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…History in the Making THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press…

… people. The chagrin is over the fact that the cultural efforts of the Hillel Foun- dations and other similar educational move- I ments. have not been as successful as we had hoped in attracting large…

… 'University under; ' the LaMed Professorship of Jewish 8tildie's.. • it' good eliole4 activities. provided by Turkey's positive attitude. Angoff's 'The Sun at Noon' …

… second class matter Aug. 6, 1942, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879 --- PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher _ VOL. XXVI. No. 21 - SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager Page…

… Four FRANK SIMONS City Editor January 28, 1955 Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sab7;b.th. the sixth. day of Shevat, 5715, the following .Scriptural selections will be read our synagogues…

… Allied Jewish Campaign. Formulas adopted by the pre-campaign budgeting con- ference and the initial pledges of the larger contributors point to the continuation of a• program which has elevated Detroit…

… Jewry to a high position in the field of philan- thropy. A generous response from a group of large givers is proving most heartening to the campaign planners. Even more encouragincr however, is the…

… wholesome attitude adoptal by the budgeting conference held last Sun- day in anticipation of the needs to be faced by our community. Recognizing the necessity of continuing the support we give to the local…

… educational, health-protecting and recreational agencies, the budgeting conference nevertheless took into consideration the obligation to provide „the maximum of available funds for overseas relief and for the…

… rehabilitation of new set- tlers in Israel. An unfortunate decline in income in re- cent years has caused an inevitable reduc- tion in allocations to the United Jewish Ap- peal. It stands to reason that the only…

…THE JEWIA-I NEWS Fertile Planting Area Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicl e commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Mernber American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press…

… of the parents. * * * Our youth may even now be more loyal to its heritage than we realize. Yet the col- lege youth respond only in limited numbers to the appeals of the Hillel Foundations. Our youth…

… good. We have pleaded in these columns on numerous occasions for under- standing of our youth and for recognition of the problems that beset them in an age of universal military service. But fears are…

… second class matter Aug. 6, 1942, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3. 1879 PHILIP "SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher VOL. XXVII, No. 11 SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager FRANK SIMONS…

… City Editor Page Four May 20, 1955 Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath. the twenty-ninth day of lyar, 5 715, the following Scriptural selections ?pill be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal…

…, Erev Shevuot, 7:37 p.m. Our Youth and Their Jewishness We are approaching the season of grad- uations, consecrations and confirmations and should begin to think again of future plan- ning for our young…

… people, of their place in our community, of their attitudes towards our communal programming. There is justifiable concern over the in-' difference which has marked such attitudes in recent years. We may…

… have been totally blind to reality in believing that only our youth have become indifferent to our com- munal - life when, as a matter of fact, a cal- loused adult - population, whose maturity should…

… have caused many of our people to become more fully - integrated in our com- munity's efforts, is responsible for inactivity that is reflected in the ranks of the young. Nevertheless, it is impossible to…

… absolve youth from responsibility to its Jewish hell- tag-e. * A short time ago, Associate Professor of English Charles I. Glicksberg, of Brooklyn College, in a provocative article, • "College Youth and…

…Spirit of the Ten Commandments THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan…

… Jewish projects have not been happy ones. We have faced resist- ance among our college youth. The Hillel Foundations are succeeding in enlisting only a very small percentage of Jewish students, and only…

…? Many of our boys and girls who will -be confirmed or consecrated or graduated from our. schools will be entering universities. Ex- , periences in approaches to Jewish college students in behalf of…

…. Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of Marcb 3, 1879 OM. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher VOL. XXVII, No. 12 SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager…

… Page Four FRANK SIMONS City Editor May 27, 1955 . Shevuot Scriptural Selections Pentateuchat portions: First Day of Shevuot, Friday, Ex. 19:1-20:26, Num. 28:26-31; Second say, Saturday, neut. 14…

…:22-16:17, Num. 28:26-31. Prophetical portions:; Friday, E2ek. 1:1-28; 3:12:. Saturday, Hab. 3:1-10. Licht Benshen, Friday, 7:33 p.m. Shevuot: Our Challenging Festival • Shevuot, the date of which is determined…

… by counting off seven weeks after the first day of Passover — hencethe term Feast of Weeks -used in reference to it — originally was an agricultural festival, which was cele- brated in the Land of…

… Israel to mark the gathering of the first fruits of the summer harvest. First fruits were brought- to. the Temple as the people's. - offerings, and for this reason, to this day, our synagogues as well EL…

….s. our homes are adorned on this holiday with flowers. As the • anniversary of the Giving of the Torah to Israel an Sinai, by Moses, the fest- - val thereby assumes another significant role. Thus,: we…

… enter our synagogues on Shevuot. days With pride • in our being the People of the Torah: In modern times, Shevuot assumed an- other role: as a date•of, or an approximate date for, graduations…

