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… to The Jewish News Fund-raising for the Hillel Foundation at the University of Michigan has entered a new era, characterized by in- creased reliance on individual contributions. The Friends of the…

… culture and politics with special events and speeches by authors Elie Weisel and Joseph Heller. Out of a pool of roughly 6,000 Jewish students at the University of Michigan, Hillel touches 4,000, Mr. Brooks…

… Univer- sity of Michigan Hillel are seeking to raise $180,000 from individuals. This is 29 percent of Hillel's $606,000 budget for fiscal year 1990-91. To facilitate the Friends cam- paign, Hillel recently…

… repentance, there is atonement, there is fasting, and there is the common ground of knowing that even on the most sacred of days, Continued on Page 14 Ann Arbor Hillel Seeks $180,000 MERLE GOLDMAN Special…

… hired a full-time director of development. "Independent fund-raising is the only way a major Hillel foundation can survive," says U-M Hillel Executive Direc- tor Michael Brooks. "Harvard Hillel in…

… Cambridge, Massachusetts — the only other Hillel program of com- parable size — raises $350,000 (half of its budget) annually in memberships through its Friends organiza- tion." Widely considered to be the…

… largest and one of the most in- novative Hillels in the coun- try, U-M Hillel has 30 in- dependent student organiza- tions and programs serving over 1,500 people each week. It also plays a role in campus…

… estimates. The Friends campaign is part of a major effort to keep up with student demand for programming at U-M Hillel. Continued on Page 15 …

…- day, October, 6, 1973. Uri Segal was a student at Lawrence Institute of Technology when he heard from classmates and on the radio that Israel had been attacked by Syria and Egypt. Mr. Segal, then 31…

…, was told by the Israeli Consulate in Chicago to stay in Detroit. But the paratrooper sergeant from Haifa had to get home. And in a matter of hours he had secured the last ticket on a flight out of New…

… Michigan) under the leadership of Michigan State University Hillel director Cindy Hughey and her staff. The biggest change for students will be that EMU Hillel's house will no longer be open for activities…

… fall in the structure of their Hillel. This spring, its board voted to disband Hillel at EMU as a stand-alone operation and to join eight other Michigan colleges in HCAM (Hillel Campus Alliance of…

… those sharing an office. See page 37. Matt Ran and his dad, Gary, enjoy the set-up. metro A Time Of Transition EMU Hillel to close house and join MSU Hillel's Campus Alliance. Keri Guten Cohen I…

… Federation CEO Scott Kaufman. "When I first heard we were losing the house, I will admit I was quite angry and frustrated," said junior Danielle Friedman of Trenton, Hillel at EMU's vice president. "I was not…

…- nities we would be able to have without the house. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Eve y Week Danielle Friedman of Trenton, EMU Hillel vice president…

…, Aron Sandler of Oak Park, EMU Hillel president, get the table ready for a Shabbat dinner at the Hillel house. …

… grew up knowing they were Jews, but know- ing very little about Jewish religion or traditional practices. ewish students attending Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti will notice a difference next…

…$2.00 JUNE 13-19, 2013 / 5-11 TAMMUZ 5773 A JEWISH RENAISSANCE MEDIA PUBLICATION theJEWISHNEWS.com » Mideast Culture Jewish brothers help add Chaldean to the list of language courses available at…

… Story Development Editor Cantor Sam Greenbaum shows Rob Grodin his passage in the Torah as Circle of Friends classmates gather on the bimah. "New Americans" celebrate freedom with a group bar…

… a dozen or so friends, all senior adults from the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Grodin of Huntington Woods is program director of Circle of Friends, a social group of New Americans and synagogue members…

…EWISH N THIS ISSUE 50c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JANUARY 2, 1987 Michigan Hillel To Rebuild Hill St. Year-long project to remodel Jewish headquarters at the University of Michigan ALAN…

… Foundation at the University of Michigan. Hillel, which now serves an esti- mated 1,500 students each week in its film, lecture, religious and classroom programs, is planning to expand its 22,000 square feet…

… H1TSKY News Editor Jewish leaders in Detroit and Ann Arbor have raised $1 million toward a $3 million goal to begin a major re- modeling and expansion next summer of the B'nai B'rith Hillel…

… of space at 1429 Hill Street to 35,000 square feet. Hillel di- rector Michael Brooks told The Jewish )- , News that the present facility is aging and becoming increasingly expensive to repair…

…. Hillel will be forced to move out of its facility for at least a year during the remodeling. Alternative space for offices, Hillel classes and religious of- ferings have not yet been arranged, but many of…

… Hillel's most popular film and speaker series are held at larger campus sites, and will continue to be held outside Hillel after the new facility is completed. The remodeling will provide up- dated…

… Israeli heads of state in Jerusalem. O'Connor said Sunday before ar- riving in Amman, Jordan, that he had scheduled meetings with President Chaim Herzog, Prime Minister Yit- Amazing Marketplace Wolf…

… Blitzer Births Cooking Grosse Pointe phenom Aaron Krickstein is working his way back to the top of the world tennis ladder Engagements Entertainment From The Rabbis Obituaries Single Life…

… semblance of offi- cial contacts. O'Connor said he changed his schedule after orders from the Vatican to cancel the meetings. However, O'Connor said Sunday his official meeting with Kollek would proceed as…

… — $40,000 — which is a quarter of its annual budget. - The local Hillel encom- passes Wayne State, Oak- land University, Oakland Community College's Or- chard Ridge campus and Lawrence Technological…

… University of Michigan-Dearborn; Ed- ward Hustoles, deputy direc- tor for planning for the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, and Temple Israel Rabbi M. Robert Syme. The panelists will give different…

…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS MAY 22, 1992 / 19 IYAR 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Davidson Grant May Help Israel WIISU Hillel…

… Rabbi Quits After Cuts ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor T he first major fallout of the budget crunch for the Metro Detroit •,,Hillel Foundation occurred last week. Rabbi Louis (Eli) Finkelman, director…

… of Wayne State Hillel for the last 14 years, announced his resignation. His decision to take a pulpit position starting this ✓ summer with Congregation 6 .. Beth Israel, near the Uni- r- versity of…

… California — Berkeley campus, comes I on the heels of a nationwide funding cut by the Interna- tional B'nai B'rith Hillel OF Foundation. In January, • Metro Hillel lost all its International Hillel funding…

… Finkelman's resig- nation comes just ahead of a May 26 meeting between Metro Detroit Hillel and David Raphael, former Detroiter who is director of field services for the interna- tional. They will discuss a…

… William Rudolph, associate international director. KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer I Rabbi Finkelman: Greener pastures. Metro Detroit Hillel was one of 16 Hillel foundations nationally that lost all…

… international funding, Continued on Page 28 srael could become a beneficiary of Jewish philanthropist Bill Davidson's $30 million commitment to the Univer- sity of Michigan business school. Last month, U-M an…

… self-evaluation by the local Hillel. International Hillel cut $800,000 from its national budget this year, from $3.2 million to $2.4 million. An- other $800,000 is expected to be cut next year said Rabbi…

… complete the record of Detroit Jews in service by filling in and return- ing the questionnaire appear- ing on Page 3. Hillel Helps Hebrew U. A Yale and Hebrew University Fund to furnish the Hebrew…

… University in Jerusalem with copies of all important scholarly works published by the Yale University Press has been created by the Bnai Brith ,Hillel Foundation at Yale University. Shown at the presentation…

…THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review VOL. 8—NO. 10 2114 Penobscot Bldg. RA, 7956 VICTORY LOAN of Jewish Events Detroit, 26, Michigan, November 23, 1945 34 .(14S1 ■ 1. 22 $3.00 Per Year; Single…

… are: (left to right), the Rev. Sidney Lovett, chaplain of Yale Uni- versity; Charles E. Bloom, vice-president of Yale . Hillel Foundation; Prof. Edwin R. Good- enough, world-renowned Semitics scholar…

… University of Maryland. First Ladies: MRS. HARRY S. TRUMAN is shown buying a Victory bond at the White, House from BESS MYERSON, the first beauty of the land, Miss America of 1945. Later in the day, the…

… Copy, 10c U.S., Palestine Jewry Join Fight Against Britain's Latest Policy Bevin's Statement Called 'Insult' And Betrayal of Party Pledge; Drs. Wise, Silver Urge Action —Page 18 Gewerkshaften to…

… great humanitarian effort in behalf of the survivors. Saying goodbye to DR. JOSEPH C. HYMAN, executive vice-chairman of the JDC, (third from right) are M. J. JOSLOW, Springfield, Mass.; SELMA BENDREMER…

