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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

December 24, 1943

in Diversity
Jewish Cultural Unity Wthi

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ent groups
Having been deprived in the representatives of d
udertaking
e
ot
verg
braries.
By DR. MORDECAI SOLTES
Asa further means of encour- past decade of important reser- participate
in a j
. spirit of give and tak e, mo-
influence i
gramming voirs of Jewish A ult ral must
aging
Jewish
book
pro
pro-
ivated
by
a
desire to under stand
Chairman. Jewish Book Council of America
to a
ic ca
cid ri
an
Book Annual ws issued, throughout the year by orgiza-
abroad, we in me
versity
strikingly
Jewish is unity
amidst evemplitied
colorful le d with sections in English, Hebrew tints and groups of different sizes, coed apace to fortify our own each other, to be mutually help-
in the realm of Jewish literature and Yiddish, which elicited a very ages and interests, numerous ac- resources, to be prepared of re- ful. Would that this experience
of favorable response. tivity projects, ranging from elab- verse our role of beneficiaries to were the forerunner of similar co-
America.
On
the
roster
of
its
boy- This year the period set aside orate book fairs to limited ex- that of benefactors. By nurturing- operative ventures in related areas
ost
c
by the Jewish
erning body are to be found Jews for dedication to Jewish books hibits of current Jewish hooks and and energizing our internal life of communal activity. While each
extended to pniodicals, are described fully in we will be in a favorable position constituent group adheres tena-
group,
brought
together
a a month,
November
20th to De- the annual publication published to contribute adequately towards ciously to its philosophy of Jewish
of
varying
religious
and on
cultural
and culture
has been
common platform of interest in mer 19th, with the last seven by the Council. Included are also the replenishment of the depleted life and strives to nurture and per-
Jewish books, which is all-inclu- days, December 12th to 19th, tors- accounts of appropriate games, spiritual strength of our unfor- petuate its distinctive point of
sive. By stressing the acquisition ing as the culminat quizzes and pastimes, based on a tunate European brethren. More view, all together emphasize their
ing done
Jewish
of Jewish knowledge through the Book Week. This was
to al- knowledge of authors, titles and that that, it should be realized common aims and interests, the
reading of classical and contem- low organizations and agencies subject matter of popular works, that in these (lays of war emerge basic unifying elements which
porary books, the Council serves wider latitude in the selection of and specific suggestions for a vu- ency acquiring a knowledge Of may be expected to contribute to
to reinforce the diversified streams dates for formal book celebrations. riety of approaches and techni- Jewish books is not only import- the building of a well-integrated
in Jewish life with their particu- While attention ty, hues which have been employed ant in enriching our literary leg- American Jewish community of to-
upon
the observe successfully' by individual assn- act', but constitutes also a vital morrow.
is,
of necessity,
For, just as the evolving Amer-
the same
time it and
tranScends
ante of
these periods, they are ciations,
as well as in
connection
factor and
in sustaining
morale.
For icon civilization is rich in its po-
laristic
outlooks
ideologies. them,
At focused
prima
observances
planned
on a books
ideas are potent
weap-
the
in a way, through its all-embrac- really intended to serve not as neighborhood or commuity-wide ors of war, serving to revivify tentialities
because it
not one
the
exclusive creation
of is any
lvanize drooping sp irits.
ing approach. Inaugurated origin- ends in themselves, but rather as basis. Heads of societies, program and ga rely too many of our youth group but represents rather the
Enti
ally by Miss Fanny Goldstein of springboards fors, the motiva tion
oduct ofOf the contributions iff and
Boston, Mass., as the National of all year 'round book programs chairmen, teachers and group lead-
Americans of der-
herita ges
ch
cts
with
Committee for Jewish Book Week, calculated to afford sustained op-
ers several
have a wide
and
may
select
to be choice
featured
each
or and
no adults have had very tittle pr
the scope of this enterprise was portunitics for genuinely enrich- year. The introductioa of this ale- house of Jewish literature. The ant strains and races, so Ameri-
ries of all
brew
and last
Yiddish
divi-
abiding
interests and
in Jew-
drawing
its countries
strength
expanded
year cultural
to include
He- cultivate
ing spiritual
experiences,
to ment of novelty generally tends goal of the Council has been to can Jewry, ,d
to enhance the effectiveness of revive among both young and old from the
the traditional zeal for Jewish and continents, is in a position to
the programs.
sions. As a concrete manifestation ish In life
and letters.
furtherance
of this 'audit-The noted artist, Arthur Szyk, learning and the custom
write
unique
chapter
in that
the his-
will
. . of setting the
tort' a of
Jewish
culture,
1f thecementing of the three ma-
aside time
. periodically
jor elements in American Jewish tory objective, the Council has made
the
design
for
the
1943
cele-
aside
bration. Next year it is hoped tn reading of the Jewish Classics as represent a composite of the liter-
literature, a printed tri-lingual recommended the commemoration
noted
Jewish literary
personali-
_ of
outstanding
anniversaries
of conduct a series of poster con- well as contemporary works, to any talents, spiritual capacity and
tests on a regional and national inculcate in members of house- resourcefulness of our brethren
year,
and has made
bjo- scale, to obtain suitable drawings holds an attitude of eagerness to the world over, blended harmom-
ties occurring
in the available
course of the
for the Book Month poster, book- spiritualize the atmosphere in the ously into a synthetic unity.
mark and
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