Friday, December 24, 1941

THE JEWISH NEWS

lEmanuel List's Brilliant Recital
Thrills Large Center Audience

Emanuel List, eminent basso of
the Metropolitan Opera Associa-
tion of New York, inspired many
thrills with his visit in Detroit
'last Sunday when he appeared in
I a recital at the Jewish Commu-
nity Center.
Devoting his first few numbers
'tc• Schubert, List soon captivated
his audience, which nearly filled
the Center auditorium to capaci-
ty, and often held the more than
► 500 people spellbound with the
beauty of his interpretations of
charming English and German
i folksongs.
"Song of the Flea" by Mous-
osorgsky was an especially well
'executed selection. "Die Beiden
Grenadiere" by Schumann and
;Johnson's "Nobody Knows the
Trouble I See" added to the spell
under which List held his audi-
ence.
Coming as a surprise and as a
genuine thrill was the conclud-
ing number — "Eili, Eili." This
touching Jewish melody was
sung by Mr. List with such bril-
liance and was so well interpret-
ed in the spirit of Jewish tradi-
tions, that many in the audience
regretted that he had not in-
cluded other Jewish numbers in
his program.
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Mr. List's appearance in De-
troit has helped the music com-
mittee, under the chairmanship
of Mrs Abraham Cooper, to raise
money to finance the music de-
partment of the Jewish Commu-
nity Center.
It is to the credit of Julius
•Chajes, director of the Center
•music school, that men like Mr.
'List and his very able piano ac-
companist, Paul Berl, are con-
Iributing their services to assist

Hanukah Quips

and Quirks

(Continued from Page 6)
"A great miracle happened
there."
During the entire month of
'Kislev children are busy carving
tops from wood or casting them
from lead.
The game is a sort of "put and
take," each of the four letters
signifying a gain or a loss or an
event break. The top is spun, and
anxious little heads turn to watch
its course, anxious eyes are
strained to see- what letter looks
up at them as the top comes to
rest on its side. Nun means
"nothing," Nichts, take nothing
and give nothing. Then it is the
next child's turn to spin the top.
If luck is good, Gimmel is on top,
which means "everything," Ganz,
take everything. The next spin
may be somewhat less fortunate
and bring the He, which means
bath, "half," take half. But the
next turn may bring the greatest
misfortune, since by showing the
Shin the top will be saying Shtell
—put in more.
HANUKAH CUS.T
On the eighth day of ti -.e feast
children have a specici oliday,
cal led Zot Hanukah, 'This is
Hanukah."
What remains of the oil user*. in
the Hanukah lamps is givz, n to
the children to make a speci.11 il-
lumination for their games.
This also is the time of gift
giving. Children and their elders
exchange presents.
Hanukah shares with Purim in
being a time in which gifts of
money are distributed among
those in need.
Hanukah is often marked by
the announcement of a betrothal,
for it has been customary to
make it the season of the inter-
change of gifts between men and
women.
Among all peoples there are
dishes that are prepared at spe-
cial seasons and have a flavor pe-
culiar to the holiday. The Jews
have developed such delicacies.
Often they are the ordinary food
of the country of their birth; and
are adapted to some special holi-
day.

This special feature is reproduced
from the fascinating book "Hanukah."
edited by Emily Solis-Cohen; Jr... with
the permission of the copyright own-
ers; • the Jewish Publication Society of
America.

the Detroit Center's music school
and are at the same time provid-
ing this community with the
great opportunity of hearing
some of the outstanding musical
geniuses of our time.
It was a source of deep regret
to those in the audience who
knew of her absence that Mrs.
Cooper was prevented by illness
from attending the List concert.
Her efforts were in the main re-
sponsible for the success of Sun-
day's event.
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Patrons additional to those
whose names were published
during the last three weeks were
announced Sunday as follows:

Dr. and Mrs. Louis Braun, Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas I. Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
Blumrosen, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cohen,
Dr. and Mrs. Allan Collins. Morse
Dudelson, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence _Eng-
gass, Mr. and Mrs. James I. Ellmann,
Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Galin, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Gerson Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Goldharr, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Goldman.

Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Grosner, Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Jacobson, Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Jones. Dr. and Mrs. Simon Hates, Mr.
and Mrs. Max B. Kerner, Mrs. Ben-
jamin Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lapides, Mr. and Mrs. Bayre Levin,
Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Levin.
Isidore Levin. Mr. and Mrs. Saul
Levin, Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Levine, Dr.
and Mrs. Barnett Malbin, L. McFellin.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Meyers. Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Osnos, Dr. and Mrs. M.
Ratner, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Robin-
son. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rose.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Satovsky, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Simons, Mr. and
Mr9,. James L. Stein, Dr. and Mrs.
Sam Stulberg. Dr. Benjamin D. Well-
ing. Barney Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
Max Zivian, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Zuck-
erman.

