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Page 12

Friday, January 2G, 1951

ETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

The Chronicle Was There

Ttvo Choral Groups, Soloists Infants Service Yiddish Playtvright Tackles
Show Range of Jewish Music Show Proves Problem of 'Dual Loyalty

9

By NORMAN WEISMAN
structure of his piano group.



The Women of Gemiluth Chas-
Sunday
evening,
before a size-
sodim offered their eighth annual
Gaiety and freedom from worry
concert last Saturday night at the able audience, the Jewish Folk
Art Institute, presenting the Chorus conducted by Henri Gold- were the keynotes of the annual
Music Study Club Chorus, di- berg presented a combined ora- affair last Sunday of the Infants
rected by Dan Frohman, with torio and dance based on I. L. Service Group at the overcrowd-
Rose Stein, accompanist; and in Peretz's poem, "Tzvei Snider," set ed Masonic Temple.
More than 1,500 members and
addition, a chamber music
friends of the group attended the
group comprised of Karl Haas,
annual dinner and stage perform-
pianist, Albert Luconi, clarinetist,
ance. Gov. and Mrs. G. Mennen
and Raymond Hall, cellist.
Williams were among the hon-
The chorus, numbering about
ored guests.
20 women, sang songs by Men-
It was a program that was
delssohn and Kountz, "Go Down
enjoyed by all. Well rehearsed
Moses," "Goin' Home," and "Ani
and well thought out, the pro-
Ma-Amin." Various members of
gram, "A Toast to Our Town,"
the group sang solo lines.
offered a balanced mixture of
The chorus itself sang pleas-
dance numbers and comedy
antly enough, and seemed to be
skits.
well rehearsed, but its lower
It was indeed a symphony of
ranges were practically extinct.
colors that was presented. The
"Ani Ma-Amin" was sung and
dancers' costumes were some-
spoken in Hebrew and English,
thing on which the spectators
and this alternation in language
could feast their eyes. All the
rather detracted from the music.
dances were done in a lively
Mr. Frohman's direction was en-
manner, and the rhythm of the
ergetic.
whole performance was one of
A Sonata in E Flat by Mendels-
fast step.
sohn was performed by Haas and
The comedy skits were a little
Luconi. It is a youthful work,
rather inconsequential and might PIERRE VAN PAASSEN, fa- long-bearded—literally and figur-
have been taken for an exercise mous anther, journalist and atively—but they were heartily
acclaimed by an audience which
in composition.
lecturer, will discuss his new loved to indulge in a little nos-
Concluding the program the book "Jerusalem Calling" at a
ensemble performed Beethoven's meeting of the Zionist Organ- talgic reminiscing.
Producer and director of the
Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 11. ization of Detroit Monday eve-
This work is an excellent piece ning, Feb. 5 at the Northwest show was, as in previous years,
of early Beethoven, full of exub- Hebrew Congregation. Known Mrs. David Riseman. Lyrics and
erance and gaiety.
as a Christian Zionist, he is the music were by Mrs. Moe Gantz
It was moderately well pro- author of "Days of Our Years," and Mrs. Eve Sherman. Mrs.
jected, although there was some "That Day Alone" and "The Lewis Lewin was responsible for
slight veering from pitch on the Forgotten Ally." He recently the script, and Saul Golden and
parts of the cello and the clari- returned from Europe and will Ralph Shook produced the skits
net. No doubt, this can be touch upon his experiences and dialogues.
We would like to name all
ascribed to insufficient time for there. The entire community
is invited to attend without those who put so much and hard
preparation.
work into this show, but there
charge.
These performers were a sub-
are just too many names. They
stitution for the originally pro-
have to be content with a collec-
grammed two piano selections.
to music by Jacob Schaefer.
The brightest note on the pro- Choreography was by Lillian tive bravo for a job well done.
G. N.
gram was struck by Mr. Haas in Shapero.
his solo group, which included
Together with the principal
the ''Deutsche Taenze," Op. 33 of dancers and soloists the Folk
Schubert, the Schuman "Arabes- Chorus presented their version of
que," Op. 18, and the A Minor the drama quite successfully; the
Prelude of Debussy.
dancing, especially that of the
Mr. Haas displayed very crisp two brothers, surprised by its fine
technique, and nice sensitivity for technical execution; the music of
The dance trio of Jane Dud-
the melodic content and rhythmic Schaefer was well suited to the ley, Sophie Maslow and Wiliam
text, and the chorus sang clearly, Bales will be presented Feb. 15
with close attention to dynamics. at the Art Institute by the Dance
During the first half of the pro- Consultants' Committee of the
gram Lillian Shapero, assisted by Jewish Community Center. Tick-
Ely Stulman, violinist, appeared ets are on sale at Grinnell's and
Rabbi Morris Adler will ad- in two interpretive dances; the at the Center.
dress the Ahavas Achim open first Hassidic in character, and the
The trio will make its third
meeting to be held Thursday second a lively interpretation of appearance in Detroit. Miss
evening, Feb. 8. The affair will a wedding celebration in Kasri- Dudley is a former Detroiter.
open the congre- lovka, an area associated with the
Sophie Maslow will dance
ration's m e
writings of Sholem Aleichem. She "The Village I knew," dance
')ership drive.
danced freely and with expres- sketches of Jewish village life

