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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Book Review
"Once More -
From the Beginning"
It is a joy to pick up a book
with Jewish content these days
which is not catastrophic in tone
or dire in consequence.
v “Once More—from the Begin
ning” (MacMillan $5.95) is just
such a volume. And no wonder.
It is about a magnificent person
—Robert Merrill whose skill at
bel canto has taken him to the
tops in the operatic world.
OMFTB is in fact his autobio
graphy and after reading the lilt
ing story about Mr. Merrill we
want to shout “bel autobiography”
or however the correct way to
say this would be.
What if the Met’s prima bari
tone had the help of Sand ford
Dody in preparation of the book.
The singer isn’t required to be
the composer of the compositions
he transmits through his vocal
chords into delightful music, is
he?
OMFTB is however Mr Mer
rill’s intimate story of his life
and it is as vivacious and dynam
ic as the personality of this fine
singer, now rounding out his
twentieth year with the Met, who
won the top place through sheer
ability, without benefit of the
tantrums and temperament and
the off beat amorality so often
attendant to great artistry.
His references to some of that
color among his colleagues are
hilarious and delightful, quite an
insight into the entertainment
world.
Mr. M. went through the De
pression as a youngster who had
to do a bit of hustling to get
along in the world of that day
and his perambulations took him
to the Borscht Circuit, into vaude
ville and quite a variety of job
experiences.
Though he had a doting, ambi
tious and talented mother who
had selected opera as his career,
he resisted successfully until he
discovered the world of fine
music all on his own He was so
successful in withstanding his
mamma’s promotion that he
stammered badly and wouldn’t
even sing for the relatives.
Well, he has come a long way
since those years, a long way and
this book tells about that journey.
Read it soon. It’s time for high
relief from the diabolical and
dire drama that comes so often
our way.
-ADOLPH ROSENBERG
NEW ORANGE GROVES PLANTED
WITH AID OF WATER PROJECT
iuuntj women iarmers are shown
using a mechanize system for
Spraying a newly-planted orange
grove at an experimental farm
settlement in the Negev, north
west of Beersheba. The agricul
tural development of the area,
which is helping make room for
new immigrants, is being aided
. the National Water Project,
built with the aid of Israel Bond
funds. In the spraying procedure
in the photograph above, the
chemical is kept in a tank on
the back of a tractor, which is
fitted with a special attachment
that covers four rows of trees
simultaneously.
Pomeranuu-Gillett
Dr. and Mrs. Elliott R. Pomer-
ance of Atlanta announce the en
gagement of their daughter. Dale
Arm Pomeranee, to Dr. Bruce M
Gillett, son of Mrs. Samuel I,.
Gillett and the late Mr. Gillett.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Mrs. Dave Pomeranee,
of Augusta and the late Mr.
Pomeranee, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Wilenskv of Augusta.
Miss Pomeranee attended the
University of Georgia and Boston
University She will be graduated
in June from Agnes Scott College,
where she is Day Student Chair
man and on the Representative
Council She is a member of Delta
Phi Epsilbn and of Alpha Lambda
Delta.
The future bridegroom is the
grandson of Mrs. Morris Gillett
and the late Mr. Gillett of New
York, and Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Merkin of New York.
Dr. Gillett attended Emory Uni
versity and the University of
Georgia, where he was a member
of Alpha Epsilon Pi. He was
graduated from the Medical Col
lege of Georgia where he was a
member of Phi Delta Epsilon. He
Pocket Theatre
Gallery Seeks
New Artists
Pocket Theatre’s executive di
rector Dick Monroe has an
nounced the opening of a “new-
talent” art show on January 6
at the Pocket Theatre Gallery.
Any type of painting or sculp
ture may be submitted by any
artist who has not shown form
ally before. Mr. Monroe said, and
must be received at the theater
by January 3.
A silver cup will be offered for
excellence and artistic merit by
Mr and Mrs Charles Z. Borochoff
for the first award. Joe Perrin,
head of the department of art
at Georgia State College, will
nidge the entries.
