July 9, 1943
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
6.°51RICTLYCONFIDENTIAL•• Hillel To Hold First
by Phineas J. Biron
Words and Music • •
e
The Bnai Brith Hillel Founda-
tion at the University of Michi-
Visitors' Schedule:
Are there union troubles in t he gan will hold its first summer
at the moment is the Gershwin
Not all the activities of the offices of the New York Unite d dance on Saturday evening, July Gershwin, Six Years After
The statute of Gershwin grows of the "Concerto in F," the
10. Civilian students and Army
Jewish delegation here from the Jewish Appeal Campaign? .
We've heard some disturbing ru- and Navy men stationed at the as time goes on. When he died "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Porgy
Soviet Union lia,re reached the
press . . . for example, Prof. Sol- mors . . . Herbert Hoover, re- University will be the guests of in 1937, at the tragically brief and Bess," the Gershwin who was
omon Michoels and Lieutenant- ports Danton Walker, may be in- the Foundation.
age of 38, there were some who rapidly growing into a great com-
vited to go to Palestine to make
Colonel Itzik Feffer spent two a first-hand report on the Jewish • Miss Shirley Levin of Akron, said his music was superficial, poser when his career was cut
and a half hours at luncheon with refugee problem . . . And Ed 0., summer social chairman, is in "just jazz," merely "pop•ular off. I think that "Porgy" still
the Chaim Weizmanns a few days Sullivan quotes a correspondent charge of all arrangements. Serv- stuff". The passing of six years stands as the great American
before the Zionist leader and his as writing from Tripoli that "the ing on her committee are Mlles. has given this judgment the lie. opera, so far, and I've heard it
wife left for London . . . The British are thinking very seriously Selma Smith of Boonville, N. Y.,
Gershwin's music sinks deeper often enough almost to know its
visitors brought Dr. Weizmann of turning Tripolitania over to Molly Winokur of Detroit, Jose- into American life with every score by heart.
phine
Frosh
of
Ft.
.Wayne,
Ind.,
regards from his brother Shmuel, the Jews . . . It is beautiful
passing month. Of course, his mu-
It was Gershwin who most
Margery Batt of St. Louis, Mo., sic is being played all over the
who is a big shot in the Soviet
A b ."
successfully integrated jazz with
and
Elise
Zerne
of
Detroit.
government . . . Another inter-
country this month — Gershwin
Chaperons for the event are memorial month. But it also con- the forms of serious music. And
esting get-together the delegation Slaps at the Axis:
Epitomizes Emil Ludwig: "In Rabbi and Mrs. Jehudah M. tinues to be played the year I don't mean that he just used
had was at dinner with George
jazz mannerisms or suggestions
Backer as host . . . Jacob Landau America all is allowed that is not Cohen, Dr. and Mrs. Saul Cohen round. At the Stadium in New
of the JTA, Joseph Hyman of the expressly verboten . . . In Ger- and Mr. and Mrs. Osias Zwerd- York the annual Gershwin Me- of jazz in a pseudo-serious form,
as many of his lesser contempo-
JDC, the South American journal- many all is verboten that is not ling.
Refreshment for the event will morial Program brings out the raries have done. I mean that he
ist and Joe Brainin were the expressly allowed . . ." Sched-
season's
greatest
crowd.
Eugene
other guests, and the chief topic uled for fall publication by Si- be provided by a committee head- List drew a great crowd at the really was solving the problem of
of discussion was the Jewish sit- mon and Schuster is a collection ed by Mrs. Oscar Shorr,. repre- Water Gate in Washington this bridging the van between popular
uation in Europe . . . Prof. Mi- of stories entitled "The Ten Com- senting the Army and Navy Com- week to hear "Rhapsody in Blue". and "serious" music—in which
direction, I feel, lies the evolu-
choels says that the figure of mandments" . . . Each Command- mittee of the Ann Arbor Jewish
Such popularity, in the worn tion of what some day will be an
2,000,000 Jews having been ex- ment is treated by a famous au- Welfare Board.
At its last meeting the Student phrase, is deserved. Gershwin is American music.
terminated by Hitler is a gross thor, the theme being Hitler's ef-
loved by America because his mu-
He was the perfect man for
understatement . . . He declares forts to destroy these Laws of Council elected Leonard Nemer- sic is America. For him there was
owsky
of
Oak
Park,
Ill.,
and
Miss
the job. Ile lived in Tin Pan
Moses
.