… and REBECCA KOPELSHON, of New York; MILDRED KRONICJ of Canada; Dr. Hyman; F. C. WHITE of, Los Angeles, and FLORA LEVINE, also of New York. Of the nearly 10,000 Detroit Jews serving in the armed…

… forces of our country, 180 have made the supreme sacri- 20,000 Books are being shipped to camps in Ger- many and Austria for - displaced persons by the JDC. Photo shows (left to right) ABRAHAM HOROWITZ…

…: Trevor Nessel, Jenna Lublin, Alex Spiess and Jaz Roble LISTINGS BEGIN ON PAGE 43 Sponsored by: Ye s 1942 - 2011 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HILLEL…

… LESTER & JEWELL MORRIS HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT CENTER 11111 8 08805 93363 5 Office of Admissions MSU Jewish Studies Program …

… JEWISH RENAISSANCE MEDIA PUBLICATION theJEWISHNEWS.com » A Grand Opening Former home of Federation is now Grand Valley State outreach center. Seepage 8. >> Special Music Teen shares the significance of…

… being part of the American debut of Anne Frank cantata. See page 110. DETROIT JEWISH NEWS metro » Epic Wordsmith Dan Shere is the co-screenwriter of a new animated fantasy-adventure film. See page 127…

…. A scene from the new animated movie Epic. 1, >> cover story Cap own Yearbook Our annual tribute to the Michigan Jewish community's graduating high school seniors. Pictured from left to right…

… of Jewish students at the Problems affecting the Jewish tra- University of Michigan for more d'tifoial congregations. It has than 15 years. Other Hillel Foun- brought in closer contact tradi- dations…

… sonic grocer- University of Michigan Hillel ies Jewish populated neighbor- Foundation, a portion of the His- hoods. tory of Bnai B'rith, Ilillel Foun- Th:e conference plans for the dations which will be…

… or for the establish- ment of additional foundations at such Universities and Colleges where presently Hillel is not rep- resented. Faculty leaders recog- nize the value and the tremen- dous influence…

… and universities have been brought within its orbit, and nearly • 0,000 Jewish students are being served in every part of the coun- try. Today the Hillel Foundation is nationally recognized as the best…

… Speaker Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. A. Aronow, Mr. The semi-annual convention of and Mrs. Abe Bader, Mr. and the Michigan Synagogue Confer- Mrs. II. L. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. ence scheduled…

… combined ef- Wind B'rith Hillel Foundation at forts for winning the war. Ann Arbor will be dedicated. This The Michigan Synagogue Con- foundation has been serving the ference in the past has dealt with needs…

… in the State are located tiomll synagogues of the city of at Michigan State College, East Detroit and the entire State of Lansing and Michigan Normal Michigan. The conference has School, Ypsilanti…

… estimating PLANNED GROWTH page 8 Leonard Baruch: Preliminary plans. ith just over a month remain- ing until the start of the 1995- 96 school year, students at Michigan State University are wondering exactly…

… who will be running MSU's Hillel. To date, the East Lansing Hillel is without an executive director or program director and Howard Neistein, one of the officials involved in the search process, says…

… campus Hillel. "In finding an executive director, the problem we are running into is the re- ality of trying to get someone who is available in the fall," said Mr. Neistein of the Jewish Federation of…

… concerned the temporary lack of pro- fessional leadership will hurt the for- ward momentum their Hillel has recently gained. "This is the time of year the profes- sional staff would be planning out a cal…

…- endar, recruiting prospective members and preparing for the first week of school," said Jason Zaks, president of the MSU Hillel Student Board. "There is so much potential here that it is just starting to…

…- tional offices of the Hillel Foundation. Those involved with the search said the process just began because it took all this time to coordinate everyone involved. As time goes by, Mr. Zaks said students…

… Hillel officials look to fill two high-level positions at MSU. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER w Amidst War's Dark Clouds During Saralevo's siege, a tiny Jewish community has brought relief to the…

… sufferings of its neighbors. Photos by Ed Serotia Story on page 30 PHOTO BY GLENN TR IEST Planned Growth Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel Center plans to establish permanent classrooms with a major…

… site by 20,300 square feet. The plans call for an addition attached to the north side of the existing structure at Walnut Lake and Green roads that would include classroom space for up to 400 elementary…

…-aged students. High school and other elementary-aged students would continue to use Shaarey Zedek's Southfield location. The West Bloomfield Planning Commission saw diagrams of the proposed expansion at its…

… a rock through a window at Beth Israel Congregation. The police had just placed surveil- lance teams at the University of Michigan Hillel Foundation and at Beth Israel after a series of six rock…

…75¢ SECOND CLASS Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 2 KISLEV 5753/NOVEMBER 27, 1992 Aside The Tide Turns The Jonathan Pollard case becomes a cause celebre…

… the bars. Doing good will find your beloved. Page 87 Contents on page 5 even years ago when Jonathan Jay Pol- lard was convicted of spying for Israel, his father, Morris, found little support in the…

… Jewish community. "We felt completely abandoned," said Dr. Pollard, of South Bend, Ind. "No one even want- ed to talk about it." All that is changing. The case has, in recent months, become what Dr…

…. Pollard terms a cause celebre. "People absolutely are jumping in now." Several weeks ago, hundreds of rabbis throughout the country — in- cluding four from metro Detroit — signed a New York Times ad calling…

… revisit Borman Hall, deciding the fate of its Jewish elderly. Story on page 22 Rocker Caught The police tackle Ann Arbor vandalism suspect. ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR A Dr. Morris Pollard: A glimmer…

… of hope. of his sentence, as well. Meanwhile, Dr. Pollard and his wife, Mollie, along with their daugh- ter, Carol, are continuing to speak out on Jonathan's behalf. Last week, Dr. Pollard, a…

…- throwing incidents at each building during a three-week period. Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Phil Scheel said a surveillance team saw William Robert Miller near the Hillel build- ing, watched him walk from Hillel…

… 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…

… most blatantly anti-Semitic of the major anti-Israel groups on campus," have found new fuel for their old battles. Hillel is criticizing the MSA for selling copies of The Protocols of the Learned Elders…

… of Zion, an anti- Semitic canard which remains a basic staple in the arsenal of bigots, even today, according to Richard Lobent- hal, executive director of the Michigan Region of the Anti…

…. Hillel has no right to tell us what to do." Hillel director Rabbi Louis Fin- kelman agrees. "Sure ; they have every right to sell it. If they want to associate themselves with this kind of racism, they are…

… Writer The B'nai B'rith Hillel Founda- tion at Wayne State University and the Muslim Students Association (MSA), described in the AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee) College Guide as "the…

…[ Times Reporter Contrasts Lebanon, Israel • 14 Leon Charney: Camp David Accords 'Special Counsel' 40 Microwave Ovens Are Changing The World Of The Kitchen 80 New Sanctuary To Be Dedicated 12…

… the majority of Conserva- tive rabbis in metropolitan Detroit voted in favor of the ordination of female rabbis by their governing body, the Rabbinical Assembly, a number of supporters expressed doubts…

… about the current viability of such a measure for their congregations. Births B'nai Mitzvah Classified Ads Editorials Engagements Obituaries Purely Commentary Danny Raskin Singles Synagogues Women's News…

… 65 66 67 4 59 79 2 45 58 34 51 "I still see that the issue of a woman rabbi is problematic," Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum, of Cong. B'nai Moshe in Oak Park said. "I wish there had been more thought…

… given to a reso- lution of the Halachic aspects of this issue, rather than an avoidance of them," the rabbi said, referring to last week's announcement that the 1,100 rabbis who constitute the Assembly…

… had approved in a mail ballot the ac- ceptance of woman rabbis graduated from the Jewish Theological Semi- nary. "How much good it will do, I don't know," the rabbi of the Downtown Synagogue, Noah Gamze…

… building fund of the Bnai dents attending the University of Michigan. in this year's drive. Some workers, however, stated that . The campaign, will continue into the fall Brith. Hillel Foundation at the…

… asked to do is more than Rabbi Herschel Lymon, director of the Merdler; Saginaw ; William Present, Lan- a responsibility; it is a privilege. We shall not rest. We are Michigan Hillel Foundation, has…

… University they would carry on for weeks, if necessary, until the goal at which time plans will be underway for . of MiChigan in Ann Arbor. is reached. An alumnus of the University of Michi- the breaking of…

… that the drive was extended home of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at Ann Arbor, until next Thursday evening when Golda Myerson, Min- Architect's drawing of proposed new ister of Labar in the Israel…

… of nounced. last efforts. Participating in the drive are also the $350,000 for the erection of a new Hillel. Rabbi Morris Adler, guest speaker at Tuesday's meeting, Foundation on the campus of the uni…

