JEWISH NEW S-2

1958-THE

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Archaeology Eclipses 'Rock and Roll':
Dr. Glueck Packs Hall for Negev Lecture

A friend had told Dr. Nelson been able to date very accurate- ity the explorations in the
Jewish Delicacies . . Essays on Yiddish
Glueck, world famous archae- ly, passing the skill on to his Negev are most important."
Etymology . ... ..in Vital MO Publication
His slides showed the num-
ologist, president of Hebrew successors.
Outlining illustratively his ex- erous undergrounds and cis-
Paying tribute to the high scholarship and outstanding Union College-Jewish Institute
journalistic accomplishments of Judah A. Joffe, the VIVO of Religion, that "next to rape periences in the Negev, Dr. terns. He said that thousands
Institute for Jewish Research (1048 5th, N.Y. 28) has published and murder archaeology is the Glueck, speaking "as a cold- of them are to be found in
the Negev. He also said that
a thoroughly enjoyable and most enlightening volume, the most news-worthy s u b j e c t." blooded scientific historian,"
thousands of synagogues are
"Yuda A. Yofe—Buch" (The Judah A. Joffe Book).
Passing this on to the overflow said "the Bible contains an in-
Edited by Yudel Mark, this volume, entirely in Yiddish, audience that came to hear him, finitely valuable amount of ab- and will be unearthed. Among
honors "our teacher and friend Judah Joffe" and, in his honor, in the third of the series of Leah solutely authentic. data," and he
the objects he discovered was
includes authoritative essays on Jewish foods and on Yiddish. and Walter Field Semitics Lec- told how he had retraced the the candelabrum of a syna-
Nearly half of the book is devoted to the article by ture Series, at Wayne Univer- Biblical paths in his search for gogue with an Aramaic in-
Mordecai Kosover on "Jewish Foods—A Study in History of sity, Tuesday evening, Dr. ancient civilizations.
scription.
Culture and Linguistics." The author has delved into the food Glueck said the interest he was
He showed how he dis-
Dean Victor Rapport opened
question over a period of 800 years in most of the European witnessing convinced him his
covered Solomon's Copper the meeting and introduced Dr.
Jewish communities. His purpose was to bring to light the friend was right.
Mines which the Israel gov- Leonard N. Simons as chairman
culture of the various periods he has covered in relation to
ernment now is operating of the evening. Both Dr. Glueck
He could well have said that
the material aspects of Jewish community life.
archaeology was eclipsing, that again, and took his audience,
and Dr. Simons commended Mr.
Kosover examines the preparation and utilization of night, even the powerful attrac-
via his slides, on a tour of and Mrs. Walter Field for hav-
beverages and various foods, explains their origin, wherever tion of "Rock and Roll." An the Timnah area to show them ing established the lecture
possible gives their etymological derivations, and thereby adds hour before the le c t u r e, the
evidences of his findings.
series under the auspices of - the
immeasurably to the studies being conducted in the develop- hall was p a c k e d, and just
All ancient settlements were Wayne State University Semitics
ment of the Yiddish language.
built
near
water
sources,
he
before Dr. Glueck's talk, more
Department which is function-
Lekich and tort, bagel and knishen, kreplach and lokshin
than 200 people had to be asked said, and he showed the heavy ing now under the direction of
maycholim
mentioned
and
kigel (kugel)—the gibeks (gebeks)
to go into another adjoining dew formations in the Negev. Dr. Abram Spiro, who now
in this 145-page essay are endless.
hall which was wired for "Where there is water there holds the LaMed professorship.
Take, as an instance, the bagel. Kosover traces reference sound, so they could hear the is life, and that is waere there
Dr. Glueck especially
- to it to the year 1610, among gifts given to pregnant women address in comfort. Dr. Glueck was an ancient settlement," he
in Cracow. The variety of bagel includes ayer-bagel, ayer- offered to show his slides which said. He also showed how mod- praised Mr. and Mrs. LaMed
for having set up the Semitics
bagelach, milchige bagel, pareve bagel.
illustrated his address a second ern dams now are being built,
Department. He expressed
There are so many other delicacies mentioned in this time to the overflow audience. emulating the construction work
"personal gratification" over
article that the study emerges as one of the most interesting
Dr. Glueck stated in his ad- of the past.
this development and said it
this reviewer has seen anywhere.
"Fragments of pottery are points the ,way to renewed
dress that "one ancient civil-
Students of linguistics will be intrigued by the other
ization after another" was the key to the history of the
emphasis on classic studies
essays in this Joffe book. N. Susskind's "How Yiddish
past," he stated. He said that in our universities.
found by him and his associ-
Germans
.
Originated" shows that the language patterns of the
"half
of
the
400
ancient
sites
ates in their explorations.
During his stay here, Dr.
were followed by Jews from 1100 to 1350, and that in the
He said he had received a we discovered in the Negev are Glueck met with about 40 mem-
independent
language.
Various
an.
latter year Yiddish became
tool for his labors from his Nabatean." He showed rock bers of Temple Beth El and
dialects arose, until there began to arise a literature, and also
predecessor as director of the drawings which, he said, date spoke to them regarding his
"tze-eno
u-re-eno"
a religious series of books, including the
Archaeological School in Jeru- back to the paleolithic period. plans for the Hebrew Union
for women, thereby standardizing the language.
salem, Dr. William F. Albright. He showed ancient cooking pots College Archaeological Center
Susskind pleads for the use of Yiddish as a new holy On every ancient site, he said, he had unearthed and samples
tongue (a nayem, loshon kodesh) in view of the "holy heritage they found fragments of pot- of pottery and stated that "for in Jerusalem. The group 'con-
tributed approximately $15,000
of our martyrs."
tery, which Dr. Albright has the history of early Christian- towards this project.
The- editor of this volume, Yudel Mark, has written a most