.
.
Among
the
writers
that 4,000,000 is much closer to
no
such
artificial
distinction
as
the mark . . . When the delega- represented in the volume are Selma Smith as summer chair- "highbrow" and "lowbrow" music; Alley long enough to get every-
tion visited Prof. Albert Einstein Thomas Mann, Sigrid Undset, Re- man and vice chairman, respec- his music combined the two into thing it could give him. He had
tively.
his own inner fountainhead of
at his Princeton home, the great becca West and Franz Werfel
Religious services will be con- a sort of middle-brow. In the jar- original music.' And he was not
Jewish scientist told them: "Hit- The best punishment for Adolf:
gon that has become popular since
ler may be beaten by the Allies, says Neal O'Hara, is to sentence ducted on Friday evenings at the his death he could be both "long- foreign to the tradition of serious
music; he knew the classics and
but he has already won his war the non-smoking Fuehrer to be Foundation throughout the sum- hair" and "hep".
he was rapidly gaining a mastery
asphyxiated in an atmosphere pol- mer. They will be led by Rabbi
against the Jews." .. .
Let's
not
even
bother
talking
of the technique of composition.
luted by Churchill's big black ci- Cohen, director of the Founda-
Military Intelligence:
about
Gershwin's
popular
songs.
For him there was no slavish
gars, Roosevelt's cigarettes and tion, assisted by Louis Singer of
Hollywood's William Wyler Stalin's pipes . . . Credit Broad- Hart, Mich., and Elliott Organick They were great hits, of such acceptance of traditional forms.
won an Academy Award this year way's and Hollywood's Harold of New York City.
striking originality as to make As Oscar Levant, who knew him
for his "Mrs. Miniver" but since Klurman with the title "Has-
In cooperation with the De- them as fresh today as when and his music, has pointed out,
then he's won another award Beenito Mussolini". . . And the troit Area Jewish Welfare Board, they were written. I don't think 14 he could never write a
which he prizes much more high- Daily Mirror's cartoonist Packer arrangements will be made for there's any argument about Gersh- score in strict musical form. He
ly: "The Air Medal bestowed on with the geographic epithet "the service men stationed at the Wil- win, the songwriter; he was just could' never accustom himself to
him for his flights over enemy heel in the boot."
low Run Air Base to attend serv- tops.
such restraints as sonata form,
targets as a Major in the U. S.
What I'm more interested in or a fully developed rondo or any
ices.
Air Force . . . Commentator Ga- About People:
other of the classic molds. The
Jennie Moscowitz, veteran of
briel Heatter is a proud man
thematic fluency, the easy-going
PING
PONG
We
are
indebted
to
Elsa
Max-
CHAMPION
the
Yiddish
stage
as
well
as
of
these days . . . His son, Ensign
rhythmic freedom of the rhap-
well
for
this
corking
good
story
MARRIED
IN
CHAPEL
Basil Heatter, has gone off to sea Broadway, celebrated her 55th
on Anne O'Hare McCormick's first sody or unrestricted fantasy N•a:
duty in charge of his own ship .. anniversary in the theatre by
The USO and the Army Chap- interview with Hitler back in 1933 his natural genre . . ."
In the Red Army, you should playing her nightly role as Paul
As he knew was what he was
. . .'`What do you intend to do
know, there are a hundred full- Muni's mother in "Cousellor-at- lains Corp joined hands last week about the Jews?" was one of the doing. If he was criticized for
ranking Jewish generals ... Soon law". . . When Jennie made her to make possible the wedding of reporter's questions . . . Hitler "lifting" folk-songs for use in
to Join General Eisenhower as an debut in Roumania, back in ping-pong champion Sergt. Irv. turned a pale and intense eye on his music, he replied by citing
honorary member of the British 1888, she had a part in a pre- Ron to Miss Bernyce Swartz, both her, smote the table with his fist, the first theme of Beethoven's
knighthood, if reports from Eng- sentation of "Camille" starring of Detroit, Mich.
The details of the wedding and shouted: "The Jews will have "Pastoral" symphony as a Dutch
land are correct, is Daniel Arn- Sarah Bernhardt . . . "Budapest
which
took place in the Post to go". . . And suddenly he asked: folk-song.
stein, who did such valuable traf- Rhapsody" is the title playwright
"What are you going to do with
Gershwin's music, six years af-
fic managing for the Burma Road. Ferenc Molnar has chosen for his Chapel last Saturday evening your Jews in America?". . . Airs. ter, remains unique. What he
autobiography . . . A Florida were arranged by Adj. E. A. Moy- McCormick, looking Hitler
Jewish News:
might have accomplished if it
Pierre van Paassen's recent priest and a Manhattan rabbi er of the Independence USO.
