THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jewish Deaf Seek to Develop the Religious
Traditions Practiced by Their Counterparts
BY JOSEPH POLAKOFF
'Copyright 1977. JTA. Inc.)
The first World Congress
of Jewish Deaf. which is to
be held July 30-Aug. 4 in
Tel Aviv will discuss the es-
tablishment of a framework
for a global organization to
help develop Jewish life
within deaf communities
various countries and foster
international relations
among them.
In addition to these pur-
poses. the five workshops
arranged for the week-long
program includes dis-
cussions on religious
services. education in Jew-
, `-ialues. relations with Is-
youth exchange pro-
gramming. research and
care of deaf survivors of
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the Holocaust, and social
and communal gaps and
their influence on the deaf.
Tours of Israel in accord-
ance with group interest
and a reception by Presi-
dent Ephraim Katzir in Je-
rusalem are also on the pro-
gram. Israel's deaf associ-
ation is host to the con-
gress.
In the United States. the
National Congress of Jew-
ish Deaf (NCJD) has about
1.000 members while its 12
affiliates have a combined
membership of approx-
imately 10,000. Besides
them. according to NCJD
executive director Alexan-
der Fleischman of Green-
belt. Md.. Jews in this coun-
try who are deaf Or have
impaired hearing number
close to 25,000 more.
The NCJD reports its ac-
complishments for Jewish
deaf include arrangements
for Bar Mitzva by the deaf.
activities at synagogues in
New York, Chicago and Los
Angeles fully supported by
the deaf themselves.
The NCJD, formed in
1956 in New York City, was
established, a brochure
says, "when many Jewish
leaders of the deaf all over
the country realized there
was a need to join together
in a common bond—to fos-
ter Judaism among the Jew-
ish deaf."
Affiliates of the NCJD
are in New York. Chicago.
Cleveland, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia, Washington,
Boston. Brooklyn and Balti-
more. Gallaudet College in
Washington. the world's
only liberal arts college for
the deaf. has a Hillel Club.
Los Angeles has Temple
Beth Solomon of the Deaf,
in New York exists Temple
Beth Or of the Deaf, and
Chicago has Cong. Bene
Shalom of the Deaf.
Coincidentally. the youth
movement of the union of
Orthodox Jewish Congrega-
tions of America has an-
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nounced it is embarking on
an outreach program to
help bring the Jewish deaf
throughout the United
States to - traditional Jew-
ish practices."
SAN FRANCISCO—The
opera. "The Emperor of At-
lantis." secretly written by
inmates of a Nazi concentra-
tion camp. made its Ameri-
can debut April 14.
Congregations
Host Bond Events
NEW YORK—After inter-
views and auditions all over
the United States. Issak Ta-
vior, the Israeli pianist and
conductor. has signed con-
tracts with 52 professional
American musicians who
will be leaVing for Israel
this summer to constitute
the Galilee Orchestra under
his direction.
Under terms of the con-
tract, the young musicians
who will both perfOrm and
teach after completing a
seven-month Hebrew ulpan.
There will 'be a variety of
concerts offered in the Gali-
lee towns of Carmiel.
Safed, Nazareth, Midgal
Haemek, Tiberias and N_a-
haria.
In addition to performing
as an orchestra the musi-
cians will be divided into
various ensembles with re-
pertoires ranging from clas-
sical quartets and trios to
jazz.
NEW YORK—More than
550 congregations in the
United States and Canada
took part in celebrations of
the 10th anniversary of the
reunification of Jerusalem
at special Israel Bond
events April 20.
Plans for these celebra-
tions which began on Inde-
pendence Day and will con-
tinue until the end of June
were announced at a meet-
ing of the National Cam-
paign Cabinet of the Israel
Bond Organization at the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
The largest number of an-
niversary programs, ar-
ranged by the National Rab-
binic Cabinet of Israel
Bonds, Have been sched-
uled for May 16, the day of
liberation according to the
Hebrew calendar. Many
others. will be held on June
7. the Gregorian date when
Israel's Defense Forces pen-
etrated the Old City 10
years ago.
Written by Czech-born
composer Vikto Ullmann
and librettist Peter Kien
while they were inmates at
Theresienstadt. the opera
has been hailed abroad as a
powerful discovery. It was
performed by San Fran-
cisco's Spring Opera Thea-
ter.
A short time after the
opera was completed. Ul-
lmann and Kien were
moved to Auschwitz where
they we-re killed, and the
manuscript. written in Ger-
man. was lost.
After apparently having
been passed from inmate to
inmate. the manuscript
surfaced after the was in
bits and pieces. Four years
.ago. Kerry Woodward, a
PRAGUE (JTA) —
"Prace" (Work), the cen-
tral paper of the Czechoslo-
vakian trade unions. is pub-
lishing serially the novel.
"The Nephew of the Emper-
or," written at the turn of
the century by Karl Jakob
Kirsh, a Jewish author. The
theme of the story deals
with a Jewish lawyer and
his family. The .book had
been scheduled for pub-
lication in the 1930s but was
prevented by the Nazis.
worth another $750,000.
Doron said the three
countries could also be a
market for Israel's tur-
key farmers.
young Welsh conductor. ob-
tained it. and the opera pre-
miered in Amsterdam in
1975.
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Opera by Holocaust Victims
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Americans Form
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geese if it wants to satisfy
its European customers,
the board's director,
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- According to the
Jerusalem Post, Doron
said in his announcement
that goose livers, meat
and feathers are in great
demand in Europe.
France, which is Israel's
biggest customer for
goose livers, is running
short of supplies.
Doron said new ar-
rangements have been
signed with France, Bel-
gium and Germany,
which means that Israel
will have to increase its
production for export
from 150 tons of goose
products being sent•to
Europe this year to 180
tons next year.
The goose livers will
bring Israel $4.5 million
this year, Doron said. The
meat and feathers are
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