… Abraham; Yeacov I. Homnick, Young I s r a e 1, Oak Park; Henry Hoschander, Bnai Israel, Pontiac; Max Kapustin, director, Bnai Brith Hillel Foun- dation, Wayne University; Sam- uel Prero, Young Israel of De…

… seat- ing in traditional Synagogues which face two Michigan congre- gations begs for comment and a correction of the record. To state that "there is no progressive Or- thodox synagogue in Detroit without…

…'s leader- ship -in the new nursing tech- nique has come from Wayne University, from the United States Public Health Service and from Michigan's leading philanthropic foundation in the nursing field, the…

… Cunningham Drug Company Foundation. Sinai is the training center in team nursing and administra- tion techniques for the Wayne University School of Nursing; every W a yn e undergraduate spends six weeks as a…

… University Plan Dec. 7 Dinner for Einstein College The Detroit Friends of Yeshiva University will salute the first American University under Jew- ish auspices, on the occasion of the dedication and opening of…

…. TY 8 - 2800 CARPENTER. Alterations of all kinds. Free estimates. WE 4-4826, WE 3-0815. FOR BETTER wall washing call James Russell. One day service. TO 6-4005. 526 Belmont. TR. 3-7770 DELICATESSEN…

… NEED TILE WORK? New and Repair Special U OF D TILE & TERRAZZO CO. DI 1-0568 UN 1-5075 PAINTING—Exterior, Interior, Deco- rating, wall - washing. W. Williams, 7758 Prairie. TE 4-0195 TY 5-9103. I…

…. SCHWARTZ & CO. All types of car- penters work. TY 7-7758 or UN 2-6329. FURNITURE UPHOLSTERED and new made to order. First-class work. Rubel's Upholstering, 12034 Linwood. TU. 3-0285. PART-TIME and relief…

… qualify, an inter- view will be arranged. Write Box 139, THE JEWISH NEWS; 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. Detroit 35, Michigan. A-1 PAINTING. decorating. Reasonable prices. Free estimates. VI 2-8997 . BR 3…

… and heater. Tinted glass. Owner. 16734 Oakfield. Markel Homes Erects 110 Ranches in Oak Park A development of 110 homes is currently under construction by the Markel Home Building Co., just north of…

… the Na_ 1927, after receiving his degree tional Membership Chairman for at the University of Michigan. He the Supreme Women's Council. Pisgah and Oak-Woods Chap- helped to organize and was first ters…

… the Bnai Brith Hillel 100% paid up certificates, and Commission and now serves as a Pisgah and Keiden chapters were member of the national civil honored for the smallest percen- rights committee of the…

… complete explanation of the sheitel and its background, as it was written for the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia by Samuel Rappaport: Ac-cording to an old Jewish custom, married women, for the sake of modesty…

… _Rarity of Genius — and Domination of Mediocrity Our universities do not always choose wealthy men and poli- ticians for honors. They often award honorary degrees to men of real ability and great…

… distinction. Such was the case with W. K. Kelsey of The Detroit News. Wayne University displayed good judgment in selecting our distinguished confrere for this honor. His own newspaper quite properly spoke of…

… our educational system, especially coming from a man who once was a university president. We have hundreds of thousands of college graduates each year, and we would be lucky if we had in our public life…

…Purely Commentary The Terruque' in Jewish. Life and Law Tradition of Head-Covering and • • • Emergence of the 'Sheitel' . . . Not an Issue, but a Fact-Finding Effort. In the last few weeks…

…, considerable discussion has been aroused by several occurrences in Jewish ranks. A proposal by the president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis that women should be ordained as rabbis, a publicly…

…-staged Orthodox wedding, matters affecting kashrut, have created curiosity in the ranks of the unin- formed, debates among differing elements in Jewry. 0-.1e of our rabbis made this unfortunate comment on the ques…

…- tion of ordaining women as , rabbis: "In its recent picture story of a Hassidic wedding here, the Free Press showed the degradation to which Orthodox women are still subject." This, of course, is a…

… New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other big cities. Leo Adler, Inc., hit the top of the list in Michigan and was fifth among 2,730 DeSoto dealers in the U. S. for sales in May, it was announced by A…

…- tra fervor since fellow New York University a I u m n u s, Stanley Kramer, is director-producer of the epic . . . Kramer headed directly for Hollywood immedi- ately after graduating from NYU about 16…

…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-15 Friday, July 1, 1955 Montefiore Lodge Gift for Campers Representing Montefiore Lodge No. 12, Free Sons of Israel, Mrs. REUBEN R. WEINER, chairman of the camping committee…

…, and LEON S. SCHEMBECK, president of the lodge, presented Monte- fiore Lodge's annual contribu- tion to the Fresh Air Society's Campership Fund, to NATHAN MILSTEIN (left), president of the society…

…. Montefiore Lodge is the second oldest Jewish or- ganization in Detroit, having been chartered by the Grand Lodge in 1864. The lodge is one of the largest yearly contributors to the Fresh Air Society. CARD OF…

