The late Dr; Solomon L. his essays land in publishing
Skoss, of Philadelphia, was one
them posthumously.
of the ablest scholars of our
Another tribute to Dr. Skoss
time, as his essays, published appears in this memorial vol-
posthumously, indicate.
ume from the _pen of Prof.
A group of his friends and Abraham I. -Katsh. • "
admirers have joined in paying
The value of the collected
honor to his name in a me- essays is evident in their titles.
morial volume, "Portrait of a The first, which deals with the
Jewish Scholar," essays and ad- Dead Sea Scrolls, shows a sense
dresses by Solomon L. Skoss, of fairness in his discussion of
just published by Bloch.
their antinquity. He gives credit
In a foreword to this volume, where credit is due, to all con-
Drs. Solomon Grayzel, Samuel tending elements in the debate
N. Kramer and Joseph Reider over antiquity and authenticity.
refer to the "broader facets" of
Dr. Skoss' great scholarship
Dr. Skoss' personality "which is in evidence in such essays as
deserve to be recorded, exem- "The Early Linguistic History
plified and kept alive." This of the Jews," "The Karaites,"
memorial volume does just that. "J udah Halevi," "A dolph
Most of the Skoss articles Sutro," `Maimonides on Health
were delivered before the Care," and others.
Darshei Da'a.t (Seekers for
It is especially interesting
Knowledge) Society of Phila-
to note that he was an
delphia. In addition to the
authority on bee;-keeping, as
major essays by the memorial-
ized scholar, the memorial vol-. indicated in two essays, "Bee-
Keeping in the Holy Land in
ume contains a number of im-
the Time of Jesus" and
portant articles which evaluate
"Swarming — A Study in Bee
Skoss' life.
Behavior," and his essays on
Dr. Grayzel's biographical
Mohammed and the Moslems. -
essay is one of the chief fea-
Not only is a revered name
tures in this important book.
In it, Dr. Grayzel reviews his I honored with this memorial
friend's background in the Old volume, but its essays have en-
World and tells of his activities riched the Jewish scholarly
and strruggleS to attain a bookshelves.
goal of scholarship — in this
country.
Communist Paper
Those who are interested in
the shtetel — the Jewish Blasts Shun by Moscow
community in Russia that has
NEW YORK, (JTA) —T h e
now become extinct will Soviet government was severely
be especially interested in Dr. criticized in the Morning Frei-
Grayzel's tracing of a noted heit, Jewish Communist daily
scholar's background.
newspaper here, for ignoring a
There as • a great deal of - request that Jewish cultural life
warmth in this biographical be restored in the Soviet Union.
evaluation. Dr, Grayzel speaks
The ,Soviet government was
of Dr. Skoss' specialized Judeao- taken to task_ in a long article
Arabic studies as "remarkable." for depriving its 3,000,000 Jews
He pays honor to his friend as of their culture, language, press
scholar and as teacher for 27 and national institutions. The
years which "in a very real article points out that this has
sense. compensated for the been brought to the attention
struggle and insecurity and dis- of Nikita S. Khrushchev, Com-
appointment which had been munist Party "boss'! in Moscow,
his lot until this opportunity and non-Jewish, who visited
came." He pays honor to his by various delegations, Jewish
modesty and Says it was "a Russia.
tonic and lesson" to see that
Similar complaints have been
"he remained mild, even shy
and • self-deprecating, at least made by Jewish Communist
about everything but his field groups in various countries. It
terms as "empty words" the
of knowledge."
excuse given by Khrushchev to
Of interest in this volume some delegations that the Jews
is the tribute to Dr. Skoss by of the Soviet Union - apparently
his wife who relates incidents, do not' want any other culture
in his life in a special chapter. than Russian since they do not
Mrs. Skoss aided in collecting ask for the restoration of their
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article says, "has committed
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HAIFA,, (JTA) — Israel has are twice as many casualties in
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The chief reason seem to' be
and the current expansion of lack of industrial tradition, in-
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higher if nothing is done about of skills among new immi-
it, a spokesman for the Haifa grants, he reported.
Technion asserted last week.
He also disclosed that the Na-
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he said that steps must be taken operation with the Technion, is
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safety engineering and in teach- safety engineering for engineers
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He said that machinery in Is- councils. •
raeli factories is fitted with
necessary safety devices, based
ARNOLD GALPERIN made on legislation developed from
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Scholarship of Dr. Solomon L. Skoss