Tilt. JEWISH NEWS

Friday, March 9, 1945

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Carrick
Hadassah groups in Tribute Schapiro,
Friends of Opera, Inc. Presents
In Music Festiva/
To Henrietta Szold Tuesday Krueger to Direct Festival Dvorak's 'Rusalka' fic•re, May 27

Central, Russell Woods and University Chapters Arrange
Palestine/ Shower Programs on That. Day; Huntington
Woods Unit Holds Affair, March 15

.

National Hadassah has, pro-
claimed Tuesday, IVIatch 13, as
the day for simultaneous meet-
ings of its hundreds of chapters
throughout the country, to -15-ay
tribute to the memory of. Henri-
etta Szold, founder of the move-
ment: Miss Szold died on Feb.
13 at the age of 84, 33 years
after founding Hadassah, the
American women's Zionist ar-
r.

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LATE HENRIETTA. S ZOLD

ganization, whose motto is "The
Healing of the Daughter of my
People".
„ Miss Szold lived to see Hadas-
sah grow from about a dozen
New York women to an organ-
ization of 100,000 members, de-
voted to the cause of spreading
health and hygiene in Palestine,
caring for thousands of war re-
fugee children, and assisting the
Jewish National Fund in 'its pro-
gram of land redemption and
forestation.
City Wide Meetings
In Detroit, Hadassah's 2,500
members • will hold city-wide
meetings on Tuesday, dedicated
to Miss Szold's memory and ful-
filling her wishes that the work
go on_ unceasingly. The annual
Palestinian . shoWers will take
place, all m embers being reques-

Marguerite Kozenn

On Organ Concert
Program, Tuesday

• Marguerite Kozenn, • Detroit
dramatic soprano, will appear as
guest of Dr.` Cyril Barker in the
sixth of a series of eight organ
concerts to be presented in the
Art Institute auditorium next
Tuesday, at 8:15 p. m.
Miss Kozenn, who has ap-
peared throughout the country
singing songs and arias in 14-
languages, will sing Schubert's
"The Almighty" and Strauss's
Monologue from "Salome" in
German; the premier presenta-
tion of "Psalm CXXI" by Hugo
Kauder and the famous aria
from "Rusalka" by Dvorak in
English; and two selections by
Rachmaninoff,, "The Soldier's
Bride" and "Floods of Spring",
in Russian.
Dr. Barker, organist from the
Detroit Institute of Musical Arts,
will present in his portion of the
program, two request numbers,
Debussy's well-known "Clair de
Lune" and the haunting melody,
"The Lost Chard".
These organ concerts are pre-
sented by Crowley, Milner - and
Co. in cooperation with the Arts
Commission of Detroit. There is
no admission charge.

ted to brig sheets, pillow cases,
towels or other linens, under-
wear, clothing for infants, chil-
dren, women and men, all these
articles to be new.
Hadassah functions as the Red
Cross of Palestine, tending the
sick and distributing food and
clothing where most needed.
The Central „." Group,, Mrs.
Adolph Ehrlich, president, will
hold its meeting at 12:30 at the
Shaarey Zedek Social Hall. Mrs.
Morris Adler will memorialize
ienrietta Szold and Rabbi Leon.
Frain will review "The Story of
a Secret State" , by Jan Karski.
Russel Woods Program
The Russell Woods Group,
Mrs. John Frazer, president, will
meet at 12:30 at the Rose Sittig
Cohen Bldg., Lawthn at Tyler.
Miss Hattie Gittleman will de-
liver a tribute to Henrietta Szold
and Mrs. Joseph G. Fenton will
review Edgar Snow's "People on
Our Side". 'Mrs: Arthur Weber
will discuss Palestine supplies.
University Group
An elaborate Palestinian pro-
gram has been planned by the
University Group, Mrs. David
Cooper, president, to be held at
1:30 at the Mayflower Church,
Curtis at Prairie. The program
for this meeting is listed else-
where.
Because of previous arrange-
ments, the Huntington Woods
group meeting will be held on
the evening of March 15, at the
Royal Oak Women's Club. Mrs.
Max Miller, president of this
group, announces that husbands
are invited. The program will
be on "Jewish Art in Palestine,"
as exemplified by exhibits and
the rendition of Palestinian
dances to -traditional music.
Mrs. Louis Glasier, president
of Detroit Chapter of Hadassah,
predicts that Detroit attendance
of these memorial meetings will
be outstanding._

Book by Feuer, Glazer

USid in Many Schools

at Rackham Auditorium
on March 23

The Detroit Youth Festival,
no* in progress with Karl Krue-
ger as director, Valter Poole as
assistant director, and Mary
Carrick as concert director, will

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STANISLAW SCHAPIRO

be celebrated in this city until
March 23, when a Youth Festi-
val Concert for the older youth
groups will be given at the
Rackham Educational Memorial
Auditorium.
The Festival Ensemble, with
Stanislaw Schapiro, violinist;
Mary Carrick, pianist; Jack R.
Boesen, violinist; Guyton Amato,
violinist; Jesse Forstot, cellaist;
the Wayne University Dance
Workshop; and the Robert Nolan
Choir, will present chamber
music, dance pantomime, and
choral songs. for the teen and
college • age groups.
Sponsors of the Detroit Youth
Festival and of the Youth Festi-
val Concert are: the Detroit
Public Library, Wayne Univer-
sity, the University of Michigan
Extension Service, and the Inter-
racial Committee. The planning
board includes H. Dorothy Tilly,
Dr. David D. Henry, Everett J.
Soup, Harold Thompson, Stanley
Cates.
The festival opened Feb. 17
with the Detroit Symphony
Young People's Concert.
Other participants of the city-
wide festival are the Jewish
Community Center and the De-
troit Music Study Club.

