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Rabbi Kushner says he
wrote Who Needs God as a
response to men and women
who believe that religion has
no relevance today. A work
based on his own experience,
the book teaches how one
can experience religion
through community and rec-
ognize God's presence in his
own life.
God does respond to man,
though not in the form of the
new car or house for which
one may pray, Rabbi
Kushner says. He responds
by giving strength in times
of tragedy and by sending
friends to comfort those in
pain.
God's presence also can be
felt when one worships in a
community or performs
mitzvot, Rabbi Kushner
says.
Finally, God is revealed in
"ineffable and indescribable
moments when, all of a
sudden, you feel that the
confused world seems to
make sense."
A. SCOTT BERG
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Squaw Man, the first feature
to be produced in Hollywood,
would bring in the big bucks.
It took more work for
Goldwyn's son, Sam Jr., to
convince Berg to write the
famed producer's biography.
Berg was less than en-
thusiastic when contacted
him about the project. Com-
ing from a family deeply
rooted in the acting busi-
ness, "Hollywood was the
last thing I wanted to write
about," he says.
Berg changed his mind
after a visit to the New York
Public Library, where he
discovered "a real dearth of
quality material about
Goldwyn and in fact
anything having to do with
Hollywood." He set out to
write "the first serious
Hollywood biography."
He began with the boxes.
They were filled more than 2
million documents of
Goldwyn's life. Dating back
to 1913, the papers included
"copies of every letter he
ever received and every
letter he ever sent out, every
script he ever saw, every
note from every Gin Rummy
game he ever played and
even Mrs. Goldwyn's party
notes — who was invited and
what was served so the next
time Gary Cooper came over
he wouldn't be served the
same thing," Berg says.
Berg believes Goldwyn
saved the material because
he sensed his own greatness,
the importance of Hollywood
and its stars, "and because
he was basically a saver.
"Actually, a secretary once
suggested he throw some of
his files away.
'Fine,' Goldwyn replied.
`Just be sure we have a copy
of everything first.'
Berg sorted through the
files for two years. He spent
another several years doing
research, which included ex-
amining old glove journals
to trace Goldwyn's early
days in the United States.
He managed to get in con-
tact with a cousin of
Goldwyn after his letter
was forwarded four times.
Then, Berg spent more than
two years writing the work.
The man who emerged was
funny, brilliant, difficult, a
hypochondriac and one who
craved control, Berg says.
"Goldwyn had to be in con-
trol," he says. "He even in-
sisted on having the same
breakfast every day; then he
always did his calisthenics
and took a shower.
"The doctor had to visit
him every day. The
temperature in his office had
to be the same all the time,
and he always took a nap
after lunch."
Goldwyn died in 1974, long
before Berg's book was
written. But it appears he
knew what was coming.
"Goldwyn told his son he
wanted a biography written
about him" Berg says.
'But it's got to tell the
truth,' he told Sam, Jr. 'And
if it's going to tell the truth,
I don't want to be around to
see it."'
RAYMOND SOKOLOV
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home, says he isn't trying to
teach readers how to kosher
a kitchen.
"I'm Jewish and I have a
lot of experience in cooking,"
says Sokolov, who has
written several cookbooks,
including How To Cook,
Fading Feast and The
Saucier's Apprentice. Aside
from his job at The' Wall
Street Journal, Sokolov
writes a food column for
Natural History magazine.
With a cover photo of a
matzo ball resting atop a
soup spoon, Sokolov sets the
tone of the book: informal.
"There are lots of
cookbooks that hit you over
the head, stressing piety
through graphics. This is
contemporary," he says.
Born and raised in Detroit,
Sokolov graduated from
Cranbrook Academy before
going on to Harvard and Ox-
ford University in England.
"He ate his first Jewish
meal in August 1941," the