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era as a particularly tragic time
in U.S. history. When a group of
Hollywood writers were sub-
poenaed in 1947 by the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities, Mr. Adler — along with
Ira Gershwin, John Huston, Bil-
ly Wilder, Humphrey Bogart
and Elia Kazan — chartered a
plane to protest the action. At
that point, they also started to
be attacked as "Reds" by the
American media.
"Of course I was not a
Communist. I could not be in
any party, as I hate taking or-
ders from anyone!" Mr. Adler
said.
The result of sticking his neck
out meant Mr. Adler became
blacklisted, and at one point he
couldn't even give a charity
concert. The situation eased off
toward the end of the 1950s, but
even then Mr. Adler remembers
his concerts being picketed in
Las Vegas and New Orleans by
the American Legion.
Mr. Adler first visited Israel
in 1943 when he, Jack Benny
and others entertained British
troops in Palestine. While
enormously proud of Israel's
achievements, he views the
Jewish state in an objective
light.

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"Boy, when they make
mistakes, they really do make
them," Mr. Adler said. "Lebanon
was just horrible, the Arab is a
second-class citizen, and I hate
it when Israel behaves in a
fascistic way."
Nowadays, Mr. Adler says he
only listens to classical music.
Current jazz musicians are not
as great as the ones with whom
he used to play, he says, and he
never liked rock or rap.
"I do think [the Beatles']
`Eleanor Rigby' and 'Yesterday'
are good songs, but it's not the
type of music I'd like to play," he
said.
Of all his accomplishments,
Mr. Adler said he is most proud
of creating a niche in music for
the harmonica. This year, he
plans to go on tour in Australia
and possibly work on a The
Glory of Gershwin II album.
Mr. Adler also writes for two
magazines and says he might
write an update for his auto-
biography.
A warm, friendly, compas-
sionate and awesomely talented
man, Larry Adler has had an ex-
hilarating, action-packed first
80 years. When asked to sum up
his life, he says, "I'm glad to say
I've never been bored." Cl

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Harris and Phoebe Mainster, with Children's Hospital president Tom Rozek,
recently affixed a plaque in memory of the Mainsters' grandson, Sebastian, at
the hospital. In March, the Mainsters, together with members of Beth Abraham
Hillel Moses and children at the congregation, raised funds to help renovate
"Grandma's Porch," a large playhouse/therapy room at the hospital.The drive
was in memory of Sebastian, 6, who died last year of a brain tumor.