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February 23, 1962 • Page Image 1

…Moscow Asked to Repeal Sentences of Vilna Jews LONDON, (JTA) — The Board of Deputies of British Jews issued a "solemn of alleged currency offenses. The Board's appeal requested not only the remission appeal" to the supreme authorities of the USSR for the remission of the death . of the .death sentences but also "a reversal generally of the present harsh and sentences imposed by a Soviet court in Vilna upon four Lithuanian Jews convicted discr...…

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…Purely Commentary THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Biblical Factors in 'Comfortable Words' Random House has reason to be proud of "Comfortable Words" by Bergen Evans. Truly a "modern guidepost to the use of .easy, simple and colorful English," as the subtitle on the jacket refers to this perfectly wonderful book, it enlightens and entertains, and it serves another good purpose: one can pick it up and read the reference to one or several words and th...…

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…In a stirring appeal to cam- paign leaders and workers, at a dinner meeting of the Allied Jewish Campaign, at the Jewish Center, Wednesday, Moshe Sharett, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, former Israel Prime Minister and F or e i g n Minister,- urged American Jewry to continue its traditionally gen- erous share in rescuing Jews suffering from persecutions in lands of oppression and empha- sized the need for increased par- ticipation in...…

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…What a Smell! THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English—Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Associations, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35, Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription $5 a year. Foreign $6. Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Office, D...…

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…(Direct J to T eletype Wire ewish News) JERU EM — The Knesse , on Tu ay night defeated fiN sepa e motions to a ill- tart' ule in t b- po aced' b e vote. th govern he is , was mst all f iv lotions. 111111 sin ON In when you give Barton's chocolates, candies, pastries. Choose from our big, new selection. t iii ins Clonfidenee Vote Free 2 Nazi Cain (Direct JTA Teletype Military Rule Issue to The Jewish N Coalition les were crossed r the vo...…

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…Knesset OK's Devaluation dealers abroad from any loss ensuing from the new currency exchange rate. The withdrawal of the stamps from circulation will eventually tend to increase the values of stamp stocks abroad and will compensate for any decreased values due to devaluation. Among the issues taken out of circulation were the Israel Philharmonic Jubilee stamp, a number of afforestation stamps and nine stamps in the land- scape series. This le...…

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…/a a new concept in the art of furnishing fine clothing to discerning gentlemen, style-minded students CROWNING THE VALUE OF OUTSTANDING discounts II Get acquainted with the only store of its kind in greater Detroit. A store luxurious in appearance . . . vastly stocked with thousands upon thousands of superb quality garments from recognized style and quality leaders in the making of men's wear . . . crowned with unmistakable quality accen...…

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…-4 .101XSAINArroloWlIP- Neumann Speaks Here Thursday at Dr. Emanuel Neumann, co- chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, honorary president of the Zionist Organization of America, and one of the most distinguished leaders in the world Zionist movement, will address the sixth annual Bal- four victory dinner of the Zion- ist Organization of Detroit, next Thursday, at Holiday Manor. Reservations still are avail- able at the Zionist Office, 10...…

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…By HARVEY ZUCKERBERG Yosef Almogi, member with- out portfolio of Israel's cabinet, is—as his title implies—a trou- ble-shooter. The labor leader, mentioned as possible successor to Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, was here Sunday to spark Detroit's Histadrut Campaign. On Mon- day he had returned to Israel to support his Mapai Party in the face of crisis. He will be back in the United States next week to help Histadrut in other cities. Almogi c...…

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…. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, Febru ary 23, 19 62 — 10 Harman to Speak at U. D. Public Meeting Feb. 28 Avraham H a r m a n, Israel's Ambassador to the Unit e d States, will be the guest of the University of Detroit next Wednesday, when he will ad- dress a public meeting, at the U. of D. Memorial Building 8:15 p.m., on the subject "The Next Phase in Israel." The lecture is open to the public. There is no admission charge. The talk wil...…

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…Rabbi Wasserman Will Address Friends of Coast Talmud Academy Rabbi S i m c h a Wasserman, Rabbi Jacob Soetendorp, spir- dean of the West Coast Tal- itual leader of the Liberal Con- - mudical Acad- gregation in Amsterdam, Hol- emy in Los land, will be guest speaker 8:30 Angeles, w'i 11 p.m: today at Temple Beth El. address the an- His topic will be "The Story nual Melaveh of Liberal Judaism in the Neth- M a lk a given erlands." by the Friends ...…

