Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1972 — Page 27

O '

NAMES IN THE NEWS

-v'-yi

Self-Made Millionaire At 25

Michael Pineles, a 2r>-year-old, former yeshiva bochur, has parlayed luck and long hours of hard work into a financial position which could make him one of the youngest self-made millionaires in the United States. Starting as an insurance mail room clerk eight years ago, Pineles worked his way up the ladder. Now he is vice-president of Paragon Securities of West Orange, N.J. In just two short years, Pineles, who lives in the Bronx, has generated profits of more than one-half a million dollars on the sale of bonds which have a face value of nearly $70 million.. “I’m still a little overwhelmed at the way things have worked out,” says the German-born Orthodox Jew. “I loved the insurance field, but the employers just didn’t understand a person going home early on Friday afternoon It really takes will power to be Orthodox in the U.S.” Appointment The new executive director of the American Jewish Congress is Naomi Levine, director of the Urban Affairs Department of the Congress. She succeeds Will Maslow, who held the post since 1960, and has been with Ihe Congress for more than 25 years. An Interval Of 23 Years Mrs. Frances Friedman, of Layfayette Hill, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, has some sort of a record, having graduated law school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1948, 23 years ago, and just beginning to go into practice, according to the Philadelphia Jewish Times. In the interim she taught accounting and commercial law at the University of Louisville, as she followed her husband from city to city as an Army doctor, and other teaching and odd jobs as she reared her family. Now a widow, she was accredited by the Philadelphia Bar Association last November. Cheering her on are her three girls and son, ages 14 to 19. A member of the Germantown Jewish Center (Conservative) she has just enrolled in a course on Kaballah at Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park. Since her husband had not come from a kosher home, Mrs. Friedman did not bother to keep one, but when her oldest daughter, Ericka, expressed such an interest, the whole house was cleaned out and two sets of everything were ordered. All four children decided, on their own, to continue their Hebrew education. * Newest Rothschild The news for the press is that the 24-year-old French starlet whom Baron Guy de Rothschild’s son, David, intends to marry, is suing to recover nude photographs made by photographer Arnaud de Rosnay. But there is another story and that is the fact that Marisa Berenson is the niece of art historian Bernard Berenson, whose knowledge of paintings was almost second to none and who ruled the art world with an iron hand. Although clearly Jewish, he had little or no connection with the Jewish world. Just how Jewish, if at all, is Marisa the news accounts do not tell us, although she is the granddaughter of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. But for Rothschild women, their religion is hardly important. Going back almost to Meyer Rothschild, the founder of the banking dynasty, it has not seemed important that their wives be Jewish at the time of their marriages, although the family tradition of maintaining the Jewishness of the males of the clan has been strong.

•

Bar Mitzvah Gifts for Israel’s Fallen A tradition started in 1969 by the children of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin M. Cyker, Newton Centre, Mass., has just brought in $2,500 to the Israel branch of Pioneer Women for work the organization does for families of fallen Israeli soldiers. When the eldest daughter was bat mitzvah, she asked that all presents take the form of gifts to Moetzet Hapoalot. A year later, 1 sister Cindy duplicated the request at her bat mitzvah, and now brother Frederick Moses has made it three of a kind at his bar mitzvah, and the largest sum of all has flowed to the Israel organization.

Israel Builders Called Very Slow JERUSALEM — Housing Minister Ze’ev Sharef is quickly becoming unpopular, if not hated, by the building industry, which he characterized as being decades behind builders in other nations. Some defense of the builders came from Prof. Rachel Shalon, of the Technion, who said Israel lacked the engineers with adequate basic and practical knowledge to compete with construction in other

countries.

£

tA

3* ? £ >

3

Q. o •u mmo mmm ■

O 3

WE BUY ISRAEL BONDS BEST PRICES PAID ANY QUANTITY TRANSMITTAL SECURITIES 90 Wall St., N.Y.C. 10004 PhofM (212) WH 4-0997

DELTA'S NEWEST STEWARDESS One of Delta’s newest stewardesses is Wendy Mervis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mervis of Kokomo, Ind. The University of Indiana graduate will be based in Dallas, and will fly to many of the 63 cities served by the airline. She has just completed the regulation four-week training course at Delta’s school at the Atlanta airport.

mother doesn’t think that Jodi knew who he was. But when mama left the room, Jodi left no doubt in the mind of the interviewer for the Toronto Globe and Mail, Kaspars Dzeguze. “He’s fantastic and so natural, just like he is in the movies. He called out to me, ‘Hi! Com on in,’ when we met. Oh, his big blue eyes!” Jodi appears in the soap opera, “The Psychiatrist” in which she portrays a troubled 15-year-old girl. Between television assignments, she models hair, bras and clothing for magazines and catalogues.

