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THE ZIONIST RECORD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, Ill
Dora Sowden writes
From A . Window
pERHAPS I can best offer a picture of the kaleidescopic Jewish exis- tence in Britain, and particularly its intellectual life, if I give a glimpse of the goings-on here during the course of a month or so. It will pro- vide some idea of the vigour of Jewish effort here-individual and collective.
In some ways it may even suggest similar action in South Africa.
For instance, in a half-hour of Rus- sian music in the B.B.C. New Third Programme, Oda Slobodskaya in- cluded among her six Glinka songs a
"Hebrew March," of which the an- nouncer gave the gist thus: The He- brews march and as they march they sing of their Promised Land. Listen- ing to Slobodskaya's expressive ren- dering I did not think that Glinka could have had ancient history in mind. A most suitable song for con- certs of J ev.rish music-Johannesburg artists please note.
Ernest Bloch, whoRe latest work waR played by the Griller Quartet.
AT a concert in the Wigmore I all the famous Griller Quartet played a new work by Ernest Bloch, of which Richard Capell write in the
"Daily Telegraph": "This Quartet, completed last year, represents Bloch in deeply autumnal, not to say wintry,
vein both in its pensivenes and vigour. . . . There is no facile pa but the total effect is search' pathetic." And Ernest Newma the "Sunday Times" called it finest work of our time in this g
one that is worthy to stand beside last quartets of Beethoven." Ano note for Johannesburg musicians.
There are two types of "ch concerts in London-those which really Celebrity Concerts and which have a programme with a pose, both equally
the galaxy who appeared in General Jewish Hospital ( Zedek) one Sunday evening Griffith Jones (screen star), Cohen (pianist star) and Baddeley (stage star), and bined orchestra of two im End theatres. No stop gaps or shifts here. And obviously pense spared to make the word brity" mean something.
Then, at a concert in aid of of Hechalutz, the attempt to make·
programme significantly Jewish so determinPd that even Frank Ti ton, the well-known tenor, sang in brew, even though it was not the purity of diction which he brin~
his English. On that platform.
Gertrude Holt and Devy Erlilt peared. Miss Holt h~ a place of own as an interpreter of Hebrew Yiddish "lieder." Devy Erlih has c from France and gets enthusiastic.
ceptions here. Though still young, he does not seem to me a succesRor to M nuhin. I may wrong, of course.
rt is the custom everywhere to tertain artists after they ha ·e their services in a good cau e.
cannot b often that thev ar both mental and physical.pabu the same time. The artists pearf>d a a concert in aid of the tral British Fund were thus at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Carner, where Mr. S. Kisilevsky self a composer) spoke on the cance of Jewish music and larlv "the three notes" used in wor~h:p. Surely a most original of saying "Thank you.''
Moiseiwitch playing at the Albert Hall.
THE UONIST RECORD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 19-iG
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y occasions in South Africa pproachetl for suggestions on Je, 'ish th mes suitable ngs. Here are two which been published and may be attention. Christopher Fry, f "A Phoenix Too Frequent,"
a poetic drama, "The dealing ·ith the life of the problems and tragedy It has modern applica- M. Rubenstein is the author
w-moving tragedy on the ntroversfal subject of the . But it has its merits and re ent- day para11els.
'!P here are some mo1'v gomg- and :M:oiseiwitch both ap- at one concert in the Albert 'ckets sold even better than
an Bentwich ... opened the ramovic Exhibition.
t of Venice," with Meir hylock, is still running at ddish Theatre. This must
for Yiddish.
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~eais ago toured South such play as "Give and Is Zat So?" is also break-
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Storien About lrgun Zvai
MANY of the stories published about exploits of the lrgun Zvai are probably intended as a publicity stunt. There is a propaganda cam- paign by the Hagunah against the lrgun Zvai and to counteract this cam- paign, the work of the Irgun is some- times given a romantic colouring so as to catch the imagination of the public.
Whether true or not, here are two examples. One story describes how two members of the Irgun Zvai visited the High Commissioner. The electric light in his office had got out of order .... nd a telephone message was sent to a firm of electricians asking them to do the necessary repairs. Two young men arrived and fixed the lights.
