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THE JEWISH NEWS
1951
Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20,
Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers. Michigan Press Association, National Editorial
Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co.. 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35. Mich..
VE. 8-9364 Subscription $5 a year Foreign $6.
Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879
SIDNEY SH MARAK
LIP SLOMOVITZ
PHILIP
Advertising Manager
Editor and Publisher
FRANK SIMONS
City Editor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
eighth
day
of Heshvan, 5717, the following Scriptural selections will be
This Sabbath, the
read in our synagogues:
Is. 40:27-41:16.
Pentateuchal portion, Lech Lecha, Gen. 12:1-17:27. Prophetical portion,
. Licht Benshen, Friday, Oct. 12, 5:41 p.m.)
Page Four
VOL. XXX. No. 6
October 12, 1956
Educational Needs: Better Schools, More Teachers
Education Month, currently being observed here, confronts us with two prob-
lems: the shortage of teachers and the crowded schools. The National Citizens Com-
mission for the Public Schools, in its campaign for Better Schools, presents us with
this illustration, to indicate that the can is suitable for sardines but not for our
children:
Tales of Adventure and Love
SChW arZ
IT'S FINE FOR
BUT. ■ ■
Let this be a lesson to all who are concerned with the problem of education.
And the needs that affect our public schools are applicable also to our Jewish schools.
We present also this additional illustration: put yourself in their shoes!
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Feast of Leviathan'
On the title page of "Feast of Leviathan" ("Tales of
Adventure, Faith and Love from Jewish Literature") by Leo
W. Schwarz, published by Rhinehart and Co. (232 Madison, N.Y.
16) appears this legend from the Talmud:
_
"In the age of the Messiah a blast of Gabriel's trumpet
will open a great feast. Leviathan, monarch of the animal
kingdom, will be roasted and every man good and true will
be served a portion. Then the sages will join God in
matching wits,. and the guests will listen to tales of men of
renown and of deeds of valor."
We are not served the Leviathan's meat, but this new
volume, the latest by the author who has gained wide popularity
with his "Jewish Caravan," "Golden Treasury of Jewish
Literature," "Memoirs of My People" and "The Redeemers,"
certainly fulfills a legendary promise for tales of renown and
deeds of valor: Schwarz provides them, with the skill of an
able story-teller and a good anthological compiler.
A vast literature has been drawn upon by Mr. Schwarz for
this "feast." The 50 stories in this book are translations from
tales in Hebrew, Yiddish, French, German, Spanish, Greek and
Aramaic. The compiler is right in saying that he has merely
whetted the appetite of his readers with this limited number
of stories. While he offers a fine comment on the importance
of this literature, he admonishes us that "to give even a glimpse
into this immense literature would require many volumes." As
far as Mr. Schwarz has gone, however, he has covered a lot
of territory.
Thus, in the very first section of his collection, under the
heading "American Cornucopia,"—which he began with "Herbie
Solves a Mystery'? from Herman Wouk's "City Boy"—he also
incorporated stories by Myron Brinig, Arthur Kober, Meyer
Levin, Louis Falstein, Albert Halper, Edna Ferber, Louis Berg,
Robert Nathan and Charles Angoff. •
Three other sectional titles will explain the author's
approach. They are: "Old World Pomegranates," "Israelian
Fruit" and "Spices of Yesteryear." Thus it becomes clear that
Mr. Schwarz has undertaken to cover the vast territories in
which Jews live—the United States, Israel and the Old World
—and the different eras in Which they experienced their
literary evolutions.
The fame of some of the authors included in the "Old
World Pomegranates' explains the impressiveness of the section.
There are some of the best stories of Israel Zangwill, Sholem.
Aleichem, Sholem Asch, Zalman Schneour and Mendele Mocher
Seforim. The section concludes with Marek Edelman's "The
Last Stand in the Warsaw Ghetto."
Similarly impressive is the list of authors in "Israelian
Fruit," which includes, among others, stories and essays by
Jessie E. Sampter, Moshe Smilanski, Edmond Fleg, and others.
In the concluding section appears selections from Hayyim
Nachman Bialik, Isaac Loeb Peretz, adaptations from the Bible,
the Apocrypha, the Midrash and medieval fables.
Thus, the Old and the New Worlds are linked with strong
historical threads, and Jewish life is re-corded with warmth
and devotion, as "adventure, faith and love," in this splendid
collection, which enhances the literary position of the author,
Leo W. Schwarz.
Slobodkin's New Children's Book Shows •
Sense of Humor, Story-Telling, Art Ability
Louis Slobodkin possesses a sense of humor. He has imagi-
nation. He tells a good story and draws a fine illustration.
We go along with the Better Schools appeal in suggesting that every one of us
should demand better schools under current crowded conditions.
The symposium by professional and lay educational leaders, in the "Panorama
of Jewish Learning" featured in this issue touches upon many aspects of Jewish educa-
tion. The viewpoints presented here should be studied carefully in the best interests
of future planning in support of our schools. (See page 2, 5 and 32.)
Let our Annual Education Month serve to inspire deeper interest in our two
needs: better schools and more teachers. To this end, we dedicate this, our Annual
Education Issue.
He indicates this anew in his latest book, for children 6 to 8s
"The Little Mermaid Who Could Not Sing," published . by
Macmillan.
His narration, and the accompanying illustrations, will thrill
the young reader.
There is a plot in this story—about little Cynthia, her voice,
a singing teacher and her solos. The teacher could not fit a
bass voice with a mermaids' chorus, but when Cynthia felt she
had to sing, something joyous happened. That's the joyous story.
In the approaching seasons of gift-giving, it will be well
to remember this title.