54 Friday, August 15, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Rachel Shazar Dead at 86
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Mrs. Rachel Shazar, the
widow of Israel's third pres-
ident, Zalman Shazar, and
one of the founders of the
vv.,..,en's labor movement,
died Aug. 11. She was 86.
The former Rachel Katz-
nelson, Mrs. Shazar was
born in Bobruisk, White
Russia and came to Pales-
tine in 1912. She was a grad-
uate of the Women's Univer-
sity in . Petersburg
(Leningrad). At the same
she attended lectures
the Academy of Jewish
Studies, and later studied
German literature in Berlin.
During her first years in
Palestine Mrs. Shazar
taught Hebrew at • the
girls' training farm at
Kinneret and was a mem-
ber of Kibutzim in the Gal-
ilee and Judea. She mar-
ried Zalman Shazar in
1920.
Mrs. Shazar who was al-
ways active in Zionist af-
fairs, was delegate to many
Zionist congresses. She was
the founding editor of Davar
Hapoelet in 1934, a member
of the Women's Working
Council from 1930-63,
served in various capacities
with the Histadrut and was
an executive member of
Mapai and later the Labor
Party.
Lawrence Gorosh
Harden Ashkenazy
Lawrence Gorosh, a
Southfield certified public
accountant, died Aug. 10 at
age 51.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Prof.
Harden Ashkenazy, a world
renowned neurosurgeon,
died Aug. 6 at age 67. Dr.
Ashkenazy was a professor
of neurosurgery at Beilin-
son Hospital and at Tel Aviv
University's Medical School.
A native of Bucharest, he
studied medicine in Paris
and later did additional
studies at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore; the
Lahey Clinic, Boston, and at
the universities of Chicago,
Oxford and Stockholm.
Born in Detroit,' Mr. Go-
rosh ,was a graduate of
Wayne State University. He
was a member of Beta
Gamma Fraternity and past
president of Mu Beta Chi
Fraternity and its alumni
association. He also was a
member of Zager-Stone
Lodge of Bnai Brith, and a
former member of the Cong.
Beth Shalom's board of di-
rectors and was a co-presi-
dent of its Mr. and Mrs.
Club.
Mrs. Kollenberg,
Court Clerk, 61
Mildred Kollenberg, a
court clerk for the Wayne
County Common Pleas
Court for the past 14 years,
died Aug. 8 at age 61.
Born in Detroit, Mrs. Kol-
lenberg leaves her husband,
George J.; two daughters,
Mrs. Marcia Nosanchuk and
ShirleyAnne of New York;
four brothers, Philip Hell-
man, Jerome Helfman,
Leroy Helfman and Charles
Helfman; three sisters, Mrs.
Sidney (Marion) Pozen of
Florida, Mrs: Abraham
(Edith) Lupovitch and Mrs.
Maurice (Sylvia) Shacket;
and one grandson. -
He was active in real es-
tate development and retail
business.
He is survived by his wife,
Norma; five sons, Alan,
Neil, Jeffrey, Richard and
Bruce; his mother, Mrs.
Clara Gorosh; two brothers,
Bernard and Sidney; and a
sister, Mrs. Frank (Marilyn)
Brenner.
Rabbi Brown, Longtime Teacher
Rabbi Jacob M. Brown,
longtime teacher and spirit-
ual leader in the Detroit
Jewish community, died
Aug. 9 at age 67.
With thousands of stu-
dents who attest to his 24
years of services here as a
teacher and preacher, Rabbi
Brown's memory was being
honored here by his many
associates in the Council of
Orthodox Rabbis and the
yeshivot and synagogues
where he taught through
During World War II, the years.
Dr. Ashkenazy was sent to
treat Jewish forced labor-
ers in the Ukraine. In 1947,
he was among the illegal
immigrants who tried un-
successfully to reach Pa-
lestine aboard the ship
Pan York. He and the
other immigrants were
sent to Cyprus where the
Hagana, having learned of
his presence, smuggled
him off the island into
Palestine.
By 1948, Dr. Ashkenazy
was working at Beilinson
Hospital where he set up the
neurosurgery department.
He helped save the lives of
hundreds of soldiers during
Israel's wars. He also
trained a generation of neu-
rosurgeons who now head
departments in hospitals
throughout Israel.
A graduate of Beth Ha-
medrosh la Torah — He-
brew Theological Seminary
of Chicago — where he was
ordained with the high
honor of Ha-Ray Ha-Gaon,
he held pulpits in Atlanta
and Sioux City, Iowa, before
coming to Detroit in 1943.
Both as a teacher of Hebrew
and talmudic lore at Yeshi-
vath Beth Yehudah and as
executive secretary of the
Vaad HaRabonim he was
until his retirement in 1967
among the leaders in ad-
vancing Orthodox learning
in Detroit.
