A TIME OF CHANGE
A TIME OF CHALLENGE
Please help us celebrate fifty fulfilling years of service
with leaders and friends of the
Detroit Chapter of the American Jewish Committee
8:00 p.m. Program
7:00 p.m. Dessert Reception
Thursday, June 8, 1995
at
The Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit
No Charge
RSVP
Celebrating
50 Years
In 1945, five leading Detroit citizens met at the Book Cadillac Hotel with the
goal of forming a local chapter of the American Jewish Committee. Among
other issues, Leo Butzel, Fred Butzel, Israel Himelhoch, Abraham Srere and
Henry Wineman discussed the creation of a permanent Commission to for-
mulate an International Bill of Rights and the establishment of a
Commission of Stateless and Displaced Persons. The chapter's earliest min-
utes reflect national and local direction: "to ensure the security of Jews in
America and to reinforce the fact that the Jew is an indivisible part of the
American scene and American democracy."
The American Jewish Committee is this country's oldest human relations
organization. Our membership draws from legal, political, social and busi-
ness leadership in the community. The Detroit Chapter has taken a leader-
ship role in intergroup relations, the fight for equal rights for all and the
establishment of a just, colorblind, open society. We are proud to celebrate
fifty years of service to the community. And we look forward to facing the
challenges of the future.
Detroit Chapter Presidents
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Leo Butzel
Joseph Welt
Victor Klein
Isadore Levin
Philip Marcuse
Martin Butzel
Milton Doner
Avern Cohn
Robert Alpern
Lewis Grossman
Walter Shapero
Miles Jaffe
Kathleen N. Straus
Harold Gales
Irving Tukel
Maurice Binkow
David B. Jaffe
Beverly Geltner
Lawrence R. Imerman
Brian J. Kott
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1946
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1949
1953, 1962
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1967
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1980
1982
1986
1990
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Detroit Chapter
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The American Jewish Committee • 6735 Telegraph Road. Suite 320 • Bloomfield Hills • MI • 48301
Phone: (810) 646-7686 Fax: (810) 646-7688
Brian J. Kott • Chapter President Sharona Shapiro • Michigan Area Director
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