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THE JEWISH NEWS
each of 138
Palestinians
In Action Told
Leo Gatlin Accepts
Los Angeles Post
Biography of
Saadya Gaon
Leo Gallin, former group
work secretary of the Council
of Social Agencies of Detroit,
The able scholar and journalist
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The has accepted the post of execu- David Druck, has written an in-
tragic story of the death in a
teresting biography of Saadya
naval engagement of 138 Pales-
Gson, the eminent Jewish philo-
tinian Jewish drivers serving
sopher the one-thousandth an-
with the British forces, briefly
niversary of whose death is being
announced some time ago, vvas
told in detail for the first time
observed this year.
by Dr. Bernard Joseph, legal ad-
Under the title "Saadya Gaon:
viser of the Jewish . Agency for
Scholar, Philosopher, Champion
Palestine, writing in a local
of Judaism," this biography was
newspaper
written in Yiddish, was translat-
The men were members of a
ed into English by M. Z. R. Frank
General Transpor t Co., which
came into being in June, 1942,
and was published by Bloch Pub-
when its mother company, form-
lishing Co., New York.
ed in 1942, was divided into two
Dealing with the period of the
separate units. The new com-
closing of the Talmud and many
pany had had its baptism of fire
problems of that time, the Druck
in Greece and Crete.
biography relates the famous
The Palestinian t r a n s p o r t
Gaon's scholarship, his writing of
units in the desert were essen-
a Hebrew grammar, his opposi-
tially Jewish, with Hebrew as
tion to the Karaites, his opposi-
their language, Jewish tradi-
tion to some of his contemporary
tions observed and Jewish. festi-
rabbis, and other issues.
LEO GALLIN
vals celebrated. Most of the
Saadya's elevation to t h e
higher posts in their command
five secretary of the Los Ahg- Gaonate of Sura, his exile, the
gradually were entrusted to
creation of his philosophic atti-
Jewish officers.
eles Jewish Community Council tude of the Jewish religion, form
and United Jewish Welfare interesting chapters of this brief
Fund. Mr. Gallin has served as but highly valuable biographic
Halevy Opens Season
executive secretary of the Jew- study.
With Banquet Sunday
ish Welfare Fund and Com-
Formal opening of the 19th munity Council of Hartford,
year of activity of the Detroit Conn; He is a native of Cleve-
Halevy Singing Society will take
place at a dinner at Pereira's, land,
Dexter and Glynn Court, at 7
p. m. this Sunday.
Rabbi Morris Adler of Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek will be
guest speaker, The musical por-
tion of the program will be
provided by several members of
Halevy. Anna Warren, soprano:
Ai Robbins, tenor, and Jack
Rosberg, tenor, will sing groups
of vocal solos. Dan Frohman,
director of the Halevy chorus,
will play a group of selections
on the cello. Accompanists for
the soloists will be Bella Gold-
berg and Rebecca Frohman.
Status. of Families
in Latvia Reported
United Hebrew Schools
Enrolling New Pupils
With the formal opening of
the United Hebrew Schools held
on Wednesday. Sept. 1, new
classes are being organized for
beginners as well as for ad-
vanced students.
With only a short time left be-
fore the High Holy Days, par-
ents are urged to enroll their
children in the United Hebrew
Schools at a time when the UHS
stress the importance of the
holidays.
NEW YORK—The tragic and
now familiar pattern of German
atrocities is repeated in a report
on the status of individual Jew-
ish families of Riga, Latvia,
made available to the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee, and re-
leased this week.
The names and :information in
the report were obtained, the
J. D. C. said, from responsible
sources in Sweden.
The list is available at the of-
fice of The Jewish News.
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FREE
Friday, September 17, 1943
Opera Festival
Opens Sept. 27
At the Masonic
Seville"; Oct. 1 — Bizet's "Car:,
men"; Oct. 2 (matinee) Puccini's
"La Boheme"; Oct. 2 (evening)
Mascagni's "Cavelleria Rustica-
na," and Leoncavallo's "I Pag-
liacci"; Oct. 3 (matinee) Verdi's
"11 Tro vatore." •
Noted Met, La Scala Stars
To Appear in 9 Operas
In Eight Bills
CHARGE BRITISH FASCIST
AVOIDING CONSCRIPTION
LONDON, (JTA)—The charge
that a large percentage of the
British police in Palestine are
members of the outlawed Brit-
ish United of Fascists, of which
Sir Oswald Mosley is the leader,
is made in the press here which
states that this does not make
the situation in Palestine easier."
Many members of Mosley's
party have gone to Palestine and
joined the police there in order
to avoid being conscripted into
the Army, The Week, a political
weekly news-letter, writes. The
London Jewish Chronicle draws
special attention to the charges.
Famous Metropolitan Opera
stars . and favorites of the Phila-
delphia La Scala Opera Co. will
appear in the Grand Opera Fes-
tival given by the latter organi-
zation under the auspices of the
Detroit Grand Opera Commit-
tee, in the Masonic Temple,
Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, inclu-
sive. Nine operas will be pre-
sented in eight bills.
Among those who will appear
are Giovanni Martinelli, tenor;
Stella Roman, Rumanian dra-
matic soprano of the Met; Bruna
Castagna, Vivian Della Chiesa,
Dorothy Kirsten, Salvatore Bac-
caloni, Carlo Morelli and a host
of others.
The complete program:
Sept. 27—Verdi's "Aida"; Sept.
28—Verdi's "Rigoletti"; Sept. 29
—Verdi's "La Traviata 7 '; Sept.
30 — Rossini's "The Barber of
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