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'6 - THE JEWISH POST, thursday;A.lig.. st~25,'1971, THE JEWISH'POST.:rhurSday,'August'25. 1971 - 7 , . ,A ,Review" . On Rai~ing. Jewish .. Childrenand' Pilots " l', : HOW TO RAISE A JEWISH CHILD. By Haim,Halevy DoUin. book is still valuable for the oc- they wished the breathing space 'fwo, t.hemes ,~tand ,out. in this ~ ) ,< , :'. 'MarchoI'LDie' a Return to-Ro.manticEra Basic Books. $8.95. ON EAGLES' WINGS. By Ezer' Weizman. casionally unique Jewish insights to mount their SAM missiles' book. First, WelZIDan s views on , {. "'C ' ',", ' be sacrif~~ed for "Ia 'gloire de la Marco, reminds one Sh;melessly emotional m,usic by " Macmman. 302 Pages. $8.95. he brfugs to bear, I 'just wish closer to the waterway. the right of Israelis to all of By MARTIN LEVIN • American, --Major 'Foster (Gene Fha little of the young Tony Curtis, ' matches a script By PROF. ARNOLD AGES all levels and across the there had been more of them. This is the kind of candid Eretz Israel, have, according to The romantl'c adventure film is Hackman), and the Legion looks patrie." Only Col. oster as (by DavI'd'" 'Zelag Goodman and t· d th . d m of in he is certainly dashing enough Book Reviewer denominational sPectrum. Anotber Setback . opinion about Israel which' per- hini, been vB;lidated:by the course alive. In Marcb or Die, (at, the to recruits anywhere it can find qu~s I.one th ed WISrt° t 'b f for three heros.' ,Cathenne 'director Dick Richards) that Sequels never match the The best part of Donin's new According to Ezer Wiezman, meates this new autobiography of Of. even~ smce 1~7 ..When he Od ) th I'a H 11 ' d cliches them', a dashing J'ewel thief, an furlatmg e ese rl es. 0 , draws heavI'ly on Hollywood,'s eon e 0 0 ywoo MoroCco by plundering an an- Deneuve is :her usual, totemic f quality of first endeavours. essay is; the anatysis of ,the tile man who created the modern the nephew of Chaim Weizman. ~fled ~o lI.1culcate Ziomst values about the FJ;"ench Foreign Legion impotent inUsician, a YClunl cienf biu'ied city of its treasures, self, with little mote to do 'than past,a curious mixture ~ On the heels of his highly suc- ideological foundations of the Israeli' airforce, the Yom Kippur _Whether he is speaking about Bar I~~ his air cade.ts he was .often are revived, rewO:rk~and recast Englishman of',good backgroun, especially the coffin of the Ber- look gorgeous, at which she. is Casablanca and Beau Ge~tet cessful To Be AJew, Jerusalem's average North American Jews.War,was not the first debaCle suf- ,Lev, Ben Gurion or Rabin, ,rldlc~e? as bemg hys~erlcally into an anti-imperialist mo~d; ',;, 'a fonner guard of the Romanovs, An '1 f th D" rt" superb. One comp"laint: E, I Krim, knowingness 'and, honorable Rabbi Donin has tried t!l cause The author brings out, most ,cffile- Weizman brings a frankness to chauv~lst .. p'npopular views he Th f '1m f II ' t'- f rt f a ,huge man ca, st adrift by his ber" ge 0 e ese , soon behavI·or. The fl'lm's 'color: is . e I 0 ows ,lie 0 unes 0 to be the," Angel of Oeath." the Arab chief, is played by 'Ian ' d lightning to strike twice in the tively that synagogue member- his narrative that is as engaging once expressed .have now become a sad rag-tag remnant of legion- masters' deaths. The film is about the tyranny of Holm. Couldn't they have found muteil,,its mood sepia interrupte same place by replicating the at- ship is really no barometer of as it is revealing. government polIcy. .' , - rlaires returning from World W~r, Collectively, they are thought disCipline. The, :Legi~nnaires, at an Arab actor? ~- only by the glare of t~e' dese~ tractive format of his first ,one's 'religiOUS orientation. Jews,' Candid Admissions . Second, the st?ry of w.elz~an.s I with only 200 out of a force of 'of by the French g,overnment as tIle bottom of' the heap', are A revisionist sort of actioner, ·sun. If this _ and action - IS volume in a new book which ad- join syl)agogues out of complex Through this openness we learn slst~r Yael.provld~s fascmatmg If 