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The Influence of Palestine
On Jewish Music
By JULIUS CHAJES
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The great European philosopher
of the 19th century, Friedrich
Nietzsche, prophesied in his essay,
"From the People of Israel":
"Whither shall flow this abundance
1:r. Philip Dlonovits. rub/Laker
The Itw len rime
of excellent impressions which
Detroit, Michigan
Jewish history gives to every Jew-
Sty dear Phil:
ish family, this patience, virture,
edtermination among disappoint-
Fermat me to wish you oomplat• auCC•311 in your new
venture.
With
your
wide
orperienc•
in
newspaper
work
ments,
victories among struggles—
journalistic,
and your specialized training In the particular field which the
whither shall this flow if it is not
new periodical is to occupy. and with the good wishes of your many
into spiritually great men and their
friends and the gismo:late• you have gatifered together upon your
Board of Directors, I am sure that the Jewish News will meet with
works!"
a fine reception from the ootsmunity and that you will get off to •
Our great cultural works have
good start.
come
from our
There are two attitude* which I sincerely hope the
own soil, our
editorial policy of the new publication will establish for It. In
the present state of the world and the tragic) position in which the
Is-
"Eretz
own
Jewish community finds itself. there ds no occasion or excuse for •
rael." There, our
°emphasis on differences. whether they be political. ritualistic, or
ideologic. We ere all in the sane boat which no one should rock.
Bible was crea-
t'nlese We stand together no one will know where re stand. or stand
ted, there, the
with us. :n domestic politics we, nrs of all shades of opinion.-just
113 liberals are not co-muniste, 'io conservatives ore not fascists.
greatest part of
Notwithstanding. the obearvntions of Judge jerocie Yrenk. and the
the Talmud writ-
somewhat reckless cotenant of one of our local rabbis. there is no
fascist group in Americans...7 The acounation Is preposterous and
ten. Our greatest
I boo* you will not give currency to it. %.Ittingly or unwittingly,
cultural works
it it should be repented either from within 'or without. except to
have come and
deny It as emphatically as you may.
will continue to
The s000nd attitude I hope the publication will tnice
come from our
is , hat the time for self-repression on V• part of our community
hen long gone by. We have bees cruelly attacked on all sides and
own soil, from Julius Clutjes
we have the right not only of defense but of counter-offensive. Ire
Eretz Israel!"
are rims and not nice. I would rake it plain. 30 there ean be no
misunderstanding. that our rights en citizen, are to be respected;
It took only 25 years for the
that. they can in no sense be curtailed , ithmtt destroying the Arier3
creation of a new Jewish folk song
can systems; that whatever tiireatens America threatens us, and even
in Palestine.
alre enphaticilly, if ttipt were possi.`11e, that whatever threatens
us threatens America.
The old Jewish folk song is to
the new Palestinian folk song what
I wish you •11. success.
Yiddish is to Hebrew. The old
.
seemly yours
Very
Jewish folk song is connected with
the Yiddish language and Diaspora
(Galut). The new Palestinian folk
song is connected with Hebrew and
with Palestine.
The new Palestinian songs are
tunes of Marine Painting" and strongly influenced by the Bedouin
INS - ITFI 7TE EXHIBIT
Contains, in addition to many beau- and Yemenite melodies. The ori-
An exhibition which embraces a
ental influence dominates, and as
tifol old masters, pictures of his-
pee tod of 500 years and yet deals
a result it is a difficult problem to
torical naval engagements and give them a fitting harmony. Most
with the thews,, of the hour -
satiors, the sea Ind ships is now portraits of ships which marked of the composers who are at pres-
on view 'tt the Detroit Institute of important epochs of transportation ent working with these themes are
Art, rir.,1 will remain there until on the seas and on the Great influenced by European music and
F:aster Sunday. This is "Five Cen- LAI( e
are falsely using European har-
-
monic background with a simple
monodic, Oriental melody. It is ex-
tremely important that the same
scale is used as a basis for both
harmony and melody. Only in this
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At present there are great differ-
ences between the Jewish liturgical
music and the new Palestinian
songs. However, those ancient mo-
tifs which are preserved in liturgi-
cal music and the new lively Pal-
estinian song
will
undoubtedly
have a great influence on each
other in the near future.