Jewish Soldiers
Take Extra Duties
During Christmas

CAMP LEE, Va. (Religious
News Service)—Jewish 'soldiers
in training here have volunteered
for extra duty during the Christ-
mas week-end so that as many
of their Christian buddies as pos-
sible may spend the holiday out
of camp.
Following the lead of Sergeant
James B. Kline, every soldier of
the Jewish faith in Company C
of the Quartermaster School's
First Quartermaster Demonstra-
tion Battalion agreed to take over
additional company details dur-
ing the holiday period. Their of-
fer was conveyed in a report to
the company commander, Cap-
tain W. H. Dodson Jr.

Council Hears
Plea to Fight
White Paper

Need Cited for Extensive
Effort. by Jews, Gentiles
to Oppose Move

The need for an extensive ef-
fort to embrace the support of
all Jews and Christians in the
fight against the British White
Paper on Palestine was outlined
Thursday evening in an address
by Robert. Hess of Milwaukee, at
the quarterly meeting of the
Jewish Community Council.
Mr. Hess outlined the back-
ground of the White Paper, told
of the dangers to the Jewish
Homeland if the Paper is imple-
mented and urged untiring work
to force its abrogation.
Mr. Hess pointed to the need
for the re-establishment of na-
tionhood for Jews.
His address was followed by
an outline of plans being pre-
pared by the Zionist Council of
Detroit to mobilize all elements
in the community against the
White Paper. In presenting these
plans, Philip Slomovitz stated
that the Jewish Community
Council and Christian elements
would be called upon to cooperate
in the fight against the British
restrictions in Palestine.
Delegates to the Council ap-
proved of the resolution adopted
two weeks ago the executive
committee expressing regret over
the withdrawal of the American
Jewish Committee from the
American Jewish Conference and
urging the Committee's return to
the Conference.
James I. Ellmann presided at
the meeting and Isaac Franck
reported on current activities, in-
cluding efforts to assist the OPA
in its work in Detroit.

Page Seven

40,000 Taleism Sold Yearly in U.S.
War Cuts Tfilin, Scroll Production

NEW YORK (JPS) — Forty
thousand prayer shawls (talei-
sim) are sold annually in the
U. S., it is revealed in an article
published in the Jewish Daily
Forward, Yiddish newspaper.
Because of war exigencies silk
taleisim are rare. Ninety per
cent of all prayer shawls are
made of rayon, and 10 per cent
are of wool. Tens of thousands
of Talith Kotons (small prayer
shawls worn by the very religi-
ous under their upper garments)
are sold annually to pupils of
Yeshivoth and Orthodox Hebrew
schools.
Phylacteries (tfilin) are sold in
considerably smaller quantities
than prayer shawls. Before the
war tfilin were imported from
Poland. Now the import is main-
ly from Palestine. But even in
Palestine the tfilin production
has decreased considerably. It
appears that many of the tfilin
scribes have deserted the sacred
profession and are now engaged
in the diamond industry as pol-
ishers. Tfilin must be handwrit-
ten on parchment.
Holy Scrolls, too, are imported
from Palestine. Before the war
the price of a Sefer Torah was
$150, now the price is $600. Ap-
proximately 100 Holy Scrolls are
sold annually in the U. S.
Formerly Poland practically
monopolized the U. S. market for

Holy Scrolls. The Scrolls ..n1-•
ported from Poland were in-
scribed on a parchment made
of calfskin, which is considered
superior to sheepskin on which
the Scrolls imported from Pales-
tine are written.

The famed Lubawitcher Rabbi,
residing in New York, ordered
a Scroll written on a special
calfskin parchment made in the
U. S. He paid $2,000 for it.

Hanukah Celebrated
In Hebrew Schools

Hanukah is being celebrated in
all the classes of the United He-
brew Schools. Candles are light.
ed in each classroom, and the
ceremony is accompanied by
singing appropriate songs.

The study of Hanukah is given
much attention, and one day of
Hanukah is given over complete-
ly to parties in the classrooms.

Every effort is being made to
imbue the children with the spirit
of this important religious-na-
tional holiday.

Jerusalem was liberated from
the Turks on Hanukah in 1917,
General Allenby having entered
the city during the Feast of
Lights.

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Kvutzah Ivrith, the Hebrew
Cultural Group, will have a
Hanukah gathering on Saturday
evening, in the auditorium of the
Rose Sittig Cohen Building.
Brief talks on Hanukah will be
given by Colman Reisman, Ed-
ward Rubinfein, Abraham Sch-
achter, Morris Sheinberg and
Leon King. There will be recita-
tions by the following pupils of
the United Hebrew Schools:
Sander Singer, Noa Mandelbaum
and Sally Hechtman.
A. Schlachter will lead the
group in singing Hanukah and
Palestinian songs. S. Kasdan will
be chairman. Refreshments will
be served.

SMUTS BECOMES PATRON
OF THE YOUTH ALIYAH
LONDON, (JTA) — Field Mar-
shal Jan Christian Smuts,
Premier of South Africa who has
temporarily r e p l a c e d Winston
Churchill as head of the British
War Council, became a patron of
the Youth Aliyah which enables
It was once the custom to place
Jewish refugee children to come the Hanukah lights outside the
to Palestine.
house.

HANUKAH
GREETINGS

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