28 Friday, October 6, 1918
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
BETH YEHUDAH SCHOOLS
Hebrew U. Has Catalogue
of Ancient Lamp Collection
64TH
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
to be held at
MANOR
THE FAIRLANE
19000 Hubbard Drive, Dearborn
.
(across from the Fairland Town Center)
Co-Chairmen
SUNDAY EVENING,
NOVEMBER 19, 1978
Golden Torah
Award Recipient
This bronze lamp, dating from the Byzantine
period, is ornamented with Jewish symbols: a men-
ora, shofar, lulav and etrog. It is among the pieces in
the Schloessinger collection at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem.
Guest Speaker
I. William Sherr
Alvin Reif man
Senator Lowell Weicker
Cocktails at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m.
For Reservations, Please call: 557 6750
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David B. Holtzman
FOUNDERS
Marvin Berlin
Harold Beznos
Max Biber
Ivan Bloch
Stuart Bloch
Jack J. Carmen
Ernest L. Citron
Irwin I. Cohn
Dr. Arnold Eisenman
Dr. Elmer Ellias
Dr. Joseph Goodstein
George Hill
David B. Holtzman
Arnold Joseff
Nfrs. Morris Karbal
Abe Maltzberg
Joseph Nusbaum
Jack Peitz
Alvin Reifman
Alex Saltsman
Robert A. Schwartz
I. William Sherr ,
The Stewart Family
In Memory of
Dorothy Stewart
Max Stollman
Phillip Stollman
Tamaroff Buick
(Open-Honda)
Mrs. Morris Yassky
Dr. Arnold Zuroff
SPONSORS
Norman Adelsberg
Beckwith-Evans'
In Memory of
Meyer Weingarden
Henry Dorfman
Kenneth Fischer
Sidney Fischer
Nathan I. Goldin
Martin Goldman
Samuel Hechtman
Peter Heiman
David Hermelin
Honigman Foundation
In Memory of
Sarah Honigman
Alex Joseph
Frank W. Kerr Company
Daniel A. Laven
Midwest Clayman
Compnay, Inc.
Irving I. Palman
Dr. Lloyd J. Paul
Julius Rotenberg
Alvin Spector
Lawrence J. Traison
Mel Wallace
Harold Warren
Irving Weiss
Eugene M. Zack
Samuel N. Zack
JERUSALEM — Round,
catalogued in the latest
square and ringed, of issue of Qedem, the mono-
bronze, glass, stone and ear-
graph series published by
thenware, plain and or- the university's institute of
namented, burning oil or archeology.
tallow — the ancients
Photographs and descrip-
lighted their way with -tions of nearly 700 lamps
lamps of every shape and are included, classified geo-
Substance, and collectors graphically and chronologi-
today prize these vestiges of cally. The main groupings
the past.
are Arabic, Greek, Roman,
The famed Schloessinger Egyptian, North African,
collection of ancient lamps Palestinian and Byzantine
in the possession of the
lamps.
brew -University
Mrs. Miriam Schaar-
Jerusalem is meticulously Schloessinger of New
York collected the lamps
Medal Issued
over a period of some 40
years
and bequeathed
for Israel's 30th
them, on her death, to the
EIN HOD, Israel — The Hebrew University Insti-
internationally-known Is- tute of Archeology. The
raeli artist Moshe Castel P.E.F. Israel Endowment
has commemorated the Funds were instrumental
30th anniversary of the in transferring the collec-
state of Israel with a new tion to the university and
original art medal released in bringing this volume,
here recently. It is the eighth in the Qedem
fourth in the series of series, to publication.
"Great Israeli Artist" med- The late Robert Szold,
als.
then chairman of P.E.F.,
These collector coins are was especially active in
produced in gold and silver this endeavor.
by the Israel Art Issuing-
Of primary interest in the
House Co. Ltd., based at the collection are the lamps
artists' village of Ein Hod in from the area which in
the Carmel hills near Haifa. Roman times comprised the
The 30th anniversary provinces of Syria, Pales-
medal bears an ancient tine and Arabia. Tlw lamps
menora surrounded by a bas of this unique part of the col-
relief of "30 Years of Israel's lection are • being used for
Statehood" in the artist's teaching, P.'hile others are
own handwriting, in He- on exhibit at the institute.-
brew, Latin, Arabic and an-
cient Hebrew (Canaanite)
characters. The reverse
shows Castel's representa-,
tion of two heroes from Is-
rael's history issuing a call
Isaac Bashevis Singer
for peace. Surrounding the may receive the Nobel Prize
relief is the word "peace" in in Literature, it was re-
handwritten relief also in ported Thursday.
Hebrew, Latin, Arabic and
The reliabile sources for
ancient Hebrew.
this report seemed to indi-
cate that it is more than a
rumor and that the eminent
IQ Organization
Yiddish writer whose works
Opens in Israel
in English have gained
TEL AVIV — The Israel best-selling status may in-
branch of MENSA, the in- deed be awarded the mer-
ternational high-IQ organ- ited award.
ization, was inaugurated by
international chairman $11 Billion Debt
JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
Victor Serebriakoff at a
meeting of more than 80- Israel's foreign debt has
members and candidates in reached the $11 billion
mark, or $3,140 per capita.
Tel Aviv last month.
Nobel Prize
for Author?