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Mary Maas, Olefsky,
Center's Symphony
In Great Concert

B. Siegel Residence Donated

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To the credit of the Jewish
Community Center now can be
recorded another musical tri-
umph: Tuesday evening's spe-
cial concert, which featured the
Center Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Julius Chajes,
with the two magnificent at-
tractions:
The masterful piano solos
by Mary Maas and the thrill-
ing cello work by Pail Olef-
sky.
The work of the symphony
orchestra itself was sufficient to
thrill the usual large audience.
The appearance of two very
gifted musicians as soloists gave
added status to an exception-
ally fine musical event.
Mrs. Maas emerged as a
truly great artist. She was. the
soloist in the orchestra's ren-
dition of Mozart's Piano Con-
certo in A Major.
Preceding that, the orchestra
played Handel's Suite from
Water Music. The orchestra
opened the second portion of
the program with Clark East-
ham's Threnody.
The concluding number
marked the sensation of the
evening: the solo work of
1):: ■ 11 Olefsky in Tschaikow-
sky's Rococo Variations.
Very young 'looking Cellist
Olefsky belied his years. His
playing matched the perform-
ances of the best known mast-
ers and verified the predictions
made since his coming here to
the Detroit Symphony Orches-
tra, that he will rise to the
highest rungs of the musical
ladder.

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. This Benjamin Siegel family residence at 150 West
Boston Blvd. has been given to the Detroit Round Table
of Catholics, Jews and Protestants to serve as the organi-
zation's headquarters for its work in promoting brother-
hood throughout Michigan.
Announcement to that effect was made by Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard F. Walker. Mrs. Walker is the daughter of
the late Mr. • and Mrs. Benjamin Siegel.
The Siegel family has been active in civic and com-
munity affairs for 75 years.
The house was built by the noted Detroit architect,
Albert Kahn, a personal friend of Mr. and Mrs. Siegel.
The building will be known as the Benjamin and Sophie
Siegel Memorial House.

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New Detroiter Urges •
Young Adult Activities

Editor, The Jewish News:
This is the first time I've
written a letter to an editor,
but after reading "Between
You and Me," in the March 2
edition of your paper, I de-
cided to write about the matter
of young adult membership in
Jewish Community Centers.
When I came to Detroit about
18 months ago . . . I reached
the conclusion there were few,
if any, young adult activities
at the Jewish Community Cen-
ters. This belief was streng-
thened by the fact that all the
activities about which I read
were either for- those in high
school, or younger, or for those
over 30.
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who need . activities most. And
I'm not saying that just because
I happen to be in that category.
The reason they need them is
that in this group you find all
the persons who are away from
home, in many . cases for the
first time.
Most of the synagogues have
a young married group, but
how many have a young adult
group? If they do, it's usually
for the 18 to 21 group.
I'm, not trying to speak for
others, but "here you have one,
reason why young adult par-
ticipation has declined.
—Elaine Arenson
* * *
(Editor's Note: Mr. Smolar's
column on Page 2, in this issue,
makes further comments on this
question).
March of Dimes Message
Editor, The Jewish News:
Your interest in the health
and welfare of our community
as evidenced by your generous
support of the March of Dimes
has been an important -factor
in the success of the 1956 cam-

pAgn.

The public service The Jewish
News renders to its readers is
far-reaching in its results. The
fight against polio is not over
in spite of the encouraging vic-
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search so far. By giving the
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THE FUTURE
OF ISRAEL

by helping

Pro Musica to Play
Rossi's Baroque Music

The music of one of the ear-
liest known Jewish composers,
Salamone Rossi, a Mantuan
Jew, will be one of the fea-
tures of the New York Pro-
Musica Antigua concert on
March 16 at the Detroit Insti-
tute of Arts auditorium.
Rossi was court violist, vio-
linist and composer to the Gon.
zago Dukes frOm 1587 to 1622.
He was so highly valued by
them, that he was exempted
twice from wearing the hateful
"Jew-badge" of the period.
During: his lifetime, Rossi
saw 13 of his compositions pub-
lished in Venice. He was said
to be far ahead of his time
when he spearheaded a move-
ment to augment the resources
of Jewish liturgical music, par-
ticularly with his "Songs of
Solomon."
Dr. Noah Greenberg will di-
rect the Pro Musica group here
in a - program of Italian Bar-
oque music played on the in-
struments of the period and
sung in the appropriate man-
--ner. Works by Frescobaldi,
Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Babrielli
and Marcello are also pro-
grammed.

Labor Zionists Schedule
2nd Program Workshop

A second program workshop
has been scheduled by the La-
bor Zionist Organization from
2 to 5 p.m., Sunday, in the LZO
Institute, 19161 Schaefer.
The workshop, which follows
the success of a similar pro-
gram in January, will be based
on the theme, "An Active Pro-
gram for LZOA." Joseph Edel-
man, member of Branch 4 and
the city-wide program commit-
tee, will lead the discussion.
For further information;-• call
the Institute office, DI. 1-0131.

Ahavas Achim Barn Dance
Ahavas Achim Men's Club is
planning a barn dance on March
18, at which Jim Shultheis will
be caller. Tickets are available
from any member or at the syn-
agogue "office.

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Look Photo Director
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The secOnd. in a series of lec-
tures by outstanding authorities
in the field of photography will
be presented at the Henry Ford
Museum by Arthur Rothstein,
director of photography . for.
Look Magazine, MarCh 9, 8 p.m.
Subject of the 'lecture will be.
"Photography Styles and Tech-
niques."
Following each lecture there
is a panel discussion on the sub-
ject with questions invited from
the audience.
Each of the lectures is held
in conjunction with "The Fam-
ily of Man" exhibit on display
through March - 25. Visiting
hours are 9 to 9 daily, with no
, increase in the Museum admis-
sion for either the exhibit or
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event, to be staged at State
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He stated that his prediction
is based on the number of en-
tries received to date, which are
running 10 per cent higher than
the record high of 1952. This
tourney attracted 300 Bnai Brith
bowlers.
The event is sponsored by
the Detroit Bnai Brith Bowling
Association, which is headed
this year by Irving Kanfer, of
Rabbi Mandel M. Zager Lodge.
Fowlers will be shooting for
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Assisting Burnstein on the
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