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Music and
the War
By KARL HAAS
Community Builders
Israel Himelhoch Directs Public Relations
Work for Allied Jewish Campaign
"Is music a luxury in this war?",
Music is also a mental crutch
significance to
many people. This war is not fought
with guns and airplanes alone. It
is fought with the spirit of free-
dom and religion as well. Music
constitutes a great part of that
spirit. Only a free people can ap-
preciate the ethical value of music.
This fact is being recognized to-
day throughout the United Na-
tions. In an article for one of the
leading musical magazines of the
country, Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
velt, urges that music go on as one
of the chief supporters of morale.
Leading musical organizations
throughout the allied world are
with a religious
April 12—Opening dinner of Junior Service Group Allied Jewish
Campaign, at Jewish Center. Speaker: Marvin Lowenthal.
April 13—Rally Of Women's Division of Allied Jewish Campaign.
Speaker: Marvin Lowenthal.
as
Speaker.
April 20—Address by Mrs. Archibald Silverman at meeting of Women's
Division of American Jewish Congress, at Masonic Temple.
the Jewish Publication Society, 225
S. 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa., to its
members and to individual pur-
chasers this year are: "American
Jews: A Collection of Historical
Essays" by Lee M. Friedman; Vol-
ume 44 of American Jewish Year
Book, edited by Harry Schneider-
Lewis Browne's "Something Went man; "The Jewish Community"
Wrong." A Macmillan publication. by Prof. Salo W. Baron; "Stars and
It is a birciseye view of historical Sand: Jewish Notes by Non-Jewish
experience leading up to the pres- Notables," edited by Joseph L.
Baron.
ent times. All the wit and scholar-
"The Sabbath Book" by Samuel
ship of this brilliant author are
M. Segal, a 'Behrman publication.
included in this fascinating volume.
It is the completed collection of
The pungent sentences, the strik-
data about the Jewish idea of the
ing analysis of events, the erudi-
Sabbath. It presents not only the
tion of the author commend this
background of a Day of Rest as a
volume to readers who know the
symbol of Jewish tradition, but
difference between a good book
contains innumerable legends and
and a mediocre one.
wise sayings about the Sabbath.
"Renegade" by Ludwig Lewisohn. "The Sabbath Book" is one of the
Jewish Publication Society's first most fascinating books ever pub-
in a series of seven books to be lished on a traditional Jewish sub-
published this year. Against the ject.
background of the latter part of
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ISRAEL HIMELHOCH
can tamper with fundamental their eye on Ed Levy, who majt
UT HEN THE COMMUNITY gets of Elementary School Organization loyalties only to find that he must make the grade for the Yankee
TV into motion to raise approxi- in the Detroit Public School system, face the fate of those whom he at- team this year . . . To scouts who
mately $1,000,000 for overseas relief one of the most important positions tempted to put out of his life.
have seen him in action he looks
and reconstruction needs for local in the local educational set up.
Other volumes to be issued by like a young Hank Greenberg.
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and national causes, the fine prepa-
ratory points for the Allied Jewish
Campaign will be the result of the
work of the public relations com-
mittee.
Israel Himelhoch, one of Detroit's
staging war-relief concerts, The leading merchants, is the guiding
U S. 0. has made music, an im- head of this committee, and under
portant part of their program. his chairmanship important deci-
From New York comes word that sions have been made for the drive's
the Columbia Broadci-sting System publicity and promotional work dur-
has renewed its contract with the ing the past five years.
This is another year in which Mr.
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Society for five years. We hear Himelhoch has directed this portion
from England that the attendance of the community's i'..,nning.
of concerts and other musical pro- LAWYER, HARVARD MAN
grams has increased tremendously.
Eminently well qualified to. do this
All this is taking place, in spite job, Mr. Himelhoch occiIpies a place
of. or because of, the war. The of high rank among tie commun-
continued opportunity for the en- ity's builders and planners.
joyment of music will prove to be
A Harvard graduate, Mr. Himel-
just as necessary as baseball for hoch . practiced law for a time in
the public morale.
New York before returning to De-
Welcome then to this music troit to assume leadership of the
column! As part of a promising business house which has acquired
new undertaking may it provide its an enviable reputation in this city,
readers at all times with that under the firm name of Himelhoch
ethical and moral power which Is Bras. & Co.
necessary for victory .
Mr. Himelhoch's leadership qual-
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ities became evident during his four
terms as president of Temple Beth
Jewish Composers'
El. He served the Temple during the
depression years, and he succeeded
Program April 14
in leading Detroit's largest syna-
gogue—which is one of the largest
Due to the Passover holiday, the Reform Temples in the land—to a
spring . series of Michigan WPA path of firm standing.
