Rraers First
Encyclopedia
By LAWRENCE GOLD
Ideologies of Judaic Divisions,
Rejection of Jesus Explained in
Rabbi Beryl D. Cohon's New Book
Copyright, 1948, by The Independent
Jewish Press Service, Inc.
An evaluation of the "Divisions and Judaism. He shows that Jesus
The first encyclopedia to be of the Contemporary Synagogue," urged observance of only six of
published in Israel will make its with explanations of the ideolo- the Ten Commandments, that he
debut this autumn when ,yolume gies of Orthodox, Reform and "rejected divorce unconditionally
One of the 16 volume Encyclo- Conservative Judaism are among ,while Judaism permitted it under
pedia Hebraica appears at about the leading features which distin- certain • circumstances;" that
the time of Rosh Hashanah. Print- guish Rabbi Beryl D. Cohon's "Jesus ignored the nation and
ed entirely in Hebrew, the En- newest work "Judaism in Theory the national in Judaism ' at a
cyclopedia ranges • in subjects and Practice," published by Bloch time when.martyrs without num-
from the latest in nuclear physics Publishing Co., New York.
ber shed their blood for the pre-
to discuss throwers of ancient
Outlining objectively the cus- servation of the nation."
Greece. Its list of contributors toms and laws of contemporary
Theologic foundations, t h e
reads like an international who's Judaism, Rabbi Cohon's book
ethics, institutions and rituals are
who in arts, science and letters.
concerns itself "with the mind of extensively a n d interestingly
In preparation for nearly six the synagogue, particularly with
outlined by Rabbi Cohon.
years, Encylopedia Hebracia now those convictions that have taken
The section in his book dealing
has scores of researchers, trans- on a reasonably clean pattern in
lators and proof-readers working the Jew's adjustment' to the with the Holy Days, fasts and
minor festivals has an interesting
nearly around the clock to finish modern world."
chapter; "Basic Questions," which
each volume on schedule.
The concluling supplementary deals with the problems facing
After Volume One appears the
remaining 15 are expected to .chapter, "Why the Jews Reject all groups in Judaism.
come out at intervals of three to Jesus," adds considerable impor-
"Judaism in Theory and Prac-
foUr months. It is being published tance to this book. Rabbi Cohon tice" is a highly informative
by a special 'company, in con- points out that while Jesus was voluine that should serve well
nection with Masada, one, of the a Jew who advocated that "salva- as textbook, reference work and
largest publishing houses in Israel. tion is of the Jews," the way of a volume of general information
In size and appearance Encyclo- life adopted in his name became about Jews and Judaism for
pedia Hebraica is practically a a 'church doctrine hostile to Jews readers of all faiths.
counter-part of the Encyclopedia
Britannica a n d Encyclopedia
Americana. Each volume, ar-
ranged according to the Hebrew
alphabet, will be about 1,000
pages. Altogether they will
is a German piece, probably
contain some 40,000 articles and
from Frankfort-on-Main, dated
about 3,000 maps and illustra-
1713. Measuring 8 feet 4 inches
tions. About 40 per cent of the
by 5 feet 1 inch, it is made of
contents will be connected in
red velvet embroidered in gold
one way or another with Jewish
and silver with semi-precious
life and history. One volume
stones. In this detail, two lions
will be devoted entirely , to the
of Judah hold up-the crown.
history of the Jews in Palestine,
from the days of the forefathers,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to
the founding of Israel in 1948.
Six hundred contributors from
all over the world are represen-
ted in "Hebraica." In the field
of ..science they include Prof.
Albert Einstein, Prof. Nils Bor,
atomic physicist, Prof. Chain,
discoverer of penicillin, Prof.
Detail from a Parohet (Veil for
Millikan of California,- Prof.
Nothrup of Princeton., Prof. the Holy Ark) donated anony-
Minot of Boston and Prof. Yeger mously to the collection of the
of Harvard. Contributors in other Jewish Museum, 5th Ave. at
fields include Pandit Nehru, of 92nd St., New York. This Parohet
India, Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
polar explorer, Gov. Herbert H.
Lehman whose article is on
UNRRA which he headed; Prof.
Harold Laski, British laborite
leader, Prof. Enrique - Fabregat,
Uruguayan delegate to the United
Nations, Dr. Cecil Roth, of Ox-
ford, Bernard Baruch and scores
of other renowned personalities.
The entire project is carried on
under the Supervisory Commit-
tee headed by Dr. Chaim Weiz-
mann, President Of Israel, _ and
including Moshe Shertok, Israeli
Studebaker .
Foreign . Minister, Itzchak Gruen-
baum, Minister 'of Interior, Dr.
Sales and Service
Abraham Granovsky, president
of the Jewish National Fund and
member of the Israeli Council
of State, Arieh Shenker, head of
the Israeli association of manu-
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facturers, and Dr. Aharon Barth,
managing director of the Anglo-
Palestine Bank.
Representing "Hebraica" in the
United States is Moshe Szejn-
baum of Tel Aviv.
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Israel will Ask UN
Admission in October
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Israeli
government has decided to sub-
mit an application for member-
ship in the United Nations some-
time in October, after the Israeli
delegation has established con-
tact with other delegations to
the General Assembly in Paris.
Paris.
.
WARSAW, (JTA) —N a t h an
Rapport, noted Jewish sculptor,
was decorated here with the
Order Polonia Restituta, Poland's
highest award, for his monument
commemorating the heroes of the
Warsaw ghetto. The monument
was unveiled last April in War-
saw in honor of the Jews who
revolted against the Nazis in
1943.
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Relatives Sought Here
• Relatives are seeking the fol-
lowing persons' in Detroit:
GRINSTEIN, Yosel or Joseph, son
of Jacob, about 60 years old and
MILLER, Liza, born 1896, daughter of
Jacob; ;seeking them is their brother,
Mark Rinshtein, son of Jacob.
SCHWARTZ, Max (Moses), son of
Zelik, about 54 years old, of Vinnitza,
lived in Nezhin; seeking him Is his
sister, Bluma-Luba Nemkovsky.
SILBERMAN, Zale, 68 years, son of
Solomon, born in Ochekov, his sons
Jacob (had a delicatessen store in
Detroit) and Abraham seeking them
is their brother, :aurn Zilberman.
BROOKS or Bruk family, previous
name OBRUKIN, is being sought by
relatives of Peter Nevelski.
Those knowing their where-
aboust are asked to communicate
with Union of . Russian Jews, 55
W. 42nd St., New York 18.
First. serious effort to centralize
the work of Jewish religious
schools in New York City was
the annual Hebrew competitive
examination sponsored. by the
92nd St. YMHA for the pupils
of the Hebrew Free School As-
sociation and of institutional,
congregational and private
schools.
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people a year of health,
happiness and prosperity
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As part of a nationwide He-
brew education program and in
preparation for the High Holi-
days, MIZRACHI NATIONAL
EDUCATION COMMITTEE an-
nounced distribution of "Yomim
Noraim," a High Holiday manual
by A. Ben Ezra, and the issuance
of "Shiray Gan," a record album
of sixteen Hebrew songs for chil-
dren.
Polish Government Honors
Warsaw Ghetto Sculptor
Parohet at Jewish Museum
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Friday, October 1, 1948