…-; • Welcome, Eliahu Epstein, Israel's Envoy to U. S. —Story, Page 2; Editorial, Page 4 Reviews of Latest Books 'by Jewish Authors THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review • Prepare NOW For Allied Jewish Campaign To Assure of Jewish Events Continuous Aid for Israel Page 4 VOLUME 14--NO. 24 I 2114 Penobscot. Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit 26, Michigan, February 25, 1949 The Autobiography of CHAIM WEIZMANN President of Israel By...…
…Detroit Jews to Greet Israel's Ambassador Israel's ambassador to the United States, Eliahu Epstein, will be the guest of the Jewish com- munity at Detroit's celebpation of the conven- ing of the first Jewish Parlia- ment in 2 ,000 years. He will speak at a city- wide r ally, at 8:30 p. m. Mon- day in the main a u d i torium of Shaarey Zedek. The meeting Epstein will be spon- sored by all Zionist organizations in the city united in the Zionist...…
…= Israel's Envoy to U. S. to Hone Ellahu Epstein Coming For Rally at Shaarey Zedek peak Here Monday, Publishers Confer With Truman, Arab Spokesman Present Him With First Paper By PAUL S. GREEN 2 THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, February 25, 1949 — Rises in Assembly Israel's Envoy to the United States, Hon. Eliahu Epstein, .will receive the Detroit Jewish Community's welcome when he addresses a public meeting at the Shaarey Zedek . JERUSALEM, (...…
…UMW DETROIT JEWISH 1)::ge Two Franklin Memorial Lecture to Be Given by Charles Taft Events of the Week 35 Rabbis to Help Celebrate Dedication of Yeshivah Hall In observance of the seventh and neighboring cities are ex- anniversary of the dedication of petted to participate in the on Dexter and1"Torah Day" activities. Guest its new home Cortland, Yeshivath Beth Yehu- speaker at a public meeting at 2:30,p.m., when the study hall dah will h...…
…Publishers Plan Expanded News Service, Criticize Excessive Publicity Costs • Convention of English-Jewish Newspapers ih Washington Observes Centennial of Press, Plans National Institute, Acclaims President Truman WASHINGTON, D. C.—A determined effort to extend the facilities of the English-Jewish press in the presentation. of Jewish news to American Jewry was made here when the convention of the American Association of English-Jewish Newspa...…
…Friday, February 15, 19-Iu DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE P:tge Three Strictly Confidential Weizmann Dinner Delay Linkedto State Dept. By PHINEAS J. BIRON HE WEIZMANN DINNER was postponed at the re- quest of the American State Department. Top of- ficials persuaded Mr. Truman that Arab-Jewish negoti- tions would be jeopardized if Mr. Truman and Dr. Weizmann exhibited their friend- ship publicly at this time. The same State Department poli- cy is...…
…Monster, Still at Large its the Editor Views Ate News .. . rtrei and Her Neighbors Maurice Hindus' Brilliant Study of Four ), qtries Era • of Transito n Maurice -Hindus' new book, "In Search of -a 'Future: -. ,P-erSia,- ,Egypt, Iraq -and „Palestine," just off the ,press of Doubleday _& Co., 14 W. 49th St., New Yotk 20, promises to be - among :the 'very sen- • :'sational ;boOks about , the .Middle-'East.'" It is a specialized work, -becaus...…
…DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE rage Four Friday, February 25, 1949 Detroit Jewish Chronicle Published by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. 2805 Barium Tower, Detroit 26, Michigan WOodward 1-1040 SUBSCRIPTION: $3.00 Per Year, Single Copies, lOct Foreign. 0.00 Poe Year Entered as Second-class mane' March 3. 1916, at the Poet Office at Detroit. Mich.. under the Act of March 3. 1879 GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in-Chief SEYMOUR TILCUIN, Presi...…
…Dr. Haber's Talk on Europe To Feature JWF Program 'Whak's- Really, Going On in Europe and Israel' Theme of Professor's. Speech- of Fedtration Mieeting at Temple Beth El on March 13 What's•reallar. going on, in EUrope-an& in ISraelT And what does it mean to us--perSonally—right here in Detroit?' . _ This will be the theme' of the address, by Dr. William Haber, who. recently returned. from. a,year'S. tour of duty in Europe; wheie he was a&vis...…
…Friday, February 85, 1548 WOMEN'S CLUBS The Women's Auxiliary of tit' Phi Delta Epsilon Graduate Club met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Herbert Cohen. A panel discussion on Howard Fast's novel, "Our Glorious Brothers" followed the meeting. DETROIT JEWISH Rose Kaplan, 2490 LaBelle ave- nue. For information, call Mrs. Kaplan, TO. 6-6056. The Jewish Women's European day, at the Lee Plaza. Hostesses Welfare Organization will hold a are Mesdame...…
…6—THE JEWISH NEWS Congregational News Ratner, Korthan nead Beth Shmuel. Banquet Friday, February 25, 1949 Beth Yehudah Fetes 7th Anniversary at Day-Long Celebration Milton Ratner is chairman and Harry. Korman, co-chairman, of the first annual banquet of Cong. Beth Shmuel, to be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 13. Max Sosin will be toastmaster and Cantor Hyman Adler will present musical selections. For reservations, call TU. 1- 9300, TE. 1...…
