24—Friday, October 27, 1967
THE DETROIT JEWISH - NEWS
LETTER BOX
Laredos Perform for President
Ellen Krugel Engaged
to Sheldon I. Weisman
Fascists in France
Weren't Outright Racists
Until Nazi Occupation
Violinist Jaime Laredo and his wife, pianist Ruth Meekler
Laredo, formerly of Detroit, look on as President Johnson chats
with the wife of 'Niger President Diori Hamani. Laredo was accom-
panied by his wife in a performance at the White House dinner
honoring the Niger Republic's chief executive (left). Also in the
photograph are Mrs. Johnson (second from left), and to the right
of President Johnson, Mrs. Hubert Humphrey, Supreme Court Justice
Abe Fortas and Vice President Humphrey. Justice Fortas, an ama-
teur violinist, introduced the Laredos, and himself as well, with "I
am Abe Fortas; I am a violinist." He said the Laredos "have
achieved worldwide fame as artists." They also are his "great
friends, marvelous artists, marvelous people."
Accomplished Inbal Dancer
to Perform in Tamarack Event
A Family Dance Weekend at Although dance will he the focus
Camp Tamarack beginning Nov. 24 of the weekend, additional work-
will feature as guest artist Hadas- shops will offer activities like na-
sah Badoch, internationally known Lure study and arts and crafts for
dancer, now studying with Martha those not participating in the dance
Graham in New York and a fea- classes.
tured soloist with Israel's famous
Modern dance te chnique
Inbal Dance Theater.
classes will be given Friday
A series of dance classes and through Sunday by Harriet Berg,
director of the Festival Dancers
workshops, along with a perform-
and Young Dancers Guild, and
.- ance, will be presented to encour-
Leslie Berg of the Bennington
age appreciation of the unique
College
Dance Company.
quality of Yemenite and Israeli
dance as well as contemporary
No background in dance is neces-
American dance idioms. The Jew- sary for this weekend. Transporta-
ish Center is sponsoring the three- tion, all meals, modern heated
day event.
cabins are available for all parti-
Besides leading classes in Israeli cipants.
Registration ends Nov. 5. En-
and Yemenite dance, Miss Badoch
will give a performance of Yemen- rollment is limited.
For
information, call educational
ite dances with authentic cos-
services at the Center, DI 1-4200,
tumes, music and instruments.
ext. 246.
Miss Badoch came to Israel
from Yemen with Youth Aliya.
She has an extensive dance back-
ground of classical ballet, folk,
and modern. After serving in the
Arnnotincernents
Israeli Army, she joined the In-
bal Dance Theater. As a featur-
'Oct. 18—To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
ed soloist, she twice toured the
Brown (Esther Lerner), 17326
great cities of Europe and North
Jeanette, Southfield, a daughter,
America. In New York she ap-
Linda Ethel.
peared at Madison Square Gar-
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den, the City Center and the
Oct. 16—To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Martin Beck Theater.
Black (Lynda Judith Greengood),
Currently on a grant to study
15219 Northgate, Oak Park, a dance and choreography in the
daughter, Stacey Ann.
United States, Miss Badoch also
teaches and does choreography for
Oct. 13—To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel a number of professional groups as
R. Snyder (Susan Jacobs), former well as young Zionists and Junior
Detroiters of Ann Arbor, a son, Hadassah organizations. Her own
Andrew Mark.
concert work includes touring on
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behalf of the United Jewish Ap-
Sept. 12—To Mr. and Mrs. Er- peal and a program of the classi-
win Hollander (Carole Rochlin), cal dance of India at the United
22010 Sussex, Oak Park, a daugh- Nations.
Miss Badoch has taken part in
ter, Susan Wendy.
four films made in Israel and has
been
seen here on the Dinah Shore
Recommended by Physicians
Show and a number of television
RABBI LEO
specials. Her most recent work on
the New York stage was in the
Lincoln Center production of "The
King and I," after which she re-
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engagement with the newly form-
ed dance company of Bethsabee de
Rothschild. There, under the di-
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rection of Martha Graham, Miss
Badoch performed several impor-
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The AMERICAN BALLET THE-
ATER, embarking upon its 29th
year brings its lavishly mounted
productions, brilliant stars and glit-
tering ensembles—plus the music
of Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Mah-
ler and Prokofieff—to the Masonic
Auditorium for one performance,
8:20 p.m., Nov. 18. Four ballets
will be presented during the De.
troit appearance.
