Schavers Attend Dedication of Playground Honoring Son

JERUSALEM (Special) — A who underwrote the playground prano.
lighted by folk singing and
festive crowd of several thou- in honor of the recent Bar Mitt-
The new playground, which dancing by Jerusalem school
sand Jerusalemites, municipal ,! vah of their son, Isaac.
bears 'the name Ginnat Y•tz- children. Speakers included
officials, dignitaries and scores
The Scheyer family, which chak, is located on Jewish Na- Deputy Mayor Ish Shalom, Jo-
Josef Fraenkel, whose articles of beaming youngsters partici...! resides on W. Outer Dr., was tional Fund land in Kiryat seph Weitz, member of the JNF
appear frequently in The Jew- prated in colorful ceremonies present at the festivities.
Hayovel, a suburb of Jerusa- board of directors in Jerusalem,
ish News, has written an inter- here marking the dedication of
Schaver, is prominent in local lem. It provides urgently need- and Louis Segal, secretary-
esting history on the Kamenitzer a playground established by a civic ,and business affairs, and ed recreation area for the general of the Farband-Labor
Maggid for a recent issue of Detroit family.
is a leading figure in Detroit's, youngsters of this rapidly-grow- Zionist Order, who presided.
the London Jewish Chronicle.
The Detroiters are Morris L. Labor Zionist movement. His ing city.
The Schavers are linked with
The Kamenitzer Maggid was Scheyer and his wife, Emma, wife is the eminent concert so-i
The dedication was • high- several undertakings.
a Russian-born political refugee
who came to London in 1890.
Denounced by his native coun-
try as a. "revolutionary," he was
an ardent Chovevei Zionist, a
member of the society which
attempted to insure the se-
curity of the Jewish colony in
Palestine. Early in 1890 he, was
invited to speak at a meeting
__of the Zionist group, Kadimah.
His speech so electrified his
listeners that they were seized
with a desire for Palestine. He
was the finest speaker White-
chapel had yet heard and at that
time was known as the greatest
orator of the Jewish people.
The Karnenitzer Maggid had
been regarded as a "wunder-
kind," ever since his early years
in Kamenetz, Russia. When he
was 13, he went to a synagogue
to hear the "Maggid" (Yiddish
word for "preacher"). The ex-
pected speaker failed to arrive
and the 13-year-old .attendant,
known then by his given name,
Keystone
Chaim Zundel Maccoby, took
the Maggid's place with as-
special purchases that Johnny
are able
tounding success. From then on
Because o f very
he was called "the Kamenitzer
York last week—we
Maggid." He continued Yeshiva
made while in New
of the
studies and became a village
Melamed.•But his rhetorical
to offer you a most beautiful selection
MINK
talents caused him to be in-
newest '58 styles . . .
vited to address numerous com-
munity gatherings. His name
finest furs in the and Jackets in all popular shades
became known all over Russia
as an influence- on the coun-
Beaver in ALL
Coats, Capes, Stoles
try's masses. After settling in
... Alaskan Seal and
London, he 'became a selfless
l
more ... SOECIALLY
.•• Coon
fighter for Zion.
.
and
many,
many
Fraenkel relates a notable
colors
story about the Kamenitzer
FUR SALE!
Maggid: One day when a poster
PRICED FOR OUR AUGUST
on the Beth Hamidrash Hagodol
in Teltz declared that he would
Speak there-as ,the 4Meshulach."
of the Chavevei -Zion, the sham-
Inas of the synagogue, an
oponent of the Chovevei Zion,
tore the notice- doWn. Neverthe 7 -
less the hall 'was full and - the -
Maggid opened • his talk" with
the following parabale:
A Jew, returning home from
• journey one Friday, found
his wife ill in bed. To obtain
provision for dinner he had to
go to the butcher shop himself.
He mvaged- to buy a bit of
tongue, which he wrapped in
a piece of Paper. While. he hur-
ried homewards, a dog at-
tempted to seize the tongue but
succeeded only in tearing off
the piece of paper.
"So," said 'the Meggid, "the
greedy dog- managed- only to
snatch the paper: My tongue
has remained . . ."

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`Moses' Life' May Open
in Fall on Broadway;
Consider Play for Israel

NEW YORK (JTA)—A poetic
drama dealing with the early
life of Moses may be produced
on Broadway this winter under
the sponsorship of the Produc-
ers Theater.
. The play is "First Born" by
the British dramatist Christo-
pher Fry. It was presented in
London during the 1955-56 sea-
son.
According to Variety, journal
of the — entertainment field,
Meyer W. Weisgal, head • of
Premier David Ben-Gurion's
committee to organize Israel's
10th Anniversary celebrations,
has an option on the play. Weis-
gal was the producer of the
religious spectacle, "The Eter-
nal Road," in 1936-37.
Associates of Weisgal said he
was .interested in the play, and
was considering production of
a Hebrew version in Israel in
Connection with the anniversary
celebration. They expressed
doubt, however, that he would
take active part in its produc-
tion an • Broadway.

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Fraenkel Relates
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