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• SPRING FESTIVAL •
Wednesday, March 22
8:00 p.m.

last month was one of her
most memorable. She sang at
the new Jewish cultural
center in Moscow.
Traveling with a group of
tourists from New York, Can-
tor Hirschenfang visited Len-

Cantor Gail Hirschenfang

ingrad and Moscow. While at
the cultural center, she heard
a concert by Israeli singer
Yaffa Yarkoni.. Then Cantor
Hirschenfang was asked to
sing. She performed a number

of Israeli folk songs before an
audience of 250.
Cantor
Hirschenfang
brought not only song but
new programs to Temple Beth
Zion during her eight years
with the Buffalo congrega-
tion. She started the junior
choir and an adult volunteer
choir and instituted programs
for Jewish music month,
Israel Independence Day and
Yom Hashoah. She also
hosted cantoral concerts in
addition to the cantor's usual
duties — bar and bat mitzvah
tutoring and teaching in the
temple's religious school.
Her participation in the
many congregational ac-
tivities reflects her
philosophy that "Music
should permeate every aspect
of the synagogue."
Rabbi Daniel Polish, senior
rabbi of Temple Beth El, said
Cantor Hirschenfang has a
"beautiful and eloquent voice
that is soulful and moving.
She has a wonderful sense of
worship and how to use music
to create an environment that
invites us to pray."

JOSHUA DELL

Hailed throughout the world, this young vir-
tuoso was a featured artist in the 1988 Lin-
coln Center "Great Performer Series." He is
- a frequent guest soloist with the
Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony,
Cleveland Orchestra, and the rest of the no-
tion's best. Mr. Bell is the first violinist in 10
years to be signed exclusively by Decca/Lon-
don records.

To quote Robert Commanday of the San Francisco Chronicler: "Bell is simply a natural,
playing as though the violin were the first and most obvious instrument ever invented and
he were born for it. Bell's tone compels the listening and captivates the senses, remaining
true and even through the registers. That is the gift of a wondrous bow arm and com-
mand, a bow that for him is a wand, a breath, a brush. Coupled with an impeccable
technique, it enables him to do what he plesaes musically, and that works out to please.
He also has proper musical instincts, training, taste. and, apparently, the intelligence."

Tuesday, April 18
8:00 p.m.

VLADIMIR FELTSMAN

Mr. Feltsman has proven himself to be one of the most im-
portant pianists of his generation since his arrival in the U.S.
in 1987. In addition to appearing at the 1968 Lincoln Center
Mostly Mozart Festival and the Mann Music Festival in
Philadelphia, he has participated in a White House perfor-
mance. Mr. Feltsman has been featured on "60 Minutes" and
in Time and Newsweek.

Tuesday, May 2
8:00 p.m.

I TORAH PORTION I

The Vision Of Moses
For Our Generation

RABBI IRWIN GRONER

Special to The Jewish News

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his Sabbath marks the
the reading of the last
sidrah of the Book of
Exodus. The great saga of
liberation ends with an inven-
tory of the materials and fur-
nishings of the tabernacle, a
dull and repititious stock tak-
ing. It seems, at first glance,
so unnecessary and banal. We
turn to the Ibrah for spiritual

Shabbat Pekude:
Exodus
38:21-40:38,
Kings 1 7:51-8:21

sustenance, for divine inspira-
tion. What interest have we
in the dry details of a long-
defunct sanctuary building?
Moses thought otherwise.
He insisted on the inventory.
He was handling public
funds; an account had to be
given. The fact that he was
dealing with sacred assets did

Irwin Groner is senior rabbi
of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.

GEORGE WILL

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not absolve him from the duty
of providing a scrupulous ex-
planation of his stewardship.
Three times the people are
complimented for having car-
ried out construction plans
exactly as they were told.
"And the children of Israel
made it in accordance with all
that God had commanded
Moses." This emphasis on ex-
actness and faithfulness to
minute detail constitutes the
enduring lesson of this last
chapter of Exodus. Moses and
his people scrupulously
followed the divine blueprint
and carried out their
mandate.
The text suggests that
human greatness is not
achieved by one-time, spec-
tacular accomplishment, but
rather in the quite, steady
performance of duties and the
fulfillment of responsibilities.
Heroic acts of devotion and
self-sacrifice are noble and in-
spiring. Yet, the more authen-
tic measures for greatness are
evident in the performance
and reliability of man's
character. These achieve-
ments are found in the life-
long dedication to that which

A Pulitzer Prize recipient, Mr. Will's newspaper column appears
in more than 460 newspapers. He is a contributing editor at
Newsweek and a news analyst for ABC-Capital Cities network.
In 1986, he was named "The Best" columnist by Washington
Magazine. Dubbed a "Media Superstar" by The Wall Street Jour-
nal, Mr. Will has taught political philosophy at Michigan State -
University and has served on the staff of The U.S. Senate.

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