Newspaper Page Text
framing ★★★★
with the Stars
by Tim Boxer
NEW YORK—Michael Medved, who had a best-seller in “What
Really Happened to the Class of ’65,” has another terrific book in
“Hospital.” It’s an absorbing account of the hidden lives and intimate
secrets of a medical center staff, coming to us by way of Simon and
He interviewed 28 people at a major hospital
near San Francisco, getting them to reveal
their innermost feelings. One of the stories
concerns a male nurse who turned Orthodox
and endured the bigotry of his colleagues
who made medical life intolerable.
“1 thought that Orthodox was a lot of
people in black coats and beards,” the male
nurse relates. “But I went to the synagogue
one Friday night and 1 liked it. There were a
lot of faculty people from the university, a
very intellectual crowd. I always knew I
liked Jewish people, but 1 never understood
before that the rules and rituals produced
_ their special qualities. Their grandparents
Tim Boxer
and their great-grandparents lived apart and followed the discipline of
the Torah. But today most Jewish people don’t know about those rules.
They act like everybody else, and their grandchildren will end up like
everybody else. But I don’t want my children to be punks. 1 want them to
take over some of what I pass on. That's the basic idea of the Jewish
tradition.”
At La Difference, his favorite eating place when he’s in New York,
Michael told me how he too became an observant Jew. He was brought
up in a Conservative home in San Diego. His parents are Dr. David
Medved, a physicist, and Renate, a teacher, both of West Los Angeles.
Michael and his wife, Nancy, live in Santa Monica where their neighbors
include Daniel Travanti of “Hill St. Blues" and Jane Fonda t_
Nancy is from Beverly Hills where her parents are active with UJA. It
was her idea to make a kosher home.
M ichael joined Rabbi David Lapin in organizing the local Orthodox
shul, the Bay Cities Pacific Jewish Center in Venice.
“Steve Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss and others
gave money to support the shul. Barbra brought her son, Jason, for his bar
• mitzva. Rabbi Lapin had her come to Hebrew classes the same time her
son came. But those people are not members. The only way you become a
member is by attending a sheur (class) once a week.
“It’s impossible for somebody to come to our shul and not be invited
out for Shabbat by our 40 families. At home we average 20 guests for
Shabbat. We introduced hundreds of people to the Shabbat experience.”
Before she became the female lead in “The King of Comedy,” the
Jerry Lewis-Robert De Niro flick, Sandra Bernhard was a chicken flicker
in Israel.
“It was 10 years ago when I was 17," she said. “I was just out of high
school and went to Greece. The Yom Kippur War broke out and I went to
help out on a kibbutz where they were shorthanded. 1 spent eight months
at Kfar Menahem, near Rehovot, cleaning chickens in the slaughter
house. It was a growing up experience.”
Born in Flint, Mich., Sandra was raised in Scottsdale, Ariz. Her
father. Dr. Jerome Bernhard, is a proctologist. Her mother, Jeanette, is an
artist. She was confirmed at Beth El Synagogue in Phoenix.
“I have a lot of relatives in Israel. My cousin and his wife live in the
same kibbutz 1 worked in."
When she came back she started a movie career in Los Angeles She
got small parts in three films—“The House of God," “The Hand,"
starring Michael Caine, and “Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dream.”
“The King of Comedy,” her first major role, was filmed in New York.
Sandra now makes this her home. She’s a great comedienne and spends
evenings breaking up her fans at Catbh a Rising Star.
“I have three brothers—a dentist, a doctor and an electrician. My
father encouraged them to become doctors. So when it came to me, he let
me make my own decisions.”
Eddie Fisher’s comeback—starring at Indigo in Manhattan—is
especially gratifying to record promoter Juggy Gayles.
Juggy, bom George Resnick of Brownsville, Brooklyn, is king of the
record pluggers. Thirty years ago, while working for Jubilee Records, he
helped launch Della Reese to fame. At Carlton Records, he was
instrumental in pushing such artists as Anita Bryant and Jack Scott. At
Atlantic Records he helped break such names as Aretha Franklin, Bobby
Darin, The Rascals, The Bee Gees, Buffalo Springfield, Roberta Flack,
Belte Midler.
“I first saw Eddie Fisher in 1951," Jughead said. “1 thought he was
going to be great. I used to call him boychik all the time."
When Eddie Fisher hit it big, he told Jug, “It’s time you stopped calling me
boychik." It’s a pleasure to have this boychik singing in New York again.