8000 Th · ommande' r is an cannon fodder, only'as victims to, h t k March or Die . elr c ' tyrranized by' their superiors; March or Die is the most roman- w a you, as, " , dresses itself to a question per- social, family imd other 'con- that Weizman expected to be sen~lmental ~~tall a,bou~ the they mUllt literally march or die. tiC new film in. years. delivers./Don't a.sk for any more. plexing thousands of Jewish siderations. _ commander in chief of the Israel ~elzman famI!), hlghli~htI,ng ~s ~.. parents; namely, how to ensure As a pedagogic primer I found the outspoken defender of Israel's Defense Forces and that his dif- !t does, t~e pathos of hiS sister s prayers and the There is no room for human K - h F- Id the Jewishness of. our progeny? Donin's ntlW efjort somewhat histor~cal ..horders, says that the ferences with 'Bar Lev were bit- mtermarnage, her e~tran~ement 'f Reform Expl~r!~a!~-the feeling; Col. Foster has deaderied' t f~ird of a series} . insertion 'of new. prayers, either himself - or the war has - and -Ing In e ]e ' Donin's answer in this short disappointing, in' that much of the war 'of attrition between 1969 and ter;, , that he, Weizman found fhrom. Islrael and JreWISh lIfe and Q: What IS the rol~ of ,Hebrew m in English or. in any language un­ volume is a, ~ conventional advice profe,'red to parents in 1971 was also a terrible setback Begin uncongenial as the leadel" er fma ret urn, t 0 srae.l ' when the jewel thief Marco Submitted By and the city and goes out into the , the prayer book m ,the Reform derstood by the worshipper; seek reiteration of the value of a good this volume is elementary for Israel. of Likud; -that Eshkol was under­ , " (called "the gypsy" to show his RABBI A. ALTEIN fields. There everyone can meet sYI\agogue? " ,to make worship a source of in­ free spirit~ makes cavalier or Ashkenazle SYnagogue him, talk to ~, greet him and Jewish education reinforced by a ,psychology. There is nothing, This ma'l!erick pilot, adventurer, rated as a prime minister; and, Israel Aids Lebanon A: ~ebrew has by no means been' spiration. Temple Sholom ,is in­ compassionate gestures, he Is We are presently in the month even confront him. Anyone who healthy and unhypocritical home specifically 'Jewish 'informing and cabinet minister says that that Rabin asked Weizman on the elimmated ftom the Reform Hined to include Hebrew prayers punished for them. of Elul - , a particularli wants, to can approach the king environment. The good rabbl has, parents that they must 'exhibit in- the Egyptians did not agree ,to a eve of the Six Day War to relieve prayer book. Some Hebrew more ,than 'm any, R~form supplied copious information on terest in their children or that cease-fire in 1971 along the canal him of his command as chief of New York (JCNS) - According March or Die is ~lso about auspicious mark ,in the' Jewish and can be sure that the king will to Time magazine Israel gave '. , ' prayers have been shorten~d ,al!d , congrega~ions. 'Tlieir ser.vices the different Jewish schools they must ,be taught discipline. because they were in any way staff because cJf errors he had . \<' manipul,!tion. Max von Sydow calendar. Walking in the stre~t it receive him with a pleasant coun­ about $30 million worth of aid to even changed, though they reta!n feature the familfar Hebrew plays' a man obsessed with an- is sometimes difficult to tell the teriance:thls, then, is also the which now provide instruction at Despite this criticism, Donin's frightened by Israel but because made. the: J¥lsic ide~ls expre~ed m liturgy 'sung by the 'Cantor and the Lebanese Christians during tiquity, so much so that h~ values difference"between this month .the recent civil \Var. tr!!ditlOnal JeWish worshIp. The congregation. In keeping with the the dead' over the living. 