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By LEON SAL:NDEFLS

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Echoes of Past and Present

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OiriE'PH P.C1fSHINSKY, the popular compiler of J•re•ri songsa
of his life 7-
• aiu.se of the book dues not to .n tae fact that Puiroaransky's life.
PaSi7shsr, CY AARON
h:.che in the hat.:
i1:tar-;4-09.0, LOUIS W. ENFIELD
mseiag:ssi Eti:+of NATHAN J. KAUFMAN comes anion to us. Weule he rxcupie.s
of the Jewish theatre and music, one could hardiy find any ruat.:1,
t:nn in •iblishir.g his Lfe hatori for itself alone. But. while re._
Friday, February 15, 1946 (ADAR 114, 5706)
Vol. 48, No. 7
Detroit 26, Michigan
ing it, we ac :less a period of life in Europe and in America
rig a certain dais cf Jewish people arid Jewish life. It is bine :-
ran from one to another and cried, "Give toe
yolk trcnmes Im;kr sr.!.
for a child."
Ramshinsky a Musician
On February 23, the Jewish War Vet-
The gu es ts gave one hundred and forty
Mr P.urrisnirisicy is a musician, by popular opinion and by
erans will hold their Military Ball, This dollars. Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Cohen gave
insistence of ha own. We will not go into a discussion of
ball recall; to mind the purposes of the the other hundred. Some child will be $.n:
a rr.usicia.r., for the simple reason that this scribbler knows r.or. ... .
Jewish War Veterans and, important as happy in Palestine because two real Jews about music. and not oriy could he not earn the appelation of 'Niter
these once were, they are now so much know that happiness must be celebrated :teaser' as the composer was called in his childhood. but could :-
even tell the difference between a fugue and a cadenza.
more important, that it is worth pausing
by making others happy. The money will
Being devoid of any artistic endowment, it a the life a
for a moment to .see what they are.
1.1h ituica of the Late 13th and the early l)tix century pictured by
go to the Mizrachi.
author in ha limited sphere which interests us. more especially a3
JWV had its beginning at a small
Our heartiest congratulations to the are familiar with it by direct contact
meeting in New York City on March
happy couple. May you live long and cele-
Air of Sincerity
15, 1896. There were sixty-seven
brate many more anniversaries in good
Let us say from the start that there is a certair. air of sincemr,
Union veterans at that first meeting
health and contentment. And may many and lack of pretension in the r_arrative, even an atmosphere of rr.o.:
in the old Lexington Avenue Opera
other
celebrants follow your good ex- eaty an uncommon to artists. And a sense of humor.
House. The subject of their discussion
Personal histories are divided into two categories. The lives tf
ample.
great men are important because of their greatness. Writers call
was the slander, then going around,
Pushicirilar.tri devoted their lives to the study of every fact and ever;
that Jews had not fought on either
line written by Pushkin, the great Russian poet. Mason devoted h.,
side of the Civil War. Of course, the
life and work to the history of the life of Napoleon. and the studen -..-•
record belied the slanders but a rec-
of Shakespeare devote volumes to the study of the works of th,
The much discussed National Advisory Bard of Avon_
ord was not enough.
The reason for it is simple. Every action of the great man ar.1
They decided on a more militant pre- Budgeting is now a thing of the past. As every
line of the great poet is valuable to science or to art.
one
of
the
highlights
of
the
convention
of
sentation of the record to the public. Out
The life history of the average man, even a talented one, becomes
of that meeting came the organization the Council of Welfare Funds and Federa- of value only if it brings 11.1 in contact with events or persons of inter-
known as the Jewish War Veterans of the tions, national budgeting went down to est or importance.
From that viewpoint, P.umshinsky's biography is wholly satisfac•
overwhelming defeat with a five to one
United States.
for his life and his work brought him in constant contact with
vote. This was a democratic expression of tor•.
interesting
and important personages.
After the Spanish War, another organi- the will of the people and there is no room
Pepys.
the famous English diarist. while shrewd and observant,
cation was founded which later merged for discussion or recrimination.
was historically a nonentity. But he managed to notice interestir4;
with the first. After World War I, the
things about important personages, hence the value of Pepys' diaries.
There is a great task ahead. The
same thing happened and now there are
Even the legendary Boswell who wrote exclusively about the doings
quota of two million dollars for De.
of one man, Dr. Johnson, became important thereby.
over four hundred posts from one end of
troit has yet to be raised and it will
Rumshinaky's Autobiography
the'country to the other. In the State of
take
a gigantic effort on the part of
Michigan, there are a dozen posts, ex-
The autobiography of P.umshinsky is a thick volume of SZS pages.
everybody to accomplish this task.
fr. is somebody's dictum that great men have the shortest biographies
panding continually.
Their deeds and books speak for them. And we are sure that Mr
Now
is
the
time,
therefore,
for
every-
Rumahinsky himself would admit and claim that the value of his book
It is easy to understand that for the
one
to
get
down
to
work.
All
groups
must
lies in the interesting contacts and in the facts about famous per-
next quarter of a century, the most
get into harness and puli the load. Every- sonages with which his book is full.
important segment of the population
Born in Vilna, Russia, he is now in America and is one of the out-
body must strain toward this one great
of this country will be the returning
standing creators and exponents of the Jewish song and operettas
obligation.
service man. Upon him will depend
which appeal to the nostalgic feelings of the immigrants. He is qui:=
which way our economy swings, He
This is the year of decision. Jewry must honest and welt aware of his limitations and his abilities.
will determine our politics. He will
contacts Very Wide
be saved. The relic of our unfortunates
His contacts with music and the theatre range from Jewish can-
have the last say on whether we stay
must be rescued while there is yet time.
This comes before all parties, before all tors to Paul Muni. the well-known mosing picture actor.
a republic or go fascist.
Wa are not in a position to ascertain the data and the facts cor.-
It i.s important, therefore, that we have divisions.
cerning his personal life, but. inadvertently, we did come across a few
(acts
concerning which we feel constrained to comment. The facts
In unity there is strength. We need
a =V to reach out into high places
concern his sojourn and his views on certain events and personages in
among the veterans group and see that
the strength, so let us have the unity.
the city then known as Ekaterinoslav and now glorying under the
the organization stays American with all
The job is hard. But the work must
name of Dniepropetrovsk.
the American ideals and traditions.
be done. Let's do it.
(To be continued)

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Let's Do It

It is also important that the ugly
specter of anti-Semitism be not allow-
ed to raise its sinister head among the
returning veterans. To this task, the
JWV must exert its every effort. They
form the vanguard of the Jewish host
and it is up to them to keep us free
from attack by a force we cannot
hope to resist.
Congratulations to the JWV for resum-

ing the military balls which had been din-
continuer! since 042. Those who attend
will enjoy it to the full and, furthermore,
they can take pride and satisfaction in
knowing they are backing a worthy cause.

Jewish Celebration

Silver v.eddings are always occasions of
great joy. The happy couple, surrounded
by friends and relatives, can sit back and
take pleasure in their twenty-five years
of fruitful marriage.
I:sually, a party is the order of the day.
Toaata are drunk, felicitations are given,
ape echals are made. and another hippy
day is toady to be IAA away Hi the book
of memories,
This War Wit the bow w ith the mivpr
weddiby of Sir, and Mrs lierlicri r:ohco
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