Further information can be se
cured by calling Mrs. Ida Sloan
Borochoff at 355-7822.
is now serving his residency at
the Grady Memorial Hospital.
A spring wedding is planned.
Friday, December 31, 1965
Tragic Waste of Human Resources
By HAM GANOT
(A Seven Arts Feature)
Ehud is very much the average
Israeli young man. Standing some
5’8 in well-worn sandals, strands
of dark hair falling over his right
eye, this lean sunburned 21-year-
old in dark gray slacks and faded
blue-gray sport shirt is practical
ly a duplicate copy of the young
men you meet on the bus, in the
street, every place, outwardly, at
least.
We met Ehud under very spec
ial circumstances, outside the of
fices of the academic secretary of
Tel Aviv University. Almost
smothering us was the din of a
score of workmen — electricians,
carpenters, plasterers—all scurry
ing about as they added the final
touches on this new building.
Pouring in from the outside
were the varied noises of cranes,
bulldozers, cement mixers — so
very familiar in Israel. But here,
these exciting sounds of heavy
construction represented the mod
ern symphonic composition—cac
ophonic, even electronic — of a
University in the making. The
country’s youngest institution of
higher education was straining
every muscle to complete the sec
ond stage of construction at its
new campus in the lovely Ramat
Aviv suburb at the northern edge
of Tel Aviv.
Ehud, however, noticed nothing
of this hectic activity as he left
the building. His dark eyes were
a bit glazed, his lips rigidly set
It took him about a minute to re
cover sufficiently to answer my
question.
Last year, for instance, there
were 44 first-year biology stu
dents. This year, the department
could accept 72, a sizeable ex
pansion of which any department
at any university could be proud.
But here at Tel Aviv University
there had been 132 qualified ap
plicants. There was no alterna
tive. The department, naturally,
had accepted the very top 72,
Teenager Dance
At Or VeShalom
The Or VeShalom Sister
hood sponsored a dance for
teenagers on December 19 at
the Or VeShalom Social Hall.
Laura Wise-BBG
Laura Wise BBG has enjoyed
a series of activities beginning
with a retreat held at the Riviera
Motel in July. Those participating
in the retreat were president Gail
Glazer, counselor Marcia Shon-
son, vice president Cheryl Stru-
lets, and advisor Mrs. Israel
Wilen. Also Joan Dayan, Arlene
Kronick, Sandra Freeman, Elaine
Rose, Lou Iteld and Marilyn
Katz.
A partial scholarship from At
lanta BBYO and Laura Wise BBG
was awarded to Lynn Krinsky to
attend the International Leader
ship Training Convention and In
ternational BBYO convention in
Starlite, Pa., in August. Lynn re
ports shp was much inspired by
the events there and is already
teaching the chapter Israeli
Dancing.
Laura Wise BBG participated
in a drive for retarded children
in October as well as the drive
for Leukemia. A Hanukah party
is to be given at the Egan Homes
Recreation Center under the Op
eration Understanding program.
Marilyn Katz and Lou Iteld head
the hospital project to make
washcloths with soap for the mo
thers at Grady Hospital.
Yvette Garber hosted an Oneg
Shabat following group attend
ance at services at the Temple in
October.
Gail Glazer, Marcia Shonson,
Lynn Krinsky, Joan Dayan. Mar
garet Libman and Roslyn Scheer
represented Laura Wise at the
A&C Council Convention
Laura Wise BBG won the Par
ents Magazine award for out
standing service in the commun
ity.
Each girl has been asked to sell
24 brooms and 24 bowl mops for
our fundraising this year.
—Hillary Kalefsky
while the other GO less fortunate
applicants, including Ehud, would
simply have to wait at least
another year.
