Making Beautiful Music Together: Conservative and Reform Salute Israel

Reform temple and Conservative
synagogue came together to ren-
der a little intrafaith harmony
Sunday evening, with the presen-
tation of a choral concert, "A
Light Unto the Nations," at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek.
The music and drama commit-
tee of Shaarev Zedek teamed up
with the Temple Israel Men's Club
to offer the musical feast, under
the auspices of their respective
congregations. Some 2,000 persons
filled the main sanctuary and an
adjoining hall which opens into
the main room.
Presumably the title "A Light
Unto the Nations" was chosen
because the three choral works
included in the program—"The
Creation" by Sybil Anne Hanks;
"The Ten Commandments" by
Max Janowski; and Maurice Gold-
man's "Jerusalem"— point to the
historic role that Israel has played
since biblical times.
An ambitious design, ambi-
tiously executed, the concert
was, if anything, too ambitious.
It showcased the matchless tal-
ents of Cantor Jacob Barkin
(Shaarey Zedek) and Cantor
Harold Orbach (Temple Israel),
but the planners expected too
much of their audience. How sa
that what should have
g--Gold-
highlight of the e
man's "Jerusa "—was missed
by half the audience, wearied
after two rlier choral works.
Ironica , had they stayed, they
would ave heard the John Do-
var Village Singers command
in Cie second line: "Awake,
awake, arise now."
A special guest for the evening
—not included on the printed pro-
grari was Cantor Saul Meisels
of Cleveland's Temple on the
Heights, who announced on be-

half of the Cantors Assembly of
America that Barkin had received
the coveted Yuval Award for serv-
ice to the cantorate.
The award, presented last week
in New York, was accompanied
by announcement that Shaarey
Zedek and friends of the congre-
gation have set up a fund in per-
petuity for a scholarship in Cantor
Barkin's name. The fund will bene-
fit students seeking careers in
hazanut.
Dr. Max Lichter, president of
Shaarey Zedek, presented a scroll
to Cantor Barkin on behalf of the'

synagogue. The cantor also will
receive next month the title of
"haver," honorary fellow, of the
Jewish Theological Seminary.
Among the most delightful por-
tions of the evening were the '
"impromptu" duets that Can- I
for Meisels sang first with Can-
tor Barkin ("She' Yiboneh Beis
HaMikdash") and then with Can-
tor Orbach ("Ribono shel
Olam.")
With Bernard Katz as accom-
panist, Barkin and Orbach sang
a few solo selections and then
joined- with the two guest choral
groups in the main works of the
evening.
The Henry Ford High School
Orchestra and Chorus, directed by
Milton Aptekar, performed ' The
Creation," based on a sermon by
the Rev. James Weldon Johnson.
Central Quality Services Cor- One of the most treasured works
poration has been formed through of contemporary American poetry.
a merger of Central Overall Sup- it expresses in the simplest of
ply Company and Quality Linen terms a man's faith in God. Be-
cause the beauty is in its sim-
Service.
Emma Schaver, chairman o!. plicity. we find it disquieting to
the board, said that the two orga- see "The Creation" performed by
nizations have been merged to both orchestra and chorus. But
seek the advantages of volume', the students can in no way be
faulted for their professionalism.
cperations.
organization operates
The grandness that seems out
The
ind
a laundry and linen rental of place in "The Creation" is far
companies in four plants in Detroit more acceptable in Janowski's no-
and Traverse City.
hie "The Ten Commandments,"
Combined annual sales of the • which was sung by the Dbvaras
new company are approximately Village Singers, directed by John
$6.000,000. Present management • Dovaras. For this work, Barkin
will continue to operate the new and Orbach were joined in solo
organization.
roles by Stewart Comer and Ar-
Other officers are Julie Sandler, .ene Koenig. Accompanist for this
president; Samuel Cascade, execu
Live vice president, treasurer and
general manager; Richard Burtor
and Bernard Zemmol, vice presi-
dents; Ian Cascade, secretary:
and Walter Zemmol, assistant
treasurer.

Two Industrial
Groups-Central,
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Prejudiced View on Jerusalem
Refuted in Statement by Panush

A prejudiced view on Jerusalem presented to John Cardinal
Dearden by a delegation of Jordanian Christian and Moslem clerics
was assailed by Louis Panush, chairman of public affairs for the
Zionist Organization of Detroit, as representing a "seriously distorted
picture of religious and civil liberties in Jerusalem."
In his statement to Cardinal Dearden, copies of which went to'
Bishop Emrich and the Detroit daily newspapers, Panush declared:
The churchmen told you of a "continuing obliteration of the Chris-
tian and : Moslem faiths," that the "Israelis' ultimate purpose is to
turn Jerusalem into a Jewish city without regard to its holy sites-and
predominantly Arab population." that "some churches and mosques...
have been desecrated," and that the "character of Jerusalem as a
holy city should not be destroyed."
Nothing is further from the truth. Two groups of Christian states-.
men issued statements last June on what they saw and studied in -
Israel, commending the Israelis for their care for human rights, for,
their fairness in housing, for 'heir practices of religious liberty, and
their respect for holy places. The Rev. Graydon E. McLellan, Presby-
tery Executive, National Capital Union Presbytery in Washington,
recently stated that he checked this assessment with an American
Catholic specialist in this field, just returned from Jerusalem, and he
substantiated their basic findings. The Washington Post stated in an
editorial during Easter week that "the Israeli mistreatment of its
Arab minorities is not supported by most of the Christians who speak
with authority on the subject," and that "freedom of religion and open
access to the shrines are better protected now, by the Israeli state,
than at any time in memory."
In 1948. the Christian population of Jerusalem was 25,000. In 1967,
after 19 years of Jordanian rule, it dropped to 10,800. In 1970, after
three years of Israeli administration, it had risen to 11,500. Israel has
Paid $2,100,000 to 17 Christian institutions in Jerusalem as compensation
for damages suffered in wars initiated by Jordan between 1948 and
1967. Jerusalem is also providing financial and technical assistance for
the furtherance of spiritual, artistic and cultural undertakings and is
encouraging the construction and efficient maintenance of many Chris-
tian institutions. How, in God's name, are they destroying Jerusalem
as a holy city?
On the other hand, during Jordan's 19-year illegal occupation of the
Old City of Jerusalem all Jews, Christians and Moslems from Israel
were forbidden access to their holy places and all but one of the Old
City's 35 synagogues were wantonly destroyed, and the Jewish tombs
on the Mount of Olives were desecrated. Why, may I ask, did not the
members of the delegations, who are so concerned about the character
of Jerusalem under Israeli government, express and voice their con-
sternation and protest over the desecration and destruction and the
"Judenrein" policies of the Jordanians in East Jerusalem'
Jerusalem is Jewish. Historic precedent. its geography and demog-
raphy, its primacy in the faith and history of the Jews make Jerusalem
indisputably a Jewish city. But it will also be a city that will provide
and practozezeligiiiikW liberty „and cosi:wet for aU its citizens.

and the concluding work was R,
chel Weaver.
Rabbis Irwin Groner of Shaarey
Zedek and M. Robert Syme of
Temple Israel pointed out in their
remarks that the concert was in
honor of Israel's 24th anniversary
of statehood—an occasion recalled
in Cantor Orbach's performance
of the eloquent ''Masada Shall
Never Fall Again." —C D

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