24—Friday, July 11, 1969
THE DETROIT JEWISH
NEWS Hebrew U. Makes
French Govt. Represented at Meeting of Alliance
PARIS (JTA) — French govern- Francis Hure; representatives of
ment representatives and foreign the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and the Ministry of Educa-
tion; Dr. Moshe Avigdor, Israel's
Ambassador to UNESCO; Chief
diplomats attended the annual gen-
Stratford Triumphs With 'Satyricon'; Flower Growing
eral meeting here of the Alliance
Israelite Universelle, the organiza-
Director Hirsch Leaves to Conduct an JERUSALEM—Scientific
Export Boom
achieve- tion that maintains a network of
ments
by
Hebrew
University
re-!
Jewish schools in North Africa, the
'Seagull' With Habima In Israel
leaving? He stated in searchers. tog ether with improved
Why is he
marketing processes have turned
Special to The Jewish News
into one of !
STRATFORD, Ontario — N c w his announcement:
feel that after having worked flower
growing
in Israel agricultural'
int
the fastest
developing
stars arise on the theatrical hori-
zon each year, and from this color- in the Canadian theater for 20 industries in the country.
ful community there emanates an years I need a sabbatical. I have
In a five-to-six-year period, a
inspiration for stagecraft, for thea- started two theaters and contribut- genuine florist industry has sprung
I n e ed a into existence, followed by a boom-
third—this one—
to a third—thi
ter-lovers.
For the 17th successive year, lov- time of recreation. Now that I am ing export which is doubling in '
Middle East and the Far East.
They heard Eugene Weill, secre-
tary-general of the alliance, report
that preparations were under way
for the celebration next year of the
100th anniversary of Mikveh Israel,
the pioneer agricultural school in
Israel which the Alliance founded.
Attending the meeting, under the
chairmanship of Nobel Laureate
Rene Cassin, were Israel's Ambas-
sador to France, Walter Eytan;
France's Ambassador to Israel,
Rabbi Jacob Kaplan of France and
Chief Rabbi Meyer Jais of Paris.
(ty
ers of Shakespeare have been pour- going to Israel. to direct "The Sea- value from year to year. While in
ing in here from many American gull" for the Habima Theater, it • the 1965-66 season export of Israeli
and Canadian cities. and Detroit seems the right time to extend my flowers to Europe would fetch less
continues to be, with Buffalo in the absence from Stratford indefinitely. than $100.000, the value grew to
k e
new $500.000 in 1966-67, $1,500,000 in I
United States and Toronto in Can- -I h ave wor d to . bring
7ۥ,s, crafts_ 1967-68 and more than $3,000.000 in
ada, among the largest suppliers of a.._:!u7r.: . new dest,2.7er,:
works. 1968-69. with a forecast of doubling •
ticket purchasers for events that
_eel an at- again in the 1969-70 season.
now have been extendedint:: many
=eerie
a1
for
for
One of the foremost pioneers in
additional weeks to
',jerked .::ere I the development of cut flowers in
1:2-e :
ticket demand.
not
Israel
is Prof. Abraham Halevy.
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Now what trar-spLrEs ter!,! :_s
- he Stratford Festiva: since reve!oo Into a _.--mgr inc.uszrY. 42, associate professor of floricul-
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BAND OR SMALL COMBOS:
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Shakespearean
relate succeeded in changing the life-cycle !I:
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Hal Gordon
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The big sensation of the year 1 "
.- • of several Israeli flowers, thus en-
-
2- '1.. ""--- :' - -
22 ' 2 a c'7
here is - The Saty ricon." It had I ' am
demented Titan I am not abling exporters to market these
it's initial performance on July happy - here. I canner 02.-"XIST. i n dowers abroad at the time when
3 P- c-:
4 and was an instant success. It's
the demand is highest—and prices
of t-r t azi,mod .
remarkable: there were fears
This is no; a decision: ma d e en at a peak.
resentment against the frankness the eve of a difficult crenins
Horticulturally. Israel has a great
in the proddction. Some expected night. said the 39-yea_- , :ld direc- advantage over many other coun-
it to be banned on charges of tor. It has been made in discus- tries. As a result of its widely dif-
nudity. The play produced no_ 'ion with Jean Gasc.on. my co- fering climatic regions, this small •
thing but acclaim and after the director. and with the administra- country has an unusually rich flora.
