Chajes Wins Levy Award - For Contribution. to Jewish Music 2 - — THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, November 11, 1949 . DR. WILLIAM KLEIN (right) presents JULIUS CHAJES with the annual Max Levy Memorial Award for his outstand- ing contributions to Jewish music. Julius Chajes, music director of the Jewish Center, was pre- sented with the 1949 Max Levy Memorial Award for his outstand- ing contribution to Jewish Music. The presentation was made by the Detroit Halevy Music Society Saturday night at the new Halevy Music Center, 13965 Linwood. Rabbi Jacob Segal of the Northwest Hebrew Congregation charaCterized Chajes as one of -; the great Jewish composers of our period. Chajes has composed Special a new musical liturgy for the Jewish Sabbath and has written Education Program scores of popular Hebrew songs, including "Palestinian Nights" and "Gallilee." He is the com- The United Hebrew Schools poser of an opera and arranged will present a radio production, the score for "The Song of the "Jewish Education Through the Jewish Partisans." Eyes of Youth", at 9:15 a.m. Chajes came to Detroit in 1938 Sunday, Nov. 13, on station WWJ. Participants include Bob Leslie after a distinguished musical career in Austria and in Pales- Of station WWJ; Ronald Horo- witz, a student at the Rose Sit- tine. tig Cohen Branch of the United Dr. William Klein, president of Hebrew Schools, and the gradu- Halevy, presented the plaque to ation class of the same branch. Chajes. More than 150 persons The program will be presented were at the first social gather- as part of the United HebreW ing held at the new center. The Schools Education Month Pro- program also included vocal and gram. The script was written instrumental solos and commun- by Moe Keane'', musical director ity singing. of the schools. UHS to Air On the Record By NATHAN Z1PRIN Mon of the 'Day' The Yiddish newspaper "The Day" is currently celebrating its 35th anniversary . . . When Morris Weinberg, its publisher, first became associated with the paper he was a young man . . . Now, past 70, he is as alert and active as in the early days . . . As publisher Weinberg, had many experiences. One of the highlights in his career as publisher goes back to the period immediately following the end of the first world war . . . There had been out- rageous pogroms on Jews in Poland and the American Govern- ment had sent the elder Morgenthau to investigate the situation. Morgenthau's report was received with bitter criticism by the Jewish press and the largest segment of Jewish leadership . . . At the same time a similar survey was being conducted by Sir Stuart Samuels on behalf of the British Government . . . This report revealed the tragic plight of Polish Jewry and its effect was to set off a wave of protests . . . The New York Times carried only Morgenthau's report . . . Vexed by the unfairness of the Times, Weinberg conferred with Ochs who insisted it Was the duty of an American paper to carry only the report 'of the American representative . . . Unable to sway Mr. Ochs, Weinberg inserted a paid advertisement in the New York Times containing the full text of the Samuels report in order to enable the American peo- ple to faniiliarize themselves with the true situation of the Jews in Poland. From Many Corners Dr. Louis Finkelstein, president of the Jewish Theological Seininary, said the "Eternal Light" radio program may well point the way to a new phase in the interpretation of Jewish tradition. . Those who have been following the program since its incep- tion slightly more than five years ago will rejoice in the knowl- edge that the Seminary's hopes for the program have been more than fulfilled .. . Dr. David_ Petegorsky, executive director of the American Jewish Congress, and Dr. Trude Weiss-Rosmarin are debating "Have Zionist Organizations a Future in America?" . . Trude Weiss Rosmarin says "Yes" and David Petegorsky says "No." Another significant indication of the high regard in which Jewish agencies are held in their dealings with displaced persons and other homeless people of Europe, was manifested in the appoint- ment of Max Newman, of HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) to head the all-important Resettlement Committee of the Council of Voluntary Agencies in Germany. Pertinent Anecdote In the current issue Good . of the Order, a publication of