28 Friday, February 20, 1981 THE DETROJI ,JEWISH,NET. Righteous Gentile Honored DON'T BUY A CONDOMINIUM UNTIL YOU TALK TO MARTY .. . (See Page 55) N JERUSALEM — One of the 12 Jews he hid from the Nazis planted a tree in the Avenue of the Righteous Gentiles recently for Stanis- law Sobczak. Sobczak was present at the ceremonies. He hid the Jews in his attic and then in his barn from November 1942 until August 1944 in Nazi-occupied Poland. Shaarit Haplaytah SURVIVORS OF 1945 is pleaSed to announce a Testimonial Dinner Dance Catered by Kosher Jewel Catering mikw ‘Km Honoring ABRAHAM WEBERMAN President of Shaarit Haplaytah 1974-1919 Saturday Night February 28 8:00 P.M. Temple Emanuel 14450 West 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, Michigan Dancing Music By Eric Rosenow and his Continentals The Public is Invited For Reservations Call Mrs. Esther Halpern 353-9237 Simon Schwarzberg 557-1141 Mrs. Sol Kleinman 356-3383 Gedali Elbaum 548-7339 Ann Fisk 545-1244 Harry Praw 968-1686 Lola Pines 358-0715 Detroit Jewish Life in '20s Recalled by Local Historian By ALLEN A. WARSEN Not only were Jewish students discriminated against in Russian univer- sities and gymnasia, but they also were discrimi- nated against in American universities and high schools. Thus in 1898, as recorded in "The Michigan Jewish Year Book of 1925," Jewish students at the Detroit Cen- tral High School (now Wayne State University) were "denied membership in the only debating organ- ization existing in the school at that time." As a result, the Jewish students organized a debat- ing team that gradually evolved into the Detroit Jewish Philomatic Debat- ing Club that was still via- ble 27 years later. The team's charter members were Myer Co- hen, Spencer S. Fishbaine, Ira Frieden- berg, Jacob Gordon, Saul Hartz, Nathan Levin, Saul Meister, Benjamin Salzstein and Louis Wine. The Young People's Society of Temple Beth El founded at the beginning of this century as a social organization also included in its program philanthropy and debating. Its members, who attended the various state colleges and universities, once a year got together as guests of the temple and celebrated their annual most important event, the so called Students' Day. In 1925, the society's offi- cers were: Foster Vehon, THE DETROIT ZIONIST FEDERATION and the MIDRASHA COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES under the sponsorship of DOR HEMSHECH World Zionist Organization Young Leadership ZIONIST INSTITUTE HISTORY OF Zionism with Betty Roth Eight Monday evening meetings aimed at providing es- sential background material in Zionism geared espe- cially to young leadership. Betty Roth is a PhD candidate in American Studies at University of Michigan. She has worked as an assistant to the noted historian, Dr. Jehuda Reinharz, and has lectured widely on topics of Jewish interest. MONDAY, MARCH 9 MONDAY, MAY 4 (omitting April 27, Pesach) 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Room 16 MIDRASHA COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES 21550 W. TWELVE MILE ROAD, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48076 COURSE FEE: $15.00 (includes books and materials) For advance registration, Call 352 7117 - president; Jean Miller, vice president; Elizabeth Lieberman, secretary; and Helen Langer, treasurer. Young Israel of Detroit was founded by Sabbath observing young people. Established in 1925, 75 years after the founding of the Orthodox Congre- gation Beth El, the prin- cipal objective of Young Israel was to create a Jewish social and cul- tural environment in ac- cordance with Jewish tradition and religious precepts. The organization's first officers were: Irving Schlus- sel, president; Naomi Buchhalter (Mrs. Floch), vice president; Anne Miller (Mrs. Abramsohn), secre- tary; and Hyman C. Miller, treasurer. It is well to note that for a time the members of Young Israel conducted their reli- gious services and cultural activities at the Kirby Cen- ter, the Holbrook Synagogue, and at Temple Emanu-El at Taylor and Wilson. Eventually, Young Israel acquired its own quarters and became one of the