With lilts.
Leading Israeli Actor Mischa Asherov Carries His Theater Around
Woolf." was lago in Shake
EctlienottiAN JEWRY
'1'111- .1rvvin11 community of Ecua-
dor. %vide)) dales back to the turn
of the t.rtitury, today numbers
some :',000 persons, the vast ma-
im it y of whom live in the city of
guilt) with a smaller community
in Guayaquil.
. Israelis love the theater. The
ceotly.
in
week he left the country for speare's - Othello," performed
For the member; of Center The-
America, Asherov said, there another Israeli play and did his
ater. as he has done in 14 other
were 21 productions being pre- one-man show.
Amer:car. cities. Asherov demon-
After appearing at the Jewish
seated concurrently in Israel.
,
strated the a ,-.--ting craft that has
t
one of them being "}tarot5.iade." Center here. Asherov co nn
earned honors In 1958, he was
Habima alone produces 12 to that the Center Theater would do
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
named Habima's Best Actor of the
o r
16 plays a year, with two to four well to look into the wealth
Year for his role as Eddie in
- ilatieliAt 36 — Friday, 'June 9, 1967
groups
playing
simultaneously
Hebrew,
Yiddish
and
intiu
A
View
From
the
Arthur Miller'; -.
either in a major city or in any plays on Jewish themes for pres
Bridge. -
Israeli community that so re- entation to the Detroit community.
it4
Short, stocky. with graying hair.
quests. Sometimes there is an "Uriel da Costa" for example
Ashero'. is not the box-office hero
audience of 5,000; sometimes about an Amsterdam Jew, but it's
•
as
that makes young girls stream. He
500. about an American problem
speaks with his hands and with a
Asherov has no fear of tele- similation. "1 believe in the ail
RESORT r.OUTH A HAVE N
face that molds like modeling clay
vision's novelty hurting the theater ucational message of the theater,'•
into countless expressions. At the or movies. "Besides the 3,000,000 he said. "Otherwise it is nothing.
end of this year—"If God be with
theater tickets sold in one year, "liahima is more than theater;
me - -that face will become famous Israel is the second country in the it is an education, a learning ex-
in France: Asherov will play Tevya
world in the number of movie perience for a people, gathered
in the production of "Fiddler on tickets bought by the public; from all corners of the earth."
the Roof" in Paris.
10,000,000. Television won't hurt"
It's a wandering life that Ash-
ur theater goes to the
erov leads as a member of the because o
At South Haven's Finest
Habima company, simpy because audience.
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"Also, we have an educational
Controlled
Habima, the National Theater of program for youth in the schools,
On Lake Huron
• Dancing & Entertainment at Pool
Israel. doesn't wait for its audi-
and the children's theater at-
Side Patio
2 & 3 BEDROOMS
ences to come; it goes to its audi- tached to the main Habima. They're
• Free Dancing Lessons
ences throughout the country.
Rents S90 to $140 per Wk.
• Champagne Hour - Midnight Snacks
used to going to the theater by the
Asherov estimates that an actor
Safe, Private Beach - 450 Feet
• Famous Jewish Style Cooking
in Israel plays from 100 to 150, time they re adults
the American-Israeli Cultural
Not Stony
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Habima's 200-seat theater is lo- companies to choose from: Ha-
World Jewry, Asherov offered a
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cated,
and
150
times
outside
Tel
hima.
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(Ilistadrut-affiliated).
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1917, Hahima's story is like that company, brings U.S. musical pro-
I of the Jewish people, Asherov ductions to Israel. including "Fid-
There are two
-
ON LAKE
said: "upside down." Habima dler on the Roof.
was a theater without a country or three small: private theaters
MICHIGAN
using
what
was
then
a
dead
and
some
200
amateur
groups,
•
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•
did people start to speak He. a year.
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Israel's problem is that she
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hasn't enough actors and directors
Recreation Rooms
From Russia. liahima went to
and Pail"
• Floor Shows
• Dancing
to go around. And looking at
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Germany in 1926. from place to
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• Gala floor
theater finances, it', easy to see
place
in Europe and then to
shows
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why
not.
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America. Here there was a split.
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Although Habima is billed as
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and one group decided to remain
until Juls
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the National Theater of Israel.
N•,•Low Pot" ,
in
New
York.
eventually-dying
out.
m,. .04,0,1
it gets only 5 per cent of its sup
ere
1.100: (.0.01
wit"'
The other group emigrated to
port from the government; the
Palestine.
other 95 per cent is by subscrip-
(Although II abima has per-
tion tickets. Now in debt by some
formed throughout Europe since
S2,500,000, Habima sees the defi-
statehood, and has appeared in the
vacation for 3 • • . and the 3rd will
SOUTH HAWN. MICHIGAN
cit growing and little way out.
'Take a That's right! Starting Tuesday, July
United States three times, it has
Marsala/Sill (M. 11111)
3rd person
Asherov admitted that "in the
be free!"
