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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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Truman's Friendship for Benjamin Levinson
Evidenced iu Scores of Letters, Memorabilia

Israel's Contemporary Sounds
in 'To Live Another Summer'

48,000 Enrollment
for ORT in Israel

When Harry S. Truman
established a friendship, it
No matter what Israel's "Can You Hear My Voice?" was firm, unbreakable, often
composers come up with in ,the audience was hearing intimate, always loyal.
Benjamin Levinson had that
the next century, one gets the 1 little more than muffled
feeling that "Tzena, Tzena" ! sounds—thanks to a broken privilege for many years.
From
the time he joined the
and "Tinian" wilt always re- tube in the amplifier system.
main tied for first place on
Even with the sound sys- ranks of those who advocated
the D,aspora hit parade.
tem repaired, however, there the selection of the future
The medley of traditional are failings in - this musical President to he Franklin D.
l,raeli tunes drew the clap- revue. A song that demeans Roosevelt's running-mate, in
ping and lalaing of the audi- the Arabs is out of place 1944, through the 1960s, Lev-
inson was in constant touch
t c Sunday evening at the here. no matter how gentle
Center, where the Is- the ridicule. Nor is the per• with Mr. Truman, during the
- To Live Another
formance of a hasidic medley latter's terms in office as
vice president and as Presi-
IS
opening, its to the credit of either Hasi
dent and subsequently.
...,:ii.;.•ment (Final • dim or cast.
In 1956, when the "Truman
will be 8:30
At the same time, despite
and 3 and 8 the Jarring moments, we ap- Memoirs" came off the
.:, I y I.
1 preciate the portrayal of Is- press, Levinson was among
those who participated in the
enthusiasm was not rael's young people as young
party at the Carlisle Ilotel,
n ed throughout the people ought to be portrayed:
New
York. Among the scores
. however. The Sun- not as war heroes, but as
upon scores of memorabilia
.', iiing audience ap- kids who would rather be
about
himself and Truman is
politely after the down at the beach, romping
an autogr•phed book by Tru-
of attractive young in the sand. For "I Never
man to Levinson of his Mem-
!..; — not the ones we Wanted to Be a Hero," Ha-
oirs, dated Jan. 31, 1956.
rel.. ii.her from vintage Be- nan Goldblatt—who looks re-
Levinson takes special pride
hr ...chool textbooks but an motely like "Broadway Joe"
erizir,ly new breed — per- Na math—admits his failing in the fact that he secured
the funds and the sponsor-
formed the show's title song with disarming candor.
ship of AMVETS — the or-
with a rock beat.
Similarly, "Sorry We Won ganization of American vet-
Benjamin Levinson is shown here, In March, 1964, pre-
That the show never the War" had some of the erans of World War II and
reached its full potential on cleverest lyrics — and most the Korean War — for the senting the AMVETS Carillon to President Truman.
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this opening night wasn't en- incisive commentary—on how presentation to the Truman
tirely the fault of the cast Israel regards her "friends" Library in Independence, s o n especially befriended July 13, 1962.
or conductor, David Krivo- who looked on while she Mo., in 1964. The photograph President Truman. He has in
In 1948, when all was
shei. While pretty Gall Atari fought alone in June 1967. of the presentation taken on his possession more than 50 gloomy, Levinson labored
was singing the number, ("S orry we won it/We that occasion is among Lev- letters from Truman, all in- with Ed Pauley, both being
must've overdone it"). But
inson's prized possessions. timately written, addressed co-treasurers of the Demo-
the pain of war is brought
cratic Party, in support of
On that occasion, Levinson to "Dear Ben."
home most poignantly with
The friendship between the Truman's re-election.
presented Truman with a life
the beautiful "My Son, Are membership in AMVETS.
Levinson, in his political
two was originally estab-
You Laughing or Crying?"
As a founding member of lished through Sen. Pren- career, befriended and
Jan. 14—To Mr. and Mrs. based on a letter from the the committee that raised tiss Brown and the late Frank worked for the election of
Daniel Meadows (Marlene front.
funds for the establishment Murphy. It extended to the Presidents Roosevelt, T r u -
If the show hit hard at any of the Truman Library, Lev- Levinson family in whom man, Lyndon B. Johnson and
Levine), 39738 Edmunton,
Plymouth, a daughter, Laurie time, it was with Goldblatt's inson was among the honored President Truman took an John F. Kennedy.
rendering of "The Boy With
Esther.
guests at a special function interest, always warmly
• • •
the Fiddle," less of a song
Soprono BEVERLY STIEF
at the Muehlebach Hotel in greeting M r s . Levinson —
than
a
memory
of
how
a
Jan. 13 — To Dr. and Mrs.
Kansas City. Among the con- Clara — and the Levinson will perform with the SCAN-
DINAVIAN SYMPHONY
, Michael J. Federman (Mar- little boy is forced to play tributions Levinson secured children.
jorie Hauser), 21001 Andover, while Nazis round up the was one for $100,000 from the
Prominently displayed in ORCHESTRA 8:20 p.m. Sat-