"The Jew and His Religion: A
Guide for Confirmation and
High School Classes" by Rabbis
Leon Israel Feuer of Toledo and
B. Benedict Glazer of Detroit is
now in its third printing.
The publishers, Bloch Pub-
lishing Co. of New York, report
that an ever-increasing number
of schools are using this book.
The volume has three sections.
The first - deals with- religion
LONDON, (JTA) — Stressing
generally, the second with the
religion of Israel and the third the importance for Jews of the
with "Confirmation Into Israel." decisions reached by the Big
Three at Yalta, Prof. Selig Bro-
detsky, president of the Board of
Primrose Viola Soloist
Deputies of British Jews, del
On GM Concert Sunday
Glared last week that steps must
be taken immediately to ensure
William PrimroSe, considered that "Jewry will speak as one
by musical authorities to be the voice at the forthcoming San
greatest viola artist of our day, Francisco conference, instead of
will be soloist , on the General having differences such , as those
Motors Symphony of the Air which brought disaster in the
Sunday, (NBC 5 to 6 p.m., EWT). past."
The conductor will be Malcolm
Prof. Brodetsky told a meeting
Sargeant, maestro of the London of the deputies that an agree-
Philharmonic, wh'o conchides his ment has been reached between
four-week guest conducting en- the Boar _ d and the American
gagement on the GM' hour. The Jewish Conference and the
following week, Arturo Toscanini World Jewish Congress, provid-
returns for a series of concerts ing for permanent consultation
on three successive Sundays.
on world: Jewish problems.

Ask United Voice
At Frisco Parley

Fred M. Butzel, co-president
of the Detroit Friends of Opera,
Inc., announces that this organi-
zation will present -Anton Dvor-
ak's , opera "Rusalka" in English,
in the Scottish •
Rite Cathedral
of Masonic
Temple, Sunday
evening, M a y
27.
It will be the
first presenta-
tion in this
country Of the
Czech compos-
er's opera, based
on a romantic F. M: Butzel-
fairy tale — the story of a water
nymph who loves a mortal and
suffers tragedy in consequence.
Detroit Friends of. Opera al-
ready have two successful pro-
ductions to their credit: Sme-
tana's ."Barteied Bride," given in
the fall of 1943, and -Johann
Strauss' "Gypsy Baron," pre-
sented last .May—both in Eng-
lish.
Qhajes Artistic Director
Julius Chajes, director of
music at the Jewish Center and
at TeMple Beth El, will be ar-
tistic director. Czech-born Her-
man Adler of New York City

,will amduct and Richard Rya'.
tarik also will come on from
New York to be designer and
stage director.
Leading role will 'be sung by
Marguerite Kozerm, - well-known
in Detroit, and formerly of the
Vienna and Bucharest operas.
The complete cast will be an-
flounced in the near future.
Officers of the Detroit Friends
of Opera are: Fred. M. Butzel
and Waldo E. Lessenger, co-
presidents; Clara E. Start, vice-
president; Florence G. Cassidy,
secretary; Rudolph R. Herman,
treasurer; Julius Chajes, artistic
director.
Board of Directors
' The board of directors include
these officers and Mrs. Sidney,
Allen, Marguerite K. Chajes,
Mrs. Frank W. Coolidge, Mrs.
Abraham Cooper, Mrs. C.
Davis, Arthur H. Goulson, Archi-
bald C. Jackson, Edward Kahn,
Mrs. Maxwell E. Katzen, H. A.
McDonald, Fred Nagle, Hazel Os-
born, Mrs. Louis Robinson, Mrs.
H. G. Shutes, Alice, L. Sickles,
Fowler Smith, James - L. Stein,
H. Dorothy Tilly, Mrs. David
Wilkus, Mrs. 'Henry Winemal
and Mrs. Julian Wollner.

LaMed Foundation
Names 1944 Judges

'Eternal Light' Drama
Features Dr. Adler

The Louis LaMed Foundation
for the promotion of , Hebrew
and Yiddish Literature has is-
sued a call to authors in both
languages asking them to sub-
mit their , works to its newly
appointed literary jury.
The jury will pick four of
the best books — two Yiddish
and two in Hebrew—which have
appeared in 1944 and award
prizes of $400 to each author.
- Books which have appeared in
the United States must be sub-
mitted not later than: May 1,
1945. Books which haVe appear-
ed in other countries of the
American continent must be
submitted not later than July
15, 1945.
The new jury consists, of the
following Hebrew and Yiddish
authors: Dr. P. Churgin, A. Ep-
stein, H. LeiVick, I. J. Schwartz
and Dr. I. N. Steinberg. All
books, are to be addressed to:
Louis LaMed Foundation, 12804
Broadstreet Blvd., Detroit 4,
Michigan.

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NEW YORK—The life of Dr.
Cyrus Adler, former president
of the Jewish Theological Semi-
nary of America, will be dramat-
ized on "The Eternal Light" Sun-
day, (NBC, 11. a.m.,--WEAF 12
noon EWT). Guest speaker will
be Dr. Abraham Neuman.
Ira Avery of NBC directs pro-
duction of "The Eternal Light,"
presented in cooperation with the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America. Script is_ by Morton.
Wishengrad. Cantor Robert Segal
of Beacon,. St. Temple, Brook-
line, Mass., sings liturgical
music.

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