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Maxine Finsterwald Author
Of New Controversial Play

Maxine Wood, listed as the
author of the Canada Lee-Mark
Marvin production, "On Whitman
Avenue," which will open a two-

JEWISH NEWS

Produces Comedy
For Project Group
At Temple Israel

Friday, April 5, 1946

Detroit Committee to Work
On Lithuanian Memorial Book

Dr. Goldoftas Heads Editorial Group, Benjamin Lieberman,
Finance; Dr. Sudarsky Stresses Survivors' Needs at
Lithuanian Federation Dinner

Theater; and the "Fall of Tim-
othy Withers," a three-act com-
edy, produced at the Pasadena
Playhouse in 1932.
Her radio work included writ-
ing, directing and acting in a
daily dramatic skit, known as
"The Kaffee Klatch" in Detroit.
During this time she wrote a
series of half-hour comedies for
WJBK's Playhouse of the Air.

A Detroit committee was mobilized here last Sunday, on
the occasion of the visit of Dr. M. Sudarsky of 57 W. 27th St.,
New York, to assist in producing the book on the Jews in
Lithuania, as a memorial to the Lithuanian Jewish martyrs
who were murdered by the Nazis and as a monument to
the creativeness of Lithuanian Jews.

Dr. Sudarsky addressed the an-,,
nual dinner of the Detroit Feder-
ation of Lithuanian Jews Sunday
evening, outlining the needs of
the survivors and appealing for
assistance for those who are now
in concentration camps in Europe.
At a luncheon at the home of
Fifty delegates and alternates
Samuel Jacobson, 3266 Cortland,
will represent Detroit at the na-
Dr. Sudarsky explained the pur-
tional convention of the Women's
poses of the book. He pointed out
Division of American Jewish Con-
that outstanding writers through-
gress in New York City, May
out the world will contribute to
25-29. ThOse interested in at-s,
the volume.
tending the convention are re-
Among the contributors to this
quested to call Mrs. Sam Olsher,
work will be Prof. Chaim Cherno-
convention chairman, TO. 8-6020.
witz, Dr. J. Klatzkin, Prof. J. Jaf-
The poster committee, headed
fe, Dr. A. Mukdoni, Dr. Jacob
by Mrs. Marcus Fordon, is pre-
Shatzki, Dr. I. N. Steinberg, Jew-
paring a mural for the conven-
ish writers in this country, in Eu- tion.
rope and in Palestine.
Mrs. Nathan Spevakow, chair-
Dr. M. Goldoftas of Detroit will
man of the nominating commit-
head the local editorial commit-
tee, TY. 6-6402, invites recommen-
tee and Benjamin D. Lieberman
dations for officers.
will be co-chairman of the finance
A joint dinner meeting of the
committee.
Women's Division, the . Congress-
The proposed memorial volume
men's chapter and the Profes-
will include a bibliography of
sional group will be held at Huy
outstanding works on Lithuanian
ler's Wednesday, April 14. The
Jewry. It will deal with the sub-
Rev. Maurice L. Perlzweig will
ject historically, economically and
be guest speaker.
from the viewpoint of modern
participation by Lithuanian Jews
•COMPLETE 'PAINTING and
in the upbuilding of Palestine.

On Red Network

In addition, she wrote and par-
ticipated in a weekly consumer
program, broadcast over the Red
Network of NBC. While in New
York City, she was on the writ-
ing staff of the World Broad-
casting Co. and did dramatic
scripts for NBC.
Miss Wood's newspaper and
MRS. HAROLD SCHAKNE
publication work includes a stint
as Consumer Editor for the News
Mrs. Jacob Citrin, chairman of
For Living section of PM for
about eight months, when the the Trmple Israel Kitchen Proj-
paper was first published. She ect committee, announces that a
has had fiction stories published
feature of the meeting at the De-
in the Atlantic Monthly and
MAXINE WOOD
troit Institute of Arts April 8 at
Fiction Parade.
(Maxine Finsterwald)
It is the contention of Miss 1:15 p. m., will be a comedy,
week engagement at the Lafay- Wood, that, basically, people of "Mushrooms Coming Up," pre-
ette Theater on Monday, April different skin pigmentation can sented by the following members
15, is the new name of an ex- live side by side in the same
of the Sisterhood: Mesdames Sol
..", perienced writer, well-known to community.
Rosenman,
Jack Starkstein, Ellis
Describes Reaction
Detroit environs under her real
name of Finsterwald.
In support of this view, Miss Fisher, Earl Freshman, Benjamin
The Finsterwalds have been Wood wrote "On Whitman Ave- Merkle, Jos. B. Silver and Wil-
residents of Detroit for 75 years. nue," a play, that describes the liam P. Greenberg.
Miss Wood's father, the late Char- reaction of a middle-class white
The play is being produced and
les Finsterwald, was head of C. community to the advent in its directed by Mrs. Harold Schak-
A. Finsterwald Co., now managed midst of a Negro family. Since ne, who also wrote the original
by her brother, Maier Finster- this family is a decent one, by all lyrics. Mrs. Schakne, known pro-
wald and her sister, Rae Finster- the standards of the community, fessionally as Lee Corbman, pro-
wald Steale.
many of the white residents are duced 300 shows for the USO in
inclined to accept its presence.
Wrote Under Own Name
military camps and hospitals dur-
Miss Wood dramatizes t h e ing the last four years.
For years Miss Wood has been
Mrs. Sainuel B. Danto, presi-
Production costs of David 0.
writing- under the name of Fin- problem in "On Whitman Ave-
sterwald for the radio, theater nue" and brings a fresh, experi- dent of the Sisterhood, invites all Selznick's "Duel In the Sun," his
and newspapers. During that enced viewpoint to a subject that Temple Israel women and friends new film, originally budgeted for
time, she managed to turn out at present concerns all right- to attend. A dessert luncheon will $5,000,000, are reported running
precede the play.
well into the sixth million!
a prodigious amount of work in thinking people.
various cities including, Detroit,
New York, Washington and Pitts-
burgh..
In the drama field, Miss Wood
combined playwriting with di-
rection. For a time she acted as
director of dramatics at the Lig-
gett School in Detroit and a chil-
dren's theater in Pittsburgh. She
also directed little theater groups
in New York and Maine. An-
other of her tasks was a class in
playwriting at the Seven Arts
Academy in Detroit.
Among Her Plays
Among her Many plays, Miss
Wood lists; "Giants in Chains,"
produced at. the Detroit Play-
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ered Cord," a one-acter, winner
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1929, and produced at. the Wald-
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Challenge Control
By Ex-Mufti's Kin

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Lead-
ers of the Arab political parties
who boycotted the inaugural
session of the new Arab Higher
on
Committee in Jerusalem
March 24, left for Cairo to chal-
lenge before the Arab League
Council the bid of Jamal Husseini,
extremist Arab leader and kins-
man of the Mufti of Jerusalem,
for leadership of Palestine Arabs.
They intend, it is understood,
to protest Husseini's alleged "dic-
tatorial" methods. They repre-
sent the National Defense, Pal-
estine Arab Reform, Istacilist
(independence), National Bloc
and Palestine youth parties.
Absence of these delegates
from the Arab Higher Commit-
tee was a setback for - Husseini
who has been trying to weld the
strife-torn organization into a
body representative of all shades
of Palestine Arab opinion. The
chairmanship has been left va-
cant for the "rightful owner"—
the Mufti, Haj Amin El Husseini,
who is now in French hands.
The council reiterated its ap-
proval of the boycott of "Zion-
ist" products from Palestine.

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