30—Friday, September 9, 1966
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Emanuel Amiran
He's the Reason Israel Sings
Service Group Stag Day, Sept. 21, Marks
Inauguration of Fund-Raisers Anniversary
Men who worked in the 1966 eration. It was founded in 1926
Allied Jewish Campaign will to help the newly organized Fed-
gather for the 17th annual Stag eration.
Day, Sept. 21 at Franklin Hills
Country Club, George D. Keil,
president of the Detroit Service
Group, announced.
The day of golf, swimming and
relaxation will• conclude with a
dinner and annual award cere-
mony.
This year, Detroit Serivce Group
is celebrating its 40th anniversary
as the year-round volunteer organ-
ization of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
BY CHARLOTTE HYAMS
lege in Tel Aviv. During the War
Israel's Music Man came to of Liberation, he was in charge
town last weekend. He was swing- of musical activities in the Israel
ing a briefcase, not a baton, and Defense Army, out of which came
his uniform was a conservative the army choirs, bands and or-
chestras that helped establish Is-
grey business suit.
rael's reputation as a music-loving
To Emanuel Amiran-Pougat- country.
chov, music means more than art
Israelis are well aware of what
and recreation. As directing super-
Amiran has done for the schools
visor of music education in the
in the 17 years he has held the
Israel Ministry of Education and highest government post in the
Culture, he thinks of music as the musical world. In one of his great_
means to amalgainating 70 corn est projects, some 35,000 children
munities into one nation.
take part in the annual schools
Sometimes it comes about in choral festival in March, which
one classroom.
he initiated.
"We can take chidlren from the
Amiran was in Detroit briefly
after attending international mu- streets, and let them sing together,
play together. When we do this,
color doesn't matter. It's what I
call a 'national first-aid project."
One of his proudest accomplish-
ments is the Gadna Symphony
youth orchestra, which recently
was awarded for the third con-
secutive year an international
prize from the Netherlands gov-
ernment.
For a small country, Israel has
a very active musical life. Amiran
is involved in every facet of it.
In fact, it's possible to see the
Amiran touch in a song from its
very writing (he's composer) to
the awarding of a copyright (he's
on the board of the copyright
society) to its publishing (he rep-
resents the government on the
publishing board) to its perform-
ance in Israel (he organizes some
EMANUEL AMIRAN
MISS BARBARA WILHELM
of the country's most important
sic educators' conferences in Ann musical programs) and even in
Dr. and Mrs. Seymour Wilhelm
Arbor and Interlochen, and he America (he's on the board of the
found willing hosts in Herbert and American-Israel Cultural Founda- of W. Outer Dr., announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Bar-
tion).
Goldie Eskin of Lauder Ave.
The works he has composed vary bara Ann to Raymond Barry
Many a Hebrew school student
Sneider, son of the Bernard Snei-
of Mrs. Eskin's remembers from symphonic pieces and cham- ders of Prest Ave.
songs written by Amiran: "Ki ber music to musicals and hun-
Miss Welhelm is a senior at
Mitzion," or the water dance, dreds of children's songs.
For all his achievements, Wayne State University. Mr. Snei-
‘Ush'avtem Mayim."
Amiran is lavish in his piaise der, a WSU graduate, attends the
The "old" folk songs of Is-
of another man—Chicagoan Max Kansas City College of Osteopathy.
rael, then, are not so old: Amiran
Targ, who 16 years ago founded A June 24 wedding is planned.
is only 56. "We have to create
the
organization Americans for
our folklore," he explained.
a Music Library in Israel, known
New JWV Commander,
"We take the best of each cul-
to its friends as AMLI, "Amlee."
ture and create something new and
In a word, AMLI means music Malcolm Tarlov, Hits
unified — the beautiful Yemenite
Jewish songs, and the beautiful to Israel. When Targ and his wife Rightist `5th Column'
Jewish songs of Eastern Europe, visited the country in 1950 they
WASHINGTON — Malcolm A.
combined into something that be- found a nation of music lovers that
could not afford the instruments Tarlov, newly elected national com-
longs to us, to Israel."
mander of the Jewish War Veter-
- How does a melody become part with which to play.
As Amiran put it: "It was so ans of the United States, warned
of the Israeli folk culture?
dark, I couldn't see any future for delegates fo the American Legion
"Well, I listen to a song and music education in Israel, How
decide what it is by the process could we have conservatories with- convention that "a fifth column of
ultra-rightists are massed in Amer-
of elimination. Is it Russian? No.
out instruments?"
ica bent on destroying our-free in-
Is it American? No. And on and
When Targ reached home, he stitutions from within."
on. If it has no home, I put it in
In a message to the legion con-
a drawer and wait. If it lasts, it's immediately formed a group - to
Israeli. It has the feel of the send musical scores and literature vention in Washington, Tarlov
country and of the Bible. A song to Israel. Most important, he got cited "the American Nazi Party,
can be beautiful and it can be his friends to donate instrument's. the John Birch Society, and the Ku
The result, in the past 16 years, Klux Klan as an unholy alliance
internationally known, but if it
does not have those things, it is has been four music libraries and being forged together under a can-
over $1,000,000 in instruments. opy of fear peddling. They have
not- Israeli."