In addition to teaching
and lecturing he had writ-
ten many scholarly essays
for Hebrew magazines. He
resided at 24660 Gardner,
Oak Park.
RABBI BROWN
Rabbi Brown is survived
by his wife, Tillie; two sons,
Sheldon S. and Daniel J.;
two brothers, Isadore and
Hirsh of Los Angeles; two
sisters, Mrs. Ben J. (Ann)
Nbsanchuck and Mrs. Eva
Fine of Venice, Calif.
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah
is establishing a Rabbi Ja-
cob M. Brown Memorial
Scholarship Fund for needy
students in memory of the
rabbi.
A Good Deed
A noble action, done on
earth, The doer shall pro-
ceed, and to the future
would of bliss it shall the
doer lead. The Talmud
Emotional 'Man in Glass Booth' Film
Controversial Yet Enjoys Success
By LOUISE
The story is about a man,
Arthur Goldman (Maximi-
"The Man in the Glass Tian Schell) who is wealthy
Booth" is one of those devas- and eccentric. One minute
tating films which evoke he's in high spirits, cracking
serious doubts as to its use- jokes with his valet. The
fulness in promulgating bet- next moment he is erratic
ter relationships between and moody, then violent to
Christian and Jew. There the point of paranoia. He is
are many unanswered ques- constantly in fear of being
tions — facts not fully in- spied upon, and is positive
vestigated, and theories someone is coming after
which remain to be ex- him. He suffers hallucina-
plored. The subject of the tions, which to him, are
Holocaust, in itself, is ago- vivid and real. The plot
nizing — too brutal (even thickens as Goldman is ar-
after all these years) to be rested by secret agents and
treated in so light .a vein.
brought to trial by the state
Despite the controversial of Israel for crimes against
content, "The Man in the humanity.
Glass Booth" has met with
Is Goldman the victim or
such overwhelming success, victimizer? Is he Jewish, or
that the American i Filmt_ is he an SS colonel? Is he ei-
Theater has changed its pol- ther, or both? These are the
icy in this, instance, of questions to be answered.
"subscriptions only" — and
Goldman is charged with
has arranged for the pro-
duction to play to general being Karl Adolph Dorff, a
former Nazi SS colonel, tor-
theater audiences.
The question of concern turer and killer. Goldman
is: "Why this magnitude of does not deny the charges.
success?" . . . To what do The unfolding of his tale is
the producers owe this over- supercharged by fierce, dra-
whelming popularity? True, matic statements about
Maximillian Schell delivers common humanity — its
an outstanding perform- ironies, weaknesses, and
ance, and director Arthur general involvement in guilt
Hiller has done a splendid . . . Placed in a glass, bul-
job. But is there something let-proof booth to protect
deeper in scope — more him from, spectators in the
crowded courtroom (many
than meets the eye?
The film's producers of whom have had loved
herald "The Man in the ones murdered by Dorff) —
Glass Booth" as: "One of he sits before the venerable,
the most powerful, provoc- kindly judge (Luther Adler)
ative movies to hit the and a woman prosecutor
screen; for its unique sub- (Lois Nettleton) to spew his
ject matter grips the brain hate and venom. In full Nazi
as well as the heart, carry- uniform and regalia, he ju-
ing a significant message biliantly recants the debacle
for audiences in every part instituted by him.
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Dorff rants and raves as
he sings praises of Der
Fuehrer, and defiles the
Jews and humanity. His
voice raised to a cres-
cendo, Dorff goes - into
shock, and sinks into a
catatonic fit.
Thus, at the conclusion of
the movie, there are many
possibilities as to the true
identity of Col. Dorff. We
recall seeing him wear a
yarmulke, and reciting in
Hebrew. He chants ancient
Hebraic prayers in a lonely,
secret room apart from his
luxurious apartment, where
there are photos of victims
of the death camps.
His phrases end intona-
tion lead us to believe, as we
first view Albert Goldman,
that he is Jewish . . . Then,
with one fell swoop, we are
encouraged to believe that a
Jew, masquerading as a
Nazi officer, has committed
these horrendous acts of vio-
lence.
There are always son
who are willing to grasp
the idea that the "damn
Jews" are responsible for
every wrong-doing ever
committed, and in this
sense, the film levels
charges which the mis-
guided can seize upon as
though they werefacts.
The deep emotional re-
sponse triggered by those
viewing "The Man in the
Glass Booth," attests to the
fact that the production
must be viewed with a criti-
cal eye . . . Jews have suf-
fered too deeply and tragi-
cally by venomous diatribes,
to allow it to continue,
through the media of the
motion picture screen, with-
out uttering protest.