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Activist Program Adopted at National ZOA Convention;
Ivan J. Novick Elected President; Detroiters Honored
By Jewish News Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A program providing for Zionist pro-Israel
activities was adopted at the annual convention of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, held here last weekend.
Emphasis was laid on the need for an increased aliya to Israel, the
efforts to enroll youth in the movement, educational and public affairs
projects.
Ivan Novick of Pittsburgh was elected president, succeeding Dr. Joseph
Sternstein.
Detroiters named to national offices included: National Execu-
tive Committee members Dr. Sidney Leib, Louis Panush, Dr. Max-
well Hoffman and Dr. Lester Zeff; Elected member, ZOA Court of
Honor, Philip Slomovitz; members emeritus, National Executive,
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Richard Kramer, Carmi Slomovitz and Philip Slomovitz.
Special honors were accorded at the convention to Detroiter Dr. Louis
Kazdan as one of the top-ranking membership chairmen on the national
scene.
The Detroit District of the ZOA was also given the special Public Affairs
Achievement Award "in recognition of outstanding activities which
created a better understanding of Zionism and Israel by the American
people." Louis Panush and Carmi Slomovitz accepted the award on behalf
of the Detroit District from Novick.
Detroiters named to the ZOA Honor Roll included Julian M. Cohen,
Hymie Cutler, Dr. Joel Hamburger, Drs. Hoffman and Kazdan, Mrs. Leib,
Panush, Carmi Slomovitz, Mrs. Philip Slomovitz and Dr. Zeff.
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Official White House Photographs from the Camp David, Md., Summit Conference '
Optimism Echoes at Camp David Summit
Historic Developments Anticipated in Middle East Peace Moves'
Jewish News Editorial Analysis
This could be the historic day for Israel, for the entire Middle East, for the
United States and for the world. Thursday, Sept. 14, 1978 — press day for this
issue — may well be the occasion for an anticipated jubilation over the trium-
phant efforts of President Jimmy Carter as the peace-maker between Israel and
Egypt, based on an agieement to be reached by Menahem Begin and Anwar
Sadat.
Such is the augury fortified by optimism that the beginning of a new era is at
and and that peace is a possibility, that the Hebrew Israeli newspaper Haaretz
expressed the view that President Carter is planning to call for a joint session of
both Houses of the U.S. Congress to be addressed by Begin and Sadat.
So strong on a press day which is missing the news is the belief in an oncoming
accord that some already envision a proposal for the Nobel Peace Prize for
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Carter, Begin and Sadat.
There is a growing view that Israel will assist in the establishment of
self-rule for the 1,100,000 Arabs in presently administered land border-
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first Meeting Boosts Medical Endowment
Commitments totaling more than $3 million were an-
nounced last week at the inaugural meeting of the Medical
Endowment Fund in the home of Myra and Martin E.
Citrin, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation. The
MEF was created by the United Jewish Charities of Feder-
ation with Sinai Hospital of Detroit.
Fifty persons were present at the gathering and Alfred L.
Deutsch, chairman of the Medical Endowment Fund Cam-
paign, said that additional commitments generated by the
meeting would bring the total to between $5 and $6 million
towards the $20 million goal.
The president of Sinai Hospital, Sol Eisenberg, noted
that the MEF is "not just a hospital project but one that
involves the total Detroit Jewish community."
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Citrin explained that the Medical Endowment Fund
will help assure "a high level of medical service to our
agencies, to our Jewish community and to the entire
community of Detroit." Income from the fund will be
used for establishing medical fellowships and lectur-
ships, funding research grants and attracting spe-
cialists to Sinai's teaching staff.
Sinai already engages in a number of outreach services
in cooperation with other member agencies of the Jewish
Welfare Federation. These range from medical assistance
to immigrants under the auspices of Resettlement Service
to treatment of clients of the Jewish Vocational Service -
Community Workshop. It is anticipated that through the
Medical Endowment Fund, such outreach services will be
enhanced and additional community health programs in-
troduced.
Guest speaker at the meeting was Abram Pritzker of
Chicago, vice chairman of the board of the Hyatt Corp. who
endowed the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University
of Chicago. .
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Abram N. Pritzker, center, Chicago philanthropist
and industrialist, was guest speaker at the inaugural
meeting of the Medical Endowment Fund at the Mar-
tin E. Citrin home. Shown with him are, from left,
William Levine, past chairman of Chicago's Jewish
United Fund; Alfred L. Deutsch, chairman of the MEF
Campaign; Sol Eisenberg, president of Sinai Hospital;
and Citrin, president of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion.