Friday, Maw 19, 1944 Lothar Wallerstein To Teach in Detroit THE JEWISH NEWS Mrs. Katzen. Named Chairman of Tickets Committee for Opera Dr. Lothar Wallerstein, emi- nent stage director of the Metro- politan Opera Association, will "The. Comic Opera" to Be hold a 10-day. course in drama- Presented May 3 I at the tics and operatic stage experi- Masonic -Auditorium ence for singers and singing teachers, starting Monday. Mrs. Maxwell Katzen, daugh- Dr. Wallerstein will bring to Detroit his own accompanist, ter of Judge William Friedman, Wolfgang Martin, well known the newly elected president of conductor of the City Center the Jewish Welfare Federation, Opera in New York. For infor- mation call Archibald Jackson, CO. 2870. Workmen's Circle Ends Year Featuring Belarsky Henoch Kon, Composer, Friend of Peretz, in Detroit Rosofsky, Executive Head Of Polish Jews, to Be His Music Will Be Interpreted by Cantor Meisels at Center Speaker, on June 6 Concert, Wednesday, May 24; Kon Tells of Association A complete report on the .sta- tus of Lithuanian Jewry_ will be submitted at a mass meeting 'at the Workmen's Circle Educa- tional Center, Linwood and Bur- lingame, on • Tuesday evening, June 6. With Great Author During Stay in Poland Henoch Kon, widely acclaim- ed composer, whose music will be interpreted at a concert at the Jewish Community Center on Wednesday evening, May 24, Cantor Robert Tulman of Temple Israel and Miss Betty Kowalsky, pianist, will present a musical program. The meeting is being arranged by the Detroit Federation of Lithuanian Jews. The public is invited, admission being free. Zesdakah Club Elects Mrs. Davis President MRS. MAXWELL KATZEN Mrs. Esther Davis was elected president of Zedakah Club at a meeting held at the home of Mrs. Ed Sklar. Other officers are: Vice- presidents, Mesdames Doris Goldberg, Helen Trieger and Tillie Knopper; treasurer,- Mrs. Helen Sugarman; financial, recording and corresponding sec- retaries, respectively, Mesdames Rose Klein, Ann Adilman and Dorothy Sklar ; reporter, Hattie Schwartz; 'representatives to Community Council, Mrs. Sophia Lefkowitz and Mrs. William Hordes; trustees, Mesdames Eve- lyn West, Bertha Sloan and Nettie Deutsch. Installation of officers will take place at a luncheon on June 12 at the Statler. Mrs. Helen Trieger, UN. 2-3994, is accepting reservations. - heads the ticket committee for the presentation of Johann Strauss' • comic opera, "The Gypsy Baron" which will be given on Wednesday evening, May 31, in the large auditorium of the Masonic Temple. The scenery was especially de- signed by Richard Rychtarik of New York, and painted in the Shields Studios in St. Louis. •The famous waltzes, "Tales of the Vienna Woods," danced by the Wayne University Ballet, "Wine, Women, and Song," sung by John Garris: and "Vienna' Dreams" sung by Marguerite Kozenn, will be interpolated in the third act. Added patrons for the pre- sentation are: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bielfield, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence V. Britt, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Brown, Mr. and Mrs. H. Cherniak of Wind- sor, Ont. ; Mrs. Harry Farbsten, Miss Gertrude Healy, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hickey, Mr. and Mrs. I. Himelhoch, Mr. and Mrs. The music -department of the Harry Jacobson, Dr. and Mrs. Jewish Community Center an- David Kallman, Mr. and Mrs. nounces that Kurt Saffir, 14- Peter Lustgarten of Windsor, Ont.; Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Q. Mayne, • Mrs. Michael W. Mar- shall, Dr. and Mrs. Gustave L. McLellan, Mr.