Upon being informed that the straight in the eye, replied: "Oh, had been given to him to continue
speech at the Jamaica, L. I., con- joined forces last weekend to con-
Herr Reichfuehrer we in America on from "Porgy and Bess," no
ference of the UPA is the talk of duct a memorial service for Sam couple wanted a rabbi to per- aren't afraid of the Jews . . . We one can say. In 1937 Gershwin
form
the
marriage
ceremony,
Ad-
Harris,
the
Broadway'
showman
Zionists these days . . . This
think we're just as good as they was too close to us for us to call
Goyish expert on Zionism warned who died two years ago . . . In jutant Moyer contacted Jess Na- are". . .
him "great". Anti even now, as
than,
USO
director
at
Canip
the Zionist leadership against un- accordance with Sam's last wish,
his . music begins to become
founded optimism, and took the the memorial took the form of a Crowder, who in turn contacted
Oh, ye wise men! Be careful
leaders to task for not projecting party at Dinty Moore's . . . Har- Crowder's Jewish Chaplain Schect- in your lectures, for your words "classic," one senses only dimly
that 50 years hence he will have
right now an intensive campaign old Arlen, the songwriter who's man.
Mr. Nathan accompanied Chap- may be misunderstood when you a noble place in American mu-
against the abrogation of the im- responsible for quite a few popu-
are no longer present.
sical history.
migration quota for Palestine .. , lar ditties and has written the lain Schectman to Independence
music for the forthcoming Danny Saturday, and at 8:30 p.
Kaye film, is the son of a Syra- when all arrangements had been
cuse rabbi . . . By the time you completed, Sergt. Ron and Miss
read this Ben Hecht may already Swartz exchanged their marriage
have chalked up another blessed vows.
Attending the bride and groom
event . . . It isn't exactly a
new experience for him, but it's were Mr. and Mrs. David Swartz
been a long time since he's had it and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ron.
. . . Ben, you remember. has a Also in the party were Sergt..
married daughter . . . He also Irving Holtzman, formerly of
Many medicinal purges work
on you by prodding the in-
has just completed a screen play Detroit and now of Independence.
testines into action or draw-
centering about Billy Rose's and Miss Bess Stoufer.
to
ing water into them from
World's Fair sensation, the Aqua-
other parts of the body.
He
who
tries
to
learn
wisdom
cade.
But KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN—a
from young men is like the man
Weekly Giggle:
Crisp, delicious breakfast
who eats grapes before they are
cereal–works mainly on the
Sidney Skolsky passes on Her- ripe, and drinks wine that has
contents of your colon. If
mann Rauschnigg's story of the not fermented. But he who gath-
you have normal intestines
Jewish refugee who begged the ers his learning from the aged
and your constipation is due
owner of a small traveling circus is like him who eats ripe grapes
to lack of "bulk" in your
in France to help him escape the and drinks old, mellow wine.
diet, you'll find ALL-BRAN a
much gentler way to treat it.
Nazis . . . "We have a gorilla
costume," the man told him, "and
Eat KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN
regularly and drink plenty
if you want to put it on and pre-
of water—and you'll find
tend that you're the militia. you
wonderful relief. For this
can travel to Spain with us" .. .
way, ALL-BRAN gets at the
The refugee jumped at the op-
cause of constipation due to
portunity, and whenever the cir-
lack of "bulk" and corrects
cus apneared in a town ha put on
it. ALL-BRAN is made by
Kellogg's in Battle Creek and
a good show . . . But late one
sold by your grocer. Try it!
night, when he was all alone in
the cage he had to inhabit, he
was horrified to discover that the
bars had become loosened on one
side, and a lion from the cage
ext-door was squeezing through
*4:1"ECH '8)"E"E°1:}" H'H"-CH:lrfiX41 t n he opening . . . As the lion ap-
p roached him, the gorilla-refugee
ringed in a corner and began to
S hould for help . . . Whereupon
he lion growled: "Keep quiet,
y ou fool . . . Do you want the
to come running? . . .
Window Shade Co. Y p olice
ou aren't the only refugee in
Until Further Notice
his circus."
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