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Friday, June 17, IN*
OFF THE RECORD—By Nathan Ziprin
Jewish Unity
\h*- need for unity in Jewish
life has Ion* been the theme of
Jewkh leadership whose concern
croj^ta beyond office thresholds.
Unfortunately efforts to form a
central body with authority to
act as the sole voice of the Amer
ican Jewish community have not
materialized in the oast, even
though ft* v had the backing of
the vast majority of Jewish pub
lic opinio*.
Now there is a movement anew
to unify American Jewry, to cre
ate an instrument that would
serve as th* voice for the total
Jewish community in the United
States on all matters of basic in
terest. whether here of abroad.
There is no tiredieting of course
the fate of the new effort, but it
would seem from reactions so far
that there is wide receptivity to
the move initiated at last week’s
convention of the Rabbinical As
sembly of America. Implement
ing of the decision is in the hands
of the Synagogue Council of
America, national representsWrr
body of all shades of Jewish re
ligious thinking.
The rationale for the develop
ment—whose chief exponent was
Dr. Israel Goldstein—was formu
lated with great lucidity in that
part of the assembly’s resolution
which stated that the “lack of
organized unity in American
Jewish life has resulted and will
Inevitably continue to result in
confusion of counsels, unseemly
competition among Jewish or
ganizations for public attention,
a confused image of Jewish pol
icy in the mind of the American
community and a weakening of
the effectiveness of Jewish rep
resentation before governmental
forums here and abroad.”
The need for a single voice in
American Jewry is so obvious
that it is puzzling why its attain
ment in the past has been so
challenging. It is a good augury
that the newest effort in that
direction has now been initiated
bv the men of the cloth.
There are naturally profound
differences of theological opinion
among the rabbis of the various
schools of religious thought in
Judaism today, but that is pre
cisely why there is urgent need
for a unified, democratically con
stituted national organization to
38fV& as spokesman for the Jew
ish community in the United
States with respect to matters on
which there is otherwise widest
linking.
Israel has more legal and moral
rights than Germany to try
Eichmann. It was against all of
Atlanta Theater-Under-Stars
Picks Six Favorites for ’60
Thirty-six evenings of great
summer entertainment are in
store for Atlanta during the 1960
Season of the Theater Under
the Stars beginning July 19 at
C h a s t a in Amphi-theater. The
six shows chosen for the 8th
season of the outdoor theater
•re hits musicals whose titles
speak for themselves: “The Cho
colate Soldier” July 19-24,
“South Pacific” July 26-31, “Kis
met” August 2-7. “Tom Sawyer”
August 9-14, “Redhead” August
16-21. and “Oklahoma!” August
23-28.
Eaually as impressive as the
list of musicals »is the fact that
you can see all 6 of these shoves
for as little as $5. or you can
sit on the front row for all 6
musicals for only $10.—that is
if you order season tickets now
while choice seats are available
at this reduced rate. Seats are
regularly $1. $2 and $3 during
the week and $1.50 to $3.50 on
Friday and Saturday.
Jean Fenn, beautiful soprano
of the Metropolitan Opera will
star in “Chocolate Soldier” to
open the season July 19. Viva
cious Miss Fenn has sung in At
lanta twice before—last Spring
as Rosalinda the lead in “Fleder-
maus” with the Met and last
summer as the fiery Kate in
“Kiss Me. Kate.” the most suc
cessful show of the 1959 outdoor
theater season. ^
Based on George Bernard*
Shaw’s “Arms and the Man,”
The Chocolate Soldier” is a
spoof of war in general and
heroines in particular, with
lyrics by Oscar Straus.
Gene Holloman will return to
star in "South Pacific” as he
did in 1956.
Another return engagement
scheduled for 1960 is "Kismet,”
with exciting music skillfully
drawn from Alexander Borodin
themes to create a musical Ara
bian night tale.
When ‘Tom Sawyer” opens
on August 2nd Atlanta will be
treated to what may well be
a pre-Broadway run. This mu
sical that is very close to the
original Mark Twain adventure,
has been shown twice with huge
success at the Kansas City Star
light Theater and also on the
U.S. Steel (TV) Hour.