… THANKS The family of the late Morris P e l a v i n acknowledges with grateful appreciation the many kind expressions of sympathy extended by relatives and friends during the family's recent be- reavement…

…. : FOR YOUR DANCING • and ENTERTAINMENT : PLEASURE • • • . SAMMY i e WOOLF And His Band • TE. 4-7730 or WE. 4-0879: 4.0••••+.4■ M•••••••••••• GREZ'S Hungarian Village 935 LAWNDALE N. of the 8600…

… Block of Danny Raskin's en ai terid LISTENING HOWARD PEARL, ace pub- licity representative for United Artist Film Corp., is currently ballyhooing the picture "Not As a Stranger" in Detroit with ex…

… years ago, his head filled with ideas to put into scripts . . . Howard also eventually wound up in the movie industry, only on the other side of the fence as he puts it . .. Howard did a bit of…

… reminiscing about Kramer, who he fondly refers to as the "Boy Wonder" . . . Going to Hollywood from NYU, Kramer got a job at Columbia as a -"grip," the term given a sort of handy man stage hand who works with…

…THE JEWISH NEWS Al ter Geneva - What? Incorporating the Detroit Jewish. Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Assotiation of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press…

…. * * In his address at the recent convention of the Zionist Organization of America, Dr. Abba Hillel Silver spoke of the continuing Jewish interests in Israel. He described Is- rael's recent triumphs• and…

…, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Illinois, Arkansas, Michigan, Georgia and Maryland. How will . the haters of immigrants explain this phenomenon? - Mrs. Pasley's "21 Stayed" poses many…

… of all Jews, re- gardless of their party affiliations: Zionists are not alone in such unimaginativeness and in a concentration of internal politics. The lat- ter is a universal fault, and to pin it on…

…. Entered as second class matter Aug. 6.. 1942. at Post Office, Detroit, Mich.. under Act of March 3, 1879 FRANK SIMONS SIDNEY SHMARAK PHILIP SLOMOVITZ City Editor Advertising Manager Editor and…

… Publisher Sabbath- ScriptUral Selections This Sabbath, the eighteenth day of Ab, 5715; •_tfte;following Scriptural selections. - tviii - be read in our synagogues: Pentaieuchal portion, Dent. 7…

… a gradually-developing series of attacks on the Zionist movement, whose heroic leaders and whose strong principles were responsible for the development and the rise of the Jewish state. It is natural…

… for realities to overshadow *visions and dreams. With the creation of the State of Israel, the vision inherent in Zion faded. Certainly a vision turned into reality can no longer be termed a dream, and…

… the Zionist movement was bankrupt. She referred to the movement as it is constituted at present as "largely - a holdover of both men and ideas from an age when scientific Zionist achievements were made…

…." She was fair enough to add that they were "achieve- ments which culminated in the formation of the State of Israel." But the attack itself— the charge of bankruptcy—is too da -maging to be condoned. At…

…, tore vacationing in Miami Beach, Fla. - _ The following are guests of Clover Lodge, Omena, Michigan: Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Gordon and daughters, Mrs. Ann Goldsmith and son Jefferey, of Cortland Ave.; Mrs…

… doctors, who together with university teaching staffs, set off the national wage de- mands of the professionals, have been joined by lawyers, engi- neers, architects, dentists and veterinarians. Top…

…ctievities in Society Mr. and Mrs. William B. Caplan, of Chesterfield Avenue, Sher- • wood Forest, are on an extended tour of Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Epel, of 3218 Calvert, are vacationing in…

… Epels were greeted by 30 relatives from both Sweden and Denmark and six movie cameras recorded the reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Epel plan to return home on Aug. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman Rycus, of Miami Beach…

…, Fla., formerly of Detroit, will greet their friends 8 p. in. Wednesday, at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Seymour Kyte, 18714 Roselawn. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Weingarden and children, Ronald and Marcia…

…. Rose Rosenberg, of Oak Park; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mehlman and sister, Miss Dora Weil, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Graham Dorn and daughter, of Saginaw; Mr. and Mrs. Phil Herman and Mr. and, Mrs…

…. Edward E. Kaufman and daughter, Bonnie, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rosenberg, of Washburn Ave.; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shapiro, of Prairie Ave.; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Weil, and daughters, Judy Lynn and Joan, of…

… Steel Ave.; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Jacobs, of Ardmore Ave.; Mrs. Tannenbaum and daughter, of Greenlawn Ave.; Mr. and Mrs. Zelig Handelsman and daughter, Rochelle, of Wisconsin Ave., their daughter Mrs. Goldman…

… and her daughter, Ruthie, of Oak Park; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Goldman, of Vaughn Ave.; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Goldman, of Monica Ave.; Miss Helen Axelrod, of Chicago; Mrs. Robert Trattner and four children, of…

… Indianapolis, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goldman, of Warrington Drive; Mrs. Sophie Herman, Mr. Boris Karasick, Dr. and Mrs. Sol Forman and children and mother, Mrs. Annetta Wilenkin. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dorb and…