Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1946 Page: 1 of 6
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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO TOE INTERESTS OF SOUTHWEST JEWRY
FORTIETH TEAR
HOUSTON, TEXAS
MARCH 7. INI
Mrs. David M. Levy To Report On
Surviving Jewish Children In Europe
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Mrs. David M. Levy, daughter
of the late Jewish, philanthrop-
ist, Julius Rosenwald, will be
honored at a reception arranged
by the Women’s Division of the
1946 United Jewish Campaign,
under the Chairmanship of Mrs.
Howard Heyman. The reception
will take place at 3:30 y>. m„ bri
Monday, March 11, at Abe M.
Levy Memorial Hall, Holman and
La Branch. Serving as hostesses
will be Mrs. Heyman and the Co-
Chairman of the Women’s Divi-
sion, Mesdames A. A. Kaufman,
C. M. Coguenhem, A. L Lack,
William Salman and Daniel Sch-
1 anger.
Mrs. Levy is serving as Chair-
man of the Women’s Division of
the $100,000,000 United Jewish
Appeal campaign, the first per-
son ever to occupy this position.
Immediately after her appoint-
ment to this post she flew to Eu-
rope to learn first hand the facts
of the Jewish situation abroad,
particularly with regard to wid-
ows and orphans. Houston is
fortunate that Mrs. Levy has
chosen to come to this commun-
ity to make h/*r eye-witness re-
port on behalf of the Women’s
Division.
Mrs Levy has for many years
given indefatigably of her time,
energy, heart and means to aid
stricken Jewry throughout the
world. Her message will be a
clear portrayal of the circum-
stances in which the 150,000 Jew-
ish children who survived in Eu-
rope are now living and the
things which we can do to help
them. She and other members of
her family recently announced a
gift of $1,090,000 towards the
campaign in response to the con-
tinued serious emergency abroad.
A capacity crowd is expected
to attend this unusual reception
for an unusual personality. There
will be no solicitation of funds.
Reform Congregations Vote Six To
One For Continuance In Conference
Cincinnati: Dr. Zalman Grin-
berg, of Kovno, Lithuania and
of Dachau, Austria, thin diminu-
tive president of the liberated
Jews of the American zone of oc-
cupation in Germany, addressed
the delegates to the 39th Biennial
Council of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations ,and
brought a message from Europe
to the assembled Reform congre-
gations.
In his well chosen English the
frail Doctor tersely told his lis-
teners he was bringing them the
last will and testament of near-
ly six million murdered brethren
and the request of the remnants
of survivors of Israel.
Dr. Grinberg made a plea not
“for philanthropy or charity,” but
for “political help.” He said,
“More than 98 per cent of our
ople wish to go to Palestine.
7e want to leave the soil of Eu-
<^fope forever. We wish to live
•"■jidth our own people, the Jew-
(J|h people, in a free Jewish state.
are convinced, as a result of
^*»ur ’experience in Europe, that
p^oly if the Jewish people are
| |Veated with dignity by the other
^ peoples of the world and, like
the oth*T peoples of the world,
can we secure our children from
experiencing that which we went
through.
Palestinian Will
Address Pioneer
WomenSunday
Mrs. Sarah Kukso, Palestinian
Delegate, will be vie principal
speaker at the *|mual Purim
Dinner being given Sunday, Mar.
10, 6:30 p. m., in the Beth Jacob
auditorium, by the Houston Chap-
ter, Pioneer Women’s Organiza-
tion.
Mrs. Kukso is here in' the in-
terest of post-w^r rehabilitation
activities of the Mtoatzath Hapoa-
loth, for vfrhich the Pioneer Wo-
I on
(Continued
peg* $)
"If we de net have a maximum
contribution ^y American Jewry
in oar political ctruffle, we feel
that here will be a new freat
tragedy In Europe. Unless the
Jews in Germany and Eastern
Europe are permitted to fo to
Palestine without delay, there
will be acts of desperation in the
camps this summer. This Is the
appeal which I bring you as Jews.
It is the appeal that I bring to
the American people.
_“Give us at least_a jfljall place
under God’s sun. This place can
only be in the land from which
we began our long-suffering ex-
ile. Enroll us in the family of
nations as the most tortured
children in the story of man-
kind. Then the United Nations
Organization will from the* start
be a true union of the world’s
peoples. And through this act,
which the conscience of man-
kind owes us, the peoples of the
earth will begin their march to-
ward a better future. Honor the
obligation to rectify an historic
- injustice; which has tost cost the
blood of six million humans—
give us back Palestine.”
