Detroiter Prof. Leo E. Litwak Writes Atlas-Lumbetg Rites
Set for December
an Impressive Sociological Novel

Leo E. Litwak, 40-year-old De-
troiter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Litwak, now has a record of many
years' recognition of his literary
talents. For some time now, his
short stories have appeared in an-
thologies and in the 0. Henry
Annuals.
Nov he takes his place among
the country's distinguished novel-
ists, with his first novel, "To the
Hanging Gardens," which has been
published by World Publishing Co.
There is much power in "To the
Hanging Gardens" — a title ap-

PROF. LEO E. LITWAK

plied to the name of the night
club upon which the characters
converged during and towards the
end of a two-day drama — the
length of the entire development
of this story.
* * *

It is a tale about a university
professor who had an affair with
the wife of a close friend; whose
own wife had had illicit relations
with another member of the group
that frequented the night club;
another teacher in the group who
took in a Negro girl as his mis-
tress—one he had met while she
was an entertainer in the night
club — and after an argument,
threw her out.
The professor's affair resulted
in a pregnancy and an abortion
was arranged for, but the abor-
tionist would not perfom: it was
too late. In the meantime, the pro-
fessor's wife planned to leave him,
became involved in an ugly exper-
ience: boy friend's mother would
no longer provide funds. he de-
manded and she herself again was
near a breakdown from which her
husband had rescued her. The
philosophy teacher takes her back;
the pregnant woman's husband is
aware of the relationship of his
wife and his friend, and his own
financial involvements had driven
him to overeating and over drink-
ing.
* * *
It's a sad tale of an involved
group of people whose abnormal
existence begins to approach the
rational. In the center is the Jewish

owner of the night club, Lukas,
who relates his experience with
an anti-Semitic Pole during the
Nazi occupation of Poland while
both were in a cave and Lukas
ingeniously subdued the Pole with
threats that he would himself be
taken for a Jew if both were
caught. It's an interesting tale of
survival.
Then there are the frequent
anti-Jewish remarks by the burn
who seduced the professor's wife
and who constantly threatened her,
and by others in the story.
There are remarkable sociolo-
gical aspects in the Negro girl's
experiences as the mistress of a
teacher—threats to his actions in
campus area, his own resistance to
them, his rough treatment of her
while they were together and his
missing her when she finally was
driven out.
* * *
The author of "To the Hanging
Gardens" was graduated from De-
troit's Central High School and
pursued his studies at Wayne State
University, the University of
Michigan and Columbia University.
He taught philosophy at Washing-
ton UniverSity in St. Louis for six
years prior to assuming his pre-
sent professional post in creative
writing at San • Francisco State
College.
He served in the U. S. armed
forces for four years during World
War II as a medical sergeant and
earned a Certificate of Merit for
Bravery.
His short stories have appeared
in national magazines and antholo-
gies, and Saul Bellow included his
"Solitary Life of Man" in "Great
Jewish Short Stories" published by
Dell. He is married and has one
daughter.
His father, Isaac Litwak, one of I
Michigan's leading labor leaders,
has for years been among the most
active leaders in Histadrut and
Allied Jewish Campaigns.

S. Oakland Hadassah
Installation on Tuesday

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combined spring installation lunch-
eon noon Tuesday, at Raleigh
House.
Mrs. Louis Cooper has been re-
elected chapter president. Her
vice presidents are Mesdames Al-
bert Newman, Emanuel Sarko,
Alan Soskin and Maurice Reizen.
Group presidents being installed
are Mesdames Alvin August, Birm-
ingham-Franklin; Norman Howard,
Huntington Woods; Harold Levitt,
Oak Park East; Abel Selburn, Oak
Park West, and Charles Snider,
Southfield.
In addition to the formal instal-
lation ceremony, the afternoon pro-
gram will include an original of-
fering, "Galerie D'Art."
Members and friends are asked
to make reservations through the
Hadassah office, LI 7-2320.

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The engagement of Sherri Lynne
Atlas to Edward A. Lumberg is
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