20—Friday, January 2, 1970

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, January 2, 1970-21

AKIVA DAY SCHOOL SECOND ANNUAL DETROIT SYMPHONY CONCERT
RESERVE SEATS NOW SUNDAY EVENING, FEB. 22nd FORD AUDITORIUM

George Weingarden and Milt Herman Head Campaign

Famous Artists to Highlight $50,000 Fund Raising Evening

Campaign Leaders Aim Repeat
of Premiere Concert Success

Sergiu Comissiona Famous Israeli Conductor
and Madeline Schatz, Acclaimed Violin Virtuoso
to Perform in Special Holiday Program

Stellar Program Insures

Strong Audience Turnout

"We are pleasantly surprised at the immedi-
ate response to the announcement of the Sec-
ond Annual Detroit Symphony Concert," noted
Concert Chairman George Weingarten and Milt
Herman at a recent meeting of the Concert
Committee at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David
Dombey.
Without doubt the splendid acceptance of
last year's concert indicated the level of respect
and achievement for the cultural programming
of Akiva Hebrew Day School. The event sched-
uled for February 22nd at Ford Auditorium not
only is intended to create an evening of pleas-
ure and gratification; it also is indicative of
the standards of excellence consistently pur-
sued by Akiva. The rousing support from many
quarters of the Jewish community as well as
non-Jewish community carries the conviction
that the Day School has received a permanent
and ever growing reception.
Members of the Concert Committee include
the following:
Sigmund Rohlik, Honorary Chairman; David
Tanzman (President), Moses Berlin, David I.
Berris, Harry Blitz, Norman Cottler, Mr. and
Mrs. David Dombey, Barry Eisenberg, Morris
Flatt, Rabbi James Gordon. David Greenbaum,
Rabbi Ernest Greenfield, Mrs. Leon Herschfus,
Morris Karbal, Mrs. Jerome Kelman, Ithamar
Koenisgsberg, Leslie Krakovits, Salek Lessman,
Erry Lowenthal, Arthur Mandell, Dave Musko-
vitz. Harold Platt, Rabbi Samuel Prero, Mark
Schlussel, Abraham Selesny, Phillip and Max
Stollman, Edward Traurig, Edward Weiss and
Meyer Eisenberg.

Akira Hebrew Day School
24061 Coolidge, Oak Park
545-1060

Founded in 1914, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra consists of 102 talented musicians.
Widely recognized as a front-rank symphonic ensemble, its traveling itinerary extends
from Maine to California with visits to famed Carnegie Hall in New York as well as
some thirty other cities. The symphony belongs to the people of Detroit and it is the
fount of the city's many cultural organizations and represents the AKIVA Hebrew
Day School standard of devotion to excellence.

GEORGE WEINGARDEN and MILT HERMAN

$50,000 CAMPAIGN
Is CONCERT GOAL

David S. Tanzman, President of Akiva Day
School, noted the realistic goal of the concert
will enable the further development of educa-
tional programs and the expansion of facilities
to meet the continuing changes.
"To insure the most intelligent program-
ming and to equip our students with the fullest
qualifications to meet and master the require-
ments of higher educatoin, we cannot afford to
do less," Mr. Tanzman emphasized.

OFFICERS

President
Vice President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer

David S. Tanzman
Moses Berlin
Harold Platt
George Weingarden
Leslie Krakovits
Rabbi Manfred Pick—Principal
Mrs. Lillian Aaron—Exec. Secy.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1969-1970

Beale, Hyman
Berlin, Moses
Berris, I. David
Blitz, Harry
Braverman, Rabbi J.
Cohen, Herman K.
Dombey, Mrs. David
Bonin, Rabbi Ilayim
Eisenberg, Barry
Eisenberg, Meyer
Flail., Morris
Gellman, Charles T.
Gordon, Rabbi James I.
Greenbaum, David
Greenfield, Rabbi Ernest
Halpern, Larry
Halpern, Rabbi Israel
Herman, Irving
Herman, Milton
Herschfus, Dr. Leon
Hershman, Irving
Kapustin, Rabbi Max
Karbal. Morris
Krakovits, Leslie

Heiman. Jerome
Koenigsberg, Ithamar
Lessman, Salek
Levi, Dr. Charles
Levin, Meyer
Litke, Rabbi Joel
Mandell, Arthur
Muskovitz, David
Novetsky, Sam
Platt, Harold
Prero, Rabbi Samuel
Schlussel, Mark
Schreiber, Dr. Bert
Shoskes, Dr. Morris
Snow, Mrs. Charles
Stollman, Max
Stollman, Phillip
Tanzman. David S.
Tomkiewicz, Zvi
Torgow, Robert
Weingarden, George
Weiss, Ed
Weiss, Fred
Zwick, Jack

Akiva Curriculum Prepares
To Meet Highest Standards

The General Studies schedule from First to
Eighth grade is designed to conform with the
requirements of the Michigan Department of
Public Instruction and the local Boards of
Education. Jewish studies builds on a strong
foundation of original sources encompassing the
whole range from the Hebrew Bible and Rab-
binic literature to that of Modern Hebrew.
Akiva's aim is to develop strength of mind,
body and spirit.

