30' Friday , Noieniber G, 1961 Mack Pitt and his Orchestra plus Disco Music just /in- you 358-3642 THE DETROIT JEWISH' NEWS Woman Rabbi in Ann Arbor Community Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, one of 50 women who have become ordained rabbis, is now living in Ann Arbor with her husband and two children. Dr. James N. Dreyfus is a University of Michigan Hospital fellow in arthritis and rheumatology. Congregation Bnai David MEN'S CLUB Sponsoring A Pre-Thanksgiving FEATHER PARTY PRIZES GALORE — TURKEYS — FRUIT BASKETS SAT NOV 1 8 p.m. '• , Donation: $1°° At The Bnai David Social Hall 24350 Southfield Rd., south of 10 Mile The Sefer-Torah for Jewish Unity... His father is director of placement for the Central Conferance of American Rabbis (Reform). Rabbi Dreyfus is a native of Chicago, with a BA in his- tory from Western Wash- ington University. She was ordained in June 1979, after completing her Master of Arts in Hebrew literature at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, a five-year course of study which in- cludes one year in Israel. Rabbi Dreyfus has served as chaplain at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and as the first Jewish chaplain at Doctors Hospital in New York City. Since coming to Ann CNN FOR YOUR DONNIE IL PRECIOUS JEWELS Scii‘tcg "7< - .a dale GX 5041.1- 755 W. Big Beaver Rd. 116 Mile at 175) Tray, Michigan Phone. 313362-4500 (41 r7; Arbor, she officiated on the High Holy Days at the Bnai Brith Hillel Founda- tion, is currently teach- ing a course on "The- Jewish Life Cycle" at Hillel's Beit Midrash, and will participate in Tem- ple Beth Emeth's lecture series on Jewish ethics. She is also serving as Jewish chaplain at the Yp- silanti Regional Psychiatric Hospital. • Schools Backed HOUSTON (JTA) — A New York education spe, cialist, arguing that a high quality public education' system is essential to the national welfare and to the welfare of all minority groups, has urged American Jews to retain their strong Rnd historic commitment to the public school system. Dr. Alan Gartner, direc- tor of the Center for Ad- vanced Studies in Educa- tion at the City University of New York Graduate Cen- ter, made his statement at the recent executive council meetings of the American Jewish Committee. Content has a kindly in- fluence on the soul of man. Do not delay; fill out the attached form and mail to: Sefer Torah For Jewish Unity Lubavitch Foundation 14000 W. 9 Mile Road Oak Park. Michigan 48237 the renowned Jewish leader. Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson sh7Ita. the Lubacactier R•hbe. has commissioned scribes Ir., write two Torah Scrolls on behalf of all students in and supporters of Lubavitch t•du( ational institutions — and their families. (The Rebbe has also urged other organizations to write Torah scrolls, including a Sefer-Torah for the six million Holocaust martyrs.) One scroll is on behalf of students and supporters of the Yeshivos and schools for men and boys. the other for the students and I wish to become a supporter of Lubavitch and to acquire, precious Hebrew letters in the Sefer- Torah For Jewish Unity — thereby joining hands with over six hundred thousand of our people Israel all around the globe. PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME HERE supporters of Lubavitch womens' and girls' schools. I WO , d171, A Sefer - Torah scroll contains 304.805 Hebrew letters. Ancient Jewish tradition ascribes great merit to the purchase of a letter in the T n- ah. In the past, the scrolls were usually written by a relatively small number of participants. St141re.s. I. it, /op t•lephutte Moth, s I letne•v. Now, in an historic "first," more than six hundred thousand of our people will join hands all over the world in writing these unique Sefer-Torah scrolls in this colossal International Lubavitch project. SpI•use Narl . ■ Children Living at above residence: - •iii , . I1. Such an incredible display of Jewish unity • Neme1.1 Between You . . