Completing a transaction which will culminate in the establishment in Israel of a settlement for Jewish artists and singers, Cantor Myro Glass, Zionist leader of Indianapolis, turned over today a check for $10,000 to Dr. Harris J. Levine, president of the Jewish National Fund. The sum was donated in the name of the Palestine Symphonic Choir, of which Cantor Glass is chairman.
The $10,000 contribution marks the first installment on a Biblical Music Center which will be located on 200 dunam of land allocated by the Jewish National Fund in Meale Hachamisha in the vicinity of Jerusalem. The Music Center, which is to be named “Asaph,” after the choir leader of the Second Temple, will include an amphitheater as well as living accommodations for cantors and musicians. The sponsors of the Center hope to promote the revival of Hebrew music and to make Asaph a center for national festivals.
The negotiations between the Fund and the Palestine Symphonic Choir for the land tract in Israel were brought to a close by Mendel N. Fisher, executive director of the J.N.F., during his recent visit to the Jewish state. Among the officers of the Music Center Project are Prof. Jacob Weinberg, noted musicologist and composer, and Rabbi James Heller of Cincinnati, outstanding Zionist leader.
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