An active member of the Director's Guild, the Writers Guide, west and the Rabbinical Assembly of America, Herb Freed is the quintessential Hollywood hyphenate. Soon after he was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Freed became spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Lake Mahopac, New York. At the same time, he produced and directed three shows at the Maidman Playhouse in New York City. Dore Schary, a member of the Seminary's Board of Trustees as well as head of production at MGM, became Freed's mentor when he resigned his pulpit to become a movie director. "Don't think of yourself as defrocked," Schary counseled, "merely unsuited." Freed directed and produced fifteen feature films, including top grossers An active member of the Director's Guild, the