18 Friday, May 11, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS CLOSE-UP Media obsessed HAMILTON PLACE for INITIATION Swim in our outdoor and indoor pools. Pla Tennis, Jog, enjoy Free Aero- bics, exercise on Nautilus and Universal equipment, dine in our Restaurant or Lounge, you name it. It's all at Southfield's most luxurious Health and Social Club. All for just $7 5.0Cr- (*For a single mem- - bership plus monthly dues, slightly higher for couples and family) Hurry now, and enjoy the summer By the end of the conference, . CALL 646-8990 ... SEE:HSIEH:I= Hall — a * Whether they are survivors of the Holocaust or of Israel's wars, or both, Israelis have experienced tragedy and pain and they tend to be fearful and even paranoid. So they may overreact to negative media coverage, as do their alter egos, the Jews of the Diaspora. But as sur- vivors in the truest sense, they will continue to press on in their struggle to survive and flourish amid untold hostility. And indeed, that is the story that will ultimately be ac- knowledged, and reported, by the press of the United States and the world. BY HERBERT LUFT 30333 Southfield Rd (between 12 and 13 mile Rds.) ' there was no attempt to sum up the 12 hours of discussion, but one re- mark, made earlier in the day by Ma'ariv's Shalom Rosenfeld, reso- nated in my mind. He had quoted a professor at the Sorbonne who, when asked to give a lecture on England, told his class: 'England is an island, and that explains everything." Said Rosenfeld: It could be said of Israel that we are a nation of survivors, and that explains everything." Actor and producer: dual role keeps Douglas busy Athletic & Social Club 11%4 .111 .11iV — as being repressive. He pointed to the fact that David Shipler of the New York Times "flagrantly vio- lated" the censorship laws in pursu- ing the story of the fate of the bus hijackers and was only reprimanded by the Press Office for his actions. He added that the British press, after the Falklands war and its news blackout, recommended that the government follow Israel's policies in allowing coverage of a war. Hannah Zemer, editor of Davar, an Israeli daily, said that journalists in Israel "can live with censorship as it is." "I often argue with the censor but I am glad he exists to help share the responsibility of deciding what should and what should not be pub- lished. I don't want that total respon- sibility," she said, adding that on a practical level the censor only cen- sors material that we give him to read, so we often make our own deci- sions." • HAMILTON PLACE Presented by Hall Real Estate Group Continued from Page 16 s. a. Hollywood — Michael spending his vacation Douglas serves as producer wherever his father was and portrays the lead in making a film and working Romancing the Stone, a with crews in a variety of fun-filled romp with a great jobs. Majoring in drama at deal of violance, whose story the University of Califor- is told tongue-in-cheek and nia, he spent three summers set in the jungles of Colom- at the Eugene O'Neill bia. Memorial Theater Center. In the role of a ruggedly After graduating he studied charming rogue, Douglas at the American Place The- wins the heart of a female ater in New York and ap- author who is entangled in peared in a number of off- mischief and mystery in Broadway plays. New York and in the South After the phenomenal American country. She is U.S. success of his first depicted by the talented and movie production, Douglas extremely beautiful Kath- traveled through 18 foreign leen Turner, who had made countries to promote Cuc- her conspicuous screen koo's Nest. He resumed his debut as the temptress in acting career opposite Body Heat. Genevive Bujold in the sus- The picture marks a de- pense drama Coma, after parture from Douglas' prev- which he combined produc- ious work both before and ing and performing with behind the camera, such as The China Syndrome, earn- the top heavy roles of the ing four Academy Awards doctor in Coma, the im- nominations and front-page passioned cameraman in attention after the 1979 The China Syndrome, and Three-Mile Island nuclear the judge in The Star incident. Chamber. Douglas has three proj- Douglas, first attracted ects scheduled for this year. attention as the sidekick of He plans to serve as execu- Karl Malden in the televi- tive producer onStar Man, a sion series, The Streets of science fiction story of an San Francisco. alien creature who falls in Douglas moved into films love with a housewife to be as the producer of One Flew directed by John Carpenter Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He from a screenplay by Bruce made the picture an all- Evans and Ray Gideon; he time success, grossing will produce on his own Zoo nearly $200 million around Plane by Garry Trudeau, a the world and netting five comedy about the press ac- major Academy Awards. companying President Car- The oldest son of Kirk ter on his 1978 European Douglas, Michael literally junket, to be directed by grew up in the movies, Richard Lester; and he is going to produce Conquis- tador, the Conquest of Mexico, a CBS-TV mini- series about Montezuma and Cortez, from a scenario by Ian Hunter. Copyright 1984, JTA Inc. JWB re-elects Esther Ritz Esther Leah Ritz Boston — Esther Leah Ritz, of Milwaukee, was re- elected president of JWB at the organization's biennial convention here earlier this month. Detroiters elected to JWB posts at the gathering in- clude: Hugh Greenberg, director-at-large, and Thomas Klein, board member. JWB is the central service agency for 275 Jewish community centers, YM/ YWhAs and camps throughout North America. •