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.) CJF AT 50: The entrance of the Council-of Jewish Federations into its 50th year of existence — to be inaugu- rated at its General Assembly next week in St.. Louis — constitutes a milestone in American Jewish history. It marks 50 years of building the Jewish communities in the 'United States and Canada. The first Jewish federation was established in Boston in 1895, followed by Cincinnati which held its first feder- ated campaign in 1896 and was the first city to assume full responsibility for agency programs and for eliminating separate agency appeals. Successful in Boston and Cincinnati, the federation movement spread to Chicago,Philadelphia, Cleveland, De- troit, St. Louis, Kansas City and Milwaukee. The cities which in 1904 considered but had not yet organized federa- tions included New York, Baltimore — which established its Federation in 1907—San Francisco (1910) Los Angeles (1912) and Pittsburgh (1912). THE RISE OF CJF: When the Council of Jewili Fedei-ations was established 50 years ago, there were some 15 federations and welfare funds associated with it. Today there are more than 200 affiliates. They serve more than 800 communities embracing more than 90 percent of the entire Jewish population in the U.S. and Canada. The CJF is their central organ, helping them to ad- vance the objectives of Jewish communal services through cooperative planning and action and by providing a variety of central services. The General Assembly is the annual meeting at which the CJF member agencies define major communal objectives, and programs, determine joint proj- ects and set the CJF's policies. I remember the early years of the CJF, when its Gen- eral Assembly — held every year in a different city — was attended by a few hundred lay leaders and professional men and women. Today, the General Assembly is attended by about 3,000 participants from all over the United States and Canada. It has developed into the largest Jewish repre- sentative gathering in the world. It is considered by many "the parliament of North American Jewry." Its decisions on a variety of complex problems affect not only Jewish com- munal life in this country but have also reverberations in Jewish communities overseas, including Israel. THE ROLE OF THE CJF: The Council of Jewish Federations plans and coordinates activities of the federa- tions in the fields of social welfare; strengthens Jewish identity; develops young leadership; and helps to meet the changes and challenges which the communities face. As the central body of the federations, the CJF is practically their brain-trust and coordinator of current programs and new projects. The CJF 50th General Assembly in St. Louis will be the largest ever held. It has a most vital and comprehensive agenda. Virtually every major Jewish need and responsi- bility is on the agenda — the impact of inflation on the programs of Jewish institutions; the impact of the new tax law on philanthropic giving; the impact of the $35 billion cutback in the Federal budget on Jewish institutions; strengthening Jewish consciousness; peace-making in the Middle East under the new U.S. Administration; advocacy on behalf of Soviet Jewry; and the danger spots for Jews in various countries. Also on the agenda are the dangers of cults and mis- sionaries for American Jewish youth; the rebuilding of Jewish family life in the U.S.; the growing number of Jewish aged; Jewish education and culture; the growing Jewish constituency of the unmarried; combatting anti- Semitism, as well as many other problems faced now by the American Jewish community locally, nationally and inter- nationally. Scheduled to succeed Morton Mandel of Cleveland as CJF president is Martin E. Citrin of Detroit, a CJF vice president who served as president of the Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation and is a nationally prominent Jewish leader active in Jewish affairs. He is a member of the board of directors of the United Jewish Appeal, a member of the board of governors of the Jewish Agency, and has taken part in conferences in Washington between the State De- partment and Jewish leaders, representing the CJF and the organized Jewish communities in the United States. will give our people Israel the invincible Square Dance Set Saturday strength to endure any adversity in an increasingly unstable world. Become a supporter of Lubavitch — and acquire. a precious hebrew letter for each member of your family in this once-in-a-lifetime Seler Torah for Jewish Cindy. "15 use, 'At At Boris Smolar's Am. ■■■■ 11 I ,cu ■ ale-el Tickets are still available callers and lead the danc- for the first annual fall fling ing. Families, singles and square dance sponsored by teens of at least Bar Mitzva the sisterhood of Cong. Bnai age and older are invited. Israel of West Bloomfield, Admission is nominal. scheduled to be held 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the For information and synagogue. reservations, call Arlene "The Farrs" will be the Weingarten, 851-1070.