THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 23, 1977 53
On 60th Anniversary, Ida Kaminska Muses on State of Yiddish Theater
NEW YORKâIda Ka-
minska, the grande dame of
modern Yiddish theater,
celebrated her 60th anniver-
sary in the medium Dec. 4
I
at Queens College.
TI2:e celebration included
a program of Kaminska's
drarriatic accomplishments,
and consisted of the second
act of one of her most
triumphant productions,
"Mirele Efros"; an adapt-
ion of Joseph Latteiner's
"Sureh Sheindel"; and two
screen excerpts from her
Youth News
BETH SHALOM United
Synagogue Youth will hold
an oneg Shabat tonight in
the home of Lisa Goldstein,
28241 Eastbrook Ct., Farm-
ington Hills. The Beth Sha-
lom USY will compete
against the Adat Shalom
USY in a game of "Family
Feud." BSUSY members at-
tending the international
convention in Toronto next
week are Scott Littky, Jeff
Goodman and Ron Leder-
man.
* * *
BNAI DAVID Talit and
Tefilin Club held its first
bowling tournament Sun-
day, following 9 a.m. serv-
ices and breakfast. Winning
team consisted of Leonard
Nagel and son Rod Nagel,
Fred Brown and son Steve
Brown. High game trophy
was awarded to Diane
Shaw. The group will meet
Sunday, but the Jan. 1 meet-
ing is canceled. Alan Hur-
vitz is group adviser.
Shabat Junior congrega-
tion will hold youth services
10- a.m.-Saturday. Children
age 4-7 will meet in Story
Hour, while yotith age 8-10
gather in the choir room.
Youth age 11-14 will' lead
their own service in the
small chapel. Groups will
not meet Dec. 31, but - will
resume weekly gatherings
Jan. 7.
Ha-or (grades 5-6) has re-
scheduled its oneg Shaliat
program for - January. The
group will hold a roll-
erskating activity Jan. 7,
meeting 1:30 p.m. in the
synagogue. For informa-
tion, contact adviser Steve
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.)
Kideckel, 968-1765.
Atid senior group (grades
9-12) basketball team holds
weekly practice meetings at
7 p.m. Mondays at Kennedy
Elementary school in South-
field. Rick Behar is team
captain.. Players are : Steve
Dines, David Epstein, Bob-
by Friedman, Mike Gold,
David Karp, Greg Linn, Al
Mudrick, Paul Metier, Bar-
ry Shulak, Scott Winkelman
and Terry Zucker.
The team cheerleading
squad holds practice ses-
sions 6:30 p.m. every Mon-
day in the synagogue youth
lounge. Members are : Jody
Orzuch, Diane Shaw, Bonnie
Gould, Marcie Greenberg
and Aleda Levy.
The Bnai David Gruskin
Library will be closed dur-
ing winter vacation. All chil-
dren's activities will resume
Jan. 4. For information,
contact the librarian, Sher
Rice, 557-8211.
For information on the
youth program at Bnai Da-
vid, contact the synagogue
youth-line, 557-8325.
* * *
The Jewish attitude to-
wards adoption has to be
regarded as somewhat enig-
matic. On the one hand the
Talmud derives from scrip-
tural sources that "one who
raises an orphan in his
home is considered as if he
had given birth to him"
(Sanhedrin 19b; Megila
13a).
It is thus that adopting a
child is considered an act of
great charity (Ketubot 50a).
Indeed, the Almighty him-
self is considered to be the
father of orphans (Psalms
68:6).
Some infer that the Bible
referred to adopted people
as Eliezer adopted by Abra-
ham, Moses adopted by
Batya, Esther adopted by
Mordehai.
On the other hand the
procedure of adoption can-
not sever the relationship
between the child and his
natural parents. The latter
still carry responsibility for
him. Thus, in this regard,
the adopting parents are an
additional set of benefactors
for the child. Yet, the child
must show respect to both
sets of parents-.
Unit for Retarded
to Meet Thursday
The Fresh Air Society,
Camp Tamarack and the
Group Services Division of
the Jewish Community Cen-
ter will present "The Cat
and Company Traveling
Disco and Light Show" 8
p.m. Saturday in Shiffman
Hall of the main Center
complex.