'In one and ,any' other month of the year THOUGHT, , , spirit of Reform Judais~ ,the pointed scene -. perhaps too _ which, is ample evidence that Noted Yiddish Actor Dies The magazine claims that the , I , '\ Am HaSefer meanin~ of the prayers IS up­ pointed - ,he argue::. for the past we should not learri from the I aid included the supply of 110 " perm.os{ I in the service' and FOR THE New York - Jacob Ben-Ami, a become a mainstay of Eva The Cherry Orchard and Camille. in Isaac Bashevis Singer's In My , : (dead) against the present street! On the contrary, we tanks, 5000 machine guns and • The whole drama of ,mankind is therefore most prayers are also (living) with ,_Col. Foster. In should "illuminate" the street household name in the Jewish' LaGalliene's Civic Repertory On tour Mr. Ben-Ami starred in Father's Court at the Folksbiene WEEK theatre, who also appeared on some 12,000 rifles. The aid was contained in this, the Book of said' in English. ~ , , another, a French w1dow -~nd demonstrate to its inhabitan: Theater:' starring in The Sea'g1;!ll. Hamlet and Abe Lincoln in Dlinois Playhouse in 1971. E'nglish-speaking stag~, died here in Yiddish in South America, From time to time Mr. Ben-Ami sent mostly to Christian Books ... Mahomet, I think, called Q: What is Reform Judaism's (Catherine. Deneuve) of ts '3 pattern of life based on opportunity to, preserit _tlie king strongholds in Beirut, Jounieh fu~l at the age of 86. KnoWn worldwide played' Willie Loman in a South would attempt to revive a serious ,the Jews the "People of. the policy on the wearing of head world-wearmess, accuses him of Torah called "Toras Chaim" - with apy petition which lists the and the tno'!"tains of souQiern Book." That book is, their coun­ coverings? . as he toured with stage troupes, he Afrit!an produl:tion of Death -of a Yiddish troupe, but as he grew v~luing history over family, the in~truction of life. ror8h ,in- individual's desires and expec­ also appeared on Broadway and older he was satisfied with his Lebanon. try. Within its boundaries they A: Each worshipper is ep­ thmgs more than people: The spires every moment of our daily, tations froin the king. ' Salesman, and appeared in an- his best-known role was in Chayev­ , English-speaking version of The many appearan~es iq Yiddish , live and enjoy inalienable citizen­ couraged to make his/her own past, she says, belongs m the lives, and our existence in every After the visit to the field; when \ - " I,,' sky's The Tenth Man. ' Word of ",SholomAleichem in productions mounted by others. ship and carinot be "dislodged. decision about wearing a head LOuvre. . pla~!!. the king returns to his city and Heinrich Heine covering during services. He founded the Yiddish Art Chicago. ," The films problems are : an Elul is the month when we palace, anyone whO wants to can Theatre. uncertain sense of where it's must take stock of the year which fonow him and accompany him. He played for nine seasons in 10% Off Orden. PiCked Up " After the success,of his theater, Buenos Aires, appeared at the ' going, ~ script that.. occasion~llY is rapidly paSSing,' for it, is the However, as soon as he enters his and his appearanc;e in the English­ . Forum in 'Lincoln Centre, and was WONG'S \ Chavurat Tefjllah lapses mto dl~hes ( I s~e you ve last 'month of the year. We mU$t private chambers, gaining an speaking Samson and Delilah, Mr. CHOP SPECIAL Fellowship of Prayer learned to enJoy,. watchmg. ~en make an 'accounting of how we audience, talking to him and Ben-Ami was recognised as ,CHINESE FOOD suffer"), a too faCile denunCiation have'lived during, the past year meeting him become complicated /' ' '" HARTFOIU) &" ~REGOR 338-9451 something of a dramatic find. He \ " " of colonialis.JIl and an odd abrupt- incb,lding alsQ' o~r wor4s :-;' and and difficult procedures; to 'do so Ord~ to take out - Prl,ate blDquet:~ 'f '.\ appeared on Broadway in 1921 in ' , ness. . even our.:.thinights;" ,: \"" involves much 'preparation and , 214 Ale.ander Ave. WI ...I,.., Man. i another Hopkins production, Thc , , , , , , Its strengths are strong, ,!ctmg, 'In" todlllistrate' dif- red which nOf can , , Holiday ,omer ,,~,: ~pe everyo~e Idle Inn, followed ty .Johannes ·:·'c>phone::~ f42.723i ~';.'~·

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