THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

BNAI BRITH

BBWomen Are Studying A Split
From International B'nai B'rith

Washington — The executive
board of B'nai B'rith Women re-
solved to develop a plan to termi-
nate its present relationship with
B'nai B'rith International.
The proposed plan will be pre-
sented to a special delegate as-
sembly of B'nai B'rith Women this
June and, the final plan of action
will then be presented to the
membership of B'nai B'rith
Women, Inc. in March 1986 at its
biennial convention.
The resolution was introduced,
on the recommendation of a com-
mittee appointed to study the fu-
ture of BBW, as the result of a
decision last fall by B'nai B'rith
International to admit women
into its own ranks.
The resolution, overwhelm-
ingly adopted by the executive
board stated "Resolved: B'nai
B'rith Women, Inc. shall develop a
plan to terminate its relationship
with B'nai B'rith International, to
be submitted with appropraite

constitutional amendments, for
adoption at the 1986 biennial
convention of B'nai B'rith
Women, Inc."
BBW National President Be-
verly Davis commented after the
vote "BBW has been moving in
this direction for a long time. We
have a fundamental mission,
which is to meet the needs and
respond to the interests of Jewish
women. It seems clearer and
clearer that this can best be done
by an organization that puts
women at the center of its
priorities and its programming."
B'nai B'rith Women's leader-
ship will spend the next several
months talking to their member-
ship about the potential of a new
organization. A series of "Town
Hall" meetings have been
scheduled in 50 cities to poll the
membership and to gather their
perspectives and interests for a
separate and new Jewish women's
organization. In addition, 15

Deputy Knesset Speaker
Due For Einstein Event

Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
Dov Ben Meir will be the guest
speaker at the B'nai B'rith Albert
Einstein Lodge and Chapter
dinner dance on behalf of Israel
bonds, slated to take place at 5:30
p.m. April 28 at Adat Shalom
Synagogue. Lodge member Fred
Ferber will receive the State of
Israel's "New Life" Award.
Ben Meir, a leading personality
in Israel's public life, is also de-
puty mayor of Tel Aviv. He has
served as secretary of the Tel Aviv
Labor Council.
General chairman of the dinner
is Jack Seiderman; co-chairman is
Sigmunt Rubin. Israel Bond
chairmen for the lodge and the
chapter are Henry Dorfman and
Hermine Hirsch, respectively.
For dinner reservations, call
Seiderman, 548-7252; Lola Pines,

Dov Ben Meir

352-5035; or the Israel Bond
office, 557-2900.

DETROIT CHAPTER will see
The Precious Legacy exhibit at
the Detroit Institute of Arts on
Thursday, meeting at 9 a.m. at
the main United Hebrew Schools
for bus transportation. For reser-
vations, call Helen Lipton, 352-
1711; or Rita Weston, 557-5462.

p.m. Wednesday at the Franklin
Pointe Apts. club house. Florence
Schreier of the speakers bureau of
the Detroit Institute of Arts will
show a slide program on The Pre-
cious Legacy. New members are
welcome. For reservations call
Helene Robbins, 644-8583.

LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CHAP-
TER will have its annual instal-
lation, celebrating its 40th an-
niversary, Wednesday at 12:15
p.m. at the Knob Woods Apt. club
house. It will be a catered lunch-
eon, and there is a charge. Reser-
vations are being taken by Rose
Pogats, 967-4068; Betty Stewart,
557-3117; and Jean Katz, 559-
4174. Vice President of Program,
Evelyn Berger, announces the
Stratford String Quartette, under
the direction of Beatrice Fine, will
entertain. Gerry Feldman, past
president, will be the chairman of
the day. Bea Fealk, past president
of B'nai B'rith Women's District
Six, will be the installing officer.
Guests are invited.

AVIV CHAPTER will hold its
annual installation at 6:30 p.m.
Monday at Pasquale's restaurant,
3815 N. Woodward, Royal Oak.
There is a charge, and guests are
welcome. For reservations, call
Thelma Victor, 399-9284; or Ellie
Natinsky, 547-7512. There will be
a cash bar.
Officers to be installed are:
Diana Katz and Madelyne Fried-
man, co-presidents; Ms.
Natinsky, adminstrative vice
president; Enid Flaisher, com-
munications vice president;
Helen Phillips, fund-raising vice
president; Elaine Glenn, mem-
bership vice president; Linda Be-
rman, programming vice
president; Esther Weitzman,
corresponding secretary; Susan
Bilsky, financial secretary; and
Ms. Victor, recording secretary.

GALILEE CHAPTER will have
a paid-up membership dinner at 7

are
conferences
regional
scheduled - in major cities
throughout the country to explore
organizational options with
regional leaders and grassroots
members.
B'nai B'rith Women, Inc. cur-
rently affiliated with B'nai B'rith
International, is a Jewish
women's service and advocacy
organization. It has more than
120,000 members in 834 chapters
in the United States and Canada,
and is headquartered in Washing-
ton, D.C.

Editor To Speak
At ZOA Forum

Kenneth Wollack, co-editor of
Middle East Policy Survey and
former legislative director of the
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee (AIPAC), will address
a public forum Thursday at 8 p.m.
at Cong. Beth Shalom, it was an-
nounced by Leonard S. Herman,
president of Metro Detroit ZOA,
and Rabbi David A. Nelson,
spiritual leader of Cong. Beth
Shalom, co-sponsors of the public
forum.
Wollack will discuss "U.S.-
Israel Relations: _Cooperation or
Confrontation?"
Wollack has been actively in-
volved in national politics and
American diplomacy since 1972
and meets frequently with senior
American, Israeli and Arab polit-
ical leaders.
Wollack also writes regularly
for the Los Angeles Times and Is-
rael's Maariv and has been a fre-
quent commentator on the
MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour,
Cable News- Network and Na-
tional Public Radio. He has
travelled extensively in the Mid-
dle East, including frequent visits
to Israel, Jordan, Egypt and most
recently Iraq, where he inter-
viewed Israeli and Arab leaders.
During his years at AIPAC,
Wollack testified before numer-
ous Congressional committees on
U.S. policy in the Middle East.
A graduate of Earlham College
in Richmond, Ind., Wollack has
also taken gradaute courses at the
University of London.
The public forum is open to the
public free of charge.

Kenneth Wollack

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