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DIED. Zero Mostel, 62, comedian and actor best known for his poignant portrayal of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof; of a heart attack; in Philadelphia, where he was about to open in a new play. The son of a rabbi, Samuel Joel Mostel decided to be a painter, but supported himself with a number of odd jobs, including working as a $5-a-night stand-up comic at neighborhood parties. When he was 27, he made his professional acting debut with a series of impressions at a café and within the year was in Hollywood. Like the character...
...Tuesday's service five of Gottesman's former friends will offer recollection about his life. Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold will give a closing prayer...
Influential American Jews eagerly accepted this version. Argues Chicago Businessman Gary Ratner: "It wasn't terrorism for terrorism's sake. They were trying to create a country, not destroy it." Critics were rebuffed. Among them is Rabbi Arnold Wolf, Jewish chaplain at Yale and national chairman of Breira, the movement that wants Israel to return to the Arabs all the territory conquered in the 1967 war except for Jerusalem. Asks Wolf: "Why can't I call him a right-wing fanatic? I think it's outrageous that American Jews are supposed to suppress their feelings...
...entirely. Begin's recent moves to legalize three unauthorized Israeli settlements on the West Bank and to announce the creation of three brand new settlements have upset many U.S. Jews. Quite a few Reform and Conservative rabbis remain concerned, moreover, that Begin may impose an Orthodox religious tyranny in Israel at the expense of other branches of Judaism, not to mention other religions. In addition, says Leonard Beerman, "I'm frightened that the values of Judaism that have to do with civil rights and the rights of national minorities of small peoples to self-determination would be compromised...
...then, that so many American Jews also seem to approve of Menachem Begin-and are channeling contributions to Israel at a steady rate? For one thing, he is the only Premier Israel happens to have at the moment, and U.S. Jews do not want to weaken his position. Says Rabbi Schindler: "The American Jewish community isn't pledged to him or all his policies. We're pledged to the security of Israel." Moreover, many U.S. Jews may be impressed by the fact that liberal and moderate Israelis are themselves rapidly revising their once hostile views...