Friday, November 29, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-6
Overflow Audiences Chalk Up Triumph
for Sixth Annual Book Fair at Center
Overflow audiences at all ses-
sions of this year's Jewish Book
Fair, at the Davison Jewish
Center, chalked up another tri-
umph for the annual cultural
event sponsored by the Jewish
Community Center in coopera-
tion with two score local or-
ganizations.
An overflow crowd afforded
Dr. Mordecai M. Kaplan a
standing ovation, as the noted
philosopher, pulling no verbal
punches, set up a "Five-Point
Program for American Jewish
Life," in his address Saturday
night.
Dr. Kaplan called for "the
scope of Jewish culture to be
enlarged t h r o u g h life-long
study. He decried the prevalent
view that a boy's Bar Mitzvah
is the terminal point of his
Jewish education.
"Keep on learning as long
as you keep on living," he
told the intent audience. "Be
a Ben-Torah. Know some-
thing of what Judaism is."
He urged parents to parallel
their children's general edu-
catiOn with study of Jewish
culture — and seek to make
both studies a life-long vo-
cation.
Dr. Kaplan congratulated
Book Fair workers on the "im-
minent success in organizing
the Book Fair." "Anyone who
views the displays and does not
have their appetites whetted to
the extent of coming away with
a year's supply of Jewish read-
ing should go to a doctor," he
said.
As the first cornerstone of
his five-point program, Dr. Kap-
lan cited the need of the up-
building and preservation of
the State of Israel as a means
of survival and enhancement of
the Jewish people throughout
the world.
The cultivation of Jewish
learning and culture as a means
of maintaining both the con-
tinuity and creativity of Jewish
civilizatiori -was the second pre
requisite cited by Dr. Kaplan.
The third point underlined
by Dr. Kaplan is that the be-
lief in God should be rendered
compatible with the modern
climate of ideas, which is ad-
verse to supernaturalism.
Dr. Kaplan emphasized, how-
ever, that such supernatural
miracles such as the Red Sea
parting should still be taken
seriously.
The creation of Jewish en-
vironment as a means of
rendering Jewish life visible,
audible and tangible was Dr.
Kaplan's fourth point.
He said that in other genera-
tions Jews were satisfied when
they were segregated, but that
the modern Jews' thinking had
done a complete about-face. He
said there was an essential
need to Judaize the home, the
fraternal order, the Jewish cen-
ter, the summer camps and all
places where they gather for
social and entertainment pur-
poses. Dr. Kaplan also sug-
gested that it would be invalu-
able if every young person
could study or work for a year
or more in Israel.
All of these things could aid
in the shaping of Jewish in-
dividuality but that the home,
saturated with Jewish con-
sciousness, should be the hub
of Jewish life.
Dr. Kaplan's final point dic-
tates that we should align our-
selves as Jews with all the so-
cial forces for freedom and
justice, as a means of integrat-
ing the universal aspects of
Judaism into the democratic
idea.
A question and answer pe-
riod, chaired by Rabbi Morris
Adler, closed the program.
Dr. Norman Drachler, Book
Fair chairman, opened the pro-
gram, pointing to the signifi-
cant role of the Book Fair in
the community's Jewish cul-
tural life, and commending the
many volunteers who partici-
pated in the Fair.
Jacob L. Keidan, president,
Jewish Community Center, ex-
tended greetings on behalf of
Center officers.
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Upper- photo, left to right: Isidore Sobeloff, executive
vice-president, Jewish Welfare Federation; Dr. Mordecai M.
Kaplan, Dr. Norman Drachler and Rabbi Morris Adler. In
lower photo, Ehud Ben-Yehuda (left) displays works of his
late father, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, who founded movement to
make Hebrew the spoken tongue of Palestine, to Bernard
Isaacs. On right, Mrs. Harry L. Jacobson and Mrs. Nathan
Spevakow are shown displaying the works of Louis Golding.