community's foremost Orthodox instituions. The Maimonides Medical Society founded in 1912 by Drs. A.E. Bernstein, N.E. Arnstam, J.B. Baruch, Joseph Beisman, W.W. Kahn and Joseph Shellfish was aimed at the social and scientific betterment of the Jewish medical profession. Its name was proposed by the Hebrew scholar, Dr. Baruch, in honor of the great Jewish philosopher and physi- cian, Moshe Ben Maimon, better known by the ac- ronym Rambam (1135- 1204). The society's first president was Bernstein. Some of the others were: PLO Caught JERUSALEM (JTA) — A terrorist cell in the Jerusalem area has been uncovered by security forces. An army spokesman said the seven members of the cell, linked to El Fatah, have confessed to acts of murder, sabotage and ar- son. Security forces who ar- rested the suspects found a hand grenade, a pistol, de- tonators, chemicals used to prepare explosives and a radio. Among the terrorist acts confessed by the suspects were the murder of an Is- raeli soldier, Avrahani Deutsch, near the Rockefel- ler Museum three years ago; the murder of Moshe Yoskovitch, a resident of Bnei Brak, near Gethsemane two years ago; and a hand grenade attack on the Dolphin Restaurant in East Jerusalem early this year. They are also suspected of two other murders, arms thefts and setting fire to cars. Israel will have 4.7 mil- lion Jews by the year 2000, and 1.2 million non-Jews. Drs. Aronstam, M.E. Silver, B. Friedlander, Louis Klein and S. E. Barnett. The benefits the society brought to its members in- cluded, inter alia, "the pro- motion of good will and friendship; the elimination of strenuous rivalry and the development of special abilities in the members by giving them encourage- ment and support, and the furthering of the ability to write and discuss scientific papers." No wonder the society had grown from six mem- bers in 1912 to 100 in 1925. Unique among the community's organiza- tions was the "Detroit Jewish Open Forum." Founded in 1924 for the purpose of bringing to Detroit Jewish scholars and literati, its member- ship was composed of almost the entire local Jewish intelligentsia. Since these people played important roles in com- munal affairs, they should be remembered and their names recorded. They were: Milton M. Alexander, Shifra Bachrach, Joseph Bernstein, Harry J. Brevis, David A. Brown, Fred M. Butzel, Mary Caplan, Isaac Finkelstein, Rabbi Leon Fram, Bernard Isaacs, Leon B. Kay, A.J. Koffman, Maurice Krause, Aaron Kurland, Sara Landman, Emanuel Paperno, David W. Simons, Dora Tennen- baund, Morris D. Waldman, Samuel Weinberg and Maurice H. Zackheim. The Forum speakers too were individuals of the highest caliber. They in- cluded Judge Jacob Panken of New York, founder and NEW HOURS first president of the Ameri- can ORT; Alexander M. Dushkin, superintendent of the Chicago Board of Jewish Education; and Rabbi Lewis Browne of Newark, N.J., author of "Stranger than Fiction." "The Detroit Jewish Workers Culture League" was founded in 1923 for the purpose of promoting Yid- dish literature and–culture. Following its estab- lishment, the league or- ganized literary and dramatic clubs, a library and choir. The league conducted its activities in the Jewish In- stitute Building, High and Hastings Streets. The league officers at the time of organization were David Levy, secretary; H. Blank, financial secretary; I. Finkelstein, A. Victor, G. Yanovitz, M. Finkel, Levy and Blank, executive com- mittee. The league's guest lec- turers and performers in- cluded the poet H. Laiwik; Peretz Hirshbaine, playw- right and novelist; Schmiel Niger, literary critic; E. Karmer, artist; and mem- bers of the Detroit Sym- phony Orchestra. This article is based on "The Michigan Jewish Year Book of 1925," an important historical document. WRITE: The Jewish Idea P.O. Box 633 Troy, MI 48099 NEW HOURS Ah in etveter SELECTED JEWELRY (A)N1ITETE 11,111 SLR% ICE 13720 W. 9 Mile Rd., Oak Park, Mich. Near Post Office LI 7-5068 OPP. , WED. CLOSED SAT. • at Butzel Conference Center Ortonville, Michigan PURIM FAMILY WEEKEND For Families With Children . 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