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…t4 Delta Air Lines Announces New Hold National Parley; Rates, Miami Beach Packa e Trip Detroiters Honor Seminary Officer Hebrew U. Friends Get Kennedy Note ca Crb r.4 e4" Os s., P1. 42) , CO z E-1 MIAMI BEACH (JTA)—High Delta's pe•e flo Delta Air Line has announced Mi est to from jetli a new rate schedule, which other i than those of came effective on Feb. 1. airline lines combined, a ws in- The Detroit Jewish advertently publish...…

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…Atlantic City Rabbis Urge Jewish Pupils to Stay Home on Holidays SYNAGOGUE SERVICES TEMPLE EMANU-EL: At the observance of Sisterhood Sabbath ATLANTIC CITY, (JTA) — cot, as well as during Rosh Hash- cultural activities. They also ask The Board of Rabbis of Atlantic anah and Yom Kippur. ed.schoOl authorities not to In their statement, they also schedule tests and registrations County urged all Jewish students urged that the students spend on...…

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…et C■1 CD C•2 to z ti O E-1 Israeli Cops Foiled in Try to Nab Rabbi in Kidnaping Case TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Attempts by police to arrest the rabbi of Kommemiut settlement, near here, were thwarted by the set- tlers who blocked the road to the rabbi's home. Orders for the arrest w er e countermanded after the Minister for Religious Affairs, Zorach Warhaftig, in- tervened with the police au- thorities. The rabbi was sought in con- nection wit...…

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…CONG. BNAI MOSHE SIS- TERHOOD will present the last in a series of four book reviews 12:30 p.m. Monday at the syna- gogue. Mrs. Harry Oberstein will give insight on "Adventures in Good Reading." Luncheon will be served. For tickets, call Mrs. Benjamin Weiss, DI 1-8760. * * * UNITED ORDER OF TRUE SISTERS will hold its annual dinner-dance March 3 at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel to cul- minate its fund - raising cam- paign, announces President Mrs...…

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…16 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS = Friday, February 23, 1962 — Record Enrollment Foreseen for Annual Midrasha Lecture Series Mrs. Carl Schiller, chairman* of the arrangements committee for the annual Midrasha Insti- tute, to be held on four suc- cessive Wednesdays, starting on March 7, announced this week that the interest displayed by registrants forecasts a record enrollment. The central theme for the lectures, Mrs. Schiller stated, will be "Th...…

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…• p. New jersey Miss to Announce Schedule of Activities for Jewish Community in Windsor The ,Ericky„ evening (6: wide variety of events are "Sportsmen on Parade," featur- drive, initiation fees have been en des- Wed Allen Lippitt on A schedule for the Jewish com- ing a gymnasts and judo exhi- waived. Those interested may p.m.) of March ity bition by the "Y" Gymnastic Club, under the direction of Jake Smythe, 3 p.m. March 4. John L. Seaborn,...…

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…Benjamin Levinson, President of Franklin Mortgage [Finer-Kollin Corp., Is Familiar Figure in Capitals of State Nation Engagement Told Mishkan Israel PTO Plans Cartoon Party Cong. Mishkan Israel PTO has planned an afternoon of entertainment, including car- toons and box lunches, from noon - 2 p.m. March 4 at the synagogue. The fund-raising affair will help purchase visual aids for the school and help begin a children's library. Reservations c...…

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…Mrs. Samuel Grandon, vice president of education of the Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, is shown greeting a new Israeli at the Youth Aliyah Reception Center. near Haifa, Israel. Mrs. Grandon was a member of the Hadassah Study Mission, comprised of leaders from all parts of the United States, which attended special ceremonies Feb. 6 for the installation of the 12 stained glass windows renowned artist Marc Chagall created for the synagogue of the H...…

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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, February 23, 1962 — 20 a • • ctivities in Society Bee Kalt of the Bee Kalt Travel Service, 296 N. Hunter, Birmingham, has just returned from New York, where she was invited as one of a select group of travel agents to be the guest of the French Line aboard the S. S. France for its official United States launching. Mr. and Mrs. I. Weisberg of Tel Aviv, Israel, were recently honored at a farewell party at the...…

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…Cavanagh Nantes S. J. Winkelman Wife of State's 1st Jew Became to Community Relations Board among the citizens of Detroit, Noted Socialite STANLEY J. WINKELMAN Stanley J. Winkelman, presi- dent, of the Jewish Community Council, is one of the six new members of the Commission on Community Relations, appoint- ed on Monday by Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh. Last month, Mayor Cavanagh renamed Mrs. Golda Krolik as a member of the commission. Winkelman ...…

