Friday, December 17, 1976 43 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Make this Holiday last a lifetime Smaller, thinner, more elegant Ask to see Pulsar's full 3-year warranty. Pulsar THE TIME COMPUTER Irwin Shaw's Services Applauded at Jewish Center Testimonial Fete With "Thank You, Irwin Shaw" as the motto of a testimonial dinner at the Jewish Center, Tues- day evening was devoted to recognition of the serv- ices rendered during the past 25 years by Irwin Shaw, who has just re- tired as the Center's executive vice president. Jewish Center Presi- dent Hugh W. Greenberg set the tone for the eve- ning of tributes to Shaw by emphasizing that the man who had directed Center affairs for a quar- ter of a century was not really retiring but was accepting "new chal- lenges" with a mission to commence in February in Israel in behalf of the Jewish Welfare Board and with services for the Youth and Hechalutz Department of the Jewish Agency. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw will leave for a three-month stay in Is- rael the latter part of January. Joining Greenberg in expressing gratitude to Fredrick jewelers of Bloomfield Hills 869 West Long Lake Road 646-0973 HOUDAY HOURS: Open Monday thru Friday 10-9 Saturday 10 to 6 Sunday 12 to 5 10160 West Nine Mile Road Oak Park, Michigan (313) 399-2244 HeAhl‘4A7 PARTY CAKES CONTINENTAL TORTES PASTRIES RANI ER'S PASTRY Evergreen Plaza 12 Mile & Evergreen Southfield 557-0340 Livernois at 7 Mile Detroit 862-9196 Open Tues. thru Sat. 10 to 6 Harvard Row Mall Eleven Mile Road and Lahser 353-1810 Clearance Sale on selected groups of merchandise IRWIN SHAW Shaw for his many pioneering efforts in his Jewish Center directorial role were Center Past- Presidents Richard Kux, Milton J. Miller and N. Brewster Broder. They were unanimous in applauding Shaw's tasks in advancing He- brew studies in the classes he established, in the studies more recently conducted for incoming Russian Jews who were assisted in learning En- glish, in the establish- ment of the Book Fairs, the shlikhim program of Israeli counselors and other functions which made the Detroit Jewish Center a pioneer and a guide for other centers in the country in setting policies for Jewish con- tent. Of special interest in Tuesday's program was the address of tribute by Mrs. Sara Mittledorf who presented Shaw with a plaque in behalf of the Association for Jewish Retarded. Mrs. Mittledorf de- scribed how Shaw, in 1958, responded to a plea for services for the re- tarded, how he then pro- vided directorial assis- tance for the first group of 10 retarded for whom a class was formed at the Center, and how that service was expanded to the present more than 100 who are regularly as- sisted with special pro- gramming — all taanks to the responsiveness by Shaw. Shaw's successor as Jewish Center executive vice president, Dr. Morton Plotnick, expressed ap- preciation to Shaw for hav- ing established the high standards for Jewish Center programming, and expressed his own deter- mination to carry on the productive tasks. There was a musical tribute to Shaw in which Melba Winer, Joan Lin- den, Carol Milgrom, Marge Cowen and Evelyn Platt participated. Rabbi Joshua Sperka gave the invocation. In his response to the honors extended him and the accompanying awards, Shaw briefly out- lined his experiences in Detroit, the education he derived from the local Jewish school system and the cooperation given him in his labors by dedi- cated community leaders. Shaw studied at the Gifts for Kids United Hebrew Schools and the Beth El College of Jewish Studies, from which he graduated in 1930. He taught social studies in the Detroit public schools from 1936 to 1942. He was also a teacher in the religious school of Temple Beth El from 1928 to 1935, and served as principal of the Bnai Moshe religious school from 1935 to 1937. His group work experi- ence began in 1921 as a member of a Young Ju- dean Club. In 1926, he be- came a Young Judean club leader, and in 1928, became the first paid field secretary for the Young Judean movement in De- troit. After being a member of a Center club, he be- came club leader at the Detroit Jewish Commu- nity -Center in 1929. Dur- ing 1935 and 1936, he was supervisor of the Young Peoples Club of Cong. Bnai Moshe. His summers during this period were spent as counselor at various chil- dren's camps, culminat- ing in his appointment as executive director of the Detroit Jewish commu- nity's resident camp in 1936 — a post which he held until 1955. He served as a lieuten- ant in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and then re- turned to Detroit, as executive director of the camp and as administra- tive assistant to the direc- tor of the Jewish Welfare Federation, Isadore Sobeloff. In 1948 Shaw was ap- pointed assistant director of the Federation. In 1951 he became executive di- rectorof the Jewish Community Center. He continued as the executive director of both the Center and the camp until 1955, when the ex- pansion of both agencies required a full time executive director for each. Shaw remained with the Center, and in 1971 became the execu- tive vice president. 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