Lodge No. 1 of New York Elks, there appears, 'under the title of "Fraternalism" the following anecdote, as told by its editor, Rob- ert Seelav . . "Massa" Henry Waterson, the great editor of the Louisville (Ky) paper and a frequent visitor to Washington, sat at luncheon with several Senators in the Capitol . . . One of the Senators looked out of the window and then turned to Mr. Water- son and said: "Mr. Waterson, outside, on the lawn, there is a fist- fight, between a white man and a Negro, who would you like to see win the fight?" . . " Before .I answer that," said the wise and liberal editor, "I should first like to know which of the two men is right." Frisch Proposes 'Democratization' Of Nation's Jewry NEW YORK—(JTA)—A plan for the democratization of the American Jewish community through the creation of an "over-all, supreme, authoritative body, comprised of democrati- cally elected representatives of Jewish community councils throughout the country" was proposed by Daniel Frisch, pres- ident of the Zionist Organiza- tion of America. Outlined in a 12-page bro- chure, entitled "Democratization of the American Jewish Com- munity," the proposal is the outgrowth of a "Program for Action" presented by Frisch and adopted at the last meeting of the ZOA Administrative Council. Frisch's plan envisions a con- clave of Jewish community councils from all over the coun- try which would lay the foun- dation for an all-American Jewish representative body which, "because it will represent all the Jewish community coun- cils throughout the country, will be truly authoritative and, hav- ing received its mandate from duly-constituted and democrat- ically organized bodies, will be truly democratic." The plan further proposes the integration of the Jewish Feder- ations and Welfare Funds with- in the framework of the demo- cratic community in order to bring about "community respon -- sibility for Jewish needs coupled with a community-wide .unified system of fund-raising." Book Month Observance Poet- Dramatist Leivick Guest Speaker on Culture Program H. Leivick, noted Yiddish ganizations and Landsmanschaf- dramatist and post, will be the ten. principal speaker at the initial program sponsored by the Joint Yiddish Culture Committee of the Jewish Community Council and Center at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Jewish Center. Rabbi Moris Adler, chairman of the Culture Commission of the Jewish Community Council, will be the chairman of the evening and will introduce Lei- vick. Rabbi Adler will also dis- cuss the role of Leivick in con- temporary Jewish literature. The program will be in celebration of Jewish Book Month. Emma Schaver, famous De- troit singing star, will be heard in a recital of songs based on poems by Leivick. Tickets may be obtained by calling the Jewish Community Council, WO. 3-1657, or the Jew- ish Community Center, MA. 8400 or through Yiddish-speaking or- H. LETVICK Jewish•Communities Across Country , Join in Observance of Book Month NEW YORK—The nationwide observance of JeWish Book Month begins today in 400 com- munities, under the auspices of the Jewish Book Council of America, sponsored by the Na- tional Jewish Welfare Board (JWB). Close to 2,000 Jewish organi- zations—Jewish Co m m u n i t y Centers, Jewish schools, syna- gogues and other groups—will participate, through lectures, seminars, symposia, discussions, and declamation contests, Special—for Choneh essay pageants, book fairs, radth and television programs and book 40 Basle St., Tel Aviv exhibits. Jewish Book Sabbath will be noted in the synagogues TEL AVIV—We knew our pil- of America on Dec. 3. "Jewish grimage was approaching com- Book Festival" will be noted pleteness when Choneh came to through book ceremonies and see us. The former Falstaff of Brandeis and Lipsky is as well acqUainted with Israers• gossip as he was in New York. He is as much at home at the Gat Bimon Hotel here as he was att• the Tiptoe Inn or Hotel Royal in New YOrk. More people found REHOVOTH, Israel, (JTA)- out where we were from him than those who located us Israel scientists will be charged through the Palestine Post. He with the task of restoring des- is still the same amazing Choneh olate areas of the new nation (with the big feet) who can tell including the Negev, to their you more about Zionist politics ancient f e r t i 1 i t y, President than Weizmann or