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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, February 23, 1962 — 22 A.114 announcements Feb. 13 — To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Hendricks (Sharon L. G o l d f a r b), 1603 Studebaker, Long Beach, Calif., formerly of Detroit, a daughter, Melinda Ilene. * * * Feb. 10 — To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schwartz (Faye Mendel- son), 20247 Weyher, Livonia, a son, Paul Michael. * * * Feb. 9—To Mr. and Mrs. Jer- rold Sherman (Janice Glick- stein), 17141 Richard, South- fie...…

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…Bnai B•it Cohen-GreenbeT Engagement Told Activities Superb Drama and Deeply Moving Scenes in 'Judgment at Nuremberg' "Judgment at Nuremberg," (already reviewed in these col- which opened at the United umns at length) is one of the Artists Theater Thursday—pre- truly great productions of our ceded by a benefit performance time. It is a must for all who for the United Nations Associa- wish to be fully informed about e tragic era of Hitlerism...…

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…24 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, February 23, 1962 — Investigate Charge Toronto Police Forced Rabbi to Ride on Sabbath Frisch Honored on 50th Anniversary of. His Newspaper TORONTO, (JTA)—Attorney came to Toronto to give a lec- MINNEAPOLIS, (JTA)—The ture at a Yeshiva, was halted by police on a Friday evening American Jewish World was honored on the attainment of as he was taking a walk. - Police officials agreed with its Golden. Annive...…

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…Danny Raskin's WASHINGTON (JTA) — A I fiedly opposed to any agreement resolution expressing "the sense made between the United States of Congress" that it is unquali- and a foreign power which in- cludes terms discriminatory to any American citizen because of "race, 'creed, religion, or color" THE SYMBOL OF was introd use of Repres FINER FOOD ... y D , sponso is Congressman Willia yan of New York, calls o PERRI'S • Breakfast • Lunch • • ful...…

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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, February 23, 1962 -- 26 13 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Liners and display classified ads accepted from re- sponsible firms or individuals by telephone up to noon Wednesday. Rates 10c a word, minimum charges $1.00, or $3.08 per column inch. CALL VErmont 8-9364 11-ROOM AND BOARD 10-ROOMS FOR RENT ROOM for woman, near Kosher shopping, kitchen privileges. UN 3-2964. GOOD WARM home, all privileges, TV, phone,...…

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…Open Sun. 1.5 P.M. Cust. Brick Ranch 24240 PEMBROKE—V, mi. S. of 8 Mi. 1 blk. W. off Telegraph. Owner transferred. 3 bedrm. beau- tiful Studio type Family kitch., Rec. Rm., Patio, 234 car. gar., beautiful landscaping, merion blue lawn, cyclone fenced lot, priced $3,000 under replacement cost. May lease with option to buy. Cash or terms to suit buyer. Nr. Bonnie Brook Golf Course. • • • Open Sun. 1-5 Brick Bargain Let LEO STRAUS help you f...…

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…aS THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, Februa ry 23, 1962 -- 17—HOUSES FOR SALE WHITCOMB 19430 Brick, 2 bedroom down, 1 up., gas heat, 114 car garage, 12x12 rear porch with aluminum screens, jalouises, vent. fan, incinerator, tiled recr. room, near schools, transp., Synagogue. $14,450. Owner. VE 5-5 8 3 7 OAK PARK RANCHES— TERRIFIC BARGAINS CHURCH-3 bedrms. 9 MI.-2 flat. KENOSHA-3 bed. VERNON-2 bedrm. GENEVA-3 bedrm. CLOVERLAWN-3 bed., de...…

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…BIRWOOD-CURTIS — $12,900 — $900 DN. or take over $8,500 mtge., 6-rm. brk. bung., 2 bedrms. dn., 1 up, gas, carpeting, drapes, scr. in back porch, nat. firepl., tile bsmt., close , to shopp., trans. and Syn. Ask for MR. DRIKER. OPEN 2 - 5 SUNDAY Cor. Outer Dr. Lovely Cape Cod consisting of 2 bedrms. and bath down. 2 bedrms. and bath tip. Spacious liv. rm., 2-car attached gar. Carpets and drapes. Vacant. Must be sold. UN 4-4600 J. WM. KLEM ...…

