The Eight Day Test
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 11
By Rose Lee Rothblatt
Call it Pesach or call it Passover,
But know that nothing could be greater;
Than for all Jews to earnestly observe
The first and second seders.
Sponge cake instead of apple pie,
Wine instead of beer;
Nuts instead of bubblegum,
You can do it for one week a year.
Eight days are not so very long,
As compared to those bitter years;
When our ancestors wandered and suffered and slaved,
Be thankful you haven’t those fears.
Boxes of matzoh instead of loaves of bread,
Bitter along with the sweet;
You’ll be proud of yourself at the end of the week,
If you don’t give in to defeat.
Be glad you are free,
And be glad you are able
To welcome all
To your seder table.
And for fellow Jews all over the world,
Help make their happiness real;
By donating as much as you possibly can
To the United Jewish Appeal!
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Star-Light Opera Announces Summer Program; Season Tickets Available
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 11
Star-Light’s recently announced schedule for the 1958 season aroused more interest than any in its 12 years of operation, according to Bill Dean, producer of the outdoor summer musicals in Balboa Park Bowl.
Opening July 3 with the recent Broadway smash hit “Damn Yankees,” still on national tour with the original New York cast, this fast-pace farce about Satan’s attempts to influence the great American game, will be followed July 17 with a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein favorite, “Oklahoma!”
In the center spot, starting July 31, will be the Drama Critics award-winning musical of 1956-57, “The Most Happy Fella” by Frank Loesser, now enjoying great popularity in Chicago with the Broadway cast and company. August 14 ushers in another revival of Star-Lights greatest triumph, Maribel Millard and John Powell in “The King and I.”
Climaxing the season, September 4 to 14, will be a complete innovation, an all-Negro cast and company in the Oscar Hammerstein II adaptation of the world’s most popular opera, “Carmen Jones.” Every note of the Georges Bizet score has been retained but the locale has been shifted from Spain to the U.S.A., during World War II. Each of the characters has been faithfully reproduced with American Negro counterparts. Carmen plays herself, now as a worker in a parachute plant, instead of a cigarette factory. Don Jose becomes plain G.I. Joe; Escamillo changes his sword and cape of a Torreador for the boxing gloves of the world’s heavy-weight champion, in Hammerstein’s modern American version, but the singing is just as demanding as though “Carmen” were being produced at the Met.
A county-wide search for Negro talent will start Sunday afternoon, April 13, at 2:00 for the nine prime singing principals, a chorus of 40 fine voices, and a dance group to do full justice to the well-beloved music of “Carmen.”
Meanwhile, former subscribers to season tickets are pouring in their requests for renewal of last year’s seating. The renewal period will expire April 15, after which applications from new season subscribers will be accepted and processed as received. In addition to a saving of 20%, season ticket holders will have the same good seats for all five shows and avoid the inconvenience of making special reservations each time they wish to attend. Details will be forthcoming in our next issue of April 18.
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Rabbi on Committee for “Pat” Brown
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 12
Rabbi Monroe Levens, Tifereth Israel Synagogue and Center, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Edmund G. “Pat” Brown for Governor campaign in San Diego County, it was announced from Brown’s local headquarters at 1601 Sixth St.
Others from San Diego named to the Executive Committee are Eli H. Levenson, William C. Moeser, O.D. Arnold, Capt. Jesse B. Gay, Howard L. Chernoff, Byron F. Lindsley, Armistead H. Carter, Cosimo Cutri, Leo K. Bates, Miss Louise Darby, Joseph P. McAndrews, John W. Quimby, Fred W. Payton, Dr. Jack J. Kimbrough, Mrs. William Fay, Mrs. Mabel Moorhead and Re. W.D. Livingstone.
The San Diego County campaign committee for Attorney General Brown’s bid for the Governor’s seat is headed by Burton I. Jones and Robert F. Driver, co-chairmen. Vice-chairmen are Harry Farb, Richard L. Vaughn, Vincent A. Whelan, Mrs. Ron T. Mcingtire and Clinton D. McKinnon. Abbott F. Riehle is campaign manager.
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Religious Leaders Aid {U.J.F.} Drive
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 13
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Southern California Exposition Obtains World’s Largest Indian Exhibit
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 13
The world’s largest museum of Southwest Indian relics has been obtained by the Southern California Exposition and County Fair, Manager Paul T. Mannen announced today.
Mannen said the Exposition’s Board of Directors recently authorized purchase of the John M. Sheedy Family Collection now on display at the Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, for $35,000. The transaction, he said, was completed after two years of negotiations.
Every effort will be made to move at least a portion of the collection to Del Mar in time for the 19th Annual Southern California Exposition and County Fair, June 27 through July 6.
Included will be basketwork made by tribes located along the north coast from Alaska to Oregon, in Mendocino Lake and Sonoma Counties, North Central California and Nevada, South and East Central tribes in Tulare, Kern and Inyo Counties, Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Eastern and Southern States.
Lew Lipton, a director, said the display will be invaluable to school students studying Indian lore and history. He placed the collection’s worth at more than $100,000.
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Teachers To Attend Conference on Problem Children
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 13
All sessions of the May 3 conference on helping the child who differs from the normal will be open to the interested public, Mrs. Charles Spiegel and Dr. Francis Ballantine, joint chairmen, announced this week. To be held at the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego, the conference program will range from the problems of the severely mentally retarded to those of the extremely gifted, with physical handicaps of all kinds.
Six hundred teaches in the Special Classes of California are expected to attend the parley which is sponsored by the International Council for Exceptional Children and the California Speech and Teaching Association.
The convention will open with May visits to Special Classes in the San Diego city and county schools on May 2. There will be an informal reception that evening for the delegates. Morning and afternoon sessions plus a luncheon and dinner Saturday will feature national and state leaders in the various fields dealing with the education of children deviating from the norm.
