THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS— Friday, March 27, 1959-8

Movie Excellent, But
`Anne Frank' Lacks
Jewish Inspiration

Hamlin Is Named Canada Admits 2,290 Jews from Overseas in 1958
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grants admitted to Canada grants from Israel admitted.

By DAVID HORWITZ
NEW YORK, (AJP) — The
inspiring motion picture version
of "The Diary of Anne Frank,"
the opening of which this re-
viewer witnessed at the RKO
Palace Theater here last week,
failed to produce—in spirit and
action—the truly Jewish-
inspirited girl which the orig-
inal "Anne" must have been as
judged by her diary.
This is unfortunate because
the production as a whole is
a masterpiece. • Producer and
director George Stevens is to
be congratulated for a wonder-
ful film, which brings you very
close to the people and places
involved in the "Diary" tragedy.
But, alas, Millie Perkins—
selected out of thousands of
teenage girls—has nothing
much Jewish about her. Though
pretty and talented as an
actress, she fails to project that
inner spiritual Jewish spark
which had stirred the very
heart-strings of Anne Frank
closeted in that dilapidated old
Amsterdam flat. On the other
hand, Joseph Schildkraut, in
every sense of the word, makes
a perfect Otto Frank. He is
simply great in this role.
With the exception of !Anne"
—the main character of the
story—the cast is excellent.
Shelley Winters, Lou Jacobi
and Richard Beymer as the Van
Daans; Gusti Huber as Mrs.
Frank; Diane Baker as Margot
Frank; Douglas Spencer as
Kraler; Dody Heath as Miep,
and Ed Wynn as Dussell—all
excel in that they bring to life
an episode of human horror
never to be forgotten.
Despite the one shortcoming
—and several others -which
Meyer. Levin might have reciti-
fied if given a hand—"The
]diary of -Anne- Pram,"as-
fiIr ~ a `will do much - to disarm
anti-Se rites. .. -
Oita Frank, -Anne Frank's fa--
`ther,•.arrived here - list-weekend
and plans. to remain for about
10 days. The- purpose of his
visit is to interest people in a
project to establish a center
for young peoples from various
parts of the .world. Mr. Frank
plans to set the Center up in
the old Amsterdam building
where he and his family were
trapped for two years during
the war. Mr. Frank, 69 years of
age, makes his home in Basle,
Switzerland.

The Jewish agency for Israel
announced the appointment of
Isadore Hamlin to the newly
created post
of administra-
tive director.
Hamlin. asso-
ciated with
the Jewish
Agency for
the last 15 ..
years, has
served a s
press officer
in the Wash-
ington, D. C.
branch a n d,
for the last 10
years, as exec-
utive assistant
in the N e w
York head-
Hamlin
quarters. H e
is a graduate of Mikveh Israel
Agricultural School in Israel
and of Cornell University.

Dr. Jonas Salk Plans
Visit to Israel in May

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Dr.
Jonas Salk, discoverer of the
vaccine providing 'immuniza-
tion against infantile paralysis,
will visit the State of Israel
early in May.

Algerian Jewry Opens
1959 UlA Campaign

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ALGIERS—Non-Jewish civil
and military leaders of Al-
geria joined many leading Jews
at a meeting here marking the
opening of the United Israel
Campaign in Algeria. The meet-
ing was featured by French
documentary films showing
Nazi atrocities in German con-
centration camps during World
War Two.
Similar rallies were held in
a number of other Jewish cen-
ters outside this city.
The showing of the concen-
tration camp documentaries
emphasized the campaign slo-
gan: "Lest We Forget."

Bar-Ilan Accepts Students
For Year's Study in Israel

Bar-Ilan University in Israel
will accept a limited number of
American high school gradu-
ates and college undergradu-
ates for a year's study in the
Holy Land, according to an an-
nouncement by Dr. Bernard S.
Lander, chairman of the uni-
versity's American admissions
committee.
The deadline for filing appli-
cations with the American Com-
mittee for Bar-Ilan University,
527 Madison Avenue, New York
22, is May 21.

MONTREAL—Data on Jew-
ish immigration to Canada in
1958, based on statistics com-
piled by the Department of
Citieznship and Immigration,
was made public here Tuesday
by the Canadian Jewish Con-
gress.
The number of Jewish im-
migrants -admitted to Canada
during the calendar year 1958
from overseas was 2,290, a de-
crease of 58.2 percent, below
the number in 1957, but larger
than in any of the years 1954,
1955 or 1956.
The number of Jewish immi-
grants admitted to Canada
from the U.S.A. in 1958 is esti-
mated to. be 550 so that the

from all countries in 1958 was
2,840.
The total number of immi-
grants of all origins admitted
to Canada during the calendar
year 1958 was 124,851, a de-
crease of 55.7 percent, below
the - number in 1957.
The number of Jewish im-
migrants admitted to Canada
in 1958 who reported Israel as
their last country of previous
residence was 543 as compared
with 454 in _1957; 292 in 1956;
214 in 1955; and 344 in 1954 ,

Malcolm Leventen
Associates

Prepare for Sacrificies,
ZOA Tells Membership

PITTSBURGH (JTA)—Zion-
ists throughout the United
States were urged to mobilize
themselves for "sacrificial giv-
ing" to the United Jewish Ap-
peal, in a call issued Sunday by
- the national executive of the
Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica, at the conclusion of its
two-day session here.

to Canada in 1958 was ex-
ceeded in number of immi-
grants of Italian, English, Ger-
man, Dutch, Scottish, Irish,
Polish, Hungarian, Chinese and
French origin in the order
given.
The total number of Jewish
immigrants admitted to Canada
in the last 13 calendar years
was 54,381 and formed three
percent of the total number of
immigrants of all origins ad-
mitted to Canada during- that
period.

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of racial amity and exem-
plary efforts in furthering
benevolence, harmony and
brotherly love. — Robert S.
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We urge you to vote for Ed-
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3.---because, in the difficult
position of Detroit Police
Commissioner from 1954 to
1958, and in other public
service, he has held high
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cans.

1.—Because of his sound
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Edward S. Piggins

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Sincerely Yours,

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