May 29, 2006
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Strange Bedfellows
Ted Berkman, author of books about the Israeli military, died at 92 on May 12, 2006.
Dennis Hevesi in today's New York Times:
"In
World War II he served as the Middle East chief of the Foreign
Broadcast Intelligence Service, a predecessor of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
In 1946, as a radio correspondent for ABC, he provided an eyewitness
account of the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem by Jewish
terrorists."He also worked as a screenwriter (with his brother-in-law Raphael Blau) on the films "Girl of the Night" (1960), starring Anne Francis, and "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951), starring Diana Lynn.
These are two of my all-time favorite actresses, and I am grateful to
Berkman for providing them with roles. I am less grateful for his
Zionist politics. Who he is in bed with now, God only knows.
Anne Francis
Diana Lynn
