LaMed Foundation Extends
Literary Program to Israel
THE JEWISH NEWS-19 Trail of a Sacred Volume
Friday, October .:7, 1950
Talmud Printed in Montreal
Back in Canada from Cermany
By FRANK SIMONS
There is a possibility that a
committee of three in the Unit-
The Louis LaMed Foundation ed States will be chosen to help
for Hebrew and Yiddish Litera- select works to be translated in-
ture, now celebrating the 10th to Hebrew. "A unanimous de-
anniversary of its publication of cision on the part of the judges
outstanding Yiddish and Hebrew is necessary in any event, be-
cause of the vast number of
Yiddish classics," explained La-
Med.
The award last week in New
York of five more prizes to four
men and one woman increased
the number of LaMed Founda-
tion winners to 40 since the
fund's inauguration in 1939.
Customarily, four are given
awards annually—two for He-
brew and two for Yiddish works
— but a fifth was selected this
year for work in Hebrew and
Yiddish. Each award carries a
$500 prize. This 'year's winners
included Rachel Korn, Elizahu
AL JOLSON
Lipner, Aaron ... Zeitlan, Hillel
Al Jolson, one of the most
Bavli and S. Z. Zetzer.
"By picking the best works beloved stage personalities, died
turned out each year in both
in San Francisco Monday night
Yiddish and Hebrew, I feel • at the age of 64.
there is real progress taking
Son of a cantor, Jolson at one
place in uniting the two
LOUIS La MED
time sang in a synagogue choir.
groups of writers," explained
literary works. whose authors LaMed. "Not only is there a He loved traditional Hebrew
were selected for annual awards, creation of great literary hymns and applied their spirit
will expand its activities to Is- works, but there is a feeling of to his Mammy songs which have
rael.
made him famous throughout
closeness between the two
Louis LaMed, of 980 Whitmore groups in their association at the world.
Road, originator of the Founda- conventions."
Only two weeks ago, Jolson re-
At the yearly convention of turned from Korea where he
tion, stated that the extension
of the awards to Israel is part of judges and writers there is a was the first American stage
the purpose to blend Yiddish great amount of discussion star to entertain our troops.
and Hebrew into one culture, to about the merits of each group's
perpetuate and unite the litera- work, and much of the former
tures of two languages, and feeling of intense rivalry is
eventually, if possible, to repair erased.
the schism between the two cul- . The LaMed Foundation award,
•
• .
in finding a market for publica-
tures.
Since this idea will . not work tion of the works of the win-
(The Jewish Community Center is
easily in Israel where Hebrew is ners, draws attention in literary
Affiliated With the Jewish Welfare
the only language taught in the and lay, circles to the books
Federation. and is a Red Feather
Agency.)
schools, and is the nation's writ- written in both languages dur-
ten and spoken tongue, LaMed ng the past year, and in this
and his Foundation hit on a manner contributes much to Wednesday—An Israeli youth
studying at Wayne University,
scheme for the perpetuation of Jewish culture.
"Of necessity the award has
great Yiddish works.
Rafael Even, will discus "Life
With the cooperation of the been closed to Israel," LaMed
in an Israel Settlement" at 9
related. "If we opened it to their
p.m. before members of the
Dvir Publishing Co., the larg-
writers, they would consistently
est publishing house in the
Wednesday evening discussion
walk away with all the Hebrew
group in Woodward branch.
new state, a new department
awards, since their training is T h u r s d a y—Two films, "The
was established in the insti-
so much more intense." He add-
tution, which is called "From
Family" and "Families First,"
ed:
the Best of Yiddish Litera-
will be presented at Woodward
"Another of the Founda-
ture." A committee of three is
branch at 9 p.m. in the fourth
tion's many purposes is to
now working on a lengthy list
program. pf the film discussion
create
a
stimulus
in
our
own
of the very best Yiddish works,
group's "Health ' a n d Your
writers to develop their use of
which will be translated into
Family Series." Mrs. Blanche
Hebrew.
both languages. Because the
Parent Wise, supervisor of case
"This step," assured Mr. La- award is closed to Israel, it is
work at Family Service Socie-
limited
to
the
Western
Hem-
Med, "will enrich the Hebrew
ty, is discussion leader.
language and, at the same time, isphere to prevent any bad
feelings
in
that
country
at
be-
save Yiddish classics from pos-
Detroiters make more than
ing' excluded."
sible oblivion."
