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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
• 'Voices Four' to Perform at Center
During Israel Independence Week
Yiddish Theater
Eckardt Corrects
Focus of Next
Speech Quotation
Prof. A. Roy Eckardt of Lehigh
Front Row Center
"The Voices Four," the brainchild of a Detroiter and his friend,
will perform modern versions of English, Hebrew and Yiddish tunes
as part of the Israel Independence Week April 22 at the Jewish Cen-
ter. Shown are (from left) Marty Sherman, Eileen Penn and founders
Harlin Rosen of Detroit and Ron Isaacs.
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The Voices Four." an ensemble
of young singers and musicians,
will perform B p m. April 22 as
part of the Israel Independence
Week program at the Jewish Cen-
ter. Ushering in the evening will
he a short ceremony, including flag
bearers and choral voices.
The Voices Four include in their
repertoire old and new Israeli fa-
vorites put to the rhythms of rock
music. Performing together through
college, camps and youth groups,
Mary Rosen of Detroit and Ron
Isaacs of Toronto founded the
present Voices Four. Both have
earned BA and BHL through a
combined program sponsored by
Columbia University and the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary of Amer
ica.- Rosen has since gone on to
study for his MBA and JD degree.
while Isaacs is a student in the
seminary's g r a d u 1 t e rabbinical
school.
Marty Sherman of the Bronx'
graduated from New York's High
School of Music and Art, and after
college was acclaimed as sing-
er and lead guitarist in many New
York supper and night clubs.
15 as the opening night program.
Focusing on the life of the founder
of modern Zionism, Theodore Herzl,
it was written by Yaacov Orland,
artistic consultant of the Haifa
Theater in Israel.
Tickets for all events are on
sale at the Jewish Center.
`Only Fools' Cast
to Bring Their
Brand of Joy Here
"In Search of Second Avenue,"
a retrospect on the Yiddish Thea-
ter and the making of a television
series about it, will be the final
Front Row Center program of
Center Theater, 8:30 p.m. Wednes-
day at the Jewish Center.
Evelyn Orbach, director of broad-
casting for the Jewish Community
Council. spent several weeks in
New York film-
i n g
interviews
with veterans of
the Yiddish thea-
ter to prepare a
major forthcom-
ing Council tele-
vision series on
the Yiddish thea-
ter. She was ac-
companied by
her cameraman,
Orbach
Ethel Le vine,
past president of Center Theater.
Their adventures "In Search of
Second Avenue" will be told as
a film-lecture, not only describing
the making of a television series
but recalling a bygone era when
Yiddish theater flourished with its
warm, sentimental comedies and
tragic melodramas.
Mrs. Orbach, winner of the Na-
tional Gabriel Broadcasting Award,
has directed for Center Theater
and for the Detroit Opera Theater.
She is a graduate of the School
of Performing Arts and studied
with such theatrical notables as
Sidney Lumet and Morris Carnov-
sky.
The nominal fee will cover re-
. freshments. Alan Kroker is pro-
' gram chairman.
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University, who addressed the
Wayne State University Scholars
Shaarey Zedek Couples
Tune Up for Road Rally
The Shaarey Zedek Young Mar-
ried League will hold its annual
"Road Rally" 8 p.m. April 22 at
the synagogue.
A late supper will be included.
For reservations, call Sue Lynn,
Conference two weeks ago, sends 541-3400; Sandy Wittenberg, 352-
The Jewish News a correction of 1Y753; or Marlene Malkin, 968-3456.
errors in the quotations from his
speech. Dr. Eckardt states:
from
"I regret to have to advise you
LONDON, ENGLAND
of a couple of errors in your gen-
erally excellent and generous re-
port (March 24) of my address
at the Scholars Conference on the
and His ORCHESTRA
German Church Struggle and the
Holocaust, held at Wayne State
"Distinctive Styling in Music
University.
to Your Individual Taste"
"I did not propose that Chris-
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tians ought to 'denounce the name
of the resurrected Christ' but
rather that they are now obliged
to 'proclaim the death of the re-
surrected Christ, in the name of
the Christ who may one day come.'
More importantly, I did not 'con-
cede to my critics'—as a matter
of fact there was one critic—on
the question of Adolf Hitler's ex-
communication from the Roman
Catholic Church. I pointed out that
the critic was totally in error in
reducing excommunication to
something an 'individual' does.
The Church has acted to excom-
municate members in thousands
of cases throughout history. It
failed to do this with Hitler; in
fried to join the new Dance
this essential respect, he died a
Classes at the Art Linkletter
Catholic in 'good standing.'"
Schools and they told me to
come back when 1 was 3.
Ed Bullins' "THE DUPLEX,"
Zan Gilbert
billed as "a black love fable in
four movements," opens at the
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Bonstelle Theater April 14, right
on the heels of the controversial
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The Jewish Center will present
the original Broadway cast in Is-
rael's prize-winning musical "Only
Fools Are Sad" April 23-27 and 29- Auditions Trumpeted
30.
