THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Ii Charles Benham Gets Interfaith Acclaim Marking Notable Round Table Leadership ague ~ II elf pfjotograptjp 477.6664 Weddings and Bar Mitzvas --....■■■,,,■=11.111/Mill,"11,' Three decades of dedi- cated labors for the ad- vancement of interfaith ac- tivities in the U.S. and Canada inspired a gather- ing of-representatives of all faiths in a salutation to the chief guide in these efforts. MARC ANKERMAN Disc Jockey "The Best Music in Town" Parties, Dances & Special Occasions 546-5797-544-0454 LIGHTS - SOUND EXPERIENCE NOW. AND FOR THE FUTURE. The Jewish Defense League works to accomplish several things: 1) Change the Jewish image and teach the anti-Semite that Jewish blood is not cheap. 2) Protect Jewish property, per- sons, and lives by letting the - Jew-hater know that he is in danger of losing his. 3) Destroy the Jewish fears that contribute so much en- couragement to the anti- Semite. The JDL aims to instill self-respect and self-pride in a Jew who is ashamed of himself for running away. 4) Teach the Jew that the pain of every Jew is his own pain and that it is his obligation to do all that is necessary to defend another Jew. • P.O. Box 2435, Southfield, Mich. 48034 357-5449 NEVER AGAIN. WC. Trojan 63 Charles C. Benham, who side in Detroit. directed the work of the De- "Son of C. Trojan" Robert A. Arcand, who troit Round Table of the Na- has served as associate di- tional Conference of Christ- CUSTOM FURNITURE rector of the Detroit office, ians and Jews since 1970, & CARPET CLEANING will succeed Benham. A r- heard expressions of ap- ON LOCATION cand joined NCCJ in 1978. preciation for his untiring FREE ESTIMATES He is a graduate of Michi- devotion at a reception Phone gan State University and a Tuesday at the Round Table 576-1140 Detroit resident. headquarters, 150 W. Bos- ton Blvd., honoring him on his retirement which goes of SINCE 1959 ifito effect at the end of this Call Now For month. Free Home Estimates Benham served as direc- RESIDENTIAL-COMMERCIAL tor of the Greater Philadel- phia and Southern New 1 Jersey Region from 1960 to CHARLES BENHAM 1969 following initial serv- ice as director of NCCJ's is a 1921 Austrian film about the life of Theodor Connecticut-Western Massachusetts Region from Herzl. Benham says his film 1952 to 1959. In 1973, Be- collection "constitutes a fas- CUSTOM SHUTTERS CUSTOM WOVEN WOODS nham was appointed a na- cinating social history and reflection of people's at- Horizontal & Vertical tional, field director for by Joanna, Delmar, titudes and relationships." By Joanna, Mastercraft NCCJ in addition to his Graber He plans to do research Michigan duties, with liaison and administrative into this area during his FREE INSTALLATION responsibilities to NCCJ semi-retirement. He will offices in the Midwest. He continue a role with the was named a vice president NCCJ, serving as part-time field director representing of NCCJ in 1976. VERTICAL BLINDS A 1938 gradutate of NCCJ national president HORIZONTAL 1" blind$ aluminum decorator Washington College, Dr. David Hyatt in liaison - many decorator colors cloths & suedes, P.V.C., Maryland, where he ma- with NCCJ regional offices by LEVOLOR macrame, wood • jored in sociology, he has in the central states, in studied at the New eluding offices in Detroit, excluding previous orders School for Social Re- Minneapolis, Milwaukee HOUSE of 559-4888 and Omaha. search in New York City SHUTTERS 25511 SOUTHFIELD RD., SOUTHFIELD' Benham and his wife and the workshop in In- _ - Florence will continue to re- tergroup Education, University of Maine. Dur- ing World War II, he served for five years with the Counter-Intelligence Corps of the U.S. Army in the European Theater, If I Can't Beat Your Best Deal returning to peace-time activity as a volunteer worker with the Ameri- can League For A Free 6 Mile, 1 Blk. W. of Schaefer Palestine in New York City. During his Philadelphia NCCJ directorship, the first ARNOLD MARGOLIS annual national parent- INTERIOR youth workshop on "Rear- Featuring: Beauty Rest by Simmons and DECORATOR ing Children of Good Will" all other national brands SERVICE was initiated and developed at Radnor, Pa.; bringing to- gether adult and youth leaders from across the •SCHOOLFIELD •SELIG •SIMMONS •SEALY •SERTA •SPRING AIR •LA-Z- country for a week-long, in- BOY •STIFFEL LAMPS • KROEHLER •AMERICAN •BURLINGTON •BASSETT tvlsive live-together ex- •BARCALOUNGER 'LANE •UNIQUE perience with focus on the 13703 W. McNichols 342-5351 Mrs. Mon thru Sat. 9:30 til 5:30 effects of group discrimina- tion on children and youth. In Detroit, he initiated the "After-Breakfast Dialogue on EEO" to pro- vide a sustained opportun- ity for informal dialogue among persons from man- agement, unions and the community (In needs in achieving equality of PHOTOGRAPHERS employment opportunity. He serves as coordinator 14000 WEST LINCOLN BLVD. — OAK PARK, MICHIGAN 48237 for the Michigan Institute on Community Relations COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE and the Administration of Justice, and is the organizer • FULL LINE OF INVITATIONS of the Detroit Interfaith Coordinating Committee • WEDDINGS On The Holocaust to further understanding of the les- • BAR MITZVAHS sons of the Nazi Holocaust as they apply to people of all • BAT MITZVAHS faiths today. Benham's chief hobby is a collection of more than 400 silent motion PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST pictures, both fiction and documentary, produced between 1896 and 1930 in the U.S. and abroad. Included in his collection HOUSE SHUTTERS r CUSTOM WINDOW SHADES 50% OFF 40% OFF 50% OFF 50% OFF 5 LBS. OF MATZO Margolis Household Furniture MATTRESS SALE Furniture and Bedding 0Coge/ 44`2 JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE .NEVER AGAIN- Friday, December 18, 1981 398-4700