Detroit Zionist Federation to Be Formed
I Michigan was the first state to THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
establish roadside picnic tables.
Friday, May 8, 1970-29
May 18; Assembly Called for Local Effort
among Jews in the United States and
Detroit will join the national adult as well as youth groups.
gage in activities on behalf of the I
effort to form an American Zionist
Airs. D evera Stocker heads the Zionist movement tri the United States;
Federation by forming a local telephone squad that is contacting
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branch of the
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conimunittes throughout the .
over-all undertak-
the May 18 assembly. Shrodeck, in f o. Ji ,5i ., h
ing to solidify
4. To collect and disseminate such
behalf of the interim committee,
Zionist activities,
has issued a call to all Detroit i
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Isidore Shrodeck,
organized groups to participate in rights everywhere.
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chairman of the
the important effort for the for- ; „ ', -- ., JP,„.,7,"/.;lor'f",e'r,.; age cies '
Detroit Zionist
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mation of the American Zionist
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Council,
Federation and the local federa- ,,,.6,i,T,:',,,;;;',",n 1
nounced this
_ tions in more than 100 American Judaism. Hebrew and the cii/ture of
the levels?, people;
week.
Jewish communities.
7. To promote research, stndli and
Shrodeck is-
The aims and tasks of the new dlNllssilln of Ziooi , t idea.,- acrdlbl",;
sued a call for a
American Zionist Federation are
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local assembly in
outlined in the proposed constitu- youth in Zrollist activates,. an , to etl,
behalf of the Zi-
tion to be acted upon in Phila-
onist Council
calf,:
delphia, 'May 28-30, as follows:
9. To
further the :Hort , of the
Shrodeck
which is acting
I. To motivate American Jews to etc- ?faired fete's?, Appeal, the united /s-
as an interim committee prior to cent the Zionist principles that the reel Appeal, the Jerctsl, Annonat
Fund,
the formation of the Detroit Zion- Jews the world ricer are one peop/e. jemish welfare funds mid federations.'
united by a common history, heritage- and' other land-rat
agencies sup.'
ist Federation.
and destply. with Israel as the center
- o rjj,g
Jewesle education
and .
Jetc,?,
programs. and advancing
Delegates to the national con- of Jewish life everywhere:
2. To foster Zionist and Jewish ideals.' fare.
ference for the American Zionist
Federation to be held in Phila-
dalphia during the Memorial Day
weekend will be elected at the
Detroit assembly, at the Jewish
If Arab hostilities have become' will draw 24 leading choirs to Is
Center 8 p.m. May 18.
a fact of life for Israel, she is not rael from throughout the world '
Shrodeck announced that in ad- letting it rule her life; she coll..' this July. Mrs. Schaver is serving
dition to the Zionist representa- tinues to make music. Even in the ' as chairman for the second time. ;
Kaplan, a native of Russia, has
lives the local federation will in- underground shelters of M a o z
spent a lifetime in music. A
elude representatives of congrega- Chaim.
choral conductor for 30 of the
tions, Bnai Brith and Jewish War
Israel is known throughout the
Veterans chapters and posts, lands- world for her high cultural level, 40 years he has lived in Israel,
he passed on his skills to his son
manshaften, sisterhood and other particularly in music. Contributing
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Abraham, head of the choral de.
- to that renown is Shlomo Kaplan,
partment at the Juilliard School
a modest, unprepossessing man
of Music.
. who has headed the music depart-
Describing the high level of mus-
went of Histadrut, Israel's labor
federation, for more than 20 years. ical attainment in Israel ("tele-
vision
won't help any"), Kaplan
Kaplan was in Detroit this
week for a brief visit with said that the musical activity in-
creases, rather than decreases, the
friends — he stayed with the
Herbert Eskins — before head- further away a community is from
the main urban centers.
ing back to his job of virtually
He gave as examples Eilot (near
conducting the music activity of
Eilat)
with its choir, and E mek
the state of Israel.
Ben-Shean, with its orchestra,
The Histadrut music department choir and conservatory. Kaplan,
(if asked how large, Kaplan replies who is on the governing board of
with a typically vague "harbei the Ein Gev Music Festivals, said
gadol" — very large) organizes that the annual Pesach event has
musical groups, including choirs always drawn crowds "despite
and orchestras throughout t h e raids from Golan." And, since June
country, in both cities and kibut- 1967, there is the music in under-
zim; publishes texts as one of the ground shelters of many border
largest folk music publishing settlements.
houses in Israel; and offers coursts
The kibutz movement has made
for conductors.
it possible for a number of talented
While the specific area of music youngsters to continue their studies
education falls under the jurisdic- in the music capitals. Avi Ostrov-
tion of the ministry of education, sky, music director of the Haifa
Kaplan's department provides Symphony, hails from La'av in the
scholarships for promising young Negev. Avner Itai, choral director
artists. (His friend, Detroiter Em- of Kol Israel, comes from Kf a r
ma Schaver, contributed a vocal Giladi.
scholarship.)
But as any cultured nation must,
Kaplan was invited to this coun- Israel also is drawing new blood
try by the League for Labor Is- from other countries. Too often in
rael (Histadrut), in connection the past, she has seen her musi-
with its 50th anniversary observ- eians leave for financially greener
ance. For that celebration, a mas- pastures.
Kaplan hopes the tide is turning,
sive seder in New York, he pre-
pared the music and served as for many members of the Philhar-
adviser.
monic have come from the United
In addition, Kaplan auditioned States in the past two years. And
and chose four American choirs to six months ago, said Kaplan with
take part in the seventh Zimriya, obvious pride, an outstanding sing-
Ian annual choral presentation that er emigrated from Russia.
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