Friday, May 6, 1977 17
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Anachu Kan ! A Jewish Experience
By ESTELLE BROWN
(Editor's note: The revie-
wer is an English teacher
who was formerly a profes-
sional ballerina with credits
on television, Broadway,
Radio City Music Hall and
the New York City Opera
Co.)
Dance is one way to give
substance to the intangible
spiritual inheritance from a
distant past. When a group
of dancers are not inhibited
by professional dance train-
ing (polished technique),
then their dances can be-
come a vehicle for commu-
nication of folklore.
Folkloristic dance is not a
production but a product
upon which an audience
acts. The viewer becomes a
participant in the event,
processing the dance, dis-
covering plural meanings in
the rhythmical motion of
forms.
Such was the case for
more than 1,500 people who,
on April 27, spent an eve-
ning with Anachnu Kan!, a
folklore ensemble at the
Royal Oak Theatre..
Without a word of written
or oral narration, cross cul-
tural values and norms
were expressed in gesture
and dance. Significantly,
there were no spectacular
leaps, trick steps, dazzling
spins, nothing in the fore-
ground to deviate from the
re-creation of occurrences
from daily life,.
The immitative dancing
portrayed or caricatured
friendship, love and jea-
lousy. In rhythmic action,
the Anachnu Kan dancers
manifested a Jewish spirit-
ual inheritance dating from
the time King David
whirled before the Ark of
the Covenant.
Anachnu Kan! means
"we are here." Indeed, Jew-
ish folklore is here and en-
dures.
* * *
Desire of Olim to Be Jewish Emphasized
Russians learning English -
at the Jewish Community
Center will speak Russian
to each other out of class,
but the members of the
Anachnu Kan troupe who
performed last week at the
Royal Oak Theater spoke
Hebrew behind the scenes.
According to Diane Shek-
ter, a volunteer who teach-
es Russian to the Soviet
Jews here and who attend-
ed the Anachnu Kan con-
cert, the troupe members
said they spoke Hebrew be-
cause they considered them-
selves Israelis.
Mrs. Shekter said the
cast members have a
strong desire to be Jewish,
a religion they were unable
to practice in the Soviet
Union. They illustrated this
desire when they culmi-
nated a dance medley with
the song, "Am Yisrael
Hai."
Carter Will 'Impose Full Strength'
,
,
But Not Impose Mideast Solution
LONDON (JTA )—Presi-
dent Carter Monday night
reiterated his belief that
there could be progress to-
wards a Middle East settle-
ment this autumn and out-
lined his government's diplo-
matic timetable over the
next few months.
Speaking on BBC tele-
vision, he said that by the
end of this month he and
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance would have had long
conversations with the lead-
ers of the nations directly
involved in the dispute.
The U.S. would then de-
cide whether there was
common ground for an
agreement and Vance
would return to the Middle
East and put together
"what we think is a con-
sensus among the nations in-
volved - ..The U.S. would ei-
ther "go public with it - or
present it as an agenda for
a meeting at Geneva.
Carter said that if he saw
clearly "a fair and equiable
solution", he would not hesi-
tate to use 'the full strength
of the United States and its
persuasive powers" to
bring about agreement.
However, he recognized
that the U.S. "cannot im-
pose our will on others",
and unless the countries in-
volved agreed there was no
way to make progress.
"At this point - , he added,
"we have a group of moder-
-ate leaders in the Middle
1 :ast, all of whom have an
\- -inclination to trust our gov-
ernment to be fair. And if I
should ever do anything as
President to cause the Arab
leaders to think that I was
unfair to them and their in-
terests, then the hope for
peace would be reduced sub-
stantially. And the same
thing applies to Israel. -
Asked about his strong
championship of human
rights, President Carter de-
nied that it had harmed the
prospects for detente with
the ° Soviet Union. "It's an
undeviating commitment
that I intend to maintain
until the last day I'm in of-
fice, - he said.
When. the Soviet Union
and the United States meet
at the forthcoming Bel-
grade Conference, Carter
wants the Soviets t6 "dem-
onstrate along with us that
we've moved very strong-
ly towards 'correcting
human rights violations
within our own countries. -
The U.S. had also been
guilty on occasions, he
added.
In Washington, the State
Department categorically
denied that President Car-
ter's remarks implied in
any way that the U.S.
might try to impose a
peace settlement in the
Middle East. The State De-
partment also denied any
such implication in recent
remarks by the U.S. Am-
bassador to the . United Na-
tions, Andrew Young.
In Jerusalem, Defense
Minister Shimon Peres who
has assumed the functions
of Premier. was quoted in
Maariv as saying that an
imposed settlement in the
Mideast would be no settle-
ment at all since it would
be only on Israel.
At Sunday's Cabinet meet-
ing, Peres said U.S policy
is basically consistent with
Israel's. but that Arab-prop-
agandists are trying to cre-
ate the impression that it
has shifted.
He said the U.S. still op-
poses participation by the
Palestine Liberation Organi-
zation at the Geneva confer-
ence, is opposed to a Pales-
tinian state on the West
Bank and tends to share Is-
rael's definition of the na-
ture of a peace settlement
and rejects the idea of an
imposed settlement.
Carter is scheduled to
meet Syrian President
Hafez Assad next week,
and Vance has set a.
Wednesday meeting with Is-
raeli Foreign Minister
Yigal Allon. Saudi Arabia's
Crown Prince Fand is
scheduled to be in Washing-
ton May 25.
Following his three-day
visit to Washington last
week, King Hussein of Jor-
dan made it clear that he is
not in agreement with Presi-
dent Anwar Sadat of Egypt
on a Palestinian state or
with the Palestine. Liber-
ation Organization.
According to Hussein. it
is up to "the Palestinians,"
who include people living in
Jordan, to decide by plebis-
cite what they want to do
with their future. That state-
ment by the Jordanian Mon-
arch raised the long ob-_
scured fact that the PLO is
not synonymous with the
Palestinian people and is
not their spokesman.
His remarks were made
at a Washington luncheon
sponsored by the Arab-
American Association for
Commerce and Industry
and the Middle East In-
stitute.
Dakotans Seek
Historical Info
FARGO, N.D. — The re-
search committee of the
Jewish Historical Project of
North Dakota is attempting
to locate former North Da-
kota residents or their de-
scendents in an effort to ob-
tain material for a forth-
coming book on the history
of the Jews of North Da-
kota.
Information from any
other persons having knowl-
edge of any events in North
Dakota Jewish history is
also sought.
To contribute informa-
tion, write Mrs. Toba Gel-
ler, 417 Oakland Ave. S.,
Fargo, N.D. 58102; or Mrs.
Ruth Landfield, 1700 Ninth
St. S., Fargo, N.D. 58102.
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