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Hawking History

The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan has released its annual
look-back at Jewish life in Michigan.

JULIE EDGAR

Senior Writer

T

he 37th annual edition of
the Jewish Historical Society
of Michigan's journal is not
an exercise in nostalgia, said
editor Judy Levin Cantor.
Rather, Michigan Jewish History is
an attempt to bring alive the history of
Michigan's Jews to all facets of the
community. Funded by membership
dues, this year's journal, just off the
presses, features articles on the Jews
who helped "pick up the pieces of the
Holocaust" in Europe; Jewish historian
Walter Field; "machalniks" (volunteers)
in Israel like Rudy Newman; Bernard
B. Lasky, a director of the Detroit
Commission of Parks and Recreation
whose sensitivity toward people with
physical disabilities led him to expand
and improve Detroit's recreational
facilities; a first-person account of the
Fresh Air Society's first camp coun-
selor, Abraham J. Levin; and more.
The past few editions have focused
on the contributions of Michigan's
Jews in World War II. Among the
interviewees was "Rosie the Riveter" or
Rose Miller, the legendary assembly
line worker whose daughter, Natalie
Miller Charach, was reared in Detroit.
The main feature in this year's jour-
nal, which goes to the 500 or so mem-
bers of the Society, focuses on the
theme of "repairing the world," and
under the heading are some familiar
names:
Marvin Breskin was recruited to run
a displaced persons camp in Austria for
Holocaust survivors who helped smug-
gle German weapons that made their
way to Palestine; Emma Lazaroff
Schaver sang in the camps to the
dispirited survivors; Jules Doneson
undertook a secret mission to Palestine
in 1946 on behalf of Mossad and
returned to Israel following the 1948
war of independence; and Rudy
Newman, a fighter pilot, transported
supplies to Jewish settlements in the
new land in June of 1948. He also
picked up discarded armaments from
other parts of the world to take them
to Israel.
An article in this year's edition on
school superintendents could strike
one as less than scintillating, but it suc-

James D. Grey, resident of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, looks at the
latest edition o the Society's journal with editor Judy Levin Cantor.

ceeds in placing the reader in the times
in which these men served. Norman
Drachler, for example, faced profound
times in Detroit's history during his
tenure as school head in the 1960s.
Among his initiatives as superinten-
dent from 1966 to 1971 was to
increase the number of blacks in teach-
ing and administrative positions.
A photograph of Newman and one
of his planes, a British-made Rapide
bi-plane, is on the cover of the jour-
nal. He explained that the plane was
the heaviest in all of Palestine and was
used as a transport and military vehi-
cle.

Newman also helped organize
Israel's first commercial airline and
served as an El Al pilot for a time.
"There's adventure included in the
journal. It is not a trip in nostalgia. It's
an effort to make the past come alive
for the younger reader," Cantor said.

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To join the Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan and receive a
copy of the Michigan Jewish
Histoy, call (248) 661-7706; or

send a $25 membership to Jewish
Historical Society, 6600 W Maple
Road, West Bloomfield, 48322.

