- 62 Friday, January 15, 1982 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS AJCongress Files Brief in NY Book-Banning Case Bnai Brith Activities DETROIT BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CHAPTER will meet 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Whitehall Apts. club house. Melvern Wilner will pre- sent a program on "Judaism and the. Women's Role." Guests, male and female, are invited. Refreshments spouses are welcome. For reservations, call Allen will be served. For informa- tion, call Mae Berman, 553-3522. Glass, 553-9300, during business hours. There is a nominal charge. Entertainment will be pro- vided. REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION LODGE will hold its instal- * * * PISGAH LODGE will lation of officers 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Sussex House restaurant. Guests and hold its installation dinner-dance honoring new and outgoing officers 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at the main Jewish Community Center. Cocktails will be served at 6. There is a charge. Rela- tives and friends are in- vited. Officers to be installed are: William Zawierucha, president; Marty Bernstein, Sandy Burnstein, Jamie Fields, vice presidents; David Brodman, secretary; Harry Shumaker, trea- surer; John Anstandig, fi- nancial secretary; Emil Feiner, warden; and Sam Kadushin, guardian. Trustees are: Henry Zaft, Sam Lipson, Michael Pod- lesny, Albert Siegle, Ber- nard Luchtan, Milton Weinstein, Jack Greenblatt, Leon Riker, Charles Goldstein, Morris Jerry Rogers, left, of the Detroit Committee for Burnstein and Edward Soviet Jewry, presents Judge Damon J. Keith with a Bean. Judge Honored for Efforts on Behalf of Soviet Jews ence Hyman, Howard Schulist and David Sternfeld, vice presidents; Elliott Ring, recording sec- retary; Irving Yellin, corre- sponding secretary; Michael Zipser, financial secretary and treasurer; and Irwin Alpern, Marc Be- lsky, Floyd Bornstein, Lawrence Brown, David Chudnow, Paul Dizik, Gor- don Hollander, Milton Kaminsky, Charles Kaye, Philip Liner, Ernest Turken and Kenneth Volk, trus- tees. Guest speaker will be at- torney Stanley Bershad, who will give a talk on "Al- ternatives for the Finan- cially Distressed Business." The program will qualify for two CPE credits. A board meeting will pre- cede at 7. Guests are wel- come. * * * DETROIT CHAPTER humanitarian award "for his concern and efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry" at last month's Women's Plea for Soviet Jewry convened by Bnai Brith. will meet noon Wednesday at the Sutton Place Apts. club house. Mickey Lakin, past president of District 6, will speak on "Lest We Forget." Games and prizes will follow. Guests are in- vited. For reservations, call Dorothy Ball, 358-1825; Marian Gabe, 557-2093; or Annette Hagenjos, 342- 8448. The Jewish News is ... * * * FRANCES SOLOVICH CHAPTER will meet 8 p.m. Monday in the home of Annette Newman, 4288 Southmoor, West Bloom- field. A fashion show will follow the meeting. Guests are welcome. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. For details, call Bernice Ellis, 355-1257. * * * ACCOUNTANTS UNIT Your window to thz world 1. order a subscription or gift subscription today! .......N.B.......u..m.............i The Jewish News 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 I Gentlemen: Please send a (gift) subscription: NAME ADDRESS CITY From: STATE ZIP I 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 I I I If gift state occasion $15 enclosed Soimmilomomosommolosommoossummoolionommil ❑ will meet and hold its in- stallation 7:30 p.m. Thurs- day in the Dubin Meeting Room of the Bnai Brith building. Arthur C. Schott, past president of the Bnai Brith Metropolitan Detroit Council, will be the instal- ling officer. Officers to be installed are: James Grey, president; Michael Feldman, Lawr- No Acceptance CAIRO (ZINS) — Syrian President Hafez al-Assad recently told a Kuwaiti newspaper that Syria would never accept the existence of Israel. He said Syria would never try to recover the Golan Heights by "means of capitulation," such as "Sadat had done." He said that even if the Palestine Liberation Organization made a settlement with Is- rael "Syria would never capitulate." NEW YORK — The American Jewish Congress has filed a friend-of-the- court brief on behalf of 14 religious, educational and professional groups in the U.S. Supreme Court case involving a Long Island school board's action in banning certain books from school libraries. The AJCongress brief contends that the removal of nine books that had been condemned by a small, con- servative parents groups violates the First Amend- ment of the Constitution and was motivated not by educational values, but by "impermissible ideological considerations." The books removed from school library shelves in- cluded Bernard Malamud's "The Fixer," "The Best Short Stories of Negro and Writers" "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Argentine Jewish Soldiers Aided NEW YORK — Jewish members of Argentina's