8 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, June 21, 1980 DANCE! into the 80's inr PARTIES BY Rock & Roll Disco 50's, 60's, 70's Best Music We Haven't Stopped Dancing — Why Should You! Call Dan Sandberg 353 6699 - APPRAISALS DONE WHILE YOU WAI CALL FOR APPOINTMENT 356-2525 Daily 10-6 Thurs. 10-8 Creative Jewelers 29173 Northwestern Hwy. / Southfield, M148034 / (313) 356-2525 at 12 Mile Rd., Franklin Plaza BUCKLES Luis ibMITED SUPER BELT SALE ISRAELI IMPORTED BUCKLES . . . $9 each HAND MADE — SOLID BRASS 35 Designs 7- Holy Land History M-GO-BLUE BUCKLES $5.00 each Now Available - German Silver Buckles "-- PEARL SCISSORS "THE BUCKLE LADY" MOST BUCKLES 3 FOR $11 EACH OVER "1,200" DIFFERENT STYLES LARGEST BUCKLE DISPLAY 1N MICHIGAN 2240 COOLIDGE 5 BLK1.11E.y.OmF4810712-MILE 545-6885 Mooday thru Saturday 10-6 — Free Parking Freedom Focus of Steinberg Concert Freedom will be the focal point of the Mildred S. Steinberg Memorial Con- cert to be heard 8 p.m. Sun- day at Temple Israel. Entitled, "A Time for Freedom," the concert will feature members of the American Conference of Cantors who are meeting in Detroit. The Kenneth Detroit., conducted Jewell by Eric Freudigman, also will be featured. The program will begin with an introduction by Rabbi M. Robert Syme of the temple, and will be fol- lowed by "In Biblical Times: A Test of Faith." That por- tion of the program will fea- ture "The Trial of Job" by Cantor David Benedict of Temple Israel, Lawrence, N.Y.; tenor soloist, Cantor Thomas Schwartz of Temple Emanu-El, Willowdale, Ont.; dance soloist Richard Orbach of New York; and as narrator, Cantor Richard Botton, Central Synagogue, New York. Rabbi Leon Fram will introduce "In the Middle Ages: Surviving the Ex- pulsion from Spain." The featured pieces and ar- tists are: 12th Century "Piyutim," Cantor Mimi Frishman, Temple Israel, Croton on Hudson, N.Y.; 14th Century Ladino Songs from "The Golden Age of Spanish Jewry"; dancers, Sue Ellen Darr, Janet Prieur, Randi San- From The COUNCIL of ORTHODOX RABBIS .. . KASHRUTH ALERT Responding to the many inquiries received at our office, we make the following announcement The ONLY Breads Sold In This Area And Sanctioned By Us Are....' ZEMAN'S BAKERY 25258 Greenfield, Oak Park ZEMAN'S BAKERY 30760 Southfield, S'field MERTZ BAKERY 24770 Coolidge, Oak Park MERTZ BAKERY 23055 Coolidge, Oak Park WE DO NOT SANCTION BREADS PRODUCED OR SOLD BY ANY OTHER BAKERY OR RETAILER ATTENTION RETAILERS Grocers. Chain Stores Super Markets Help the Jewish community maintain its high standards. If you plan to offer your customers bread products certified as KOSHER, please be sure to offer ONLY products from the bakeries listed above. • TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AT LARGE .. . Your cooperation in using only bread products baked by the above bakeries and certified as KOSHER by us will assure that you are serving fine quality and helping us maintain the high standards set for KOSHER products. • TO ALL BAKERY OWNERS who feel they cah adhere, to our standards. You are invited to phone for details on obtaining our certification ... 559-5005. field and Barbara Selinger, who will per- form in a work choreog- raphed by Paula Kramer of Wayne State Univer- sity; and musicians, Janet Smarr, soprano; Roger Marcus, guitar. Costumes were created under the direction of Barbara Mostaghim. "Echo Poem for a 17th Century Wedding in Man- tua" and "Inauguration of the Synagogue in Siena in 1789" will follow, and Can- tor Arturo Sergi of Cong. Beth Israel, Houston, Tex., will be the tenor soloist. He will be followed by "Music from 18th. Century Casale Monferrato." Rabbi Harold Loss will MILDRED S. STEINBERG introduce "In Our Day: Sur- viving Spiritual Genocide." That section of the program will begin with "A Time for Freedom," with music by Cantor Charles Davidson of Cong. Adath Jeshurun of Elkins Park, Pa., and text by Cantor Samuel Rosen- baum, Rochester, N.Y. Soloists are Davis Gloff, Temple Emanu-El; Cantor Edward Fogel, Temple Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, Mo.; Cantor Barbara Ostfeld, Temple Beth El, Great Neck, -N.Y. Narrator will be Cantor Raymond Smolove- Jewish Community C' ter, White Plains, N. .t. Dalos Grobe is the ac- companist. Free tickets are available by calling the temple, 863- 7769. Jan Peerce Enchants 3,500 at Shaarey Zedek Concert; Takes Pride in Having Shared Podiums With Greatest Hazanim Jan Peerce remains the master of his art. At 76, with