Jewish Journal  Up Front  By Naomi Pfefferman, Senior Writer  by
Naomi Pfefferman  February 5, 1998 | 7:00 pm  Cast members from
"The TenthMan."  A woman in a fancy hat approaches Bert Dragin
at Spago. She wantsto know if he is an actor, someone from
"Dallas" or "Falcon Crest."  Actually, the distinguished,
sixtyish Dragin is not an actor; he'sa film producer who sold
his Cleveland-based furniture business andmoved out here to get
into the movies in 1981. But he is "doinglunch" at Spago to talk
about his latest, very non-Hollywood project:directing Paddy
Chayefsky's "The Tenth Man" at the West Valley JewishCommunity
Center.  Bronx-born Chayefsky, author of the Oscar-winning
screenplays for"Marty," "Network" and "The Hospital," often
wrote about hisfirsthand knowledge of the lives of American
Jews. His 1959comedy-drama, "The Tenth Man," which recalls the
legend of "TheDybbuk," takes place in a run-down, dwindling Long
Island synagogue,where the elderly members gather each morning
to pray, although theyare cons