Contept - Bnai Mahe Ev'ent
of Ban on Jewish Art in Antiquity
to Include Famous
Addressing a capacity audience ; tion which will continue all of Israeli Melod y
in the social hall of Shaarey ' this week and to Sunday's auction
Zedek, Wednesday night, as part' of important art works.
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of the congregational art exhibi-
tion supplementary to the art
Shaarey Zedek Auction
auction to be held Sunday after-
noon, Dr. Cecil Roth, world famous of Art Set for Sunday
author, acclaimed the "emergence'
Some 150 donated art pieces.
of a vast field of Jewish art
in this century" and demolished paintings, lithographs and sculp-
the prevalent idea that there was lure, will be sold at auction 2 p.m.
' Sunday at Shaarey Zedek Syna-
no Jewish art in the past.
Dealing with the biblical pro- gogue.
hibition on graven images, Dr. , Auctioneer will be Lawrence
Roth said "it is completely false I duMouchelle. Among the artists
Jewish represented are Richard Kozlow,
to
that there
I Sarkis Sarkisian, Ben Glicker, Reva
art in antiquity."
I Shwayder and Howard Barlow.
'WE DEtIKIIT )EV(0 NEWS
i• Friday,' FebibieiY" 161 1119i8J-11
India's Cochin Synagogue to Mark 400th Year
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
NEW DELHI—One of the oldest
"Jerusalem of Gold," the simple active synagogues in the world,
Israeli melody which has caught
the imagination of people in sev-
eral continents since the Six-Day
War, is one of the production num-
bers to be featured in the concert
by Cong. Bnai Moshe March 3.
Ephraim F. Rosenberg, cantor of
the Concourse Center of Israel in
the Bronx and a faculty member
of the cantorial training program
at
e Jewish TheologicalSemi-
nary, will be guest artist.
mittee is also inviting Jewish tour-
ists from all over the world. The
celebration will mark the 1,900th
year since Jews settled in Kerala.
The synagogue there is the oldest
in the British Commonwealth.
that of Cochin in the Indian state
of Kerala, will mark its 400th an-
' niversary with celebrations to be
held Dec. 15-19, it was announced
' Wednesday by S. S. Koder, chair-
man of the Cochin Synagogue
quatrocentennial committee.
The committee has asked the
prime minister of India to inaugu-
I will sell you a new "
rate the festivities, which histori-
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cal scholars, art experts and ar-
chaeologists from America, Europe
O U T H VALIANT or
for less
ditions, Cantor Rosenberg will per- and India will attend. The corn- "IMPERIAL
money than any dealer Ai,
in two duets with Cantor
"Jews always had decors- The exhibit arranged by the fine form
Min or out of the city. I.
tive art," he stated. He described arts commission has included Louis Klein.
JNF's Rami Amitz-Lev
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Concert chairman Sydney Good-
the results of the diggings at ' "Scenes From the Old Testament,"
Belt Alpha in Israel and the 16th and 17th Century illuminated man announced' that individual to Speak at Beth Jacob
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location of a synagogue of the marriage contracts and wedding tickets are available at the con-
6th Century with a mosaic floor. ceremonial art objects. Collections gregation of f i c e, LI 8-9000.. A on Feb. 23 will be followed by a o m BILL SNETHKAMP, Inc. III
16430 Woodward,
Thus, he pointed out, the pro- came from the Modern Museum of limited number of subscriptions for program sponsored by the educa-
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hibition of art° conception is Art, Jewish Museum, Detroit In- Town Hall Series also are avail- tion committee. Rami Amitzciev
shattered. He also referred to stitute of Arts and the private col- the remaining three events of the will speak. The Jewish National 1111
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Fund
emissary
from
Israel
who
able. Harry Golden is scheduled to
the
Dura-Europa Synagogue
lection of Lester Avnet of New be next speaker.
served in the war will be intro- 0 "We lease all models" 0
findings in the 1930s to indicate York.
duced by Sherwin Birnkrant.
that that synagogue, some 1750
Max M. Shaye is chairman of
The public is invited.
years ago, had frescoes with the
commission, and Bernard Synagogue's Readiness
descriptive art about Passover, Edelman, co-chairman.
for Moral Challenges Is
the Ark Queen Esther and the
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Theme of Tora Parley
Ezekiel Vision.
NEW YORK — The prepared-
Dr. Roth told of the figurative Isaac Bashevis Singer
representations, the mosaic floors.
ness of the synagogue in meeting
today's moral challenges will be
the signs of the Zodiac in the Next in Synagogue Series
unearthed ancient buildings as in- I Isaac Bashevis Singer, author of analyzed by prominent community
dications that Jewish art flourished several novels and volumes of leaders, rabbis, Jewish laymen and
short stories, will speak at Cong. community relations experts from
in olden times.
"Mommy, please cheer me
Conceding that there was a long Shaarey Zedek 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. throughout the U.S. and Canada at
up. Go to Book-O-Rama
the third biennial Tora Leadership
lapse in Jewish artistic efforts in' Admission is free to the public.
and
get 'The Treasure of
received
the
Louis
LaMed
Singer
Conference, to be held at the Hotel
the 800-1000 period, Dr. Roth
Jewish Humor' or "Every-
nevertheless pointed to a con- Prize for his first novel, "The Promenade, Long Beach, Feb. 22-
thing
But Money !* . .
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And as long as I said
The event is being sponsored by
of artistic Hagadot and other Jew- ed a grant by the American Acad-
Paperbacks
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bring some bubble
ish literary works. He pointed as emy and National Institute of Arts the community service division of
gum."
an outstanding example the 1250 and Letters; and in 1964 was the Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Theo-
Sarajevo Hagada which he had elected to the National Institute of logical Seminary at Yeshiva Uni-
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edited. Since then, he said, there Arts and Letters.
In 1965, the French edition of ence is Ludwig Bravmann, vice
is a continuous tradition of Jew-
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He said also that just as early eign novel of the year. His latest board of trustees of the Ft. Tryon
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Christian music stemmed from best seller is "The Manor."
Jewish influence and the music
of the synagogue so also was
Christian ecclesiastical art which
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He especially acclaimed the
great Jewish contributions to art
since the end of the last century.
naming especially the works of
Mark Chagali and Mane Katz.
Dr. Roth was introduced by
Walter L. Field. Introductory re-
marks by Max Shaye, chairman
of the Shaarey Zedek art commit.
tee, called attention to the vast
treasures included in the exhibi-
Rabbi M. M. Maggal's
'Acres of Happiness',
Addresses by Rabbi Moshe M.
Maggal, who now makes his home
with his family in Los Angeles.
aroused so much interest that he
was induced to publish them and
to make it available for the gen-
eral public.
Hawthorn Books (70 5th, NY11)
has just issued this text, together
with additional essays and collect-
ed writings by Rabbi Maggal, in
an attractive volume under the
title "Acres of Happiness."
Rabbi Maggal gives comfort to
his listeners and to his readers.
His essays are filled with anec-
dotal and legendary quotations and
narrations. They are interspersed
with usages from many of the
world's eminent thinkers.
Commencing with . his address
"A Definition of Happiness," Rab-
bi Maggal's collected thoughts pro-
ceed under the titles "Stop Killing
Yourself," "Drop the Joneses,"
"The Invisible Physician," "At
the 13th Hour," "The House We
Live In, or All We Need is a Gar-
age," "Must Men Hate," "Lady
With a Torch" and "In the Valley
of the Shadow." In all of them
there is encouragen ent to acquire
happiness, to learn to defy dis-
tress and hate and to aspire to
attainment of joy in life.
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