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…C•1 c.0 C) cs 17-HOUSES FOR SALE 45-BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BY OWNER. Priced below market. 3 beautiful bedroom Colonial, carpet- ing, drapes, 2 car garage. UN 3-8255. LAUNDERETTE-COIN OPERATED SOUTHFIELD. $700 Down. 3 bedroom brick ranch. Storms and screens, fence, carpeting, drapes, EL 6-6950. Owner too busy to give business venture proper time. Will sell good business at reasonable price. Purchaser must have good assets. $2,8000 will h...…

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…Ex-Nazi Leader Is Recommended for High Post in Bonn Government BONN (JTA) — Gustav Son- nenhol, a well-known German economist—and a leader of the SS during the Hitler regime— was recommended by the Free Democratic Party for the post of State Secretary in the newly created Development Ministry. Political circles here reported Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had approved Sonnenhol's ap- pointment. Sonnenhol joined the Nazi Party in 1930, three years...…

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…14 01 Background of 'Wandering Jew' Legend New York. Board of Rabbis Opposes Nobel Prize Winner Lagerk vises Heretical Public Funds for Parochial Schools NEW YORK, (JTA) — The those who honor the seventh Touch to 'Ahasuerus. Fable in Newest Novel New York Board of Rabbis day." Nobel Prize winning novelist who consigned yOu to suffering editions in Germany alone. Ac- Paer Lagerkvist has written a and death? Who sacrificed you cording to this...…

February 16, 1962 • Page Image 1

…4 Have we not all one father? Has not one God cr e ated us?—Malachi 2:10 ... A brother offended is harder to be won th,an a strong city.—Proverbs 18:19 . . . Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!—Psalms, 133:1. Common Action for True Brotherhood THE JEWISH NE The Famous 'Mishpoche': Story of the Rothschild C~~ – rF Family c)i-r MICHIGAN A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 f Jewish Events ...…

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…Purely Commentary The fabulous Story of 'The Rothschilds,' the Famous 'Mishpoche' By Philip WOMOVitZ Bible-Reading Goes on in Pa. Pending Appeal were fantastic and often bizarre in their dealings, and there is no evidence that they, themselves, ever resorted to trickery: PHILADELPHIA ( J TA ) — their acts were always above "reproach, since they used the Bible-reading will continue in prescribed legal methods for financial manipulations. A...…

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…Kennedy Visits Israeli Leaders German Veterans' Paper Questions Edward Kennedy was enthusiastically TEL AVIV, (JTA) —Edward welcomed by 2,000 Hebrew Uni- Kennedy, youngest brother of Six Million Figure of Jewish Dead; President John F. Kennedy, ar- versity students who tore up here Sunday for a two-day "go home" placards in scuff Play Against Anti-Semitism a Hit rived visit to Israel as part of a tour with a small band of C munists. Kennedy, ...…

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…• THE JEWISH NEWS Under the Shadow of Terror Incorporating. the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 ALGERIAN S'IREET SCEN Member American Association of English—Jewisb Newspapers, Michigan Press Associations, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35, Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription $5 a year. Foreign $6. Entered as second cla...…

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…• as a non-governmental organ- ization, at the UN. (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) UNITED NATIONS—A crack- down by the United Nations secretariat Monday caused a radical trimming of a program _planned by the Zionist Organ- ization of America in the Un- ited Nations Building. What was to have been the first chanting of the ancient Hebrew "El Mole Rachamim," in memory of the late UN Sec- retary-General Dag Hammars- kjold, did no...…

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…THE DETROIT JEW ISH NEWS -- Friday, February 16, 1962 to 1 Israelis Accept Devaluation Stoically (Continued from Page 1) He said other concessions were planned. A spokesman for the Invest- ment Authority said that enter- prises approved by the govern- ment will retain the privileges they now enjoy. These include exemption from customs duties on imported equipment and raw materials for an initial period and from income taxes and local rates ...…

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…of Warsaw Jews for Vienna Trial Detroit Leaders Meet with Sharett Who Speaks Here Next Wednesday (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) VIENNA—Officials announced here Wednesday that former SS Major Hermann Hoefle, 47, who was arrested last year in Salz- burg on charges of having par- ticipated in the slaughter of 30,- 000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, will be brought to Vienna for trial. Hoefle, who was an aide to former Nazi Colonel A...…

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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, February 16, 1962 — 8 Saul E. Joftes, Bnai Brith World Council Secretary, Speaks Monday at Pisgah, BB Council Public' Rally Saul E. Joftes, secretary to the Bnai Brith International Council, will address a public meeting arranged under the joint auspiecs of Pisgah Lodge No. 34 of Bnai Brith and the Metropolitan Detroit Bnai Brith Council, at 8:30 p.m., Monday, at the Hayim Greenberg Center. In behalf of the ...…

