Baritone Thrills Met's Audiences;
Started as Cantor in Synagogue
By DAVID HOROWITZ
says Lawson, "and the greatest
villain produced in recent years
George L o n d o n, originally is a young, handsome Canadian
Burnstein, is considered by crit- with the build of a pole vaulter
ics to be "the greatest baritone and a voice touched with the
of our time." magic of a Caruso or Chaliapin.
When the Metropolitan Opera Some have said that London
'came out of nowhere' to be the
Company La
opened
and greatest baritone of our time.
presented
Tosco, recently
London ap-
geared in one of the leading Not quite true. Actually, Lon-
don came out of American mu-
rales.
sical comedy .And he had over-
Born in Montreal, where his taken all the Europeans at their
parents had a millinery shop, special game of opera. As a
London began youth, he sang in Montreal and
his singing ca- the Hollywood High School glee
reer as a Cha- club, graduated to Temple
zon at the Wil- choirs and road shows, toured
shire B o u 1 e - with the Desert Song. He even
yard Temple sang with the Ice Follies and
in Hollywood. roamed the circuit with Mario
Baritone Lanza. In true Horatio Alger
London i s fashion, the 'Met' beckoned him
look ing for- to New York. It was in 1951."
ward to next What followed is history.
spring in joy-
The former "Chazon" is 38
London
ful anticip a- years old. He is considered the
tion of his tour through Israel highest priced singer in the
with the New York Philhar- business. BrOadway is after him
monk. He considers it a high to do "a Pinza."
point in his life, a dream ful-
George Burnstein London is
filled.
married to a French-educated
Writer Fred Lawson has term- lady, Nora. They have one
ed George London "the bad man daughter, Marina, and they
of the opera," since he usually make their home in a penthouse
portrays the role of villains. overlooking New York's Central
"Opera thrives on villains," Park.
An AJP Hanukah Feature
Italian High Court
Upholds Religious
Minorities' Rights
1,200 British Sailors on Five-Day Visit to Israel
HAIFA, (JTA) — A British pouring ashore for leave, Is-
naval flotilla of a cruiser and raeli citizens cheered their wel-
two destroyers entered Haifa come. A number of sports
Harbor for a five-day goodwill events, tours and social func-
ROME, (JTA)
Italy's Con- visit. As the 1,200 officers and tions have been scheduled
for
stitutional High Court threw men of the three ships began the
visitors.
out restraints on freedom of
worship by religious minori-
ties. The highest tribunal of
its kind in the country, the
court held that the constitu-
tion adopted in 1947 guaran-
tees all religious communities
t h e right of establishing
houses of worship and con-
ducting open religious services
without prior permission of
This is a season for rejoicing, for thanks-
the police or other authority.
The matter was carried to
giving for the many privileges we enjoy
the high court by Protestant
in this great land, and for the liberties that
leaders. However, the Jewish
community has frequently ex-
have been acquired by our kinsmen as a
pressed its opinion that the
result of the heroic stand taken by our
constitution guaranteed Jews
full freedom of worship.
modern Maccabees. May the lessons of
The court decision set one
freedom, taught by this Festival, continue
condition — it did not set
aside laws of t he Mussolini
to influence democratic thinking every-
regime requiring state author-
where.
ization for a person to act as
a minister of a religious group.
The court asserted that since
clergymen perform acts which
are binding on the state, such
as performance of marriage
ceremonies, they must be re-
sponsible to the state author-
ity.
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Advanced students may be obtained through your local Hebrew
Organization or by writing to : Brit Ivrit Olamit, P.O.B. 7111,
Jerusalem, Israel.
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Because of the wonders and the liberation and the bravery and the victories and the wars which
thou didst perform for our forefathers in those days at this season. (From the Hanukah Service)
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The miracles that were wrought for our forefathers find their echo in Jewish
life throughout the ages . . . Once again we rejoice on Hanukah. . . . Again
we
light the candles as symbols of freedom — for our kinsmen in Israel,
for our fellow Jews who seek escape from lands of oppression, for the
great American Jewish community whose dedication to Hanukah's ideal of
freedom for all inspires it to aid the less fortunate everywhere.
On this Hanukah, 5719, we send forth messages of cheer
to our fellow men everywhere
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