36—Friday, Nov. 22, 1974

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Directorial Recognition for Dreyfuss, Spielberg

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Accustom yourself to com.,
plete any good work you
have undertaken.—Talmud

By HERBERT G. LUFT is a man of steel behind the Zanuck-Brown at Universal,
Spielberg currently is com-
(Copyright 1974, JTA, Inc.) • camera; yet very much at
pleting "Jaws" for the same r
ease
when
talking
to
the
Richard Dreyfuss; sporting
- team.
a beard he had grown for the press.
The director terms the ti-
With only one feature film,
part of Matt Hooper in the
tanic battle between men and
FOR PARTIES
"The
Sugarland
Express,"
motion pi c t u r e "Jaws,"
deadly sharks a struggle for
greeted us at Universal Stu- (starring Goldie Hawn), to survival and 'a comment on
dios after the location unit re- his credit, Steven Spielberg human strength and frailties.
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turned from six months of emerges as one of the cin-
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production - in and around ema's most talented new di-
Martha's Vineyard Island five rectors. A native of Ohio, he
miles south of Cape Cod in moved with his folks to
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Massachusetts. He says that Phoenix, Ariz. in his early
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he hasn't worn a beard since childhood. As a kid, he began
Also Featuring
the age of 11 when he making his own 8 mm films
made his bow as an actor in as a hobby; at high school in
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a student production at the San Francisco, he changed to
16
mm
shorts
turning
out
West Side Jewish Commun-
ity Center in Los Angeles modest pictures with maxi-
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portraying Theodor Herzl in mum budgets of $300.
cutaway and top hat with his - Having directed "The Su-
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face disguised by a forest of garland Express" for Messrs.
11 a.m: to 2 p.m.
black crepe.
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Just South of 6 Mile
"American Grafitti" estab- `Tahara' Rules
lished Richard Dreyfuss as a By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
regular American boy to
(Copyright 1974, JTA, Inc.)
which he added the capri-
Jewish tradition requires
cious character of "Duddy
Kravitz," who is both loved that the body of the deceased
and hated by the girls on the be purified in the ritual fash-
screen and by the audience ion by "Tahara" performed
IN THE ADVANCE BUILDING
by a select committee of re-
at large.
ligious
people.
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a
Steven Spielberg, at 26
There is a tradition that
year younger than Richard claims that when a body dies,
and. Operated by Ronnie Forman
Dreyfuss, is • the director of
the soul rises and beholds
"Jaws," the dol-
lar epic from the novel by the. countenance of the Al-
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,
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Peter Benchley (grandson of mighty. Coming into contact
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AFTER-THEATER
PARTIES
with
the
Almighty's
presence
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•
famed
humorist
Robert
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Benchley), one of the most requires spiritual purification
which
is
accomplished
by
the
Mondays thru Saturdays
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strenuous motion pictures
Cocktail+lour,
From 10. p.m.
ever produced, with exten- ritual preparation of the body
4 to 7 p.m.
sive shooting at sea, surging for burial.
Open Mon. thru Sat.
FurthermOre, death is com-
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11:30 a.m.-2:30 a.m.
tides, high surf, thick fog
Snacks
and strong northeast winds pared to being reborn into
that confronted the Universal another existence on a high-
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unit throughout and caused er plateau.
At 12 Mile, Just
Since birth occurred in the
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numerous delays and a seven-
figure budget increase. In medium of water—i.e. water
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spite of his youth, Spielberg used for the spiritual purifi-
cation. Also death brings one
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ow
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divinity
requires
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something new
spiritual purification.
Superior food, fine wines
Generally speaking, the
and cocktails served with flair
purification of the body in
in a continental setting.
preparation for burial signi-
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Jewish
belief
that
Includes:
fies the .
Saturday in The Tavern.
2 bagels, toasted or plain,
even the flesh and blood of
the individual is a sacred
Banquet-party rooms for up
generous portion of Nova
possession of God.
Scotia lox, delicious cream
to 300. Open everyday.
One is, therefore, required
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cheese, sliced tomatoes,
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to treat as a holy identity.
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sliced onions and crisp
Generally, this displays the
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whose remains are treated
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with respect since they did
per person
serve to contain_ the soul
which is the image of the Al-
m ighty.
For those with a sweet tooth;
It is ,customary to cover
may we suggest that you taste
the body immediately after'
our superb pastries?
death and never expose it to
public view.
For one thing, exposing the
Cole
body to public view creates
a sense of embarrassment for
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the deceased's soul since
others would view him as a
successful party
helpless insignificant mass.
Furthermore, the Talmud
We can accommodate 20 to 200 in our
tells us (Mo'ed Katan 27:A)
lower level banquet room
that when the faces of bodies
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were once exposed the poor
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were much embarrassed be-
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cause their deceased usually
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showed signs of poverty and
malnutrition.
In death all should be con-
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sidered alike and thus the
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body is immediately covered
Incl. Potatoes, Salad & Bread
and shielded from view.
Also, exposing the body to
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view creates the impression
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that, one is looking at an in-
dividual simply as a collec-
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still retains the idea that the
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