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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 21, 1947
Terrorists Called
British 'Quislings'
Zionist, Musical Leaders Featured
At '47 Histadrut Festival Sunday
Emma Scheyer to Sing DP Camp Songs She Had Collected
While in Europe; George Sebastian to Direct Orchestra;
Yosef Baratz, Maurice Samuel to Speak
Levy New Director
Of State BBYO Area
Charles Levy is the new direc-
Detroit's Histadrut (Gewerkshaften) campaign will con- tor of the Michigan Region for
elude with the annual labor Zionist festival Sunday evening, BBYO after three years with the
March 23, at Music Hall, featuring the presentation, for the United Service Organizations —
Jewish Welfare Board. His most
recent post was executive direc-
tor of the Phoenixville USO,
which serves the Valley Forge
General Hospital in Pennsyl-
vania.
A graduate of the College of
the City of New York he also at_
tended Denver University in
Denver, where he taught English
and social studies in the high
school system.
During the war he served as an
aircraft armament instructor.
Palestinian Pioneers
Heroes of Light Drama
Palestine's terrorists are lik-
ened to "quislings" who are serv-
ing Britain's purpose in under-
mining the Jewish position, in a
letter from a Jerusalem mer-
chant to a Detroit friend, the lat-
ter being here on a visit from
Palestine. The names are omit-
ted for obvious reasons.
The letter describes the hor-
rors of martial law, the cancella-
tion of bus and taxi service, the
shortage of food, and reveals the
Dan Bus Co. was losing $12,000
daily. The letter continues:
"They (the British) want to
kill us economically and are suc-
ceeding beautifully. I don't see
a way out of it. There is, of
course, no question they want to
fight the terrorists; for they left
the biggest part of the country
free for this purpose. and the
terrorists of course, are proceed-
ing in their 'glamorous' job. I
think I could kill them with my
I A story of a pioneer era in
Palestine, "Bilu: The Badge of
Honor," and original dramatiza-
tion by Arnold Pert, will be
broadcast on the Eternal Light at
8 a. m. Sunday, March 23 on
Station WWJ.
"Bilu: The badge of Honor,"
which is based on Maurice Sam-
uel's "Harvest in the Desert";
tells of an illfated attempt by
Israel Belkind and 20
Rus-
sian Jews to establish a settle-
ment in Palestine during the
period of Turkish rule.
own hands, those quislings of the
Britishers, for, what else are
they?
"We shall fight, and I hope we
shall win in the far future. We
shall not fight with the weapons
of the terrorists, we shall do our
work in our gardens, we shall
sit in our shops even if there is
nothing to sell and no customers
to serve, we shall continue to
exist as long as we will be able
to. We must not lose our nerves
and get panicky and we might
yet win."
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first time in this city, of the displaced persons' songs which
were collected by Emma (Mrs. Morris L.) Schaver during her
six-month stay in Germany last year.
I
Harry • Schumer, chairman of .
this year's drive for a goal of March 15. Her visit to camps in
$175.000. stated this week that the the American zone in Germany:
appearance as speaker on the was organized by the World
program of Yosef Baratz, one of , Jewish Congress in collaboration .
A:, with U. S. Army authorities and
1 UNRRA officials.
Mrs. Schaver also won acclaim
at a concert of DP camp songs
she gave in Washington March 9.
"Wherever we went, - Mrs.
Schaver stated. "we found that
suffering people still sang. In fact.
many of them sang in choruses
and some of the songs had been
sung communally despite threats
of punishment for disorderely
conduct."
Sebastian. who will conduct the
orchestra and choir, has conducted
orchestras throughout the world
since his graduation from the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music in
Budapest in 1920, at the age of
16. He was assistant conductor
under Bruno Walter in 1920 and
under Richard Strauss and Karl
Muck in 1921. In 1923 he was
assistant conductor of the Metro-
politan Opera in New York. He
was conductor of the Opera House
GEORGE SEBASTIAN
in Hamburg in 1925, in Berlin in
the world's outstanding labor 1927. in Barcelona in 1930 and in
Zionist leaders and a founder of Buenos Aires in 1931.
During the past 15 years. Se-
Dagania, and Maurice Samuel,
noted author, adds importance to bastian's appearances included
the program. Another prominent communities throughout the
Zionist leader also will address United States and the following
countries: Spain. Portugal. France,,
the gathering.
The Sunday evening program. Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Po-
land. the Baltic States and Latin
preceding which reports will be American countries.
submitted on the results of this
year's drive, will open with musi-
cal selections by a Halevy choral 350 Bnai Brith Bowlers
group under the direction of Dan Compete in Tournament
Frohman.
The DP songs, which will fea-
Harry Kurzman, president of
ture Mrs. Schaver as soloist, will the Greater Detroit Bnai Brith
a
special
choral
group
be sung by
of Detroit singers under the direc- Bowling Association will distri-
tion of the world famous conduc- bute trophies to the winners of
tor, George Sebastian. An orches- the bowling tournament, March
tra of 30 musicians from the 23, at State Fair Bowling Alleys.
Detroit Symphony will participate
There are 350 contestants for
in this special presentation.
SOKThe five DP songs included in the trophy to be presented by
the program are: "The Partisans Detroit Bnai Brith Council.
Song," "Kaddish," "Brigade The tournament will be cul-
Song," "Ani Maamin" and "The minated by a dinner dance at the
Fort Wayne Hotel for bowlers
Village Burns."
Mrs. Schaver sang DP camp and their escorts. Arrangements
songs at the Festival of Jewish for the dinner dance have been
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