Musical- Drama 'Victory at Masada'
Innovative Work at Temple Israel

A few hours after the closing of
the very successful Masada ex-
hibition at the Detroit Institute of
Arts, Temple Israel put on an ex-
hibition of its own — employing
drama, dance, song, psychedelic
lights and slides.
The result: an innovative and
entertaining premiere performance
of "The Victory at Masada," by
Martin Kalmanoff.
This first annual Charles H. Alter
Memorial Concert is another in a
series of presentations' by the
temple and its men's club—under
the guidance of Cantor Harold
Orbach—that have earned them a
reputation for "daring to be dif-
ferent."
Although different indeed, Kal-
manoff's work is more than con-
temporary; it is, on the whole,
relevant and fitting in a syna-
gogue context. Linking present

`Sheytr Inspires
Wig-Titled Book

An old custom, of shaving a
bride's hair and providing her with
the marriage wig — the sheytl —
inspired the writing of the book
"The Marriage Wig and Other
Poems." The poet, Ruth Whitman,
has authored other works. Her
Publisher is Harcourt, Brace &
World (757 3rd, NY17).
The title Poem, which appears
13th among all her new creations
— commences with the quotation
of a Yiddish proverb: "If you're
going to marry, make sure you
first know whom you're going to
divorce." Then comes the text,
opening with—

"The Mishna says I blind you
with my hair, that when I bind
it in a net my fingers waylay
my friends . . .
To any man not blind, a wig is
false . . .
Inside, I'm threaded on a pas-
sion taut as a tightrope . . ."

An appropriate supplementary
poem to this one is the one im-
medi,ately preceding it, "Cutting
the Jewish Bride's Hair," which
describes the snipping off of "her
pride," and "This little amputation
will shift the balance of the uni-
verse."
"Rachel Waking," "I Laugh in
Russian, Kiss in Yiddish, Bleed
in Greek" and other poems add
to the interest in a volume marked '
by originality and by poetic
glamour.

with the past, it reminds us that
Masada exists in every age
where men value freedom.
Participants in the performance,
staged by Evelyn Orbach, included
Marjorie Gordon, Robert Angus,
Warren' Eich, Cantor Orbach and
the Youth for Understanding
Alumni Chorale led by Steven
Jones. Kalmanoff conducted the
Chamber Symphony Orchestra.
Paul Winter was narrator — in
the person of Flavius Josephus, the
historian who gave us the original
script. Lighting effects — some-
times interesting, sometimes dis-
tracting — were provided by the
Once Group, which also performed
some very good dance sequences.
The music was listenable—often
excellent — and several perform-
ances were noteworthy, particu-
larly those by Mrs. Gordon, Cantor
Orbach and Winter.
We wish it could have been
somewhat smoother in execution,
but it was an ambitious, commend-
able undertaking. In his introduc-
tory remarks, Cantor Orbach said
that "The experience at Masada
reminds us that man at his best
has a spark of divinity." If for no
other reason than to remind us of
this, in a despairing age, the pro-
duction was most worthwhile.
—C.D.

15 Arab-Owned Shops
in E. Jerusalem Returned

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Fifteen
Arab-owned shops in East-Jerusa-
lem' confiscated by Israeli police
last week were returned to their
owners Monday following a meet-
ing between Police Minister Eliahu
Sasson and local Arab leaders. The
Arabs promised to cooperate to
prevent further unrest in the city.
The Arab premises were seized
in the aftermath of an Arab protest
strike on the 51st anniversary of
the Balfour Declaration which ex-
acerbated tension in East Jerusa-
lem. Police said the shops were
needed to billet extra police as-
signed to the city. Some of the
shops are owned by Arabs known
to be active in the anti-Israel
movement.

Back Class for Retarded

ST. LOUIS (JTA) — The St.
Louis Rabbinical Association has
assumed sponsorship of a Sunday
school class for mentally retarded
Jewish children which has been
provided for the past six years by
Temple Israel and Temple Shaare
Emeth. A spokesman for the as-
sociation said that the decision to
assume such sponsorship was
based on the belief that this would
give the program a more com-
munitywide aspect and indicate
the complete backing of the St.
Louis rabbinate for it.

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

A Famous State Case
Michigan government officials
have had some trying moments in
office but none more trying than
that of Gen. William Hull, gover-
nor of the Michigan Territory dur-
ing the War of 1812.
Hull was court martialed on Jan.
3, 1814, and sentenced to death for
surrendering Detroit to the British
without a fight. Fortunately, Hull's
sentence was remitted.

LONDON (JTA)—The first vol-
ume of "The Letters and Papers of
Chaim Weizmann," a multivolume
project covering the career of Zion-
ism's foremost diplomat of the
1920s and 1930s and the first presi-
dent of Israel, was published in an
English edition here by the Oxford
University Press. The volume cov-
ers the period from 1885 to 1902
and begins with a letter from Dr.
Weizmann to Shlomo Tsvi Sokolov-
sky in Hebrew and ends with one
in Russian to Vera Katzman who
later became Mrs. Weizmann.
A parallel Hebrew version of all
the volumes is planned. The gen-
eral editor of the project is Meyer
Weisgal, president of the Weiz-

mann Institute of Science in Re-
hovot. The managing editor is
Julien Meltzer. The first volume
was edited by Leonard Stein, an
author and former legal adviser to
the Jewish Agency.

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