8 Friday, April 4, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Allied Jewish Campaign Begins The 1975 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund officially opens Wednesday with a dinner at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt Road in Farmington. Frank Lautenberg, general chairman for the national United Jewish Appeal, will speak at the Campaign's opening event. Detroit chairmen Richard Sloan and Arthur Howard said a brief busi- ness meeting with progress reports by Division leaders is also scheduled. • Lautenberg, UJA national chairman during the emergency campaign following the 1973 Yom Kippur War, is a governor of the American Jewish Committee and - founder of the Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology of the Medical School at the Hebrew University in Jerualern. A 6:15 p.m. reception will precede the dinner. For reservations, call the Jewish Welfare Federa- tion, 965-3939. ARTHUR HOWARD RICHARD SLOAN ti Schools, Synagogues Give Support . Dentists Section co- chairman -Dr. Eli Berger, left, is shown with chair- man Dr. Murray A. S _ hek- ter, guest speaker Yael Bar-Zakai, and- Section co-chairman Dr. Ell- sworth Levine. Rabbis representing every' major congregation in the metropolitan area banded -to- gether in support of this year's Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund.' Their proclamation, published in The Jewish News on March ,21, declared, "It is morally incum- bent . . to help, publicly and to the fullest possible extent, our brothers who are in need here, in countries where they are repressed, and in Israel." The- message also said that without visible support from the Jewish community the Soviet Jews who now seek release may not be allowed to leave for lands of their choice. It noted that world leaders measure Israel's strength by the support given..her by Diaspora Jews: . Shown at a brunch held at Cong. Shaarey Zedek the day before the proclamation was issued are rabbis and other members of the Schools and Synagogue Section of the 1975 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund: From left, front row, Cantor Simon Bermanis of Cong. Beth Achim, United Hebrew Schools executive secretary Isadore Goldstein, Rabbi Leon Fram' of Temple Israel, Beth El executive secretary Irving Katz, speaker Yael Bar-Zakai, Section chairman Rabbi Irwin Groner of Shaarey Zedek, Rabbi Jeffrey Lazar of Beth El, and Rabbi Israel Halpern of Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel. From left, back row, Cantor Henry Blank, Cantor Sidney Rube and Rabbi Gerald Teller of Shaarey Zedek, Rabbi Harold Loss of Temple Israel, Rabbi Moses Lehrman of Cong. Bnai Moshe, Cantor Arthur Asher of Temple Israel, principal of Hillel Day School Barry Levine,- Rabbi David Nelson of Cong, Beth . Shalom, Rabbi Stanley Rosenbaum of Bnai Moshe, UHS administrator Joseph Rosen and UHS superintendent Dr. Jay Stern. Mid-March Meetings Boost Pre-Campaign Pledges, Gifts , Seven fund-raising meet- ings were held for Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign-Is- rael Emergency Fund dur- ing the week of March 17. Yael Bar-Zakai, United Jewish Appeal special emis- sary and absorption expert, spoke at six meetings telling hundreds of Campaign workers of her experiences during the 1973 Yom Kippur War and in the absorption centers where she works with Russian immigrants. Miss Bar-Zakai is a pro- fessor of language and liter- ature on leave from Tel Aviv University in Israel. At week's end, following the Real Estate and Build- ing Trades Division meet- ing where journalist Yaa- cov Morris spoke, Campaign gifts numbered more than 8,000 and to- talled more thain $12 mil- lion. More than half of these were increases over -- Campaign general chair- men Richard Sloan and Ar- thur Howard expressed gratitude to this year's Divi- sion leadership and work- ers. "Our Division leadership has worked hard and is con- tinuing in their effort to open the Campaign with an unprecedented pledge re- sponse," said Sloan. "Division workers have an exceptional understanding of vurrent issues facing Is- rael and world Jewry," said Howard. "They- are deter- mined to make this year's solicitation effort the best yet." Medical Physicians Sec- tion chairman Dr. Milford Wenokur, left, is shown with Osteopathic Physi- cians Section chairman Dr. Seymour S. Weiner, Professional Division chairman Bruce E. Thal, and Osteopathic Physi- cians Section chairman Dr. Harris W. Mairister. Mercantile Division chairman Sol Cicurel, left, is shown with Division associate chairman D. Lawrence Sherman, _ and Division pre-Campaign chairman Norman Wach- ler. AJC-IEF general chair- man Arthur Howard, left, seated, is shown with speaker Yaacov Morris, and Campaign general chairman Richard Sloan. From left, standing, are Real Estate and Building Trades Division chairmen Milton Barnett and Myron L. Milogrom. . UJA Chairman States Beliefs Frank R. Lautenberg, general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, be- lieves: the new era the world is entering is fraught with peril, but also opportunity . .. especially for the Jew- ish people. As we enter thi-s new era, the link from each generation to the next is the cement which binds us. Martin Buber said that "men become what they are, sons of God, by becoming what they are, brothers of their brothers." As we em- bark upon this new era for the Jewish people, we pledge to the people of Israel our unity in brotherhood. The new Jewish assertive- ness that we will need in this era will pose new chal- lenges to us as Jews and'as human beings. Past Attorney's Section chairman and advisor Stuart A. Hertzberg, (left), and Section advisor and luncheon sponsor Mil- ton J. Miller . Services-Arts and Crafts Division chairman Irving Laker, left, is shown with Yael Bar- Zakai and Division chair- man Joseph Garson.