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Ida Kaminska Pleads Support Ostrow-Marx Nuptial's
of Yiddish The ater in America Planned for August
By JANICE BLAU
Ida Kaminska, Yiddish actress
of international fame, receives en-
couragement from both U.S. critics
and viewers to perpetuate her art;
however, she does not see her
audience increasing in number.
"Everywhere I am," said the
recent emigree from Poland, "peo-
ple say "We want a Yiddish thea-
ter, we want such a performance.'
But I must have help. Not only
financial and material help, but
also moral support. People must
tell their friends about my show;
they must write to each other in
different communities where I
will appear."
The two-hour Yiddish-language
program, first presented in Feb-
ruary at Carnegie Hall, won
praise from a New York Times
reviewer, who said:
"Stage presence, like love and
music, knows no language barriers,
and Miss Kaminska . . . has stage
presence to spare."
The blond, blue-eyed Mme. Ka-
minska, whose visit here was
sponsored by the Michigan Coun-
cil of American Jewish Con-
gress, performed Sunday before a
full audience at Masonic Auditor-
ium, Scottish Rite Cathedral. She
was joined by her husband Marian
Melman, her daughter Ruth and
son-in-law Karol Latowicz in a pro-
gram of Yiddish monologues, folk
songs and play excerpts.
"After every concert, people are
so touched they have tears in their
eyes," Mme. Kaminska said. They
are hungry for such a theater."
When asked if the Yiddish Ian-
December Ceremony
Set for Ann Wein/rob
guage created a barrier for young
people, Mine. Kaminska replied:
"If they look at me, the audience
will understand what I do. Also,
there is an English translator who
gives a synopsis of each act."
Her role in the Czech film,
"The Shop on Main Street,"
brought worldwide acclaim in
1967 and a nomination for the
Best Foreign Actress Academy
Award. But Mme. Kaminska
prefers playing to live audiences
and, therefore, does not think
of a future in movies.
During the war years. the
Polish-Jewish actress presented
Yiddish theater with her husband
in Russia. She returned to Poland
in 1946 to found the Kaminska
State Jewish Theater, named for
her mother, Esther Rachel Kamin-
ska, also a renowned Yiddish ac-
tress. In November 1968, she and
her family left their native coun-
try for the United States because
of increasing anti-Semitism.
Speaking of her future, Mme.
Kaminska said she is trying to buy
a theater building in New York,
but is having difficulty finding
one the right size.
"It should be big enough for the
entire company to give a full-scale
performance with scenery and cos-
tumes included, - she said. "But it
should also be small enough for
my family so we can give after-
noon concerts."
After resting in New York a few
months. 3.1adame Kaminska will
present her Yiddish repertoire on
another U.S. tour.
Westhampton Ave., Oak Park, an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Ann to Michael Wartell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wartell
of Ledbury Dr., Bloomfield Hills.
Both Miss Weintrob and her
fiance are students at Wayne State
University.
A Dec. 21 wedding is planned.
! WHY WORRY !!
Leave Everything to Us
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ostrow of
Appoline St. announce the engage-
ment of their daughter Margaret
Joan to Gary Marx, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Marx of Greenfield
Rd., Southfield.
Both Miss Ostrow and Mr. Marx
are graduates of Wayne State Uni-
versity.
An Aug. 10 wedding Is planned.
CHICAGO (JTA) — Artist Marc
Chagall is still irritated by the
placement of his famous stained-
glass windows in Hadassah Hos-
pital in Jerusalem, the Chicago
Daily News reports.
According to William H. Stone-
man, in a dispatch from Paris,
Chagall "is still annoyed by the
way in which the 12 magnificent
windows . . . have been placed.
They can't be properly appreciated
due to lack of proper lighting."
The reporter learned this dur-
ing a private visit with Chagall,
whose tapestries were unveiled
last week in the main hall of the
Knesset.
The a r t is t said in a Yiddish
speech that the suggestion for the
tapestries came from Knesset
Speaker K a ddish Luz and that
Jewish history provided his inspira-
tion- The hangings depict the Crea-
tion, Exodus and return to Jeru-
salem.
