Friday, Fe bruary 14, 1964—THE DETRO IT JEWIS H NEWS-30
Author's Personal Dramatic Experience
Recounted in Meyer Levin's 'The Fanatic'
Meyer Levin, one of the most
popular and best known Jewish
authors, whose "Compulsion,"
which dealt with the Loeb-Leo-
pold tragedy and its motiva-
tions, gave him worldwide fame.
was the center of a great con-
troversy. He sued the producers
of "The Diary of Anne Frank,"
and he eventually won his suit,
accusing those who staged the
play that they had stolen the
theme from his original docu-
ment.
His charges primarily were
that the Jewish angle in • the
play was eliminated, that the
emphasis on Jewish interests
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n o ncem en ts
was reduced to minimum. He a struggle. He wins his battle
charged Communist influences —as Levin won his verdict
as having been brought into against the producers of "The
play to denigrate his original Diary of Anne Frank" and the
father of Anne.
theme.
With Leo Kahn (counterpart
`The Fanatic," the new Meyer
Levin novel, published b y of Anne Frank?) as the narrator
Simon and Schuster, revises the the Meyer Levin novel portrays
a set of characters who play
their roles in portraying the
tragedy that was delineated in
the Kahn story, and the gutter-
snipes of Broadway.
There are collaborators with
the swindlers (Kahn's mother)
and there is trickery which calls
for_ determination to overcome
the obstacles in Maury's life.
They were the difficulties that
had to be hurdled by Levin
himself, and "The Fanatic" in-
terestingly retraces his steps to
secure justice in a personal
dramatic experience.
Writer Reveals
Truth About
Arab Refugees
Last Week's Winner of the
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Sholem Aleichem Institute Will Display
Paintings, Sculpture of 34 Detroit Artists
The works of 34 professional
Detroit artists will be on dis-
play and for sale at the Sholem
Aleichem Institute Feb. 22-23.
Hours are 1 to 10 p.m. Feb. 22
and noon to 8 p.m. Feb. 23.
Oils, water colors, sculpture
and silver work of the following
artists will be shown:
Thelma Abel, Katy Keck Arn-
stein, Anita Baxter, Irving Berg,
Susan Bolt. Judith Brady, Sylvia
Chover, Joanne Colman, Betty
Conn, Connie Covent, Ray De Vloe-
schouwer, Leo Dworkin, Charles
Finger, Sophie Fordon, Dorothy
Harwood, John Jacobson, Martin
Kallman, Shirley Kallus, Pat Lick-
teig, Oliver LaGrone, Maria Luther,
Leo Mardirosian, Martha Mardiro-
N. Y. to Erect Memorial
to Late Gov. Lehman
ALBANY, N.Y., (JTA) — Two
college heads and a federal
judge were named by Gov. Nel-
son Rockefeller and Republican
legislative leaders to develop a
state memorial for the late
Herbert H. Lehman, form e r
governor and' senator.
Chancellor William P. Tolley
of Syracuse University, the Rev.
J. J. McGinley, president of
Canisius College of Buffalo and
Federal Judge Edward Weinfeld
have been asked to recommend
"a suitable enduring memorial
for one of the greatest human-
itarians of our times," Gov.
Rockefeller said.
sian, Charles McGee, Cyril Miles,
Corinne Minkin, Hiroka Oba, Jo-
seph Olzero, Evelyn Brackett Ras-
kin, Cledie Collins Taylor, Michael
Vizzini, Carol Wald. Shirley Wood-
son and Esther Zeitlin.
Refreshments will be served.
For tickets and information, call
chairman Mrs. Lela Henkin, EL
7-5186.
`Anne Frank' Drama
Hit by Nazis; Fights
Provoked in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (JTA'—Fights
broke out in a theater here
when a group of Nazis tried to
disrupt a performance of "The
Diary of Anne Frank" by dis-
tributing leaflets alleging that
"the whole story is a fabrication
by the Jews, and never happen-
ed."
Members of the audience tore
the leaflets in the face of the
distributors a n d exchanged
blows with the Nazis. Policemen
broke up the fights and ejected
the Nazis. The Anne Frank
drama has been playing suc-
cessfully here, in Swedish, with
the 1,000-seat hall filled for
every performance.
For Purim Gift Giving
For Purim gift giving — or
The Arab refugee question is
MRS. HOWARD GOLDBERG
weddings, too—try a bottle of
a constantly irritating issue.
Meyer
Levin
(9 lbs., 4 oz.)
Seagram's V.O. Can adian
Some time back, a correspond-
Congratulations on the birth of
whisky. It has just the right
1: sue and presents the eminent ent, writing to the New York
your daughter and we hope the.
a uthor's case in powerful fash- Times, presented so many facts
re-
you
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combination of flavor and
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your
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aroma with a color and clarity
that were exposed as being mis-
week at home easier.