…/ Page Sir Friday, February 25, 1949 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE in the Rea& Zocal Society Dulcie Krasnick Feted at Pte-Nuptial Events Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mintz and son Marshall are expected back soon after spending six weeks with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Higer, of Los Angeles, form- Bride-elect Dulcie Krasnick was honored at miscellaneous showers by Mesdames Samuel Becker, John Rosefjeld and Gerald Girard. Miss Krasnick was also fete...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS--rt Friday, February 25; 1949 Stirring Drama of Jewish Refugees Portrayed in Film, 'The Illegals' Council to Honor Mrs. Schauer at Reception Mar. 9 Lar ge Audience-Expected Sunday At the Farband's Annual Concert City-wide interest is being shown in the annual concert of the Jewish National Workers Al- liance (Farband), to be held this Sunday -evening, Feb. 27, at the Jewish Center. ' Highlighted by the three-scene play, "Th...…
…• Friday, February 25, 1949 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Honor Joyce Cantor at Pre-Nuptial Affairs e Bethrothal Announced Joyce Cantor, a winter bride- elect, was honored at several pre-nuptial affairs. Among those feting Miss Cantor were the Misses Shirley Cantor and Marilyn Nesmour. ngagentenb Mr. and Mrs. Ben Goldman of Atkinson avenue announce the en- gagement of their daughter Miriam to Nat Canvasser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Canva...…
…of. The Young Adult Community Junior Division Beth El Youths Seeks Workers Plan Purim Ball Seventy-four Junior Division (Allied Jewish Campaign) cap- tains are now recruiting a total of 518 workers for the 1949 drive. Chairman Lawrence Fleischman, making this announcement, added, "Many young adults may want to enroll as volunteer workers, and it is possible that our captains might not approach them." He urged those interested to call the J...…
…American Yewisk Periodical DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Friday, Febraary 23, 1949 Aid *Club Ntirthwes Congress Women to Sift Security PHIL ROTHSCHILD The Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress will be host to the fourth weekly educational meeting arranged by the Women's Division of 'the JWF at I p.m., Monday, at the Jewish Home for the Aged. A discussion of group security, "Our Stake in Our Rights", will feature the meeting. Leadin...…
…Bnai David Boys Worship Together Under Auspices of Cong. Men's Club THE JEWISH NEWS-9 Friday, February 25, 1949 Bnai Brith Women Honor Mrs. Sims Dr. Moloney Opens Mental Health Series For Council Women Men's Clubs Moe R. Miller, . president of LOUIS D. BRANDEIS LODGE of Bnai-Brith, will honor Samuel G. Shulman by naming the next membership, class for him.. The lodge meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Rose Sittig Cohe...…
…al Carter CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO Friday, February 25, 1949 Teen...Age Sophisticates By HELEN TENNENBAUN1 grirs0 BIGOTRY no sanction"— this was the theme of a letter written over a century and a half ago to one of the first Jew- i s h congrega- tions in the new world by George Wash- ington. It is fit- ting that Broth- erhood Week be celebrated in the week when we honor George Wash- ington's birth- Helen day. Please remembe...…
…L 10—THE JEWISH NEWS divitieo iiz Societ By I. ZAAC February Bride Mr. and Mrs. William Borin and daughter, Nancy, have returned from a month's vacation in Miami Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Ernstein gave a formal dinner for 30 guests at the Hotel Statler, Saturday, Feb. 12, in honor of the 16th birthday of their daughter Lois Marlene. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Schwarzstein of Englewood, N. J., are visiting in Detroit and are stopping at Hotel Statler....…
…Anterkait lavish Periodical IPSO TIM r DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Priasy Ibruary ti 1949 Chronicle Want Ads Bring Results APTS. & FLATS WANTED Classified Ads Accepted up to 10 A.M. Wednesday Rates: 6c Per Word. Minimum Charge $1,00, Payable in Advance of Publication 2805 BARLUM TOWER WO 1-1040 PERSONAL EXCLUSIVE Detroit interior decora- tor will make free draperies or slip covers inexchange for rental of 5 room flat. WE. 5-7684. WANTED...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS - 11 Friday, February 25, 1949 ✓ ctiuitieJ in Society Nettie Borman Weds Dr. Morey Firestone Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamburger of Chicago Blvd. have returned from Cleveland Heights, 0. where they visited their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wolfson. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mayer of Pinehurst Ave. are leaving this Friday for a stay in Passe Grille, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. William Mazer of Birchcrest Ave. have returned from ...…
