Tunisian Jews Violinist Alexander Treger
Fear Libya Pact
PARIS (JTA) — The an- Hailed in American D ebut
nouncement of the Libya-

Tunisia merger into the Arab
Islamic Republic has come
as a great shock to Jews in
Tunisia, Jewish sources in
Tunisia told the JTA here by
telephone.
The 8,000 Jews in Tunisia
who once felt "protected" by
President Habib Bourguiba
now appear completely
"lost," these sources said.
Many Jewish businessmen
and technicians, they said,
are considering leaving for
France in the very near fu-
ture.
As for the very old Tuni-
sian Jews attached to their
way of life and the climate,
it appears they may very like-
ly be forced to emigrate ev-
entually because of the ex-
treme anti-Jewish sentiment
of Libya's leader, Muammar
Qaddafi which they believe
will be imposed on Tunisia.

Hebrew Studies
Enrollment Peaks

By HERMAN WISE
Jewish News Guest Critic
(Mr. Wise is a former music
and art editor of The Detroit
Free Press and a former pub-
lic relations director of the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Presently, he is associate edi-
tor of Impresario Magazine).
An extraordinarily happy
music event took place
Wednesday night when Alex-
ander Tr e g e r , 25-year-old
Russian-Jewish violinist,
made his American debut
before 1,500 adoring listeners
at Cong. Shaarey Zedek. At
the conclusion of his program
the newcomer to these shores
was given a well-deserved
standing ovation.
Since leaving his native
land about a year ago, the
young virtuoso had dreamed
of reaching the United States
where, as he has put it,
"There is no other place but
America for an artist. It is
the only place for me to pur-
sue a career."
Treger realized the first
part of his dream last fall
when, with his wife, Lud-
milla, and their 2-year-old
daughter, Victoria, the fam-
ily landed in Detroit. Part
two of his dream — his debut
of 48 hours ago — is now
history also.
There remains, then, only
part three of the drama: the
pursuit of a career while liv-
ing in a free world. And that
may well prove the most dif-
ficult of all to achieve.
As Treger undoubtedly is
well aware, success as a
concert violinist comes to
only a handful of hopefuls in
each generation, no matter
how great their talent or
mastery of their instrument.
Numerous other factors are
involved and the artistic
climb upward frequently is
strewn with heart-rending ex-
periences.

NEW YORK (JTA)—The
study of Hebrew language
and literature in American
colleges a n d universities
reached a new peak during
the past academic year, ac-
cording to Dr. David Rudav-
sky, professor emeritus of
Hebrew Culture and Educa-
tion at New York University.
Prof. Rudaysky told the
National Association of Pro-
fessors of Hebrew that there
was a rise of 15 per cent
from a total enrollment of
16,992 students in the fall of
1970 to 19,565 in the cor-
resnondirK period in 1972.
He said the growth was
particularly significant be-
cause of the 10 per cent drop
in foreign language registra-
tion in recent years in those
schools, a decline which took
place while general college
attendance during the past
decade rose 13 per cent. He
said the figures were provid-
ed by the Modern Language
Association from a survey it
None of this is said by way
conducts under a contract of discouragement. Far from
with the federal government. it. As the brilliant and hand-
some soloist performed his
varied program, one had the
feeling that his chances of
permanent success in the con-
cert field are excellent in-
deed. Certainly, he has the
good wishes of everyone who
January Clearan ce
was present at his debut.
Playing on a borrowed vio-
lin (his own had been con-
C:T
ra
fiscated when he left Russia),
Nationally Advertised
Treger's offerings included
Bach's Chaconne (Partita in
D minor) for unaccompanied
violin; the Beethoven Sonata
• Suits
No. 1, Op. 12, in D major;
Poeme by Chausson; Bloch's
fi A Sport Coat
Nigun (from the "Baal Shem
• Slacks
Suite"); the Wieniawski Pol-
onaise Brilliante No. 2, in A
UP TO
major an dtwo completely
delightful shorter pieces, A
La Albeniz and Humoresque,
by a prominent contemporary
Russian composer, Rodeon
Shedrin.
An honor pupil of the fam-
ous David Oistrakh, Treger
played each composition with
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nique is lightning like and

clear. While at times his tone
seemed thin, it may have
been the fault of the unfa-
miliar violin or the immense
height of the sanctuary's
ceiling.
Leo Barkin, of Toronto, was
at the piano and except for
moments in the first and
third movements of the Son-
ata furnished sympathetic
and helpful accompaniments.
Considering the limited re-
hearsal time, Barkin con-
tributed a masterful job.
He is a brother of Cantor
Jacob Barkin who had much
to do with all phases of the
recital for it was to the can-
tor that the presence
Treger in these parts was
w as
made known.
The debut recital was spon-
sored by Mr. and Mrs. Irwin
Green and Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Hamburger in asso-
ciation with the music and
drama division of the Shaarey
Zedek Cultural Commission.
Treger was the honored
guest at a private reception
following the concert at the
Knob in the Woods Club
House.

No man that does not see
visions will ever realize any
high hope or undertake any
high enterprise. —Woodrow
Wilson.

Survivors' Association Leaders See Son, Daughter Marry

NEW YORK—Jean Bloch, Jewish Theological Seminary,stein, chancellor of Bar-Ilan
daughter of the secretary- and Rabbi Joseph H. Look- I University.
general of the World Federa-
tion of Bergen-Belsen Associ- 6—Friday, January 18, 1974
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
ations, was married Sunday
to Menahem Z. Rosensaft,
son of the president of the
federation.

Miss Bloch, whose parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Sam E.
Bloch of Queens, is a gradu-
ing for a masters degree at
ate magna cum laude from
Barnard College and is study-
the New York University
Institute of Fine Arts. Her
father is director of publica-
tions of the Jewish Agency.

Rosensaft, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Josef Rosensaft, is a
freelance writ e r , adjunct
lecturer in Jewish studies at
City College and graduate
student in modern European
history . at Columbia Uni-
versity. He holds an MA
degree from John Hopkins
University.

The senior Rosensaft, who
is in real estate, is a Bergen-
Belsen survivor who has
spoken widely on behalf of
the United Jewish Appeal.
Menahem, born in Bergen-
Belsen, has continued his
father's efforts to perpetuate
the memory of the Holocaust
victims.
Performing the wedding
ceremony in the Rosensaft
home were Dr. Gerson D.
Cohen, chancellor of the

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