'Friday, October 11, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-12

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Hadassah to Hold.
Study Group Meet

`Anne Frank' Play Offers
Hope in a World of Hate

himself knew and what he has
By the Oak-Woodier
So Much as been writen about heard, that in Germany today
the Frances Goodrich - Albert "they are still Nazis, only in
Hackett stage adaptation of "The three-quarter time."
Diary of Anne Frank" that it
Mr. Schildkraut, Abigail Kel-
almost seems redundant to write logg, who plays Anne, and Lou
Jacobi, who portrays Mr. Van
more words about it.
Yet, the road company now in Daan, were the recipients this
week of a Golden Book inscrip-
Detroit at the Shubert Theater
is presenting such a compelling tion by the Jewish National Fund.
Proceeds from tickets pur-
performance of the play that won
both the Pulitzer Prize and the chased for any Detroit perform-
New York Drama Critics' Award ance can he ear-marked for the
that just a mention of it is cer- Anne Frank Forest in Israel.
There also is a special per-
tainly in order.
After reading the original formance being sponsored next
"Diary" we were curious to see Monday evening by Young Israel
how the play was set into dra- Center, with proceeds to be used
matic roles and how the scene for youth activities.
At any rate, "The Diary" is a
was set. It is done masterfully,
with each sequence introduced play that every Jew should see,
by the voice of Anne, through an especially if he wants to feel a
mile high. That's the feeling the
off-stage microphone.
The set remains the same play leaves with a Jewish viewer.
throughout the play—the little
attic where the Franks, a family
they befriended, the Van Daans,
and a dentist, Mr. Dussel, spend
years in hiding from the Nazis
in 'Holland, with the aid of two
By MILTON FRIEDMAN
Christian friends.
(Copyright, 1957, JTA, Inc.)
One would think that in a play
WASHINGTON—A Mississippi
of this kind, there would be a
Congressman who • appealed to
, tendency to be morbid or maud-
Jews for financial support that
lin. But, there is only beauty, a
helped him win the seat of anti-
quiet dignity, much humor and
Semite John Rankin has recently
pathos to mark the quiet strug-
displayed behavior reminiscent
gle for survival.
of his predecessor.
The cast, headed by Joseph
He is Rep. Tom G. Abernethy.
Schildkraut, as Mr. Frank, is ex-
His actions have facilitated the
, cellent. But, while he is the star,
it is to the credit of the entire fomenting of anti-Semitism in
cast that they play their roles the tense segregation issue at a
so convincingly you feel they time when responsible Southern-
themselves are reliving those ap- ers are seeking harmony and
peace.
prehensive years.
In the House debate on the
It was interesting to note the
comments of people in the au- civil rights bill, Rep. Abernethy
dience during intermission— referred to one "Israel Cohen."
priests, Negroes, Christians as He claimed that "Cohen" was "a
well as Jews. But, at the con- leading Communist in England"
who in 1912 published "A Racial
clusion of the performance,
Program For The 20th Century"
nearly everyone was silent as
blUeprinting advancement of Am-
• they walked out.
erican Negroes.
It's an experience that starts
But no such publication, auth-
people to thinking how futile is
war and genocide or even segre- ored by "Cohen" or anyone else,
gation. The impact is like a could be found. Neither the
prayer for a better world, with Library of Congress nor the
peace for all, for all our to- British Museum research experts
could find support of Rep. Aber-
morrows. -
nethy's "facts." How could
One wonders at the reaction of
"Cohen" have been a Communist
those, who like Mr. Frank in Party member in 1912 when the
the play, survived the Nazi reign
party was not yet in existence?
of terror, but who saw all of
All this was called to Rep.
their loved ones perish.
Abernethy's attention in the most
In "The Diary" Mr. Frank is respectful manner. It was sug-
the only survivor, Anne succumb- gested that he was not aware
ing to typhus in Bergen-Belsen, of the falsity and anti-Semitic
her mother, sister, the Van Daan potentialities of the material. He
family and Mr. Dussel also per- responded by promising to look
ishing in the gas chambers of into the matter.
Bergen-Belsen or Auschwitz.
But a few Jews in his con-
Alter the play, we asked Mr. stituency took his side against
Schildkraut if he had thought the "Northerners." He then re-
of playing the Frank role in, Ger- fused to make a correction,
many. While he mentioned he claimed to have been "maligned
had several friends playing in and abused" and said . .. "your
'The Diary" in Germany at pres- fellow Jews down this way do
ent, he said he would never go not agree." He took such stand
in a letter to the writer of this
to Germany.
He still feels, from what he column.

