/ov 2!—Friday, April 7, 1972 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. • • • 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. • • • 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- Call 557-9332 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 357-1215 SOUTHFIELD Bonstelle Theater April 14, right on the heels of the controversial ROYAL OAK 588-0300 Lincoln Center production in New "Free Transportation York. The complete Bonstelle per- formance schedule is April 14-15, 21-22 and 28-30. Classified Ads Get Quick Results 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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