ar Israel Theater Has Crisis: Turnover of; Art Directors THE - DETROIT JEWIEH IF Friday, April 14, 1918 It is illegal in Virginia for any person to willfully and negligently permit any un- haltered horse of the age of one year or more to go at large or to take such horse to any place of public wor- ship. By MOSHE RON TEL AVIV —A crisis has occured in the Israeli Na- tional Theater "Hahima", which is celebrating its 60th anniversary. The crisis is not connected with finan- cial difficulties but with art problems, which are dangerous for a theater. When the theater was founded 60 years ago in Moscow, it consisted of ar- tists and people who be- lieved in their mission for the Hebrew stage — art. One of the most popular ar- tists of the theater is Hana Rowina, who will reach age 90 this year. - The theater has passed several crises, financial and S810 POOL DOCTORS ORENINGS & CLOSINGS Weekly Cleaning & All Repairs MIllezei "Peel Swop baler" See Our CBSTONIZED ',Om bra"! IfIllittP001. at 17260 Lee Slid_ Mi. in Weis $1. Mks 557-2657 557-6555 NEW POLICY NOW 2o0/0 artistic, until the Israel government had decided to The Jewish News Special Israel Correspondent 4,&aik. 5 OFF ON ALI. ROOK PRINTED INVITATIONS See us for all your P irding Needs. - WE FEATURE AMBASSADOR GREETING CARDS SPECIALTY PRINTING e,1 • OAK PAM PLAZA COOUDGE AND NINE-AULE 3414022 OAK IA1K declare it as a national the- ater and had taken upon it- self the responsibility for its upkeep. This decision costs Israel 10 million pounds a year. The minister for educa- tion and culture nomi- nated a committee of trustees to control the ac- tivity of the theater under the chairmanship of Moshe Zanbar. Par- ticipating in the commit- tee are important indus- trialists, former high of- ficers and writers. There are no members of the ar- tistic collective of the theater. Zanbar is a very capable financial expert. He has been for years the director of the Israeli National Bank, but the artists of Habima think that, for dealing with problems of a theater, other qualifications are needed. After two years, the art director of Habima Shimon Finkel left and in his place came a new art director, Josse Jizraeli. He also left after two years and in his place came artist Shlomo Bar-Shavit, The committee of trustees nominated Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Spitzer and Staff Wish Everyone A Kosher & Happy Passover SPITZER'S of Harvard Row YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL YOUR PASSOVER NEEDS • Matza Covers • Haggadahs • Seder Plates • Wine Cups • Matza Baskets •Salt Water Dishes. 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The old guard van- ished and there is no young guard to take over. The ar- tists argue that a national theater is not a private bus- iness. It must be an example for a successful ensemble and repertoire, which suits the whole Israeli popula- tion. The new art director is a young regisseur. He learned his profession in the U.S. He has to take in to account that the thea- ter has not succeeded in establishing a theatrical tradition. He has to take into account the many groups of new immig- rants. Levin, who is a kind of avant garde- regisseur has been the regisseur of a perfor- mance of the "Queen of the Bathroom", a comedy written by his brother some years ago,, which has aroused severe pub- lic criticism. It looks like the committees of trus- tees had not taken into account all this, when it appointed him as new art director. The artists demand that the minister for culture nominate a new committee of trustees and review the decision of the new art di- rector. They demand that a third of the members of the new committee of trustees come from the artists collec- tive. Only such steps could calm the emotions of the ar- tists. The artists collective is dissatisfied with the deci- sion- of the committee be- cause they wanted the new art director to be one of the ensemble. Levin has ex- pressed his regret, that he was a regisseur. His origin is from a religious home and he wishes to infuse tradi- tional Jewish spirit in the national theater. The committee hopes that Levin will take over the art affairs of the theater in Sep- tember and that the emo- Money Troubles NEW YORK — The Ye- shiva Torah Vodaath and Mesivta may have to close its doors owing to financial difficulties. Classes are still being conducted, despite a payroll two months in arrears. The Orthodox school has been triable to make a mortgage payment since April 1977. [ch. 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