THE JEWISH NEWS Duran Stamm Onoww Cower or APPI.AL1 01.1110.A /11101,01. /000.01 MOM it../01 110000.00•00.000010/OMMIMOMIOMM eves maims go TINS emcee 0.11.1010. 0100 Marc* 4. 1941. 001.CMO O... MUSIC The Influence of Palestine On Jewish Music By JULIUS CHAJES PIM ammo.0 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 •M..M.0 MOO.,MMIMM eat way is complete unity achieved. drink and. • 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. Do you love fine beer ...BUT...hesitate to drink it ... becaetne you're a weight- watcher? Then read this ... E ac II Light Lager...the ALL-GRAIN beer...has that ex- a•t balance of grains which yields the utmost he pure grain flavor with the lowest practi- cal calorie content ...You can enjoy its de- liCiOnti but elusive ALL-GRAIN flavor with the comforting knowledge that this beer im less fattening than most foods on your table. 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 Gilbert Madden . IrXNA*DT IL SKIER BREWING COMPANY. DETROIT MICHIGAN • 4 „ g a' ALi"GRAINainEER 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 MACHINE 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 2365 W. Fort St and printing; David Goldberg and Eugene Franzblau, co-chairmen of 7.!!!!!7r7PMPITIMITITMIPINIIIVIIIMMIFINffg • New • Used • Repairing W. F. KAISER . -=4 I Ile FURIIITUR We Also Feature • Radios • Appliances • Rugs • Washers • Refrigerators The erecter 9uPstiture Can "Complete Home Furnishers" TRinity 2-3636 8928 30 Twelfth St. Detroit, Michigan - BEAUTY * * UNDERSTANDING * * DIGNITY 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, 01144C-6WA/Af SEER 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 OBITUARY LOWER THAN IHI AVERAC)11 March 27, 1942 ;li !q;9ilfUlil!JUUUU;IiI IIIUIf IVIII!I!Ilgilflll;illq Page 16 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. - 1111 :11- 0 111 11 i . !ii11111 1:1111 r17. 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