MISCHA MISCHAKOFF
TO BE HONORED GUEST

Pre-Concert Reception Jan. 18
W elcomes Akiva Donors

The concert committee will
host a pre-concert cocktail
party at North Park Towers,
Sunday, January 18 at 8
o'clock. Mrs. Charles Levi and
Mrs. Salek Lessman plan to
provide a gracious setting to
entertain Akiva donors who
have been instrumental in the
support of the day school pro-
gram. Cantor Harold Orbach
will entertain in a program of
both Yiddish and Hebrew
melodies.
Special recognition will be
accorded Sigmund Rohlik,
Honorary Concert Chairman,
for his long dedication to the
field of education and his
support of the Hebrew Day
School.

CONCERT COMMITTEE

Top Row: Ted Scholnick, Harry Blitz, Milton
Duchane, Robert Torgow, Gordon Ryback, Mrs.
Moses Berlin, Moe Berlin, Mrs. David Dombey.
Middle Row: Lillian Aaron, David Tanzman
(Pres.) David Beris, George Weingarden (Chr.),
Mrs. Jerome Kellman, Mrs. Charles Levi. Bottom
Row: Harold Platt, Milt Herman (Chr.), Iry
Herman, and Rabbi Samuel Prero.

Total education at Akiva Hebrew School means char-
acter training and moral development based on the
highest standards of our Jewish heritage. Such educa-
tion is vital in a tumultuous society to assure healthy
emotional growth and acceptance of Jewishness in a
natural Judaic-American environment.

December 19, 1969
Rabbi Pick, Principal
Akiva Hebrew Day School
24061 Coolidge
Oak Park, Michigan 48237
Dear Rabbi Pick:
I wish to congratulate you, the fine members of your staff and your stu-
dents on the high level accomplishment represented by your second
annual school concert to be held in February.
Having worked with members of the staff of the Oak Park School Dis-
trict on similar activities, I know the personal efforts which must be
exerted by both-students and staff in making such a program possible.
Your school is to be commended for placing a major emphasis on the
development of a program which expands the cultural and aesthetic in-
terests and talents of your students.
Best wishes to you, your staff and students for a most succesful concert.

Sincerely,
Clifford B. May

Deputy Superintendent

Long recognized, endeared and even
worshipped, Mischa Mischakoff, whose
exquisite talent as superb violinist and
concert master under world-famous con-
ductors including the elite circle of
Walter Damrosch, Stokowski and the
brilliant Toscanini, will receive an acco-
lade for his dedication and contribution
to the world of classical music.

Sergiu Comissiona, newly appointed musical director of the Baltimare Symphony Orchestra
and musical director of the Goteborg Symphony since 1966, will conduct the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra at Ford Auditorium on Sunday, February 22nd in the Akiva Benefit performance.
Compared to Toscanini and Beecham as early as 1962. Mr. Comissiona has conducted some of
the world's best known and respected orchestras. Among these are the symphony orchestras of
London, Berlin, Haifa, Toledo, Denver, Detroit and Minneapolis. He toured Europe twice and
North America. once as permanent conductor of
the Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra, and has also
conducted the Rumanian State Opera, Rumanian
State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philhar-
monic and numerous other orchestras throughout
Italy, Spain and Scandinavia. He has conducted
broadcast concerts with the Orchestra of the West
Deutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. Many of these
orchestras have, on the basis of past successes,
reengaged Mr. Comissiona for the 1969-70 season.

As musical director in 1959 of the Haifa Sym-
phony Orchestra, Mr. Comissiona was hailed for
having raised the artistic and cultural standards
of that ensemble to new heights. Acclaimed in
Denver and Philadelphia for his "contagiously
effective and enthusiastic conducting," his un-
usual conducting style was compared with the
form of a "disciplined dancing master in that his
SERGIU COMISSIONA
whole body seemed to echo the musical context,
yet nothing was exaggerated nor intended as an audience pleaser."

Detroiters who have shared memor-
able music pleasures during his outstand-
ing tenure with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra may also remember his role
of concertmaster for fifteen years with
the NBC Philharmonic, where he earned
the title of `Toscanini's Third Hand.'

Mr. Mischakoff's guiding passion has
always been his great desire to build,
to create, to help others achieve and
the opportunity to be a part of the
building of a new great orchestra. In
1952 he made Detroit his home and con-
tinued all the brilliance that has marked
his past.

His recognition this evening is small
token for the great joy he has bestowed
to Detroiters.

PARVE ICE CREAM

1 ,4

cup sugar
3 eggs, separated
1 box frozen strawberries
1 carton Rich-Whip

Beat egg whites until stiff, add
1 4 cup sugar. Beat egg yolks until
light and creamy and add 14 cup
sugar; add slightly thawed straw-
berries to yolk mixture. Fold this
mixture into beaten egg white
mixture. Fold all of above into
Rich-Whip which has been well
beaten. Freeze and keep out of
sight (ice cream, that is) until it is
ready to be served.

An Akiva Mother

MISS MADELINE SCHATZ

In a rare opportunity to introduce a brilliant
new talent to a Detroit audience, AKIVA DAY
SCHOOL is privileged to present Miss Madeline
Schatz, concert violinist. Miss Schatz brings an
intense musical background to splendid fulfil-
ment through an unusual and perceptive artistry.
Her presence, assurance and scholarly reading
may one day place her in the recital slippers of
Erica Morini. In a recent performance with the
Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Miss Schatz proved
her versatility in Saint-Saens multi-faceted com-
position, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.
61, by superbly mastering this enormously diffi-
cult work from its delicate pastoral melodic line
to the spellbinding fireworks of the regal conclus-
ion. Her appearance in this AKIVA concert will
be fondly remembered as she continues her suc-
cessful climb in the concert halls.

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Its Annual Evening with the Detroit Symphony

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1970 — 8 P.M.

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