’O' OPEN ALL YEAR X* 'Ocean at 17 St., Miami Beach fla.

$9.00

doily par parson May 1 double occupancy TO 20 of 113 rooms Sept. 7 July & August add $1.00

love And Devotion Three years ago Alice Winant had never sculpted. Now she receives up to $6,000 for one of her works. A year after the Montreal Jewish housewife began to sculpt, an exclusive Montreal gallery was already displaying her works. As a child, she told Anne Scurr of the San Francisco Jewish Bulletin, she showed unusual interest in art and by 18 had established her own photography studio. That was interruped when her family was sent to Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen, which ended with two years in a Stockholm hospital after liberation in 1945. The theme of her work centers around love and devotion. “I don’t believe in living with tragedy. I believe life can still be beautiful” she said. “Maybe because of Auschwitz, I have a strong feeling for emotion, which I think, shows in my work.” The work will be exhibited in Tel Aviv this month, and in Paris’ Rodin Museum in April.

What Mother Doesn't Know The heroine of 12-year-old Jodie Farber, of Toronto, who won the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s Wilderness Award for her acting is Barbra Streisand. Jodi recently took a screen test in New York at the request of Paul Newman, but her

Hebrew U. Gets Levin's Manuscripts Meyer Levin, who made his first mark in the literary world with “The Old Bunch,” and much later cashed in with “Compulsion,” and who fought a losing battle with his dramatic rendition of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” although he brought the diary to public notice, has donated his manuscripts and books to the Jewish National and University Library of the Hebrew University. A ceremony in observance of the occasion saw the opening of an exhibition of part of the collection, including the drafts for his latest novel, “The Settlers,” which Simon and Schuster will issue shortly. Included in the collection are his personal letters.

•

With The Rabbis Rabbi Sanford Ragins, of the Woodlands Community Temple, White Plains, N.Y., will return to the Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles, where he originally served as assistant. Sermon Of The Week Is Monogamous Marriage The Only Answer For The Jews? — Rabbi Irwin M. Schor, Congregation Beth Emeth, Wilmington, Del. Quotation Of The Week Many, many times I have been tempted to arrange a socio-drama for the entire congregation. Many, many times I have wanted to remain at home on Friday evenings without announcing it in advance to anyone. I have wanted to do the things that you do on Friday evenings: visit friends, go to a movie, shop, watch TV, go out for a drink and dinner with my wife . . . just to see what the various reactions would be. The whole point is that I am expected to do certain things merely because I am a Rabbi. The idea of that strikes me as nonsense! Before I was a Rabbi, I was a Jew. That is my primary motivation. I was, am, and prayerfully always will be a Jew. So, I do attend Services on Shabbat and the various Holidays; so I do attempt to instill a love for Judaism and Jewish education and activities in my own children; so I do encourage them to visit and study in Israel; and much more. But-what about you? What are you? What is your motivation? What determines your attitudes and actions? You know the answers as well as I. If I chose not to be present on a Shabbat, all hell would break loose. But when you stay away, you assume that it makes no difference. You are wrong! — Rabbi Lawrence H Maurer, Congregation Anshai Emeth, Peoria, UL

MODIFIED AMERICAN PLAN Complete Breakfast & Deluxe Dinner Swimming Pool, private Sand Beach, Entertainment and free Parking.., CHICAGO OFF: CALL 973-1500 New York 896-1111 Newark 481-1300

PToiiTI At Mid-America's fabulous resort... • playtime paradise where you’ll enjoy: • Terrific food • Beautiful heated pool • Gala floor shows • Cocktail lounge • FREE SAUNA BATHS • FREE GOLF UNTIL JULY 1 New low Net eel Write for Broe here. “WHERE VACATION

DREAMS COME TRUE!**

SOUTH HAVEN. MICHIGAN Phone 637-5118 (Area 616)

caii Pick, Before You Pack FOR NEW YORK Enjoy real money-saving value, and relax at the Belmont Plaza AN ALBERT PICK HOTEL Lexington Avenue at 49th Street • Color TV In every room • Royal Scots Grill and' Lounge • Family Plan e Meeting and Convention Facilities for up to 400 ALL AT MODERATE RATES RESERVATIONS: CALL TOLL FREE American Express Space Bank 800-AE 8-5000

Friday, March 31, 197?