founding of Bar-Ilan. Dr. Churgin first came to Detroit in 1951 to recruit support for the new idea. He met with Phillip. Max and Frieda man of Shaarey Zedek, Dr. Samuel Haber and Prof. Samuel Levin. The energetic Abe Nusbaum became the first president of the newly organized Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan. Since then De- troiters have played a most outstanding role in Bar- Ilan." ' 8 Mile I % From $192 PINKHOS CHURGIN son of the late distinguished Rabbi Isaac Jacob Reines, founder of Mizrachi. Dr. Leon Fill is general linner chairman of the Bar- Ilan dinner committee. Rivka Raz, outstanding Is- raeli artist, known as "My Fair Lady of Israel, will head the entertainment program. For reservations to the din- ner and information call 398-7180. 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