Symphony concerts, held at the
A liberal in his approach to social
Jewish Community Center on suc- and political problems, Mr. Himel-
cessive Tuesday evenings, will be hoch is versatile in many fields. He
interrupted. The last two conctrts is interested in music and the
of the series of five will be pre- drama, He loves to go horseback
sented Tuesday evening, April 14. riding, and plays golf.
and Tuesday evening, April 21.
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The April 14 concert will be de-
His leadership qualities manifest-
voted entirely to music written by
living Jewish composers and will ed themselves during his presidency
include compositions by A. W. Bin- of Temple Beth El, when he guided
der. S. Braslays• y. Julius Chafes, the functions of the Temple Forum,
Herbert Fromm, Hugo Kauder, presided at some of their sessions,
Manna Zucca, Lazar Weiner, and encouraged the, placing of emphasis
Jacob Weinberg. In this type of on educational activities in defiance
progrnm, arranged by Julius Cha- of whatever depressing moods may
les, Center music director, all of have crept into some ranks during
the depression period.
the compositions included will nave
His chairmanship of the public
their premiere performances in De-
troit, and many of them will be relations committee of the Allied
Jewish
Campaign has not prevent-
heard for the first time in this
country. Featured as soloists will ed him from working in the ranks
be Mrs. Abraham Cooper, sopranO. as a solicitor. In the 1942 campaign,
he heads the mercantile division of
and Lare Wardrop, oboist.
The Michigan WPA Symphony the special gifts group. For years
Orchestra Is under the direction Of he has been active in Community
Fund campaigns.
Valter Poole.
Calendar of Events
April 15—Pre-Campaign Dinner with Dr. Abba Hillel Silver
It Is a topic frequently discussed to-
day. The following questions are
asked: Ls there any room for music
in this war-torn world? What can
music, the most abstract of all arts,
contribute to the concrete world of
airplanes, tanks
guns. and battle-
ships? Indeed,
music may seem
unimport-
ant when we
read of the fur-
ious, bloody
battles being
fought all over
the world. And
y e t , America's
Karl Haas
entry into the
conflict has had a most beneficial
effect on music. This is not sur-
prising. In moments of mental
stress man is in urgent need of
\ an emotional outlet. Music is known
to be a very effective mental re-
laxation and. therefore, one of the
most popular "escapes" for the
public mind and spirit. In . times
of peril, these mental escapes are
of utmost importance to the mil-
lions who are and will be engaged
in the all-out war effort.
April 5, 1942
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Eight
Mrs. Himelhoch, Miss Rose Phil-
2 SONS, A GRANDAUGHTER
Mr. Himelhoch has two sons,
Jerome and Charles, and a grand-
daughter, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Himelhoch.
Jerome Himelhoch, a Harvard
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graduate and a Rhodes scholar, is
a teacher at Drew University, Mad-
ison, N. J. Charles Himelhoch is
a student at Wesleyan University,
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Middletown, Conn. Both completed
their preparatory work at Crr.n-
brook.
Serving with Mr. Himelhoch on
the public relations committee of
the Allied Jewish Campaign are the
following:
Jacob Albert, Walter Aronoff,
Louis Bass, Irving W. Blumberg,
Lionel Fink, Rabbi Leon Fram,
David M. Idzal, Edward Kahn, Mrs.
Julian H. Krolich, Philip Marcuse,
Lawrence J. Michelson, Maurice
Safir, Leonard N. Simons, Philip
Slomovitz, Louis Tendler, Norman
R. Thal, Benjamin F. Wigder, Her-
man Wise, Julian G. Wollner.
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CHRISTIAN FRONTER
NOW IN U. S. ARMY
New York (JPS)—Another enemy
of America has been accepted in
the arw. He is John F. Cassidy,
who had been tried and acquitted
in June, 1940, in the Christian Front
trial on a charge of conspiracy to
overthrow the government. The
anti-Semitic agitator had been the
subject of heated debate in recent
months because he had announced
that he was going to practice law,
having passed the bar examination
in 1933. Liberal New Yorkers threat-
ened to fight his admission as a
member of the bar and a resolution
was introduced in the New York
Legislature by Assemblyman Patrick
H. Sullivan which would have de-
nied Cassidy admission to the bar.
LOYALTIES
To thine own self be true, and it
must follow, as the night the day,
thou canst not then be false to
any man.—Shakespeare.
He that would make real prog-
ress in knowledge, must dedicate
his age as well as youth, the latter
growth as well as the first fruits, at
the altar of truth.
—George Berkeley.
Cartoonist Milt Gross is having lips before her marriage to Mr.
an exhibit of his drawings in Holly- Himelhoch .seven years ago, whole-
To be what we are, and to be-
wood. and the movie colony is hail- heartedly cooperates with him in
his community activities. She ini- come what we are capable of be-
ing him as a genius.
tiated and developed the platoon coming, is the only end of life.
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