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Thursday, September 22, 1941
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
`Happy Birthday"
Little Boy
Kills King
down armies and capture master
criminals.
Could there be any comparison
in Alexander's ability to fly on an
eagle, or David's ingenuity in de-
feating Goliath, or Solomon's
magic ring?
And the criminals! Did Ash-
medai—the great Ashmedai, King
of the Demons—did he possess
political stooges, cosmic rays, in-
terplanetary armies, and a con-
stant supply of atom bombs? .
I wanted to console the old
man sitting beside me, playing
with the crumbs. I felt a hurt
compassion for him. I looked at
his dark face and remembered
vividly the glory that once sur-
rounded his stories.
And I felt a sad longing. I
HE TURNED around sniffling
' and rubbing his wet eyes with
; his fists. My wife gave me a
glance of helplessriess.
"All right, dear." she said. "Say
'Excuse me' to Uncle, and you
may leave the table."
He said a hurried "Excuse me"
as he got up from the table. He
stepped quickly into the living
room and ran upstairs to his
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Uncle was making straight lines
out of the bread crumbs on the
table cloth.
"You'll have to excuse Davey's
behavior," my wife said feebly.
"He never misses The Lone
Ranger.' That's why he was so
restless—he was afraid he'd miss
his program."
Uncle smiled. "I understand."
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would never hear the story of
Ashmedai again, for Ashmedai,
the terrible King of the Demons,
was dead.
CERESNIE
ENOT
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MRS. EPSTEIN to Mr. Isaacs
the butcher: "Isn't my baby won-
derful, Mr. Isaacs? He's only a
month old and weighs 12 pounds."
"With or without bones?" Mr.
Isaacs inquired.
A typical scene in Tel Aviv as a crowd of Israelis cheers exult-
antly on Israel's birthday.
AND UNCLE'S best story, the
story of Ashmedai, King of the
Demons • ..
I gasped involuntarily as I saw
Davey's lips curl downward, and
his small nostrils quiver.
He
twisted his body into his mother's
arms, and broke out sobbing.
Uncle stopped telling how
Ashmedai could stretch one wing
to heaven and the other to earth.
The old man stared at the child,
dumfounded.
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"What's the matter, Davey!"
my wife exclaimed. ''Tell mother
L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu!
what's the matter, dear."
"It's . . . it's seven thirty, and
The Lone Ranger' is on," he
wailed. "I gotta listen to The
Lone Ranger'."
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ERIE — (WNS) —Rabbi Abra-
ham B. Shoulson, a native of
Jerusalem and now a resident of
this city, has been appointed head
of the newly established depart-
ment of Hebrew and middle east
studies at Gannon College here,
a Catholic institution.
The announcement disclosing
the appointment said the new
department was established be-
cause the state of Israel "is now
a fact and more and more em-
phasis must be given to Hebrew
as a modern language" and be-
cause "the course of events has
demonstrated that the middle
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in the future family of nations
in and outside the UN councils."
Dr. Shoulson was named a full
professor.
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warm.
He was trying to
strengthen his friendship with the
little boy who was difficult to
please.
"Du you know the story of
Ashmedai?"
Davey shook his head.
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UNCLE LAUNCHED into his
best story of all, the amazing ad-
ventures of Ashmedai. It was the
story that my brothers and sister
and I had begged him to tell, over
and over again, when we were
Davey's age, sitting around the
long dining room table.
I listened and felt pathos in the
telling of the tale. Uncle had
selected Ashmedai, the best story
of all, and he was trying to tell
it in the best way he could. There
was a new element in the story,
something that had never existed
when I was a child.
Uncle was consciously trying to
do a good job. He was the old
actor, going through his best
lines with exaggerated emphasis,
trying to move the audience that
was slipping from his grasp.
I felt bitter toward my little
son Why wasn't his very being
centered on Uncle, as was mine
when I was a child. Why was he
gazing at the grandfather's clock
in the corner of the room, then at
the water pitcher on the table,
then again at the clock, making
Uncle intensify his efforts in the
struggle to capture his interest?
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THE SAD RESIGNATION in
Uncle's smile hurt me. I knew hoc
he couldn't understand. I want-
ed to tell him that his stories
were as good as ever, but that
Davey felt he had heroes far more
powerful than Davit: and Alex-
. , ander and Solomon.
His heroes had silver bullets
and secret codes and superhuman
powers. Through the inexhaust-
i ible media of his radio and the
; comic books that lay scattered
about his room, Davey met men
who could speed through the air
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