armed forces no longer have to petition each year for spe- cial permission to observe the High Holy Days. The Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith dis- cussed the matter last summer with General - Leopoldo Galtieri, Argenti- na's president. Gen. Gal- tieri issued a directive in time for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur authorizing leave for all Jewish military personnel requesting it and listing the dates for the High Holy Days until the year 1990. Composer Weiner Mourned NEW YORK — Music, academic and religious cir- cles paid tribute this week to Lazar Weiner, a composer of Yiddish art songs, litur- gical music, cantatas and operas, who died Jan. 10 at age 84. A native of Russia, Mr. Weiner came to the U.S. in 1914. He taught seminars in the Yiddish art song at Hebrew Union College, the Jewish Theological Semi- nary of America and at the 92nd Street Y in New York. In the 1920s, he was a vocal coach for many noted singers and a composer for musical comedies produced at the Second Avenue Thea- ter, a center for Yiddish productions. Mr. Weiner was the music director of the Central Synagogue for 44 years and directed the Workmen's Circle B. Williams Frank Friedman Benjamin Williams, a kosher butcher for 43 years died Jan. 9 at age 74. Born in Windsor, Mr. Williams lived in Detroit since 1958. He was the owner of Williams Kosher Meats and Poultry in Windsor from 1934 to 1958. When he came to Detroit he worked in the kosher meat and poultry business until his retirement in 1977. He was a member of. the Businessmen's Club of the Jewish Community Center and past vice president and hospitality chairman of the club. He was a member of Local 632 and was a former vice president and treasurer of that local. Mr. Williams also was a member of T.O.T. Frank 0. Friedman, owner of the Avondale Con- valescent Home in Roches- ter, died Jan. 8 at age 57. Born in Bay City, Mr. Friedman owned the con- valescent home since 1971. He was active in efforts on behalf of Israel Bonds and was a member of its Prime Minister's Club. He was a member of Is- rael Lodge of Bnai Brith, Oak Park Lodge of the Ma- sons, Men's ORT and Cong. Beth Shalom, of which he was a founder. He leaves a son, Dr. Richard; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Nancy) Silver- man; a sister, Mrs. Eli (Dora) Dorfman; and five grandchildren. He leaves his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Mrs. Jeffrey (Judy) Dunn and Mrs. Michael (Arlene) Lane; three brothers, Calman of North Miami Beach, Fla., Lester and Dr. H. Willis of Pittsburgh; a sister, Mrs. Alexander (Faye) Bobkin; and three grandchildren. Solomon Cohen Solomon (Sol) Cohen, founder and owner of the Ida Mellen Podoliak, a Union Home Improvement tailor of men's clothing, Co., died Jan. 12 at age 65. A native Detroiter, Mr. died Jan. 7 at age 87. Born in Russia, Mrs. Cohen was retired. He was a Podoliak lived 64 years in_ member of Perfection Lodge Detroit. She was a member of the Masons and its golf of the Amalgamated Clo- and bowling leagues. He thing Workers of America, also was a member of Cres- International Workers cent Shrine Club. He leaves his wife, Order and Jewish Folk Maxine; two daughters, Chorus. She leaves a son, Albert Mrs. Allen (Bonnie) Levine Mellen; a daughter, Mrs. and Mrs. Ralph (Renee) Oscar (Lillian) Genser; five Ruffini; a sister, Mrs. Mil- grandchildren, six great- ton (Marge) Snyder of New grandchildren and one York; and two great-great-granddaughter. grandchildren. Ida Podoliak Chorus. He was the host of the weekly radio broadcast, "The Message of Israel." Among his compositions is "The Golem," which was performed last May at the Y. Arthur Newman Arthur J. Newman, a tool analyst and supervisor at Ford Motor Co., died Jan. 9 at age 75. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, Mr. Newman held his position at Ford for 47 years. He was retired. He was a member of Perfection Lodge of the Masons and Cong. Beth Abraham Hillel Moses. He leaves his wife, Ann; a daughter, Lois; four brothers, Louis, Mitchell, Mack of San Francisco, Calif., and Carl of Los Angeles, Calif.; and two grandchildren. F. Sapperstein Fannie Sapperstein, a member of Jewish com- munal organizations, died Jana 9 at age 85. Born in Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Sapperstein was a member of Temple Beth El, Jewish War Veterans Aux- iliary, Hadassah and Sinai Hospital Guild. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Newton (Ileene) Levin; a sister, Mrs. Lena Leise of Silver Spring, Md.; two granddaughters and three great-grandchildren. Louis Cohen Louis Cohen, retired co- owner of Louis Cohen and Son Kosher Meats in Oak Park, died Jan. 12. Born in Poland, Mi Cohen lived many years in Detroit prior to retiring to North Lauderdale, Fla. He retired in 1965. He leaves a son, Allan; a daughter, Mrs. Max (Esther) Kaufman of North Lauderdale; a brother, David of Los Angeles, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Bessie Moer- man; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.