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…By SHARYANNE WINER A great upsurge of • vitality and the desire to make up for lost time were noted by Prof. Abram Spiro during his recent stay in Israel. Dr. Spiro, head of Wayne Uni- versity's Department of Near Eastern Languages, spent six months in Israel and Great Brit- ain where he did research in the field of Biblical and Talmudic studies. "There is a growing aware- ness of the centrality of relig- ion in Jewish survival," Spiro observe...…

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…Israel Cabinet Minister Almogi's Visit Sparks Histadrut Campaign A major event on the month's calendar of activities for the Detroit Israel Histadrut Cam- paign will be the visit here on Sunday morning of Yosef AL mogi, Israel - Cabinet Minister, confidant of Ben-Gurion, labor leader and military hero. Almogi will address Histadrut leaders and workers at the Labor Zionist Institute. Brunch will be served at 11 a.m. Reservations can be made by...…

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…By EDWIN EYTAN (Copyright, 1962, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) * * * Editor's Note: For the first time since the creation of Israel another country is receiving the bulk of a Jewish emigration movement. Ten thousand Tunisian Jews have fled their homes since the Bizerte crisis, and have settled in France. This article describes the emergence of these new refugees. 5: * someone I knew very well and who is trustworthy." For the Tunisian Je...…

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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, Fe bruary 16, 1962 — 1 2 Majority of Jewish Montreal Children Go to Protestant Schools Jewish Homes Attacked by Constantine Moslem Mobs MONTREAL (JTA) — The majority of Jewish children in Montreal and its suburbs, on both the elementary and high school levels, attend Protestant schools, as compared with the number of pupils attending Jewish day schools, a survey conducted by the Canadian Jewish Congress • r...…

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…U.S. Jewish Farm Youth May A for Hirsch Fund Grants ricultural Society in n• • aughters o ac A renewal of last year's s • Last article of a series ng Jewish.farmers in need of finan- 1900. arship program for girls de- cial assistance who are enrolled Jewish farm b • BY TULLA ZEVI roughout The society ha college was siring to (Copyright, 1962, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) ation- * * * y the Jewish Agri- in a • college or university in its...…

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…14 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, February 16, 1962 — Yivo Announces Annual College Essay Contest The Vivo Institute for Jewish Research has announced_ rules for its 14th anual essay contest for college seniors or graduate students. Three cash awards of $300, $200 and $100 will be made for the three best studies and es- says on subjects related to Jew- ish life in the United States and Canada.. Papers may be on any topic relating to Amer...…

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…Zack Family Starts 'Torah Pioneer' Reform Rabbis Urge JFK to Stop Housing Bias The Committee on Justice eral-financed housing." Rabbi Dallas Citizens .Council which, Plan with $2,500 Gift to Yeshivah and Peace of the Central Con- Samuel D. Soskin of Temple it, said, "has carefull ed emory of his parents, William and family launched a n roj will contribute $2,500 to eth Yehudah. Pr ent at were, from left, Se Zack, vid Zack, Samuel N. en, Hyma ...…

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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, February 16, 1962 -- 16 Workmen Circle Concert to Feature Sidor Belarsky The Workmen's Circle will present the operatic basso and .. recording art- ist, Sidor Be- larsky, in a concert of Jewish music Sunday, March 4, 8:30 p.m., at the Labor Zionist Insti- tute, B•oren- stein's and • Spitzer's Book Belarsky Store. For in- formation call the Workmen's Circle, KE '7-5440. • Klutznick to Address JWB National Pa...…

February 16, 1962 • Page Image 17

…If you like CHEESE KREPLACH BOV-A CHEESE IN CE You'll love MEATLESS CHEF BOY-AR-DEE CHEESE RAVIOLI Just heat 'n'eati Hear family, guests, cheer for that real Italian flavor created by famed Chef Boy-Ar-Dee. Tender little macaroni pies...filled with tangy Italian Cheese..,simmered with savory tomato sauce and cheese... seasoned the real Ital. Ian way. So much tastier and easier than the frozen kind. So much thriftier, too—costs only a...…

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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Fr iday, Febru ary 16, 1962 -- 18 Bicentenary of First Jew in Detroit By IRVING I. KATZ Executive Secretary, Temple Beth El; President, Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. This spring marks the 200th Anniversary of the coming of the first Jew to Detroit. He was Chapman Abraham, a tough, hardy pioneer who battled the wilderness, the treacherous wa- ter routes and the Indians, with all the stamina of Daniel. Boon...…

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