Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1959 — Page 15

February 27, 1959

The National Jewish POST and OPINION

A HANDY JEWISH GUIDE TO NEW YORK

By I. A. SIEGLER Sidney Foitier, star of the film “The Defiant Ones,” accepted for producer Stanley Kramer the media brotherhood award from National Conference of Christians and Jews. Kramer is in Australia making another movie. ®) Ben Gross, Daily News columnist, has been commissioned by Misha Elman, the violinist, to write his biography . . . Paul Taubman is interviewing Fanny Hurst and Maria Callas for NBC’s Monitor . . . Sophie Tucker sailing April 8 on the Queen Mary for Israel. G Carmon Israeli Dancers have been booked for May 5 at the Latin Quarter . . . Six or seven critics liked “A Majority of One,” the comedy starring Gertrude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke . . . Milton Berle is writing a novel with John Roeburt . . . Arnold gchulman wrote “A Hole in the Head,” which played on Broadway then was translated into Yiddish as a vehicle for Maurice Schwartz. Now Schulman is novelizing the play for Fawcett Publications.

Alexander K. Cohen- and Ralph Alswang will produce Mark Van Boren's play “The Last Days of Lincoln” next fall . . . Also for production next fall is Maurice Zolotow’s “The Marriage Equation.” Burgess Meredith will direct.

Ben Piazza, now starring in the movie “The Hanging Tree,” has been signed to appear in Simon Wincelberg’s two-character play “Kataki,” scheduled to open here in April. Jamie MacArthur previously had been mentioned for the role, that of a GI stranded on a Pacific isle with a Japanese soldier during World War H.

Murray Lauis, the dancer, will premiere Entre-Acfce at his concert March 20 and 21. The work is based on vaudeville characters . . . Harry Golden, author of the bestselling “Only in America,” and editor of The Carolina Israelite, is writing a weekly column for the World-Telegram and Sun. “Where but in America,” Golden says, “could an East Side New York Jew move to Charlotte, N. C., start a Jewish newspaper and wind up selling more subscriptions to Gentiles than Jews.”

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WHERE TO FIND SERVICES

Actor’s Temple, 339 W. 47th St. Bernard Birstein, rabbi. B’nai Jeshurun, 270 W. 89th St. William F. Berkowitz, rabbi. Brotherhood Synagogue, 143 W. 13th St. Irving J. Block, rabbi. Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Ave. David J. Seligson, rabbi. East 5lst St. Synagogue, 221 E. 51et St. David Kahane.‘rabbi. Fifth Ave. Synagogue, 5 E. 62d St. Immanuel Jakobowitz, rabbi. Garment Center Synagogue, 461 Seventh Ave. Charles Bahn and J. Friedman, rabbis. Congregation Habonim, 44 W. 66th St Hugo Hahn and Bernard Cohen, rabbis. 2he Jewish Center, 131 W. 86th St. Leo Jung, rabbi. Kchilath Jeshurun, 125 E. 85th St. Joseph H. Lookstein, rabbi. Park Ave. Synagogue, 50 E. 87th St Judah Nadich, rabbi. Bodeph Sholom, 7 W. 83d St. Louis L Newman, rabbi. Ehaaray Tcfila, services temporarily kosher restaurants

. at Unitarian Church of All Souls, 80th St. at Lexington Ave. Bernard J. Bamberger, rabbi. Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 32 W. 86th St. Jack J. Cohen, rabbi. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 W. 68th St Edward E. Klein, rabbi. Temple Emanu-El, Fifth Ave. and 65th St. Nathan A. Perilman and Julius Mark, rabbis. Temple Israel, 210 W. 91st St. William F. Rosenblum,-rabbi. Village Temple, 33 E. 12th St Leonard W. Stern, rabbi. West Side Institutional Synagogue, 122 W. 76th St Herbert J. Goldstein, rabbi. West Side Jewish Center, 347 W. 34th St Solomon Kahane, rabbi. Zichron Ephraim, 163 E. 67th St Zev Zahavy, rabbi.

COMING EVENTS Wednesday, March 4 — “Purim Salute to Israel.” Held under the auspices of the religious groups department of the Israel Bonds organization. Town Hall, 123 W. 43d St. VICINITY OF NEW YORK Monday - Wednesday, March 2-4 —Rabbinical Council’s annual mid-winter conference. Chelsea Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J. LECTURES and SYMPOSIUMS Monday, March 2, 11 a.m. — “Modern American Jewish Artists.” Classes conducted by Dr. Alfred Werner. Herzl Institute, 250 W. 57th St. Public invited. Monday, March 2, 6:45 p.m. — “The Zionist Mind: An Intellectual History of Zionism.” Class conducted by Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg. Herzl Institute. Public invited. Monday, March 2, 8:30 p.m. — “Israel Kaleidoscope — Kibbutz in Transition.” “Religion in the Kibbutz.” Symposium by Issachar Ben David, memmer of Kibbutz Tirat Tzvi, and Adam Ben Chanoch, member of Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi. Herzl Institute. Public invited. Monday, March 2, 8:45 p.m. — “Film Forum: “The Wilderness of • Zin.” (The story of Biblical archaeology.) Commentator: Stanley Platek. Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 15 W. 86th St. Tuesday, March 3, 11 a.m. Messianic Motivations in Jewish History.” Classes conducted by Rabbi Herbert Parzen. Herzl Institute. Public invited. Tuesday, March 3, 6:15 p.m. —

RADIO Sunday, March 1, 12:30 p.m. EST—“Ben Franklin and the Liberty Bell,” which highlights Franklin’s part in urging the adopting of the Declaration of Independence and his efforts on behalf of civil liberties and freedom of the press, Eternal Light program. NBC. (Third in a series of 15 dramatizations of the program’s 15 most popular dramas during its. 15 - year history.)

