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PAGE TWELVE

ena THE 11.EnAt,

Septem‘er 23, 1938

cultivate, Y

RIVER ROUGE AND DEARBORN
EXTEND NEW YEAR'S
GREETINGS

poetical
i
writings.
i
Contempor-
GREETINGS FOR A HAPPY NEW The Jewish Dante his
aries though they were, and
aries
Roost, Gifted With a though their muse dwelt on the
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Wit and Merry Hu• same subject, they wrought dif•
YEAR FROM PORT HURON, MICH Scorching
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

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gathered by a diligent perusal of eventually raise it to the highest are extant at present, the rest has
pinnacle of literary excellence.
been lost. lie applied Italian
forms, the so-called alternate
A Profound Scholar
lines (Rime teas) to his Ilebrew
Neo-llebraic poetry which began
sonnets and thus his poetry flows
under promising auspices with
on with a musical cadence. As
Jose be Jose reached he zenith
Like His Contemporary.
Comedy, subtle, sublime and re-
intimater, Immanuel possessed a
with Solomon Ibn G'birol and Je-
vivid imagination, yet it lacked
lentless, lacks the human element
hudi Ilalevi, attained the final
By N. E. ARONSTAM
one essential I
that Immanuel amply supplies.
) • Ills
stage of development with Im-
Though brimming with satire on
humor devoid of the latter, runs
51 s Reset Gazelle! front thy bewitch/tit ecclesiastical and political con- manuel Romi. His erudition was riot and rises to wild panegyrics.
profound; added to it we discern
o r.):::
A ense items en 5, ) we' with wild ditions of those times, Dante's a vivid imagination, a gift where- His powers lie in poetical prose,I
att
i.
comedy lacks humor, an ingred- wi th the Neo-E{eheai
the so-called Melitza. In the lat- I
Info homed depth* Learn forth •
ponents
ter style he wrote rondes and rid-
ient that is readily elicited in suf-
world so Aright,
of that period were sadly defic-
'Rh rays of en n its eparklIng splendor ficient measure in Immanuel's
dles, epistles and epithalamia, ex-
ient.
vas.
v'
Haeden
(Hell
and
Para-
tracting laughter and merriment
Ha:
di elfet
he look with a mort al dazes.
During the medieval centuries from his readers
,y II pg. Ina
A ira e • wher e thetas If h dawn
scholasticism both in Hebrew and
T
Hell and Heaven
Immanuel ben Solomon ben Ye-
a ins. Its flights
secular literature was regarded as
dorti a feet, outflow,' with rro al light;
kutiel,
or
as
he
is
briefly
desig-
His masterpiece, however, was
the acme of attainment, Very
':‘ , 'hose radian, pule to ottani. th
%sully,' sides
noted Immanuel Romi, stands out little attention was paid to diction, and remains his satyric poem,
T a h uhant star. era was from near-
Hatfet v'Haeden (Hell and lleav-
en tient:
prominently on the horizon of He- style and poetic finesse. Literary
elegance was regarded as redun- en) fashioned after Dante's in-
T heir t harm I Jannet otherwise et-
brew literature of the latter half dency. Immanuel possess'ed burn- imitable "Divine Comedy." While
y liiil'ilr:td for a little Instant lent.
of the 13th century. The year mg and biting satire, extravagant Dante is serious and sublime, line
to gra. 10. Mutt, their luau- tate zloty
of his birth is variously given as humor and cutting and scorching manuel employs a fine satire and
deign
o Dwelt t dew on pu
1265, 1266 and 1270; in 1330 he wit. Ile enchanted his readers biting sarcasm. Dante is divine ,
tent.
entirely disappears from chron- and aroused their unstinted rnerri- Immanuel human. Ile introduces
erodes those eyes all other beauty's
ological records, and mention is
Amin
ment. In reading his poetry one his comedy by a pilgrimage to
— IMMANUEL KOMI.
not longer made of his name.
readily discerns a rare sense of heaven and hell. Oppressed by the
Have you heard of tho Jewish What effect the school of Maimon- humor which never lets up until weight of his sins and feeling
ides had upon him is difficult to
now
ante?
While
the
world
I
D
the entire gamut of exposure is compunction, his friend, Daniel,
determine. His philosophical ten-
m ore than ever is perusing the
run. In this respect he resembles who befriended him during life,
dencies
would
suggest
that
he
dill-
j !mortal poetry of Dante Alli-
Heine and one of his biographers undertakes to lead him to the por-
gently pursued the analytic sys-
hieri,
very
few
associate
his
styled him the "medieval Ileine." tals of nether world.
li.
tem of that school. Directly, how-
n ame with that of Immanuel
The Inferno opens its gates to
A Religious Man
onii, and yet much might be ever, we are enable to learn from
Wit, humor and satire, however, him. He decries Aristotle there
his writings that two eminent
because
that philosopher taught,
scholars of that period have wield- were not his only resources; he
"The eternity of the world;" Pla-
ed a powerful influence upon the also was a man of brilliant ideas
to, because he asserts the "Re-
style and diction of his poetry- and added to these prerequisites,
It , All IIAMII , IN Ail !HMI:TING:4
ality of Species." He also en-