…- following members of the bbard of the paid tribute to the efforts of Mr. Berry and said that "it has versity, Hillel • Foundation; Osias Zwerdling, Ann been a good campaign because it had good leadership…

…Dr. Wei zmann and "The 25 Who 'Rule the World" Read Commentator's Column on Page 2 NEWS HE A Weekly Review ~~~ fiii of Jewish Events VOLUME 15—No. 12 2114 Penobscot Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1 1 55…

… Detroit 26, Michigan, June 3, 1949 Detroit's 1949 Confirmands, Consecrants and Graduates On Page 28 ogey1.7 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c Drive Reaches $5 Million Mark; Extended to Secure Full Quota…

… A determined group of Allied Jewish Campaign work- ers, meeting at the Jewish Center on Tuesday evening at a gathering that originally was intended to serve as the con- cluding session of the 1949…

… drive, resolved to continue with solicitations until the entire $6,395,000 is reached. While the total announced at Tuesday's meeting was $4,- 844,810-76 per cent of the goal and 70 per cent of the pros…

… at the University of Michigan over a controversial divestment proposal culminated at an emotionally charged six-hour meeting of the Central Student Government (CSG) assembly, where the resolu- tion was…

…, Heidelberg Cement and United Technologies. Supporters alleged that those businesses At one of many strategy sessions, students lis- ten to U-M Hillel chair Michele Freed give her ideas about defeating…

… CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 the BDS resolution. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Printed In Michigan 1942 - 2013 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Eve y Week 1 1 1 1 8 0880 A bird's-eye view of the planned school…

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… focuses on the hopeful stories of Israeli terrorism survivors. See page 34. DETROIT JEWISH NEWS metro » Detroit Hustles Harder Motor City has biggest TribeFest contingent for second year. See page 36…

… religious school renovations. Robin Schwartz I Contributing Writer H Passionate U-M Hillel students worked hard to combat on-campus anti-Israel resolution. T Ronelle Grier I Contributing Writer urmoil…

… undreds of smiling faces — frozen in time — are captured in black-and-white class photos that hang along the walls leading to the library and religious school classrooms at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in…

… Southfield. The old pictures, some dating as far back as the early 1900s, are both haunting and captivating; a visual reminder of the Conservative synagogue's long educational history. While those images…

… upgrade the library and religious school wing of the facility on Bell Road, which opened in 1962. Construction of the Berman Center for Jewish Education is set to begin in late May. The Southfield…

… defeated by a 25-9 vote. Endorsed by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) and other groups, the resolution asked the university to divest funds from four companies: Caterpillar, General Electric…

… cornerstone-laying ceremonies of the new building of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation and Beth Israel Community Center at the University of Michigan. The event is open to the public. U. S. Senator Blair Moody…

… Detroit Bnai Brith Council this Saturday. Story on page 2). - The events of the day will commence with a luncheon of the Michigan Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at the Allenel Hotel and will be followed by…

… building. The beginning of the fulfillment of the aspiration for a building adequately to serve the needs of the nearly 2,000 Jewish students at the University of Michigan will be solem- nized Sunday, at a…

…. of M. president; Prof. Wil- liam Haber, member of National Hillel Commission; Albert Friedman; president, Hillel Student Council; Osias Zwerdling, president, Beth Israel Community Center; Ben Paul…

… Brasley, law class of '06, donor of $50,000 towards the Hillel building fund; Irvin I. Cohn, vice-president, and Louis H. Schostak, secretary, Hillel Corporation. (Senator Moody will address the Greater…

…HEBREW: The Instrument for Jewish Survival THE JEWISH NEW A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Read Commentator's Column on Page VOLUME 19—NO. 14 5 Days • Left to Help Make Success Of Allied…

… Jewish Campaign MAKE YOUR PLEDGE TODAY ! 708 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit, Mich., June 15, 1951 i*Ma).7 $4.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c Israel Acclaims, Arabs Protest Resumption of…

… Huleh Drainage rect JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News UJA Sponsors Film Of Israel Settlers The moving and human story of the arrival of new settlers in Israel is being • unfolded in "Tent City…

…," the film that is being shown under the auspices of the United Jewish Appeal. On the left is the film's hero, Moshe, and his grandfather. Below are Moshe and his tent-mate, Egon, formerly of Germany…

…, Funds for their transportation are gathered by the UJA, major beneficiary in Detroit of the Allied Jewish Cam- paign. . JERUSALEM—No incidents were reported during re- sumption, on Tuesday, of the Huleh…

…, 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…

… Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam. The B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation sponsors im- portant social and service activities, but does not satisfy the need for polit- ical activism, said stu- dent Rachel…

… Bordman, who serves as president of Hinds student board. Miss Bordman and Hillel's Executive Direc- tor Mark Finkelstein support JSU and hope members will use Hillel as a resource. Fourteen members of JSU…

… LITTMANN STAFF WRITER Aside BACKGROUND Golan Peace? Are Syria and Israel inching close to an accord? Page 33 ewish students at Michigan State University are or- ganizing a politi- cal presence on…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community IFI VW 13 1 1 I 1 1-1 1 N r- '11114 7 SHEVAT 5753/JANUARY 29, 1993 Spartan Group Jewish students organize at MSU. RUTH…

… campus. "We're forming a student voice," said stu- dent P.J. Cherrin, who spearheaded the forma- tion of the Jewish Student Union. Mr. Cherrin said Jew- ish students do not have adequate representation in…

… met last Sunday with a representative of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit. Council's As s o - SPARTAN page 10 BUSINESS B2 + A2 Success Two U-M grads 'byte' the software market…

…. Page 37 ENTERTAINMENT Sephardi Baton Brazilian and Sephardi music are featured Sunday. Page 71 Contents on page 5 Bringing Back Memories Local Jews from Czechoslovakia fear a new wave of anti…

… — split in two. Cooperation between the two republics like- ly will continue, but observers fear the moral in- fluence of the Czechs will not. "The Slovaks were always worse," says Mr. Klein, of West…

… guess — he growled, "You dirty Jew bastard." Slovakia became a satellite of the Nazis in 1939, when Hitler forced the breakup of the coun- try. By 1940, the Slovaks had established their own institutes to…

… "solve the Jewish problem," and more than 10,000 Jewish busi- nesses were shut down. Two years later, Slovakia deported 60,000 Jews, many of whom went straight to Auschwitz. Among the unique aspects of the…

… more Jewish high school Hundreds seniors are choosing to go to of students Michigan State University than ever gather at the before. For the last 10 years or so, there's been a MSU Hillel renaissance of…

… Jewish life on campus, the result House for a of a number of factors, mainly the university's Shabbat dinner. evolving Jewish Studies program, a revitalized Hillel House and local Jewish donors and phi…

… Wayne State University, to Henry Ford and Beaumont hospitals and many other institutions, it's hard to miss the generosity of Eugene Applebaum. The Bloomfield Hills philanthropist who sold his chain of…

…Imagine a world without hatetm. We do. Join us. 100 See page 44 lojj. $2.00 SEPT. 5-11, 2013 / 1 -7 TISHREI 5774 A JEWISH RENAISSANCE MEDIA PUBLICATION Imagine a World Without Hate 100 Years of…

… Impact theJEWISHNEWS.com » Chai Life Beth Shalom celebration to honor Cantor Sam and Mona Greenbaum. See page 28. » Shofar Factory Bais Chabad helps get families in the spirit of the High Holidays. See…

… pharmacies to do the work he really wanted to do — give back — will receive the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award at the combined annual meeting of the Jewish Federation and United Eugene Applebaum Jewish…

… Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit on Sept. 10. The Butzel Award is Federation's highest honor and rec- ognizes an individual's exceptional impact through volunteer leadership and philanthropy. Early…

… Impressions A young boy and his mother ride a streetcar down Woodward Avenue on their way to the Jewish Community Center where he is to embark CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 A Good Place To Im Be Jewish Michigan State…

… a private tour of the Eli and Edthye Broad Art Museum. Eli Broad, who graduated in 1954, donated $26 million for the construction of the contemporary art museum that opened in November. He is only one…

… example of local Jewish philanthropists too numerous to name, among them Ed Levy, whose endowment has allowed hundreds of students to study in CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 93363 5 …

…- didate Spencer Abraham. Her cam- paigning also landed her a position on the University of Michigan Board of Regents. "I am really excited for Spence and John and my own race," Ms. Fischer said. "For…

…'s first Jewish gov- ernor, were disappointed with Gov. Engler's landslide our weeks after the announcement of an $11 million capital campaign, Hillel Day School may increase the campaign to $16 million due…

…75 0 DETROIT THE EWISH NEWS 8 KISLEV 5755/NOVEMBER 11, 1994 Hillel To Move? $5 million gift carries stipulation. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER F So... How's Your Social Life? Jewish…