-and Mrs. • Cameron McLean, Dr. and Mrs. Willard Meyer, Joseph Michaud, Mr. and Two Films to Be Shown Mrs. Robert L. Neydon, Hon. and at Center on Wednesday "Film Communique No. 5" and Mrs. Louis C. Rabaut, Mr. and "Earthworm," a U. S. Navy,film Mrs. Charles Robinson, Mr. and depicting the work 'of the Sea- Mrs. Jacob H. Schakne, Mr. and bees, will be shown at the next Mrs. Nate. Shapero, Mr. •and Mrs. film program of the Jewish Max Schayowitz, Mrs. Harry" B.' Community Center on Wednes- Sharkey, Mr. and Mrs. Nedwin day, May 24. The programs are L. Smokier, Mr. and Mrs. Philip held in the Adult Lounge and Slomovitz. begin promptly at 8:45 p. m. Infants Service Group Mothers' Clubs The Council of Mothers' Clubs Elects Mrs. David King calls attention to the following Mrs. David King was elected fUnctions. president of Infant Service Group Monday, May 22, all day Insti- at a meeting at the .home of Mrs. tute, on Race Relations at Jew- Nathan Rothenberg, 2654 Elm- ish Community Center. hurst. Other officers are: KURT SAFFIR Tuesday, May 23, Dexter Vice-presidents, Mesdames S. Mothers' and Daughters' banquet L. Merson, M. M. Schare and Eva year_ old pianist, will give his at Jewish Center. Sherman; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah debut,:ecital on Sunday, at 3 Wednesday, May 24, 10 a. m., Guttentag; financial, correspond- p. m. in. the Center's Auditorium. War Efforts' Breakfast, JeWish ing, recording and social secre- On the program will be Bach's Center. taries, respectively, Mesdames Italian Concerto, Beethoven's Wednesday, May 24, 1:30 p. m., Julian Grace, Abe Young, David Sonata, Opus 31, in D Minor, and Book Tea sponsored jointly by Mattes and Sol Abels; case chair- compositions by Brahms, Chajes, the Woodward and Young Worn- man, Mrs. Jack Freeman; happy • achmaninoff and Liszt. en's Study Clubs. Frances Boddy Admission is free. day fund, Mrs. Sam Gross; mem- will 'be the reviewer. orial fund, Mrs. Sam Katz- dele- Thursday evening, May 25, gate, Mrs. Maurice Shepard. `Seeds of Freedom' Fenkell Mothers' and Daughters' Mrs. Eve Sherman, UN. 2-8188, banquet, at Jewish . Community Featured at Cinema is accepting reservations for the Center. An eight-piece orchestra installation party to be held. will provide the music. "Seeds of Freedom," a story of Tuesday, June 6, at the Book Wednesday evening, May '24, Odessa, is the current attraction Cadillac. Center Mothers' Club, at Jewish at the Cinema Theater. The third Community Center. summer of bursting bombs and Conference Sessions whining shells, or roaring planes Labor Day Week-End and lumbering tanks has ended UHS Auxiliary Election NEW YORK (JPS)—A second on. the long Russian front. "This At Meeting on Wednesday session of the American Jewish time we will drive out the Nazi Mrs. Jack Tobin, -president of Conference will convene in Chi- beasts," the heroes declare. the Women's Auxiliary of the cago Sept. 2-3-4 in accordance The story of the "Potemkin,',' United Hebrew Schools, and her with the decision of the first played by Aline MacMahon, as staff of officers will present their session that a second be culled' told by the great Soviet film di- reports at the auxiliary's annual "at least within a year." rector Sergei Eisenstein and the .election meeting to be held at 2 The program will be worked people of Odessa, is part of the 13. m. next Wednesday at the out by an Administrative • Com- history of Odessa and a central Rose Sittig Cohen 81dg. The pro- mittee, headed by Louis Lipsky. part of the film "Seeds of Free- gram will feature 'dramatic read- The Administrative Committee dom." The second feature is ings by Melba Sklar. Weiner. is also• to act for the Conference. "Soviet Frontiers on the Danube." Jewish Center Activities MUSIC The speaker will be I. Rosof- sky, executive director of t h e Federation of Polish Jews. There will also be a. local speaker. . The annual concert of the De- troit Workman's Circle Chorus ending their 11th season, was en- thusiastically received by a good attendance on. Sunday at the In- stitute of Arts, under the direc- tion of its capable director, Dan Frohman. - With the popular Sidor Belar- sky as guest soloist, the entire evening moved along at a pace rarely met with among such groups. • Belarsky, evidently working --under the difficulties of a bad cold, turned in his usual master- ful performance. The chorus distinguished itself especially in the section of the program that provided "Kamf Gezang," "Tuku," "Lath Polka" and "Kirchin Glokin." In the last named the chorus disclosed an excellent tenor with a fine nat- ural voice and promising dra- matic qualities in the person of Sam Pecherer who sang the solo lines. In other selections solos were carried by Lillian Martell, Casendra Fishbain and Edith Lempert. Especially fine and deeply