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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
'Afternoon in Jerusalem' Is Theme of Federation Women's Annual Event
The Women's Division of
the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion will hold its annual
meeting, "An Afternoon in
Jerusalem," noon May 26 at
the new Jewish Community
Center.
The meeting will pay trib-
ute to Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration executive vice presi-
dent William Avrunin, who
will retire June 1, said
Women's Division president
Shirley Harris.
"An Afternoon in Jerusa-
lem" will begin with lunch-
eon, featuring typical Is-
- -aeli foods. Israeli and folk
nusic by Joan Sofferin is
IF, part of the presentation,
along with Mrs. Harris' an-
nual report and an update
Women's Judaism
League Will Meet
The spring conference of
Michigan Branch of Worn-
en's League for Conservative
Judaism will be held May 11
and 12 at Cong. Beth Achim.
Mrs. Irving Chaiken, pres-
ident, said the theme is "A
Time for Everything." Mrs.
Bernard Whiteman is con-
ference chairman and Mrs.
Seymour Ungar, is confer-
ence coordinator. Branch
registration chairmen are
Mrs. Leon Sears and Mrs.
Louis Redmond.
In addition to the work-
shops, encounter session
and Shaharit service, the
spring conference will in-
clude the installation of offi-
cers at the banquet. The
national consultant speaker
will be Mrs. Irving Rogoff of
Wantaugh, N.Y.
on the achievements of the
1976 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign-Israel Emergency
Fund by Division Campaign
chairman Ruth K. Broder.
The meeting agenda also
calls for an election of the
Division's board of gover-
nors and officers.
Carolyn Greenberg has
been nominated for presi-
dent. Renominated for vice
presidents are Ruth K.
Broder, Bernice Greenberg
and Leah Snider. Also nom-
inated for vice president is
Nancy Hirsch.
Shelby Tauber has been
nominated for correspond-
ing secretary with Renee
Mahler nominated for re-
cording secretary.
Mrs. Harris and Frieda
Stollman were named by
[Marriages
Betsy Lou Agree became
the bride of Brian P. Woolf
in a recent evening cere-
mony at Temple Beth El.
Rabbi Richard C. Hertz offi-
ciated. The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. G. W.
Agree of Houston, Texas,
formerly of Southfield, and
the late Mr. Agree. Parents
of the bridegroom are Mr.
and Mrs. Joshua Woolf of
Whitestone, N.Y. Mrs. Fred
Katzman of Windsor was
her sister's matron of honor.
The bride's niece and
nephew, Gayle and Scott
Katzman, also participated.
Following a honeymoon in
Santo Domingo, the couple
will live in New York City.
NY Jewish Family Services
Aids Jewish Prisoner, Family
By BEN GALLOB
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
More than 1,000 Jewish
men and women inmates of
eight prisons in New York
State sought and received
help from Jewish Family
Service counselors in the
period between 1970 and
1975, according to a report
by the agency.
The agency's social reha-
bilitation division provides
help to the Jewish criminal,
to the ex-criminal and to his
family during both his in-
carceration and post-prison
adjustment.
A spokesman reported
that the number of Jews in
prison has been declining
steadily. One explanation
offered is that the criminal
justice system is now more
concerned with lawbreakers
involved in highly visible
nd dangerous street crimes
than with "white collar"
criminals — those whose
offenses include writing of
bad checks, embezzlement
of funds and similar crimes.
The spokesman said
Jewish offenders usually
are in the latter category
and frequently are not sent
to jail. But in recent years,
the spokesman said, there
has been a slight increase
in the number of Jews
imprisoned for drug abuse.
Prison life for. Jewish in-
mates, as for inmates gener-
ally, is a grim affair but
with a particular harass-
ment. As members of the
SHIRLEY HARRIS
the nominating committee
to continue as representa-
tives from the Women's Di-
vision to Federation's board
of governors.
Nominated for addi-
tional three-year terms to
the advisory service coun-
cil are Evelyn August,
Rose Cooper and Ethel
Frank.
Nominated to the board
of directors for an addi-
tional three-year term are
Irene Kupfer
Plans to Marry
MISS KUPFER
•
minority group, the spokes-
man said, Jewish inmates
are often forced into the role
of scapegoats. Because they
are often judged as a group,
rather than as individuals,
Jewish prisoners react by
tending to stick together.
The spokesman said that
one way this group feeling
manifests itself is in attend-
ance at religious services in
prison, a regularity of at-
tendance which for many of
them was a practice rarely
or never maintained "on the
outside." One result is that
the Jewish inmates often es-
tablish a relationship with
the prison rabbi who may
help the prisoner handle
problems in prison. But if
the inmate has concerns
about his family, he is re-
ferred to a JFS counselor.
JFS couseling is pro-
vided to inmates in six
prisons in the New York
metropolitan area and to
10 correctional facilities
in upstate New York. Help
is provided in face-to-face
meetings and via the mail.
