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are of David W. Amram, law.
yer, scholar, and untiring com.
munal leader, by Judge Louis E.
Levinthal; Siegmund B. Bonne-
The Humor of Our People
born, philanthropist and scholar,
by Rabbi William Rosenau; Theo-
It is strange that the subject
dore Rosen, youthful hero of the
first World War, later an out-
of Jewish humor should have
standing jurist of Philadelphia,
suffered comparative n e g l e c t
by David J. Gaiter, executive sec-
among the Jews themselves down
retary of the Philadelphia Allied
to practically our own day. For
PHILA DELPHIA, Pa. — A Jewish Appeal; Alice L. Seligs-
one would expect humor among comprehensive study of eevnts af- berg, one of the leaders of Ha-
the Jews to be rich, not only fecting Jews the world over, the dassah, by Mrs. Edward Jacobs,
because of the people's long his- review of the year, comprises former presdent of that organ-
tory, but also because of the fact the leading section of the 43rd ization.
volume of the American Jewish
Continuing in Its tradition of
Year Book, just published by the combining ready reference mater-
Jewish Publicaton Society of ial with articles and features of
cultural interest, the Year Book,
America.
Edited by Harry Schnederman, originally edited by such distin-
assistant secretary of the Amer- guished Jewish leaders as Hen-
ican Jewish Committee and di- rietta Szold and Dr. Cyrus Ad-
rector of the Library of Jewish ler, in this volume contains three
Information, the new volume of special anniversary articles, two
the American Jewish Year Book of them commemorating impor-
gives first place to the review of tant cultural landmarks in the
the year because, the editor points history of the Jewish people: The
out "events affecting Jews trans- 800th anniversary of the tra-
cend in importance any single ditional date of the death of .1e-
topic which may have been the huda Halevi, the sensitive Jewish
subject of special articles." poet and philosopher of Spain,
Covering over 300 pages and and the 50thanniversary of the
constituting the largest annual death of Heinrich Graetz, out-
review of Jewish affairs pub- standing historian of the Jews.
lished anywhere in the world, the Another special article isa
review of the year is divided into bibliography of works of Jewish
two parts, the first dealing with fiction in English which appeared
the more immediate situation in during the first four decades of
the United States, the second ex- the present century—an epoch in i
amining the plight of Jewry Jewish life—compiled by Fanny
RABBI S. F. MENDELSOHN , - abroad,
trapped between the war Goldstein, librarian of the West
that Jewish life has been in and the ever-widening ring of End Branch of the Boston Pub.
touch with many different civil- Nazi conquest. Unlike previous lic Library.
A number of valuable d irector-
izations and undergone so many years, the review this year is
vicissitudes. Moreover, our experi- the work of a number of persons, ies and lists, as wel las
Jews
tables of concerning
the statisti-
cal staff
once as .a people has been that some members of the
humor rises spontaneously to American Jewish Committee, oth-
lished as usual
the Year
al gloom. ers engaged in some other field throughout
the in world
are Book,
pub-
compensate for external
Humor has indeed existed plen- of communal activity, all of them considered the "World Almanac"
tifully. With a literary tradition especially qualified to deal with of Jewish information. The direc-
which comprises such figures as the subjects assigned them. Among tory of Jewish national organiza-
Yedaiah Bedarsi and Immanuel the communal leaders who are tions, listing every such organiza-
of Rome to Mendele Moeller Se- authors of sections of this review tion in the United States at least
forim and Shalom Ale'chem one are Dr. Joshua L. Trachtenberg, one year old, shows an increase
would hardly accuse the Jews of rabbi of Temple Covenant of in number over the previous year,
showing no interestin humor. Peace, Easton, Pa., who writes including groups recently founded
What has been lacking is the the review of religious activities by newly arrived refugees from
will to preserve humor. That is in the United States; Abraham Nazi-occup'ed countries. The di-
a pity. For idealistic expressions Revusky, author of a number of rectory of Jewish Federations and
and wise sayings are created works on Palestine and Zionist Welfare Funds, revised and
largely by the elite for the en- affairs, who contributes the sec- brought up to date for the Year
lightened, while humorous stories tions on these subjects; Michael Book by the Council of Jewish
have the great merit of present- Freund, research director of the Federations and Welfare Funds,
ing the judgment and reaction Council of Jewish Federations and the coordinating body of these
of the mass. Consequently it is Welfare Funds, who gives a first- agencies, presents data indispen-
both understandable and desirable hand summary of trends and sable to all active in Jewish com-
for the present generation to events in Jewish social welfare munal work.
