Hollywood .and Rabbi Gamaliel
Kirk _Douglas in Hollywood's
Israeli' movie, "The Juggler," is
good — as he usually is. In addi-
tion_ to.his conceded acting abili-
ties, he dexterously keeps. three
balls aloft at the same time.
As a juggler, however, he is
not as good as Rabbi Simon ben
Gamaliel, who, according to the
Talmud, on one . holiday feast
surprised everyone by juggling
with eight burning torches.
Imdgine that! An act like
Rabbi Gamaliel's could get top
billing at the Palace any day.
And juggling mas only a side
issue with the great Talmudic
savant. Most of the time he
was bent over the Torah. But
Rabbi Gamaliel apparently
made quite a hobby of muscu-
lar prowess. We are told that
he could reach over without
bending his knees and kiss . the
nautilus
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ground. Most of us know how
and surely Samson would have
Frank Abelman of Marquette, I ice for 10 years, presently being
hard it is to touch the ground
been picked up by any fighting
Republican, who is in charge of sales tax collections
standing, with our finger tips, manager today. The old Jews lifelong
known as "Mr. Republican of in Upper Michigan.
let alone our mouth.
I must have been good swimmers. the Upper Peninsula," was
The Talmud mentions another Josephus relates how once' a
juggler who used open knives, ship he was on foundered, and
keeping seven of them in the he had to swim a whole night
air at the same time, while still i before being picked up by an-
another used eggs. Juggling re- other vessel. Rabbi Akiba said
quires physical adroitness plus a i that it was the duty of the par-
kind of material alertness and ents to teach their children how
I imagine -a course in the Tal- to swim.
mud ought to help any juggler.
The Talmudist Resh Lakish
What's the difference after all I was a circus performer of feats
between tossing five balls in the of strength and would hire him-
air or five passages of Mishna? self out as a gladiator to fight
It is highly interesting that wild beasts. At Caesaria, where
the first major Hollywood pic- Israel bonds are now building a
ture revolving about an Israeli I huge fishing wharf they have
theme should touch the field of uncovered the vestiges of an am-
sports. Athletics was the first pitheatre where at the time of
casualty that followed the de- King Herod, gladitorial com-
struction of the Jewish nation- bats were held. Such forms of
hood. During the long centuries athletic bouts were undoubtedly
of Jewish persecution, life for due to the Hellenic and Roman
the Jew- became a struggle for influence. The good Jews gen-
which ivy's and sports were erally frowned on these savage
encounters. Certainly the Has-
somehow not a match.
opposed them and ap-
The ancient Jews, like all moneans
parently not without good cause.
normal people, admired
strength. They even played Nevertheless- the picture of the
as unathletic is entirely un-
ball. Isaiah 22.18 says, "He will . Jew
true.
toss thee like a ball in a large
In Israel athletic prowess is
country." Evidently, they were
familiar. with tossing balls, now returning to favor. Robert
though we do not know what Morrison of the Jewish Welfare
kind of ball they played. David Board, who is in charge of the
was pretty good at tossing project for sending 100 Ameri-
can Jewish athletes to Israel for
stones, and Jonathan, it ap-
pears, excelled in archery. The . the Maccabiah next fall, tells
me that the young Israelis are
tribe of Benjamin was famous
very sports-minded. It's nothing
for its adeptne,ss at the sling
at all, he tells me,. for a soccer
shot.
The Bible references indicate game in Israel to attract 40,000
that Saul was a great runner to 50,000 people.
Personally, I never could de-
velop much of an interest in
HONEYMOONERS
about- ot,
athletics. I always sympathized
"CUPID'S ACRES"
with the Volozhiner rebbe who
INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS
was urged to take walks for his
---- RESORT
health. "What's the use of going
11.1,
walking, when I'll have to come
da•
back here?" he asked.
mon 5, PQ °ail°
named on Tuesday by President
Eisenhower to • the post of col-
lector of customs at Detroit.
Born in Bessemer, Mich., 53
years ago, Abelman studied bus-
iness administration at the Uni-
versity of Michigan. He is mar-
ried and has a son, Daniel, 12.
He has been under civil serv-
Mayor Greets Mayor
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Isaac
Gerstenkorn, Mayor of Beni
Brak, the all-Orthodox town in
Israel, was received at City Hall
by Mayor Vincent Impellitteri.
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