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The Detroit Jewish News, 1949-03-11

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6—THE JEWISH NEWS

Detroit Welcomes Back Emma Schaver

DSG Leaders Greet Grossman

Friday, March 11, 1949

Artist Ends Three-Month Tour
Red Cross Drive
With High Praise for Israel Youth Inspires Workers

The American Red Cross drive
is rolling. As the campaign for
$1,224,000 in Greater Detroit en-
tered its second week chairmen
and branch managers throughout
Wayne County reported that the
great army of volunteer soliCitors
is operating with remarkable co-
ordination. The city and county
have been divided into sections
and subsections and thousands of
workers, taking directions from
Red Cross headquqarters, 153 E.
Elizabeth, are hard at work bring-.
ing a personal appeal to homes,
apartment buildings, offices and
factories..
Red Cross leaders are confident
EMMA SCHAVER and her kisioand, MORRIS SCHAVER, are
shown here with JOSEPH SPRINZAK (left), president of Israel's Con- that the drive will be success-
Greeting British Parliament member Richard H. S. Crossman
stituent Assembly, in front of President Chaim Weizmann's office. ful."
"Detroit is responding to the at a special meeting of the Detroit Service Group are left to right,
The picture was taken shortly before Mr. Schaver left Israel to return
Red Cross appeal with generos- JULIAN H. KROLIK, Federation president; MRS. CROSSMAN,
to the U. S.
ity," said Edwin K. Hoover, cam- CROSSMAN, MAURICE A. ENGGASS, and IRVING W. BLUM-
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paign chairman.
BERG, president of the Detroit Service Group. Crossman, distin-
By RUTH MIRIAM LEVINE
More than 397,000 in 375 Wayne
Emma Schaver has returned to Detroit, her triumphant County schools actively joined guished teacher, journalist and statesman, is touring the United States,
three-month concert tour of Israel concluded. Behind her, in the major campaign when the gathering material for a new book. He is the author of the earlier
Israel, she left thousands of men, and women who have thrill- Junior Red Cross held its own Palestine Mission" and the leader of the opposition to Bevin's
ing memories of her voice, lifted in every type of song. And kickoff luncheon March 5 at policy on Israel.

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with her, she brought thrilling memories of the spirit of the Red Cross headquarters.
Israelis, their acceptance of the responsibilities of nationhood

and their fine appreciation- of
. music.
Her 37 concerts in Israel were
of three kinds—those presented
in. the cities, at Israeli Army
encampments and in the colonies.
Of the city concerts, six were
with the Israel Symphony, under
the direction of Leonard Bern-
stein.
"Israel listens to music," Mrs.
Schaver declared. She praised
the Israelis' cosmopolitan attitude
toward music, their appreciation
of operatic arias and other class-
ical numbers, as well as of the
Jewish and Hebrew selections
which are her specialty. She em-
phasized the colonists' apprecia-
tion of good music, pointing out
that they collect good recordings
and make a practice of studying
musical works and their compos-
ers before hearing them in con-
cert.
DP Songs in Israel
Two years ago, Mrs. Schaver
toured the . DP camps in Europe,
the first American Jewish artist
to bring cultural relief to the
displaced Jews. She returned
from that trip with a collection
of songs which grew up in the
ghettos and concentration camps
of Hitler's Europe, and has in-
cluded them in all of her re-
citals since that time. Although
audiences in this country and in
South America, where she tour-
ed last year, had a fine apprecia-
tiOn for these DP songs, it was
not until she sang them in Israel
that she felt a really complete
audience reaction, Mrs. Schaver
said.
Strangely enough, it was not
the recent immigrants from Eu-
rope who felt the impact of these
songs, but the Sabras, the Pales-
tinian-born youths who make
up the backbone of the colonies
and the Israel army, in whom she
found deepest understanding of
the music's historical meaning.
Praises Israeli Youth
Mrs. Schaver's praise of the
Sabras was extensive. "There are
no Jewish youths anywhere who
can feel as deeply the importance
of this hour in Jewish history, or
who want to give as much of
themselves to contribute to its
success," she stated.
One aspect of Mrs. Schaver's
trip which moved her strongly
was her continual reunion with
men and women whom she had
Met in the DP camps, who now
have responsible positions in the
Israeli economy and government.
She mentioned particularly .,the
members of the Central Com-
mittee of Liberated Jews who are
now occupying such key positions
as the leader of the medical di-
vision of the Israel Army and
the head of one of the large Tel
Aviv hospitals.
"While there are some who
have found haven in. Israel who
expect the Jewish community to
continue supporting them," she
reported, "many more are en-
gaged in constructive work and•
are once more leading dignified
lives of their own."
New Music from Israel
Mrs. Schaver was away from
this country six months. She spent
three Months in Israel and three

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in Europe, where she gave re-
citals in Paris and Belgium. Her
husband, Morris L. Schaver, ac-
companied her for three months.
Composers in Israel showered her
with new music which she
brought. back with her to be
combed for possible concert ma-
terial.
Her plans are indefinite. In the
immediate future she will be oc-
cupied with personal affairs and
the consideration of the new
Israeli music: In the future, how-
ever, she hopes to return to the
Jewish - state for a long visit, per-
haps, eventually, to reside per-
manently.
"While I love America and -ap-
preciate the opportunities it has
offered me. I find in Israel a
great sense of personal well-being
a feeling of wholeness and a re-
laxation from the tensions of liv-
ing in this country," she de-
clared."
Welcomed By Community
The Detroit Jewish community,
which is intensely proud of her
accomplishments, welcomed Mrs.
Schaver back at a receptioji Wed-
nesday evening at the Shaarey
Zedek, sponsore&by the Culture
Commission of the Jewish Com-
munity Council. Among those
who greeted her officially were
Herbert Hordes, who was a stu-
dent at the Haifa Technion while
Mrs. Schaver was in Israel.
Mrs. Rebecca Sanders was
chairman of the reception, which
was featured by instrumental
music by Jacob Becker, cellist of
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
with Rebecca Frohman as accom-
panist. Hostesses included
Mesdames Calvin Prady, Norman
Cantor, David Colman, . David
Feldstein, M. Goldoftas, Kenneth,
Kurtzman, Michael Michlin, Alex
Schreier and Philip Stellar.

Emergency Parley
To Launch UJA

NEW YORK, (JTA)—The 1949
campaign of the United Jewish
Appeal will be launched formal-
ly at an emergency national con-
ference in Washington March 19
and 20, Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
general chairman, announced.
Leaders of the UJA, Jewish
Agency, United Palestine Appeal
and United Service for New
Americans joined in an extraor-
dinary conference by telephone
with some 15,000 persons in 150
communities from coast to coast.
The mass conferences signaled
the start of community drives in
behalf of the UJA in the 150 cit-
ies and will be on a national
hook-up. (In Detroit the hookup
took place at the Standard Club
in the Book-Cadillac Hotel,)

Northwest Institute, ZOD
Parlor Group Meet Jointly_

The institute of Adult Jewish
Studies sponsored by the North-
west HebreW Congregation an-
nounces the next lecture session
for 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15,
in the new chapel of the syna-
gogue.
Rabbi Jacob E. Segal will
speak on "Religion in the New
Jewish State."
Special guests at this lecture
will be members of the Detroit
Zionist Organization, who are
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