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Thank You, Mark
Memories Of Playwright
I wanted to add a few pieces about
Federation's Mark Davidoff as I am
sure many others will after reading
of his choice to pursue a new
opportunity ("Leaving Federation,"
Feb. 3, page 17).
When I first began my involve-
ment in the Jewish community and
at Federation after the 2000 Singles
Mission to Israel, I met and dealt
with many of Federation's wonder-
ful employees and lay leaders.
But I must tell you even though I
got much direction and great lead-
ership from Scott Kaufman, Josh
Opperer, Amy Schlussel and many
others, I always had to bounce my
ideas and my problems off someone
who had a little more experience
and someone I did not work with
on an everyday basis.
Mark Davidoff was that man for
rue.
Mark helped me make decisions
without telling me what to do or
which road to travel, but by point-
ing out the foreseeable bumps and
potholes that I would run into on
my path through the Federation
world.
When I was leading the Israel
missions for the last four years,
Mark was a great ally making sure
that Detroit led the way with subsi-
dies to send our young adults to
Israel — and we did in larger num-
bers than almost all other commu-
nities.
Our community owes Mark a
big, heartfelt thank you for all that
he has done for his co-workers, lay
leaders and the many recipients he
has helped by ensuring that our
Federation was a strong, viable
organization that the community
could rely on.
When I heard of the passing of the
great playwright Arthur Miller, I was
saddened, of course, but it reminded
me of the first time I was introduced
to one of his plays.
The program Han7asakh Oleh —
The Curtain Rises was a staple of
Shabbat late morning radio when Kol
Israel broadcast plays from the
Habimah and Cameri theaters as well
as special radio adaptations of a variety
of plays Hebrew and foreign in origin.
I remember the famous tune from
Russian composer Modest Musorgsky's
Pictures at an Exhibition, which was
the program theme. Whenever I hear
the music, I think of The Curtain
Rises, which played such an important
part in my life in the early years of the
State of Israel.
Through this show, I was intro-
duced to Death of a Salesman, A View
From The Bridge and All My Sons,
three of Miller's most-renowned plays.
In Israel of the early 1950s, televi-
sion was virtually unknown. Not until
March 24, 1966, did education televi-
sion began broadcasts of science, math
and English to the higher schools,
making Israel the first country in
which education television preceded
general television. In the 1970s, edu-
cation television was expanded to
broadcast enrichment programs as it
became the domain of Israel's Ministry
of Education and Culture.
Radio played an important role in
Israel before and after statehood in
creating and disseminating culture for
all ages and backgrounds. Whenever I
visit Israel, and I listen to the radio, I
miss the Kol Israel programs of old —
mostly The Curtain Rises, through
which I was exposed to the best of
theater, including the wonderful plays
of Arthur Miller.
Brad "Bubba" Urdan
Southfield
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