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Lawrence Jackier honored for his leadership and
support of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Less' than two years after its open-
ing, Zayde's, Toledo's only kosher
eating establishment, closes.
A walkout by 23,000 high school
teachers throws Israel's education
system into shambles.

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Ensuring Mind Power

From the Jewish News pages this week
10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago.

RONELLE GRIER
Special to the Jewish News

IV

hen Albert Einstein
planted two palm trees
in 1923 to mark the
future site of a technical
university in Israel, even his remark-
able vision could not have foreseen the
success of Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology.
Since 1924, Technion has become
world-renowned for its pioneering
efforts in a number of cutting-edge
scientific fields, including aerospace,
computer science, laser technology,
optoelectronics, mechanical engineer-
ing, fiber optics and biotechnology.
Hundreds of Technion supporters
gathered May 19 to honor Lawrence
S. Jackier as he received the Haifa-
based institution's highest accolade,
the Albert Einstein Award. Jackier,
president of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, is a national
past president of the American Society
for Technion (whose acronym is ATS).
Einstein served as the first president
of ATS, which had its start in New
York in 1940.
The Detroit ATS chapter sponsored
the award ceremony at the West
Bloomfield Jewish Community
Center. The evening was co-chaired by
Ben and Marta Rosenthal of Franklin
as well as Doreen Hermelin of
Bingham Farms, who was unable to
attend because of the births of three
new grandchildren.
After a strolling dinner catered by
Milk & Honey of West Bloomfield,
attendees heard from speakers that
included U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg,
R-Bloomfield Hills, and National ATS
President Evelyn Berger. They high-
lighted the many contributions Jackier
has made to further Technion's goals.
"Larry works very hard and gets the
job done at a variety of levels," said
Knollenberg, who referred to
Technion as the "MIT [Massachusetts
Institute of Technology] of Israel."

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A commemorative stamp honoring
the Rhode Island-based Touro
Synagogue, the oldest Jewish house
of worship in North America, will
be issued.

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National Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Section,
presents internationally known
artist and native Detroiter Richard
Koslow at its member luncheon.

1962

Cantor Harold Orbach joins the
clergy at Temple Israel in Detroit.
Washington University, St.
Louis, establishes a professorship
in Jewish History and Hebrew
Language.

Israel Foreign Minister Moshe
Sharett addresses the Allied Jewish
Campaign at Detroit's Hotel
Statler.
The Board of Governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation appropri-
ates $61,000 to build a new
Tamarack Camp in Oakland
County.

Edythe Jackier and her son Lawrence Jackier, who was honored by the American .
Society for Technion.

"Nobody in the rather impressive
Technion circle is more deserving of
this award," said Melvyn Bloom, ATS
executive vice president. "When you're
faced with darkness, there are those
who respond by cursing the darkness,.
and those who respond by lighting
candles. We light candles. Technion's
achievements are examples of lighting

candles in the darkness."
Evelyn Berger exclaimed: "I am
here as the first woman president of
ATS because of you, Larry! Your tire-
less advocacy for women's issues has
been so appreciated."
During his tenure as national ATS

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Pisgah Lodge of Bnai - Brith honors
men in the service by creating an
honor roll plaque to record mem-
bers' names who have served.
Abraham Goldberg of the New
York Jewish Section's Russian War
Relief Activities will address a local
war relief committee at Central -
High School in Detroit.
— Compiled by Holly Teasdle,
CA Archivist,
The Rabbi Leo M Franklin Archives
Temple Beth El

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