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Low N CALORIf3
igan WPA Symphony Orchestra,
Tuesday evening, March 31, at 8:30
o'clock, under the baton of Valter
Poole, at the Jewish Community
Center, Woodward at Holbrook.
Mrs. Roosevelt. sister-in-law of
Eleanor Roosevelt, began her mu-
sical education at the age of 5, and
has studied piano in Detroit, New
York and France. At present Mrs.
Roosevelt serves as the district di-
rector of the community service
programs for Detroit and Wayne
County, and is state supervisor of
the Michigan WPA Music Project.
Formerly leading soprano with
the Vienna and Bucharest State
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Halevy Committee
For Annual Concert
publicity and advertising; Nathan
Bennish, chairman of stage and
house committee; Bella Goldberg.
chairman of wardrobe committee.
The Halevy chorus is now pre-
paring a program of varied songs,
some new and some repeated from
previous concerts, under the direc-
ttion of Dan Frohman. William
Gayman is assistant conductor of
the chorus.
Tickets are now obtainable from
Halevy members.
Nothing but the right can ever
be expedient, since that can never
be true expediency which would
sacrifice a greater good to a less.
—Whately.
FIDMFACI
SEWING
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Morris Shatez, chairman of the
Halevy Singing Society executive
board, has appointed the follow-
ing Halevy members to assist him
and to head sub-committees for the
17th annual concert scheduled for
May 10 in the Scottisli Rite Cath-
edral of Masonic Temple: Julius
Chafetz and William Gayman, as-
sociate general co-chairmen; Ger-
trude Matrick, chairman of ticket
distribution; Nathaniel Raskin.
chairman of program advertising
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Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt, pian-
ist, and Marguerite Kozenn, s0 -
prano, will be heard with the Mich-
Mrs. Beatrice R. Jacobs, of 3017
Lawrence Ave., died last Saturday
and was buried on Sunday in
Cloverhill Park Cemetery, funeral
services being held in Temple Beth
El's Brown Memorial Chapel. She
was 41 years old and had been ac-
tive in numerous Detroit organiza-
tions. Besides her husband, Dr.
Joseph J. Jacobs, she is survived
by three children, Ramon D., Sam-
uel N. and Luba B.; a sister, Mrs.
David Robinson, and a brother,
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Operas, Marguerite Kozenn made
her American debut with the New
York Philharmonic, when the New
York Times praised her "exception-
al range and great voice." A grad-
uate of the Milano Conservatory
of Music, the State Academy of
Vienna and the Mozart eum in
Salzburg, Mme. Kozenn was the
honor prize winner among 526 sing-
ers at the First International Com-
petition in Vienna in 1932.
Third in Series
The March 31 performance will
be the third in the spring series of
five concerts held by the Michigan
WPA Symphony Orchestra at the
Jewish Community Center on suc-
cessive Tuesday evenings. The
concerts are open to the public
without charge. Defense Stamps
and Bonds are on sale in the lobby
before the concerts and during in-
termissions.
Center Musicale
Tuesday; 2 Artists
Will Be Featured
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March 27, 1942
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Samuel August of 2740 Richton
avenue, died last Saturday at the
age of 48. Funeral services were
held Sunday. He is survived by his
wife, a son, Alvin; a daughter,
Sally; four brothers, Louis, Harold,
Ben and Harry; two sisters, Mrs.
E. Singerman and Mrs. Ann Schub.
IN MEMORIAM
7a Wring memory of my dear father,
Lewis Barnett, wee passed away March 30,
1933.
HAZEL B. SOBEL.
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