"There isn't any musical in- banded together," he said, "using
In his country, teachers face
stitution in Israel," Amiran said, the excessive of the extremists of
on a small scale what Ainiran
"that hasn't benefited from AMLI. the ,civil rights movement as a
faces on a much wider one. They
The Haifa Symphony, the Kol wedge to drive Americans to their
must mold the , backgrounds of
Israel Symphony, schools, even banner. Extremists of both ends of
children from many countries
settlements in the middle of the the . political spectrum should be
into one people. Many of them
Negev use AMLI instruments." rejected by all Americans, 13:.ith
are poor, and their parents are
Some of Israel's finest musi- publicly and privately."
illiterate.
cians started with instruments
He cited a recent rally in the
That is why Israel's largest
donated through AMLI. Young Chicago area at which George Lin-
budget, after defense, is education.
Pinhas Zuckerman, for example,
coln Rockwell rabble-roused a
Music is required in all schools,
who thrilled. Detroit audiences
crowd of 1,500 and urged them to
and there are specialists to lay
with his violin not long ago.
violence and hatred.
the foundation in kindergarten
The Gadna Symphony, for an-
He praised the American Legion
and later return to develop music
other example.
for anti-extremist resolutions in
skills in the fourth grade.
Among AMLI's most important the past and urged "even stronger
Amiran's interest in music and
education was a way of life even recipients are the settlements words and deeds to root out ex-
as a child in Eastern Europe. Born where newcomers are forming the tremism at its source."
Commander Tarlov also praised
in Warsaw, where - his father Israel-To-Be. Music brings joy to
founded the first Tarbut Hebrew even the most meager of homes. the Legion for its firm denuncia-
What kind of instruments are tion of Soviet anti-Semitism.
school, Amiran was brought up in
Russia, in a Hebrew-speaking needed?
Everything, according to Amiran.
Our desires always increase with
home. His first music education
"The need is so great, and the our .possessions. The knowledge
was in Moscow and Berlin,
supply is so small. Don't worry that something remains yet unen-
In 1924, the family emigrated
that it's a child's instrument. joyed impairs our enjoyment of the
to Palestine, and 10 years later
There is a child waiting for it." good before us.—Samuel Johnson.
Amiran was in London studying
musical pedagogy at Trinity
College. Married (to a musician,
of course), he is the father of
three boys.
For the New Year issue, deadline for all copy will be
Thereafter, Amiran's life be-
comes linked with the musical life noon today, Sept. 9.
Deadline for classified advertising for the New Year
of Israel. In 1945, he co-founded
the Music Teachers Training Col- issue will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Nancy Allan Engaged
to Jerome B. Sturman
Miss Wilhelm Betrothed
to Raymond Sneider
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Deadline Today for New Year Issue
It sponsors an annual study tour
of Israel in the fall, and serves as
the source of volunteer leader-
ship for the Campaign.
Ten presidents have headed the
group during the 40 years. Samuel
Summerfield was the first presi-
dent in 1926 and served until 1931.
Aaron DeRoy continued as presi-
dent until 1934.
Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich was
the only woman president and
served between 1934 and 1937.
She was succeeded by Gus D.
Newman who headed the group
for four years.
In 1941, Irving W. Blumberg
was elected and served until Har-
vey H. Goldman was named in
1949. Goldman was followed in
1951 by Milton K. Mahler, and in .
1957 by Jack 0. Lefton. The im-
mediate past president is Max M.
Shaye who served from 1961 until
Keil's election last year.
Esther R. Prussian of the Fed-
eration's staff has been director of
the group since its beginning.
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MISS NANCY ALLAN
1Bnat
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Allan of
George Washington Dr., Southfield,
announce the engagement of their
daughter Nancy June to Jerome
Bernard Sturman, son of Mr. and
ISRAEL CHAPTER will hold a
Mrs. Meyer Sturman of Lahser Rd.
barbecue-board meeting at the
The bride-to-be attended Vernon home of Bertha Weinstein, 3843
Court Junior College in Newport, W. Outer Dr., 7:30 p.m. Monday.
R. I., and is presently enrolled at
the Art School of the Society of
Arts and Crafts. The future bride-
groom graduated from Eastern
Michigan University, where he also
received his master of arts degree.
He is presently attending the De-
troit College of Law.
Brit/
Xctivities
An August wedding is planned.
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