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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May. 2, 1947
History of Council Windsor Opens $150,000 Drive
To Be Dramatized- For Jewish Community Center
Acting upon the recommenda- Harry M. Cherniak, Jewish Corn-
At Year ly Meeting tion
of its Community Center munity Council president. Harry
Committee, the Windsor Jewish Vexler and Robert Slutzky will
The annual- luncheon meeting Community Council last week be in charge of the campaign;
Detroit Section, National
of the
Council of Jewish Women; will
be held at the Book-Cadillac Ho-
tel Ballroom, • at 12:30 p.
Wednesday, May
An original tableau, "Reflec-
tions of 1947," written by Mrs.
Ben H. Shwayder and directed by
RARE opPortunity to see a fineshow of sculpture will start Mrs. David B. Werbe, will fol-
Artists
Market
and
continue
-
Wednesday, May at the Detroit
low the luncheon, according to
two weeks. Walter Midener is a young sculptor who is fast gaining a Mrs. Morris. Rand, program
fortunate to have him working in chairman.
national reputation jand.we are
Scenery and properties will be
Detroit.
Walter Midener'S shoW consists Of four wood pieces, - four large in charge of Mrs. Harold Smilay
plaster pieces and two portraits. Two of the wood carvings are of and Mrs. John Heavenrich; cos-
biblical subjects and one portrait is a bust of Mr. Fred Butzel, which tumes by Mrs. Louis Heaven-
rich; rehearsals by Pearl Deven-
I found an excellent like-
ness as well as a strong
ow and music by Beatrice Jacob
and handsome piece of
and Mrs. Royal Maas.
workmanship. The plaster
A cast of 50 will dramatize the
pieces range from the
history
and development of
"Girl on the Flying Tra-
Council since its inception in
peze," a suspended sculp-
ture with a touch of youth-
1893.
ful humor, to his "Fallen
Mrs. Herbert M. Smith, presi-
Figure," a .dramatic piece
dent, will be narrator for the
of tense action in which
pageant.
the torso and limbs of the
figure create a unique and
powerful design.
Revisionists to Elect
Walter Midener's work tt
Convention Delegates
is highly individual and
creative. He expresses him-
A special meeting of the Unit-
self directly and without
distortion, creating forms
ed-Zionists-Revisionists of De-
that are easily recognized.
troit has been called for 8:30
With simplified surfaces
p.m. Saturday, May 3. at Lachar's,
and contours, he creates
9142 Linwood, to elect delegates
unified and forceful pieces
to the national convention to be
of sculpture. Mr. Midener
held Decoration Day weekend in
shows great sensitivity to
his subject matter and dis-
Atlantic City.
plays a fresh approach that
is imaginative and vigor-
ous throughout. The whole
show is most appealing
and there is no doubt that
this talented sculptor is
rapidly _approaching his
mark.
"KNEELING FIGURE"
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voted to embark upon a capital they served as chairmen of the
fund campaign to raise $150,000 finance committe during the
toward the building of a Jewish study peribd. T. X. Berger, Ca-
Community Center. The cam- nadian Executive Director for
paign will open May 15. the Jewish Welfare Board, acted
For the past several months, as consultant.
According to present plans,
nine subcommittees of the Corn-
munity Center Committee have pledges will be paid over a pe-
been studying various aspects of l riod of two years. Specific plan-
the project, to determine the ning as to location and details of
community's needs, facilities re- building design and construction
quired to meet them, costs, fund- will be postponed until such time
raising possibilities. etc. The as the pledges have been collect-
forthcoming campaign is the re- ed, since changing economic con-
sult of their work. ditions make such planning iin-
Chairman of the committee is practicable at the present time.
75th Birthdal , Celebration
in honor of the eminent
pla)wright and author
DAVID PINSKI
Sunday, May I I, 8 p. m.,
at Temple Beth El,
Woodward and Gladstone
Arranged under Auspibes of
Labor Zionist Movement
of Detroit
Mr. Pinski will attend the celebra-
tion and address the gathering.
An interesting resume will be
given of the literary works of
Mr. Pinski
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Admission 50 cents
GIGANTIC SPRING
R. MIDENER came to the U. S. in 1938. from Leegnitz. Germany.
He volunteered for service in the U. S. Army, where he served
for five years, receiving the silver star for gallantry in action. His
work is represented in the collections of Mr. Edward Warburg, Mr.
William Rosenwald, Mr. Jakob Goldschmidt, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Lehman of New York City, and Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Levin of Detroit
(the delightful portrait of our small daughter Frances is exhibited in
thi show.)
Mr. Midener also has executed portraits of Cyrus Adler, Presi-
dent of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Efram Kurtz, well
known to music lovers.
Last year Walter Midener was chosen as one of the two best
sculptors at the New York Critics show in New York City. He has
also exhibited at the . Philadelphia - Academy of Fine Arts, and in
Honolulu where he won the Lewis and Cook Prize. This year in
Detroit Mr. Midener exhibited at the Michigan Artists Exhibition. Mr.
Midener is now teaching at the Society • of Arts and Crafts in Detroit.
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R. JOHN A. FOSTER is showing his ceramics at the same time
and is outstanding for his work in porcelain and stoneware and I
received the Art Institute purchase prize in last year's Arts and
Crafts Exhibition. Mr. Foster has revived -many of the old techniques
in ceramics and his colorful glazes are unusually beautiful. John!
Foster works in Birmingham and teaches several days a week at the
Arts and Crafts. -
Jay Boorsma, not a special ex- 6
hibitor at this time, is contribut-
ing his work as background for
the sculpture and ceramic show.
His watercolors and oils are sim-
plified
plified studies in space and space
relationships with warm, earthy
feeling to his oils.
Jay Boorsma has long been a
pioneer in good modern art in
Detroit and the creative and sin-
cere spirit with which he paints,
is always refreshing to see. There
is no one in Detroit who equals
Come in
the bold, linear and decorative
quality of his design: he adds
and_ see
immeasurably to this fine show.
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