Bernard. Isaacs' New Hebrew Stories
Amos Moeller Tapuzim (Amos Sells
Oranges) and Other Stories, by Bernard
Isaacs, Newman Publishing House Ltd.,
Tel Aviv, 5713.
Reviewed by MORRIS NOBEL
With his second volume of He-
brew short stories, Bernard
Isaacs has firmly established
himself as one of the prominent
Hebrew short story writers in
America. The locale of all the
stories, unlike those of the first
volume, is America.
Of the 15 stories in the book,
.aline are "Jewish" stories, and
six deal with general human
emotions and . experiences. In
the "Jewish" stories, "Amos
Sells Oranges" (which gave
the book its name) and "As-
cent and Descent" are among
the best in the volume.
The .loaner is the story of
Izzy, a young Jewish immigrant,
who tried to run away from his
environment, essentially from
himself, but failed. After spend-
ing his first three years in
America in New York City, Izzy
decided to leave it and his two
old-country friends, with whom
he has been boarding. His
friends represent to him the past
and the old, from which he is
trying desperately to escape. He
resents especially their old -
country habit of constantly
quoting Biblical passages and
Talmudic sayings. "I want to be
free, free from everything, free
from all chains, from all that
was yesterday; I have only to-
day, today." Since he loves
fruits and has experience in
selling them, he decides to go to
Florida, which is far away and
rich in • fruits, and seeks his
fortune there:
After many hardships and dif-
ficulties, Izzy became the proud
owner of a fruit and vegetable
market. He was popular with his
customers. They liked his man-
ner of talking and enjoyed par-
ticularly his scriptural quota-
tions. "He speaks like a preach-
er in church. Everything from
the Bible." Once while Izzy was
talking to Mrs. Callahan, one of
his steady customers, the local
minister overhead their conver-
sation. Izzy, as usual, was quot-
land "Groundless Hate," are
written in a bitter vein and deal
with the shocking and the cruel
in human nature. A very touch-
ing story is "Two Partings,"
which tells of the sudden change
that came into the relationship
of a mother and her dying child,
and, years later, into her rela-
tionship with your young son
who is going off to war.
As is usually the case in. a col-
lection of this sort, not all the
stories are of the same quality.
Most are written with keen in-
sight and deep poignancy and
are aglow with the burning emo-
tions and ambitions of men and
women. All are written in a vig-
orous and classical Hebrew, and
eminently readable and will be
enjoyed and treasured by lovers
of the Hebrew short story.
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-1 I
Friday, May 22, 1953
Bond Issue Aids
Israel Farming
Protest U. S. Honors
For Former Nazis
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Department of the Air Force has
made known in a letter to Sen.1
Herbert H. Lehman that Nazi r On the eve of Shevuot, the
Lufti,affe officers, including an traditional Jewish festival of the
aide to Hermann Goering, were spring harvest, the citizens of
honored and entertained by the Israel, with the assistance of in-
Air Force at Wiesbaden on April vestment capital derived from
21 because "such action is in the State of Israel Bond Issue,
consonance with the foreign are manufacturing the agricul-
policies of the United States in tural implements that are help-
that area in connection with.the ing them win their economic in-
common defense against Com- dependence. Here we see two
munistic aggression."
workers at a factory supported
Sen. Lehman had informed by Israel Bonds making a blade
the Air Force that he received for a reaping• machine, which
letters from American veterans will be used to gather the first
who felt the honor rendered the crops of the season.
Nazis by the U. S. Air Force
"mocked at the sacrifices made
during World War II." The Sen- Israel Bond Workers
ators asked the Air Force if ITo Honor Harry Cohen.
steps could be taken to avoid
such incidents in the future.-The
As part of a nation-wide ,pro-
answer he received failed to con- gram to make "each member an
cede that there was any real Israel Bond owner," the Zionist
basis for objection.
Organization of . America will
Maj. Gen. E. L. Eaton, who •sponsor a kick-off brunch May
replied, said it was a "goodwill 24, .10 a.m., at Zionist House,
gesture" that the surviving 11345 LinwoOd.
members of the Richthofen
Squadron were entertained. "It I At -the brunch, a testimonial
book will be dedicated. with the
is coincidental that several) name of their leading member
of the original Rich 1 on its cover. That honor will go
ing the "Good Book" to support members
thofen Squadron also served in
his statements. "The preacher World War II as high-ranking to Harry Cohen, of 3220 W. Bos-
ton, head of David Furniture Co.
approached them.. He removed
his hat. 'This is a holy place,' he
turned to Mrs. Callahan. 'Do
you know .who sold these fruits
and vegetables? Amos, the
Prophet of Israel, God Bless
him.' Amen,' answered Mrs. Cal-
lahan, with the expression of
one at prayer."
