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… to Hillel Centers throughout the country, necessitating increased Jewish religious and cultural activities in the colleges, Prof. William Haber, University of Michigan economist, declared here Monday…

… community of non-Christians instead of understanding Jews." Dr. Gordis' views were echoed by Rabbi Maurice Pekarsky, of the University of Chicago, senior campus director of the Bnai Brith Hillel staff, and…

… Prof. Louis Gottschalk, of the University of Chicago, a member of the Hillel Commission. Each urged that the Hillel campus program stress the fundamentals of Judaism "to provide students with a sense of…

… t=3 – r –r A Weekly Review r./1 I c 1-1 f Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The •Detroit Jewish Chronicle -Vol. XXXVIII, No. 12 Significance of Jewish Book…

… Fair Aftermath of Election and Campaign Promises Editorials Page 4 100177roinjTentiiIn Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—De. troit 35, November 18, 1960—$5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c Hillel Leaders…

… night. Dr. Haber, who is national chairman of the Bnai Brith Hillel Commis- sion, addressed the opening session of the commission's annual two-day meeting. He called upon the Hillel Commission to…

… Jewish direction." The Jewish community, said Dr. Gordis, "must be increasingly con- cerned with how many minds, not feet, enter a Hillel house on the cam- pus:" A proposal for the establishment of…

… national Hillel religious and advisory councils was advanen by Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn, Hillel national director. He declared that by involving intellectual leadership that has a mature awareness of Jewish…

…Make Books Your Companions' . Attend Annual Jewish Book ra Sessions at (enter, Nov. 19-21 Welcome to Mendes-France THE JEWISH NE Youth in White House Test of Sabbath Observance Commentary Page 2…

… Faced with Demands to Offer Students • Sense of Jewish Direction • Three-Day Annual Book Fair Opens Saturday Night; Noted Authors to Address Sessions An impressive program, geared for adults and for…

…, the protests are being uttered everywhere! THE JEWISH NEWS DETROI T A Weekly Review I I of Jewish Events NA Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle…

… imprisonment, torture and every variety of perverted cruelty. Shlomo Hillel, assistant director-general for Middle East affairs, Iraqi-born, spoke at a press conference on the aftermath of Monday's public…

… hanging of nine Iraqi Jews in Baghdad and Basra for al- legedly spying for Israel. Hillel said that the Israel government had hesitated to act officially and imposed the utmost self-restraint when it first…

…. This was on Jan. 12, the day the first of the death sentences were pronounced, Hillel said. Israel has come to the conclusion, Hillel said, that no one really bothered about the plight of Iraq's Jews…

… school students have planned a protest meeting and memorial ceremony for 2:30 p.m. today in Kennedy Square downtown. "Etgar," Students for Israel, under the leadership of Wayne State University student…

…, AVRAHAM HARMAN A pre-campaign black- tie dinner, slated Feb. 12, at the Statler Hilton Hotel, sponsored by the Allied Jewish Campaign, will be addressed by the president of the _Hebrew University in…

…Now...The World Expresses Shock The Right of a Jurist to Serve a Just Cause A Notorious Complaint and Israel's Position Commentary Page 2 Vol. LIV, No. 20 From all parts of the globe except the…

… Iron Curtain and Moslem countries come expressions of shock and protest against the medieval crimes being committed in Iraq .. . U.S. Secre- tary of State William Rogers spoke out in protest and so did…

… UN Secretary General U Thant, but the UN official would do nothing because the inhuman dangling of the bodies of the in- nocently executed was "an internal matter" . . . Jewish communities are…

… protesting, and the sense of outrage has encircled the globe .. . It is past midnight: the world could have-acted when appeals in defense of the executed first were sounded weeks ago . . . Now, past mid- night…

… here planned special sermons this evenin._. They included Temples Israel, Beth El and Beth Am. At the University of Michigan. the Hillel Foundation is sponsoring a creative peace service and silent march…

… Review Commentary Page 2 of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME LVI—No. 9 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 4823 5 — VE 8…

… from Hillel House to the central cam pus this evening. The Ann Arbor Jewish com- munity has been invited to partIcipate. Student leaders of the Hillel Foardation had earlier endorsed the moratorium march…

