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Friday, Sepfernlier It 1942 - 1
THE JEWISH NEWS
Late News Brevities
The Bible in Comics: Ancient Jewish
Heroes Brought to Modern Youngsters
Compiled by Independent Jewish Press Service
America: Young Nebraska Jew fell at Dieppe with Canadian
A Novel Experiment in the Interpretation of Ancient Values, Described by Commandos.... President asked to remove anti-Semites from Army
and Navy posts by Friends of Democracy. . . . Hero Meyer Levin's
Nationally-Prominent Publisher of Comic Magazines
mother appeals for help for Jewish children
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Appeal. . The Near East Foundation in U. S. undertakes to pro- ,
mote agricultural production among Arabs in Lebanon and Syria:
. .. Mike Jacobs, sports promoter, is made civilian consultant for
sports events involving men in the armed services. . . . Earl Brow-
der, U. S. Communist head, sends a New Year greeting to Jews.:
. Cuba seizes 23 Jewish refugees charged with entering country.
illegally.... Argentine Jewry raised $120,000 for Palestine rebuild-
ing through Palestine Foundation Fund. . . . Race hatred in South
suffered great setback with defeat of Governor Talmadge of Georgia.
Congressman Stephen A. Day of Illinois was charged with hay-.
ing sent greetings to Hitler ... Secretary of State Hull pointed out
France grants no exit permits for refugees in commenting on Laval's
reputed suggestion to the U. S. to take the Jews France is now de-
porting. . . . George Deatherage, fired from a navy job, resigned
from his army job in the face of widespread criticism of the anti-
Semite. . . . Jacques Maritain, French Catholic philosopher, asks
Christians to pray with and for Jews on Day of Atonement.
Overseas—and Palestine: American Jewish soldiers celebrated
Rosh Ijashanah amid ancient Jewish landmarks in Palestine. . . .
New .1 ear greetings to Palestinian Jewish men and women on the
Middle Eastern front were broadcast from Palestine.... 35,000 Jews
are engaged in war industries and 17,000 are enrolled in British
army in Palestine. . . . Aged ultra-Orthodox Rabbi M. Glickman- .
Porush joins Jewish- A.R.P. organization in Jerusalem. . . . Jewish ;
Agency provides 300 certificates for Polish Jewish refugees in Iran. I
. . . Palestine Jewry raised $300,000 in special war needs campaign
in first 70 days of drive.
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Jewry, and so the pictures were
sent back to the artist for re-
vision.
Three English versions of the
Bible are being consulted in pre-
paring "Picture Stories from the
Bible." These are the King
James Version used by English-
speaking Protestants, the Bouay
Bible used by the Catholics and
the Leeser version written in
1853 by Rabbi Isaac Leeser for
American Jews.
Every precaution to avoid the
slightest evidence of irreverence
is being taken. It is our inten-
tion to dramatize the Bible
stories with all their color and
power, and at the same time em-
phasize their religious signifi-
cance. Each of the Bible stories
is packed with the same punch
and drama that the youngsters
find in "Superman," "Batman"
and the other comic magazine
features. But each, in addition,
has a great moral and religious
message. We are not sacrificing
one to the other, but combining '
them as effectively as we can.
So great has been the demand
for the first 100,000 copies that
an additional run of 200,000 is -
now being made. Should the ad-
ventures of Joseph in Egypt and
Moses leading his people into the
Promised Land become as well-
known to American boys and
girls as the exploits of "Super-
man" and "Wonder Woman," the
world they make may well be
one of peace and plenty that
their parents failed to achieve.
(Copyright, 1942, by Independent
Jewish Press Service)
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By M. C. GAINES
Editor's Note: Mr. Gaines, Pub-
lisher of nine comic magazines with
alarge national circulation, explains
the new Bible in Comics, at the in-
vitation of the Independent Jewish
Press Service. Mr. Gaines is a for-
mer Army officer and school prin-
cipal.
their dinners grow cold and ne-
glect their homework while they
thrill to the doings of imaginary
heroes, like "Superman" and
"Wonder Woman." But there is a
deeper purpose to "Picture
Stories from the Bible" than
mere entertainment. That is: to
stimulate interest In the Bible
among children, to bring them to
a realization of the necessity for
faith in God, and to create a re-
spect and love for the Jews of
the Old Testament among chil-
dren of all faiths. As a Jew, I
believe that "Picture Stories
from the Bible" has great edu-
cational potentialities for com-
batting anti-Semitism.
Moses, Ruth, Joseph, Esther
and the others are men and
women of heroic stature. Their
lives are filled with beauty,
sacrifice, abiding faith in God.
A Christian boy or girl reading
about them in "Picture Stories
from the Bible" will forever aft-
er remember them with love and
admiration. In such soil the weed
of anti-Semitism cannot grow.
giving offense, there was the
matter of the head coverings for
the Jewish characters. Dr. Gold-
stein and Dr. Dushkin, in look-
ing over the original artist's
drawings, noticed that the Jew-
ish leaders were depicted bare-
headed. They knew that this
would give offense to Orthodox
With the publication of the
first edition of "Picture Stories
from the Bible," already on the
newsstands, children of every
faith and denomination have un-
folded before them, in simple
pictures, with accompanying cap-
tions, the inspiring stories of
Noah and his Ark, Joseph in
Egypt, Moses and his Struggle
for Israel, Saul, the first King
of Israel, Ruth, Jonah and the
Whale, and Esther, Queen of
Persia. These titles comprise the
table of contents for this new
publication, which is probably
one of the most revolutionary
undertakings in the field of chil-
dren's literature in a decade.
Other editions are to follow. Al-
FINE FURS
Head Coverings
ready a second is in preparation,
As an example of the many
containing The Story of
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W. Jefferson
Joshua," "The Story of Samson," minor details which must be
"The Story of David," "The handled with accuracy to avoid
Story of Solomon" and "The
Story of Daniel."
Thus, the comic magazine,
which has been frowned upon
in some quarters, is also an in-
strument through which children
in every part of the country will
have, in many instances, their
first contact with the Bible and
the exciting, world-old tales of
the Old Testament.
May All Our Friends Find
Educational Potentialities
As the publisher of "Picture
Happiness In This New Year
Stories from the Bible," as the
"discoverer" of "Superman" and
as publisher of a group of nine
"comics," I believe that the ex-
ploits of the men and women of
11941 Gratiot Avenue
Pingree 7300
the Bible will prove equally fas-
cinating to youngsters, who let
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