Lots of Good Humor About Israel, Baginsky-_Hrotman
Other Lands in 'How to Be an Alien' Engagement Told
Goerge Mikes posseses a re-
markable sense of humor. What-
ever area he covers, he knows
how to locate the entertaining,
the lighter-in-vein. He proves it
in "How to Be an Alien in
Britain, France, Italy, Germany,
Switzerland, Israel and Japan,"
which was published by Basic
Books (404 Park, S., N.Y. 16).
Art Buchwald said about this
book: "Not since Mark Twain
has there been an innocent
abroad who is . . . so wickedly
perceptive and so consistently
entertaining."
Mikes, in his preface, speaks
about the puzzlement from
which he suffered about the
failure of American publishers
previously to produce his books.
He received adulation, but, as
he learned from them, "their
public was not half so sophis-
ticated and intelligent as they
were themselves, so, with bleed-
ing hearts, they very much re-
gretted ..." Then came the pub-
lisher "prepared to take the
risk," and so we have this
book. _
Every country visited by
Mikes produces the laughs
intended, emerges in the en-
tertaining light shed upon it
by this author.
Even Germany, which Mikes
treats with utmost caution—by
not overlooking the holocaust,
by appealing against anti-Ger-
Plan Publication
of 'Conversations
With Ben-Gurion'
j
P erlman
Ben-Gurion
M. Lincoln Schuster, presi-
dent and editor-in-chief of
Simon and Schuster, publishers,
will soon depart on a world
trip that will carry him to Is-
rael where a book "Conversa-
tions With Ben Gurion" is in
the works.
Moshe Perlman, former di-
rector of Israel's information
services and writer of the of-
ficial book about the Eichmann
Trial, will interview Israel's
former prime minister in a
series of recorded conversa-
tions.
Schuster was impressed by
the method, used for another
book, "Felix Frankfurter Remi-
nisces," and when the idea was
suggested to Ben Gurion, ar-
rangements were made.
`Capt. Newman, M.D.,'
Opens at Mercury
A best seller becomes a mag-
nificent motion picture in Uni-
versal's dramatization of "Cap-
tain Newman, M.D.," which
opened Wednesday at the Mer-
cury Theater.
Academy Award winner Greg-
ory Peck turns the title role
into a performance of bruising
impact. His portrayal of a dedi-
cated healer of the sick is
counterpointed by the work of
costars Tony Curtis, Angie
Dickinson, Bobby Darin and
Eddie Albert.
The screen follows Peck
through a farcical-tragic world
of men and women helplessly
caught in the comedy-nightmare
of wartime, and its aftermath.
Tony Curtis delivers in the
role of Peck's orderly, Corp.
Jackson Laibowitz, a comedy
portrayal of infinite variety.
manism yet by recalling the
brutality of Nazism—becomes a
country to take an interest in.
This is true of every area
covered by Mikes, in this vol-
ume so splendidly illustrated
by Nicolas Bentley and David
Langd on.
Of special interest to our
readers is Israel. Mikes has
picked up a lot of human ma-
terial there and he has gathered
many amusing episodes to make
it a most enjoyable chapter.
Sentiment is mingled with
realities in dealing with the
reconstructed Jewish state. A
new arrival's enthusiasm, ex-
pressed by his kissing the soil,
is viewed as "unselfish pat-
riotism.' The swaggering by
the proud who boast about
their accomplishments is
judged thus: "if we were in
their shoes, we would boast in
exactly the same way." While
there is claim to greatness,
the Israelis "have the full
right to be mediocre and in-
significant." Here is a hum-
orist's recognition of the new
Jew's right to normalcy.
Many stories are related, like
this one: "If anyone believes
that the Jews are genrally dis-
liked except in Israel, where
they all love each other fondly,
he is badly mistaken. I would
even go so far as to state that
there is a Jewish Israel and an
Israeli Israel. A lady who had
come from Kaunas told me in
Tel Aviv: 'You know, in Lith-
uania I was a Jew; here in
Israel, I have become a Lith-
uanian. And, when I am among
the really orthodox, I feel like
a shikse'."
The manners of the Israelis
is the subject of evaluation: they
observe the queuing etiquette,
and when one person jumped
the queue a Moroccan Jew cut
the offender's ear: "good man-
ners clearly mattered greatly to
this man."
Mikes' evaluation of Hebrew
is a punning exercise—and so
are his descriptions of the com-
plicated Israel money system,
the restaurant and other sepv-
ices.
He has provided us with a
number of good laughs with his
description of Israel, and he has
indeed emerged as an exciting
and interested innocent abroad.
Technion Breaks Ground
for Microbiology Center
HAIFA, (JTA)—Dr. Selman
A. Waksman, Nobel Prize win-
ner, took part in ground-break-
ing ceremonies on the campus
of the Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology marking the inau-
guration of a new research cen-
ter which he will oversee.
Named for the New York busi-
nessman who donated the bulk
of the funds for construction of
the new facility, the Horace
Goldsmith Institute of General
and Industrial Microbiology will
focus research attention on
"bacteria, molds, yeasts and
other microscopic forms of life"
with a view towards "practical
utilization for industrial, food
and other purposes."
MISS JOAN BAGINSKY
Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Michel Baginsky of New Or-
leans announce the engage-
ment of their daughter Joan
Rochelle to Lawrence Daniel
Brotman of Ann Arbor, son of
Mrs. Bertha Brotman of Ken-
tucky Ave.
