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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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Friday, December 8, 1950
The Chronicle Was There
Center Slates Two Young Artists Excel
America Must Help Israel,
F.D.R. Jr. Tells Pioneer Women Beethoven Fete
"America must help Israel in to overcome all their difficulties."
its fight for freedom," declared I The speaker also stressed the
Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., unique role of the cooperatives
in a speech at the 25th anniver- in Israel's industry and agricul-
sary celebration of the Pioneer ture and declared that without
Women last Wednesday night at the Histadrut there would be no
Israel. He described the spirit of
Masonic Temple.
A crowd of an estimated 4,000 friendly competition in Israel,
people had come to help the or- which is tempered by mutual un-
ganization celebrate the occasion. derstanding and respect.
Taking all these factors into
Roosevelt devoted the greater
part of his talk to reminiscences consideration, Roosevelt said, we
about his trip to Israel in 1949. understand that giving /or Israel
He described as Israel's basic is not charity but an investment
philosophy and policy the "in- in the future of the Jewish people.
Israel, he continued, is t h e
gathering of the exiles"—a policy
which is characterized by its con- torch bearer of democracy in the
spicuous lack of discrimination Near East, and it therefore be-
comes an obligation for all
and the sacrifices it requires.
The transformation of Israel, Americans, Jews and Gentiles, to
Roosevelt stated, could not hap- support this outpost of democracy.
pen without the men of vision Israel, he said, is the only coun-
who have guided the Zionist try in the Near East which can
movement since its inception. bring a higher standard of living
The speaker reminded his lis- to the Arab countries.
Roosevelt said that he would
teners • of the many problems
which face the Jewish state, such continue his fight for Marshall
as the housing problem and the aid and an Export-Import Bank
many other shortages, lack of loan in the next congress, and
schools and hospitals. He also also praised the labor exchange
lauded the policy of land pur- plan of the UAW as an auspicious
chases through the Jewish Na- beginning of a closer relationship
tional Fund as a policy of social between America and Israel.
The speaker finally pointed out
justice which is in sharp contrast
to the sufferings imposed on the that in the present world crisis
Jews by other nations during Israel has a special importance
their centuries of homelessness. in the Near East and he concluded
on a note of hope that the prin-
PRAISE OF ISRAEL
"I never saw a people with ciple, "Might makes right," will
greater courage and a more real- never supersede the principles of
istic approach to their problems justice and democracy.
Roosevelt was introduced by
than the Israelis," Roosevelt de-
Glared. "I am sure that with their Mrs. Paul Feldman,, program
determination they will be able chairman. The program W a S
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The Center Symphony, under
the direction of Julius Chajes,
will be heard for the first time
this season in a Beethoven Fes-
tival on Sunday evening, Dec. 17
at the Davison Community Cen-
ter.
The concert will be held in
commemoration of Beethoven's
140th birthday. Featured soloist
will be Donche Dikova, Detroit
pianist, who arrived in the United
States from Bulgaria a short time
ago.
Miss Dikova has been heard as
soloist this summer with the De-
troit Symphony Orchestra under
the direction of Valter Poole and
since then appeared in many con-
certs in the middle west.
The program lists Symphony
No. 1 in C major, the Emperor
Concerto and Edgmont Overture.
Tickets are 50 cents for Center
members
opened by Mrs. Norman Cantor,
president, who announced as the
next project of Pioneer Women a
$96,000 youth village and agricul-
tural school in the Negev.
Mrs. Irving Turner, donor
chairman, announced that a total
of $58,000 had been raised in the
current campaign.
The evening ended on a happy
and humorous note. Sam Leven-
son, noted Yiddish humorist,
from New York, gave freely of
his inexhaustible treasure of
Jewish stories in Yiddish and
English, and the audience obvi-
ously loved every minute of it.
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Meyer Levin
Analyzes Jew
in U. S. Writing
Before an overflow audience of
400 women of the American Jew-
ish Congress, Meyer Levin, well-
known Jewish author, outlined
the classic portrait of the Jew in
modern literature.
The talk followed a brunch
held last Wednesday at the Bel-
Aire Terrace.
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Levin told the women that the
Jew has generally been pictured
as either a bearded, dirty old
man, or conversely as a patriar-
chal saintly type who pours over
his Torah day and night. The
first of these "mythiological stere-
otypes" he attributed to the old
anti-Semitic literary tradition
which dates to Shakespeare and
Dickens.
In modern fiction he pointed
out Ernest Hemingway's charact-
erization of a Jew in "The Sun
Also Rises" and Thomas Wolfe's
descriptions in many of his works.
Turning : to Jewish writers, he
found two types prevalent, that
whin finds all the virtues in the
old country immigrant type, and
that which expresses Jewish self-
hatred.