…real Cotter CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO Friday, February U, 1180 Synagogues List Sabbath Services DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Beth Shmuel Chairman "Trial and Error", the auto- biography of Dr. Chaim Weiz- mann, will be reviewed by Rabbi Moses Lehrman at the late Fri- day evening service at 8:15 p.m., February 25, at Congrega- tion Bnai Moshe. A social hour will follow. Weekday services will be at 7:15 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Regular Fri...…
…44 1,11 11WWWWIIPITIMF e e Keidan Chapter Donates Projector ar MitzvaL Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bagdade announce the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Allen David, at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 5, at the North- west Synagogue, Curtis at Santa Rosa. A dinner will be given in his honor March 6 at Sid's Cafe . Lounge. * MRS. SAMUEL WEXLER (right), president of Keidan Chapter of Bnai Brith, makes the presentation of a gift of a 16 mm. projector with sou...…
…Page Twelve DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Our Athletes Don't Count Miller High In; Remember'42 Keidan Gift to Vets BBYO CHATTER By ILENE RATNER ' By MITCHELL TENDLER WHETHER CENTRAL HIGH'S basketball squad is still in the playoffs or not, as this comes out, it still remains that any- thing can happen. Miller is supposed to be a cinch this time. Tell that to the South- western o u tfit of 1942. The 1942 city basket- ball playoffs saw Cass Te...…
…1 THE JEWISH NEWS-13 Women's Club Activities The WOMEN'S AUXILIARY of the PHI DELTA EPSILON GRADUATE CLUB met Thurs- day, Feb. 24, at the home of Mrs. Herbert Cohen, 19206 Stoepel. Co- hostesses were Mrs. Abe Becker and Mrs. Benjamin Dovitz. * * * JEWISH WOMEN'S EURO- PEAN WELFARE ORGANIZA- - TION wil hold a special board meeting at 12 noon, Monday, Feb. 28, at the home of Mrs. Taube Brightman, 2628 Calvert, to make reservations for a Purim...…
…Geraldine Brooks Screen Sensation DPs' Morale Improved, But Economic Problems Still Ahead, Haber Reports By LEON GUTTERMAN O The favorable impact of free immigration to Israel on the morale of the Jewish DPs, and the implications, for American Jewry, of the current conditions in Europe are among the highlight's, of Dr. William Haber's final report to the major Jewish organizations on his service as adviser on Jewish affairs to the United S...…
…Palestine Post Publisher Tells Histadrut Workers of Labor's Role in Jewish State * * * * * * * * * Agronsky Lists Campaign Nearing Half-Way Mark; Three Problems Organizations Report Higher Pledges Agronsky, eminent Israel editor and publisher, told Faced by Israel 1,100 .Gershon Histadrut campaign workers and supporters, at a special meet- ing at Northwest Hebrew Congregation, that the "blue print" Three major problems face formulate...…
…Cit Merchants Hear NAACP Speaker I6—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday-, February 25, 1949 y Approves Construction Of Center Dexter Extension ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF CENTER EXTENSION * * Plans for the Dexter extension building of the $200,000 Jewish Community Center, apprOved this week by the City Plan Commission, according to Samuel H. Rubiner, 'president of the Jewish Community Center, and €, Samuel J. Rhodes, president of Battling Levinsky the Je...…
…1 :-_- 011011111111111111011111M1111111111111111111111111111111111141101110111111111111110110111111011111111111111111111H111111101111111111110111111111111101M11111111111111111111111r Stone to Address E- 1ril 'E 1 - MC on Tuesday „,„. . . , Gemiluth Chassodim Men Plan Purim Event THE JEWISH NEWS — t 7 Friday, February 25, 1949 army Raskin's Dr. Jack Stattman, president of Eternal Light Program E- the Men's Club of Cong. Gemiluth -* -- Met...…
…• 18 THE JEWISH NEWS - Friday, February 25, 1949 — Obituaries MORRIS PENSKAR, 51, died Feb. 16. Services were held at the Hebrew Benevolent Society - with interment at Hebrew Me- morial Park. Rabbi Rozalsky of- : ficiated. He is survived by his widow, Esther; sons, Robert and Saul. • * * - LOUIS WEISS, 58, of 473 Gale • Road, Lake Pontiac, Mich., died on Feb. 14. Services were held at the Hebrew Benevolent Society with interment at Hebrew ...…
…THE JEWISR NEWS----- 9 Friday, February 25, 1949 to■ Posy's 'Israeli Teaks': Good Addition to Youth Narrative Literature An able story-teller appears on the scene through the covers of one of the latest Bloch Co. pub- lications. "Israeli Tales a n d Legends" reveal the true narra- tive art of the author, Arnold Posy. First told to his daughter, the 19 stories in this book include nine original creations, the other 10 being adaptations from...…
…in the fen and the forest area about Pinsk that I did'''. my first missionary work, confining myself to the vil- lages and townlets. I went about urging the Jews of places like Motol to enroll in our Choveve Zion (Lovers of Zion); to send delegates to the first Zionist Congress, when that was called in 1897; to buy shares in the first Zionist bank, the Jewish Colonial Trust, when that was founded in 1898. Most of our Zionist meetings were held...…
