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Stories for

Gardner's Non-Fiction
Thriller Tells Tale of
Detroit's Rabbi Sperka

Our Boys

and Girls

An

American Jewish Press Feature

Hello Boys and Girls:
Just a few weeks ago I read
an exciting article about a mo-
vie which will reach the screens
in your city before too long. It's
an American-made 'Hollywood
movie — but filmed in Israel!
The movie will be called "The
Juggler," and is a story about a
German immigrant - in Israel. To
make it really authentic, Produ-
cer Stanley Kramer of Holly-
wood's, Columbia Pictures de-
cided to film all outdoor shots in
that country, even though it
would have been less expensive
to do all the work right in Cali-
fornia.
Last September planes bear-
ing the stars and Supporting ac-
tors, and twenty-one American
technicians landed in Israel.
There the producers recruited
forty local men to assist with the
technical side of the film. And
more . than 800 Israelis_ were
hired as extras.
Three days were spent shoot-
ing scenes in the port city of
Haifa. When the cameras were
transferred to the immigrant
camp of Shaar Aliyah, the
Americans met people newly ar-
rived from Egypt, Romania,
Iran, South America and France.
For five more days, the crew
worked at Hanita Kibbutz. That
week Hanita became "Little
Hollywood." The 250 residents
of the Kibbutz , became extras,
but they refused to accept mon-
ey for their work. Instead they
asked for, and got, a new tractor
for the Kibbutz.
One night when the Amerl-

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can movie-makers were in the
town of Nahariya, the head
scenery-mover, Al Becker, tried
to get into a dance. He was bar-
red, however, because it was be-
ing run only for boys and girls
of the Israel Army. But when
the Hollywood resident present-
'ed a card which certified that he
had given a pint of blood fot
Israel in Los Angeles, they not
'only let him in, they made him
the guest of honor.
Star of the film, "The Juggler,"
is the well known Hollywood ac-
tor Kirk Douglas, Many Israelis
crowded around him for auto-
graphs. Two of his films were
showing in Israel during the
time he was at work there.
"Champion" opened in Tel Av-
iv's Mograbi Theater and Doug-
las made'a personal appearance.
He really brought , down the
house by addressing the public
in Hebrew.
- When he prepared his little
speech for the occasion, some-
one wanted to write it out for
him in English letters (what
we call transliteration). Kirk
turned him down. "Write it in
Hebrew characters," he said.
Kirk learned to read Hebrew at
a clader on New York's East
Side.
The Israel government went
out of its way to give the film
company every assistance. And
the crew left behind it many
American dollars and an im-
mense amount of good will.
* * *
Did you know that Israel
has a powerful radio station of
its own, known as Kol Yisrael,
the Voice of Israel?
The station goes on the air in
the morning with the Hebrew
chant "Mah tovu," "How goodly
are thy tents, 0 Jacob," and
signs off at night with Hatikvah.
During the night. the trans-
mitter sends out overseas broad-
casts titled Kol Zion Lagola, the
Voice of Israel to the Diaspora.
These are in English, French
and Yiddish.
There are other stationstoo,
all under the direction of Kol
Yisrael. The "Second Program"
is designed to appeal to immi-
grants, farmers and other spe-
cial groups. Then the Army lis-
tens to its own -.station, Galei
Tzahat Ariny Air Waves.
Israeli radio listeners also may
pick up the Voice of America
and programs from the British
Broadcasting Corporation.
* * *
Before I greet you again, we
will have come to the end of
this year and the beginning of
'1953 on the civil calendar. Hap-
py New Year to you all. '
Your Friend, MIRIAM.

