A Brother's Tribute to a Brother
Philip Gilbert Publishes Volume
In Memory of Shlomo Gilbert
A brother's love for and trib- I ,tlener"—the silk one—in trib-
ute to a brother is incorporatee ute to his fine character and
in a most interesting book, which his human traits.
has been published by Philip
In the homes of HiLlel
Gilbert, prominent Detroit Judah Leib Peretz, and other
wholesale merchant and com- noted leaders and writers, he
munity leader.
was among the regular visitors.
"Shlomo Gilbert: Stories and He loved to be with Jewish
Drarnas," is the title - of the Yid- craftsmen, to visit the tailors
dish volume published by Mr. and the shoemakervand to con-
Gilbert in trio- -
verse with them. He loved and
tte to the mem-
was loved by children.
ory of his 13ro-
Grafst,ein, in his reflections
er, who died a
about his friend, refers to him
inArtyr's death
as a man who was saturated
at. .the hands of
with knowledge of the Torah,
the Nazis in Po-
who was an ardent student of
land. •
the Zohar, who loved to visit
A biographical
synagogues and Jewish houses
and critical es-
of learning and to join in
say by the - emi-
studying portions of the Ge-
nent Yiddish
marah. Often he would bom-
writer, Samuel
writer,
bard learned men engaged in
Niger, is fea-
Talmudic studies with ques-
tured in th e
tions.
book, whica
Shlomo Gilbert taught Graf-
contains "zich.-
stein how to gather a library of
ronot" remi-
worth, how to discard worthless
n cences —by Ph. Gilbert
books and brochures and how
Philip Gilbert and by l ■ ifelech to •replace them with meritorious
-C4afstein of Londo n, Ontario,. volumes.
the man Who supervised the • Grafstein points out that
printing of the book in Canada. -Shlomo. Gilbegt was not official-
Mr. Grafstein was a boyhood ly a Socialist, but that he hated
friend of the late Shlomo Gil- oppression a n d overprosperous
bert.
pompousness and was full of
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compassion for the poor. The
The rise of Shlomo Gilbert to last time Grafstein saw Shloino
prominence as a Yiddish -Writer was when he visited him in
is traced by Mr. Niger to the Warsaw in 1935 while he was on
era of great Yiddish creations at his way to PaleStine and to the
the beginning of the century, in Zionist Congress in Lucerne,
the years when Abraham .Rel- Switzerland.
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zin, Sholem Asch, H. D. Nomberg
and many others began to at-
Philip Gilbert's recollections
tract wide attention. Shlomo in- are those of family, of his per-
herited from his father a saint- sonal relations tothis grandpar-
ly attitude. He i was sickly and ents, parents and the eminent
his ill health left its mark upon brother to whom he pays hom-
him, but he nevertheless soon age in this book.
became the hero of his commu-
He relates that his brother
nity in Radziniin. He was rever- at one time devoted himself to
ed wherever he made an ap- the study of the Kabbalah. He
pearance, _ and in Warsaw he tells about his tragic personal
shared honors with the ablest life, the loss of his wife several
Jewish writers.
years after their marriage—but
He played- the fiddle, read a there are great moments record-
lot, constantly improvised sto- ed in these "zichronot," when
ries, and his story-telling pop- Shlomo visited a craftsman and
.ula.rized him in the Polish- gave him friendship, love and
encouragement; his devotion to
Jewish. communities.
The noted Jewish leader, the family; his attachment to his
late Noah Plilutzky, is quoted people's literary treasures.-
The personal tribute of Philip
as having
caned him "der zei-
av
to Shlomo is deeply moving. The
few pages written by the bro-
ther, who sponsored this memo-
rial volume, are a touching tes-
tament of a deep-rooted love.
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Incorporated i,i this volume
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are three of Shlomo Gilbert's
dramas, "Shabsai Moakh," "Mo-
Biographic-Critical
shiakh's Trity," and "Der Kea
Foreword
ler." There are 33 of his stories,
some well known, some reprint-
by Sh. Niger
ed from lesser known periodicals
and now revived for general in-
Shim Gilbert
Stories and- Plays
Memoirs by Philip Gilbert
and M. W. Grafstein
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$3 a Copy
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Now Available at
BORENSTEIN'S
BOOK STORE
12066 Dexter
Corner Monterey
terest.
This impressive volume serves
an important purpose; it revives
knowledge of and perpetuates
the memory of the great Jewish
writer: Shlomo 'Gilbert.
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Beth Tikvah to Sponsor
Histadrut Evening Sunday
Members of Cong. Beth Tik-
vah and its Ladies. Auxiliary are
planning a meeting devoted to
the Detroit Histadrut Campaign
on Sunday evening, in the 6on-
gregation's social hall, 9746 Pe-
toskey. A dinner and movies will
be featured on the program.
Mrs. Mellen Is Named
As Head of Women's
AJC Special Gifts
. Mrs. Leo S. Mellen will head
the Special Gifts Cabinet• for
the Women's Division in the
Allied Jewish Campaign. She
has named- - '''
Mesdames Lew-
is H. Manning
and Philip L.