Brought here under the patron- for 'Blow Your Horn'
age of Prime Minister Golda Meir,
Auditions for "Come Blow Your
"Only Fools Are Sad" has been Horn," this season's final produc-
seen by approximately a third of tion of Center Theater, will be held
• WEDDINGS • BAR MITZVAS • OR ANY SPECIAL OCCASION
the entire population of Israel.
2:30 - 5 p.m. Sunday and 7:30-10
• CANDID FAMILY or INDIVIDUAL PORTRAITS
The musical, written by Dan : p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thurs-
Amalgor, was first produced in Tel day in the Aaron DeRoy Theater
Aviv in Hebrew, its purpose to of the Jewish Center.
keep alive in Israel the hasidic
Neil Simon's first comedy about
tradition from Europe.
the battle between the generations
The music has been arranged requires three men, one elderly,
Eileen Penn of New York. daugh- from hasidic sources by Yohanan one about 30 and one juvenile;
ter of the Yiddish poet, Asher Zari and given a contemporary and three women, one elderly, one
Penn. has been associated with ring. Three men and three Women about 30 and one ingenue.
The play will be directed by
various professional groups and with six guitars comprise the cast.
choirs of Jewish music. She is corn- They use a few simple props and Bill Premin. last seen as Tevya
Children's Asthmatic Research
in "Fiddler on the Roof," Mary
plet ng a master's degree in mu- much imagination.
' Medwed will produce. Performance
sicology from City University of
Institute and Hospital
dates
are
June
3,
4,
7,
8,
10
and
11.
New York, where she is a lecturer Encyclopedia Judaica
For information, call Center
in music at the collegiate level..
Presents —
Memorial to Center From Theater, 341-4200, ext. 223, week-
She is lead singer of the group.
day mornings.
WED., APRIL 19th, 8
The audience will be invited to Friends of Martha Wolf
- participate in Israeli folk dancing
The 16-volume set of the new
BETH
ABRAHAM SYNAGOGUE
LEISURE
and refreshments following the
Ercyclopedia Judaica has been j They talk of the dignity of work.
For tickets coil
5075 W. MAPLE RD.
program.
presented to the Jewish Center Bosh. True work is the necessity
U 8-7864
Refreshments by Kozin
The Israeli film, "The Flying
Library by friends of the late of poor humanity's earthly condi-
353-2646
Donation $3.00
Door Prizes
Matchmaker," will be shown 8 p.m .
Martha Wolf as a permanent me- lion. The dignity is in leisure.
morial to her.
April 16 at the Jewish Center, as
Mrs. Wolf, a dedicated member
part of the Israel Independence
of American Jewish Congress,
Week celebration.
Highlighted by comedy, fantasy was a remedial teacher in an in-
ner city school. Upon her death
and music, "The Flying Match-
in 1968, her friends contributed
maker" is set in a Jewish village
to a fund wi,ich provided for the
in czarist Russia. Rafael Klatzin
plays the bustling matchmaker who advancement of education for chil-
seems to find a mate for everyone dren in inner city schools.
Recently, a group of her friends
but his own daughter "Libaleh".
Mike Burstein, one of Israel's in the Friday Night Book Club
decided
to honor her memory
iaading stage and motion picture
with a permanent memorial and
stars, plays a twin role in "The
Flying Matchmaker" for which he purchased the Encyclopedia Juda-
received the Israeli "Oscar" as ica in her name for the Jewish
Center Library.
best actor of the year.
Members of this group are Ann
• SALESMENS SAMPLES
Burstein appeared in the stage
production of "The Megilla" both and Harold Black, Lillian and Jack
• DRESSES
• BATHING SUITS
• COATS
Feldstein.
Joan
and
Al
Levenson,
on Broadway and in Israel and has
• SKIRTS S. BLAZERS SHORT d LONG
• HOT PANTS
headlined top Israeli nightclubs . Millie and Bob Molner. Rose and
Fluent in file languages, he has Alex Robinson, Pat and Leo Rush,
• SIZES 7 TO /2
performed in English. Hebrew, Pauline and Arnold Sabaroff and
June and Allan Warnick.
Spanish and Yiddish.
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In this film he plays Max, the
man who has stolen Libaleh's
heart and Koony Lemel, the stam-
mering game-legged son of a schol-
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for his daughter.
The Israeli play, "The Man Be-
hind the Legend," will have its
Detroit premiere 8:30 p.m. April
'ingles' Plan a Party
"The Swinging Singles, 25 and
Up," are having a cocktail party
9 p.m. today at Alvaro's restaurant
in Royal Oak. Music for dancing
will be provided. The public is
invited. For information, call Sally
Rapp, LI 6-0903.
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