… on Wash- ington as an affirmation of their - desire to expedite the end of the war." The 23 students from cam- puses throughout the country, holding their first meeting as the National Hillel Student…

…‹,ive Jewish presence" was expected for the Saturday peace march. But the major action here was the response of the organised Jewish community, es- Pclally the Hillel foundations, to fulfilling housing and other…

…). Arnold the Jews listed as active on its behalf were Rabbi Balfour Brickner and Albert Vorspan of the UAHC; Rabbi George Soblernan of the Wesleyan University, who was said to be coordinating involvein ,•.nt…

…fisher Getting Top U.S. Jewish Post: Head of (IMF By Jewish News Special Correspondent BOSTON—Max M. Fisher, prominent Detroit leader who has gained national fame for his activities in a score of…

… important movements, atttained the highest position in the American Jewish community by being chosen for the presidency of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, % ■ Ilich is concluding its…

… president. The assembly marked a number of important innovations at its sessions here. In addition to evaluative efforts in the social service fields, the delegates participated in planning for increased…

… activities in behalf of Israel, in support of new projects to assist the aged, in a new task to create added interest E. , 41ish-Jewish press and in enrolling youth in the numerous American Jewish activities…

…, who received his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Michigan in 1957, visited the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, several years ago, and subsequent to that the then-head of the…

… (Continued on Page 5) Kasle Family Sets Up $250,000 Endowment Fund for Hillel Day School A contribution of $250,000 to the Hillel Day School for the creation of a special endowment fund has been announced by…

… is presently in the process of being built, but the income from it is to be used to help defray the scholarship program of the Hillel Day School. The $250,000 gift is in addition to the $70,000 already…

… contributed by the Kasles to the building fund. In his announcement of the $250,000 gift, Mr. Kasle said: "This fund could act as a nucleus to start an all-day high school to take care of graduates from Hillel…

… Institute's biochemistry department, Dr. David Elson, worked with Dr. Nirenberg in Maryland. He will receive a $23,333 share of the prize along with Prof. Robert Holley of Cornell University and Prof. H…

…. Gobind Khorana of the University of Wisconsin. On Oct. 19, Dr. Nirenberg was named co- winner with Dr. Khorana of the Louisa Horwitz Prize for outstanding research in biochemistry. The award was presented…

… by its administrator, Columbia University, on Thursday. THE JEWISH NEWS The WASP Phenomenon In American Life and the Role of Minorities Commentary Page 2 VOL DETROIT A Weekly Review 1 1 I of…

… tensions. Dr. Abraham Duker, professor of history and social institutions and director of libraries, Yeshiva University, speaking Monday evening at the 25th annual convention of the alumni of the Rabbi…

…Dr. Nirenberg Shares Nobel Medicine-Physiology Prize NEW YORK (JTA)—Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg, 41, a native New Yorker, was named as one of three winners of the 1969 Nobel Prize for physiology and…

… medicine. He is a staff member of the National Heart Institute at Bethesda, Md., and is credited with two major discoveries that decipher the biochemical code by which genes determine hereditary…

… College Fund $7,500 Jewish National Fund $5,000 Jewish Theological Seminary $2,500 Boys Clubs of Michigan $2,500 University of Detroit $2,000 Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel $2,000 Bar…

…W- ish Studies of the United Hebrew Schools, is to be used for the expansion of the special courses that were set up for students in Jewish history at the University, of Michigan now being conducted by…

… preservation of books. The Boys Clubs gift is for youth activities in Michigan. Mr. Kasle.'s gifts had their tr- precedent five years a g o when, on his 60th birthday, the distinguished Detroit Jew- ish leader…

…-Ilan University $1,000 Yeshivath Beth Yehudah $1,000 Yeshivath Chachmey Lublin $750 Hillel Day School $750 Mr. Kasle earmarked his $20,000 gift to Wayne State University for assistance to needy, capable stu- dents…

… Midrasha in co- operation with the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The original fund for these courses was pro- vided by Mr. Kasle. The Negro College Fund is being allocated to Fisk. University, $5…

…,000, and Howard • University, $2,500. The. $5,000 gift to the Jewish National Fund .is to inaugUrate the planting of a Kasle Forest in Israel. - Bar-Ilan University's $1,000 gift is to be in memory of Dr. A…

