Page Six - 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 ax e ‘51 &1-r 0 M I, A HEBREW WIDOW HAO TWO 50145 WHO DIED IN THE LAND OF MOAB. WHILE RETURNING ID HER HOME (N JUDAH, SHE TRIED YO PERSUADE HER TWO DAUGHTERS- N -LAW TO STAY WITH THEIR. PEOPLE IN MOAC3- ovvt4 • r id. Inv y WOW, gaga I P \1 ,1 /fir , ARRANGED FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT ()NE OF THEM RETURNED, BUT THE n OTHER, RUTH, INSISTED ON GOING 1 WITH NAOMI TO ..TLIDAH --• I. FOR WHITHER THOU GOEST, r WILL GO, AND WHERE THOU LODGEST, I WILL LODGE T)4Y PEOPLE 'SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND THY 0,00 MY ii o &orxv A V 40 BOOK OF RUTH DT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE BARLEY HARVEST AND THEY PAUSED AT THE FIELDS OP A WEALTHY MAN LET US GLEAN EARS OF CORN IN HIS FIELD AND FIND GRACE 41RIFF: rtirnimid ... ...•, • V IN HIS 5%G4 - 41 Ht.RE I SHALL STAY, AND XDU SHALL AINOE ALSO AND GO AND GLEAN IN THE FIELDS OF BOA2 IF IT P YOUR W14 5H ,RLITV-1 SHALL Go TH1G DAY! A V: d o.• 100. 1 .cgr through United Jewish 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. (Copyright JPS) 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) '""'"DICKERSON "CRUSHATS" 1 light weight, soft, rollable $5 Others $6 and $7.50 15511 Wash. Blvd. HATS__ ‘ 4:1'..,,Y'01 .#1,.."..":"*;+!"."."...ti'og o tolo•V:44+1.1*el,e4W.44-"Voti.We'Ve•W o •V", 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 245 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 VICTORY 5703 Sy IN:MERU During the past 20 years we have made it possible for our many patrons to enjoy the Holiday Season with the finest of baked goods, nut meats and gift boxes! $ Send a Box of 0' PERWEIN GOODIES to Your Boy in Camp! PERWEIN PASTRY SHOP Insist on the Best! LUSTER-TEX is a seine tific process, exclusive with the Famous. 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