show greater interest in Jewish and civic protective work, and
humor than many previous ones. Dr. Max Gottschalk, president of
The greatest ornament of an
Of the books representing col- the Hias-Ica Emigration Asso- illustrious life is modesty and
lections of Jewish humorous sto- ciation, who reviews the refugee humility, which go a great way
ries which have made their ap- problem. An introduction to the in the character even of the most
pearance in recent years, S. Felix review is contributed by the edi- exalted princes,—Napoleon.
Mendelsohn's 'Let Laughter Ring' tor.
is the latest. It was just issued
A bibliography, classified and
by the Jewish Publication Society annotated, of books in English
of America.
of interest to Jews published in
The tragedy of the current the U. S. since January, 1940,
situation calls for an antidote is published for the first time
of humor. Constious of its duty as a part of the review of the
Chanukah Greetings to All
at a time of crisis, the Jewish year of Volume 43. Compiled
Publication Society of America by Harry J. Alderman, librarian
presents this volt.me of clean, of the American Jewish Commit-
wholesome and humorous stores tee, this American Jewish Bibli-
in the hope that they will bright- ography is intended as a regular
en for the reader some moments feature in succeeding volumes.
of oppressive gloom.
Another innovation in the year
"Let Laughter Ring" is a col- book is the expansion of the
lection of stories mirroring the necrology.
many-sided life of the Jewish
Brief descriptions of the life
people and the innumerable prob- and works of 11 distinguished
lems which face them. It would American Jews who died during
be tragic indeed if the modern the past year are contained in a
Jew were so unlike his ancestors series of biographical sketches, an
as to be unable to see the humor- annual feature of the American
ous aspect of the situations which Jewish Year Book.
confront him. In the ancient tend-
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president
AND
ency to moralize and in the mod- of the American Jewish Congress
ern need for continuous adjust- and of the Jewish Institute of
ment, in the change and flux of Religion, pays high tribute to
religious life and in the perennial Charles E. Bloch, scion of the
problem of making a living, in great Jewish publishing firm and,
the relations between parents and along with Dr. Wise, a founder of
children and even between the the Free Synagogue.
Palestinian environment and the
The career of Dr. Bernard
German refugees—humor is in- Revel, great Jewish scholar and
herent in all of these serious as- president of the Yeshiva and
pects of Jewish life, and they Yeshiva College, is recounted by
are all represented in this vol- Rabbi Leo Jung, a friend and
401 Salliotte St.
ume.
colleague of Dr. Revel.
"Let Laughter Ring" represents
The late Governor of Illinois,
Ecorse, Mich.
an original effort in the selec- Henry Horner, is the subject of
tion of such stories. Many of the a commendatory account, writ-
stories stem from actual experi- ten by Herbert M. Lautmann, a
ATlantic 1500
ences related by Jews and non- member of the Chicago Bar, and
Jews; others were culled from director of the Jewish Welfare
the humor columns of various Fund in that city.
newspapers. Some of them the
Other biographical appreciations
reader may have heard before;
others will be new to him. Some
will arouse a smile; others will
bring a laugh. All of the stories
aim at clean, wholesome fun.
S. Felix Mendelsohn is the
A Happy and Joyous Chanukah to All
rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in
Chicago and is responsible for
initiating National Jewish Book
Week in 1927. He is a graduate
of the University of Cincinnati
and was ordained at the Hebrew
Union College in 1917.
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