Marcuse, as ex-:
ecutive v i c e-
chairmen, a n d
Mrs. Seymour J.
Fran k,
ad-
visor.
Other Cabi-
net appoint-
ments include
Mesdames Ben-
jam i n Jaffe
and Emil Roth-. Mrs. Mellen
man, training chairmen; Na-
than *Schermer and Carl Wois;
assignment chairman; and Max
Frank, to handle the speoial
gifts fund-raising event.
Spec ia.1 Gifts fund-raising
will be handled by five teams.
Team 1 will be led •by Mes-
dames Milton J. Doner, vice-
chairman;
. Samuel S. Aaron,
advisor; Lester J. Morris, secre-
tary.
Team .2 is headed by Mes-
dames Ben Jones, Lawrence
Fleischman and Harold Schrie-
ber, as vide-chairman, advisor
and secretary, respectively.
Mesdanies Maxwell Jospey,
'Harry August and Hannon
Kraft, will direct Team 3. Na-
than N. Kaplan, Perry Burn-
stine and Herman A. August
will supervise Team .4. Team 5
will be commanded by Mes-
dames Barney Keywell, Ben
Mossman and Samuel Schwartz.
All teams will have briefing
teas, between March 30 and
April 4.
The initial session, for Team
4, will be held at -10:45 am.,
Wednesday, March 30, at the
home of Mrs.: Herman A. August,
255 Merton Rd.
At 1 pm., the same day, Team
5 will convene at the home of
Mrs. B e n Mossman, 19680
Shrewsbury.
The next day, alsO at 1 p.m.;
Mrs. Ben Jones, of 18935 Wilde-
mere, will host Team 2.
On April 1;" Tedin will meet'
at 1 p.m., at the- hom•:of ,Mrs.
Lester J. MorriS, 19395 Parksitle.:
At 12:30 . p.m.; Monday, April'
-
4, Mrs. Harry August, of 26081
Hendrie, Huntington - Woods,
will be hostess at a Team.3
briefing tea.
Passover Month
At - Young Israel
Following the Talmudic dic-
tum which states that 30 days
prior to Passover one should
delve into the holidays obser-
vance, members of the Young
Israel Center of Oak-Woods
have , embarked on a . "Passover
Month" program.
Beginning last Sunday when
the Hebrew and Sunday schools
began emphasizing the celebra-
tion of Passover in their curri-
culum; all departments of the
Center are planning various ac-
tivities.
The Bible Study Group, which
meets at 5:30 p.m., each Satur-
day, under the guidance of Rab-
bi Yaa.kov I. Hornnick, has be-
gun examining the holiday's
customs and ceremonies.
The Wednesday evening Adult
Study Group has scheduled a
workshop on "Passover for the
Housewife," to be held this Wed-
nesday and again March 30. The
second workshop will be a lea--
ture of the Sisterhood monthly .
meeting. .
A Passover Kiddie Party and
model seder will be held on April
3, -during which children of the
congregation's schools will pre-
sent a program, "Out of Bond-
age, 1955.!
Sabbath services also have
been gauged according to the
holiday. Services will be at 6:30
p.m , today, and at 9 am. Sat-
urday.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the .late Louis
J. Qurwin acknowledges with
grateful appreciation the many
kind • expressions of sympathy
extended by relatives and friends
tiring -the family's recent: be-
reavement. , ;
Adas Shalom Hosts City's Men's. Clubs
The Men's Club of Adas Sha-
lom will be hosts to Detroit's
annu al Inter - Congregational
Men's Club Dinner, to be held
in the social hall of the syna-
gogue at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday.
Principal speaker will be Dr.
Max Arzt, vice-
chancellor of
thse Jewish
T h eological
Seminary of
America, who is
one of the lead-
ing Jewish per-
sonalities in the
country. Dr.
Arzt, who served Dr.- Arzt
as president of the Rabbinical
Assembly of America, will be in
troduced by Rabbi Jacob Z.
Segal.
The musical portion ',of' the
program will be provided by the
Adas Shalom Symphonic En-
semble, led by Zinovi Bistritzky.
Cantor Nicholas Fenakel will
render vocal selections.
Members of all of Detroit's
Men's Clubs — Orthodox Con-
servative and- Reform — will be
in attendance.
DETROIT JEWISH. NEWS
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Friday, March 18, 1955
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Boarding Homes for Children
Temporarily Separated from
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Mrs. Seldon Leach, program
chairman of the Bria,i David Sis-
terhood, announces a Sisterhood
and Men's Club Groucho Marx
program at 9 p.m., Thursday, in
the synagogue social hall.. James
Rachleff will serve as master of
ceremonies, and contestants will
be selected from the audience_
Friends are invited.
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"Sweet Land of Liberty"
A Play by MARK SCHWEID
Dedicated to the Tercentenary
- of Jewish People in the U. S.
Recitation - Songs - Skitg in
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Sunday, March 20
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