62 Friday, September 28, 1919 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Youth News BETH ACHIM youth groups will meet 11 a.m. Sunday at the synagogue for a sukka:decorating party. Participating are Nit- zanim, age 3-7; Kochavim, grades three and four; Bnai Mazal, grades five and six; and Kadima, grades seven and eight; and Lahav United Syangogue Youth, grades nine-12. Lahav USY will have Kol idre services 7 p.m. Sun- day .in the Klein Chapel. Lahav, junior congregation and Nitzanim will hold Yom Kippur services 10 a.m. Monday. * * * BNAI DAVID youth will begin junior congregation Shabat services 10 a.m. Saturday. Story Hour for young children age 4 to 6, will meet in the school building with leaders Joyce Lang and Lisa Orechkin. Groups are also held for children age 7-9, as well as youth age 10-12 and teens age 13-16. Persons who wish to have their names on the attendance charts to be marked each week should contact a youth leader or the synagogue office. Talit and Tefilin Club will begin its year at 9 a.m. Sunday in the chapel. Alan Hurvitz will lead the group in morning services, fol- lowed by breakfast and bowling. Special trips will -die taken monthly, and s peakers will be invited:' For information, contact ad- viser Hurvitz, 557-0822, evenings. Youth groups will celeb- rate Sukkot with special events. Ruach (grades three-four will hold a sukka-decorating party and oneg Shabat dinner on Oct. 5, meeting 5 p.m. in the youth lounge. Friends are invited. For reservations, contact adviser Burt Kidec- kel, 968-1765. Ha-or (grades fivesix) will decorate the synagogue sukka at a pizza party on -Wednes- day, meeting 5 p.m. at the- synagogue. Membership dues may be paid at the door, and friends are in- vited. For reservations by Monday, contact ad- viser Brian Krasner, 541-7691. Masada (grades seven- eight) will begin the year with roller skating Oct. 21, meeting 6 p.m. at the synagogue, while Atid senior group (grades nine- 12) will go horseback riding Oct. 21, meeting 1:30 p.m. at the synagogue. For information on youth program activities at Bnai David, contact youth direc- tor Danny Kaplan at the synagogue, 557-8325, or 398-7422, evenings. Yom Kippur will be marked with youth services 10:30 a.m. Monday. Young people age 4 through 16 are invited. Group leaders dur- ing the holiday services in- clude: Mark Behar, Marci Grossman, Alan Kideckel, Burt Kideckel, Nancy Korn, Joyce Lang, Lisa Orechkin, Diane Shaw and Melissa Viedrah. * * * BNAI MOSHE senior United Synagogue Youth (grades nine-12) will have a dinner and oneg Shabat 7 p.m. today in the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Stanley Rosenbaum, 25450 Gard- ner, Oak Park. There is a nominal fee. For reserva- tions or information, con- s tact the group's President Michael Ungar, 557-1481, or adviser Michael Sabes, 356-1823. Senior USY will help senior citizens or individu- als who for medical reasons, need assistance in putting up their sukkot Sept. 30 and Oct. 2-5. To volunteer, con- tact Ungar or Sabes. Halutzim USY (grades four-six) will decorate the sukka at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Rosenbaum 4 p.m. . Wednesday. There will be a snack provided and there is no charge. For information or reservations, call ad- viser, Marty Brinn, 352- 3977. Halutzim USY also will have a dinner and oneg Shabat at Rabbi and Mrs. Rosenbaum's sukka 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12. There is a nominal charge. For reservations or informa- tion, contact Brinn. Rishonim USY (grades one-three) will have a sukka-decorating party and dinner 4 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Beth Bodzin, 14621 Balfour, Oak Park. Anyone who has Hebrew school should come after- ward. There is no charge. For reservations or infor- adviser call mation, Roberta Warshaw, 399- 6837. Junior congregation (age seven-13) and Story Hour (age three-six) will decorate the sukka at Cong. Bnai Moshe 4 p.m. Thursday. Dinner will follow. Anyone who has Hebrew school should come afterward. There is no charge. For re- quired reservations, call the youth lounge, 548-3123. Junior congregation meets 10 a.m. every Satur- day in the chapel for serv- ices, discussions and kidush. The group's adviser is