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ALplne 4-7494 Phoenix, ArizDublin Mayor To TalkAt Israel Bond Rally HereRobert Briscoe, former Jewish lord mayor of the Irish Catholic city of Dublin, Ireland, will speak at the B’nai B’rith Israel Bond Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Hotel Westward Ho.A veteran of Ireland’s battle for independence, Briscoe has been actively identified with Israel’s early struggle for independence, serving as head of a delegation in 1939 which sought international support for settlement of displaced and harrassed Jews in Palestine.BRISCOE, WHOSE life story was portrayed on “Playhouse 90“ on television, was a member of the Sinn Fein, Ireland’s Nationalist Party, that brought about that country’s independence in 1916. He entered Ireland’s politics in 1926 and since 1927 has been a member of Ireland’s Dail (parliament).He is a founder of the Fianna Fial movement and has consistently represented it at the parliament and in the Dublin Corporation, which is the city government, since1930.The father of seven children, Briscoe was recently elected president of the Ireland American Society and is currently working onpublication of his biography, to be entitled “Messenger of the People.”HE HAS ACTIVELY participated in the Israel bond campaign in Dublin since the bonds went onsale in Ireland.ma Barer, and pianist Evelyn Black.Mrs. Black majored in music atROBERT BRISCOEVassar College and Maine and Boston universities and is a frequent Phoenix performer. Mrs. Root, who studied Hebrew in New York, has worked in Little Theater, Phoenix Light Opera Company, Arizona Repertory Company, and light opera companies in Seattle and New York.MRS. BARER, a Phoenix Jewish Community Center dancing instructor and choreographer for many organizational musicals, has appeared in several Little Theater and Phoenix Light Opera productions. She has studied in Cleveland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and at Arizona State at Tempe. Her instructors included Charles Weidman, who has made a special study of Israeli dancing.Orent, who studied in Boston, has done radio and television work in Boston, Hartford, Conn.; Dallas, Phoenix, and with the armed forces. He has been active in Little Theater and Phoenix Light Opera Co. and has performed with summer stock companies in Massachusetts and Texas.Rabbi Greenberg Will LeadBeth Hebrew Holiday ProgramReservations for the dinner can be made by telephoning the office of Israel Bonds at AL 2-4363.A quartet which will perform Is-ael songs and dances at the diner is comprised- of singers Miriam :oot and Boris Orent, dancer Nor-Beth Hebrew Congregation, under leadership of its new rabbi, Rabbi William H. Greenberg, has announced plans for participation of all aee groups in Succoth festivities and oservance beginning Sunday night.The Men's Club is constructing a succah adjacent to the synagogue at 333 E. Portland. Sunday School children will provide wall decorations and will hang fruits and garlands from the roof.The Kiddush will be held Monday and Tuesday and the following Friday in the succah. The entire
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The Phoenix Jewish News
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Fri, Sep 26, 1958
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