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D.I.T. Concert Benefit to Star Rise Stevens, May 19
Boris Smokes
'Between You
... and Me'
(Copyright, 1942,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Progress Report
Early returns from 57 communities indicate an average
increase of about 22 per cent in 1962 fund-raising campaigns as
A concert benefit on behalf the first such program to be "It is obvious that DIT fills
of The Detroit Institute of Tech- undertaken by an institution of a definite need within the spec-
nology's library and scholarship higher learning in the Detroit trum of Detroit's educational
fund will be presented by the area.
community.
Detroit Symphony, on May 191 In announcing the concert,
"We are confident that all
at Ford Audi- co-chairmen A. Frye Ayers, Detroiters will join with us at
torium. I chairman of DIT's Board of DIT to make this concert a
The guest Trustees, and his fellow trus- memorable event, both for De-
soloist will be tees, Wayne County Probate troit and for present and future
internationally Judge Ira G. Kaufman and Er- students at the Institute."
renowned con- nest P. Lamb, said:
Information regarding the
cert artist
"Since The Detroit Institute concert and tickets may be ob-
Rise Stevens. of Technology was reorganized tained by calling or writing Dr.
She will have in 1958 with the inauguration John Cambus, director of de-
as her conduc- of Dewey F. Barich as presi- j velopment at DIT, 131 E.
for Gregory dent, we have been gratified to ;Adams, WO 2-0830, or 13708
frii Millar of Kal- see tremendous strides made. I W. McNichols, DI 1-7171.
Miss Stevens. amazoo.
compared with the 1961' drives . . . Twelve cities with a. Jewish
population of 40,000 and over have reported the total amount
pledged as being about $20,700,000 compared with $17,000,000
on the sarhe cards last year . . . Campaigns in these cities now
reach 47 per cent of the total raised in 1961 . . . Eleven cities
with a Jewish population of 15,000 to 40,000 have reported
The concert benefit will be
pledges totaling $3,300,000 so far this year, compared with
$2.700,000 on the same cards last year . . . Their campaigns have
now reached 46 per cent of. the total raised last year . . In i Weizmann Institute
21 cities with a Jewish population of '5,000 to 15,000 the total
pledged so far this year exceeds $3,100,000 as compared with Enters Trade Pack
$2,500,000 by the same donors last year . . . Of the smaller
REHOVOTH—Agreement has
communities, 13 cities with a Jewish population under 5,000 been reached between CERN at
reported $900,000 so far, compared with $740,000 pledged by Geneva and the 'Weizmann Insti-
the same people in 1961 . . . The total amount pledged in the tute of Science at Rehovoth for
57 communities has reached $28,000,000 so far this year, on the the exchange of scientific person-
same cards which last year pledged $23,000,000 . . . Greatly nel and information, it was an-
stepped up 1962 giving is reported from Los Angeles, Newark, nounced by the institute's scien-
Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore. San Francisco, Boston, tific director, Prof. Amos de-
Philadelphia, Chicago, and Miami.
Shalit.
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CERN, the European Center
for Nuclear Research, is a group-
Soviet Echoes
ing of 14 countries engaged in
The Jewish problem in the Soviet Union is the subject of theoretical and experimental
a special chapter in "Russian Under Khrushchev" by Alexander physics. CERN operates a 24-
Werth, just published by Hill Sz Wang . . . The noted journalist, billion electron volt proton-gen-
who lived in the Soviet Union for many years, believes that era tor. or "atom-smasher" at
there are. in fact. two Jewish problems in Russia . . . One con- G eneva. The present director-
cerns "old time" .Jews who are either religious, or attached to general of .
the organization is
Yiddish culture. or who have strong pro-Israel leanings . . This Prof. Victor F. Weisskopf of the
Our Sincerest Best Wishes
To Everyone
For A Happy Passover
f rom
HERMAN J. AGINS
EUGENE N. AGINS
,
group of Jews, the author claims, are a "rapidly dwindling Massachusetts Institute o
f Tech-
minoritiy" among the Jews in the Soviet Union
. He asserts
nology, who is on leave from his
that the great majority of Jews in Russia do not speak Yiddish, post in America.
