COMMUNITY Fund-raising Reception Sunday To Help Establish Archive Associate Editor Ann Daniels Sondra Nathan NCJW Will Honor Two Past Presidents The National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section, will present the Hannah G. Solomon Award to two of its past presidents, Ann Daniels of Southfield and Sondra • Nathan of Birmingham. The awards will be given at the section's installation lun- cheon May 7 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Ann Daniels served as president of the section from 1949-1951 and then con- tinued her NCJW activity on the local, regional and na- tional levels. She has been both a regional president and a national board member. In addition, she has been active with Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign, was presi- dent of the Jewish Welfare Federation Women's Division, was a vice president of Hadassah and the Women's Guild of Sinai Hospital, and has served as a board member of Jewish Family Service and the Fresh Air Society. Sondra Nathan was NCJW section president from 1980-1982. She has been a vice chairman of the Or- chards Children's Services and helped to develop its Specialized Foster Care pro- gram. She was a founding member and vice president of Kadima. In 1987, she received the Na'amat USA Greater Detroit Council's Celebration of Women AWard for outstan- ding service on behalf of women and children. The Hannah G. Solomon Award is named for NCJW's first president and may be presented to an individual who has demonstrated out- standing leadership and devo- tion to volunteer causes. For information on the May 7 luncheon, call the section of- fices, 258-6000. Jewish Survival To Be Debated May 2 "The - First Detroit Great Jewish Debate" is being presented by Beth Abraham Hillel Moses and the Midra- sha — College of Jewish Studies 7:30 p.m. May 2. The debate will address the issues of "Survival of Jewish Identity and Jewish Values!' Debaters include: Rabbi M. Robert Syme of Ibmple Israel; Rabbi Louis Finkelman, director of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations of Greater Detroit; Dr. Mark Smiley, headmaster of Hillel Day School; and Harlene Appel- man, consultant, Jewish Wel- fare Federation. Questioners include: Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper, Beth Abraham Hillel Moses; Judy Silberg Loebl, director of Special Programs, Agency for Jewish Education Resource Center; Robert Lask, educa- tional director of 'Thmple Beth El; and Arthur Horwitz, associate publisher of The Jewish News. The program will be held at Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses. Refreshments will be served. The communi- ty is invited at no charge. reception Sunday sponsored by the Jew- ish Historical Society of Michigan will honor Philip Slomovitz's contribu- tion of his personal and of- fice files toward a planned community archive of Jew- ish history. Mr. Slomovitz, editor emeritus of The Jewish News, is donating personal materials from his home and nine 4-drawer file cabinets at the newspaper. They are filled with original cor- respondence, newspaper clippings and other docu- ments from his 70-year ca- reer of covering Jewish. events. Judy Cantor, secre- tary of the Jewish Historical Society (JHSM), recently used Mr. Slomovitz's files while preparing an exhibit on blacks and Jews which was displayed at Wayne State University. "I was ex- cited by the quality of this rich resource," Mrs. Cantor said. "I was able to find original material to docu- ment the exhibit. It was ex- tremely well organized and has been tended to for 70 years." The files have been used by many authors and resear- chers working on books on Henry Ford, Father Coughlin, histories of the Jews of Detroit and many other topics. They contain alphabetized folders, rang- ing from a 1937 Detroit Jew- ish Chronicle clipping about Don Isaac Abarbanel, a Jew who tried to prevent the ex- pulsion from Spain in 1492, to a 1944 article about a Detroit yeshiva which ap- peared in Cincinnati's American Israelite. Gilbert Borman, president of the JHSM, said the Slomovitz materials would be a cornerstone of the Jew- ish Welfare Federation's effort to create a Jewish community archive. Federa- tion has appointed a com- mittee, chaired by Judge Avern Cohn, to begin archiv- ing its own records. It has hired Sharon Alterman to begin the one-year project. Sunday's reception, at the home of David and Doreen Hermelin, will honor Mr. Slomovitz and serve as a fund-raiser to help establish a permanent community ar- chive. Mr. Borman said the Jew- ish Historical Society is coop- erating with the Federation in order to have one archive "all in one place." He said the location of the collection has yet to be determined. "It could be at the Reuther Labor Archives at Wayne State University, in the Bur- ton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library, at the Jewish Community Center or another place in the community," Mr. Bor- man said. "We want it to be a real archive." Senior Art Show, Entertainment At JCC The Maple-Drake Jewish Community Center will host "Senior Showcase: Art From a Mature Perspective" 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. April 28. It will highlight the work of in- dividuals 55 years or older, in- cluding painters, sculptors, jewelers, weavers, wood- carvers and others, with many of the exhibited items available for sale. Dancers, singers, instru- mentalists and performers will also be featured. They will share their talents begin- ning at 1 p.m. Artists include Sheila Bass, Roy Beaver, David Bernstein, Edward Feldman, Henry Friedman, Jack Gamburd, Harriet Gelfond, Mary Ann Kaltz, Rita Leeds, Sid Levine, Bea Pacernick, Donald Pearl, Shirley Podolsky, Henry Rem- ington, Judith Rogoff, Magda Rimai, Morris Rosin, Naomi Siegel, Sid Siegel, Lawrence Silverman, Irving Stollman, Harold Waldman, Harry Weinsaft and Sara Yavruyan. Performers include Sonny Lipenholtz's JPM and M/D Dance Troupes; Vivian Stollman's Senior Adult Choir; Pearl Davidson, vocalist and mandolin player; and Arthur Greenwald, baritone vocalist. Hy Matlen, a woodcarver, will work on his "General Store Indian" that he is carv- ing out of a five-foot tree trunk. Refreshments will be serv- ed throughout the day. Trans- portation is available from the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building on 10 Mile Road. Philip Slomovitz: Files will help. He said controlled temper- ature, humidity, and pest- free conditions must be maintained, as well as prop- er storage facilities. "If it's not done right, the materials will disintegrate," he said. ❑ Israeli Challenges Is Topic For Ex-MK Zeidan Atashi, a former two-term member of the Knesset, will give an Israel Independence Day lecture 3 p.m. May 5 at the Agency for Jewish Education. He will speak on "Israeli Challenges for the 90s: The Prospects for Peace and Electoral Reform!' As a member of the Shinui party whose platform em- phasizes electoral reform and an active Mideast peace pro- cess, Mr. Atashi served in the Knesset from 1977-81 and again from 1984-88. The lecture, sponsored by the Jewish Community Coun- cil, Labor Zionist Institute, B'nai B'rith Hillel Founda- tions of Metropolitan Detroit, and Detroit Zionist Federa- tion, is free and open to the community. Dor L'Dor Concert May 2 The annual Dor L'Dor Con- cert will be held 7:30 p.m. May 2 at .Adat Shalom Synagogue. This inter-gener- ational choir is comprised of singers from the Jewish Com- munity Center, the Fleisch- man Residence and sixth grade students from Hillel Day School. Dor L'Dor provides an op- portunity for the children and seniors to get to know each other and to share the ex- periences of each generation in the songs they sing. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 51 OMM N IT ALAN HITSKY