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I Michigan Ear Institute
invites you to
The Dizzy Patient
Support Group
Organizational Meeting
Michigan Ear Institute is forming a patient and family support
group for those who suffer from Meniere's Disease and other
balance-related problems. Michael Jr LaRouere, M.D., one of
MEI's board certified otolaryngologists, will be present to
discuss some of the problems associated with disorders of
hearing and balance.
DATE and TIME: Thursday, May 2nd, 7-8 p.m.
LOCATION: Farmington Hills Community Center
24705 Farmington Road
Farmington Hills, MI
NO ENROLLMENT FEE
To enroll, call Michigan Ear Institute
at 476-4622 and ask for Debby.
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Music And Mozart
Rising To the Beat
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor Emeritus
W
hen the commu-
nally planned Mich-
igan Jewish Ar-
chives become the treasured
aspect of our historiography,
it will have more than one
academy. In addition to em-
phasis on arts, science and
literature, achievements in
music will be seriously con-
sidered.
Consideration of the
musical theme became vital
with the passing of an emi-
nent personality in the
Detroit music ranks.
Rebecca Frohman was
predominant in that field,
both as a soloist and a
teacher.
Her name is remembered
because she not only in-
spired the community's
fellow musicians but also
acted as accompanist for the
distinguished visiting per-
formers from all over the
world.
Remembering these facts
is to recall many related ex-
periences. One is about her
late husband, Dan Frohman,
and another is about her
many years of collaboration
with the eminent musician
Emma Schaver.
Rebecca and Emma were a
team who encouraged devo-
tion to folk songs. They gave
pdwer to the Yiddish
musical themes, together as
well as soloists.
It is no exaggeration to
recall that Rebecca Frohman
must have accompanied
Emma Schaver, who ac-
quired world fame as a
singer, at several hundred
functions. They were a team
that remains unforgettable.
Dan Frohman's contribu-
tions to music add impor-
tantly to memories about his
wife. He was a leader in such
important functions as the
Halevy Singing Society,
Chord of Judea and choirs in
Cleveland and other com-
munities.
Emma Schaver continues
to influence the advance-
ment of musical needs.
Rebecca Frohman shared
with her the pioneering of
the Music Study Club.
This is an academy with
two generations of mem-
orable activities.
Emma • Schaver with her
husband, the late Morris
Schaver, and the Frohmans
made notable contributions
to music and the estab-
lishment of music in Detroit.
They gave as much attention
to the liturgical as they did
to the Chasidic. In the latter
field, they enriched em-
phasis on folklore.
Preservation of the
recollections listed here add
to the commitments for the
Michigan Jewish Ar-
chives.
❑
Mozart Advocates
For some 30 years,
Marguerite Kozenn Chajes
has been popularizing the
personality and music of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The 200th anniversary of his
birth is being celebrated
world-wide in a 19-month
celebration.
For many years a leader in
musical circles here,
Marguerite Chajes, herself a
former Viennese opera
singer, has directed most of
the 31 yearly Mozart con-
certs and will supervise the
current one to be held May 5
at the Grosse Pointe War
Memorial. The program,
"Mozart in Prague," merits
interest and should be
welcomed.
Ms. Chajes, as leader of the
sponsoring group, the Pro-
Mozart Society of Greater
Detroit, has arranged for
participation in the event by
a group of young Russian
emigres, among whom are
former members of the Len-
ingrad Symphony Or-
chestra.
Already widely acclaimed
in Austrian and other
musical ranks as a Mozart
advocate, Marguerite Chajes
now adds glory to her
musical career in the Detroit
community.
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'''""1 NEWS Im•"""
Albanian Jews
End Exodus
Jerusalem (JTA) — The
last 16 Jews from Albania
arrived in Israel last week,
completing the exodus of the
minuscule Jewish commun-
ity from what was until just
recently the most isolated
country in Europe.
An El Al flight from Rome
brought the small party, en-
ding a semi-clandestine
operation that had been
under way since December.
All of Albania's 300 Jews
are now believed to have left
that Balkan country of 3.3
million, the last Stalinist
enclave on the continent,
which is now striving to
democratize.