…. M. Hershman and is to serve as a beginning for the setting up of a Hershman Chair in History at the university in Israel. The Jewish Theological Seminary gift of $2,500 is earmarked for the…

… gave $60,000 — $25,000 for the establishment of the Kasle Hebraica and Judaica Library at Wayne State University and $35,000 to wards the Kasle High School Building of the United Hebrew Schools. A group…

… Weekly Review of Jewish Events M ichigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 'VOLUME XXXVI I—No. 4 101-,/gntgioi-T silop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—Detroit 35…

…, March 25, 1960 $5.00 Per Year; Farcical Philanthropy Exposing Nazi Criminal Tracing a Popular Prover& Commentary Page 2 Single Copy 15e House Foreign Affairs Committee Acts to Ensure Freedom of…

…- ments? The Bnai Brith Hillel Foundations examined this question recently when students from 123 universities conducted an institute on aspects of Jewish existence today. Many students appeared confused…

… Progressive Education ca Editorials Page 4 t-prm -rFQ017- A Weekly Review Detailed Story on Page 17 of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle…

… yourself ghetto? Such were the questions confronting the Hillel (Continued on Page 3) - - UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)—The head of the United Nations agency which provides aid to Arab refugees in the…

…Golds Meir Pleads for Coexistence as 'Substitute for Doctrine of War' Remains Temporary Haven for the Oppressed HE JEWISH JEWISH NEWS Pope Paul VI and Quest for Peace * Detroit's Role in…

… Packs Rolls; Five-Year Extension Requested A Study in Identification: Educational Deficiency Causing Lack of Conviction among Youth? By MILTON FRIEDMAN (Copyright, 1965, JTA, Inc.) WASHINGTON — Is…

… it merely coincidental that a disproportionately large number of young Jews are working for the U.S. Office of Equal Oppor- tunity. (Poverty Corps), the Peace Corps, civil rights and pacifist move…

… should I be Jewish? . . . Just because Hitler killed 6,000,000 Jews? . . . What (lees Judaism really offer today? . . . Why .join Hillel when SNCC, CORE, SANE and 'Ban the Bomb' are more active for social…

… justice? . . . What is unique about being Jewish in the _space age? . .. Are not churches and other elements of society striving for 'Jewish' aims of human welfare, civil rights and peace? . . . Is Judaism…

…-areas adjacent to Israel told a General Assembly committee here Tuesday that the "host governments" of those areas—Egypt, Jor- dan, Syria and Lebanon—will not cooperate with him in efforts to rid the relief rolls…

… of fraudulent claimants unless certain terms are met by the agency. Laurence Michelmore, Commissioner-General of the agency — the United Na- tions Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

… students than the 5.6 percent rise this year in the general student population. • Dr. Haber, who is professor of economics at the University of Michigan, said the statistics on Jewish enrollments were…

… Wisdom of Hanukah Gift-Giving Editorials Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. XXXVI I I, No. 14 loginggoilin shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8…

…. William Haber, national chairman of Bnai. Brith Hillel Foundation. Dr. Haber forecast an enrollment of 400,000 Jewish under- graduates and graduate students by 1970. This would mean doubling — the number…

… of Jewish collegians in a 15-year period, he said. The enrollment study, conducted by Hillel Foundation operating on 225 campuses in the United States, showed a higher rate of increase for Jewish…

… "somewhat unexpected." Since proportionately twice as many Jewish . high school gradfiates have matriculated in recent years as compared to all high school graduates—a ratio of two-thirds to one…

…-third—"we anticipated a saturation point and a per- centage decline among the Jewish group," he said. The quota system, which at one time restricted the number of Jewish students seeking admission to college, "is today…

… increase extra-curricular activities on the campus." Publishers of school textbooks have indicated that they are planning to give more detailed, graphic coverage of the Nazi atrocities against Jews in…

… history textbooks for use in New York City schools. The publishers were criticized last month by the Board of Education for their treatment of the Third Reich. The Board had noted that only "a few texts…

… give satisfactory' accounts" of what went on in Nazi concentration camps and crematoria, and that many required "substantial revision" to give the students an adequate picture. Many publishers in -a…

… number of cities are reported regard- ing the Board's criticism as valid and several are planning revisions in accordance with the Board's recommendations. Here Under New Law: Hanukah Spirit, - Under Any…