Hillel of Verona and Serachye he mastered the language of the
counters there his contemporaries
O'ROURKE MILL &
Bible,
the
tongue
of
the
Prophets.
Hen (Grecian). He united the
critical, logical and analytical Some accuse him of being vulgar; and scathingly denounces them.
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while
a
master
of
repartee,
they
Those
that oppose science are un-
methods of the Maimonidean sys-
Repel On,
pholst ering
tem, with the perfection and ele- say, he robbed the language of its mercifully derided by him; the
Itrllnlahlnq
mantle
,
of piety concealing pro-
gance of the Italian school, and sacred character and utilized the .
thus he was enabled to enoble and Holy tongue for Indelicate and "IgaFy received boring scorn;
Phone 2.2951
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frivilous
themes.
Whatever
re-
plagiarism
is visited by the most
elevate Neo-Hebraic poetry and
Putt Huron, Mh h
proach may fall upon him, it may horrible tortures. Charlatans and
he said in justice to him, that he quack doctors are destined to the
merely sinned with his pen and nethermost limbo.
1;0811 ILOGION A II GREETINGS
ieer penetrating the depth of
tongue but never with his heart
HAPPY NEM' YEAR TO ALL
aAfft, Daniel leads Immanuel
and senses, and scarcely with his Hto
acts.
At one time he figured promi- to the portals of Slysium or Eden.
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neatly as a functionary in the In the celestial regions his wit
WERNER M.
create laughter and mirth. The
BOOKS - STATIONERY
ULLENBRUCH .
Roman Jewish community, either souls of the departed rejoice at
Schad Suppllem - [Melaka
FLORIST
as president or secretary, the ex-
NWM/11 6.°.
act nature
very
observant
is unknown.
and conducted
Ile was dwellers
the approach
of Paradise
of Immanuel.
call out, "Be-
The
24th at Howard Phone 5000
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, himself with religious punctilious- rived, for Immanuel is here!" Im-
tiro, Mt h
Port Huron.
ness and scrupulous piety. The manuel proceeds to describe Eden
Italian school that strove for lit- and its inhabitants, and grins and
erary renaissance had a subtle giggles at the very gates of }key-
effect spun him. Thrown in con- en. Ile sees all the holy and good
tact with contemporary poets and men, the patriachs, the pious
gather
writers, he could not help but
tic- kings, the prophets, the sages, the
a certain tone, that clung to I‘ Isinueitrus,outheusila Ilalevi, Charisi and
ROSH HASHONAll GREETINGS TO ALL!
'hiumitre
from various sources, that he was
His Human Comedy
also engaged in the practice of Here his humor abruptly springs
medicine and occasionally wrote to the surface, for to and be
novels. That versatile type which hold, next to King David who
Lessing in his satryic drama, Der plays the harp and sings psalm-
Junge Gelehrte (The Young Schol- odies, he notices the harlot Rehab
ar), so admirably portrays, may who hid the spies in Jericho, and
be applied to Immanuel.
Tamar who solicited on the cross
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roads. Dante denies the pagan
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verse activities and thrown into cause they did nut acknowledge
contact with extraneous elements, Christ. Immanuel sees a crowd
he yet retained and practiced an of the blessed and asks his guide
honorable life, in spite of the fact who they are: "They are the right-
that he sang amorous songs that coos and the wise of the heathen,
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I closely bordered on the vulgar. who recognized the one God, Crea-
"Unheard of," his critics exclaim- for of the world and Giver of
ed, "the sacred tongue as a hand- grace!" David, Solomon, Isaiah
maid to repartee and frivolous- Ezekiel (of whom he wrote rem-
ness?" So much so that one of mentarics and exegetical works)
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tagonists and laid a ban upon his per spirit.
While Dante has created a Di-
works.
Immanuel was an intimate vine Comedy, Immanuel wrought
friend of Dante. Although their a human and humorous Comedy.
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respective styles differ, yet they His sonnets are marvels of beauty
have some points in common. and sentiment. His wit may tit-
While Dante's style was ethereal, ter, his saracasm bite, his satire
grave and elevating, Immanuel's deride, but his muse is delightful
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was forcible, gay, light and sat- and replete with feeling. In one
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ed towards scholasticism and ro- Gazelle," he sings of the bewitch-
manticism; Immanuel, the Jew, ing eyes of his sweet love, of
with a thorough knowledge of the their splendor and unfathomed
)1AP1'Y
NOV
YEAR
TO
ALI.
HAPPY NEW YEAR T. ALL
Bible, Talmud and Maimonidcs, depths. I have quoted it above in
leaned towards the philosophical full from the Standard Book of
and lyrical. His muse was inspired Jewish Verse.
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