After their departure a letter was found on the High Commissioner' desk. It read: "We, the two young men who hav . just repaired the elec- tricity, are members of the lrgun Zvai. 'lhis letter will show you ho v well we can "ork." On enquiry it was found that the wires of the telephone had been tapped by the Irgunites and
\ 'llCn the call was made to the elcctJ i- cians the two Irgunites quickly , r- rived in a car and carried out theh mission. The real electricians arrived late1•.
The other story concerns the Jeru- salem Chief of Police. He received a letter from Bergin, the "command r"
of the Irgun Zvai, saying that he would like to meet him in a Jerusalem cafe.
"I give you my word of honour " he '·rite, "that I shall come without an escort. and that no harm will be ca.used to you. I hope that you, too,
\Vlll come without an escort." Ac- cording to the story, the Chief of Police arrived in the cafe at the ap- pointed time. Nobody was there excepting a Polish army chaplain~
He entered into conversation with the chaplain, discussing various irrele- vant matters. Finally, he got tired of waiting and left the cafe.
The next day he received a letter from Bergin saying that it was he who had disguised himself as a chap- lain the previous night.
e~r would not disclose my identity to you," he wrote, "because you did not fulfil n1y requ~st that you· were to come without an escort. There were numerous detectives outside the cafe when we chatted."
Heroine in North Borneo
"CHRONICLER" writes in the Lon- don "Jewish Chronicle":
There must still be many stories of heroism during the war which are unlikely to achieve publicity, but now and again one .comes unexpectedly across references which excite one's interest.
For instance, in the midst of what in the ordinary way would be the rather prosaic details of a company meeting, I bave· read, in the course of the president's statement to the shareholders, a tribute to a J ewess which has piqued my curiosity.
The company is the British North Rorneo Company, and its presidPnt is Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, ,--ho, of course, was High Commis- sioner for German t•efugees in 1936-8.
In his statement, he says, after
mentioning in general the courage and loyalty of the white and native populations in North Borneo during the terrible time of the Japanese oc- cupation, "I will single out one [example] which, I feel sure, rill be of interest to you. It is that of a local Jewess, a certain Mrs. Cohen, well-knov·n to anyone who has visited Sandakan, but now unfortunately dead. I may truly say that she ran every risk and worked without ceas- ing in her efforts to alleviate the lot of the internees on Derhala Island.
Following her splendid lead, Chinese and Malays did their very utmost to provide such comforts as th y could for the benefit of our official and non- official, Europeans. Even money was freely provided so that food could be bought, and all this without thought or suggestion of repayment." The secretary of the company, Mr. E. J.
Phillips, tells me that although there is very little that can be added to the statement, Mrs. Cohen ran great per- sonal risks in financing and organis- ing smuggling activities for th inter- nees' benefit. It is understood that she was killed when a ship she was trav lling in was bombed. It seems a pity she cannot be furth r identi- fied.
German Film Star in Motion Pictures
LENI RIEFENSTAHL, German motion picture actress who was Hitler's "favourite" and dominated the German film industry during the Nazi regime, is still making pictures, this time with French help, Louis Adlon, Hearst conespondent, reports in a dispatch from Berlin.
Leni, ·who in 1932, according to Mr. Adlon, was "almost delirious"
in her praise of the then fairly un- known Fuehrer, and of Nazism, is now completing a much ballyhooed
"super-epic" which she started in 1939. Although Leni was jailed for a while by the Allies all war-time re- quisitioned film material, cutting tables and projectors have been brought to her chalet in Kitbuehel, which was used during the war as a hospital for the SS, Mr. Adlon re- ports.
Kosher Kitchen on the
"Queen Elizabeth"
THE liner "Queen Elizabeth,"
which figured in the headlines this week, is equipped with a kosher kitchen, as well as with a synagogue designed by a well-known British architect. There are also two kosher pantries. The Jewish chef is a man called Field, who had previously served with the Queen Mary. He is assisted by two Jewish stewards and a Jewish stewardess.
Some 40 Jewish pa.ssengers were en the boat when she sailed for New York.
Jewish V.C.
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HE former petty officer T. \V.Gould, who is the only Jewish V.C. of the War, will be p.resented with a Testimonial from a number of friends, as "a fitting tribute to a gal- lant gentleman." It is intended to
purchase 2 house for him. Maior Samuel Weiser has written to the J ev.rish press asking that all those who wish to associate themselves with contributions could do so.
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