A musical pro- sion.
under the Czars.
Earlier the chorus was heard
tram will fea-
A recital by Jean Erdman,
'tire Cantor in selections by Schaefer ("Vig-
dancer from New York and her
Nicholas Fena- lid" was well sung as a duet by
company, will conclude the
'tel of Northwest Ruth Goldman and Rose Schac- series March 22.
lebrew, accom- ter), a "Wedding Dance" by Hell-
sinied by Betty man, a "Song of the Palmach,"
FOLK DANCES
:owalsky, con- concluding with a "Hynin for the
Nations," based on a melody
The second of the Center's
cert pianist.
Rabbi Adler
Isadore Starr taken from Beethoven's Ninth folk dance evenings will he held
Sunday at the Davison Center.
will be master of ceremonies Symphony.
and the sisterhood will serve
refreshments.
The open meeting will give
the community an opportunity
to see the newly completed syn-
agogue.
A dispute between a kosher car and his attorney at one time
butcher and the local Shochtim's accepted the Council's offer to
union has led to a suit against the arbitrate but both parties were
union. Louis Rosenzweig, chair- unable to arrive at a satisfactory
man of the Internal Relations basis for arbitration.
The new semester in the Committee of the Jewish Com-
"Upon failure of the parties to
Workmen's Circle School and munity Council, has issued a agree, Mr. Grajcar, through his
Kindergarten starts Feb. I. Reg- statement which, in part, reads: attorney, Harry Nayer, com-
istration for the new term is
"The Jewish Community Coun- menced legal proceedings against
open for children ages 6 to 13.
cil notes that a suit for injunction the union for an injunction re-
Transportation is being fur- has been commenced by Isaac straining it from picketing the
nished from the following public Grajcar against the local Schoch- place of business of Mr. Grajcar
schools: Roosevelt. Thirkel. tim's union. This matter has been and the Morris Poultry Co.
Brady, Winterhalter, McCullough before the Internal Relations
"The Jewish Community Coun-
and Longfellow.
Committee for some time.
cil regrets that the parties did not
Classes are held Mond a y
"At least six meetings were seek to resolve their differences
through Friday from 3:30 to 7 held in an attempt to settle the by arbitration but took the mat-
p.m. Subjects taught are Yid- matter. The problem was dis- ter into court. The Council re-
dish, Hebrew, Jewish history and cussed by the committee and a iterates its position that it is will-
literature, Jewish holiday cele- special sub-committee, consisting ing to make all of its facilities
brations, customs and traditions of Arthur Gould, Rabbi Max Ka- available to the parties, to the
and singing, recitations and pustin and Harold Silver.
end that they might adjust their
drama.
"The services of the arbitration differences without exposing the
The school is located' at 11529 and conciliation committee were Jewish community to possible un-
Linwood, TO, 8-5368.
offered to both parties. Mr. Graj- favorable publicity."

