Thursday, July 26
Lewisohn Stadium concerts; Fifth Symphony, Sibelius; Overture to “Die Meistersinger,” Wagner; “Afternoon of a Faun,” Debussy; “Rosenkavalier” waltz, Strauss; “Pines of Rome,” Respighi; conductor. Eugene Ormandy; Amsterdam avenue and 138th street; 8:30 p. m.
Religious Reconstruction Fund Committee, traditional musical program and memorial services; speakers: Rabbi Alexander S. Rosenberg, William Weiss, Rabbi Jechiel M. Charlop; Congregation Oheb Zedek, 18-22 West 116th street; 7:30 p. m.
School of the Jewish Woman, radio forum; speaker. Shulamith Soloveitchik, “What Pleasure Means to Me”; Station WNEW; 4:15 p. m.
C. W. A. roof concert at Young Women’s Hebrew Association, 31 West 110th street. Carolyn Palmer, Perry Hoine, Bruno Steinke and Lionel St. Clair; evening.
Anti-Fascist meeting, auspices West Side branch, Friends of Soviet Union, Hotel Newton, Broadway at Ninety-fourth street. Speaker, Norman Tallentire; 8:30 p. m.
“The Prophecy of Isaiah,” radio broadcast led by Cantor Pinchos Jassinowsky. Station WJZ, 10:30 p. m.
“What Makes a Jew,” lecture by Ahron Opher. Institute of Adult Education of Jewish Youth Guild, meeting at Y.M.H.A., 31 West 110th street; 8:30 p. m.
“Enchanted Prince,” Department of Public Welfare play: Ocean Parkway Jewish Center; 2:30 p. m.
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