… singles find good times and frustrations on metro Detroit's lox-n-bagel circuit. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER 111111.11‘s 4111111111111116 The Aftermath HILLEL page 10 Tuesday's election results sent…

… several Jewish candidates to office and a strong Republican message. Inside JENNIFER FINER AND JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITERS s the realities of a Republican sweep in the American politi- cal…

… Spence, it's like a dream come true." Jews, who were especially active in both campaigns, clearly were split on Tuesday's results. Supporters of Democrat Howard Wolpe, who could have been the state…

… to a $5 million individl in] donation. The possible enlargement of the cam- paign hinges on several contingencies. The major hitch is the school must move from its Middlebelt and Northwestern location…

… to the Maple/Drake campus of the Jewish Community Center and con- struct a new building there. Oakland Mall owner and devel- oper Jay Kogan offered the dona- tion to the school's board Tuesday night…

…. If accepted, it would be the largest gift to a lo- cal Jewish orga- nization in the history of the Detroit Jewish Robert Schostak community. The cost incurred in erecting a new building is estimated to…

… be about $10 million to $11 million, hence the exten- sion of the campaign. In response to the considerations, the board has convened a task force of par- ents, board members and administra- tion to…

… Detroit Jewish community. Horwitz and Martin developed a friendship during her time (2006-8) as provost and vice-chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Discussions about the…

… Hillel integrated into the campus community and academic departments, and reaching out to EMU alums. For example, Steven Tapper (EMU '76) of Tapper's Diamonds & Fine Jewelry and a Jewish community leader…

… Jewish community and the region. Don Cohen I Contributing Writer A t a time when Michigan is looking for its people and institutions to step up, Eastern Michigan University is on the move and coming our…

… metro U-M's Relay For Life raises a record $325,000 under three students' leadership. See jewsh@edu , page 39. » cover story EMU: Making Its Move Eastern Michigan U. is raising its profile in the…

… way. "We've been sitting here in Ypsilanti for 161 years, and we need to go a little bit east:' EMU President Susan Martin said about efforts to connect — and reconnect — with Southeastern Michigan and…

… EMU alums. Some steps in the direction of Metro Detroit's Jewish community include increased support for Jewish campus- wide programming, the appointment of a director of Jewish studies last November, a…

… need for institutions and commu- nities in the region to work together to retain and attract an educated workforce continued after she became EMU's president in 2008. "One of our major challenges as a…

… of our students, but it's not as known or Making Its Move on page 10 9 1942 - 2011 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week EMU commencement speaker Steven Tapper of West Bloomfield…

… region, and for our Jewish community, is having a dynamic place where our children will want to stay and come back to:' Horwitz said. "Eastern is a high-quality university that ought to be attracting more…

…Thirty-two Years of Service to Detroit Jewry AN UNAFFILIATED, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. 49, No. 26 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1947 10c a 1,4P 's.. Voids…

… results were gratifying," said Jacobs. "The signing of 250 new members is in answer to a plea by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver that his hands be strengthened before world tribunals by the ad- herence of additional…

… ef- cated to 56 years of American Zionism; Hon. James G. Mc- fect Dec. 31. The Bnai Brith Donald. American member of the Hillel commission will meet dur- Anglo-American Committee of ing the last week…

…- markable work of human en- ecutive director, and other Zion- gineering he has accomplished ist leaders who died during the in 20 years of service on behalf of the Hillel Foundations. year. ning. The…

… policy of the State of Michigan", the Council asked for dismissal of the complaint. The decision of the 'court de- claring the covenant invalid was rendered by Circuit Judge If. Russell Holland. Funds…

… secured at the Jewish Vocational Service, from his position is tempered which has agreed to act as 3 only by the knowledge that as "clearing house" for applicants, a 111;.laher of the national Hillel who…

… America tion of property, Albert Darza, July 3 to 6. They will be ac- 39, who is studying at Wayne companied by 20 alternates. University under a grant from Some 2,000 delegates from every the Iraqi…

… made up of rep- resentatives of major Detroit scholarship funds. In addition to the opportuni- ties offered by universities, the subcommittee has found that Jewish young people are inter- ested in the…

… Anti-Semitic p r., , :9 • chA ' Hurl Bomb Near Hotel of UN Aids 1► ) Foster Amity at Graduation British Assail Appeal of Group PLEA CONDEMNED British officials sharply as- sailed the UN committee…

… MSU Hillel House Inauguration of a building fund drive to purchase a vitally-needed new home for the Bnai Brith Hillel Founda- tion at Michigan State University in East Lansing has gained momentum with…

…Romania Chief Rabbi Demands Extradition of Michigan's Valerian Trifa for '41 Pogrom BUCHAREST (JTA) — Romanian Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen called for the extradition to Romania of the two men allegedly…

… support pledged by leaders on a state-wide basis. - According to Rabbi Daniel Allen, director of MSU Hillel, the 50-year-old Hillel building at MSU served 150 Jewish students when it was converted to Hillel…

… responsible for the January 1941 massacre of Bucharest's Jewish community. The two are Bishop Valerian Trifa who now lives in Grass Lake, Mich., and Father Vasile Boldeanu who is in Paris. The call was…

… launched last week during a memorial service for the pogrom's victims, many of whom were burned alive when Iron Guard mobs stormed through the Jewish quarter and set fire to synagogues and various Jewish…

… Qaddafi: Their Murderous Acts Affected Entire World The case was pending in U.S. District Court in Detroit for two years and then placed last year under the jurisdiction of a special Justice Departments…

… unit in Washington, D.C. THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary, Page 2 A Weekly Review of Jewish Events MOSES ROSEN Terror for Mankind from Libya Dilemmas as Plagues for Israel Editorials, Page 4 VOL…

…. LXXIV, No. 22 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30c Feb. 2, 1979 Ordination of Women Rabbis Backed by Conservative Unit Building Fund Drive for…

… House in 1947. Today there are an estimated 3,000 Jewish students attending Michigan State. Rabbi Allen said the old building is woefully in- adequate for religious, cultural and counseling ac- tivities…

… and needs major repairs. The MSU Hillel House board found a newer building close to campus, and the Hillel Foundation is seeking to raise $400,000 to purchase, remodel and furnish the building. The new…

…, Community Review of Jewish News Michigan Weekly Editorial Passover Preparations: Functions Pages 21, 32, 56 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 27…

… its demand for an international inauiry. Israel had tried to explain, Hillel said, that it could not submit to a move reflecting lack of trust in its judicial and democratic processes. In a radio…

… propaganda emanating from the Arab states and their supporters. Hillel said that torture is against the moral standards and professional ethics of Israeli investigators. He said that "rigorous" interrogation…

… university campuses. The guest of honor at the banquet will be Jacob Good- man, leader in Zionism, Jewish education and philanthropy and an officer of the Herzliah-Jewish Teachers Seminary. The banquet speaker…

… repeated to him by an Egyptian (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page 42) Joseph Handlemans Establish New Dropsie University Center for Study of Communication of Man's Humanity PHILADELPHIA — Dropsie…

… University announces the establishment of the Center for the Study of Communication of Man's Humanity as a result of a generous gift from Joseph Handleman of Detroit and Miami Beach. In his announcement of…

… this gift, Dr. Abraham Katsh, president of Dropsie University, said "the Joseph and Sally Handleman Center will research the role which communications plays as an instrument for man's search for humanity…

… as it relates to the Jewish people and Jewish scholarship," Dr. Kash stated. Dropsie University's new program will be named "The Joseph and Sally Handleman Center for the Study of Communication of Man…

…The New Ford Image vis-a-vis America and Jewry The saga of a Jonathan-David, Damon-Pythias friendship and the Fisher-Ford relationship that has emerged in an elevation of special consciousness…

… Condemned; Israel Repudiates Torture Charge JERUSALEM (JTA)—Amnesty International's conduct has verged on blackmail and Israel no longer has faith in it, Police Minister Shlomo Hillel told the Knesset Monday…

… effective mobilization an annual state- Representing the Michigan Hillel Foundation development of all services essen- assure American Jewish support for wide pilgrimage of will be Irwin Cohn of Detroit. For…

…. Lelyveld, national director of to light the candles of a giant Menorah specially unanimously at the closing ses- ' SET FOR DECEMBER 16 Sion. The delegates also pledged the Hillel Foundation, will be the…

… chairmen Rabbi Jonah to convert all pledges into cash Sonneborn Wise, national of the of Michigan in Council, and Sidney Karbel; Bay City, by Abe because of the pressing needs in UJA. ' Ann Arbor. Roman, and…

… goal for the 1951 campaign and cooperation and participation by 1 a discuss plans and techniques to of what is to be of the Hillel Student Council, will speak. the JewiSh communities in the I an…