“Redhead” opening August 9
adds the spice of current Broad
way to the summer season at
Chastain. The story is about a
stage struck girl who works at
her aunt’s wax works museum
and who has dreams that keep
her life in a state and the audi
ence in chuckles for the eve
ning. “Redhead” ran for 18
months on Broadway.
“Oklahoma!" will wind up the
season with its successful col
laboration of Rodgers and Ham-
merstein.
Israel that Eichmann conspired,
it was all of Israel that he sought
to obliterate beyond rising. It is
only an historic act of justice that
he should be made to stand trial
before Israel.
A Blunder . . .
Philip Roth is a brilliant writ
er with a craftsmanship that
holds out great literary promise
for that young man. It literary
merit alone were the guidepost
for the Jewish Book Council in
selecting the best books of the
year, few indeed would be in
clined to quarrel with its singling
out of Roth’s “Goodbye. Colum
bus.” However, since the selec
tion was admittedly predicated
on the formulation that the book
was the outstanding novel of
Jewish Interest in 1959. there is
room for questioning both the
wisdom and competence of the
choice.
I am not of the school that sub
scribes to the thesis that radiance
must light up all the pages of
Jewish books, or that the*author
of a denigrating piece ipso facto
excludes himself from the coterie
of Jewish writing. However,
when one writes derogatory
piece# ad nauseum. without
pausing for a moment to look in
to the brighter corners of Jewish
life, there is reason to suspect
that the author is either com
pletely unfamiliar with Jewish
life in its positive aspects or that
his motivation stems from a per
sonality blackspot.
In anv event, to say of a book
that drips with disrespect and
detestation of Jewish life that it
is the best novel of Jewish inter
est is a travesty, an insult to Jew
ish values. How could the judges
have given that accolade to Roth
if they read the piece about Eli
the fanatic, or the yarn about a
couple of goldbricking GIs who
utilize their “Jewishness” for
selfish chiseling?
In this corner’s opinion it was
a grave mistake for the Jewish
Book Council to extend “Jewish
interest” recognition to a book
that shows no understanding
whatever of basic Jewish values
or proper appreciation of the
sensitive American Jew’s rela
tionship to his heritage. Criticism
of Jewish life, or portrayal of its
pattern in somber colors is of
course permissible, in fact desir
able in all art forms. But when
one makes a fetish of it. the story
has another ending.
Remember
When June sunshine calls us
out into the open for picnic
meals it is well to plan some
thing like a meal-ln-one as main
stay for the day. We feel cer
tain you’ll like the suggestion
below which is easy on the cook
—no small consideration any day
in the month. If you can bring
along a charcoal broiler — the
portable, folding kind, it will
be ideal. Try it once and you’ll
find how easy it really is to en
joy that day in the open—
whether on your own grounds
or in nearby woods.
BARBECUED FILLED
MEAT LOAF
(Serving 8 or more)
2 pounds chopped beef
1 onion, grated
Vt cup dry bread or cracker
crumbs
2 tablespoons dry mustard
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 eggs
Salt and pepper to taste
6 hard-cooked, shelled, eggs
Combine all listed ingredients
except the hard-cooked eggs.
Mix well in a bowl then pack
into 2 aluminum foil-lined loaf
pans. 9x4x4% inch size. Make
a depression in each of the half-
filled pans and place 3 hard
cooked eggs lengthwise down
center. Fold the foil over, press
ing some of the meat mixture
over the egga and patting down
to firm same. For easier hand
ling and transportation, fit one
pan into the oher. Chill In the
refrigerator about an hour be
fore starting for the outdoor
picnic. When the outdoor broiler
is ready for use. take out the
foil covered meat loaves, open
foil and cut into l)i to 2 inch
thick slices with a wide blade
knife or spatula. Place these in
the wire broiler over the char
coal fire and let cook only till
sizzling hot and browned on one
side before turning to broil the
underside the same way.
Serve with the following zesty
sauce or pass the ketchup bot
tle.
HORSERADISH A APPLE
SAUCE
4 large tart apples, cored then
grated
4 tablespoons prepared horse
radish, white or beet colored
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
Combine thoroughly.
ONE STOP SERVICE
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