Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
Palestine Music Conserva-
tory to. Honor Jewish
Soldier Dead
BY ABRAM GIDEON. Ph.p.

III rs httink that Temple of Musi,
and Song be erected as a memorial I,
the Sons Of Israel who fought ant
died in the World War. While ther,
may be no essential connection be
tween war itself and Memoria
Conservatory Of Music, nevertheless.
the Jews Of the world should bs
grateful to the originntors Of the pro.
ject, who chanced upon an idea sc
beautiful and of so potent spiritua
content. The Jews, as a people, have
never been fighters in the miiitaristis
sense. As fighters they have ever
been champions Of righteousness. The
Jews have always been a People Of
Song. "By the waters Of Babylon
they sat down and wept." We may
be sure they not only wept, but their
tears were accompanied by song, and
their anguished souls found express
sion in mnusic.
Besides providing an opportunity to
demonstrate to the world what the
Jew, in a congenial atmosphere, can
accomplish in the field of music, a
conservatory of music in Palestine
will restore to the Jewish artists of
the world their folk-soul. The Jas
chas, Mischas, Saschas Of the future
will not find it necessary to their ma
terial success to be advertised as
Belgian or as Russian artists, but
they will also be pround to appear be-
fore their admiring and enthusiastic
listeners as Palestine artists.
The movement to establish Pales-
tine Conservatory Of Music, that
originated in New York more than a
year ago, when the Jewish Memorial
Conservatory Association was estab-
lished for the purpose of erecting a
Temple of Music in memory of the
Jewish boys of all armies who fell in
the World War, made marked head
way at the recent Armistice Celebra-
ton and Memorial Concert held in
New York under the auspices of the
association.
Sponsors of a Palestine Conserva-
tory are, besides the Memorial Con-
servatory Association, Leopold Co.
dowsky, well renowned composer
pianist Fanny Bloomfield Zeissler,
known as the Sarah Bernhardt Of the
piano; Leopold Auer, teacher of some
of the worlds master violinists; Jo-
seph Achron, noted composer, who
has made his home in New York for
the past year Jascha Heifetz, famous
violinist, who has offered to build a
concert hall in Jerusalem, to be at
tached to the conservatory; George
NJ. Purver, well-known civil engineer
and realtor; Mrs. Mary Fels, interna-
tionally known philanthropist, who is
now doing epochmaking work in
Palestine; Benjamin Winter, promi-
nent realtor and philanthropist; SAM
lel C. Lamport, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Jaffe, now engaged in monumental
enterprises connected with the devel
opment of Jewish art; Mrs. A. Lu-
barsky- -Garbat, DR.. Alexander Lyons,
well-known lecturer and writer; Alex
ander Lambert, C celebrated pianist,
and others.
Steps have ben taken to provide for
the movement a nationwide organi
zation in America, as well for its ex-
tension throughout Europe and the
Orient. Branches have been estab-
lished in various cities of the United
States and Canada, and Ladies Aux
iliaries will soon be instituted. In
the meantime, the office of the asso-
citation, Room GIG, No. go f. 23rd St,
New York, is ready to furnish infor-
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