20 Friday, May 25, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS NEWS • MCP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Luncheon, lecture by MSU prof mark Historical Society 25th 1935-1984 50TH ANNIVERcARY Rc October 19, 20 & 21, 1984 Inn On The Park — Toronto For further information contact Toronto: Box 124, 238 Davenport Road, Toronto M5R 1J6 (416) 923.7176 BY TEDD SCHNEIDER Staff Writer Detroit Contact: Sara Frank (313) 646-7366 YOUR KEY TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECURITY Alarm Systems FROM$499. 0 ° Call now for FREE Security Inspection (313) 669-2206 1-800-336-9932 INTRUSION MEDICAL inicE-LICEIVE NERVICE1 Inc. the security people • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I • • • • • • • • • • • THIS IS WHAT WE TAKE IN • "PRIDE" EVERYTHING WE DO FOR YOU. • • • • • • • DRAPERIES • BEDSPREADS • BLANKETS • (Cleaned or Laundered) • • • WINDOW SHADES • LAMPSHADES • PILLOWS • VENETIAN BLINDS (Cleaned, retaped & re-corded) • • ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU MAY HAVE — IF IT CAN BE • CLEANED, WE'LL CLEAN IT AND CLEAN IT PROPERLY • • Att. 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The Jewish storekeeper who burns down his unpro- fitable business to collect the insurance money; Jews drawn with hooked noses and diamond stick pins in their lapels; overdressed, overfed and overbearing Jewish women — all were popular stereotypes propa- gated by the top newspaper and magazine cartoonists of the late 19th Century in the United States and Europe, according to Prof. Appel. "Leading the parade of occupational stereotypes for cartoon Jews was the pawnbroker, known in both England and America as `uncle,' " Prof. Appel said. He explained the origin of the term as coming from a New York comedian who made numerous references to his four nephews working in a pawn shop. Appearances and occupa- tions weren't the only Jewish characteristics sav- agely lampooned in carica- tures drawn by artists such as Thomas Nast, the MSU professor said. "Jewish names furnished humorous suggestions for puns by car- toonists — Eastern Euro- peans because their names ended with 'sky' and the Germans, who were made up of a collection of 'steins.' " Prof. Appel, who pre- sented a series of slides in conjunction with the lec- ture, pointed out that some of the cartoons illustrated the economic tensions divid- ing the segments of the Jewish community in America during the period. The established German- Jews, who had come to the United States in the early part of the 19th century, were, by century's end, feel- ing the pressure of the social discrimination resulting from the immigration of their impoverished Eastern European counterparts. In honor of the Historical Society's 25th anniversary, State Sen. Jack Faxon pre- sented a pair of resolutions to the organization's outgo- ing president, Bette Roth. The first resolution was in- troduced in the Senate by MSU Professor John Appel prepares slides for his lecture during the 25th anniversary luncheon of the Michigan Jewish Historical Society last Sunday. Faxon and the second was introduced in the House and signed by the six Jewish members of the state legis- lature. Program chairman Eve- lyn Noveck noted greetings from U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Don Riegle, U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, Jacob R. Marcus of the American Jewish Historical Society and others. The society also installed its officers for 1984-1985. They are: Stanley N. Meretsky, president; Le- nore Miller and Evelyn Noveck, vice presidents; Ida Levine, treasurer; Adele Staller, recording secretary; Ann Abrams, correspond- ing secretary; and Esther Klein, financial secretary. Elected to the board of di- rectors were: Leonard An- tel, Sarah Bell, Carol Altman Bromberg, Walter L. Field, Carol Finerman, Bernard Friedman, Morris Friedman, George Goldstone, Laurence Im- erman, Reuben Levine and Judy Nolish. Also, Harold Norris, Pat- ricia Pilling, Abraham Satovsky, Bette Schein, Oscar D. Schwartz, Irwin Shaw, Howard B. Sherizen, Betty Starkman, George M. Stutz, H. Saul Sugar, Lee Waldbott and Janis Waxenberg. Weisenthal Center pushes for Wallenberg memorial Budapest (JTA) — On the occasion of the 40th an- niversary of the destruction of the Hungarian Jewish • community by the Nazis during World War II, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's mission of remembrance and renewal held substan- tive discussions last week with Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Istaban Sarlos, covering a wide range of issues, according to the World Jewish Congress (WJC). While thanking the Hun- garian government for its progressive policies vis-a- vis its 100,000 Jewish citi- zens (the Jewish commu- nity has a vibrant and au- tonomous cultural and reli- giout life), and while ex- pressing the hope that it would serve as a model for the other Eastern block countries, officials of the Wiesenthal Center urged the government of Hungary to establish a permanent memorial on Raoul Wallen- berg Street. The street is situated in the heart of the area where the Swedish dip- lomat sheltered tens of thousands of Jews in "safe houses" during the last months of World War II. Rabbi Marvin Hier, Wie- senthal Center Dean and head of the delegation, said "After all, Raoul Wallen- berg not only saved 100,000 Jewish lives, he zedeemed the good name of Hung' by thwartig the plans Nazi fascists to eliminate the entire Hungarian Jewish community." Space tests Jerusalem (JTA) — Prof. Shmuel Shoshan, a Hebrew University scientist, has been invited by the Euro- pean Space Agency (ESA) to submit proposals for bio- medical experiments in space related to the phe- nomenon of weightlessness.