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A brilliant lawyer turned nov-
elist, a Detroit rabbi, a fearless
prosecuting attorney and an in-
nocent man who spent 16 years
in prison before being released
are the principles of one chapter
of a new non-fiction book by
Erle Stanley Gardner, "The
-Court of Last Resort."
Gardner is the lawyer turned
author who ex-
plains in t h e
pages of the
book that the
Court is in real-
ity a section of
Argo sy Maga-
zine, devoted to
obtaining t h e
release of inno-
cent victims.
The spec ific
Rabbi Sperka
story concerns
Louis Gross, a peddler, who was
convicted of the m u r der of
Mortado Abraham in Highland
Park's Syrian community. Gross,
who had a record of thievery,
readily was tacked with circum-
stantial evidence and sentenced
to Jackson Prison for life.
Here he met Rabbi Joshua S.
Sperka, prison chaplain a n d
spiritual leader of Cong. Bnai
David in Detroit. How the rabbi,
Gardner and Prosecuting Attor-
ney Gerald K. O'Brien dig up
evidence, to obtain Gross' re-
lease from prison makes fas-
cinating reading.
Of equal interest, however, is
Gardner's candid description of
"my first - experience with a Jew-
ish rabbi."
He refers to Rabbi Sperka "as a
compact bundle of energy, func-
tioning at high speed," and com-
ments on visits to his home as
making "a lasting impression."
Describing his visits to Rabbi
Sperka's home, Gardner writes:
"The phone rang almost con-
stantly. People came to the door.
It was quite easy to, see that the
demands on the rabbi's time
were such as to more than take
up every minute which he could
possibly devote to his work. Yet
there was no evidence of strain,
no impatience, no nervousness,
only a gentle tolerance.
"The next thing which im-
pressed me was the affectionate
cobrdination of the Jewish
home. When I commented on
this, the rabbi assured me that
his home was not exceptional,
that I simply had heretofore not
been privileged to see the Jewish
home behind the scenes."
This interesting description of
Jewish family life is only one
of the unusual and fascinating
facets of the book, which con-
tains many rare chapters about
innocent people and crimes they
did, not commit. ,

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, December 26, 1952

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Late services at Adas Shalom
Synagogue today will - be dedi-
cated to youth groups of the
congregation. Rabbi Jacob E.
Segal will speak on "Crisis
Equals Danger Plus Opportunity
—a challenge to the Youth of
Our Day."
The youth Choir, consisting of
Geraldine Posen, Marcia Haidy,
Audrey Katz, Rosalind L a x,
Phyllis Pulberg, Renee Blum,
Judy Fisher, Merwin Goldsmith,
Martin Nosanchuck, Ralph
Greenberg, Ira Harris, Louis
Sovrensky and Sheldon Hirsh,
will assist Cantor Nicholas Fe,n-
akel in chanting t h e service.
Participating in special re-
sponsive rea4ings and prayers
will be Bill and Vera Sklar, of
the Young Married Group; Rich-
ard Lazar, representing college
youth; Harold Barron, president,
Teen Hi Group; Barbara San-
ders, president, Young People's
Club; Charles Brooks, Intermed-
iate Youth Group; and Bruce
Siegan, junior congregation.
Community singing and a dis-
cussion by youth members will
follow services at an oneg shab-
bat, sponsored by Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Levine on their 20th wed-
ding anniversary:

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Alan Schwartz to Head Beth El Married Group

Alan E. Schwartz was elected
president of the newly organized
Young Married Group of Temple
Beth El at its recent organiza-
tional meeting.
Other officers
elected are: Na-
than Peterman,
vice pregident;
Albert F. Rogan,
treasurer; Mrs.
Harvey S. Free-
man, secretary.
The following
were elected to
t h e board o f
Schwartz
directors: Sidney Alexander, Jr.,
Morris H. Brown, Albert M. Col-
man, Harvey S. Freeman, Mrs.
John C. Hopp, Jr., Ronald Roth-
stein, Mrs. Julian H. Scott.

USNA to Meet in New York
United Service for New Amer-
icans, major American immigra-
tion and resettlement agency for
Jewish survivors, will hold its
annual meeting Jan. 17 and 18
in Roosevelt Hotel, New York,
Walter Bieringer, of Boston,
USNA president, announced.

Rabbi Minard Klein; Irving
I. Katz and David Wilkus will
serve as ex-officio board mem-

bers.

Schwartz announced that a
goal of 300 members up to the
age of 36 has been set by the
membership committee.

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