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Holocaust Play

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six-piece student-faculty or-
chestra.
The $54,000 production is
being underwritten by pri-
vate donations, the Mich-
igan Council for the Arts
and Michigan Council for
the Humanities, the Prentis
Foundation, other grants
and ticket sales.
According to Rabbi
Charles Rosenzveig of the
HMC, local interest in
Brundibar began more than
a year ago when Ruth Adler
Schnee, a childhood friend of
Sister Veronika, gave a tape
and score to Lillian Genser
of WSU's Center for Peace
and Conflict Studies. Mrs.
Genser had seen Brundibar
in Ottawa 10 years ago, but
was unsuccessful in produc-
ing the opera in Detroit. She
showed the materials to
Peter Schoenbach, chairman
of WSU's Department of
Music, and to Rabbi Rosenz-
veig.
Dr. Schoenbach calls
Brundibar "an ecumenical
effort. The Holocaust was
humanity's problem, not just
Jewry's problem, and this
production will be inter-
racial and interreligious."
Mrs. Genser calls it
"exciting in its implications
for non-Jewish audiences."
Philip Fox of WSU's
theater department is direc-
tor of the production.
Dr. Guy Stern, who wrote
the prologue and epilogue to
emphasize the Holcoaust

theme, described the opera's
setting. Two children need
milk for their sick mother,
and compete with the organ
grinder Brundibar for the
attention of the crowds in
the street. Chased away by
the evil Brundibar, the chil-
dren are helped by a dog, a
cat and a swallow.
Said Rabbi Rosenzveig,
"Children imprisoned and
facing eventual death in
Thereisenstadt, the Nazis'
showcase concentration

Brundibar will be
performed in
mid-December at
WSU and Temple
Israel.

camp, found spiritual escape
in performing Brundibar."
The opening program,
featuring Mr. Varani and
Cantor Orbach, will be held
at WSU's Community Arts
Auditorium 8 p.m. Dec. 13.
Brundibar will be performed
free at 11 a.m. Dec. 14 for
public and parochial school
groups.
Public performances will
be staged at 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at
Community Arts and at 2
p.m. Dec. 16 at Temple
Israel. Tickets cost $8 and
are available from WSU's
Hilberry Theater or the
Holocaust Memorial Center.

HMC Undergoing
Extensive Repairs

The long, sloping en-
tryway which greets visitors
inside the doors of the Holo-
caust Memorial Center has
been closed for repairs.
Visitors to the HMC for the
next six weeks will begin
tours by viewing videotapes
of the closed exhibits from
the Jewish Community
Center's DeRoy Theater
before touring the rest of the
HMC.
Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig,
executive director of the
HMC, said the walls and
ceiling will be repaired to
halt leaks from the Garden
of the Righteous, located
between the entrances of the
HMC and the JCC.
The rabbi said a $420,000
settlement over the leaks
was reached through ar-
bitration with the HMC's
architect and general con-
tractor. Rabbi Rosenzveig
estimates the total cost of
repairs will be $540,000 and
will necessitate closing the
HMC for some time next
summer to complete repairs

and update some of the
HMC's video displays.
The rabbi said he did not
want to close the facility
during the school year, when
the Holocaust Center
receives the bulk of its
visitors. In 1989, the HMC
had 136,000 visitors.

"Immil NEWS h1"1.

Anti-Semitism
In Japan ?

Washington (JTA) —
Japan's ambassador to the
United States sought to
assure a Jewish audience
this week that anti-
Semitism is not prevalent
among the Japanese people.
"I can say categorically
anti-Semitism has no root in
my country," Ambassador
Ryohei Murata said at a lun-
cheon last month sponsored
by the Washington chapter
of the American Jewish
Committee.