moving was the way Dan Froh- man conducted, and the way the , chorus responded in the final selection, "Ballad For Ameri- cans" with Belarsky as the solo- ist. A word must be said for the competent piano work of both Rebecca Frohman and Evelyn Gurvitch who did their full share in making the presentation an interesting and entertaining eve- ning of music. —A.R.B. Lithuanian Jews To Hear Report On Their Status Page Thirteen Kurt Saffir's Debut Recital This Sunday by Cantor Saul Meisels of Cleve- land, is a guest in Detroit and the large number of people who have become interested in his works are being inspired by his experiences as a personal wit- ness to the tragedies of the last Soloists Announced for Symphony Night Concert Gladys Swarthout, famous American Mezzo - Soprano, has been signed to be the first soloist at the Detroit Symphony Twi- light Concerts to be held in the University of • Detroit Stadium with Karl Krueger, the orches- tra's permanent musical director, conducting. The first concert will be given June 17 and will continue there- after on Wednesday and Satur- day evenings for four weeks, with •different . programs and soloists each night. -Grinnell Music Foundation, expressing appreciation of the orchestra's 1944-45 season and confidence in 'future triumphs, has made the Summer Season possible by its sponsorship. Other soloists who will appear with Mr. Krueger are John Charles Thomas, Sigmund Rom- berg (with Margaret Speaks and Conrad' Thibault), Oscar Levant, Alec Templeton, Gus Haenschen, an. All-Vienna Night with Stolz- Glaz-Berini, and Ezio Pinza. MOZART, GOULD MUSIC ON GM CONCERT SUNDAY The works of four noted com- posers, each with widely differ- ent backgrounds, will be per- formed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra, under Dr. Frank Black's direction, on the General Motors Symphony of the Air concert Sunday, May 21 (NBC, 5 to 6 p. m. EWT). Highlighting the program will be Mozart's Symphony No. 28 in C .Major, and American Sa- lute (When Johnny' Comes Marching Home)) by the noted , young American compoSer and pianist, Morton Gould. , as well as the present war in Europe. On the eve of the First World War, Mr. Kon began his career as a song-writer after graduat- ing from the Berlin Royal Aca- demy of Music. Associated with Peretz Upon his return to Poland in 1913, he began writing Yiddish folkssongs, and one of his thrill- ing experiences was his associa- tion with the great writer, Judah Leib Peretz, the outstand- ing intreperter of Hassidic lore.. Together with Mr. Peretz and other great Jewish leaders of -the pre-war period, in 1913 and 1914, Mr. Kon laid the foundation for the new theater in Warsaw. Since that time, he had writ- ten more than 100 folksongs and 36 settings for theatrical produc- tions. At the present time, his music is used as a background for the play by H. - Leivick, "Orime Menschen." Left Poland in 1937 A Talmudic scholar, having studied in the Kutner Yeshivah, Mr. Kon is a Hassidic follow- er of the Kotzk Rabbis. He left Poland in 1937 and came to this countly from France two years ago. The Work_ Jewish Congress arranged for his visa to the. United States. Mr. Kon's songs have been on the repertoire of such noted artists as Victor Chenkin. His music has been presented in two concerts in New York and one in -Cleveland. The Detroit concert, which will also feature instrumental music by five members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, was arranged by a group of friends who . are anxious to per- petuate Jewish folklore. While in Detroit, Mr. Kon will also lec- ture before cultural groups on Jewish Music. Plans New Symphony Mr. Kon has informed The Jewish News that he is now embarking upon a project of creating a symphony based on the martyrdom of the Jewish fighters against Nazism in the Warsaw Ghetto. On the boat which brought him to this country from France were several people who had escaped from Poland and he has been deeply moved to recon- struct the tragedy of the Jews in Poland in his proposed sym- phony. O ERA TERMS • HOUSE RAISING • PIERS • GENERAL REPAIRS Phone for Estimate El MYERS CONSTRUCTION CO. 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