♦ * *
Schuster.
252-LAFF LINE
THIS WEEKEND
FEB. 24, 25 & 26
Star ot "Young Doctors in Love"
RICK OVERTON
plus Bill Rutkoski
& Grant Turner
Coming March 2-6
Regular on Carson s "Tonight Show"
and "Hollywood Squares"
Elayna Boot tar plua
Malone Noolchaaz and
Uonat Norman
Audition Nile Every Tueedey
Adm baton only $2 00
Every Sunday “S4-0” Nile
Jeff McCartney. MC
Admiealon only S2.S4I
Call lor Raaarvatlona
daily from 1-8 p.m.
252-LAFF
280 HNdertirand at
Roswell R<L Sandy Springs
(Near SAW Seafood)
EVITA
The International Musical Hit
8 1-1 HI OHM AN
CALL CHARI
:es only* ti
SE-ATICKE
I S MARCH 1 - SON MARCH »
T • 872-1400 or 881-1977
To mail order ticket* fcend < Keck or
money order plu*Sl per ticket aervite
rkarge to:
Tkeatre League ol Atlanta
I7M NuMru Street. S«Mc t*8
AtUaU. U MMt
“IT
Svji”
-. lS
■
S
in n
tun
tun
!..!»
SI Ml
H4 n
Ill II
•If FI
an-
Available at all S E A T S Outlets including Omni Int 1 , all Turtle * Record
Store*. So Jo ft in Rome A Tke Fox Box Office ‘Price includes *5< donation
Grand Opening
. TUESDAY, MARCH 1st
ESS GEZUNT KOSHER
AIVD MEAT MARKET
UNDER STRICT ORTHODOX RABBINICAL SUPERVISION
DISCOUNT DELI HAS FINALLY
ARRIVED! Now for the first time in
Atlanta you can buy the finest in
deli, smoked fish, cheeses, meats,
chicken, breads, pastries, etc —ALL
AT SAVINGS! EVERY DAY! Here
you’ll find an exciting mixture of the
finest assorted foods in the whole
Southeast...from New York, Boston,
Miami, overseas...all for your eating
pleasure—and ALL AT DISCOUNT
PRICES! Tired from shopping? Had
a hard day at work? Having friends
for lunch or dinner? Stop by and
pick up your complete meal—fully
prepared, delicious home-cooked
food—from mouth-watering appeti
zers to luscious entrees and
desserts. All less expensive than if
you made it yourself. Come in today
and enjoy what’s happening right
before your eyes: DISCOUNT DELI
in Atlanta!
SAVE ON SUPER SPECIALS
LIKE THESE EVERY DAY
Reg *14.95 lb. Handcut NOVA LOX
(3 lb. tray only) *7.99 lb.
Reg. ‘14.99 lb. NOVA LOX
(Vi lb. minimum) *8.99 lb.
Reg. *8.99 lb. SABLE FISH
CHUNKS *2.99 Vi lb.
Reg. ‘4 99 lb. SABLE FISH
TAILS *2.99 lb.
Reg. *5.99 NATHAN S HERRING in wine or
cream—kosher for Passover *4.29 qt.
Reg *1.98 ea SCHMALTZ HERRINGS
(salotka) *1.49 ea.
Reg ‘14 99 MORRISON & SCHIFF
HOT DOG'S 5 lb. box *11.99
Reg. *8 98 MORRISON & SCHIFF
CORNED BEEF *5.99 lb.
Reg. *4 98 lb ISAAC GELLIS 2 lb.
SALAMI kosher for Passover *2.99 lb.
Reg *2 98 lb. ISAAC GELLIS KISHKA
kosher for Passover *1.89 lb.
Reg. ‘1 59 lb QUEEN ESTHER CHICKEN
LEGS 5 lb. box *994 lb.
PLUS HUNDREDS OF UNADVERTISED SPECIALS IN THE STORE
THE FINEST CATERING FOR EVERY OCCASION - AT SAVINGS!-.
• all simchas • bar/bat mitzvahs • weddings • brism • picnics
• receptions and banquets • conventions • office parties
Ess Gezunt DISCOUNT DELI & MEAT MARKET
2899-A N. Druid HUIe Rd., N.E.—Toco Hills Shopping Center (near Kroger)
CALL ATLANTA (404) 636-0300
OPEN e!*) A.M.-6 P.M. THESE PRICES GOOD
CLOSED SHABBAT THRU THURS MAR. 10
1
PAGE II THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE February 25, 1963