… HEADS RADIO DEPARTMENT where Prof. William Haber, economics department Rabbi Herschel Lymon, Hillel director in Ann three years." NEW YORK — (ISI) — Samuel and member of the National Hillel Commission…

… invited to the Geremoruez. lights, where a torch will be used of the Hanukkah Milton Kahn, Boston, secretary, New York. U. of M. Hillel to Lay Cornerstone …

…, N. J., Dec. Bnai Brith Hil- Baldwin, director of the Student Religious Asso- the state of Israel. 1 18 and 17, it was announced by 1 e 1 Foundation ciation of the university. The assembly also urged…

… all : William Rosenwald, Rudolf G. building at the Detroit will be represented by Victor Bloom- Jewish communities' in America' University B. field, president of the Greater Detroit Bnai Brith and…

… Federations Vow Aid to Program for Israel WASHINGTON—(WNS)—The 19th annual assembly of the Council of Jewish Fed- erations and Welfare Funds opened here under threat of fireworks and concluded on a note of…

… harmony when Julian Freeman, who was subsequently elected president of the organization, announced that council leaders had no present intentions of seeking action on a blueprint for a community…

… affairs," Heinz declared in his let- ter. ■.■ New University of Michigan Social-Cultural Program Inspires Hillel, National Emulation 7 76 -191 Bicentennial Supplement Many important features devoted to…

… socialize as Jewish groups and to identify with their people." Field and Rabbi Joel E. Poupko, director of the University of Michigan Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation, had the cooperation during the past year of…

…-cultural program has been introduced on the University of Michigan campus in an effort to reach out to unidentified Jewish students in an invitation for direct involvement in Jewish life and identification with the…

… Michigan's Hillel. the past two years," said Irwin Alterman, chair- grams" for young people. The man of Federation's Jewish Campaign currently stands at ap- Education Division and co-chair- proximately $23…

… pro- grams sponsored by youth groups, campus Hillels, Jewish day schools and other institutions geared to- ward helping Jewish children, teens and young adults maintain Federation's board of governors…

… percentage of AJCampaign revenue. "We recog- nized that basic human needs were allocated al- most all of the available new money is badly needed by organizations such as the University of dollars during More…

… Jewish Campaign nears completion with its Days of Decision, a final plug for pledges, representatives of agen- cies catering to young people hope their agency budgetary needs will be met. But there's no…

… guarantee. If the Campaign does not reach its $27.5 million target by the end of Days of Decision on June 17, these agencies will likely sustain cuts — even though many of their programs have been designated…

… for priority funding. This year, the board of the Jewish Federation of Metro- politan Detroit has targeted "con- tinuity programming" as a priority for AJCampaign alloca- tions. The category includes…

… partly determined the 1993 fund- ing priorities on the basis of a 1989 demographic survey showing an increase in intermarriage and as- similation. The board reasoned that programs catering to the needs of…

….1 million. Last man of Days of Decision. "We de- year's Days of Decision brought in termined that this was a year to $1.5 million; so it is possible, but balance it a little more or we'd nev- FLATTENED page…

… efer„ Thav were Nib Wan itftg/ thou* Ott twills O the pogroms Ets- oPed tin ited Slates, NM up a balms aro) raise Willies, So sticri4 was their sio-; that if hmire the subject of a ttl-page frature i…

…•t 1926 to die Detroit News. But what has trap eied to the %allay since? Valet was the sad fate of ete re- porter who told Iftg. , ,ir tale? And whet of Sermon Petlyare. the mart-trim insfigat- ed the…

…, Hillel Day School, Frankel Jewish Academy and University of Michigan Hillel. They'll be here through the end of the school year and then will work at one of the Ramah camps. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 - 1…

… MEDIA PUBLICATION theJEWISHNEWS.com » Posthumous Honor Michigan Civil Rights Commission memorializes its slain director Burton Gordin. See page 14. » Love Is In The Air Take your Valentine to one of…

… helps Israel assemble an Olympic curling team. —1 Harry Kirsbaum I Contributing Writer 11 hey don't consider themselves enough to compete in the 2018 Winter Jeff Lutz a 21st-century version of the…

… Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. is ready to Jamaican bobsledding team, nor The odds are long. They need to find release a does Jeff Lutz, 29, of Bloomfield Hills and people who are willing to become…

… would play them in the movie version, possess the mad skills to win a qualify- or what that movie would even be called — Cool ing championship to become one of only 10 teams Brooms, perhaps? allowed to…

… America. With a mid-May 2014 deadline, the goal is to "We're starting from scratch:' said Lutz, who has find a team of curlers — four men and four women, CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 either Israeli or with dual…

…-citizenship — good wo innovative internship programs, the Ramah Fellowship and the Steinsaltz Ambassadors, are enriching Detroit's Jewish educational institutions with young adults intent on sharing their love of…

… arm of Conservative Judaism, oper- ates eight overnight camps, three day camps and several Israel programs. The fellowship grew out of the Ramah Service Corps, which started three years ago and employs…

… OUTCASTS Smooth shift for a Soviet Jewish family 43 Continued on Page 20 CLOSE-UP Campus Vanguard The Hillel Foundation at the University of Michigan is reaching thousands. How's that? Ivan Boesky…

…, Hillel foundations and Youth Organiza- tion, as well as the Jewish Commu- nity Council of Metropolitan Detroit—represents the fraternal organization's first attempt at a un- ified stand on Soviet Jewry…

… the participa- tion of both Jewish and non-Jewish community leaders "shows that this is not an isolated plea for attention. It's universal," explained Pauline Michaels, B'nai B'rith Women's Soviet Jewry…

…-Twelve Mall will include reading 12,000 refusenik names as part of a national effort DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer A rally for Soviet Jewish re- fuseniks, due to take place Thursday at Tel-Twelve Mall, is to be…

… of silence and the reading of the names of 12,000 Jews who have been refused exit from the Soviet Union. The event—sponsored by B'nai B'rith's Men's and Women's Coun- cils, Anti-Defamation League…

…, accord- ing to Peter Perlman, president of B'nai B'rith Metro Detroit Council. The simultaneous rallies around the world, representing the voice of one-half million B'nai B'rith mem- bers worldwide, plus…

… Martin Westin, B'nai B'rith Metropolitan Detroit Council Soviet Jewry chairman. Westin said he does not believe there will be time to read aloud all the 12,000 names of refuseniks, com- piled in a book by…

… the ADL. In fact, "I'm sure the number (of refuseniks) is even greater than what we have in the book." The solidarity event was the brainchild of B'nai B'rith Interna- tional, which passed on program…

… guidelines to local communites. In Detroit, the event was hurriedly put together in 30 days, according to Westin. "Part of the problem in De- troit is that B'nai B'rith doesn't cur- rently have an executive…

… director," said Perlman. "It slowed down the organization of the event." Even so, rally organizers have already received a dozen positive re- sponses from local leaders, answer- The Makar-Limanovs HAPPY…

… was evident in the citation presented to Dr. Katzir by Dr. Robben W. Fleming of the University of Michigan who, after reading the official declaration, said: "I now confer upon you, Ephraim Katzir…

… symbol of that state, a source of reason and direction for a nation in its formative years. "The University of Michigan salutes your ability to infuse intellect into politics, to weld science and social…

… Question of Capital Punishment Raised After Tel Aviv Terror JERUSALEM (JTA) — Police Minister Shlomo Hillel says the question of capital punishment for terrorists may have to be reconsid- ered. Appearing…

…Zuckerman Assumes Fund-Raising Chairmanship; Named to Ben-Gurion University Governors - Board Paul Zuckerman; who retired last December from the chairmanship of the United Jewish Appeal, has just…

… new role, it has just been announced by Yosef - Tekoah, former Israel Ambassador to the United Nations and now president of the Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, that Zuckerman has been named a member…

… of the board of governors of that university. Zuckerman, under whose UJA general chairmanship philanthropic commitments doubled during the three years of his leadership, was in a pivotal role for the…

…, students and community residents who cheered the guest and the university that selected him for the honor — all attested to an established American-Israel tradition of deep-rooted friendship. This sentiment…

… responsibility. Delighted to find in a single mat the diverse qualities of scientist, teacher, humanist and statesman, the University -confers upon you the degree Doctor of Laws." House Would Delay Israel, Arms…

… assumed the role of world chairman of the World Fund-Raising Committee of the Jewish Agency and has already covered vast areas to expand the philanthropic efforts in support of Israel. Simultaneous with his…

… settlement of tens of thou- sands of Russian Jews in Israel with the aid of the UJA and, as the accompanying photo depicts, he gained the affections of the newcomers as well as the esteem of Israeli leadership…

…THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review VOL 7—NO. 1 2114 Penobscot Bldg. RA. 7956 3 of Jewish Events Detroit 26, Michigan, March 23, 1945 , 34. 22 $3.00 Per Year; Singles Copy, 10c FDR Reaffirms…

… Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation. onstrates proper seed culture to American Red Cross workers, Ruth Lowe and Marjorie Fish, at the Farm School of WIZO (Women's Interna- tional Zionist Organization), near…

…- Seder: Students representing more than a dozen different religions at Ohio State University annually participate in an inter-faith Seder on the third night" of Passover, held under the auspices of the…

… Pleased with Jewish Committee Plan, —Page 5 GI Wedding in M. J. Holland- CAPT. GOLDMAN of New York, one of the Jewish Chaplains attached to the Ninth Air Force, is shown (below) of- ficiatng at the first…

… marriage in the synagogue at Maastricht, Holland, after the city's libera- tion from the Nazis by the Allied forces. The bridegroom is PVT. SOL KERNER of New York. The bride is CLARA VAN FRANK, daughter of a…

… local Dutch-Jewish family. Overseas marriages of servicemen must receive the approval of the corn- manding officer. Questions: Just JWB returned mission to from check a on religious needs of Jewish…

… servicemen over- seas, Rabbi" Philip S. Bernstein (hatless), is besieged by anxious parents of servicemen all with the same question, "Did you see my boy?" young Jewish girl Expert:A student (above) dem…

… Tel Aviv, Palestine. This is one of the Jewish agricultural colonies visited by American soldiers on Red Cross tours, as described in George Korson's new book, "At His Side: The Story of the American…

… Hillel Silver, National chairman of the United Jewish Appeal for Refu- gees, Overseas Needs and Pal- estine, who returned last week from a flying, trip to England, called upon the Jewish commun- ity in the…

…) knowledge of the subjects (2) ability to co- operate, (3) clear analysis, (4) diction and felicity of phrase, (5) platform noise. Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple See HILLEL—Page 12 Julius Chajes to Feature…

…. Performing Beethoven's "Em- peror Concerto," Julius Chajes, brilliant pianist and composer, will be the featured soloist with the Michigan WPA Symphony countries throughout the world. The defense of the…

… Invitations were issued this week to officers of communal or- ganizations and men and women active in Michigan Jewish circles throughout the state, to attend the one o'clock luncheon session of the Spring…

… attend the executive sessions at 3:30 p. m., where reports of activities will be presented, and officers elected for the ensuing year. Michigan Synagogue Conference was founded a little over three years…

… Michigan campus, initiation of the local Sabbath Observance Movement, establishment of the Michigan Committee for Support of Yeshivoth and Religious-Chari- table Institutions (Vaad Ha-Yoshi- See CONFERENCE…

…." Thirty-five Hillel Foun- dations and counselorships have participated. This includes all schools in the Big Ten as well as other Universities from Can- ada to Florida and from Yale to California. Semi…

…-finals were held and the winners to com- pete in the finals are: Arthur Goldberg, University of North Carolina, District 1 and 3; Burton Williams, Ohio State University, of District 2; Fred Katzburg, University…

… of California, of District 4; Hal Nappan, University of Alabama, of District 5; Theodore Herman, University of Minnesota, of Dis- trict 6; Irwin Blum, Texas A and M, District 7. The panelists will…

… to regional conferences and quarterly meetings of the Board of Directors. The Vaad Ha-Ke- hilloth has branched out into var- ious fields of activity, including religious work on the University of…

… 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…

… been re- served to enable those who could not secure reservations for the dinner to hear the address of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver on the American Jewish Tercentenary, this Sunday evening. Dinner guests…

… been delegated to represent the Governor, and William E. Stirton, vice-president of Wayne University, who will represent the Mayor. Emma Schavec will sing the national anthems. Details on Page 24 The…

…HE JEWISH NEWS' Dr. A. H. Silver: Courageous Leader A Weekly Review - Commentary, Page 2 Story, Page 24 of Jewish*Events 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. — VE. 8-9364—Detroit 35, October 15, 1954…

… 'seriously the theme of the Ter- centenary — ``Man's Opportunities and Re- sponsibilities Under Freedom" — we reaf- firm our adherence to the sacred ideals we have inherited from the Fathers of this Re- public…

… and from our Prophets. From the very day in 1654 when the first group of 23 Jews settled in New Ams- terdam to establish the first religious Jew- ish community in America, they dedicated themselves to…

… the principle of religious free- dom. We re-dedicate ourselves anew to this imperishable ideal. Throughout the three centuries of the development of the great American Jewish community, the Jews of this…

… country estab- lished the great tradition of caring for the needy, of providing means and sustenance for the aged, the orphaned and the home- less. In the last half century, American Jews rose to great…

… heights in their relief efforts for those who" were either uprooted by wars or were dispossessed by the in- humanity of bigots and tyrants in lands of oppression. We re-dedicate ourselves to the…

… • philanthropic ideals as we re-evaluate our contributions to humanity during our Tercentenary celebrations. American Jewry has been in the fore- front among the forces that helped in the re-establishment of the…

… State of Israel. This may be recorded by history as our genera- tion's greatest accomplishMent. We reaf- firm, as one of the Tercentenary's re-dedica- tory aims, that we retain our interest in the great…

…, 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…

… here's a buzz on the University of Michigan campus these days. Dr. Mark Schlissel, currently the provost at Brown University, was named the school's new president. He will take office July 1. "This is an…

… exciting time for the University of Michigan:' says U-M regent Andrea Fischer Newman. "Mark Schlissel brings an exceptional portfolio of scholarship and leadership and, just as importantly, a tremendous…

…, Detroit mission to Israel, Shabbat dinner at Hillel, NEXTGen Epic event, "graduating" class of interns at a Jewish agency ... there's a budding romance. We invited couples known to have met through their…

… commitment to Michigan's public ethos:' Regent Laurence Deitch says, "We were privi- leged to have a pool of extraordinary candidates, and Dr. Schlissel was simply the best of the best. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12…

… than 50 years. See page 18. » Fabric Of Steel Bloomfield Hills couple takes Crypton from institutional into homes. See page 53. , r' Owners of Kroll Construction: Todd, Brian and Ron, with father, Al…

…, founder of the company. » cover stor c) Federation's aweetheart4 'Beshert' ... meant for each other. Vivian Henoch I Special to the Jewish News B etter than JDate? Maybe. For every summer at Tamarack…

…'s memory of their first encounter is far more vivid than his, they met in the seventh grade in the villages of Levison and Sheruth at Tamarack's Camp Maas in Ortonville. Three years later, Tamarack's Western…

… Schlissel talks with the press during the announcement of his appointment. Bluish and Jewish Mark Schlissel talks about role as U-M's new president. Alice Burdick Schweiger I Special to the Jewish News T…

… CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Printed In Michigan 1942 - 2013 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Eve y Week 1 1 1 8 08805 The Aronoff family: Alden, Cooper, Tracy and Jeff. 93363 5 …

… Crisis Averted Leonard Simons Spearheads Effort Leading to Mortgage Burning Dinner on Sept. 14 The security of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation Build- ing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is…

… who undertook to avert a crisis when it became known a few days ago that a $130,000 mortgage on the - building was in default. Built at a cost of $430,000, the Michigan committee for the U. of M. Hillel…

… became the rescu- ing angel of Michigan's Hillel Foundation. Within one week, his dynamic try at the issue went so far that there will be a mortgage burning dinner at the Standard Club, in the Sheraton…

…. of M. graduates and parents of "M" students, as well as all who are inter- ested in assuring the safe existence of the Michigan Hillel, will come forth with gifts to provide the sum necessary to herald…

… Freedoms The American Way of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 27 1 7 100 W. 7 MILE RD., Detroit 35—VErmont 8-9364—September 9, 1955…

… Commentary, Page 2 $4.00 Per Year, Single Copy 15c 'Profound elief' Is Felt Over Easing of Middle East Tensions; Egypt, Israel Censured by MAC Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News U. of M. Hillel…

… Cadillac Hotel, next Wednesday evening. Mr. Simons',.,already has secured Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld, national director of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation, as a guest speaker for the dinner. He hopes to have…

… University Press, London. Dr. Zeitlin will pursue his scathing de- nunciation of the views of those who credit the Scrolls with belonging to the first cen- tury before the present era in the second portion of…

… the drain- age of the swamps, charging that it violates the Syrian armistice agreement. Too Much Noise—Or Is It Too Much Anti-Semitism? Maryland University Blocks Erection of Hillel Building…

… COLLEGE PARK, Md., (JTA)—The erection of a new building to house the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at the University of Maryland has been blocked owing to the op- position of non-Jewish students…