Mark Eichner, and the president is Howard Weiner. Story Hour meets 10 a.m. every Saturday morning for Shabat games, stories and kidush. Everyone is wel- come. The group's ad- viser is Roberta War- shaw. The Bnai Moshe Youth Department will conduct youth services for persons age 3 to 18 at no charge, for Yom Kippur, Sukkot, She- mini Atzeret and Simhat Torah. Talit and Tefilin Club (age 13-18) has a new ad- viser, Marc Behar. T and T will begin 8:30 a.m. Oct. 21. They meet every Sunday morning for services, dis- cussions, breakfast and bowling. There is a nominal weekly charge. The president is Brian Hammer. Everyone is welcome. For information about the youth programs, call youth director Sharon Levine, 548-3123 or 547-3369. BBYO Activities The annual Bnai Brith Youth Organization kickoff dance will take place 8.;30 p.m. Saturday at Southfield-Lathrup High School. The dance will fea- ture the band "Keepsake," and refreshments will be served. The theme of the dance is "Shoot for the Stars With BBYO." The dance will be free of charge to all registered members of , BBYO; a nominal fee will be charged to others. Co- chairmen for the dance are Marcy York of Shalom Aviv BBG and Mark Bennett of L'Chaim AZA. AZA and BBG chapters are currently conducting membership drives for Jewish youth age 14-18 or in ninth through 12th grades. Anyone interested in joining should call the BBYO office, 354-6113. Great Lakes AZA Council will meet 7 p.m. -Wednesday at the _BBYO office. The BBG Council will hold its next meeting 7 p.m. Thurs- day at the BBYO office. Spaces are still available for the Ruach AZA Rac- quetball Tournament to be held Oct. 20 and 21 at the main Jewish Community Center. The tournament is open to the Jewish teen . community, but reduced registration cost will be available to all AZA and BBG members. Entry dead- line is Oct. 18. For informa- tion, call Howard Krass, 642-3725, or Dan Plotnick, 855-1173. Maurice Axelrod, Supervised Many Donations to Causes Representatives of major Jewjsh movements joined in paying honor to the memory of Maurice Axelrod, at fun- eral services at Ira Kauf- man Chapel, Monday after- noon. Mr. Axelrod was 85. An expert on probating estates, serving as an adviser on conserving properties for al- location to charities, Mr. Axelrod had a leading role in the most important causes relating to Israel, the Zionist cause and education institutions in this commu- nity and nationally. A native of Lithuania, Mr. Axelrod came to the U.S. in 1920. He soon gained national recognition as an authority on insur- ance procedures.' _ He was a member with Judge Wade McCree, Edward Cushman, Ron Haughton and other not- ableS Of the Higher Edu- cational Opportunities Committee of Wayne State University. It was the pioneering factor for affirmative action estab- lished in the late 1960s. It provided educational opportunities for hundreds of students among the minorities. A leader in Technion, a strong supporter of Bar-Ilan MAURICE AXELROD Mr. and Mrs. Cutler ex- pressed their grief over his passing. "He was a great man, and a dedicated Jew who assisted us immensely in allocating the funds we have assigned for cultural work, for aid to local schools and to Israel," Cutler said. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Albert (Mona) Ginsberg of San Di- ego, Calif.; and a son, Prof. Allan Axelrod of the Rut- gers University college of law and a national expert on bankruptcy who also lec- tures at Harvard, Univer- sity of Southern California and University of Califor- nia at Berkley; and two grandchildren. Malcolm Lowenstein, 54, Held Leading Allied Campaign Role Malcolm S. "Mickey" Lowenstein, a pre- Campaign chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign, who for a number of years was among the top leaders in Jewish Welfare Federa- tion activities, died Sept. 23 at age 54. Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Mr. Lowenstein was the president of Acme Mills Co., manufacturers of automo- tive and industrial textiles. He was a member of Cong. Shaarey Zedek, vice USH Scholarship Winners This past year the schol- arship commission of United Hebrew Schools granted funds to 34 stu- dents. Twelve elementary school students were awarded scholarships for Camp Kfar Ivri. They were: Merav Barr, Ethan Ber- kove, Emily Burns, Jerry Josen, Eric Kaplan, Patti Lieberman, Mark Lusky, Daniel Solomon, Miriam Starkman, - Joseph Starkman, James Sugar- man and Jeffrey Weiss. Six elementary students received awards for Camp Ramah. They were: Lydia Grand, Sara Leopold, Esther Lipenholtz, Robert Tachna, Tammi Waldshan, and Miriam Weiner. High school students Alicia Klein, Michael Nachman, Michael Reifler and Rennie-Rubinstein, re- ceived scholarships for either Camp Tavor or Camp University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University and the Magen David Adorn, he supervised allocations in behalf of these and many other causes running into the millions. As adviser to Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Cutler, Mr. Axel- rod was responsible for al- locating millions of dollars to the causes in which he shared an interest with the generous couple on whose behalf he had acted for many years. Only two weeks ago he represented the Cutlers and expressed his per- sonal interest in the work of Magen David Adorn and gave a $10,000 gift to the Israel Red Cross movement at the Magen David Adom annual dinner. He presented on behalf of the Cutlers a $5,500 gift to the Zionist Organization of Detroit to advance the needs of the Philip Slomovitz Scholarship Fund for worthy students who are being sent for studies in Israel. - All of Israel's universities are benefiting from Mr. Axelrod's supervisory ac- tivities. His lifelong inter- est in Technion is especially noteworthy. Ramah. Jeff Aichenbaum, Kevin Neff, Heidi Perlman, Michael Rhodes, Michael Weil and Robert Weinfeld, received awards and par- ticipated in Israel study programs. Six post-high school graduates received awards for either univer- sity or yeshiva study or special professional training. They are: Sha- ron Blumenberg, Daniel Levy;- Jaye Pentelnick, Sherri Pink, Jeff Shiovitz and Sidney Steinhart. president of Sinai -Hospital, a member of the board of governors of the Jewish Welfare Federation and a member of its capital needs committee and a member of the board of the Golf Asso- ciation of Michigan and a trustee of the Western Golf Association: He earned a BBA de- gree from the University of Michigan and was an Fred Horowitz Fred J. Horowitz, a teach- ing assistant in the Lam- phere school system, died Sept. 22 at age 46. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Mr. Horowitz was a member of Temple Emanu-El, Jewish War Veterans and the Oak Park Police Volun- teer Auxiliary. He resided at 13800 Sherwood,. Oak Park. He leaves his wife, Lois; two sons, Jeffrey and Larry; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Debra) Schreier of Houston, Tex.; Brenda and Freda; a brother, Harry Kessler of. Sherman Oaks, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Sher- win (Goldie) Vine; and one granddaughter. Stephen Stone The Scholarship Corn- Stephen Stone, president mission of United Hebrew Schools is composed of of Stone Travel Co. in representatives from the Southfield, died Sept. 24 at Woman's Auxiliary of UHS, age 32. He leaves his wife, UHS board and UHS pro- Andrea; a daughters Erika; fessionals. For scholarship informa- his parents, Mr. and Mrs. tion, contact Anaruth Ber- Leonard (Lois) Stone; and nard, 569-5605, or Selma his grandmother, Mrs. Ben- jamin (Rose) Chimberoff. Silverman, 352-7117. LOWENSTEIN Air Force lieutenant dur- ing World War II. Mr. Lowenstein was a past president of Franklin Hills Country Club, Standard City Club and City Club of Detroit. He leaves his wife, Beth Elaine; two daughters, Betsy and Connie; and a sis- ter, Mrs. Jacqueline Gross of Maryland. Petition Against Redgrave Casting The SURFSIDE, Fla. American Anti-Nazi asso- ciation will sponsor a na- tional campaign to collect one million signatures on a . petition calling on the CBS Television Network to re- scind the casting of VanesSa Redgrave as a Jewess in their forthcoming TV movie, "Playing for Time," the story of an all-female concentration camp or- chestra forced to play for the Nazi camp leaders. Petition forms can be ob- tained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The American Anti-Nazi Association, Box 6292, Surfside, Fla. 33154.