Miss Baginsky, a senior at the
University of Michigan, will re-
ceive a master's degree in med-
ical social work following the
June 15 wedding in New Or-
leans. ,
Mr. Brotman, a senior in the
University of Michigan School
of Medicine and a member of
Phi Delta Epsilon Medical
Fraternity, will begin an in-
ternship early in July.
Arlazaroff Unit
Plans Grove in
Kennedy Forest
Arlazaroff Branch No. 137,
Farband-LZO, will honor the
memory of the late President
John F. Kennedy by establish-
ing a grove of 1,000 trees in the
John F. Kennedy Peace Forest,
Harry Schurne, chairman of the
branch, announced.
A committee headed by David
Silver was appointed to plan im-
plementation of the decision.
Other members of the commit-
tee are: Julius M. Singer, Wil-
liam Hordes, Louis Levin, Adele
Mon d r y, Morritz Schubiner,
Mrs. Morritz Schubiner, Harry
Schumer and David Sislin.
Arlazaroff Branch grove will
be part of the Michigan section
of the John F. Kennedy Peace
Forest which the Jewish Nation-
al Fund is establishing in the
center of the American-Israel
Freedom Forest. This John F.
Kennedy Peace Forest will con-
sist of several million trees and
will be American Jewry's tri-
bute to the late President.
Rabbi and Mrs. Israel Halpern were in Montreal recently
where they participated in a family reunion and the dedication
of a new Torah to the synagogue of the Rabbinical College of
Canada. The Torah was a gift of the Rabbi's mother, who traveled
with the scroll from her home in Bnai Brak, Israel. Lawrence
Halpern, the rabbi's son, was also present at the reunion.
The Shapero-Schwartz-Feinstein Family Club will meet Sun-.
day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kief, Grand
Concourse Ave., Southfield, announces Paul Shapiro, president.
Dinner will be followed by entertainment. Mrs. Max Hamburger
of Miami Beach will be guest of honor. Mesdames Stella Fein-
stein and Bud Cole and Charles Kief will be honored on their
birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Belkin, formerly of 700 Whitmore, are
now residing at 13800 Terrace, Cleveland, Ohio.
Cpl. Lee David Miller, son of the Sidney Millers of Ruther-
ford Ave., was named Soldier of the Month by his battery at
Fort Benning, Ga. He is married to the former Sandra Ruda,
daughter of the Abraham Rudas of W. Nine Mile Rd., Oak Park.
Area Religion, Race
Conference April 12
A South Oakland Religion and
Race Conference will be held at
the Marian Catholic High
School in Birmingham, Sunday,
April 12.
The conference is designed to
mobilize a total community ap-
proach to the achievement of
racial justice in the suburbs. It
is being co-sponsored by the
Catholic Archdiocese, the Coun-
cil of Churches and the Jewish
Community Council, in coopera-
tion with a number of civic
groups in South Oakland
County, including the Demo-
cratic and Republican Party Hu-
man Relations Committees and
civic human relations groups.
Chairman of the conference
will be William T. Gossett. The
keynote address will be deliv-
ered by Arthur Johnson, execu-
tive director of the Detroit
branch of the NAACP. There
will be a clergy panel to dis-
cuss various aspects of the prob-
lem. The panel participants will
include Rabbi Morris Adler.
On the conference planning
committee are Leonard Gordon,
Mrs. Sidney Katzman, Walter
Klein, Arthur Rubiner.
WHEN YOU ,Pic A COCKTAIL
Jewish Family Gives
$500,000 to University
OTTAWA, (JTA)—A leading
Jewish family of Ottawa was
disclosed to have made a gift
of $500,000 to Carelton Univer-
sity after withdrawing an offer
to give that amount for a medi-
cal research center at the Ot-
tawa Civic Hospital.
The Loeb Foundation with-
drew the proposed gift after a
series of delays in acceptance
by the city council. Bertram
Loeb, spokesman for the family,
said the action did not mean an
irretrievable loss to the city,
adding that the family would
still like to donate a Medical
Research Institute building to
the city.
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Hillel Seder Attended
by Justice Goldberg
The 40 years of wandering in
the desert by the children of
Israel is comparable to the 100
years of deprivation of freedom
of a segment of American soci-
ety, said Arthur J. Goldberg,:
associate justice of the Supreme
Court, at a pre-Passover seder
sponsored by the Bnai Brith
Hillel Counselorship at Ameri-
can University, Washington,D.C.
Guests included President
Hurst Anderson of American
University; Rabbi Benjamin
Kahn, national director of the
Hillel Foundations; Mrs. Abra-
ham S. Kay, to the memory of
LT. RAYMOND ZUSSMAN whose husband the seder was
AUXILIARY announces its new- dedicated; and more than 300
ly elected officers are Hilda students and faculty.
Weiser, president; Mollie;
Perchikoff and Nellie Kolb, vice Turkey, Israel to Trade
presidents; S e e in a Fischel,
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
treasurer; Lillian Pevzner and
to The Jewish News)
Elsie Green e, secretaries;
JERUSALEM — Officials an-
Eleanor Silk, .conductress; Edith nounced the signing Wednesday
Weiss, patriotic instructress; of a $30-million Israeli-Turkish
Ruby Tompkins, chaplain; Doro- 1964-65 trade agreement.
thy Zussman, historian; and Among the products Israel will
Mary Love, guard. Installation ship to Turkey under the agree-
will be May 13 at the Raleigh ment are phosophates, chemi-
cals and . irrigation equipment.
House.
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