Page Fourteen 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. • • • • . 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 Highest Prices Paid For Your Old Sewing Machine Expert repairing on all makes sew- ing machines and vacuum cleaners. 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