an unmatched record of operatic and hazanic per- forinances for more than six decades, he continues to be the darling of the masses, admired by music-lovers, adored when he chants can- torial and liturgical hymns. This became evident when the 3,500 at the con- cert he performed at Cong. Shaarey Zedek on Tuesday evening demonstrated their appreciation, cheering him for his renditions. He displayed his charm as a singer who has dominated public functions, as the entertainer who becomes one of the audience and does not turn down a request for an encore. The feeling often crept through the record audience: why should he re- fuse an encore when he loves his music so much! The demonstration for Peerce was like a holiday experience. Only on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kip- pur is the audience matched. The parking lots were filled, there were hundreds of cars on the grass adjoining the lots, the security force in evidence on Holy Days was there to watch over the crowds. The program was a mix- ture of everything that made Peerce popular through the decades — the operatic, the cantorial, the prayers, the folk songs. He was superb in all these di- visions. Allen Rogers was Peerce's piano accompanist. press conference on Mon- day, at Shaarey Zedek, Harvey Weisberg told of his parents' love for music and their interest in establish- ing such a program as part of the synagogue's cultural commission. Mrs. Louis (Celia) Ruda, who directs the synagogue's - public relations activities, presided at the press confer- ence and Mrs. Walter (Leah) Field, chairman of the cultural commission, spoke of the communal and synagogue appreciation of the Weisberg gift. She applauded the role in the preparations for the concert of Cantor Chaim Najman and the efficiency with which Mrs. Joseph (Elsie) Deutch organized the event as chairman of ticket distri- bution. Describing his experi- ences as a vocalist, after he had first commenced what might have been a career as a violinist, Peerce started as a choir boy in his father's synagogue. He has to his credit 28 years in the Metropolitan Opera and he spoke of his great pride in being a vocalist. He explained that there has always been an influ- ence of the hazanic, the can- torial art, upon popular • American music, and he commented that so many of the composers were either sons of hazanim or had sung in synagogue choirs. He also pointed to the hasidic rhythm that has gained a role in music, and he took occasion to praise the Chabad Lubavitch movement which he has learned to admire. He told of having attended a Chabad camp and Chabad synagogues and of the es- teem he has acquired for Lubavitch services. Speaking about musi- cians, Peerce commended the activities of Karl Haas of WJR Radio and his na- tional interpretive radio programs, calling him a great musician Speaking about music in Israel, Peerce men- tioned some of the most notable there and he ex- pressed regret that there is so little of the Yiddish folk songs heard there. He expressed the hope that it will be improved upon. Attending as guests at the concert were residents of the Jewish Home for the Aged and the Federation Apartments and Russians who are studying English at the Jewish Center. —P.S. Cantor: Adler Announces Retirement from Bnai David Cantor Hyman J. Adler, who became the cantor of Cong. Bnai David 35 years ago, has announced he will At the intermission, retire from that post June 1, Rabbi Irwin. Groner greeted 1981. the gathering, thanked the Cantor Adler began his Weisberg family for their tenure with the congrega- generosity in sponsoring tion in 1945 when the the Shaarey Zedek musical synagogue was located at program and spoke with de- Elmhurst and 14th Streets light about Peerce's great in Detroit. gifts as a musician who has He was actively in- helped advance the art both volved with the Boy as an operatic and folk Scout troop sponsored by singer. the congregation, and The program was made was honored by the sc- possible by the establish- outing movement. He has ment of a generous grant for made visits on behalf of musical programs as part of the Jewish War Veterans the cultural commission of and to the Jewish Home Shaarey Zedek by Mr. and for Aged locations, Mrs. Peter Weisberg. At a entertaining patients and CANTOR ADLER residents. Mosaic Ldoge of the Ma- sons has honored him re- peatedly. Community organizations often invite Cantor Adler to their events to share his humor and ex- periences.