Engagements

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fish-
ler of Crestwood Dr., Flint,
announce the engagement of
their daughter Emily Jane
to Leon David Cassuto, son
of Mrs. Charles Cassuto of
Chicago, Ill., and the late
Mr. Cassuto. Miss Fishier is
a graduate of Mott Commun-
UOJCA Event to Cite ity College. Her fiance was
graduated f r o m Southern
Needs of Orthodox
Illinois University with a de-
NEW YORK — An in-depth gree in radio and television
analysis of the needs and communications. A May wed-
prospects of the American ding is planned.
Orthodox synagogue will be
a primary theme of the up- Freeman Seeks Post
coming 76th anniversary
biennial convention of the on Court of Appeals
Circuit Judge Donald R.
Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America. Freeman of Flint is seeking
election as judge of the Mich-
' According to UOJCA Pres- igan
Court of Appeals.
ident, Harold M, Jacobs, the
Judge Freeman defeated
five-day event, which will
take place • at the Boca Raton an unconstitutional city in-
Hotel and Club, Boca Raton, come tax and got refunds
Fla., Nov. 27-Dec. 1 will bring of more than $2,000,000 for
together lay leaders of Or- taxpayers.
thodox synagogues through-
HALF THE BATTLE
out the continent to meet and
The fellow unafraid to face
consult with some of the most
prominent Torah minds and the present has no need to
administrators in the world. worry about the future.

Flint Jewish Community News

Community
Calendar

Sept. 3—Hadassah Extension
Group, 8 p.m. home
of Emily Bank, 1224
Rocky Ridge.
—Bnai Brith Lodge
Meeting 8 p.m.,
Howard Johnson's
East.
4—Beth Israel Sister-
hood Meeting, 12:30
p.m., at synagogue.
—Budget and Alloca-
tions Orientation
Meeting, 8 p . m . ,
Temple Beth El.
5—Committee on Jew-
ish Social Services
noon, council office.
—Jewish War Veter-
ans Auxiliary Open
Board 8:30 p.m., at
home of Mrs. Bessie
Rittman, 1821 Wind-
sor Lane.
—Beth Israel Board
Meeting, 8 p.m., at
synagogue.

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The Hadassah Extension of
the Ann Lebster Chapter of
Hadassah will meet 8 p.m.
Tuesday at the home of pres-
ident of the extension, Emily
Bank, 1224 Rocky Ridge, to
sign its charter, making it an
official group of the Ameri-
can Zionist women's organi-
zation. All those who have
paid their dues or do so that
evening are eligible to sign
the charter. The League of
Women Voters will present a
program entitled "Things Go
Better With the League."
For information, call Mrs.
Bank, 732-3681, or Harriet
Kahn, 238-2944.

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Flint's Bnai Brith Lodge
will have its first meeting of
the year 8 p.m. Tuesday at
Howard Johnsons East, an-
nounces Sam Winston, pres-
ident.
Budget and Allocations
Committee chairman, I r a
Marder, announces that ap-
pointments have been made
to the committee. An orienta-
tion session which must be
attended by all delegates will
be held 8 p.m. Wednesday at
Temple Beth El. The subcom-
mittee on national service,
community relations and cul-
tural agencies will take place
8 p.m. Sept. 10 at Cong.
Beth Israel. The subcommit-
tee on Israel, overseas and
religious agencies will meet
8 p.m. Sept. 24 at the council
office, and the subcommittee
on local agencies and pro-
grams will meet 8 p.m. Oct.
14, at the council office. All
meetings are open to the
public.
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Jewish War Veterans Aux-
iliary of Flint will meet 8:30
p.m. Thursday at the home
of auxiliary president, Mrs.
Bessie Rittman, 1821 Wind-
sor Lane, for an open board
meeting.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
12—Friday, August 30, 1974

Jennie Weiss, 88,
Longtime Resident

Jennie Weiss, a Flint resi-
dent for the past 45 years,
died Aug. 20 at age 88.
Born in Hungary, Mrs.
Weiss was a member of Tem-
ple Beth El. She is survived
by two brothers, Dr. Isadore
Singerman of Los Angeles
and Alex Singer of Detroit; a
sister, Julia Ring of Detroit;
a granddaughter, Mrs. Martin
Siegel; and a grandson, Rob-
ert Weiss of Grand Blanc.

