THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 17, 1974-11
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CORDIAL
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YOUR NEXT
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cordials, show how they e made, and have your
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Resident Seeking
School Board Seat
Mrs. Judith Miller of Old
Pond Way, West Bloomfield,
has filed her nominating pe-
titions for school board in the
West Bloomfield School Dis-
trict.
Mrs. Miller is a graduate
of Wayne State University
with a BS degree in elemen-
tary education. She was for-
merly a teacher in the De-
troit Public Schools.
She served• on the West
Bloomfield Citizens PTA
Board. She also serves on the
board of the West Bloomfield
Lake Estates Community As-
sociation.
Mrs. Miller is a member
of the Lake Hills Chapter of
Women's American ORT and
serves as its vice president
in charge of education. She
has taught kindergarten at
T em p l e Israel Religious
School for 19 years.
When there are so many
nice things to say, it's
strange more people don't
try to say them.
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Jacob Barkin's Cantorial Skills Noted
on 60th Birthday ; Being Feted Sunday
Jacob Barkin has a basic
credo: he has devoted his
life to Hazanut, to the eleva-
tion of the standards of syna-
gogue music, because of
deep-rooted devotion to
Judaism.
For many years he was an
operatic singer. He was in-
vited to appear with the
Metropolitan Opera, a major
aspiration of all great sing-
ers. He chose to remain in
the synagogue and to be a
cantor, out of an inspiration
that has become a family
tradition.
His father was -a cantor,
and the legacy became a
dedication to his people. The
continuity gained for him the
fame that caused the Jeru-
salem Post music critic to
say about Cantor Jacob
Barkin that he is "One of
the most fulfilled cantors we
have ever heard in Israel."
This community will have
an opportunity to honor Can-
tor Barkin on his 60th birth-
day, at the champagne
breakfast that will follow the
morning services, Sunday,• at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek. Spon-
sored by the Shaarey Zedek
Men's Club, to be conducted
in the synagogue's Morris
Adler Hall, it is anticipated
that the community's musi-
cians and associates of other
synagogues and movements
will join in expressing their
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admiration for a noted singer
and a community-minded
personality.
Cantor Barkin's many Jew-
ish concerns were in evi-
dence in recent years. He
took a great interest in the
plight of Russian Jewry, and
the concert at Cong. Shaarey
JACOB BARKIN
Zedek, next Tuesday, utilized
to assist the fighters for
freedom in the USSR, is one
of his inspired projects. He
has brought to the commu-
nity's attention the merits of
a promising young violinist
who is an emigre from
Russia. He is responsive to
Jewry's needs, wherever
they may become evident.
His concerns became ap-
parent at the outbreak of the
Yom Kippur War. In what-
ever form he could do it, he
brought to the attention of
synagogues in this country
and in Canada — and he has
scores of such contacts — to
need to give priority to the
tasks of providing unlimited
support for the fighters for
freedom and security in Is-
rael.
On that score, he evidenced
malcontent. He expressed
dissatisfaction with lack of
perception of what was hap-
pening, both in lay and
leadership ranks. "We can't
afford weakness in our
ranks," is his approach to
the needs of the time.
He resents commercialism
and deplores its injection in
the arts. "It is not our lack
of talent that diminishes our
accomplishments," he has
states, "but the Commercial-
ism, and it must be avoided."
Born in Uman, Russia, in
a musically accomplished
and highly cultured family,
Jacob Barkin was brought to
Toronto by his parents, as a
child. He studied piano be-
fore specializing in voice,
and was educated in the
Royal Conservatory and the
Eastman Conservatory of
Music in Rochester.
Following his father, a dis-
tinguished cantor in Toronto,
into the cantorate, Barkin's
first pulpit was in Phila-
delphia, and it was there
that he studied under Eu-
phemia Giannini and Giu-
seppe Boghetti. He became
a favorite on radio, and com-
muted to New York for ap-
pearances on three networks.
Invited to appear on film
sound tracks, he also made
his debut with the San Fran-
cisco Symphony under Pierre
Monteux.
He became cantor of Adas
Israel Congregation in Wash-
ington in 1946, and emerged
a favorite in the nation's
capitol, appearing with the
National Symphony Orches-
tra. In 1949 he was featured
in Convention Hall in the
first all-Jewish program dedi-
cated to Jewish music in
America.
In his 20 years in Wash-
ington, he gained fame as a
leader in the cantorial arts.
He appeared in concerts at
the White House during the
administration of three presi.
dents and was the recipient
of the Presidential Centen-
nial Medal.
Barkin is a strong believer
in intra-faith activities in
preference to inter-faith ef-
forts. But he has been active
in both, and in Washington
he succeeded in arranging
the first three-faith program
in which leaders of the major
religious denominations par-
ticipated. "Unfortunately, it
was a one-time function,"
Barkin deplored.
Cantor B a r k in traveled
widely on invitations from
scores of communities in this
country, made numerous ap-
pearances in Israel and in
several European countries.
He was soloist with the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
New York Philharmonic,
Boston Symphony, Chicago
Symphony San Francisco,
Minneapolis, Baltimore, To-
ronto, Mexico City, Lima,
Peru and other orchestras.
He appeared 15 times as
soloist with the Israel Phil-
harmonic.
His mastery of music finds
evidence in several of the
records which indicate his
skill not only cantorially but
also in his renditions of the
classics and operatics. One
of his records features his
older brother, Leo Barkin,
the eminent Toronto pianist,
as his accompanist.
Barkin was married to the
former Mildred Rosenthal, in
Toronto, in 1936. They have
a daughter, Penina, a San
Francisco journalist and a
free lance writer, and a son,
Robert, a Washington ad-
vertising executive.
Aaron Announces
He'll Run for Seat
on Oakland Board
Dennis M. Aaron announ-
ced his candidacy for a seat
on the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners as a Demo-
crat in District 19. The dis-
trict comprises most of Oak
Park and Royal Oak Town-
ship.
Aaron served on the board
of commissioners from 1969
to 1972. He was chairman of
the county's law enforce-
ment committee and its pub-
lic protection and judiciary
committee.
. A member of the county
library board, Aaron serves
on the governing boards of
the Oakland County Hospital
and New Horizons.
Aaron is president of Oak
Park's Frances Scott •Key
PTA and is an officer of the
Oak Park Council of Com-
munity Organizations, Oak
Park's Sister Cities Program
and PTA council.
The Supreme Court says
no, but as long as there are
semester exams there'll be
prayers.