- - "and the night shall be filled with music" 4114 edllassosi, ler Childhood Taste The good old days weren't always the best, except in the case of the bagel. Balfour Concert CELEBRATING JERUSALEM 3000 PETER GREENBAUM I SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Once upon a time I lived in par- adise. When I was little, my father would take my older brother and me to breakfast at a small bakery — the Bagel Paradise. The bak- er, a huge man with powerful forearms, always greeted us from behind the counter. Smiling, he A would slice up large poppyseed bagels and spread them with fresh cream cheese. Slightly crunchy on the outside, soft and tender inside, his bagels easily filled us until lunchtime. There are at least half-a-dozen "gourmet" bakeries within a few blocks of my home and each boasts an impressive menu of bagels. Some are made with _ cheddar cheese, others with zuc- / chini. There are whole wheat bagels and ones made with rose- mary. Every morning, crowds of people line up for their bagels and French or Colombian roasted cof- fees. It took just one visit for me to realize that something has been lost. `Today's ersatz bagels are man- ufactured at high speed and the doughs used are very simple," says Arnold Dworkin, owner of Kaufman's Bagel and Deli- catessen in Skokie, M. "Old-style bagels are made more slowly with a more complex mix of ingredi- ents. They eat differently." Kaufman's, which sits smack in the middle of an old Jewish neighborhood, reminds me of that bakery my family visited so long /— I ago. It's a weathered, flat-roofed store, settled in with other older shops and businesses. A cus- tomer takes a ticket and waits his or her turn. There's plain, onion or poppy- seed bagels and a hearty selection of breads and rolls — nothing fan- cy and no gourmet coffee. Mr. Dworkin's father estab- lished Kaufman's in the 1920s. In those days, it was a European bakery and sold a variety of rolls and breads. "A lot of people steam their bagels," says Mr. Dworkin. "We boil them. It's superior because the bagel gets a nice, pliable skin and it takes out some of the starch." I'm a long way from my child- hood. But when I make the trip across town to Kaufman's and pick up some fresh bagels, it feels a lot closer. ❑ \ Peter Greenbaum is a Chicago freelance writer. at the New Beautiful Detroit Opera House Tuesday, November 5th, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. HONOR N G STARRING Roberta Peters A singer of vocal radiance, Roberta Peters illuminates the concert stage as one of America's favorite artists of this century. Her beautiful voice, great showmanship and winning charm have continued to captivate worldwide audiences. Although opera has been the center of her artistic life, Miss Peters is also active in musicals. "The King and I," Noel Coward's "Bittersweet," "Merry Widow" and as Maria in "The Sound of Music," all highly praised, sold out engagements. In 1995 she returned to films in "City Hall." She has often appeared in Israel, performing in a benefit concert for the Roberta Peters Scholarship Fund at Tel Aviv University. also featuring THE ZAMIR CHORALE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT Benjamin Cohen, Musical Director Rochelle Barr, Accompanist MORRIS D. BAKER, of Blessed Memory and BEVERLY BAKER, will receive ZONs prestigious Justice Louis D. Brandeis award. PAUL BORMAN Morris Baker was an architect and a builder, but he was primarily a builder of family, of community and of Jewish continuity. A Zionist leader and philanthropist, he served as vice-president of Metro Detroit ZOA and was a member of ZOAs national board and its national executive committee. Zionism and Israel were Morrie Baker's "magnificent obsession." He and Beverly acquired a home in Netanya and subsequently in Jerusalem to forge a personal link with Israel and its people. Members of Congregation Shaarey Zedek and of the national board of CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, they maintained a close, per- sonal relationship with CLAUs founder, Rabbi Irving ("Yitz") Greenberg and with the famed Talmud commentator, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. A community leader in her own right, Beverly Baker is a Life Member of the National Council of Jewish Women, a past Presidium-Member of the Brandeis University National Women's Committee, a former Board member of the Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Detroit and a board-member of Metro Detroit ZOA. She is also a life member of ORT, Hadassah, WIZO, B'nai Brith Women, Naamat, Friends of Hillel Day School and the Sisterhood of Congregation Adat Shalom. An art enthusiast and collector, Beverly Baker is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music and has taught music at the Berkley School System. Honorary Chairman Harold Berry Hon. 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