In the former classification he
placed Fannie Hurst and Ben
Hecht. In the latter he placed
some of the most popular Jewish
writers today, such as Shulbe•g,
Jerome Weidman and Max Shul-
man.
He pointed out that all these
authors fall into a similar cate-
gory in that they portray their
Jewish characters as ruthless, im-
moral, grasping individuals who
achieve material success by
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breaking faith with everyone
with whom they come into con-
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This Levin stated would aid
in establishing a new popular
image of the Jew as he really
exists.
Mrs. William Gottesman, mem-
bership chairman of the Detroit
ALJC, introduced Levin and
Mrs. Harry Frank, division presi-
dent, welcomed those present.
Mrs. Morris Adler chanted the
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By ROBERT W.• MILLER
Two talented artist's were pre-
sented by the Music Study Club
of Detroit in a concert at the In-
stitute of Arts: Kurt Saffir, a
very promising pianist not en-
tirely unknown to Detroit's music
audience, and Esther Glazer, a
violinist of extraordinary quali-
ties. The accompaniments for the
violin solos were played most
competently and sensitively by
Rebecca Fineberg.
The recital opened with a
Respighi revision of Vivaldi's Vi-
olin Sonata in D major, a work
that displays more the character-
istics of its arranger than those
of Vivaldi. It employs violinistic
devices which were not common
in Vivaldi's times, but Miss Glaz-
er showed good understanding
for its structure and contents.
Small rhythmical inconsisten-
cies in the final movement did
not affect the overall good im-
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pression which made itself most
apparent in the beautiful slow
movement.
Mozart's Rondo in G major
with its well designed cadenzas
(by Kreisler) and precisely exe-
cuted bowing-effects was pre-
sented with a great deal of skill
and a good concept of its light
nature.
Kurt Saffir chose the Sonata
in D minor by D. Scarlatti; its
simple outline and subject-mat-
ter harly lend themselves to
more than good passage work
and effective dynamic shadings.
The Bach Prelude and Fugue
in F sharp minor lacked a cer-
tain amount of expressiveness in
the thematic contours of the
fugue, but left nothing to be de-
sired in its technical aspect.
Haydn's seldom heard but most
ingratiating Sonata in A flat ma-
jor was the real artistic achieve-
ment of the evening.
Saffir deserves full credit for
programming this work, and his
playing, as well as the audience's
response, merely confirms such
a statement.
Kabalevsky's Improvisation
proved Miss Glazer's sense for a
beautiful melodic line, cultivated
toni and purity of doublestops,
while the following Burlesque
by Hoffman is a technically com-
plex piece, a sort of a violinistie
pell-mell, yet an altogether in-
consequential work that conveys
nothing,
Ravel's Tzigane was performed
satisfactorily, yet Miss Glazer's
concept of the introductory solo
recitative seems to be a too re-
strained and classical one. Her
superb harmonics and beautiful
tone made up only partly for the
lack of freedom in this presenta-
tion.
Schubert's Moment Musical in
C sharp minor as played by Saf-
fir displayed some clever dy-
namic effects together with im-
pressive technical : resources in
the charming Scherzo in F minor
by the same composer. Proko-
fiev's First Sonata in F minor
betrays influences of Rachmani-
nov. Saffir mastered its prob-
lems very well.
Both artists joined to close the
evening with Beethoven's Sonata
in C minor for Violin and Piano,
Op. 30, No. 2 in a performance
marked by good taste (except for
a few long glissandos in the vio-
lin). The somewhat brisk tempo
of the first movement perhaps
obscured some of its dynamic de-
cisiveness.
Reich to Give
2 Talks Here
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil notified its affiliated organiza-
tions of the appearance here,
Sunday and Monday, of Dr. Na-
than Reich, chairman of the de-
partments of economics at Hunter
College.
Benjamin M. Laikin will chair
a meeting of Community Coun-
cil's representatives at the Tur-
over Hall, Dexter at Monterey, at
2 p.m., Sunday, when Dr. Reich
will speak in Yiddish on "Jews
Behind the Iron Curtain." This
appearance is sponsored by the
Culture Commission of the Jew-
ish Community Council of which
Rabbi Morris Adler and Morris
Lieberman are chairmen.
Dr. Reich's second appearance
will be under the auspices of the
Detroit Chapter of the American
Jewish Committee. "The Com-
munist Threat" will be the sub-
ject of this address at a meeting
of the America, ► Jewish Commit-
tee at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, at
Temple Beth El.
REPORT ON HISTADRUT
For a complete report of the
rally which opened the Detroit
Histadrut campaign see page
seven.