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Friday, May 12, 1972
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Pag© Five
WHAT'S COOKING?
by RUTH SIRKIS
NON-BAKE CAKE FOR SHAVUOT
chees©
A Jewish 6 Nanette ’? Yes, Yes
Shavuot Is celebrated this year
on May 19. Shavuot is a holiday
centered on culture and agricul
ture. It is on Shavuot that our
Torah was given, and with it
the Ten Commandments and the
basics of the Jewish laws. It is
also on Shavuot that the farm
ers in ancient Judaea gathered
the first fruits of their orchards
and groves and went on the
third pilgrimage to the Temple
to give thanks. In the Jewish
tradition the custom is to eat
dairy foods on Shavuot. There
are several reasons for this.
Some say that it is to honor the
Torah which is as nourishing as
milk and honey. Others explain
that the whiteness of milk signi
fies the purity of the Torah. If
so, we are to enjoy the delights
of cheese cakes, blintzes and
other “rnilchik” (dairy! dishes.
Crust
One cup cookie crumbs
Three this, melted butter
Two tbls. sugar
One tsp. cinnamon
Filling
Two envelopes unflavored
(parve) gelatin
One cup sugar
Two eggs
One cup milk
Ono tbls. lemon juice
Ono tsp. vanilla
Grated lemon rind
One cup whipping cream
Three cups (one-and-one-half
pint) whipped cottage
Augusta Mizrachi
Has Awards Dinner
—• Mrs. Charles Marks, presi
dent of Augusta Chapter of
Mizrachi Women, presented cer
tificates of merit for outstanding
work to a number of members
recently.
The highest award of the
organization, the Wheel of Pro
gress, was awarded to Mrs.
Marks for her achievements.
Certificates went to Mrs.
Harry Antopolsky, Mrs. Alex
Slotin, Mrs. William Schwartz,
Mrs. Nathan Levine, Mrs. Paul
Ruben, Mrs. Edwin Bronstein,
Mrs. Louis Ehrlich and Mrs.
David Levy.
Life memberships were pre
sented to Mrs. Levine, Mrs.
Marks, Mrs. Ruben, Mrs. Silver,
Mrs. Hill Silver and Mrs. Sam
Wolfson.
1 Mix gelatin, sugar, egg
yolks and milk in double boiler.
Beat until well blended. Cook
over boiling water, stirring con
stantly until gelatin dissolves.
2. Remove from heat; stir in
lemon juice, rind and vanilla.
Refrigerate, stirring occasionally,
until mixture mounds slightly
when dropped from spoon.
3. While mixture is chilling,
blend crust ingredients. Reserve
two this., and press remaining
onto bottom of a nine-inch
springform pan.
4. When the gelatin mixture
thickens blend it with the
whipped cottage cheese.
5. Beat the egg whites until
stiff and glossy and fold into the
cottage cheese mixture. Clean
the whippers and whip the
cream until it stands in soft
peaks. Fold it into the mixture.
6. Pour the mixture into the
crumb-lined pan. Sprinkle the
reserved crumbs on top. Refrig
erate, covered with plastic wrap
for six hours or overnight. Run
a knife around the edges and
release the pan. For easier hand
ling and serving you may leave
the cake on the bottom of the
pan. Transfer, as is, to a nice
serving plate.
7. You may decorate the cake
with fresh or well-drained
canned fruit.
By George Friedman
JTA STAFF WRITER
In the 47-year history of “No,
No Nanette,” only one Jewish
actress has played the title role
—according to that actress her
self, Irene Palasty, a stage star
in prewar Germany and now a
play agent in New York. She
did Nanette in Germany for a
year (1926), then in 17 other
German cities plus Vienna and
her native Budapest over the
next three years.
“Everybody who had to do
with the thing (in Germany))
was Jewish,’ the 73-but-spright-
ly actress recalled for a reporter
who has known her nine years.
The producer, in fact, was her
late husband, Hans Bartsch,
whose properties, mostly operet
tas, she now handles. It was a
bright life — Charlie Chaplain
saw her in "Mr. Cinder” and
“afterward we went to a bar
and were dancing tango togeth
er” . . . composers Franz Lehar
and Emerich Kalman “came al
ways to my opening night” . . .
poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal
“saw me over 24 times in ‘Nan
ette’.” Other friends included
Richard Strauss, Elisabeth Schu
mann, Vincent Youmans and
Louis de Rothschild; Florenz
Ziegfeld was a “nice man.” (Al
most all the top composers of
the time were Jewish, Miss Pal
asty confided “Lehar was not,”
she noted, “but his wife was
Jewish. Her name was Sophie.”)
In Berlin in 1926-27, Miss Pal
asty shared a hotel with Rich
ard Tauber, Elisabeth Bergner
and Hans Albers, and “we saw
every day Hindenburg in his
garden.” But “when Hitler ar
rived my career in Germany
was finished.” She recalled a
journalist who frequented the
hotel bar. Ho was long of face,
large of nose and short of leg.
