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October 23, 1981 - Image 61

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1981-10-23

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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Tanenbaum to Address Cohn Testimonial

Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum,
director of the interreli-
gious affairs department of
the American Jewish
Committee, will be the
guest speaker at a testimo-
nial dinner in honor of Irwin
I. Cohn, marking his 85th
birthday, Nov. 11 at Adat
Shalom Synagogue.
Nov. 11 is the new date for
the dinner announced by
the Detroit Chapter of the
American Jewish Commit-
tee, sponsor of the testimo-
nial dinner.

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Dinner chairmen are
Miles and Lee Jaffe.
Vice Chairmen of the
Cohn Tribute Dinner are:
John Haddow, Alan
Schwartz, Richard Sloan,
Louis Berry, David Pol-
lack, George M. Zeltzer,
Mandell Berman, Milton
J. Miller, Sol Eisenberg,
Philip Stollman and
Joyce Cohn.
Rabbi Tanenbaum was
the only rabbi at Vatican II.
This past summer he
pioneered an evangelical-
Jewish dialogue. He has
also spearheaded the Task
Force on Soviet Jewry,
which is an ongoing AJC
project and the Visitor to Is-
rael program for clergy and
laymen of all faiths.
Cohn will receive AJ-
Committee's Human Rights
Medallion.
A graduate of Cass High
School, Cohn entered the
University of Michigan and
received the degree of LLB
in 1917. As a student at
U-M, he was secretary of the
Menora Society and
president of the Hillel
Foundation at the time of
the erection of the present
building at the university.
The _ synagogue at U-M
Hillel Foundation was
named for his parents.
In 1962, a branch of the
United Hebrew Schools was
named in honor of his par-
ents. He served as vice
president of that institution
for many years. The Hillel
Foundation at Wayne State
University was named The
Irwin I. Cohn Hall in a spe-
cial tribute to Conn.
A major participant in
many movements, his chief
interest for the last decade
has been Chabad, the
Lubavitch Hasidic move-
ment. In 1966, the Council
of Orthodox Rabbis of De-
troit cited him for "out-
standing dedicated leader-
ship and a lifetime of
charitable endeavors." He is
- Michigan Chairman of the
Central Organization for
Jewish Education.
Cohn is a former chair-
man of the Allied Jewish
Campaign of Detroit and a
former chairman of the Is-
rael Emergency Fund. For a
quarter of a century, he has
been secretary of Sinai Hos-
pital. The Jewish Welfare
Federation of Detroit
awarded him its Fred M.
Butzel Memorial Award
and he received the
President's Club Award of
Bnai Brith and the Distin-
guished Service Award of
the Jewish Theological
Seminary. In 1968, he re-
ceived an award of appre-
ciation from the Syrian Or-
thodox Church in recogni-
tion of his "wise counsel and
unwavering support."
Cohn holds the title of
honorary fellow of Bar-Ilan
University and was named
a science fellow of Yeshiva
University. Irwin and Sad-
die Cohn were also reci-
pients of the Heritage
Award of Yeshiva Univer-
sity for their notable com-
munal leadership.
Cohn is a former
president of the Urban
League of Detroit, as well

ning Commission and a
member of the board of
directors of Legal Aid
Bureau.
He also served as a
member of the board of
supervisors of Wayne
County and as a member of
the advisory board of the
United Foundation of De-
troit.

RABBI TANENBAUM

as of the city of Detroit
House of Corrections
Commission. He was
president of the Detroit
City Planning Commis-
sion, a member of the
Metropolitan Area Plan-

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