… Give Liberally, Work Ardently For the 1951 of Jewish Events Allied Jewish Campaign Reviews, Pages 2 and 4 VOLUME 19—No. 3 708 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit, Michigan, March 30, 1951…

… chairmanship, Mr. Morgenthau said that the national organiz ation is heartened by the selection of an out- standing Michigan leader to direct the lo cal drive. He expressed confidence that De- trioit—always a…

…. Approximately 50 members of fraternities and sororities appeared before the Prince George's county commission and said they did not want the Hillel building erected near their fraternity and sorority houses…

… commissioners refused to grant a zoning variance for erection of the Hillel building. About two years ago a retiring student body president, who was not Jewish, issued a statement complaining about the pre…

… career . as an instructor at Columbia University. In 1937 he was appointed by President Roosevelt as chairman of the Securities and Exchance Com- mission, - where he reorganized the stock exchange, and was…

…- valence of anti-Semitism at the university. …

… the Grand Ballroom of the Book Cadillac.. Hotel, .to honor their guest speaker, Hon. William 0. Douglas, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, and officially to open this year's major…

… community philanthropic drive. The dinner will be under the general direction of Louis Berry and Joseph Holtzman, chairmen of pre-campaign activities. Justice Douglas is acquainted at first hand with the…

… Brooke Victor of West Bloomfield was inducted into the national Collegiate Scholars at the University of Michigan. She is the daughter of Howard and Gail Victor and Victor is in the nursing school at U…

…HILL FLOOR COVERINGS HERES TO FAMILY-OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE Name Brands Low Prices Eric Adelman of Berkley has been chose by Hillel of Metro Detroit, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, to…

…, founder and man- aging partner of Berkley-based personal injury law firm Liss & Shapero, has been appointed to the board of trustees for the city of Berkley Downtown Liss Development Authority. Michigan…

… Psychoanalytic Foundation of Farmington Hills celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Rock Financial Showcase in Novi on Nov. 10. The honoree was Harold Kulish, founding president of the Michigan Psychoanalytic…

… example, which has made a difference in the lives of people with disabilities. She has garnered national recognition for her efforts and commitment. Most notewor- thy is her fight that resulted in the…

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… Board of Trustee of the made to clear up the questions at also known as an interperter of Greeted By Rabbis Isidore Mellin, president, open- ensues were set aside to assist Michigan Bnai Brith Hillel foun…

…. V.—Page 16 ication Of the newly acquired See PROGRAM—Page 16 See TARTAKOWER—Pa ge 16 funds were earmarked for the Hillel foundation on the campus broader purpose of establishing of the University of…

… Michigan. what were to become some of the The dedication ceremony will first of American Jewry's best take place on Sunday afternoons, Nov. 1. known philanthropic agencies. Earliest of these was the Clev…

… world." dent for the third consecutive The joint session of the two Michigan. With an enrollment of year, was prevailed upon to ac- a pproximately 900 students, the Zionist bodies went on record also cept…

… will be on Tol- ular health program, child wel- Mrs. Saul Rosenman, chair- by successive Zionist Congresses, stoi's "War and Peace" applied fare, feeding, refugee and land man of the District Hillel cons…

…. Harry Friedenwald of Opened with an accumulated or- Baltimore and Judge Julian Mack phan's fund of $10,000 in a mod- of the colleges and universities of and the Hadassah, meeting in the United .States…

… president of Hadasseh, Mrs. Pool, an tin opic ;Activity of t he .Jewish into the structure of the new See B'NAI BRITH—Page 5 who will serve as Hadassah presi- student body at the University of democratic…

…, November 10 resolution repudiating the Ichud Zwerdlin–, University of Jerusalem, which i:, Hernial' S. Osnos, program. Mrs. Pool was one of ocates a bi-national state in Dr. B. Benedict Glazer of Aaron…

…America 'elvish Periodical Cotter CTORY 16, 1942 ‘ .f ` 1 le I) cit o ithropiss 1st, will [ Is topic ish Life 1." Mr. ;son NI. he Lim. [vent of s sera, to pal • ems he army ashes of he mid. e…

…. !tary. 27th Year of Service to State and Country BUY VNITSP ITATII 1117511111 Detroit Jewish Chronicle (INDS AND VOL 44, No. Is CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO 443 and The Legal Chronicle…

… 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…

… which closed the two-day conference. Above, at speakers' table, left to right, are: PROF. FRANCIS E. McMAHON of the University of Chicago; JUDGE FRANK A. PICARD, chairman of the Michigan Chapter of…

… is not one to desert tt historic cause, Winston Churchill gave assurance that he has always been a Zionist- and he is still a Zionist, Dr. Abba Hillel 34 4:00 Detroit 26, Michigan, March 29, 1946 10…

… banquet speakers, and Lt.-Gov. VERNON BROWN of the State of Michigan. (See story on Page 22) …

…Churchill Reaffirms His Pro-Zionist Position Former British Premier NEWS of Jewish Events Pledges Continued Aid For the Jewish Homeland THK I NWISH VOL. 9—NO. 2 NEW YORK, (JTA)—Declaring that he…

…c; $3 Per Year Lebanese, Assyrians Back Zionists' Claim, Leaders Tell Probers —Page 3 DR. SILVER CHURCHILL BARUCH Silver, president of the Zionist Organization of America, dis- closed after a…

… conversation he had with the British war-time Premier on the eve of his return. to England. Speaking before the members of the national executive of the ZOA, Dr. Silver, who was presented to Churchill by Bernard…

… Baruch, reported that the British Conservative leader reaffirmed his support of the .Jewish National Home in Palestine and free immigration' to the -fullest absorptive capacity of that country, and favors…

… a joint trusteeship of Great Britain and U. S. A. to bring about this end. Setting forth his position on Zionism, Churchill stated that he is ready to stand alone on . this issue in his own party, if…

… necessary. He recalled that he was one of those who backed the Balfour . Declaration and that he still stands by the commitments contained in that historic pledge to the Jewish people. He re- ferred time- and…

… again to the achievements of the Jews in Pales- tine who, he said, have made a "desert bloom like a rose." Churchill pa d. tribute to the -members of the Palestine Jewish Brigade, the formation of which…

… University. holidays. Eastern Michigan University and the rescheduling) in depth, but no workable University of Michigan altered their cal- rearrangements could be found," Ms. Williamson said in her letter…

… sends Jewish hol- idays into the early part of September. Hillel of Metro Detroit and the Jewish Community Council provide local colleges, j 11 aside FOCUS Poles like Jewish culture, but can't find…

… during Michigan Defamation League, the past year with Louis was discussing bigotry with Farrakhan and the Nation of a group of teen-agers at Islam, and we sense a grow- Temple Israel when one ing need to…

… featuring Jeffrey Ross from ignore them? "Many students, because the organization's parent of- they're not prepared to deal fice in New York. The semi- with these issues, tend not to nar was held at Michigan…

… slated for the second day of Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 15. The problem is neither new nor unique. Various colleges and universities through- out the state battle with the issue each time the lunar calendar…

…- ondary schools with Jewish calendars for five years ahead. In addition, the two groups sent letters of concern to learning cen- ters with schedules con- flicting with major Jewish Campus of Wayne State…

…. endars. George Keith, president of the Orchard OU has not given definitive answers as to its final scheduling. WSU and OCC Ridge Campus of OCC, responded to Ms. Weiner with a letter regarding contract…

… stand firm. Marilyn Williamson, provost and vice agreements and labor unions and the im- president for academic affairs for WSU, possibility of making a change. In addi- wrote to former JCCouncil…

… President tion, he sent a memo to faculty and staff Jeannie Weiner that WSU maintains a alerting them to the religious holiday. He added, "In a minority of instances, policy of not scheduling tests or…

… required activities on religious holidays. She re- due to the nature of the class or its in- quested all instructors provide essential structional methods, some instructors do materials on class meetings…

… Hillel at the U of M ANN ARBOR —Rabbi Herschel Lymon, formerly assistant rabbi at Temple Beth El, Detroit, has been appointed head of the Hillel Foundation at the University of Michigan. Hillel at…

… regional Hillel director on the West Coast. Rabbi Lymon is a graduate of Hebrew Union College and re- ceived his academic degree at the University of Cincinnati. The foundation's activities will begin with…

…- tion will begin using at this service. Overflow services will be held in the Institute lecture hall where Rabbi Milton Aron of the Hillel Foundation at Wayne University will conduct the devotions. On…

… Legal Chronicle Vol. 48, No. 38 'Jews Likely DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1946 Heads Hillel to Join Talks on Palestine BRITISII PLAN 'DEAD' The Agency members in Pales- tine are to be…