30, the
never returned to Germany. "We
until Sunday, July
50 years of Habima, there is no
4th
or child) in a room with 2 adults of
have nothing to say to the Ger-
(adult
year we haven't had a deficit."'
Nippersink will be our guest and entitled to
mans," said Asherov. The last per-
abso-
Thus, because the theaters of
lodging and food (3 meals each day)
formance in Russia took place in
Israel belong to their actors, they
lutely
free.
1938) .
must pay the consequences: they
Asherov's family wandered al-
most as far as the Habima's, al- must hold down other jobs.
There's so-o-o-o much to enjoy
though in a straight path. Asherov and his wife, for ex-
FAMILY BONUS!
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at HIPPERSINK this summer
Originally from Samarkand, in ample. have formed their own
July 4th to 14th only
ON THE BEACH
Attractive accommodations
•
what
is
today
Soviet
Central
Asia,
company,
in
which
they
do
shows
In addition to 3-for-2 Sp•-
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• Delicious full course meals
Asherov's great-grandfather emi- apart from their regular Habima
cial, extra children under
• MUSICAL SHOWS
GOLF'
18 - hole golf course
•
Private
• DANCING
grated to Palestine in 1864, and schedule, traveling from Kibutz to
15 in the soma room will
TENNIS
• Floor shart and dancing nightly
SW IM MING • 1.001. 1.0L•NG ES
cost only $4.00 per day,
helped found the Bukharin Jewish Kibutz. On an evening when he
• Free grace lessons—golf,
WIENER ROASTS
including 3 meals,
PARTIES
COcKTAII ,
quarter in New Jerusalem. His is not performing for Habima,
swimming, cha-cha, twist
MIDNITE SNACKS
own son returned to Samarkand, Asherov may be found doing a
• Afternoon cocktail Iliadic
and 1891 took his turn at emigrat. one-man show, Gogol's "Diary of
• Tennis, Boating,
Swimming—
ing to Palestine. Asherov's father' a Mad M
Water Ski School,
Last year,
ears he played in "Vir-
mid-week days ... Sunday, ions 18th
born in the Holy Land, and he,
Bicycling, Softball
Any
to Friday, June 30th (excluding June 23-25
too, went back to Samarkand.
• Complete children's
weekend) ... from only 514.50 daily, per
BRITONS
BEHIND
ISRAEL
dayl
program for
where Asherov was born.
person, complete, FREE GOLF
all ages
LONDON — The Gallup
He has lived in the country since
AND CHILDREN under 15 years, only 5.4.00
meals, when sharing
age 10 and has expressed no desire
Poll reported Tuesday that a
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and Fully Carpeted !except as other
survey of British public opin-
to return to Samarkand.
room with parents.
THE FAMILY—
nue shots n
Asherov said it was his grand-
ion showed that 46 per cent
coonsimor
Children's Wading Pool
all
the
time!
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A founder of Kibutz Yech-Am
in the new Middle East war
and only four per cent sided
in the Galilee, Asherov began
his career in drama school 22
with Egypt. The other 50 per
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Although the liahima performs
only in Hebrew, Asherov, who
speaks six languages, is ready for
HOTEL
any contingency, including English
ANY 2 WEEKS
movies. "Fiddler" will be his first
June 25 to Sept. 4
musical, although he has played
2c• PER WEEK
a non-musical Tevye before.
per person
•"'
He has been in films for eight
double occ.
years, the most recent being
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"Three Days and a Child," which
INCLUDES ROUND TRIP
was awarded a first prize at the
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When Asherov completes his
lone 25 to Sept. 4
U.S. tour, he plans to direct a film,
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"The Net," a modern drama based
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on the story of Cain and Abel.
under 0 supervision
Despite the potential of the film
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industry in Israel, the theater still
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ranks first with Asherov, who re-
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calls with relish his favorite roles:
ment • Counsellor Supervision for
Barney Greenwald in "The Caine
Children • Night Patrol • Salt L
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Mutiny," George in "Who's Afraid
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BY CHARLOTTE HYAIES
It's been said that Israel's actors
cover almost - as much mileage as
her bus dri -.ers. Mischa Asherov. a
leading, mernbr-r of the Ha birr,a
Theater, could probably r.rutdiri-
tame all of them.
On this his first trip to the
United States Asherov was pre-
ceded b, his appearance on film
here. In the movie. "Impossible on
Saturday." an Israeli-French com-
edy that played in Detroit eight
month. Asherov was seen as
a eh(-r . :',1 old angel trying desper•
ately to get his un-angelic son into
Ilea -.en •
In the same film, the actor's
wife Dahlia Friedland. also had a
major r ro!, (Dahlia is the daughter
of Zsi Friedland. a founder and
director Of Habima. who continues
to teac -i many new actors. Her
mother.. Ifanna Handler, is also in
the Hahirna company. In our
houtehold theater is breakfast and
Asherov
lurch
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