58 Friday, December 2, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS MR MI IN • IN MN 1. ND I•1 IM1 Stamp Honors Rabbi Bar-Ilan (*. VALUABLE COUPON 50% Off On ALL Drycleaning jN 3 locations to serve you at 9 Mile, Southfield 22185 Coolidge 31555 W. 10 Mile 23043 Beech at 9 Mile, Oak Park at Orchard Lake, Farmington Coupon must be presented with 'order — Expires Dec. 16th mow JERUSALEM — Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan, spiritual leader, outstanding or- ganizer, man of action and leader of religious Zionism, was born in Volozhin, in Lithuania, in 1880 and died in Jerusalem in 1949. He was an active Zionist from his very early days, one of the founders of Miz- rachi — the religious- Zionist movement — and one of its first leaders. At the Seventh Zionist Con- gress in 1911 he was made a member of the Mizrachi Executive and General- Secretry of the World Miz- rachi movement. From then on, he was the guiding spirit of the movement and its ef- fective leader. It was he who coined the motto of Mizrachi — "Eretz Israel for the people of Israel in accordance with the Law of Israel" and he explained, "There are not three sepa- rate principles, but three revelations of a single unity — the complete Judaism." As a result of his ef- forts, the Mizrachi movement in many coun- tries grew in strength. Rabbi Bar-Ilan devoted his energies not only to Mizrachi, but also to the problems of world Furs by Ceresnie & Offen Jewry. He was one of the founders of the American Jewish Joint Distribu- tion Committee and served as its vice president and cultural officer. In 1925, he was appointed a member of the Executive of the Jewish National Fund. In 1926, he emigrated to Eretz Israel where he took over the leadership of the Mizrachi movement and, as a member of the World Zionist Executive, was responsible for extend- ing aid to victims of the riots -in the Holy Land. He opposed the idea of a bi-national state and the program of "Brit Shalom" and was against the expul- sion of the Revisionists from the Zionist Organization. He wrote a number of books including an auto- biography "From Vol- ozhin to Jerusalem" and a book on his father, Rabbi Zvi Judah Berlin. He initiated the issue of the Talmudic Encyclopedia, the publi- cation of the works of Rabbi Kook, and the Is- rael edition of the com- plete Mishna. Youll Love ur Holklay Wrapping Save 25-40% on the gift of a lifetime A holiday she won't forget. Just wrap one of our exquisite fur fashions around herlhoulders. A beautiful sfection in mink, fox, sable, lynx, raccoon and more Reffiernber -urs are not for women only. You'll find a handsome collection of furs for men also The Meir Forest in the Gush Etzion area was planted in his honor and the American Mizrachi 0rgan- ization founded Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan as a living memorial. The uni- versity is the depository , of his writings, corre- spondence and papers. In 1937, Rabbi Bar-Ilan was one of the heads of the inter-party group that op- posed the plan for the parti- tion of Eretz Israel proposed by the Peel Commission. He took part in the round-table discussions with the British government in London, but when the anti-Zionist aims of the talks became clear, he vehemently demanded their suspension. His re- quest being rejected, he walked out. 2540% off. When the Mandatory government published its White Paper in 1939 he recommended a policy of non-cooperation with the authorities in Eretz Is- rael. Ladies and Gentlemen Ali 181 South Woodward Ave., 1 Block South of Maple next to the Birmingham Theatre Free Adjacent Parking • 642-1690 Hours: Daily 9:30-5:30, Thurs. & Fri. 9:30-8:30 furs ranch rased or governrnenl conirorieci ono •obeleci ro show country 01 01191 After the establishment of the state of Israel, he or- ganized a committee of people learned in religious law to provide answers to the state's legal problems, which would be firmly based on religious law. He was the originator and or- ganizer of the United Reli- gious Front in the First Knesset. Rabbi Bar-Ilan also de- voted himself to problems of Jewish religious education, and when World War II broke out, he organized "Mi- fal Ha-Tora" which ex- teAded aid to yeshivot and helped to save the remnants of the Torah centers in Europe. He also found time for writing. In Berlin and later, in New York, he edited and published "Ha-Ivri," the Mizrachi weekly and was later the founder and editor-in-chief of "Ha-Zofe" daily newspaper.