… Burdens, U. S. Jews Admonished Dr. A. L. Sachar tells enthusiastic audience at dedication of new home of Hillel Foundation at University of Michigan that Jews of this country now occupy major position in…

…For Victory Buy U. S. War Savings Stamps And Bonds VOL. 2—NO. 3 E JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review RA. 7956 2114 Penobscot Bldg. of Jewish Events Detroit, Michigan, November 6, 1942 34 22 $3…

… and Organizations Make Liberal Gifts Luncheon meeting addressed by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver breaks all records for attendance at campaign meetings . . . Women reaffirm policies of earlier years by making…

… gift, contributors were to add all of their last year's contributions to the other causes now in the Chest, including the Allied Jewish Campaign, Detroit would still fall far short of its required funds…

…. The USO alone, to cite an example, raised $425,000 last year. For the coming year it must have from Detroit $950,000, of 'which $800,000 is our share of the national responsi- bility in areas where…

… morale and recreational work for our own armed forces has no heavy population concentration to support it. The balance of the $950,000 is for an ex- panded program for the service men here in Detroit. How…

… can this essential program be maintained, if not through increased giving from our contributing public? Mere renewal of the Community Fund gift would demoral- ize and even wipe out the entire USO…

… program — and mere renewal of last year's gifts would jeopardize the services required for a much larger Army and Navy than Canterbury and Churchill Condemn Nazi. Persecutions — Page 7 Dr. Franklin…

… Named Keynote Council Institute Speaker Page 2 'Russia Reveals Brutal Murder Of Kishineff Chief Rabbi Page 15 GUEST EDITORIAL "I Believe in the War Chest, But. * we had during the last USO campaign…

…, long before Pearl Harbor. And all this is without reference to the increased need of the civilian population of our Allies, wherever we can still extend help to them. Detroit certainly cannot ignore…

… 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…

… from Israel: Of truth and peace, is the gift of Israeli students affiliated Nolith the Hillel Foundation at the Hebrew University to stu- Maryland, and will be planted on dents at the University a…

… are Dr. Leah Bloch-Frankenthal (left) of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Rabbi Meyer Greenberg, director of the Bnai Hillel Foundation at the University of Maryland, who ranged the presentation…

… :010: Presentation of an Israeli myrtle tree is made by Mrs. Abba Eban, wife of the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, to Dr. Wilson H. Elkins, president of the University of Maryland. Looking on…

…'Who'll give us a Serum against Fear?' Foolish Question Gets Answer It Deserves Commentary, Page 2 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Our Youth and Their Jewishness of Jewish Events Editorial…

…, Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle • VOLUME-27—No. 11 cikgq;Ii1" . 7 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE. 8-9364—Detroit 35, May 20, 1955 $4.00 Per Year…

…. Schwartz, ex- ocutive vice chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, as its -vice president and directing head, assumed responsibility Monday for the sale of Israel bonds in the United States and other parts of…

… the free world. In accordance with an agreement with the government - of Israel, the Bond sales organization was officially trans- ferred to a newly created agency known as the Development Corporation…

… year. Isidore Sobeloff, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Federation, who has directed all of the eight four-million-plus drives which began in 1948, in an analysis of the 1955 efforts, at Tuesday…

… surpassed by the continuing solicitations by workers who. refuse to call a halt to their. efforts until all prospects have been contacted. Mr. Sobeloff announced that "flying squadrons" of volunteer workers…

… will contact a large number of Detroiters whose . pledges have not as yet been turned in. He said there is hope that the stretching of activities by these volunteers augurs well for ad- ditional…

… and American intellectuals.) — Bible in Art! The Old Testament in modern art now covers the front lounge wall of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at the University of Alabama. This 1 1 -by-25- foot…

… Hillel Foundation at the University of Alabama. Among the distinguished guests present at its presentation recently were Abba Eban, Israel's ambassador to the United States; Dr. John M. Gallallee…

…THE JEWISH NEWS Jews by Birth: How Shall They Who Reject Us A Be Treated? Commentary, Page 2 Weekly Review of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit…

… said the evidence he found sub- stantiates the Biblical story.) (Dr. Moshe Davis, provost of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in lectures in…

… mural was painted in modern semi-abstract style by Prof. Howard C. Goodson, of the University Art Department. The tablet of the Ten Commandments, Moses' cradle, the burning bush and illustrations of…

…, president of the University of Alabama; , and William P. Bloom, member of the National Anti-De- famation Commission (af, Bnai Brith. …

… Jewish Chronicle VOLUME 25—No. 23 wkr-V1* 7 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE. 8-9364—Detroit 35, August 13, 1954 Abba Hillel Silver: Congressional Tribute to a Great Leader Story on Page 20 $4.00 Per Year…

… sections of our population from being harmed as a result of the propa- ganda let loose here in consequence of the campaign of hatred launched by extremists." These assurances were wired by him to Benjamin…

… Heller, president of the Federation of Jew- ish Communities of Algeria, and Jacques Lazarus, head of the World Jewish Congress North African Bureau. The Jewish leaders had telegraphed M. LaCoste, after…

… last week's pogrom, ex- pressing "deep emotion and shock over the outrageous murders." They urged M. LaCoste to take "all meaures insuring the efficient protection o f Moroccan subjects of Jewish origin…

… audience (Continued on Page 33) (Editor's note: The information in this article was provided by University of Michigan student Dan Levy, a member of Students Concerned About a Recurrence.) ANN ARBOR…

… — University of Michigan students and faculty organized a campus protest last week against solicitation letters sent to the community within the last two weeks by the "Legion for the Survival of Freedom" and the…

… Neo 7 Nazi.• Revisionist Letters WSU Jewish Students Answer Arab Speaker • By NATHAN BIGMAN (Editor's note: Bigman is a student at Wayne State Uni- versity and a member of WSU's Bnai Brith Hillel…

… Founda- tion.) On April 3, Uri Levi, Wayne State campus representa- tive for the American Zionist Youth Foundation, and myself, attended a meeting of the Michigan Chapter of the Organization of Arab…

… in the campus news- paper, the Michigan Daily, held a forum on "Hate Groups in the 80s," and held an outdoor campus memorial service for the victims of the Holocaust. The advertisement published in the…

… speaker at the meeting was Russ Bellant, president of the Student-Faculty Council at Wayne State University. In his statement, Bellant noted how difficult it is to obtain objective news reports because of…

… Michigan Daily on April 1 was signed by more than 300 Jewish and non-Jewish students and faculty, as well as 14 organizations. Entitled "An Open Letter to the University Community," the advertisement was…

… also posted at various campus locations. The advertisement stated: "Recently, many students here at the university have received an affront to their intelligence and moral sensibilities in the form of a…

… and academic establishment have created the 'myth' of the Holocaust in order to lead Americans to war. • We are outraged! "We the undersigned, recognize that the university is a forum for conflicting…

… University of Michigan junior Tammy Wasserman is concerned, Jewish stu- dents in Ann Arbor can be broken up into four categories: Hillel, Greek, Closet and Floating Jews. In interviews with 24 students at the…

… roots. The "Hillel" group represents A students involved in any branch ciology course on the American of the organized Jewish commu- Jewish community, is not scien- nity at U-M. "Greek" represents tific…

…7 50 DETROIT THE EWISH NEWS 12 KISLEV 5754/NOVEMBER 26, 1g93 Still Another Lack Of Progress At the 62nd GA, the issues of years past again surface unsolved. PHIL JACOBS EDITOR AND NEIL RUBIN…

…. school and then Hebrew school. She also told She stared down the pro- of how in her synagogue she "wore" the fessional panel of social work- proverbial scarlet letter because she didn't ers, Ph.D.s and…

… educators who have a spouse. had just completed an hour Across the hall, audience members told of discussion on Jewish iden- speakers on intermarriage that, unless they tity and continuity and asked…

… experienced marrying out of the faith, the them where she fit into real "experts" were in the audience. Jewish life. A child of sur- Not one of the 3,000 participants at last vivors, she week's 62nd Council of…

… said the general Jewish com- Jewish Federations General munity only superficially Assembly in Montreal didn't tried to understand and help know the significance of the her with the second genera- number…

… 52 — the current in- tion of pain she lived with. termarriage percentage ac- That pain, she said, altered cording to CJF. her ability to exist "normal- Then there was the dis- ly" as a Jew. cussion…

… of 35 Photo by Paul Hackner duced herself on the audience and 40, who have done ev- microphone as a single par- Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak erything asked of them. ent. She told a similar panel…

… Rabin addresses Journalists at the NO PROGRESS page 30 Montreal Queen Elizabeth Hotel. w hat do you object to?" Students of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism are accustomed to this question…