COMMUNITY Holocaust Dinner Will Cite Warsaw Ghetto Witness Karski To Give Wallenberg Lecture Dr. Jan Karski has been named the second recipient of the University of Michigan's Raoul Wallenberg Medal. He will deliver the annual Wallenberg Lecture at 8 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. University President James J.. Duderstadt will present the Wallenberg Medal which was established in 1989 in honor of the U-M alumnus Raoul Wallenberg, whose valiant ef- forts saved thousands of Hungarian Jews at the end of World War II. service before World Wai' II. In 1942, while serving in the Polish underground, Karksi volunteered to be smuggled into and out of the Warsaw Ghetto and Belzec concentration camp to gather evidence of the atrocities com- mitted against the Jews by the Nazis. Belzec was selected because it was thought to be not well-managed and one of the most vulnerable to enter. By the end of November 1942, Karski was fulfilling the mission entrusted to him by the Ghetto leaders. He made his way to Great Bri- tain to report on the suffering of the Jews in Poland to British Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden and ultimate- ly to the U.S. where he met with and reported to Cordel Hull, President Roosevelt and Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. After the war, Karski refus- ed to return to his native Poland. He became a U.S. citizen and received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1952 where he has been teaching Eastern European affairs, comparative govern- ment, and international affairs. Barbara Nusbaum Chairs JARC Concert Barbara Nusbaum will chair JARC's fall concert, "An Evening with Bernadette Peters," 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Fox Theatre. The benefit will support the homes and ser- vices for adults with develop- mental disabilities operated by JARC. Serving as Mrs. Nusbaum's associate chairpersons are Nora Barron, Annie Cohen, Michael S. Feldman, Harriet Gelfond, Nancy Grosfeld, Ar- thur Horwitz, Nancy Jacob- son, Lois Katzman, Ellen Labes, Elise Levinson, Eugene Mondry, Donna Pearlman, Charlotte Tessler, Norman G. Wachler and H. James Zack, as well as JARC president Cheryl Guyer. Mrs. Nusbaum serves as JARC vice president and member of the executive com- mittee. She is co-chairperson of the Acculturation Commit- tee of Jewish Experiences for Families, and an executive board member of Resettle- ment Service. She serves as board member of Jewish Home for Aged, Jewish Com- munity Center, Fresh Air Barbara Nusbaum and Bar-Ilan Society University. JARC operates 13 Haverim Homes in southern Oakland County, as well as two in- dependent living programs. Nearly 300 individuals and their families wait for place- ment in a JARC residential program. For concert information, call JARC, 352-5272. KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer D Dr. Jan Karski: Righteousness award. In 1974, Prof. Karski was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to inspect Polish, British and French archives for his major work, The Great Powers and Poland, 1919-1945 (From Versailles to Yalta). He related his war experiences in his book, The Story of a Secret State. For dinner information, call the HMC, 661-0840. Hermelin Presents Farber Honor At the dinner to be held Sept. 4 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, William Farber will be receiving an honorary fellowship from Bar- Ilan University. It will be con- ferred by David B. Hermelin, a member of the university's American board of overseers, a past president of Congrega- tion Shaarey Zedek and a close associate of William Farber. The dinner will also mark the inauguration of the William Farber Alzheimer's Research Center on campus. Hermelin serves as interna- tional campaign chairman of State of Israel Bonds and vice president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. r. Abraham Nemeth, a retired mathematics professor who is blind, was appointed this month by Gov. John Engler as chair- man of the Michigan Com- mission for the Blind. The commission, compris- ed of five members, oversees an $11 million annual budget and conducts rehabil- itation services for the blind throughout Michigan. Among the programs funded through the commis- sion are daily living skills clinics, business programs which provide guidance for blind people to get into the working world, and services for the newly elderly blind. The state mandates that three of the five commis- sioners be blind. Dr. Nemeth, 72, who taught mathematics and computer sciences at the University of Detroit, said he applied for the position during former Gov. James Blanchard's administration at the urging of some friends. "This is great," Dr. Nemeth said. "It gives me a chance to apply what I know about blindness. "My goal is to see that blind people get the services they are entitled to," he said. "Many people believe blind people can't do every- thing. But we can do most things." Dr. Nemeth, of Southfield, was born blind. He always wanted to study mathematics, and people who knew him advised Dr. Abraham Nemeth: "We can do most things." against it. He didn't listen. Later, he studied computers on a National Science Foun- dation grant. "I can do everything but drive or pilot a plane," he said. He chaired his first com- mission meeting last week. "My goal is to see that blind people get the services they are entitled to. -Many people- believe blind people can't do everything. But we can do most things." Now Dr. Nemeth will travel the state, seeking input on ideas to better serve the blind population throughout Michigan. ❑ Eyeglasses For Ethiopians B'nai B'rith Michigan Regional Council is a drop-off point for the collection of eye- glasses, frames and cases that are critically needed by Ethio- pian Jews who have recently arrived in Israel via "Opera- tion Solomon." Location of drop-off is 25835 Southfield Road, Suite 111, at the rear of the B'nai B'rith Building. Ernie Harwell, voice of the Detroit Tigers, addressed the recent Economic Forum luncheon, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. With him are Harvey Grace and Michael Feldman. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 49 MIJMIMM r- Jan Karksi, professor emeritus at Georgetown University, has been named the 1991 recipient of the Holocaust Memorial Center's Righteousness Award. The presentation will be made by Joel Dorfman, chair- man of the HMC's Seventh Anniversary Dinner, at the event Oct. 20 in Detroit's Westin Hotel. Dr. Karski was born and educated in Poland and entered the Polish diplomatic Engler Appoints Nemeth To Chair Blind Unit