He spoke to the non-Zionists
and the anti-Zionists when he,
with a catch In his voice, said:
"We do not ask you to change
(Continued on psf* S)
Dr. Israel Knox
To Lecture Here
Friday, Sunday
Houston will welcome Dr. Is-
rael Knox for a two lecture se-
ries at the Workmen’s Circle
Lyceum on Friday and Sunday
evenings. Known to many Hous-
tonians as an able speaker and
interpreter of the modem scene.
Dr. Knox will devote his lecture
here to two pertinent subjects.
. On Friday, March 8, he will
speak on "Parents and Children
—What Brings The Together and
What Tends To Divide Them.”
This lecture will be in English
(Continued on page 1)
Council Of Jewish Women Regional
Conferenc Meets Here March 12-14
Mrs Moise S. Cahn. past pres-
ident of the New Orleans Sec-
tion, Council of Jewish Women,
will speak at the dinner on Wed-
nesday evening. She will discuss
“The Council As It Mobilizes for
Peace.” Mrs. Cahn is the Coun-
cil’s Area Chairman for the South
Atlantic States, and a member of
the National Board. She has serv-
ed as vice-president of the Coun-
cil's Southern Interstate Confer-
ence since 1942; was chairman of
the New Orleans Civilian De-
fense Volunteer Office in 1944-45,
and headed the Women’s Divis-
ion of the United Community and
War Chest in 1943. She is affili-
ated with the USO Council, Ar-
my & Navy Committee of the J.
W. B„ Travelers’ Aid, League of
Jewish Women, and the P. T. A
in New Orleans.
The Texas-Oklahoma Regional
Conference of the National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women will begin
on Tuesday, March 12. Registra-
tion of delegates will open at
noon in the Rice Hotel.
The opening sesion of the Con-
ference will take pl#c* at 8^>. m.,
in the South American Room of
the Rice Hotel, with Mrs. Max
H. Nathan presiding. Mrs Alvin
Scharff, president of the local
chapter, will give the address of
welcome, and Mrs. Sol Brach-
man of Fort Worth will respond.
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby will give
the principal address; “Changing
Concepts."
The Wednesday morning busi-
ness session will begin at 9:00
o’clock in the Rice Hotel Ball-
room. Luncheon will be served at
12:45, and a round table clinic
will follow, with the following
MRS. MOISE 8. CAHN
participants: Dr. R. L.
land of the Hogg Foundation, who
will speak on "Volunteers’ Place
In Social Welfare.” Mrs Perry
Kallison. “Councils’ Place In So-
cial Welfare;” Mr Donald Hur-
witz, Executive Dirr-ctce. Jewish
Community Council. "National
Trends In Social Welfare." Mrs.
A. A. Kaufman is chairman of
the afternoon’s pr
The evening's
Mrs. Moise Cahn will
be chairmaned by Mrs. Mose
Schwartz.
The Thursday morning session
st 9T0 a. m„ will present: "The
Program On Education,” by Mrs.
Henry Mack International Re-
lations: "Working To Turn United
Nations Dream Into Reality.”
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United Jewish Appeal Drive For 1944
Starts With $1,750,000 Initial Gilts
Washington (JPS)—The United
Jewish Appeal’s unprecedented
campaign for $100,000,000 to aid
the 1,400,000 Jewish survivors in
Europe, was launched at a spec-
ial meeting here with the pre-
sentation of gifts totaling $1,750,-
000. The $1,000,000 gift from the
members of the Julius Rosenwald
family represented contributions
made by four families which in-
clude children of Julius Rosen-
wald. The gift was announced 1/
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Stern,
New Orleans; Mr. and Mrs. David
M. Levy and Mr. William Rosen-
wald and Mrs. Max Ascoli. all of
New York City, or by philan-
thropic funds with which they
are affiliated. The sum of $500,-
000 was contributed by the fam-
ily of the late Felix M. Warburg,
and Edmund I. Kaufman, Wash-
ington, D. C„ made a gift of
$250,000.
Bernard M. Baruch. elder
statesman and advisor to presi-
dents. drew s grim picture of
the plight of Jewish survivors of
Hitler’s extermination plan Ad-
dressing the meeting, he declared
that “of all the unhappy and un-
fortunate people in the world, the
worst off is the pitiful remnant
of the Jews of Europe. They were
chosen by the Nazis for extermi-
nation. not merely by death, but
by torments hitherto unthought
of,” he said. "Added to their phy-
sical suffering is their
anguish, for they have
the unwanted, driven from place
to place, welcomed nowhere . . .
They do not want to go bock to
the countries they left
there, robbery, riot and even
murder stalks the land.”
Former Governor HerbertH.
Lehman, Director General of the
United States Relief and Rehabil-
itation Administration,
inf his remarks mgdt. before s
Jewish War Veterans banquet in
New York.
Jews of Europe will never
to seek a place to live in
and security until they ca
tie in Pa
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