. 8 r. Friday, december 13, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS PURELY COMMENTARY Continued from Page 2 Significance Of Holocaust Events • YOU'LL FIND MORE PARTS IN THE BRACELET OF THIS AWARD-WINNING THALASSA THAN YOU WILL IN A ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINE: You're looking at the bracelet of what is perhaps the most beautiful watch in the world: the award-winning Thalassa. We've taken it apart to make a point about the excellence of this superb, water-resistant timepiece. In the pell-mell rush to praise technology, people often lose sight of the thing that makes watchmaking the art it is: handcrafting. Jean Lassale never forgets. It takes us 656 parts to craft each exquisite gold and steel Thalassa bracelet. Twelve to a link. Fifty-six more than in the engine of a Silver Cloud: which has a mere 600 major moving parts. Every single one of those parts is slipped precisely into place by hand. If you've ever struggled with the tiny parts of a model ship you know what that entails. Perhaps we could have built this Thalassa bracelet with fewer parts. But then, it wouldn't be as supple, as flexible, or as fitting. With fewer parts, Thalassa might still have won the Laurel d'Or in Monte Carlo as Watch of the Year. And no one would have noticed. But we'd know. And you'd know. And that makes all the difference in the world to us. OJE AN LASSALE s.a. Geneve Perhaps the most beautiful watch in the world. j ewe I I ers 3001 West Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan 48084 The names - Rolls-Royce" and "Silver Cloud" are registered trademarks • There are 600 major internal moving parts in the engine of the Rolls•Royce Silver Lioua Retention of the limelight on the Holocaust Center is justified by the seminars conducted in the interest of human rights and historical truisms. The local Holocaust Center is very young calendar-wise. In ac- tivism it provides guidance and studies of its purposes for peoples of all faiths. This has become evident in the seminar series that have al- ready been conducted ecumeni- cally, with concern that corrects previous communal errors. An example of the important achievements was provided dur- ing the past week when some 150 students from area high schools, perhaps 95 percent of the students being of Christian faiths, gathered at the Holocaust Memorial Center to hear, see, discuss the revelations in the important settings. Such have been the inspired efforts by non-Jews like the Rev. James Lyons, concerned Jews like Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig, Dr. John Mames and their associ- ates who cover all religious and social areas to inspire participa- tion in the studies made possible by the guidelines of the impor- tant seminars. This is a recording of facts and the cementing of devotional concerns that assure the mottoes of righteousness and never forgetting the Nazi crimes. That's a way of preventing re- currence of the horrors. Detroit Jewish History In Works? Leonard N. Simons Every recorded incident of Jewish achievement and occur- rence supplements historical re- cords. There is much to be as- sembled for a properly re- searched history of this commu- nity. Detroit is perhaps the only major American Jewish commu- nity still without a published Jewish history. The shortcoming is soon to be corrected. Without breaking confidence, since the subject has been under scrutiny for several years, it can be predicted that the Detroit Jewish history will be a reality, perhaps the coming Maich.. The highly respectd Prof. Robert Rockaway of Tel Aviv Univer- sity, the former native Detroiter who had a professional post at the University of Texas before going to Israel, is the author of the first portion of the projected history leading up to the late 1930s. Whatever is published always depends on constantly dis- covered facts that create addenda. If there is a single person who keeps providing addenda, he is Leonard N. Simons, octogena- rian who never stops research- ing when he is confronted by a subject of affection: Jewry, Is- rael and Detroit. The evidence of such a characteristic is in his =( Simons Says, a volume filled with data, anecdotes and em- phasis on actual experiences. Now come the addenda. A few months ago, L.N.S. undertook to write a history of Franklin Hills Country Club. It was a difficult task because so few documents were available. Nevertheless, he got to the root of his assign- ment. Many who would other- wise be forgotten are again in the limelight as a result of his labors. The brief brochure re- introduces Federal Judge Charles C. Simons. It recalls the role of Meyer L. Prentis. It suggests a chapter in Detroit's Jewish history. The L.N.S. pamphlet, pub- lished only for members of Franklin Hills Country Club, does even more than that. It traces the club history to a rela- tionship with the Phoenix Club and the pioneers in the Detroit Jewish community and has a fascinating share in history- writing. It would do well if Leonard Simons were to undertake to write the history of the Phoenix Club. He has already discovered a few items defining the club's fame. He lets us know that it was founded in 1872 and he has discovered minor records about its 50th anniversary celebration in 1922. How many remember the Phoenix Club which was located on John R? L.N.S. informs us that Phoenix was located on John R near Erskine, opposite Harper Hospital. It disbanded in 1942 when Nate Shapero retired as its president. Leonard Si- mons' lifetime advertising agency associate Lawrence Michelson was a member of the board at the time. Those of us who had contacts with Phoenix will recall that it was the center of major commu- nity affairs, where philan- thropies were planned. One such event recalled here is an occa- sion when Dr. Judah L. Magnes, then president of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, came to Detroit in behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee. There were many such events and when L.N.S. hopefully writes its story it may prove to be Addendum Number One to the Detroit Jewish story.