Showcase for New Jewish Artists
BY JULIAN N. JABLIN
"Vaudeville is dead. Radio has
been' given over to the disc
jockeys. Television is a high-
budget monster, devouring big-
name performers. Where are the
young entertainers of today get-
ting the experience they so badly
need?" This question has been
voiced by critics, stars, managers
and others in the entertainment
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Friday, September 16, 1955
field, and it is a serious one.
Where, indeed?
For those artists who concen-
trate on presentations of Jewish
interest, the matter has additional
ramification. Until the performer
has attained stellar rank, his—
or her—audience is likely to be
composed primarily of Jews who
have a lively interest in tradi-
tional drama, music and comedy.
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offer a fine opportunity for the
entertainer to ply his trade.
The agency which brings them
together is the JWB Jewish
Center Lecture Bureau.
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At this time, as the New Year
begins, program chairmen i n
every community across the coun-
try are putting plans in shape for
the coming season. They may call
the results a "Jewish Cultural
Series," or perhaps a "Jewish
Arts Program," or even a "Jew-
ish Theater Series." Whateve
the name, the format is pretty
standard—a balanced offering of
music, dance, dramatic readings
and humor spread out over a
number of periodic presentations.
The balance is provided in large
part by the Lecture Bureau, which
has had close to 30 years' experi-
ence in matching the various
requirements of local tastes, per-
formers' availabilities, budgets
and transportation schedules to
fit the needsL of any given com-
munity.
So it is that Middleville, Ohio,
(Jewish pop. 863) may -v e r y
likely see a performance by a
young dancer who, one day, will
be on television—when TV comes
to Middleville. And Bigtown,
downstate, which has television,
gets the chance to see—in person,
not in a motion picture—the hu-
morist who has appeared as guest
on some of the more popular var-
iety TV shows. And all this came
about as a result of letters (or
perhaps telegrams and phone
calls) to the National Jewish
Welfare Board and its Jewish
Center Lecture Bureau.
Eli Mintz, for example, the
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beloved "Uncle David" of the
Goldbergs, has written touch-
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of how it feels to appear
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before a Jewish Community
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Center audience. Herschel
Bernardi, who became known
to New Yorkers through • his
brilliant, interpretation of
"Mendele, the Bookseller" in
the long-run "World of Sholom
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under the aegis of the Bureau.
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Sam Levenson (and why bothe -r
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girl named Syd Skolsky who
does magic with Hebrew and
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Yiddish folk songs is becoming
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better known across the country
as she moves along the same
path; Jerry Holland is another
, singer who bears watching as
he continues to delight Jewish
audiences across the country.
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Larry Klepper, a magician, is
another bright young star, as is
Lumley
Alix Taroff, a highly accom-
plished dancer. Jan Silo, humor-
ist and character actor, has
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performances that he and his
wife, Ruth, have given to com-
munity audiences have drawn
hearty applause.
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Actually, audiences aplenty
are waiting for the performer
who has real talent.
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Centers thoughout the land,
Jewish congregations, fraternal
organizations and other groups
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To find such audiences become
a real problem. When the youn
singer, or dancer, or monologis
gets the urge to try his wing
outside the circle of friends wh
insist "You should go on th
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In 1954, the Jewish Center Lec-
ture Bureau handled more than
1,300 bookings, not only for Cen-
ters but also for synagogues, wo-
men's groups, clubs and other
audiences.
Another Lecture Bureau "first"
is a scheduled tour of the "World
of Sholom Aleichem" as it was
originally staged in New York.
And, in its efforts to introduce
new Jewish talent, the Bureau
has developed two innovations.
One was its "Auditions," whose
winners received special promo-
tion and booking through the
Bureau; and the newer idea is the
Lecture Bureau "Showcase," spe-
cial showings of Jewish person-
alities to which are invited pro-
gram chairmen and others in-
terested in setting up cultural
series for Jewish groups.
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