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Southfield, a son, Robert
Jay.

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Dec. 27—To Mr. and Mrs.

Seymour Miller (Adele Ze-
lickman), 29275 Marshall,
Southfield, a son, Jason
Jeremy.
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Dec. 18—To Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence A. Brown (Marcia
Caminker), 25665 Briar, Oak
Park, a son, Adam David.
(The address in last week's
paper was incorrect).
• • •
To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Rosenberg (Linda Metzler,
formerly of Detroit), an
adopted daughter, Lisa Mi-

chelle.

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Jews.
There are pleasant mo-
ments in this revue. What
makes it worth while is its
youthful spirit and its gallant
effort to channel Israel's
musical memory into a con-
temporary idiom. —CD

&ngagerrzent

Bakery Workers Union.
It was an assistant national
treasurer of the Democratic
Party, in 1944 and 1948 Pres-
idential elections that Levin-

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Singles Plan Dance

Parents Without Partners
of the Jewish Center will
hold a dance 9 p.m. Sunday
at the 10 Mile branch.

Refreshments will be
served, and there will be en-
! tertainment and prizes.
The group meets every

! first and third Sunday of the
month. Single parents be-
tween age 25 and 50 are in-
vited.
For information, call group
services, 341 - 4200.

The 51st national confer-
ence, which will also hear re-
ports on other ORT vacation-
al training programs in 21
countries, is scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday at the
Americana Hotel in New
York City.

The 1973-74 ORT Israel en-
rollment is an increase of
4,000 students over the pre-
vious year, More :Ilan 62 per
cent of the pupils in techni-
cal and vocational high
scholos were born in Asian
or African countries or come
from families arriving from
those countries.
Included in the total en-
rollment are 1,900 pupils of
Israel's Arab and other mi-
norities.

Funds for ORT's 1972 bud-
get of $23,500,000 were pro-

vided by its membership ac-
tivities and from United Jew-
ish Appeal income, under an
agreement between ORT and
the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee.

