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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

September 10, 1943
be able to do effective
work in his studies in the recognition o
our congregations in the f uture the vital and socially useful rol f Liszt's
"Les Preludes" and Massenet's "Sc r en s,es
e
(Continued from Page 1)
when their members will be, ' he has to play among his fellow
in
you not, as American an( S i Pittoresque" on General Motors Program Sept. I
time to time, either in his own the main, men of our gen eration Ca
as Jew
name, or through his quaint lit. who will have been throu
, understand the need fo r
Franz Liszt's most famous sym- the symphonic poems have bee
ovary creation, Mr. Zilch, who test of fire? How shall gh the Physicians of the shattered an
n
we be ilisillusioned spirits that mus tI phonic poem, "Les Preludes," and favorite orchestral work
is a kind of Babbitt or American- able to preach of ideali sm,
o f inevitably follow the cessation o
! it
ized am ha-aretz, Mr. Segal has strength in the valley o
f Massenet's o r c h e s t r a I suite, "Les Preludes" is the best knows
them ma
all.
indicated the true paths which shadow, of sacrifice for f the hostilities?
"Scenes Pittoresques," have been of Jules
There are millions who fight selected by Dr. Frank Black, con-
American rabbis should follow. phis without which men princi-
senet was one of ti),
At times it has been somewhat live,---without evoking spo cannot today to break once and for all ductor, as highlights for the Gen- most famous composers of Frenei;
discouraging to codify Mr. Se- unspoken cynicism and cha ken or time the decadent and barbaric eral Motors Symphony of the Air opera of his day. In addition I.)
!lenge? world of yesterday. There are a
gal's writings into a pattern for
program, featuring the NBC Sym- his operas, Massenet contributvil
Just as Mr. Segal can n S t
ttt Pitifully small number of us, stu- phony,
Jewish living. While he staunch- more effective case for hi make
Sunday, Sept. 12 (NBC, a great harvest of miscellan
dent rabbis and student minis- 5 to 6 p. m., EWT)• ous works including two °relies e _
ly rehearses the "orthodox" Re- of view in these days, whe
-
ters,
flag-
who are preparing to help
form position that Judaism is a waving is necessarily at it 5 a Pea
Also to be heard will be the tral suites, "Scenes Dramatiques'
build the brave, new world—for popular "Pavanne" by Maurice and "Scenes Pittoresque". Ti
religion solely and the Jews a ind the military has becon le th k
n;
e our brothers, for your Ellen, for
church rather than a people, he paragon, so, too, is the pr
Ravel, Mozart's sparkling over- latter, to be performed Sunday,
essure
Israel,
for
all
the
good
comrades
has admitted that the temple is ; upon our conscience consta
to the comic-opera, "The is in four movements and is a
nt and of that common brotherhood of tune
not provocative enough to draw ' ntense.
Impresario," and Rachmaninoff's musical picture of rural and tir
mn
him from his Saturday morning
Vocalise '. ban France during the 1870's. For
Unless, Mr. Segal, you believe
slumbers or from the winning u s to be cowards and moral
As a special feature of the more than 50 years the Massenet
caprices of his granddaughter, w eaklings who merely have taken
hour's broadcast, Charles F. Ket- suites have been popular in con-
Ellen
' a dvant .n'
tering, director of General Mo- cert repertoire.
o
an oppor
Now Mr. Segal writes that the which you believe should n tunity Aesculapian Auxiliary To tors research laboratories and
The late Russian composer-
doors of all theological seminaries P resented, you must, in all othobne_ Install Officers Sept. 22
head. of the National Inventors' Pianist' Rachmaninoff, composed
should be closed for the duration sty, recognize that it wou
Council, will be guest speaker, the romantic and lyric "Vocalise
against the entrance of new stu- ar easier to "escape" int Id b e
An executive meeting was held Widely known for his common as a musical tribute to the ha-
dents. There appear to be four P attern of the day, which o the at the home of Mrs. Alex Brooks sense way of dealing with many plan voice. It is the final
song
main .-arguments which he pre- s word and the uniform, is the on Woodingham Drive which
in the composer's 'Opus 34 and
of today's complex problems
Scots:
t h
rather cially opened the season for the Kettering will discuss some of because of its theme and title,
1. The young man who wishes at an to study and prepare
mosphere which is hardly in an Ladies' Auxiliary of the Aescu- the things which he believes have has no text.
to study for the Rabbinate to- d ucive to scholarship and ci con-
contributed and will continue to
With the exception of his cele-
day and who, having been ac- en deavors. I might add, Sir, vilian la ian Pharmaceutical Fraternity. contribute to the progress of brated "Bolero," Maurice Ravers
that
Tentative
plans
for
the
func-
cepted by a recognized seminary, e are not all "book-wo
America.
"Pavanne" ("Pavanne for a Dead
is automatically exempted from th ere are many among us rms"• tions of the year were outlined
Based
on
Alphonse
Lamartine's
Princess")
has enjoyed the great-
by
the
president,
Mrs.
Harry
Per-
wh,-;
military service, is not recogniz- ar e temperamentally and ide
olog- nick. Mrs. Asher Smith was ap- poem of the same time, Liszt est success of any of his works.
ably different in spiritual or h
ally men of
• . Insider y, pointed to take h
composed "Les Preludes" as one
"Pavanne," Ravel's endeavor
ical constitution from his fellow ,an (I by way of an aside,
the lat- bond and war stamp selling proj- of 14 symphonic poems. At the to recapture the spirit of the
young American who must and IF r statement is not unrelated to ect.
time the great pianist and com- 18th century harpsichord masters
does serve in the armed forces. „En e fact that most of us are
is happily and romantically evi-
The first evening meeting of N. poser created these works, he dent.