Editor, The Jewish News:
Paul Serant, in his book "Le
Romantisme Fasciste" (Fasquelle,
1959), sheds a new light upon the
phenomenon of French anti-Semi-
tism.
Anti-Semitism and racism were
not central to French fascism until
rather late in the day, writes Paul
Serant. It was only in 1936, the
year Blum's Pupular Front gained
a victory at the polls that the fas-
cist press in France made anti-
Semitism a cardinal issue for at
least two reasons, neither of which
had much to do with racial theory.
Blum's Popular Front government,
the major threat to French fascism
at that time, was particularly vul-
nerable to such a campaign, and
the charge could also be made that
it was the Jews in France who,
because of their hatred of Hitler,
were trying to drag France into a
war with Germany.
That this campaign was more
a matter of expedience than con-
viction is seen from the fact that
even after 1936 most spokesmen
for French fascism equivocated
agonizingly on the question of
race, not becoming outright rac-
ists until the German occupation.
It is worthy of notice that Marcel
Deat, one of the stump orators of
French fascism, as late as 1942,
differentiated between the Jew who
was "harmful" to the French com-
munity, and the Jew who fought
and shed his blood for France and
who should be accepted as "an
honorable and honored ally."
The French fascist group around
the newspaper Je Suis Partout did
go for anti-Semitism, but one fel-
low wrote in his article that "one
could have good relations with a
'foreign' (sic) people like the
Jews."
ALBERT ZEITLIN
Landsmanshaften Heads
to Hold JNF Meeting
A breakfast meeting of Detroit
Landsmanshaften leaders will be
held 10 a.m. Nov. 5, at 'the Jewish
National Fund office.
Key officers are invited to meet
and review the current position of
Israel regarding the resettling of
several new areas in the Jewish
state.
Discussion will be held on the
new challenges facing Israel and
immediate responsibilities and ob-
ligations to the state, it was an-
nounced by Harry Kaminer, chair-
man for the Jewish National Fund
Committee of Landsmanshaften.
The Jewish Community in Af-
ghanistan, which dates back hun-
dreds of years, today numbers some
800 persons, the majority of whom
live in Herat.
MISS ELLEN KRUGEL
Mr. and Mrs. Max Krugel of
Stoepel Ave. announce the engage-
ment of their daughter Ellen Dale
to Sheldon Irwin Weisman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Weisman
of Constitution Dr., Southfield.
A March 10 wedding is planned.
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Letter Writer Concerned
by British Moves in ME
Editor, The Jewish News:
Have read with extreme anx-
iety your article in the Jewish
News that Great Britain stands
accused of pursuing an anti-Israel
policy and of seeking to prejudice
the existing condition to find ways
and means to establish peace be-
tween the Arabs and Israelis.
The Middle East now is not a
British territory and it should be
up to the delegates of the United
Nations to stop Britain's anti-Israel
interference in the Middle East.
I cannot overlook reminding the
British people, the present leaders
of the English Parliament, that
it was the Jew Benjamin Disraeli
who made Great Britain Great. It
was Lord Reading the Jew, who
made the whole world adopt, re-
spect British laws and British jur-
isprudence. It was Herbert Sam-
uels the Jew who made England's
education and school system the
envy of the whole intellectual
world.
Haman, leader of Persia, Tor-
quemada of Spain, Hitler of Ger-
many, all of them tried to ex-
terminate Jews, but never suc-
ceeded. They left only a shameful
and disgraceful record in history.
WOLF LEVITAN
Club Sets Costume Ball
The Criterion Club, organization
for single adults, will host a mas-
querade ball 9 p.m. Saturday at
Cong. Beth HilleL
Costumes will be optional, but
prizes will be awarded for out-
standing costumes in all categories.
The public is invited.
Music for dancing will be pro-
vided by George Grossett and his
orchestra, with social mixers, a
grand march and the serving of
refreshments included.
For information, call program
chairman Frances Kircidel, 398-
2730.
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