MICHAEL KAPUT

Photography

Weddin gs •

Bar Mitzvas

6,13-7392

"Art Linkletter Schools

urday at the Henry Ford
have a few openings left
High School. She will sing
in Nursery School.
arias from operas by Masse-
Free busing, too!"
net, Charpentier and De-
Art LinkletterSichools
bussy. The orchestra will per-
28805 Evergreen, Southfield
form the rhapsody of
357-1215 — 588-0300
Chabrier's "Espana," t Is e
prelude to Debussy's "After-
noon of a Faun" and the bac-
chonale from Saint-Saens'
at 17570 W. 12 Mile, in South- opera, "Samson and De-
field. The two long-experi- lilah." Tickets will be avail-
enced professional engineers able at the docr or by calling
who head the firm are An- Lawrence Sheppard, ticket
lthony "Tony" J. Wolf of chairman, 271-8609.
Birmingham and Samuel T.
Wineman of Oak Park.
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Announcing the Expansion of
CERESNIE AND OFFEN
FURS is celebrating its 27th
anniversary with a sale.
1/2 Days for 21/2 to 5 year old Children e i
Starting on Dexter, they
moved to Livernois and now
o
meeting at
to Birmingham, at 181 S.
2111000 W. 13 Mile Rd. at Evergreen
Woodward. Sam Offen and
Licensed — Early Childhood Education Specialists
Sol Ceresnie are co-owners.
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interested in development of the whole child
MUSIC — ART — SCIENCE — FUN TRIPS
EVE'S ICINTTING P A R -
LOUR, 19011 W. 10 Mile Rd.,
for information call 614-0311H1
Southfield, is unique — it is
located within a beauty shop.
The shop carries needlepoint
accessories, rug hooking kits.
macrame materials, imported
and domestic yarns and no-
tions. A blocking, finishing
and alteration service is also
available. The Southfield shop

Levinson's office is a pencil
etching of President Truman
made by Harry S. Moskowitz
that was presented by the
President to Levinson, dated

Business Briefs

Modern Office Supply
SERMAN-SELIGSON: Mr. Building Complex

and Mrs. William Serman of
Parkwood Ave., Huntington
Woods, announce the engage-
ment of their daughter
Bonnie Sue to Steven Selig-
son, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Seligson of Middlebelt
Rd., Farmington. Miss Ser-
man and her fiance are
graduates of the University
of Michigan. A late winter
wedding is planned.

NEW YORK—A report that
more than 48,000 youngsters
and adults are currently en-
rolled in ORT technical and
vocational training schools in
Israel is to be submitted this
weekend to 750 ORT organi-
zational representatives from
al parts of the U.S., it was
announced by Dr. William
Haber, American ORT Fed-
eration president.

Construction of a new sales
and warehouse complex for
Modern Office Supply Co.
will begin this month on

Southfield Rd., just north of

13 Mile Road, in Beverly
Hills.
Leo Bigelman, president
and founder of the firm, cur-
rently at Coolidge and 81/2
Mile Rds., Oak Park, said the

new 61,000,000 two-story
building was designed by

Jack Brown Associates,
Architects, of Bloomfield
Hills, and is expected to be
completed by September.
The ground floor will con-
tain a retail sales area for
office supplies and equip-
ment. Part of the second
floor will be devoted to office

interior decoration and plan-
ning. The rear portion will
contain a 45,000-square-foot.
two-story warehouse and
storage area designed with
special modern handling sys-
tems to increase servicing
and fast delivery.
In addition to the present
staff of more than 40, full-
time commercial interior
decorators wil be added.
Higelman founded Modern
Office Supply in 1939.
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F.LIZABETH 1101.TZNIAN,
the 3I-year-old Brooklyn
Democrat who recently de-
feated the 50-year veteran of
the 16th District congres-
sional post, has been chosen
by the Democratic members
of the House Wayne and
Means Committee to serve
Oakland County's newest
on the Judiciar!, Committee, consulting engineering firm—
just as her predecessor WOLF, WINEMAN and AS-
Emanuel Celler, had done. ' SOCIATES — opened offices

Evergreen Hills Nursery

makes pillows and offers cus-
tom work. For information ,
call the shop, 356-4576.
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RADOM CUSTOM TAIL-

ORS, CLOTHEIRS and TUX-
EDO RENTALS, 22141 Cool-

idge, Oak Park, announces
that LEO ROSENFELD has
joined the staff. Radom is
adding new brand names
such as Oleg Cassini and

Cesar Romero clothes to the

spring selection. A change
in policy, free alterations on
ladies', men's and children's
clothing, has been instituted.

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