first brief introductory minutes - tor. William Wylie. wacun I brought comprising about 2.500 species of
it was accepted as natural, as here from Wi . nn i peg to help build phanerogamic plants, as compared.
of
realism, as a reconstruction Nero
the organization. I must make an e.g.. to about 1.500 in the British
the vulgarity of the era of
appearance at the board of sever- Isles and 1.800 in Egypt.
in Rome and its applicability to nors' meeting and will make this
Prof. Halevy lists the Israel ex-
our own time.
decision known to them at that ports in the following order: roses
—which account for more than 60
-
It is everything in one—a social time."
of the export income—
study. a protest, a defiance, and in
It should be noted that an asso- per cent
its method of presentation in .Strat.
ciate of Hirsch. Brywn Trottier. gladiolus. Berbera. iris, anemone.
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bima.
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And primarily the acclaim was
The role of Stanley Silverman. Draws Students From
for two men—for the director of whose music shares honors with
the play, John Hirsch, and the Hirsch's direction in "The Satyri- 14 Lands to Israel
man who created the deeply mov- con." is another sensation of the
JERUSALEM—A record number
ing and impressive music for the current season here.
of students from the Far East.
production, Stanley Silverman.
Middle East and Latin America
Shakespearean plays retain their are attending an international
Now Stratfordiahs are a bit an-
gry; Hirsch is leaving them! On interest here. with successes scor- course in groundwater prospecting,
Sept. 8 he will be in Israel to direct ed in "Measure for Measure" and hydrogeology and hydrology at the
Hebrew University.
"The Seagull" for the Habima - Hamlet."
The six-month. intensive training
: Within a matter of days Strat-
Theater.
He plans to be in Tel Aviv as ford will produce Rolfe's "Hadrian course from January through June,
is
the second of its kind held here
guest director for Habima for two VII."
to teach students from developing !
months. "If I like it there. I'll stay ,
countries
new ways of finding wa- —
, Meanwhile, this city, now being
on," he told The Jewish News.
There have been great directors visited annually by thousands of ter.
A total of 14 students—two each
here—including Tyrone Guthrie and Jewish theater-lovers, has a Jew-
from India, South Korea and Iran, ;
Michael Langham. The director of ish angle that dates back to the
17 one each from the Philippines, Uru-
the Stratford Festival is Jean Gas- commencement of the festival
guay, Dominican Republic, El Sal-
con. who directed another sensa- years ago.
vador and Mexico, and three from
tional undertaking here, "The Al- . Joseph and Mary Greenberg and
Israel—have enrolled for the stu- '
chemist." Hirsch is associate direc- their children remain "the unoffi-
dies, trebling the number of over- '
tor. Especially with "The Satyri- cial hosts to interested Jewish vis- seas students at last year's course.
con" he has risen to great heights. itors."
Sponsored by the Hebrew Uni-
The name Greenberg on the fam-
Now he is leaving!
versity in cooperation with the
Is it any wonder that there is ily women's apparel store draws
Israel Foreign Ministry's depart-
chagrin? He has risen to the high- the Jewish guests who are anxious ment for international coopera-
est ranks as theatrical producer to visit the synagogue and learn tion, the project is conducted at
in Canada. As poet, painter, pro- about their kinsmen's Jewish in-
the university's Groundwater Re-
ducer, author, director, teacher. terests.
, search Center, established by the
he has been a source of pride
••There is great interest among
Swiss Friends of the Hebrew
guests." Joe said. "but the actors
here!
University.
Broadway critics acknowledged —and we have had many Jewish
While geo-hydrological courses
him as one of the top men in the are indifferent. On Yom Kippur are held in other countries, the
directional field and he has given members of the Stratford casts— Israeli project is regarded as a'1
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the theater some of the produc- we see them! For a yahrzeit! For pioneer program geared specifical-
Lions. Yiskor! Otherwise we are even de- ' ly to practical aspects of graund-
Hirsch came to Canada from prived of the pleasure of being water research and discovery.
Hungary in 1948. He began direct- hosts to them—and we certainly
ing in Stratford in 1965. , have tried!"
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