THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Grand Rapids Mayor to Be Cited
Caricatures at Communal Dinner for Bonds
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By
SAM FIELD
Call
399-1320
The Ahavas Israel Men's
Club, in cooperation with
Cong. Ahavas Israel and
Temple Israel in Grand
Rapids will honor Mayor
Abe L. Drasin at a
community-wide cham-
pagne breakfast 10 a.m.
May 7 at Ahavas Israel. At
the event, on behalf of Israel
Bonds, Mayor Drasin will
be the recipient of Israel's
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30th Anniversary Awird,
"in appreciation of his dedi-
cation to the betterment of
his city, state, nation and
the Jewish homeland."
Guest speaker will be Ira
Hirschmann, an American
diplomatic representative
and former special envoy of
the U.S. Embassy in Tur-
key. Hirschmann, a former
vice president of
Bloomingdale's and Saks
Fifth Avenue in New York,
is an author and lecturer on
Middle East affairs.
The Ahavas Israel Men's
Club Israel Bond Breakfast
Committee members are
David Eisenberg, Richard
Grande, Dr. L. Goldsmith
and Lewis Storm. Actively
participating in the event
will be the Grand Rapids Is-
rael Bond Committee,
chaired by Arthur Silvers-
tein and Jerry Subar. Other
Israel Bond Committee
members participating in-
clude Hyman Berkowitz,
Lester Berman, Percy Be-
rman, Rabbi Melvin Glazer,
Sam Kravitz, Abe Krissoff,
Marilyn Leven, Rabbi Al-
bert Lewis, Seymour
Rapaport, Leonard
Rosenzweig, Anita Silvers-
tein, Edward Silverstein,
Florence Silverstein, Yetta
Smaller and Geneva Smith.
In advance of the May 7
event, an Israel Bond
leadership reception will
be held 8 p.m. May 3 at the
home of Florence and
Edward Silverstein, 2930
Bonnell Dr. S.E. Special
guest will be Abraham
Tannenbaum of New
York, a lawyer and
businessman who has
held posts with the
American Zionist Move-
ment and is a member of
the advisory cabinet of
Bnai Brith's Metropoli-
tan Council Israel Com-
mittee. -
Honoree Abe Drasin was
born in Grand Rapids.
President of Wolverine
Hide Corp., in 1968 he liq-
uidated his business and
taught government for
three years at Creston High
School. He was appointed to
the City Commission in
March 1971, gave up his
teething career, and since
that time has devoted full
time to city government.
In November 1975 he was
elected mayor for a four-
year term.
Mayor Drasin is the foun-
der and president of the Na-
tional Hide Association; a
Federal appointee to the
U.S. National Defense
Executive Reserve; a
member of Grand Rapids
Community Relations
Commission and the boards
of directors, University of
Michigan Hillel Foundation
and the Grand Rapids
Urban League. He is chair-
man, National Council of
the Joint Defense Appeal
and chairman, Grand
Rapids Fair Employment
Practices Committee. He is
also a board member of the
World Affairs Council of
Grand Rapids and the Kent
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On Passover eve the son
asks his father, and if the
son is unintelligent, his
father instructs him to ask:
Why is this night different
LENNY
LIEBERMAN
from all other nights?
— Mishna
Orchestra
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SENSATIONAL SAVINGS AT
ABE DRASIN
Community Action Pro-
gram. He also chairs the
Association of _Grand
Rapids Area Governments
and the Grand Rapids Area
Manpower Planning Coun-
cil.
He was formerly
president of Julius
Houseman Lodge of Bnai
Brith and of Michigan
Bnai Brith Council. He
ha-s been campaign
chairman of Jewish
Community Fund of
Grand Rapids three
times, and also Michigan
chairman, United Jewish
Appeal.
Tribute breakfast reser-
vations can be made by cal-
ling Ahavas Israel, 517-
949-2840.
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