Gay, Colorful

Guest of ZOD

Trio to 'Dance'
Jewish Village
e5

Rabbi Adler Slated
at Ahavas Achim

By HAROLD S. COVEN
The rapidly wilting Yiddish
theater in Detroit, received an-
other shot in the arm last Sunday
evening when the Labor Zionist
Farband presented "A Town
Awakens," a new Yiddish play
by Mark Schweid.
Despite the primitive technical
staging, the play struck a power-
ful response from the audience
which nearly filled the Central
High School auditorium by its at-
t mpt to grapple with a real and
timely situation and above all by
the acting.
The plot deals with the con-
version of a wealthy Jewish junk
dealer (Menachem Rubin) to the
support of Israel, by his Zionist
son (Yakov Frankel).
Despite the fact that the ques-
tion of dual loyalty was gone into,
the author weakened his drama,
by resorting to a deus ex machina
to resolve the conflict. The father
is converted not by his thinking
the problem through, but by
the fact that his son evokes the
memory of his dead mother to
convince his father that he should
set up a village in Israel as a
memorial to her name.
To add to all this, the audience
was treated to a number of inter-
spersed songs, most of which
could have been easily left out.
It is the acting which saved the
day. Outstanding was the work

Kvutzah Ivrith
Sets Donor Affair

The 15th annual donor lunch-
eon of the Ladies Auxiliary of
the Kvutzah Ivrith, will be held
Tuesday at Zack's Catering.
Rabbi Morris Adler will be
the guest speaker and Wyn Gar-
den will render musical selec-
tions.
The program will be opened
by Mrs. Julius Ring, president.
The chairman will be Mrs. Nor-
man Leemon, a 'member of the
alumni of the United Hebrew
Schools.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Kvutzah Ivrith, which has for its
main purpbse the advancement
of Hebrew culture and lends
much support to the United He-
brew Schools in the form of the
purchase of books for children,
has now established a fund for a
special Youth Library at the
U.H.S.
For reservations for the lunch-
eon, call Mrs. Goldberg, TY. 8-
2629, or Mrs. Smolinsky, WE.
3-2633.

Makiit



of Al Harris, who played Itchke
the malamud. Although his part
is largely comic relief, he stole
every scene in which so much as
his nose appeared.
Yakov Frankel, the son, and
Aline Eiger, the refugee love in-
terest, were not much more than
adequate in the thin roles given
them.
It was Menachen who had to
carry the burden of the play. An
actor of the old school, Rubin
had little difficulty arousing the
emotions of the audience with
his performance. But since his
role called for a "Yankee" who
has drifted apart from the main
stream of his people, he perhaps
showed a little too much Yid-
dishkeit to be convincing. Never-
theless we would like to see
much more of him.
All in all it was a rewarding
evening, and it is to be hoped
that more groups will follow the
lead of the Labor Zionists and
sponsor professional plays,wheth-
er in Yiddish or English, on Jew-
ish themes.

Sabbath Group
to Hold Affair
for Arbor Day

The Women's Sabbath League
will be hosts to the Jewish wo-
men of the community at a Jew-
ish Arbor Day luncheon at 1 p.m.,
Tuesday at the Young Israel
Center.
Mrs. Lillian Kaplan is in charge
of the arrangements.
Featured on the program will
be a presentation of Hebrew and

Yiddish songs in connection with

the festival by the choral group
of the Bnai David Sisterhood.
under the direction of Cantor
Hyman Adler.
Mrs. Leizer Levin will speak
on the historic background of the
holiday and Mrs. Milton Winston
will outline the Jewish National
Fund tree planting program.
The Sabbath League is now
preparing to celebrate its 10th
anniversary and in this connec-
tion is preparing the publication
of a brochure entitled "A Sab-
bath Handbook for the Jewish
Woman."

A welcome gift for any occa-
sion is a subscription to the
Jewish Chronicle. Call WO.
1-1010.

Donor Plans
1

Council Offers to Arbitrate
Kosher Butcher -Union Clash

Workmen School

Sets Registration

The Sisterhood of Congregation Bnai Moshe will hold its annual
donor luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, in the social hall.
Mrs. 1Villiam Greenwald will entertain with a program of drama
and comedy. Shown planning the affair are, left to right, standing,
Mrs. Julius Hersh, president; and Mrs. Ilarry Gunsberg, program
chairman; and seated, Mrs. Ben Weiss, donor co-chairman; and
Mrs. James Sobel, overall donor chairman. For reservations call
the congregation, WE. 3-0862 or UN. 3-9826.

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