… Projected Wayne State University Religious Center Architect's Sketch of Wayne State University Religious Center Building Hillel Foundation will be part of the projected Wayne State University Religious…

… I of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper —Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Printed in a 100% Union Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. — VE 8-9364 — Detroit 35, Mich. — Oct. 9…

… elsewhere: It was pointed out that both the Republican and the Democratic parties, as expressed in the recently adopted platforms, stressed the need to guard against an arms William B. Broomfield of Michigan…

… Center Building, it was announced this week by Dr. Max Kapustin, director of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at WSU, and Milton Weinstein, president of Bnai Brith's Hillel committee at WSU. Welcoming the…

… will be a separate but an integral part of the University Center Building. This new building is being built on Second Boulevard, on the new mall opposite the University library between Continued on Page…

… chairman J. W. Fulbright of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and by State Department officials, eliminated the Ribicoff amendment, which would have condemned Soviet anti-Semitism, from the foreign aid…

… conference report. Ful- bright had opposed specific pro-Jewish action, stating that "I do not know why we should be so exclusive as to restrict the condemnation only to the persecution of the Jews." The…

… substitute language inserted was merely a. general condemnation of "the persecution of any Fulbright person's because of their religion" anywhere in the world. The State Department opposed the Ribicoff measure…

… reaching the Senate floor. To get. around this, Ribi- coff submitted the same wording in the form of an amendment to the foreign aid bill on Sept. 24. During the debate, Ribicoff charged that Fulbright…

… Union has been exaggerated by Jewish leaders and organizations in an alleged quest of sensational publicity for themselves and their groups. Three senators joined on the Senate floor, shortly before…

… Hillel Foundation at the University of Pittsburgh, declared that intermarriage seems to be increasing markedly among students at American colleges and universities. He revealed that the greatest single…

… Review of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME XXXV I—No. 25 lOginLientnii n Sgop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—Detroit 35, February…

… department of sociology of Yeshiva University, stressed that "the idea- that Judaism is not a missionizing religion is historically incorrect and out of tune with a democratic society which is based on the…

… noted that social mobility and growing • estrangement from middle-class back- ground were important factors in the increased rate of inter- marriage among university students. WASHINGTON — Differing with…

… 19, 1960 "The achievement of Brotherhood is the crowning objective of our society." — Presi- dent Eisenhower. $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c ADL Battles Rule Protecting Nazi Pamphlet Distributors…

… . • Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News Likelihood of Decrease in Intermarriage Shown in New York Symposium NEW YORK, (JTA)—"More than 2,000 non-Jews are being converted to Judaism in the United…

… States each year," Dr. David M. Eichhorn, of the new chaplaincy commission of the National Jewish Welfare Board, stated at a two-day conference on intermarriage convened by the Theodor Herzl Institute. He…

… noted that rabbis agree that "most of • these converts are. at least as good Jews as born Jews and in many cases much better Jews." He called them "a precious spiritual asset." Rabbi Ralph M. Weissberger…

…, of Smithtown, Long Island, reported that more Jewish men and women intermarry and that "very frequently the non-Jewish wife converts to Judaism and becomes active in Jewish communal affairs." He…

…, advisor for religious affairs of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, noted that the anonymity of the large city encouraged intermarriage, while in the small town, despite the very limited…

… are Ha bonim, a new youth group called Et-Gar, Hillel Foundation Itt_Wayne State University and Hashomer Hatzair; among Other groups. The administrations of the United Hebrew Schools and other religious…

… NI I I—I I GA IV DETR OIT of Jewish Events A Weekly Review An End to SILENCE and a rejection of Any Threats of Another Auschwitz Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper…

… Sunday at Kennedy Square Michigan's State Legislature Adopts Resolution Registering Protest Against Iraq, Urging Censure A combination of worldwide occurrences that have turned the current conditions…

… make Detroit Jewry's voice heard in con- demnation of the outrages. The program calls for silent demonstrations, except for prayers by representatives of all faiths. The Michigan State Legislature on…

… for condoning "the devolution to barbaric rule." Proclamations declaring Sunday a day of mourning and condemning the Iraqi barbaric acts have been issued by the mayors of many Michigan cities, including…

