Yitzhak Arad At HMC Dinner Yitzhak Arad Dr. Yitzhak Arad, director of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Re- membrance Authority in Israel, will speak at the Holocaust Memorial Center's Ninth Anniversary Dinner Oct. 24 at the Westin Hotel. The theme of this year's dinner is "The Fiftieth Anni- versary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising." Dr. Arad will discuss the Warsaw Ghetto Uprisng and the varius other ways in which Jews resisted the Germans in their efforts to destroy them. Dr. Arad fought the Germans as a partisan while still a teen- ager. At the end of the war, Dr. Arad left the USSR and trav- eled through Europe, finally meeting Haganah agents and soldiers of the Jewish Brigade in Italy. From there, he emi- grated to Palestine where he joined the Haganah and the Palmach. He fought in the War of Independence and re- mained in the Israeli army until 1972. Dr. Arad attained the rank of brigadier general and in 1968 became chief education officer of the Israeli Defense Force. In 1972 Dr. Arad retired from the military and was ap- pointed director of Yad Vashem. Call HMC, 661-0840, for information and dinner reser- vations. Franco Project Builds Forest Proceeds from the Anthony M. Franco Tree of Life Award Dinner, Oct. 14, will be used to establish a forest in the American Independence Park outside the city of Jerusalem. This forest will bear the name of Anthony M. Franco. The idea behind the park to mark the bicentennial of the United States was initiated by the Jewish National Fund of America as a gift to the people of the United States. The Keren Kayemeth Leisrael se- lected the location, some 15 miles southwest of Jerusalem. For dinner information, call Laurie Nosanchuk Blum, 557- 6644. Lubavitch Dinner Launches Sobel Fund AJC Hosts Consul General The American Jewish Com- mittee, Detroit Chapter will host Midwest Consul General of Israel Arthur Avnon at an open board meeting 8:15 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Max M. Fisher Building, Bloomfield Hills. Mr. Avnon will speak on the Middle East Peace Accords and current issues facing Israel today. Mr. Avnon holds a master's degree in international rela- tions from Haifa University and attended the College for National Security. In 1980 he served as assistant to the Israeli director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was nominated director of the Great Powers Department at the Research Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A light reception will follow the evening's program. There is no charge. Daniel Sobel The Lubavitch Foundation an- nual dinner will take place 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Grand Manor of Fairlane in Dearborn. The dinner will benefit the Synagogue Campus of Living Judaism, complex of educa- tional, religious, cultural and rehabilitative institutions to be established on the Foundation's site in West Bloomfield. This year's event will hon- or the memory of the late Daniel B. Sobel, who passed away a few months ago at the age of 28. Lubavitch Foundation will establish, as part of the Synagogue Campus, the Daniel B. Sobel Friendship Center and Counseling Fund. The goal of the center will be to offer an informal atmos- phere for any individuals — particularly the young — who wish to discuss personal con- cerns or problems and to at- tempt to seek solutions through a Jewish approach. The emphasis in the Friendship Center will be on personal counseling. The dinner will feature Chicago's Maxwell Street Klezmer Band and a major ex- hibition of the life and times of Michigan Lubavitch Founders and supporters. There is a charge. For in- formation, call Lubavitch Foundation, 737-7000. The List A sampling of Jewish com- munal events: OCT. 10 12:30 p.m. Walk for Yad The Birmingharn/Bloomfield-Chabad recently celebrated a Sefer Torah ded- ication, a new aron kodesh (ark) and the opening of a new facility. The event attracted nearly 200 people who enjoyed the dancing with the new Sefer Torah. Ezra, Maple-Drake JCC. 5:30 p.m. Israel Cancer Assn. dinner-dance, Adat Shalom. OCT. 14 6 p.m. JNF dinner, Shanrey Zedek. At the Metro Detroit Israel Bonds Women's Divison 11th Annual Sponsor Society Art and Home Tour, $325,560 was realized in new Israel Bonds in- vestments. Guests enjoyed breakfast at the home of Edna and Philip Minkin and toured the homes of Dee and Seymour Brode and Lois and Paul Katzman. Shown are Bluma Schechter and Marjorie Krasnick, tour co- chairwomen; Edna Minkin; Meryl C. Podolsky, immediate past Women's Division chairwoman; and Rochelle Lieberman, Women's Division chair- woman.