A symposium on "Educa-
tion for Jewish Living,"
opened Ladies' Day at the
Sixth Annual Jewish Book
Fair. Ehud Ben Yehuda gave
a dynamic picture of the part
played by "Hebrew, from
Nursery to University."
Focusing attention on the
local scene, Mrs. Jacob Axelrod
followed discussing "Resources
in Jewish Education for Our
Youth."
The subject, "Resources for
Jewish Women in the Commu-
nity," was developed by Mrs.
David Kliger.
Milton Marwil outlined the
importance of the book in the
Jewish home.
Moderating the panel was
Mrs. Nathan Spevakow. Mrs.
Marvin Levy was chairman for
the morning program.
Women attending the all-day
event enjoyed a buffet lunch-
eon served by the Cooperative
Council of the League of Jewish
Women's Organizations. Head-
ing the luncheon committee
were Mrs. Joseph Viedrah and
Mrs. Samuel Katz, co-chairmen.
A capacity audience heard
Louis Golding, British author
and lecturer, discussing "The
Most Important Woman in My
Life—as a Man and Novelist."
Others taking part in the
afternoon session were Mrs.
Irving Small, co-chairman La-
dies' Day, who gave the invoca-
tion; Mrs. Louis Kazdan, presi-
First prize, elementary division, dent of the League of Jewish
in the poster contest went to Janet
Mark. Julie B. Kessel received the Women's Organizations, w h o
second prize; and Robert Hoffman, welcomed guests; Mrs. Harry L.
David Krass, Douglas Lieberman, Jackson, co-chairman Book Fair,
Jill Robinson, and Susan Taylor who brought greetings from the
took third prizes.
Intermediate Division award win- Jewish Community Center; and
ners included Susan Williams, first Mrs. Philip Bernstein, chairman
Prize; Linda Weisman, second prize; Ladies' Day, who introduced
and Barbara Feldstein, Roger
Kukes, Barbara Linden, Nancy Lui, Golding.
and Susanne Weil, third prizes.
Community singing was led
In the Literary contest, inter-
mediate division, honors went to by Mrs. Malke Shaw.
Men's Night, Monday, fea-
Linda Harris, first prize; Aron
Rolnitzky, second prize; and An- turing Morris Garvett as chair-
drea Lynn Caron, Patti Friedman,
Reva Hausman, Barbara Isbee and man, Ben-Yehuda, Golding and
Margaret Mazer, third prizes.
Philip Slomovitz, concluded the
In the advanced division, Honor- Book Fair.
able Mention awards were made to
The display of books in the
Anita Lezell, Sharon Pap-o, Esther
Roberg.
gymnasium attracted thousands
Bernard Panush, Alex Roberg of viewers, and many thousands
and Samuel Sigal served as of dollars worth of books were
sold to the spectators.
chairman for the afternoon.
- A highlight of the evening
was the performance of the
Center Choral Society conduct-
ed by Julius Chajes. Soloists
Leah Koven, Wyn Garden Lan-
dis and Adele Brown gave
sparkling performances.
Dr. Kaplan also addressed the
bruncheon session, Sunday
morning, in behalf of the local
Reconstructionist group, out-
lining the ideals of the Recon-
structionist movement.
A capacity audience of
children and parents were
held spell-bound during each
of three performances of the
puppet show, "The Remark-
able Danny," Sunday after-
noon.
Responsible for the beauti-
fully mounted, well-coordinated
production, w e r e puppeteers
Clarissa and Ken Yager, whose
superb backstage teamwork was
as fascinating as the show.
Additional credit goes to
Larry Apple, who produced the
dragon's smoke; Art Dubin, who
handled properties; and Ralph
Rapaport, sound man; all mem-
bers of the Center's own Audio-
Visual Service, a Davison
branch tween group.
Climaxing the afternoon pro-
gram was the awarding of Es-
say and Literary prizes by Mrs.
Ruth Adler Schnee and Walter
Farber, who were among the
contest judges.
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