The other science departments
faced a similar dilemma. To sum
it up, of the 597 perfectly qual
ified students who had applied
for admission to the University’s
Faculty of Sciences, only 252
could be accepted because of the
limited space and facilities. The
facts were even more grim at the
University’s other Faculties: Hu
manities, Social Sciences, Medi
cine, Continuing Medical Educa
tion and Pedagogy.
“In most countries this kind of
situation could be described as
unfortunate.observed Tel Aviv
University’s dynamic President,
Dr. George S. Wise. “In Israel,
with its limited population and
where the most effective use
must be made of every individ
ual’s talent the situation is ab
solutely critical. Every field of
endeavor — industry, commerce,
the government, the armed forces
■— all are in desperate need of
skilled, professional men and
women who ultimately will be
come the country’s leaders. Is
rael simply cannot afford the
luxury of wasting the Ehuds and
hundreds of others that we are
forced to turn away for lack of
space.
“Furthermore, most of those
UNITED NATIONS (WUP) —
A former Israeli Haganah fighter
has fast become a popular and
familiar figure in UN circles dur
ing this 20th session winning
many friends both among news
men and delegates.
This Israeli, a handsome Sabra
born at Tel Mond in 1931, is Dan
Pattir, who had been summoned
from Washington, D. C., to serve
in the Israeli delegation for the
Atlantans had the pleasure of
meeting Mr. Pattir last spring
when he made a special trip to
our city to attend the 40th An
niversary Diner of TSl and the
convention of the American
Jewish Press Association.
Assembly as Counsellor on press
and information matters. On
“loan” from the Israel Embassy
in the Capital—where he serves
as Counsellor to Ambassador
Harman—Mr. Pattir devotes five
days of the week to his UN duties
but spends the weekends in
Washington where he maintains
liaison with the Embassy on vital
matters.
When the 1948 War of Inde
pendence ended, Mr. Pattir grad
uated from the Hebrew Univer
sity where he majored in Mod-
who are rejected once will be
lost for good. We know from ex
perience that once they find some
job and lose another year, after
having already interrupted their
studies while in military service,
most of them will not resume
their education, a dreadful waste
in a country with a very real
manpower problem.”
The only solution, Dr. Wise
pointed out, is the obvious one:
More laboratories, more scientific
equipment, more lecture halls,
more libraries, more academic
staff, more of everything.
“Yes, We know what ails the
patient and are ready to admin
ister the required treatment,” Dr.
Wise observed “Our development
plans and blueprints are ready
to be implemented at a moment’s
notice. What we need is the mon
ey, development funds in the
form of gifts from abroad to help
us complete the building pro
gram.
“Our aim is to offer every stu
dent, who has the qualifications
and the interest, the opportunity
to obtain a higher education,” Dr
Wise summed up. “As the ‘people
of the Book,’ there should be no
need to explain the need for ad
vanced studies. The students are
there, the plans are ready. What
we now need is still more friends
to make funds available so as to
fulfill our aim ”
ern History and Political Science.
Having served a number of years
as a reporter for Tel Aviv’s daily
Davar, he was assigned by the
paper to London in 1956 where
he also served as producer of the
Hebrew broadcasts of the B.B.C
In 1959, he was appointed Davar's
special correspondent in the
United Kingdom and Northern
Europe.
In 1961, Dan Pattir returned to
Israel and served on the editor
ial board of his newspaper, spec
ializing in defense matters. At the
same time he contributed com
mentaries on defense over the
Israeli radio. As a student on in
ternational affairs, he made fre
quent broadcasts on the develop
ing nations in Africa and Asia.
Counsellor Pattir has also
served as Vice-Chairman of the
Military Commentators Associ-
tion and he was a member of the
Executive of the Israel-Europe
Association for International Un
derstanding.
Mr. Pattir’s predecessor in the
Israeli delegation here was Col
Jack Monbaz who had been pro
moted to the post of Consul-Gen
eral in Johannesburg, South Afri
ca.
Amiable Pattir is married and
has two Sabra daughters.
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