Danny Raskin's LISTENING 0 THE DRIBS. DAUBS and spat- ters at an exhibition recently of abstract art in Miami. Fla.. were beginning to make builder Gerry Taines feel dizzy . . . Pausing a moment near a couple who also seemed to have had it. Gerry over- heard the man remark. - Well. there's one thing that can be said for modern art—it gives every- body a chance. - Sidney Kaye Is Dead; Host to Celebrities at Russian Tea Room Greek Govt. to Ease Decrees Aimed at Jews p WASHING TON (JTA) Arom- ise by the Greek government to' modify its new regulations will ease restrictions on the Jewish NEW YORK — Sidney Kaye. whose New York restaurant. the community of Greece and "allow it to administer its own internal Russian Tea Room, served as a affairs," Dr. William A. Wexler,1 gathering place for actors. actress- president of Bnai Brith, said Sun- ! e and other celebreties died Mon- day. He expressed satisfaction with day at age 53. an official statement that the new Born in New York. the son of a Greek regime would rescind several restaurateur. Mr. Kaye was grad- decrees it had adopted in June uated from Wittenberg University, which would have imposed non- Springfield, 0., in 1935. After Jewish representation on the di- teaching chemistry in high schools, rectorates of the Jewish commun- he entered the army in 1942 as a ity's major functioning bodies. private and rose to captain. I n 1946 with $400 from his Haifa Court Sentences army savings, he bought part interest in the Russian Tea Room, founded in 1927. Nine years later, he was able to ob- Saboteur to 20 Years Dr. Wexler and Herman Edels- berg. director of the Bnai Brith International Council, met separ- atelywith Greek officials and rep-1 resentatives of the Jewish com- munity in Athens last week. They received assurance that the rul- ings — which would have placed two non-Jewish government offi- cials on each of the five-member boards governing KIS, the central committee for Greece's 13 local Jewish communities, and OPAIE, which administers heirless proper- ties of Jewish victims of Nazism. are to be amended. Dr. Wexler said. Bnai Brith is active in Greece, with lodges in Athens and Salonika. Dr. Wexler said that the pledge to alter the decrees indicates that the -Greek government "has ac- cepted the view that appointment of non-Jews to administer the or- ganized religious, cultural and edu- cational activities of the Jewish community would have created a debilitating and intolerable condi- tion." TEL AVIV (JTA)—A 2'7-year- old member of the Palestine Li- beration Organization was sen- tenced July 27 by a Haifa court to Mr. Kaye took a personal inter- 20 years in prison on charges of est in his patrons. "When people , armed infiltration. Samir Shafik are hungry." he said "they are Darwish, who was captured May 8 not themselves. Once they've had disguised as a British subject con- . they become fessed to the charges when he was a drink and dinner, Jewish Braille Institute Day RECENT PERFORMER with the human beings again." Mr. Kaye arraigned on July 13. Jewish Center Theater Workshop was noted for his willingness to The prosecution said that when Observed at Expo '67 and engineer student in Detroit. make a loan to an actor friend Darwish was arrested, he was car- MONTREAL (JTA) — Jewish Ramiro It a sad a, writes to Center or employe. rying a collection of 122 plastic Braille Institute Day was observed Theater actor Mike Goodman from Among Mr. Kaye's survivors are explosives, detonators, a specially Tuesday at Expo '67 honoring the his home in Colombia. South Amer- a sister, Mrs. Jan Peerce. wife of equipped camera, a gun and orders achievements of the Jewish Braille ica . . . Ramiro returned there the operatic tenor. to use the explosives to create des- Institute of America. Principal par- with wife Sophie and two sons to truction in Israeli cities. ticipants in the observance were in their rehabilita- he l h p people i, He also was reported to have Sam Steinberg, of Montreal, presi- lion program . . . his letter to Albert Lieberman, 80; dent of the Foundation for Juda- had a transistor radio. When police ' Mike was mainly on the Israeli asked him what he intended to use ism, sponsor of Expo's Pavilion of crisis because of his close work Philadelphia Leader Judaism; Judge Emil N. Baar. of PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Al- it for he replied he wanted to New York, president of the In- here with Jewish people . . • "I wish I was 10 years younger so pert H. Lieberman, prominent na- listen on Kol Israel Radio report- stitute; and Dr. Jacob Freid, the that I could volunteer to go to tional Jewish leader and philan.H ing on the results of his assign- Institute's executive director. 