A study group rally with the
theme "Broaden and Brighten
Your Horizons" is planned by the
South Oakland County Chapter
of Hadassah at 12:30 p.m., Tues-
day, in the auditorium of North-
land Center.
Rabbi Mordecai S. Halpern, of
Cong. Beth Shalom, will be the
afternoon's principal speaker,
and a skit, written by Mrs. Wil-
liam Adler, will be presented.
Mrs. Daniel Mandelbaum will
outline the importance of study
groups, and advise of the many
such groups which are open to
members. They meet both in the
afternoon and evening.
• Mrs. Erwin Jaffee is general
chairman of the study group pro-
gram, and is assisted by Mes-
dames Stanley Waxenberg, Al-
lan Marks, 'Ray Witus, Victor
Moss, Ellis Rifkin, Jerome Son-
enk]ar and A. August.
For information, call Mrs. Jaf-
fee, LI. 6-3537.

orgest Expansion of Talmud Torah

tablishment of a new department
in the Talmud Torah to provide
services to all other Jewish
schools. He suggested that such
a department should operate on •
a voluntary basis to stress train-
ing of teachers for synagogue
schools and other assistance
measures.
He urged closer coordination
of synagogue and Talmud. Torah
aims at all grade levels, with spe-
cial emphasis on the high school
department.

MINNEAPOLIS, (JTA) — The
nationally-famous Talmud Torah
of Minneapolis, to which Con-
servative and Orthodox syna-
gogues have largely given up
their child education responsi-
bilities, is not carrying out its
corollary responsibilities to the
synagogues as fully as It should,
an education expert asserted
this week.
Louis Ruffman, associate di-
rector of the Jewish Education
Committee of New York, sum-
marized an intensive survey of
Jewish education in Minneapolis
in a report of the Jewish Welfare
Federation.
In his report, he proposed es-

The survey expert alio urged
joint planning in recreational
and social programming for
Jewish families in St. Louis
Park, a middle-class suburb which
has grown greatly during the past
decade.

Dr. , D. M. Eichhorn's
Midrash Evaluates
Cain-Abel Tragedy

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"Cain, Son of the Serpent,"
by Dr. David Max Eichhorn,
published by Whittier Books (31
W. Union Sq., N. Y. 3), is de-
scribed as a Midrash. It is an
interpretation of the Cain and
Abel episode in the Bible, as
viewed by Jewish scholarship.

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He resorts to Talmudic legen-
Congressional Record corrections.
dary sources for descriptions of
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But he chose to let the hoax be
his subject which becomes much
perpetuated in the permanent
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more understandable after read-
edition.
ing his interesting commentaries
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Anti-Semitic agitators and the and explanations.
anti-Semitic press have exploited
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Thus, an issue that was mythi-
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Rep. Abernethy's "Israel Cohen"
cal,
becomes
understandable,
and
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"pressured" by Jews who dare
to mention the fraud. And he
mutters about evidence in a safe
deposit box "owned by a man
now deceased" and a book
"missing" from the Library of
Congress.
Whether or not Rep. Aber-
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OCTOBER 17 and 18
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Emanu-EI Sisterhood
Sets Membership Tea

The Sisterhood of Temple
Emanu-EI will inaugurate its fall
season with a membership tea,
to be held at 12:30 p.m., Monday,
in the temple, 14450 W. 10 Mile,
Oak Park.
Mrs. Sidney Berman, program
chairman, announces that Art K.
Brooks will speak on "Beauty
Culture," illustrating his talk
with demonstrations of beauty
care.
An original skit, entitled "Di-
rect Line to Sisterhood," written
by Mrs. Berman, will be present-
ed It is written in rhyme form.
Among Sisterhood activities
planned for the year are a series
of book review brunches, under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Eliot
Magidsohn, to begin in Novem-
ber, and a Tuesday sewing class,
held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., each
week, at the temple, under the
direction of Mesdames Ramon
Gerson and Raymond Robbins.

Oak Park Post of JWV
Has New Meeting Place

New quarters for its meetings
have been announced by the Oak
Park Post of the Jewish War
Veterans. The group will meet
at 9 p.m., Oct. 22, and subsequent
days, at the 10 Mile branch of
the Jewish Community Center.
All prospective members are
urged to attend when announce-
ments concerning the Post char-
ter will be made. For informa-
tion on membership, call Avery
Joseff, LI. 3-0979, or Maurice
Noble, LI. 4-9517.

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