are not greatly interested in . Israel. and are integrated in the
Soviet community . . The second Jewish problem concerns the
Purchase of a U.S. Savings
integrated and assimilated Jews who still feel that they are j Bond helps keep freedom in your
not "entirely accepted" as "complete" Soviet citizens . .. These future. ,
Jews feel uneasy over the fact that their nationality is marked
".Jewish" in their identity documents and cannot be changed
to "Russian" or "Ukrainian" even though they were born in
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Russia or in the Ukraine . . . Many of them would like to change
their Jewish sounding names to Russian names, but they cannot
do it legally . . . The author found that lots of these "modern"
Jews. especially of the younger generation, don't like this attitude
on the part of the authorities in not allowing them to become t
AND THEIR FAMILIES
A THOUGHT
fully assimilated and integrated . He says they are very loyal
to the Soviet regime. their parents are completely russified,
they don't know a word of Yiddish. and have no interest in '
Israel Because they are not allowed to he as fully assimilated
as they would like to he. this majority of Jews in Russia, the
author 1.(1)(,11,. combines complete Soviet loyalty with. the lurking
suspicion that even if they are not discriminated against today,
they ma■ he discriminated against tomorrow . .. Werth considers
the attitude of the Soviet government to these Jews "a bit
unfair" Ile st.zgests that Jews who feel Russian and want
to he considered as such. should be allowed to become legally
R ussian name. nationality and all . .
He believes there is
discrimination
Jews in the top echelons of the Communist
Party. in the diplomatic service and in the higher army ranks,
but not in s( ie•nce . industry. medicine, literature and the arts .
Musical Notes
Musical history- is now being made in New York by Abraham
El'stein. the Jewish composer and conductor whose versatility
ranges from s1)111C 30 operettas in the Yiddish theater to scores
for three Broadway musicals and several full length oratorios
and cantatas . Financed by a grant from the Ford Foundation,
Illstein has written a full-length opera. "The Golem," based on
I he ancient Jewish legend of Prague. which had its
premiere
performance at New York City Center . . . He has also written
a Negev Concerto for piano and orchestra which was performed
last week in New York's Town Hall . . . He has to his credit also
the prizewinning opera The 'Thief and the Hangman" and
several symphonic works . . . Son of
immigrant parents, he
studied at the Juilliard School of Music on scholarships Today
he is equally at home in concert hall. the theater, the synagogue
and in the recording studio his compositions are world renowned
. . . And speaking of Jewish composers. it is
that a new work by the 24.year-old composer interesting to note
Stanley Silverman,
of New York..had its premiere performance at the White House
on April Hi under the patronage of Mrs. John
F. Kennedy.
Britain's Sephardic Chief Rabbi
Reports Pro-Jetrishness,in Spain
.
LONDON. (JTA
Solo -
FOR THE
PASSOVER
Moe Leiter
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the Passover . . . a religious observance closely connected with the
birth of the nation of Israel .
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the Spanish
population as a
mon Gaon, the British Svphar- whole and
its small Jewish
di• Chief Rabbi. said that he minority.
had found everywhere in Spain
The Chief Rabbi
on a recent visit a growing the Jewish population said that
had re-
sympathy toward .Jews and a cently grown in two cities
desire to remove obstacles in where there were Jewish com-
the way of free . practice of munities
Madrid and Barce-
Judaism.
Iona — although in both cities
Dr. Gaon, who reported on the numbers were still tiny.
his visit to the Board of Depu - ceded with prelates of the
ties of British Jews. also indi - During his
visit, he had inter-
cated that these obstacles had Catholic church and with im-
become formidable over the portant persons in the Spanish
centuries. lie said it would take government. He addressed
audi-
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friendly relationship between .Jews.
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