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Brain Teaser
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 13
Can you think of a ten letter word that has 3 letters used twice each in succession?
{Answer from next page: Bookkeeper)
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Dr. David Dressler Speaker at Open Forum
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 13
Dr. David Dressler will speak on “Youth In A Troubled World” at the next meeting of the San Diego Open Forum on Sunday, April 13, 8:00 p.m., in the First Unitarian Church, 1541 Sixth Avenue.
For many years Dr. Dressler has been concerned with the study of man in society. He has been a case-worker, dealing with maladjusted children, a criminologist and penologist, rubbing shoulders with thousands of criminals. He served with the New York State Division of Parole, progressing from parole officer to the job of Executive Director. At present Dr. Dressler holds the post of Associate Professor of Sociology at Long Beach State College.
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Study Group To Hear Dr. Sidney Warren
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 14
The Study Group of the National Council of Jewish Women will hold its next get together at the home of Mrs. Lee Bartell, 4050 John Street, on Thursday, April 17, at 1 p.m.
Dr. Sidney Warrne, Professor of Political Science and History at California Western University, will speak on “Dateline World” – Discussion on International Relations and the United Nations role today.
For reservations call JU-3-2986 or AC-2-5947.
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Eileen Farrell To Sing Here April 21
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 14
The noted American soprano, Eileen Farrell, will sing here on Monday, April 21, at 8:30 p.m. in the Russ Auditorium. Miss Farrell’s local appearance is the final event on the current Famous Artists Series, sponsored by Lucille J. Palmer.
A star of concert and opera, Miss Farrell is one of America’s most beloved ladies of song and is noted for the artistry and warmth she brings to any kind of music, whether it be classic or modern, severely operatic or simply popular. As star of her own radio show, “Eileen Farrell Presents,” she gained wide and popular acclaim early in her career.
Now universally acknowledged as one of our greatest singing stars, American-born and American-trained Eileen Farrell’s seasons never fail to be crowded with important engagements.
In her San Diego concert, Miss Farrell will be accompanied by George Trovello in a program to open with Bach’s “My Heart Ever Faithful” and the aria, “Ernani Involami,” from Verdi’s “Ernani.” A Brahms group will be followed by an aria from Weber’s “Oberon” and groups of songs by Debussy, Poulene and a group of American and English composers.
Tickets for this event are available from the Palmer Box Office, 640 Broadway.
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Foreign Films Slated for Ken
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 14
Prize-winning domestic and foreign films will highlight the spring program of the International Film Series, sponsored by the University of California Extension.
The Series begins April 10 with twice Oscar-winning Japanese color film, “Gates of Hell,” starring Machiko Kyo and Kasua Hasegawa. Also on the April 10 bill is “A time Out of War,” a prize-winning vignette of the Civil War, produced by UCLA.
The second film of the series, the widely-acclaimed American movie, “I Am A Camera,” will be shown April 24.
On May 8, the film series will present “The Return of Don Camillo,” an Italian comedy starring the famous French comic actor, Fernandel.
The fourth and final show of the series’ spring season, another modern Italian classic, “La Strada” starring Anthony Quinn, Giuletta Masina and Richard Basehart, is scheduled for May 22.
All pictures of the International Film Series are shown at the Ken Theatre, 4061 Adams Ave., San Diego. Each film is shown twice at 7:00 and 9:15 p.m.
Tickets and additional information may be obtained from the University of California Extension office, 1221 Fourth Avenue, San Diego; phone BE 2-7321.
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Tifereth Israel Sisterhood Sets Meeting to Music April 8th
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 15
Election will take place on Tuesday, April 8, during the regular luncheon meeting of Tifereth Israel Sisterhood at 11:45 a.m. in the Tifereth Israel Center. The slate of officers for the coming Sisterhood year was presented by Mrs. Henry Price, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, at the March luncheon.
“…And there shall be music” will be the theme for the luncheon meeting. Mrs Victor Weiss, program chairman, announces an outstanding musical program starring Mary Barrack, lyric soprano, Steve Nevell, baritone and Mimi Knapp, pianist. Maestro Kiriacos Aslanidi, who teaches voice and languages, will also appear. The program will feature selections from the opera and operetta stage.
Luncheon chairmen are Mrs. Jonas Feurzeig and Mrs. Morris Hirsch. Reservations may be made by calling JU-2-5700 or the Synagogue office, AT-1-5529. Mrs. Louis Feller, President, will preside.
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L.A. Philharmonic To Play Here April 17
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 15
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra’s local concert season winds up on April 17 when the famed orchestra will play two concerts here. A matinee Youth Concert will be played at 4 p.m. in Russ Auditorium, with the orchestra’s associate conductor, John Barnett, conducting. Junior and senior high school students form public, private and parochial schools throughout the county will be in attendance.
World famed Dr. Bruno Walter will be on the podium for the concert to be played at 8:30 p.m. the evening of April 17 in Russ Auditorium. Dr. Walter is in his 63rd year as a conductor, a record unique among musicians of the world. The maestro began his music career at the age of 8 when he appeared on the stage as a piano prodigy. He began conducting at the age of 17y and has conducted virtually every major symphony orchestra in Europe and the United States and at all leading opera houses.
For the evening concert, the noted conductor has programmed Handel’s “Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G Minor”; “Beethoven’s “Symphony in F Major, No 6,” Mozart’s “Masonic Dirge” and Straus’ tone poem, “Death and Transfiguration.”
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(Social Introductions)
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 15
If you’re a stranger and your hosts have neglected to introduce you around at a party, what do you do?
Since all those under their roof are considered introduced, go ahead and introduce yourself, saying, “How do you do? I’m Mrs. Phillips.”
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