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Society Formed in U. S.

THE JEWISH NEWS-51

NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
Danny Kaye says that the
establishment of a national or-
trouble
with people who drink
ganization designed to foster the
study of works of Baruch Spi- like fishes . is that they don't
noza, 17th century philosopher, drink what fishes drink
was announced by Prof. Walter
Bernard. The organization,
known as the Spinoza Society
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of America, will maintain head-
quarters at Long Island Univers-
ity.

CHARLOTTE'S
HAIR. SHOPPE

One hundred and forty leading Hebrew and Yiddish writers
have formed a Jewish Writers Committee for Histadrut, on the
occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Israel labor federation,
and have signed a parchment scroll hailing the achievements of
Histadrut in the upbuilding of the State of Israel. The original
parchment with signatures has been sent to the Histadrut Exe-
cutive in Tel Aviv.
Left to right: JACOB LESTSHINSKY, economist and histor-
ian; Dr. JOSEPH BURSTEIN, Histadrut cultural d i r e c t o r;
EPHRAIM AUERBACH, president, Yiddish PEN Club; Dr. MOSES
FEINSTEIN, president of Hebrew PEN Club and dean of Herzliah
Academy; JOSEPH SCHLOSSBERG, chairman, National Committee
for Labor Israel.

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22,000 Jews Leave Libya

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Sonie
22,000 Jews have left Libya for
Israel since April, 1949, and an-
other 11,000 remain, the New
York Times reported from Ben-
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"Israel Laughs: A Collection
Joe Becker, Prop.
Humor From the Jewish
Prescription Specialists
State" by Paul Steiner (Bloch)
is a bit of a disappointment.
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a considerable amount of fun.
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have been applied with ease by
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Deal—and many of them are.
Some of the jokes are ordinary
or plain silly and some are not
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shortcomings.
Therefore this reviewer hopes
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dan's masterpiece, "A Platterful
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Electrical Contractors
of Raisins," a volume of Israel I
tales published recently in the
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sion applies the thought: `The
more it changes, the more it is E .
the same'." That's the trouble.
Some of Steiner's stories are =-
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But for those who have not
heard many of the Israel stories,
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there are many which will
please and entertain. In more
complete form, he could have
solved also the problem of this
reviewer.—P. S.

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