Youth in grades 9-12 are
invited. Game room facil-
ities will be available.
There is a nominal charge.
r
Habonim Confab Meets Here
-
"No theater can exist
without support," said Miss
Kaminska. "In Poland,
there is still a Yiddish thea-
ter, the one I directed until I
left Poland in 1968, but there
are no Jews to go to it.
IDA KAMINSKA
cording to Richard R. Shep-
ard of the New York Times.
The 78-year-old actress
spoke about the future of
the Yiddish theater. She
"In Israel, where I have
an apartment, there is no
support," she added. "If _I
could find support for a the-
ater there, I would do it.
Otherwise, I miss my -fam-
ily here. What can I do?"
gift
The Association for Jew-
ish Retarded will hold its
next general meeting 8 p.m.
Thursday in Room 13 of the
10 Mile Jewish Community
Center.
Guest speaker will be
Mrs. Shari Falvey, adminis-
trative assistant to the Oak-
land County Association for
Retarded Citizens. Elections
also will take place. Re-
freshments will be _served.
Family and friends are in-
vited.
Disco for Teens
Zionism is viable without
aliya; the role of socialism
in Habonim and the ques-
tion of "self-fulfillment."
The delegates will also
discuss a possible merger
with Dror, another Zionist
youth movement which is
affiliated with the Israeli
kibutz movement.
The discussions also will
include the question of corn-
mittment of individual
members, the role of the
local chapters and the rela- -
tionship between the local
chapters and the national
Habonim.
National officers for the
next two years will be elect-
ed.
Local coordinators for the
convention are Louis King
of Ann Arbor, Sharon Blu-
menberg and Daniel Me-
dow. Gadi Gur, the
shaliakh to Habonim for
Michigan and Ohio is the
adviser for the convention.
recalled that when she was
a _little girl in Poland, her
mother, Esther, already a
famous actress in the
Yiddish theater, expressed
concern that the Yiddish
theater was dying and that
she should raise her
children to do something
other than what had been a
family tradition.
Jewish Attitude Toward Adoption .
* * *
Habonim Labor Zionist
Youth will deliberate over
basic questions concerning
the future direction of the
youth movement, at its na-
tional convention to be held-
Monday through Dec. 31 in
Metropolitan Detroit.
The convention will con-
vene 7:30 p.m. Monday at
the Labor Zionist Institute_
The keynote speech will be
delivered by Mortis Zilka,
head of the American Zion-
ist Youth Foundation. The
adult LabOr Zionist move-
ment will be represented by
Betty Rath, president of the
Detroit Pioneer Women
Council and Helen Naimark,
Zionist affairs chairman of
the Labor Zionist Alliance
Council.
The working sessions will
convene at Camp Tamarack
Tuesday. Workshops will be
held to discuss Habonim's
approach to the concept of
Zionism. Questions to be
discussed will be whether
non-Yiddish movies, "The
Shop on Main Street," and
"The Angel Levine" (in
which she co-starred with
the late Zero Mostel ), ac-
Engagements )
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A.
Cowan of Detroit announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Wendy Marsha
Cowan, to James Bartus,
son of IVIr. and Mrs. Flelix
F. Bartus. of Detroit. Miss
Cowan earned an associate -
degree in library technical
assistance from Oakland
Community College. Her
fiance attends Wayne State
University where he is ma-
joring in business adminis-
tration. No wedding date_
has been set.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G.
Beck of Southfield announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Annette Beck, to
Dr. Stuart Baine, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Baine of
Queens, N.Y. Miss Beck
was graduated from the
Grace Hospital School. of
Nursing. Her fiance was
graduated from Wayne
State University's medical
school. An August wedding
is planned.
Mrs. Paula Goldenberg of
Oak Park announces the en-
gagement- of her daughter,
Raya Goldenberg, to Avra-
ham Gontovnik, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Shaul Gontovnik of
Israel. Miss Goldenberg,
daughter of the late Mr.
Gershon Goldenberg, and
her fiance plan a spring
wedding in Israel.
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