"Ascent and Descent," the
longest story in the book, is the
superb tale of Isaac Bernstein,
the poor husky immigrant boy,
who achieved fortune and fame
tat the community, only to find
ttaat times have changed and he
is no longer the inspired and in-
dispensable leader. Even his
own American-reared children
wish to see him retired. Bern-
stein looks back with nostalgia
upon his early immigrant days,
when he was a struggling junk
peddler. "Only once in my life
'was I eompletely happy, and
that was when I was taking mo-
tors apart in the shed."
-
officers," the General stated.
The Germans, who included
ardent followers of Hitler, were
-luncheon guests of the Deputy
ComMander of the U. S. Air!
Force in Europe. They were
honored by a special aerial dem-
onstration of F-84 and F-86 jet
aircraft and were shown special
equipment at the U. S. air base
at Landstuhl.
Knesset Tribute
To Jewish Victints
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News
JERUSALEM — After a two-
minute period of silent prayer
the Israel Parliament on Mon-
day gave the first reading to
the Yad Veshem (Memorial) bill
to honor the six million Jewish
victims in Europe.
Representatives of all parties
Mr. Isaacs' characters are spoke in support of the measure
real people. He convinces the to provide a monument to the
reader of their reality by not Jewish dead to be erected in Je-
depicting them as particularly rusalem. The only dissenting
tragic or ridiculous, or partic- voice was-that of a Herut- (Free-
ularly sympathetic or vicious. dom) party representative who
A memorable story, told with castigated the Knesset and said
subtlety and interest is "She that a body which had made
Did Not Come.," which revolves peace with the Germans and
'around the brief friendship of which received reparations for
a Jewish writer with a non- Jewish blood was unworthy to
Jewish girl from Texas, In- erect the monument, She pro-
rested with- humor and satire posed that the action be left for
American Jewish life is a new parliament not respon-
sible for the "shameful deal"
4 *The Nuisance."
Most of the stories that have with Germany,
general r a t h e r than Jewish
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themes, 1 i k e "Disappointment"
Sam Feldstein, who will head
the bond meeting, said that the
book will be 'presented to the
community in a fOrmal cere-
mony in the fall, with the names
of all Israel bond purchasers in-
scribed. "Of our total member-
ship of 2,500, we have already
sold bonds to 1,000 Zionists," he
said, "and we won't stop selling
until we show 100% coverage for
this area." The organization has
already purchased more than
$2,000,000 of Israel bonds.
Cohen has long pursued the
national motto: "Be a ZOA
Minute Man for Israel" with his
leadership in the - local Israel
bond drive. According to Detroit
Zionist president, A. C. Lappin,
the testimonial books will be
completed in May, 1954, repre-
senting every Jewish community
in the United States. At that
time they will be installed in the
Zionist Home in Tel Aviv, Is-
rael. Leon Kay is regional ZOA
president.
HAVE YOUR
RUGS CLEANED
Dr. Solomon Goldman,Noted Author,
Former ZOA President, Dies at 59
Dr. Solomon Goldman, one of
America's most prominent rab-
bis, former president of the
Zionist Organization of America,
brilliant orator and an eminent
author, died Friday night at
Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago,
at the age of 59. He had been
ill for several months and had
undergone an operation last
October.'
For two decades, he was in the
front ranks in the battle for the
Zionist cause. He played a lead-
ing role on the international
scene as a defender and inter-
preter of the Jewish national
cause. At the same time he held
national positions in the Jewish
National Fund, Joint Distribu-
tion Committee, United Pales-
tine Appeal and Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary, where he was
ordained rabbi.
He traveled widely in this
country, in England, Israel,
Latin America and South Africa
in behalf of the Zionist move-
ment. He spoke frequently in
Detroit.
He was the author of many
important works and his public
debates, especially ,those with
Clarence Darrow, drew large
audiences and attracted wide
attention.
Born in Russi a, he was
brought to this country as a
child, received his education at
New York University, Isaac
Elchanan Yeshivah and Jewish
Theological Seminary. He was
rabbi in Cleveland before being
called to the post he held at the
time of his -death, Congregation
Anshe Emet, in Chicago, 29
years ago. He is survived by his
wife, two daughters, his mother,
four grandchildren, four broth-
ers and three sisters.
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