2. The policy of our Govern- Z i onists.
W criticized by some of his
the
veal
will
be
held
at
the
home
meat of exempting theological
Why, then, do we remain in of Mrs. David Bez, 3821 Pasa- s 19th-century contemporaries. The
students is compounded of po- th e seminaries?
dena, on Sept. 15. The installa- d ymphonic poems were widely
litical expediency and the glim-
iscussed because some, including
Because we are utterly dedi-
MR dais,:
merings of a Church-State corn- ea ted to and impassionately in. tion committee will present all t he composer Joachim, believed
bine.
ter rested in the survival of Jewish final arrangements for the for- t hey "diverged from the classical
Originally we
real installation at the Book-Cad- i
3. " . . . going into the Army lit'
asked for 10 percent
more than that, the iliac Hotel on Sept. 22, with Mrs. f deals." Even Wagner hesitated
or Navy and sharing the common rec e—and
onstruction of Jewish life— Ben Gale installing the new of- o or a time before accepting some
in bonds; now we
lot, suffering the same pains with an
f the perversities which were
nee d considerably
all the boys of their years, would e1' (I we know that while the pow- ficers and Mrs. Myer Robiner giv- s aid
to occur in them. Despite
of the sword will save us from
more
be excellent preparation toward ext inction, not by might alone ing the invocation.
his upheaval of fellow-composers,
the religious ministry . . ." Mr.
1
there
be
survival
for
the
Segal writes.
Je w .
4. Plunged into the studies
Because we know that our en-
of the seminary, these rabbinical tra nce into military service, which
students will
emerge "total the fortunes of war and a sen-
strangers to current Man whom sibl e and gradual policy of de-
mo bilization after the war will
they are dedicated to serve."
Finally, Mr. Segal admits to ext end into any number of years,
a sense of shame at the close will , with but few exceptions,
of his column. He does penanc e e ,
e it a practical impossibility
not because he has obliquely inn- for us to enter upon or resume
pugned the integrity and patriot- our studies for the Rabinate
ism of seminary students today, whe we should be returned to
but because, as a newly-selected civil n
ian life.
trustee of one of the Jewish
T here are approximately 185
seminaries, he was guilty of hay- Am erican rabbis today serving as
ing voted with his colleagues to chap lains on the far-flung mili-
admit 12 young men for the tary establishments in every the-
study of the Rabbinate!
ater of the war, 50 more have
rece ived ecclesiastical endorse-
As a rabbinical student I can. men t and are awaiting assign-
of course, speak authoritatively men t and still more are needed
only for myself. Because, how- to s erve in this vital work. Who
ever, this subject is not forbid- will minister to the congrega-
den one among rabbinical stu- tiOnS they leave behind? How
dents, because it is common to can they be persuaded to forsake
the "shop talk" of my fellow their communities and synagogues
students from many seminaries, unles s they have the assurance,
I feel that I bespeak their senti-
ey now have, that a second
THROUGH THE
ments in great part.
ilisneth of young men will carry on
We are not smug, neither are for t hem until they return?
we apologetic. We are sensitive Be cause we believe that when
to the practical and moral issues the • h osts of our Jewish brethren
involved. retur n from the dance of death
The moral problem which is and sheathe the bloody swords
posed by our exemption, briefly with which they have done val-
summarized, is this: Do we have iantly , they will look to us—
the right to remain aloof from and trust in us—to work and
direct military participation in plan with them towards building
a war which we indorse, or, ra- the better world of tomorrow.
How many of your friends and
to mloanommommanz
ther, whose causes and objectives We k now, from our correspond-
e
relatives did you forget with New
we subscribe to? Further, as me and contracts with our rela-
Jews, can we remain away from tives and friends in service, that
Year greetings last year?
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the battle in which we have a the m ilitary life necessarily pre-
particularly vital stake? What eludes
independent thinking,
shall we say to the children whom leaves no time even for the peru-
How much time did you have to
we shall educate in our congre- sal of the press, not to speak of
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Miller and
gations—as well as to our own thinki fig through the problems of
spend in selecting suitable cards,
family, 975 Washington Street
children—when we recount the peace and the goals of human
Extend best wishes to all
episodes of the Maccabees, of endea vor. To our brothers who
in addressing and mailing them?
their relatives
Bar Kochba, of Trumpeldor, of fight on the field, we owe an
and friends for a Very Happy New Year
the Warsaw Ghetto, and the eterna I and not-to-be-forgotten
query will be presented, "Where debt for making it possible for
You can save all this trouble, ali
were you, and what were you tidal of us who fight with the
doing, in the last great fight for d
this worry and the not inconsider-
wave of cynicism and ni-
freedom and Jewish survival?" hilism, which threatens the post-
able expense by inserting your
The practical issue is also very war w orld, to plan well our cam-
much to the point: How shall we paign.
greeting in The Chronicle.
Is i t humanly impossible, Mr.
Segal, even for an intellectual,
It is the logical and easiest way
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like ourself, to stand firm on
of expressing your good wishes
e proposition that war is evil,
and that nothing substantially
to all your relatives and friends.
and enduringly good can come
out of the military adventure—
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