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ance for people "who can't be
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The woman will stay in Toronto's
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which costs $570 per month. The
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that sum, and the remainder will
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Christmas wreaths from Israel
may be a new touch for store dec-
orations this season. An Israeli
firm, LIEBER PLATING CO. of
Bat Yam, is shipping more than
$50,000 in metallic strips to four
American importers as a trial
order for store and party decora-
tions. The manufacturer has estab-
lished a new plant in the develop-
ment town of Sderot near the Gaza
Strip, for the production of the
wreaths.
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DeWITT SUEDE and LEATHER
CLEANERS, with two locations,
10612 W. Nine Mile, and 4503 N.
Woodward, is the oldest suede and
leather cleaning company in the
Midwest. Sharing pride in this
family enterprise, over 40 years
old, are Seymour and Bele Weiss,
and Jack and Rose Weiss, and
the newest family member to join
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Three executives of the Detroit-
Southeastern Michigan general
agency of NATIONAL LIFE IN-
SURANCE CO. of Vermont took
TEL AVIV — Israel's new ap- part in a company field seminar on
proach to encouraging aliya, which agency operations in Chicago. They
stresses providing complete infor-
mation to potential newcomers, is
the motivation behind a new 30-
HAMILTON, Ont. (JTA)—Hamil-
ton's city welfare board will pay
$200 a month in support of an 80-
year-old Jewish woman who must
live in a Toronto nursing home be-
cause no such home in Hamilton
has a kosher kitchen.
The woman, who has lived here
for 40 years, is without means, and
her children cannot afford private
care for her. The application for
welfare outside of Hamilton was
made by Wililam Morris, president
of the Council of Jewish Organiza-
tions.
Placing her in a home where no
kisher food was available, he said,
"would be like signing her death
warrant." The woman, he said,
rather than eat the non-kosher food
at a Hamilton nursing home "would
wither away completely."
A city official suggested a meet-
ing between Morris and William
Stern, director of the Jewish cen-
ter, to establish a kosher wing in a
local nursing home. Stern said
there were few local indigent cases
and maintaining a kosher kitchen
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Hamilton, Ont., to Give Toward Jewess' Stay
in Toronto Home So She May Keep Kosher
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CONSUMERS BOOK C L U B,
INC., may be the first organiza-
tion to extend the group rate mer-
chandising approach to an exten-
sive range of goods and services.
In return for free advertising and
promotion, the participants give
members price reductions. The
Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Aronson of membership book lists goods and
services
selected for good quality
Seneca Ave.. Oak Park, announce
the engagement of their daughter and prices, and the consumers are
protected
by not having to present
Phyllis Ann to Joe Verbin, son. of
Mr. and Mrs. Abner Verbin of the book until the end of the trans-
Portland, Ore. Miss Aronson is a action. Besides combatting infla-
graduate of Michigan State Univer- tion, there are plans to make the
sity and Mr. Verbin is a graduate membership an influential con-
of the University of Washington in sumers' group by investigating and
Seattle and of the University of publishing all members' justfiable
Michigan. A Novetnber wedding is and unresolved complaints in a
magazine to members. The club,
planned.
originating in Detroit, is now nego-
tiating franchises in several major
Marc Chagall Irritated
cities. President and founder Rob-
ert Shulman is an attorney, con-
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bert and J. Gordon Muir.
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Local life insurance agent ED-
WARD GORDON, who represents
NORTH AMERICAN LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE CO., is attending the annual
meeting of the Million-Dollar
Round Table at the Diplomat
Hotel, Hollywood, Fla. This is the'
life insurance industry's foremost
page mail order catalogue of duty-
free goods for immigrants, tem-
porary residents and tourists build-
ing homes here, provided by
Muray S. Greenfield Ltd., Israel's
first and largest firm dealing in
these services.
The free catalogue will be sent
on mail request anywhere in the
world, states Greenfield, former educational conference.
executive director of the Associa-
A man by himself is in bad corn-
tion of Americans and Canadians
pany.—Eric Hoffer.
in Israel.
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