209,000 visits annually to clinics
"The committee of five, which and hospital outpatient services
chooses the winners, are them- which are Community Chest
JWB Executives Pass
selves contributors, a n d are members.
changed each year. Also, there
$2,000,000 Budget
is a difference in taste, in lit-
erature as in everything else,"
CHICAGO, (JTA)
Remember
A 1951 said LaMed, "and we want to be
budget of $2,049,922 for the Na- fair about selecting award win-
in
tional Jewish Welfare Board was ners."
November
recommended here by the JWB's
national finance council at its
seventh annual conference, and
was adopted by the JWB execu-
Senator John B.
tive committee at a meeting pre-
sided over by JWB president Irv-
ing Edison.
The 1951 budget recommend-
ed by the national finance coun-
cil, composed of leaders of Jew-
The United Hebrew
ish communities from all sec-
Schools of Detroit
tions of the country, provides
$1,675,000 to meet known needs
Gratefully Acknowledge
of the JWB in serving the re-
the Receipt of
ligious, morale and welfare needs a contribution to the Scholar-
of Jews in the armed forces and ship Fund from Mr. and Mrs.
in veterans hospitals, and to Aaron A. Silverblatt of Chicago
continue JWB programs for af- Blvd., honoring the 25th Wed-
filiated organizations and 331 ding Anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Rubiner of Chicago
Jewish community centers.
Included in the 1951 budget Blvd., and the 50th Wedding\
is $374,900 to cover the organ- Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
izations' 1950 deficit, incurred Joseph Zeckman of Cortland
because of unanticipated serv- Avenue.
* * *
ices and supplies furnished the
a
contribution
to the Scholar-
armed forces in connection with
the Korean emergency and the ship Fund in memory of Morris
deactivation of the USO earlier Fishman from Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Landau of W. Outer
in the year.
Drive, and Dr. and Mrs. A. E.
The budget earmarks $602,- Bernstein of W. Boston Blvd.
225 for t e work of the
three JWB divisions serving Talk on 'Life in Israel Today'
the armed forces. The opening
"Life In Israel Today" will be
of additional training centers
the topic of a guest speaker at
and military posts to accommo- the meeting of the Wayne Uni-
date an expected 3,000,000 GI's versity Intercollegiate Zionist
by mid-1951 demands that the Federation of America, to be held
"Guardian of Your
JWB plan to meet the religious at 8:45 p.m., Tuesday at Hillel
Tax Dollar"
and morale needs of American House, 4841 Second. Israeli songs
troops wherever they may be as- and dances are part of the en-
VOTE REPUBLICAN NOV. 7
signed.
tertainment.
Jewish' Center
MONTREAL—A volume of the
Talmud which made history
when it was printed in Montreal
at the time of the First World
War was returned to this city
under tragic circumstances and
is now on the shelves of the li-
brary of the Canadian Jewish
Congress. In 1914 when the out-
break of the war cut off the
Jewish communities of this
continent from the centers of
learning and publishing in Eu-
rope it became difficult here to
secure copies of the Talmud, the
standard • work of Jewish law
and religion.
A movement got under way in
the United States and Canada
to reprint this great work with
its many commentaries from the
Vilno edition of the Rome pub-
lishing firm. This set was pub-
lished in Montreal by the late
H. Wolofsky, founder and edi-
tor of the Jewish Daily Eagle
Sets of this Talmud were
, here.
distributed all over the con-
tinent and in other countries.
Some of them reached Europe.
One of these volumes became
the property of some unknown
Jewish scholar in Europe who
kept.it until the Germans over-
ran the continent. The scholar
was killed by the Germans and
his Talmud found its way into a
collection of Jewish books which
the Germans brought together
for the study of the so-called
Jewish problem. -
After the allied victory these
books - were saved by American
troops and some of them, in-
cluding this volume of the Tal-
mud, were sent to Canada where
they are being placed in Jew-
ish libraries and institutions to
commemorate the victims of
German massacre.
Denver Jews Honor
Adolph Kiesler at 70
DENVER, (JTA)—Leaders of
all Denver Jewish organizations
and representatives of numer-
ous philanthropic groups took
part in a testimonial dinner
honoring Adolph Kiesler, presi-
dent of the local
Allied Jewish
C o m munity ,
Council here, on
his 70th birth-
day.
Messages were
se n t by Presi-
dent Truman,::
Governor John-
son of Coloiado•
and Henry Mor- Adolph Kiesler
genthau, and Josef Nevo, Israel's
consul general in New York, who
flew to Denver for the occasion,
and gave the principal speech.
Kiesler has contributed $750,-
000 to charity in his lifetime,
and says "I made plenty of
money and I was happy to give
it away to make people happy."
Kiesler, who is head of the Peer-
less Alloy Co., came to the United
States from Rumania as a boy.
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