Howard Green in `Purple Dust';
Ends 7 Years Acting in Ann Arbor
Richards Commended Governor-Elect Swainson, Israel
by Columbia Office
Consul Pad,an, Greet Exhibition of
Louis M. Starr, 'director of
Howard Green completes over tole," "Witness for the prosecu- the Oral History Research Of-
seven years of acting in Ann tion," "The Solid Gold Cadillac." fice of Columbia University,
Arbor dramatic productions this
In "The Purple Dust," which payed a glowing tribute to the
week in the University of Michi- will be performed at Lydia Men- activities of the Jewish informa-
gan Speech Department Univer-. delssohn Theatr e, 8 o'clock tion Bureau of New York and
sity Players' production of "The nightly from Dec. 8 through Dec. its director, Bernard G. Rich-
Purple Dust," by Sean O'Cas- 11, Green has the role of Cyril ards. Starr wrote to Richards:
sey.
Poges, a romantic, sentimental,
"This is to acknowledge your
He has appeared in more fussy, elderly Englishman who cooperation with the Oral His-
than 30 productions, dividing seeks to regain his lost vigor and tory Research Office of Colum- -
his time for the most part be- youth in the Irish countryside bia University. Your contribu-
tween the University- Players amid the local "simple working tions to American Jewish life
and the Ann Arbor Drama Sea- folk" who gradually take more and the wide range of your per-
son.
from Poges than he hoped to get sonal contacts with many im-
Green has appeared as from them.
portant Americans of the 20th
Jacques in "As You Like It,"
Green is the son of Mr. and century have created a fund of
as Ben Grant Mrs. Albert Green, 13340 North- knowledge which this office is
pleased to have available to it."
in "Look field, Oak Park.
Homeward An-
gel," as George
.
.
D illOn in'
"Epitaph forl
George Dil-,
Ion," and as
Jimmy Porter
in "Look Back
in Anger," as
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
General of the United Nations.
to The Jewish News)
well . as some
On the agenda of the current
PARIS
—
A
protest
against
a
Green twenty-five
UNESCO conference is an item
Libyan
government
action
clos-
other productions of the Uni-
ing down a Jewish school con- scheduled for debate Friday pro-
- versity , Players.
posing an international conven-
Professionally, Green is cred- ducted by Alliance Israelite Uni- tion abolishing discrimination in
verselle in Tripoli, Libya, was
ited with five seasons with the made here by Jewish organiza- education on grounds of race,
Ann - Arbor Drama Season, in- tio y in a letter to religion or sex.
cluding "The Gazebo," "Howie,"
It is considered certain that the
1 conference of
nt gel
"Macbeth," "A View from t
'nited Na ns Educational convention will be adopted after
)3
Bridge, "The Affairs of
tural Organiia- which it will be open for ratifica-
ientific and
tion by members of UNESCO.
tion.
Israel Radio
The letter
s sent by the There are indications that nearly
ncil of Jewish all of state members of UNESCO
Consultative
hil . Or
Programs i
group having will sign or ratify the convention.
anizations,
— Th
JERUSALEM,
sultive s
s with UNESCO.
of Israel,
foreign service
e council composed of repre-
rael's govern
-owned ra
Alliance, Anglo
tives
inaugurated
egular tra
iation and American
sion in Sw . , broadcas
mittee.
grams
e language
g to the protest, th e
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A pledge
_ spoken
any millions of A
overnment suddenly to boycot t the ele • 13 of Ash-
cans..
language •
own -the Alliance school kenazi
bis
mon
gue in 'l
ril "without previous noti- u
,re
Ea
frica, an.
n and without giving any
•
Ugan Ke
anganyixa
on for the' order." The sc
partici
representatives of
parts
ngo. Only
been in existence 70
s.1 th
of Rabbinate Council in
ee oth r. o stations transmi
chool
he protest notes that
to no-
rograms
ahili. These
has rendered great s
e to the
the
ocated in
cow, London
ripoli."
Jewish population
0 bbis
Cairo. •
Libya is a me
of the Arab
gue
League.
ells
rers
The letter
d a resolution
connect
adopted here r ntly by the cen-1
tenary meetin
Alliance Israel-
The Cabinet, at its
m
ite Universelle
°testing "ern-
ion on
phatically again
is unjustified Jerusalem, deferr
the questio
ending the
and unjustifiable a
a govern-1
hief Rabbinate
ment created under t
which expired on Oct.
of the United Nations and one
that promised solemnly to respect 21 and whose legal existence is,
therefore, in doubt. Elections of
the United Nations Charter."