Ben-Gurion Chaim Weizmann declared at the ceremonies dedicating the —or even Weisgal. Choneh even asked that The new Biophysics Department of Jewish News be sent to him at the Weizmann Institute of Sci- 40 Basle Street Tel Aviv. Per- ence here. The ceremonies, which coin- haps this uncanny fellow sus- pected he would be mentioned cided with the 75th birthday of here. He shall at least have a President Weizmann, Nov. 2, were attended by scientists from Copy of THIS issue. —Philip Slomovitz. the United States, Britain, France, Switzerland, The Neth- erlands, Belgium and a number of South American countries. Naval Chaplain Gives President Weizmann disclosed the Institute had contributed Yiddish Speech Here substantially to the prosecution of the war against the Arabs. "Our scientists," he declared, Commander Joshua L. Gold- berg, district chaplain,- third "and others in Israel were able naval district, will address, in to use the facilities then avail- Yiddish, all Yiddish organiza- able and contributed a magni- tions and landsmanschaften at ficent chapter to the epic of our 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in resistance." Dr. Weizmann said: "It is not the social hall of Beth Shmuel Synagogue, Dexter and Buena easy to outline a program for the future (of the Weizmann Vista. The program is sponsored by Institute) without thinking of the Berditchever, K i s h e never the future of our state. Many Bessarabier and Pinsker Aid are the empty and desolate areas Societies, in cooperation with in Israel—the Negev is one of the Culture Commission of the them. It will be the task of our Jewish Community Council. At- scientists and workers, and also tendance is open to the entire of the Israelis, to wrest- back the soil to its ancient fertility." community. Commander Goldberg will re- port on his trip to Europe, where Bnai Brith Voted on U.S. he observed conferences of the Joint Distribution Committee, UNESCO Commission and to Israel, where he partici- NEW YORK—Election of Bnai pated in the world convention of the Israeli Merchant Marine Brith to the United States Com- mission of UNESCO was an- League. nounced by Frank Goldman, president of Bnai Brith. The Commission serves as an advis- Only 3 Immigrants ory body to the Department of From Russia in Israel State. Goldman announced the ap- TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Two elder- pointment of Dr. William F. ly women and one war invalid Rosenblum of Temple Israel, represent the entire immigration New York, as Bnai Brith's rep- from the Soviet Union since Is- resentative on the Commission, rael was established in May, of which Dr. Milton Eisenhower World Scientists Hail Dr. Weizmann At institute Rites 1948, it was reported here. - programs in homes on Dec. 11. In sponsoring Jewish Book Month, which will also be noted this year in Latin America and Europe, the Jewish Book Council airs to cultivate a year-round interest in Jewish books and writers. Dr. Solomon Grayzel,. is Council president. Anniversaries commemorating great Jewish writers, scholars, poets and early Zionist leaders will also be marked during Jewish Book Month. Herman Margulies To AsSist Director At Home for Aged Herman C. Margulies has been assistant executive director of the Jewish Home for Aged, Myron A. Keys, president of the Home, announced this week. HERMAN C. MARGULIES Margulies will work under Ira I. Sonnenblick, executive director. Born in Poland in 1913, Mar- gulies came to the United States at the age of eight. He attended NeW York City public schools, College of the City of New York, and the New York School of Social Work. Margulies also holds a diploma from the School for Jewish Teachers in New York City and has taught Hebrew in religious schools. While in the Army he conducted Sabbath and High Holy Day services. In addition to Margulies' edu- cational.. -training he has had professional social work experi- ence. with the New - York City Department of Welfare for the past 11 years.- 2 New Colonies Set Up Near Arab Held Area TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Two new settlements were • founded this week close to the borders of the Arab Legion-held triangle of Nablus, Jenin and TulkarenaL One, east of Kfar Saba, is be-. ing settled by French-speaking immigrants. The other, near Rosh Haayin, will -house recent is chairman. • Bulgarian arrivals.