“The Talmud: Its Meaning and Significance.” Lecture by Dr. Irving Agus. YM-YWHA, 92d St. and Lexington Ave. Admission 81. Tuesday, March 3, 8:15 p.m. — “Des Kotzker Rebbe.” Lecture in Yiddish by Dr. Abraham J. Heschel, professor of mysticism, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Brooklyn Jewish Center, 667 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. Tuesday, March 3, 8:30 p.m. — “Zionist Biographies,” Peretz Smolenskin. Lecture by Rabbi Joseph S. Shubow, Temple B’nai Moshe, Boston. Herzl Institute. Public invited. Tuesday, March 3, 8:30 p.m. — “The Workshop of a Novelist’s Brain.” Lecture by Louis Golding. YM-YWHA, 92d St. and Lexington Ave. Admission 81. Thursday, March 5, 6:15 p.m.— “Jewish Customs and Legends.” Lecture by Dr. Theodore H. Caster. YM-YWHA. Admission 81. Wednesday, March 4, 6:45 p.m. —“Talmud for All.” Class conducted in English by Rabbi Eliezer Kirzner. Herzl Institute. Public invited. Wednesday, March 4, 7 p.m. — “Jewish Education in America: The Challenge,, the Problems, the Accomplishments.” Lecture by Hyman B. Bass, executive secretary, World Congress for Jewish Culture; editor, Encyclopedia of Jewish Education. Atran Center for Jewish Culture, 25 E. 78th St. Guests invited upon request. Wednesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m. —Midweek Forum: IsraeiLatin America. Discussion by Dr. Edward B. Click and Jorge Lozada. Herzl Institute Public invited. Thursday, March 5, 6:45 p.m.— “The Bible in the World of Music.” Classes conducted by Siegfried Landau. Herzl Institute. Public invited.

Thursday, March 5, 8:30 p.m. — “He Walked Through the Field.” Play by Moshe Shamir, dealing with the conflict between the older and younger generations in a pioneer settlement prior to Israel's war of independence. Second in a series of combined play reading and discussion forums. Herzl Institute. Sunday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. — “In Memorium—Joseph Spriuzak, Father of the Knesset — in Profile.” Participants: Isaac Hamlin, David E. Goldberg, Gershon Svvet. Herzl Institute. Public invited. ART Art Exhibit — Paintings by Judith Har-Even: “An Israeli Looks at 'New York.” March 3-31. Herzl Institute. THEATRE and MUSIC “The Green Passport,” Hebrewlanguage drama. Saturday and Sunday nights throughout February. Herzliah Playhouse, 314 W. 91st St. EXHIBITIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS National Antique Show — 15th annual show' to display 810 million worth of rare treasures. Madison Square Garden, March 1-8. Festival of Music — With distinguished artists performing the works of great composers. Town Hall, 123 W. 43d St, Single admissions: Orchestra82; balcony, 81.

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NATIONAL AGENCIES Anti-Detamation League oi tJ.B., 515 Madison Ave.. New York 22. N Y, Faroana Labor Zionist Order, 45 Hi. 17th St.. N Y 4 — OB 3-6500 Jewish National Fund. 42 East 69th St.. New York 21 — PR 9-9300. Kashruth Supervisors Union. 205 W. 14th St — AL 5-7330. National Community Relations Advisory Council. 9 E. 38th MU 5-1606 Union ol American Hebrew Congregations 838 Fifth Ave. RE 7-8200. Union oi Orthodox Jewish Congregations oi America, 305 Broadway, New York 7. N. Y BE 3-2220.

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METROPOLITAN OPERA Thurs., Feb. 26 at 8 Last LA TRAVIATA, Sold Out; FrL, Feb. 27 at 8 DON GIOVANNI; Sat., Feb. 28 at 2 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA; Sat., Feb. 28 at 8 MACBETH; Mon., Mar. 2 at 8 Last LOHENGRIN; Tues., Mar. 3 at 8 BORIS GODUNOV; Wed., Mar. 4 at 8 AIDA; Thurs., Mar. 5 at 8 Benefit WOZZECK. KNABE PIANO USED EXCLUSIVELY

“Tender, Touching, Delightful!” —Atkinson, N.Y Times EH Maureen WALLACH STAPLETON The Cold Wind Warm by S. N. BEHKMAN Directed by HAROLD CLURMAN MOROSCO THEA., 45 St. W. of B’way. Cir. 6-6230. Eves, at 8:30. Mats. Wed. & Sat. at 2:30.

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