A request was made in the the Chief Rabbi as well as the
latter that the issue be brought new Council, have not yet been
to the attention of not only the held because of the resignation
delegates to the UNESCO- con- of four members of the eight-
man nominating commission,
ference but also to the Secretary
w hick left th a
t bod
y without
w the
th
required quorum of five mem-
bers.
A move to extend the tenure
of the Council was pressed by
Binyamin Mintz, Minister of
"I have never been in a place Posts, who insisted that official
like it in my life," Harry Bela, inaction to remedy the situation
fonte said in describing Israel in Continued to undermine the pres-
a story in the current issue of tige of the high institution which
Ebony Magazine. His strong iden- he said, was regarded both in
tification with Israel was revealed Israel and abroad as Jewry's
by the famed singer, who told supreme religious tribunal.
Prime Minister David Ben-
reporters: "My grandfather was
did not
French and half-Jewish, my wife Gurion press
• ion,
and in-laws are Jewish."
"Performing here in Israel
tin
Minister for Religiou
going to be the greatest
- ffairs after the death of Rabbi
challenge to me, beca
the '' A
keen awareness w
e Jews Yaakov Toledano.
have acquired
ough being
lea
lis
ork
persecuted so
h," he said on 'Lauds Is
The
M on a
his first vi
o Israel this p t
ding
er
summer
his wife and s
ew
ork,
-In hi
sit to the Eoly Land
e a
sqt
Belafo
at Israe
found great inspiraf
not o
g i
1C2.
ill the Holy Places,
Before leaving for
in th simplicity of life, the dedi-
on
cati
project of hiS
of the people and t
e con-
spin of brotherhood. Accompa- suited with the
Fcrunda-
en doing work
nied
his wife, Julie, and their lion, which
scan states. "When
son,
id, he crisscrossed the in the
o Africa," he was told
deserts,
e with Arabs an
he Ford Foundation, "be sure
Jews and
synagogues and churc es, Ebony to look up the Israelis there.
They seem to understand the
rreports.
The singer, who played to rroblem- there better than many
overflow crowds, was greeted by who have been there longer.
crushing mobs in the street, and They are doing excellent work."
had people travel scores of miles
Iron was more precious than
—even leave hospital beds—to
gold in 1600 B.C.
her him sing.
Jewish Organizations File Protest
at UN Against Libyan Government
Rule Closing Down Jewish School
Rabbinate Vote
Faced by Boycott
Visit to Israel,
Thrills Belafonte
'Forms from Israel,' Now in Detroit
An enthusiastic gathering of
scores of prominent Detroiters of
all faiths attended the formal
op e n i n g of the exhibition of
"Forms from Israel," at the In-
stitute of Arts, Dec. 1.
Arranged by Mrs. Clarence
Enggass, the exhibit includes
many. "forms" of artistry from Is-
rael—ceremonial objects, books,
precious stones and other articles.
Presiding at the opening cer-
emony, Sidney Shevitz w
conned the guests and e
the community's
Minneapo
Only
ess Elec
MI
APOLIS, (JTA
45 -
r - old Brooklyn
wo
the only Jew a ss
co ty, stood on every door-
st
in Minnesota's 63rd -dis-
tri to win a seat in the state
Legs
re.
Mrs. s
•ri
her first• bid for public office,
succeeding where her hUsband,
Max Feldman, a 'rn er chan t,
failed two years ago. She de-
feated five men in the primary
and general elections.
A Talmud Torah student in
Brooklyn, Mrs. Feldman keeps
Jewish ritual in her home which
has plenty of Jewish books and
records. The Feldmans have
four children.
the opportunity that has been
given Detroit to be host to this
exhibit.
The link by means of art be-
tween Israel and the United
States 'was acclaimed in an ad-
dress by Governor-elect John B.
Swainson. •
Israel's progress in many fields
of art was described in an address
by Israel's Vice Consul Meir Pa-
o were de-
- Fre
irector
le of
Prptestants . ,• nd ews.
hevitz expressed than
to
Charles Fei
g
ra
age, curator
the
Inst
e, for their
p in
ngi
e exhibit.
ition will
nue at
Art Institute thr
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