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The Detroit Chapter of
The American Technion Society
cordially invites you to attend its
37th Annual Dinner
Monday, October 21, 1985
Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills
Guest Speaker
Winston S. Churchill, M.P.
Vice-President,
British Technion Society
Dress Optional
6:15 p.M. - Cocktails
7:00 p.m.
-
Dinner
R.S.V.P.
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For information and reservations, please call the Technion office, 559 - 5190
$125 per person for the
Technion Endowment Fund
LOCAL NEWS
Hadassah Dedicates New
Davidson House Sept. 29
The Greater Detroit Chapter
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The community is invited to
the dedication ceremonies and to
the open house-reception follow-
ing. The celebration also marks
the 70th anniversary of the
Hadassah organization in De-
troit.
According to Diane Klein,
president of the Greater Detroit
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Newman, president of
HadassahHouse Inc., and
chairman of the Hadassah
House Building Committee, the
purchase of the new building,
the remodeling, refurbishing,
and refurnishing was made
possible with a gift to Hadassah
House, Inc., from Mr. and Mrs.
Byron ("Dottie" Davidson) Ger-
son, William "Bill" Davidson,
and other contributors. Their
funds will maintain the build-
ing.
Specially designated rooms in
the new Hadassah House are:
the Fannie and Morse Saulson
Auditorium, the Lillian and
Frank Wetsman Reception Area,
the Mina and Theodore
Bargman Lounge and the
Suzanne and Jerome Kaufman
Family Conference Center.
Rabbi Irwin Groner, spiritual
leader of Cong. Shaarey Zedek,
has been invited to affix the
mezuzah. Mrs. Newman will as-
sist Rabbi Groner.
Co-chairmen of the dedication
are: Edythe Jackier, a past
president of the Detroit Chapter
of Hadassah; Evelyne Tobias,
who is compiling and writing a
history of Hadassah in Detroit;
and Melba Winer, a chapter
past president. Sally Soberman
and Virginia Hoffman are social
chairmen for the dedication.
Ceil Kliger Ruda is chairman of
public relations.
Susan Yorke, chapter vice
president, is on the building
committee.
Hadassah House Inc. officers
in addition to President New-
man include, Vice President
Toba Smokier, whose late hus-
band Mr. Bert Smokier was one
of the original contributors to
and overseers of the Hadassah
House; Treasurer Julian Tobias,
whose wife, Evelyne, is Hadas-
sah historian; and Annette
Meskin, immediate past
president of Greater Detroit
Hadassah, and a member of the
building committee.
The Hadassah House Inc.,
board of trustees, in addition to
the above-named officers in-
cludes: Jean and Samuel
Frankel, Dorothy and Byron
Gerson, Diane and Dr. Jerome
Hauser, Edythe and Joseph Jac-
kier, Suzanne and Jerome
Kaufman, Diane and Emery
Klein, Buena and Dr. Max Lich-
ter, Russell Meskin, Albert
Diane Klein
Newman, Blanche and David
Pollack, Mrs. Tobias, Leah and
Charles Snider and Melba and
Sidney Winer.
In the 1920s, the late
attorney/philanthropist Mr.
Irwin Cohn and his wife Sadie,
donated a tract of land on Or-
chard Lake Road to West
Bloomfield Township, designat-
ing that a structure be built on
the site to house and provide
cultural opportunities for the
citizens of the community. Con-
sequently, this is where the
township library was built —
and on which now stands the
new Hadassah House.
In 1912, the late Henrietta
Szold founded Hadassah in Bal-
timore, Md.
In 1915, she came to Detroit
as a friend of the Joseph
Wetsman family. During the
visit, Miss Szold inspired the
late Dora Ehrlich and two
others who are still active mem-
bers of the Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah, Sarah "Sal" Wetsman
Davidson and Fannie Wetsman
Saulson, to organize a Hadassah
group in Detroit. These three
women are in the original group
calling themselves the "Hadas-
sah Zion Society."
Miriam Hershman, wife of the
late Rabbi Abraham M. Her-
shman, then spiritual leader of
Cong. Shaarey Zedek and
daughter of the E. Lewin Eps-
teins who were among the ear-
liest pioneers in Palestine in the
1800s, became the first
president.
When the membership grew
too large meet in private
homes, the Wetsman family
gave space above the Avalon
Theater which they owned. La-
ter, Hadassah rented a store at
Linwood and Joy Road.
In 1920, a Junior Hadassah
Group was formed, and by 1927,
Detroit's Hadassah organization
reached a membership roster of
over 1,000 women. Today, there
are 6,000 membertelocally.
In 1955, Ms. Ehrlich appealed
for and received' contributions
from the late Mr. Theodore
Bargman, Mr. Israel Davidson,
Mr. Smokier and Mr. Wetsman
for a building on Seven Mile Rd.
in Detroit. This was the begin-
ning of Hadassah House, Inc.
South Oakland County had
started its own. Hadassah organ-
ization in 1951, Mrs. Arthur
Winer was its first president. In
1968,, the Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah (which began in 1915)