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 *).5 11. ....... 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 1945 1946 1948 1949 1953, 1962 1956 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1972 1975 1977 1980 1982 1986 1990 1992 1994 Detroit Chapter AI /1111/111111 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 87