Comings • • •
and
• • • Goings

Marlene Rosenbaum h a s
been appointed cultural com-
mittee chairman and Dr.
Evelyn Golden as senior
adults advisory committee
chairman, announces Michael
A. Pelavin, president of the
Flint Jewish Community
Council. Mrs. Rosenbaum is
a former chairman of the
Flint UJA women's cam-
paign, has been an active
member of the cultural com-
mittee, and is on the Women's
Service Committee. Dr.
Golden has been chairman
of the senior adults advisory
committee since its incep-
tion. She is a member of the
day camp and Jewish social
services committees, a n d
serves on t h e board of
governors of the Council. Dr.
Golden is also a past chair-
man of the women's division
of the UJA.
Saul Syde will be chairman
of the 1975 men's campaign
for the United Jewish Appeal.
Vice chairmen will be Louis
Epstein, Malcolm Isaacs and
Leo Seide.
Richard Krieger, executive
director of the Flint Jewish
Community Council, has been
appointed to an ad hoc re-
source committee on affirm-
ative action by the Flint
Board of Education.

Beth El, Beth Israel
Start Sunday School

Temple Beth El and Cong.
Beth Israel will begin Sunday
school Sept. 8. Cong. Beth
Israel will begin its elective
program on Tuesday and the
elementary program on
Wednesday.
Temple Beth El's midweek
Hebrew program will begin
on Wednesday. The first day
of the Tuesday Hebrew Pro-
gram will be Sept. 10.

Leadership Course
Enrollment Filled

The Flint Jewish Commun-
ity Council announces that
the maximum number of peo-
ple have enrolled in its ad-
vanced leadership program,
a scholar-in-residence p r o -
gram designed to run 16
sessions.
The course is under the di-
rection of Profs. J e h u d a
Reinharz, Zvi Gitelman and
Herbert Paper, all noted
scholars at the University of
Michigan. The course will be-
gin with a coffee hour to
meet the professors, Oct. 10,
and the first class will be
held Oct. 15.

Ford Asks Clerics
' Aid Amnesty Plan'

NEW YORK — President
Gerald Ford has been asked
to involve religious leaders
in developing the process and
machinery which w o ul d
grant partial amnesty for
those young people who re-
fused to fight in the Vietnam
War.
In a communication to the
President, the Union of
American Hebrew Congrega-
tions (Reform), lauded Ford
for his "courageous" state-
ment on amnesty before the
Veterans of Foreign Wars in
Chicago.
The letter signed by Rabbi
Balfour Brickner, co-direr
of the UAHC's department _
social action, declared: "Be-
cause this is an issue which
confronts the moral con-
science of the nation, we urge
you to involve representa-
tives from America's organi-
zed religious groups to help
instruct those who you have
asked to report to you on 'the
full spectrum of American
opinion on this controversial
question.' "

Flint Dinner to Feature Awards Presentation

Jewish Appeal Campaign;
Louis Epstein, associate
chairman of the UJA cam-
paign; Malcolm Isaacs, Ber-
nard Lovitky, Murray E.
Moss, Michael A. Pelavin,
Leon Rosky, Leo Seide, Saul
Syde and Sam Winston, cam-
paign leadership honorees for
the 1974 men's division Flint
UJA campaign; and Charlotte
Kasle, Esta Mitchell, Flor-

ence Rubenstein and Phoebe
Stanzler, awardees as co-
chairmen of the UJA worn-
en's division.
Carl Rittman will be cited
for his service to the com-
munity.
The 1974 Youth Israel Mis-
sion participants also will be
honored at the dinner. They
are Stephen Binder, Marcia
Blum, David Kaplan, Bar-

bara Levey, David Price,
Leslie Schafer, Marilyn
Schafer, Susan Schaffer and
Lorilyn Suber.
Steven Cohen will speak on
"Dilemmas and Dynamics of
Campus Jewry 1967-1975."
For reservations and infor-
mation, call the council of-
fice, 767-5922, or the ticket
chairman, Mrs . Ar n old
Schaeffer, 732-4845.

ELI SHAPIRO

LOUIS EPSTEIN

MALCOLM ISAACS

MURRAY MOSS

MICHAEL PELAVIN

LEON BOSKY

SAM WINSTON

FLORENCE RUBENSTEIN

ESTA MITCHELL

PHOEBE STANZLER

The Flint Jewish Commun-
ity Council's annual dinner
will' be held' 6:30 p.m. Sept.
8 at Cong. Beth Israel, and
will be the occasion for many
awards to be presented to
persons active in the com-
munity.
Among the awardees are
Eli Shapiro, general chair-
man of the 1974 Flint United

Sports Beat

The men's baseball team
finished the 1974 season with
its first shutout — a 14-0 win
over -Asbury Methodist
Church. The team's record
stands at 7 and 3.
Max Engelman, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Ray Engelman,
shot two rounds of 72 to win
the second annual Michigan
Junior Amateur Golf cham-
pionship by four strokes. Max
is a member of the Flint Jun-
ior Golf Association. He was
a participant in the 1973 Is-
rael Summer Scholarship
Program and chairman of
the Youth UJA drive last fall.

BAT MITZVA

Susan Vater, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Vater
will be called to the Torah
as a Bat Mitzva 10 a.m. Sept.
7, at Cong. Beth Israel.

CHARLOTTE KASLE