…Religious,- Racial Text of Legislature's Harman Will Speak Prejudices Fire Resolution Deploring Wednesday at Formal Tensions in U.S. • Barbaric Acts in Iraq Pre-Campaign Drive • The Bad Press and…

… involving Israel, the surviving remnants of Jews in Moslem countries and the obligations for succor imposed upon Jews in free coun- tries into a state of utmost seriousness, emerges as the most serious since…

… the era of the Nazi terror and the period of greatest danger to the state of Israel. While communities throughout the world have registered indignation over the inhuman acts in Baghdad and Basra in Iraq…

…, the spurt of Arab terrorism that threatens Israel's security anew has become a matter for gravest concern. The situation has become so serious that it has risen among the top items to concern President…

… Nixon and his administration. The President met with the National Security Council several times to plan a "thawing" Nasser and a "defusing" of the Middle East situation. He conferred of with Detroiter…

… Washington, director of Bnai Brith Hillel Foundations. * * * UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)—A commission of educators, assigned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to…

… Miller of the University of Pennsylvania, in con- ferences with Richardson and other ranking State Department officials, stressed the worsen- ing plight of Jews in Arab lands since the 1967 Six-Day War…

… ex- change of views." The delegation included among others Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher, direc- tor of the Institute of Judeo-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University, and Rabbi Benjamin N. Kahn of…

…Tie Salute Our Confirmands, Consecrants and Graduates Educational Challenges: Shavuot Theme Emphasizes Emerging Needs Editorial Page 4 List of 1969 Con firmands, Consecrants and Graduates on Pages…

… that they will rededicate themselves to uninterrupted consecration to Jewish learning. _&. MICHI G AN l '' of Jewish Events Best Wishes to Jewish Communities Everywhere for a Happy SHAVUOT…

… Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME LV—No. 10 ...c. 27 cst7. 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 48235—VE 8-9364—May 23, 1969 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue…

… 20c 12 000 Academicians Press UN , to Aid Jews in Arab Countries; Anti-Semitism in Texts Exposed WASHINGTON (JTA)—Undersecretary of State Elliot Richardson was presented Mon- day with a petition…

… investigate the textbooks used in Arab schools maintained by UNESCO and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Arabs, has recommended that eight of the textbooks be withdrawn and that "certain…

… modifications" be made in 58 others. The survey commission, composed of Ameri- can, French and Turkish educators, examined 127 textbooks used in these schools. It found that many of the textbooks gave a distorted…

… view of the history of the Middle East region, and some employed the "deplorable language of international anti-Semitism." The educators had "no objections" to 33 of the 127 books examined. It found that…

…Edward C. Levy s' Gift Provides for All-Faiths Chapel at Sinai Hospital Detailed story of new con- struction plans on Page 5 Hillel Day School Starts $1,000,00 Building Campaign Stories about…

… prefers to think of her work as universal. Her early postwar poems were laments over the suffering of the Jews: now her work expresses sympathy for the suffering of all men, and there are tones of…

… Editorials Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. L, No. 10 October 28, 1966 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—Detroit 48235—VE 8-9364 Per Year; This Issue 20c…

… El Fatah Commandos Halte UN Keeps Deferring Actio Nassel s' o, os to Peace, Critical Developments Multiply Threats LONDON (JTA)—President Nasser of Egypt said, during an interview on the popular…

… the Iggressor, as it was "10 years ago," a reference to the 1956 Sinai campaign. Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) JERUSALEM—Abba Eban, Israel's foreign minister, had a round of talks Tu…

… ,,.- uay with ambassadors of five countries, including the United States . Britain and France, in a review of the UN Security Council's heainag on Israel's complaint that Syria is responsible for the current…

… v: ,ave of El Fatah guerrilla incursions against Israel. The other envoys with whom he met, in the first of a series of such talks this week, were those of Belgium and Holland. The foreign minister…

… agreement or for associate status. In related developments, Syrian authorities refused permission to United Nations observers to continue an investigation of a mine laying incident involving detonation of a…

… meanwhile were quoted as believing that the continued Syrian-based and Syrian-backed sabotage actions presented both an immediate threat to Israel's security and the danger of stimulating similar by other…

…, accompanied by an Israeli officer and trackers. followed footprints of marauders in the demilitarized zone from the scene of the planted mine toward the Syrian position at Tel Azzaziat.. The group halted its…