80 . A ment . Israel, either to fight or help thropist. died here at age 80 those brave people to rebuild their leading figure in Philadelphia , country and defend it against the Jewish activities for many years.! Communist aggression of Nasser." , Mr. Lieberman was responsible for the creation and growth of I . many social welfare and humani- M 1CKEY SI IORR ( remember tarianinstitutions here. slick'') is back in Detroit again Deeply interested in the refugee . after 10 years away in Cali- . and Chicago . . . He's na- problem. Jewish education and fornia program manager of Cen- other Jewish communal services, tional tory Radio Stations throughout he was one of the founders and in vice presidents at the Allied Jew- tain full ownership of the estab- lishment, located next to Carne- gie Hall. 24—Friday, August 11, 1967 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Jordanian Predicts Peace Talks A report from Tel Aviv states that Ismail Hejazi, who resigned last week as Jordan's development minister, has predicted that direct peace. talks between Jordan and Israel will be held within 10 days. BUFFERIN 100's Our Discount Price SCORE HAIR DRESSING Reg. $1.09 Our Discount Price 44c G & M DISCOUNT 6.75 oz. Our Discount Price 20009 W. 7 Mile KE 5-4910 Detroit . . . When Mickey left town ish Appeal of he Federation of years ago, he was making Jewish Agencies here and was a 10 those way as a top disc jockey name federation board member and for- his in the local city . . . Now Mickey mer treasurer. Recently, he and has returned to stay in the hone-' his wife. Elizabeth. donated a town and give out with his very building to the federation that many versatile talents. serves as part of the FJA head- quarters and which is named for . . . ' them. SEEING SIGNS . . . on a tree He was one of the top leaders by Phil Gould up north . . . , of the Joint Distribution Commit' "CORDWOOD FOR SALE LIKE tee. served as a treasurer of the ' American Jewish Committee. was MOM USED TO CUT." a member of the executive corn- mittee of the Council of Jewish WHEN SOL & JOYCE ROG1N, former Detroiters. went to Fort Federations and Welfare Funds, Chicago Sheridan. Ill. to see a young friend • and was active in the who had just been inducted, they Medical College and in the Na- were impressed by the sight of tional Jewish Hospital of Denver. president of the Jewish Family about 3.000 boys alike from head As he was credited with the to toe in brand-new uniforms and Service, GI haircuts . . . When they finally establishment of its Committee for located their friend. Joyce asked New Americans. him how it felt to he wearing a uniform . . . "Aw. it's okay." he said. "except that I feel so con- spicuous!" WHEN YOU MAKE two people • happy. one of them is apt to be you • • 1 SAM DICTOR WRITES from California that when they were making the 55.000.000 epic a few years back. called "The King of Kings." a press release said that the producer was keeping the plot a secret . . . Sam's friend on the Los Angeles Examiner called the press agent and asked what the release meant . . . The agent ex- ' plained that the producer wanted it that way .. . "Well," said Sam's friend. "I know a book that has the plot in it. It's called the New Tes- • tament." . . "For Pete's sake," pleaded the press agent. "don't tell the producer." Benjamin Tabachinsky, Jewish Labor Committee NEW YORK (JTA) — Benja- min Tabachinsky, 71. executive secretary of the Jewish Labor Committee. died Sunday. A native of Bialystock. Poland, he came to the U.S. in 1938 on behalf of the Central Yiddish School Organization in Poland. From 1918 to 1938, he served as a member of the Municipal Coun- cil of Bialystock. During World War II and im- mediately thereafter, he served on a rescue committee which had been set up by the late American Federation of Labor president, William Green, to save European labor leaders caught in the Nazi web. Amsterdam Jurist Dies AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Dr. Franken, noted Dutch lawyer and former vice president `Guy" at 4 Theaters Jack Lemmon portrays oddball of the Amsterdam High Court of Harry Berlin in the comedy "Luv." Justice, died here at age 75. A opening Wednesday at the Royal fervent Zionist, Dr. Franken was Oak, Terrace. Vogue and Dear- an executive member of the Dutch Zionist Federation for many years. born theaters. The film version of Murray He was a former inmate of the Good news travels fast. 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