Whenever he limped in Albers
whispered: “Here comes the
devil.” It was Joseph Goebbels.
Albers, who was Jewish, eva
ded Nazi persecution because he
was “the most famous stage
actor in Germany,” his former
colleague recalled. “Hitler and
Goering wanted him to divorce
his wife, but he wouldn’t do it.
and he was the only one they
didn’t touch. They didn’t dare.
He was like what you would say
here ‘Will Rogers.’ ”
The Bartsches revisited Vienna
in 1948 and Berlin in 1951.
(“You know what we saw in
Berlin then? ‘Oklahoma!!!”) Her
Metropole Theatre was by then
in the Eastern sector, and "I
didn’t go — I was afraid.” Cur
rently, Miss Palasty is proposing
a “sequel” to her most famous
vehicle—designed for German
television — called “The Clever
Grandmother Nanette,” with
herself advancing to the older
role.
"Nanette lyricist Irving Caesar
never saw Miss Palasty in his
show but advises: “All reports
of her performance were very
good. She was quite a success.
Yes, yes, she had distinction.”
‘Shop’-shape: Aided by a
grant from the New York State
Council on the Arts and other
“generous gifts," the Friends of
Ida Kaminska Theatre Founda
tion is presenting the Polish-
born star in “Glickl Hameln
Demands Justice” at the (Re
form) Central Synagogue, New
York. The goal is a “first-rate
Yiddish theatre” to help perpet
uate the values and traditions of
Jewish cultural life” and to
“help American Jewish youth
identify with and take pride in
the heritage of their people.”
An older opening-night audience
appeared to appreciate “Glickl,”
both for its verities and poignan
cies and for the cast’s emoting,
but it’s hard to imagine youth
flocking to an old-fashioned
morality play. Mme. Kaminska
plays a 17th century Hamburg
woman whose husband disap
peared three years earlier. She
suspects a prominent townsman
and complains to the mayor, but
is not heeded until she digs up
the former’s wine cellar and
finds her husband’s bones. She
refuses to grant him mercy,
then grants it to her repentent
bankrupt son. The Foundation
(at Congress House, 15 E. 84th
St., New York 10028) needs
$3-5000 in contributions to keep
“Glickl” going for at least four
weeks (through May 21.) A
national tour is also envisioned.
Richard’s Burden: “A Wall in
Jerusalem” (EYR), a 90-minute
black-and-white French-made
documentary, recounts the pan
orama of Zionism through the
Six-Day War articulately, sym
pathetically, and near-inclusive-
ly. But someone should have
briefed narrator Richard Burton
on pronunciation — “Ben-Gyur-
ion”? “Pyu-RIM”? “HAG-ana” - ’
“Irgun Zvei Loomi”? “Chame
Whitesman”? For chaim! “Wall,”
co-directed by Frederic Rossif
("To Die in Madrid”), is at the
Mayfair Theatre, New York,
with an entertaining if unad
venturous revue starring Ben
Bonus, Rivka Peled, Mario, Mina
Bern and Bernard Sauer. /
Ernest Lehman (left), producer-director of the forthcoming film
"Portnoy’s Complaint” has a word with the film’s principal
players Karen Black and Richard Benjamin, on location in Rome.
Tho Warner Bros, movie version of Philip Roth’s best-selling
novel, which had Jewish mothers up-in-arms several years ago,
will open in Atlanta June 28 at the Rhodes Theater.
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Temple Mickve Israel
Will Confirm 10 on May 18
Now members welcomed into
the organization included Mrs.
Roy Arazie, Mrs. Arnold Berlin,
Mrs. Jerome Cumins, Mrs. How
ard Jolles, Mrs. Aaron Kaplan,
Mrs. Sam Levy, Mrs. Velda
Porro, Mrs. Alex Shapiro, Mrs.
Joe Shapiro, Mrs. Meyer Sha
piro, Mrs. Abraham Shuckman,
Mrs. Sam Silverstcin, Mrs. Mich
ael Solomon and Mrs. Morris
Tarlyn. Marilyn Bronstein pre
sented a musical program. Mrs.
Isidore Gordon was guest speak
er.
SAVANNAH — Ten young
people will be confirmed in Sha
vuot Eve and Confirmation Ser
vices at Mickve Israel Syna
gogue.
Services will begin at 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 18, and will be
conducted by Rabbi Richard A.
Zionts. This year the Confirma
tion services will include origi
nal prayers by members of the
class.
Confirmnnds include Miss
Cathy Edel, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Edel; Miss
Ellen Gefen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Gefen; Miss
Carol Kahn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Baldwin Kahn; Miss Paula
Kelly, daughter of Col. and Mrs.
William Kelly; Sidney Levy, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Levy;
Miss Cathy Meddin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David Meddin;
Michael Reinhard, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Reinhard; Miss
Jody Schwartz, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Lee Schwartz; George
Steinheimer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Steinheimer Jr ;
and Miss Brion Traub, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Traub.
A reception will be given
after Confirmation services by
the parents. The community is
invited.
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