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...Jewish teachers were impressed by the solemnity of the ceremonies and were pleased when Rabbi Brickner held a question & answer period. Samples: "Do the Jews believe in a Messiah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Bridge Building | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...jongg, and Jiddu Krishnamurti. The most serious of these was Krishnamurti, a long-haired young Indian seer whom Bernard Shaw once called the most beautiful human being he had ever seen. The Theosophist Annie Besant* had adopted Krishnamurti, and was freely predicting that he would be a new messiah. He was more modest. "I may or may not be the second Christ-I don't know," he once said. "I don't want people to look up to me, to worship me. Most people are dumb, anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Revolt of a Doormat | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

...pleased with Munch, there were also reasons why Munch could be pleased with Boston. As U.S. cities go, it had a long tradition of serious music: it had celebrated the end of the War of 1812 with performances of portions of Haydn's Creation and Handel's Messiah. Boston also boasted a club unique in the U.S. Ten or twelve times a year, as their ancestors have done since 1837, members of the exclusive Harvard Musical Association go to their paneled clubrooms on Beacon Hill for a smoker of chamber music, beans, beer and Welsh rabbit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: There Will Be Joy | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...nothing short of amazing that Katherino Griffith, who played as Patience, was able to sing at all, let alone in the remarkably clear and beautiful way that she did, for only two nights ago she finished singing the soprano part in Hamlel's "Messiah...

Author: By Brenton Welling, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

Late last night Gordon revealed that the 350 campaign volunteers had managed to bring in only $19,633.03. The main trouble we're having," Gordon said, "is getting 100 percent contact. Basketball games, hockey games, the "Messiah," are all keeping people out of their rooms," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deadline Date For Charities Drive Shifted | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

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