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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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