Levin appeals to his readers
that is pleasing to the eye.
n ot to view the theme as such representations that Emilio von
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Hoffmannstahl, of Forest Hills, Poles to Speed Erection
Holiday Dinner Highlight
a personal document. In a fore- N. Y., wrote to the Times as of Shrine at Auschwitz
Maxwell House Coffee, long
Feb. 6 — To Mr. and Mrs. v Ford, written in Kefar Shem- follows:
LONDON (JTA)—The Jewish
Philip Entin (Bette Robinson), a ryahu and Belt • Yanai. Israel,
The London Economist of Oct. Cultural and Social Association a favorite in Jewish homes, is
15837 Harden Circle, Southfield, i n 1963, he maintains that it is 2, 1948, reported: "The Jewish of Poland has -decided to make the perfect beverage to top off
essential to him "that the read- authorities " * urged all Arabs an all-out effort to have the those Purim holiday dinners.
a son, David Howard.
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e r approach this story to seek to remain * * and guaranteed Jewish shrine inside the Ausch- The results of many years of
Jan. 31—To Mr. and Mrs. i deas, meanings, beliefs, rather them protection and security. witz Memorial completed by perfecting the best possible
Michael G. Docks (Rosalind t han to seek personal histories." * * * Various factors influenced the 20th anniversary of the lib- blend are apparent with your
Bernstock of London, England),
He even goes so far as to their decision to seek safety in eration of the death camp next first sip.
of Ardmore Ave., a son, Randy
say: 'If the latter is his in- flight. * * * The most potent January. Work on the shrine,
Allen.
terest, then I would not read of these factors was the an- which has been proceeding for
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PLANNING
this book."
nouncement made over the air some time, will now be speeded
Mrs.
and
Mr.
Jan. 28—To
But upon reading his docu- by the Arab High Executive, up for that purpose.
A WEDDING?
Paul Levie (Ruth Franken, for- 1
lent, how can one possibly urging all Arabs in Haifa to
merly of Detroit), of New York,
A
BAR
MITZVAH?
void it?
quit. The reason given was that Arlazaroff to Meet
a son, Mark David.
He continues to state in his upon the final withdrawal of
REMEMBER
. . .
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Arlazaroff Branch, Farband,
oreword that he is concerned
Jan. 27—To Dr. and Mrs. Eliot i 'not with questions of identi- the British, the combined armies will hear a review of Joanne
of the Arab states would in- Greenberg's "The King's Per-
B. Folbe (Rita Stone, of Chi- fications but with the consum-
vade Palestine and 'drive the sons" 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at
cago), 24363 Rensselaer, Oak ing question of human identity
SAVES THE DAY!
Jews into the sea,' and it was
Park, a son, Mitchell Howard.
that has so racked our genera- clearly intimated that those the Labor Zionist Institute. Re-
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viewer
will
be
Mrs.
Evelyn
For Fine
ion. I am concerned with the
Jan. 26—To Mr. and Mrs. Sam- basic problem for the artist, Arabs- who remained in Haifa Noveck.
Color Movies Call
A social hour and refresh-
uel Pearlstein (Sophie Hyman), acute in our time, of retaining and accepted Jewish protection
14161 Victoria, Oak Park, a son, h i s freedom o f expression would be regarded as rene- ments will follow. Guests in-
gades."
vited.
Charles Lewis.
against political and ideological
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Report to British Police Head-
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pressures . . . I am concerned quarters in Jerusalem of April
To Mr. and Mrs. Donald M.
with the question of whether 26, 1948: "Every effort is being
Horwitz (Carol Bronsky), 24406
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our emerging politically and made by the Jews to persuade
Rensselaer, Oak Park, a son,
economically monolithic soci- the Arab population to stay and
Kosher
Strictly
Steven Gary.
iety is creating conditions that carry on with their normal
Passover
drive sensitive persons to feel lives * * and to be assured
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that life is not worth living . . ." that their lives and interest will
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"The Fanatic" is the story of
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be safe."
a rabbi, Maury Finkelstein, who
These facts have been con-
became a writer and abandoned firmed by the representatives of
LEO GOLDMAN
the pulpit out of a protest
ARETHUSA HOTEL
Great Britain to the United Na-
Expert Mohel
against what had happened to tions on April 3, 1948, of France
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from the inferno of Hitlerism.
and the Arab radio as the Near
Accompanying her is the spirit
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East Arab Radio on April 3 and
of her first lover, Leo Kahn,
Sept. 27, 1948, the Syrian radio
who died in a concentration
on Aug. 13, 1948, and the broad-
Israel Goodman
camp. But Leo had written a
cast of King Farouk of Egypt
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Anika brought the manu- considerably with the methods
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and
then
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Marshall L. Goldman
for the
and
confiscation
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pogroms
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ery by lawyers entering into are needed: first, knowledge of
the emerging difficulties are all the facts: second, equal ap-
Cantor Isaac Katz, who have conducted services here
plication of the same principles
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the left-wingers.
for the past 10 years. Services also held daily in the Hotel
Maury is prevented from pro- of law and humanity to both
ISAAC KAPLAN
sides.
during the entire Passover week.
ducing the play stolen from
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was held in solitary confine-
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Alexander
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Joseph Baras
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