JFS counselors maintain
an extensive and continu-
ing correspondence with
the prisoner and his fam-
ily, which concerns not
only current problems but
also the need for getting a
job after release.
The program at the pris-
ons consists of provision of
counseling services by a
specially assigned JFS
worker.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kup-
fer of Oak Park announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Irene, to Daniel
Biber, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Max Biber of Southfield.
Miss Kupfer earned a
bachelor's degree at the
University of Michigan,
where she is completing the
master's degree program in
the history of art. Her
fiance earned a BFA degree
from the Center for Creative
Studies.
An August wedding is
planned.
JNF Young Women
Auction Thursday
Young Women of Jewish
National Fund will hold
their 1976 annual auction-
luncheon noon Thursday at
Temple Emanu-El.
Proceeds for the auction
will be used for the pur-
chase of children's play-
ground equipment in the
Kiryat Shmona Recreation
Center in Israel.
Rissa Winkelman is presi-
dent. Cindy Weiser and
Debbie Yashinsky are the
ticket co-chairwomen. San-
dra Forman is chairwoman
of fundraising and she asks
for gifts of artwork, an-
tiques, appliances, hand-
crafted items, jewelry and
giftware for the auction.
Edith Kowalsky is luncheon
chairwoman, and Phyllis
Applebaum, publicity.
For luncheon tickets; call
the J.NF office, 968-082D.
Frieda Avrunin, Harriet
Dunsky, Leah Field, Judy
Frankel, Joan Goldrath,
Bernice Greenberg, Mildred
Grossman, Ann Katz, Rosa-
lie Kolbert, Helen Naimark,
Rhoda Siegel, Barbara
Stollman, Roberta Stulberg,
Mary Stutz, Denny Suss-
man and Shelby Tauber.
Nominees for a first term
of three years are Delores
Farber, Doreen Hermelin,
Janet Levine, Maida Port-
noy and Melba Winer.
Nominated to fill two
years. . of an unexpired term
are Susan Citrin and Linda
Klein.
Members of the nomi-
nating committee are Es-
ther Jones, chairman, and
Linda Lee, Helen Rice,
Janice Schwartz, Diane
Shekter, Sally Soberman
and Reva Taubman.
Massad Camps
Get Shazar Prize
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The Massad summer camps
in the United States and
Jewish institutions in Aus-
tralia, Venezuela and Pan-
ama shared the fifth annual
Shazar Prize for Jewish
Education in the Diaspora.
President Ephraim Kat-
zir presented the awards to
representatives of the insti-
tutions at a ceremony at his
official residence. The Mas-
sad summer camps which
started in 1941 with 23
youngsters now takes in
more than 900 campers ev-
ery year.
The Mount Scopus School
in Melbourne, the largest
Jewish school in Australia
with more than 2,200 pupils,
received an award for its
"outstanding educational
work," especially its extra-
curricular activities which
include a club for spoken
Hebrew.
The Latin American prize
was divided between the
Jewish school in Caracas,
which is attended by 80 per-
- cent of the Jewish young-
sters in that Venezuelan
city, and the Einstein
School in Panama which
takes in all Jewish children
in that country.
Jewish Secularists
Plan Annual Event
PHILADELPHIA — The
Conference of Secular Jew-
ish Organizations will meet
May 28-31 at Harcum Jun-
ior College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
The conference is ex-
pected to draw delegates
from all over the U.S. and
Canada. Dr. Joseph Soffen,
first full-time director of
the Jewish Parents Institute
in Detroit and now profes-
sor of social work at the
University of Pennsylvania,
will deliver the keynote ad-
dress with Max Rosenfeld,
Yiddish literature transla-
tor and writer.
Michigan groups holding
membership in the confer-
ence include, Sholem Alei-
chem Institute, Birming-
ham Temple, Ann Arbor
Jewish Cultural School,
Rishon School in East Lan-
, sing and the JeWish Parents
Institute.
Chairmen of the annual
meeting planning commit-
tee are Vivian Deutsch and
Rosalie Kolbert. Leah Sni-
der is vice president in
charge of programming,
and Melba Winer is in
charge of the May 26 pres-
entation. Marjorie Krasnick
is responsible for the invita-
Houston Studies
Police in Israel
HOUSTON, Tex., (JTA)
— Deputy Chief Harry
Caldwell, commander of the
recruitment and training
division of the Houston pol-
ice department, recently left
for Israel to study recruit-
ment and training of police
in Israel and report on new
concepts in recruitment and
training used by the Hous-
ton police department.
Caldwell was invited to
visit Israel by Shaul Rosolio,
police inspector-general.
Rosolio and Caldwell met
last year when Rosolio, dur-
ing a visit to the United
States, came to Houston at
the invitation of the Hous-
ton Jewish Community
Council.
Lion design and decorations.
Other committee members
are Edith Frank, Sally Jo
Levy, Anna Levin and Sarah
Portnoy.
For reservations, call the
Federation Women's Divi-
sion office, 965-3939. There
is a charge for luncheon.
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