• important essay, as part of the- studies of Yiddish in this
volume, dealing with- "What Is a Word in Yiddish," declaring
Regret Error on
that every word used by Jews when speaking Yiddish is
considered a Yiddish word. Where Hebraisms are used, he
American Express
indicates that Aramaism also had been infused in Hebraism.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The
"Outlines of Western Yiddish" is an essay by Max Wein-
Institute
are
Mark
Eichner
Prospective Jewish graduates
Government of Israel ex-
reich. A comparison between the vocalism and Yiddish dialects of Detroit high schools will dis- of Central High School as presi-
pressed regret that it had
is made in the' essay by S. Birnbaum. The Yiddish sound cuss opportunities available to dent of the planning committee.
charged the Hertz car rental
structure in the Slavic environment is described by Roman them, and problems they might Other members of the student
company with having yielded
Jakobson. Other essays on Yiddish, Yiddish dialects and related face, in the fourth annual Insti- committee are Sandra Stollman
to Arab pressure, allegedly
aspects are by Uriel Weinreich, Jean Jofen, Yehuda Elzet, Isaac tute for Jewish Seniors of High of Central, Norman Gussin of
exercised through the Amer-
Rivkind, Morris Starkman and P. Matenko.
Schools, sponsored by the Jew- Oak Park, Michael Friedman
ican Express Agency, and
Special mention should be made of the articles on "the ish Community Council in co- and Myra Ernstein of Mumford.
had refused to operate a
repertory of the badkhn" (clown at weddings) by Kh. Liber- operation with the Bnai Brith
Overall chairman of the In-
branch in Israel.
man; the history of the word vokher (usury) in Hebrew and Hillel Foundation, Jewish Fam- stitute planning committee is
An official statement of
Yiddish literature in the 19th century; and the sources of the ily and Children's Service, Jew- Harry Kobel. Serving with him
the
Israel Government Tour-
("a
girl
with
a
document")
a
ksav"
mit
meydl
expression "a
ish Vocational . Service, and are Arthur Gould, Hoke Levin,
ist Corporation called the
by S. Yerushalmi.
Jewish War Veterans, next Dr. Milton Steinhardt, Rabbi M.
matter a "misunderstanding"
The Yoffe Book is a splendid tribute to an octogenarian Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., at Tem- Robert Syme, Rabbi Max Ka-
due to erroneous informa-
and a genuine contribution to Yiddish literature.
ple Israel. Admission is free. pustin, Walter Klein, Miss Sel-
tion. The Government Tour-
Refreshments will be served.
ma Lesser and Mrs. Wilbur
'The Magic Barrel' Enchants the Reader
ist Corporaton, it continued,
Arranged to provide Jewish Stein.
The recently-published novel, "The Assistant," by Bernard
"is entirely convinced that
seniors
in
Central,
Mumford,
High school students' names
Malamud, has been chosen for the $1,000 Rosenthal Award of the
Hertz is as ready today as it
Oak
Park
and
other
high
schools
will be welcomed by the Coun-
National Institute of Arts and Letters. "Although not a com-
always has been to operate
mercial success," the judges stated, Malamud's novel "is a con- with basic orientation about cil so that they may be sent
a branch in Israel."
Jewish communal resources invitations.
siderable literary achievement."
Prior to that, however, in the coming week, Malamud's "The which could be helpful to teen-
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Magic Barrel" will be published simultaneously and cooperatively agers, participants will hear ex-
perts
discuss
how
they
can
make
by the publishers of his "The Assistant" and as a membership
Boris Smolar's
book of the Jewish Publication Society. This may be viewed use of Jewish communal facili-
as an even greater accomplishment—that his short stories should ties in furthering their plans
for the future. The discussions
have the joint sponsorship of two great publishing houses.
"The Magic Barrel" is the title of the last of a series of will include information about
13 stories in Malamud's new book. This story deals with a shad- obtaining local or national schol-
chan. There is pathos and humor in this tale. It has all the arships, Jewish life on various
(Copyright, 1958,
satirical flashes that are usually linked with the traditional college and university campuses,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Jewish marriage broker, and all the anxieties and doubts that aspects of Jewish life in mili-
often accompany "this trade." The rabbinical student Leo Finkle, tary services, guidance and in- Depression Echoes:
the marriage broker Pinye Salzman, the girls the latter intro- formation about desirable voca-
National Jewish organizations, conducting independent funti-
tional and professional oppor-
duces, combine to form an interesting plot.
raising campaigns, are beginning to feel the effects of the ec-
Similarly, Malamud's other stories have the merit of holding tunities, information about com- onomic depression. . . . Decreased contributions are forcing some
the reader's attention and of compelling continued reading. This bating discrimination and other of them to introduce a "regime of economy" in expenditures,
related subjects.
collection never tires the reader.
Participating in planning the with major cuts in secondary programs.
There is warmth and fantasy in these stories. The first in the
lot, "The First Seven Years," should certainly be considered
a prize winner. It is the story of a shoemaker and his refugee Banquet at ZOA House Inside ZOA:
The fight for the post of president of the Zionist Organiza-
helper who is not interested in money, who is thoroughly dedi-
cated to his job and his employer. When the shoemaker seeks a Honors Dr. Abba Silver tion of America is beginning to develop feverishly, although
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A ban- there - are still a few months before the ZOA convention. . . .
husband for his young daughter, the helper explodes. It develops
that he, in spite of his age, occupation and foreignism, desires quet to honor Dr. Abba Hillel Electioneering is under way in Los Angeles as well as in New
the young girl. The shoemaker's illness, the dishonesty of another Silver, veteran American Zion- York . . . Leading contenders who have already thrown their
Nuss-
helper and a showdown when the refugee is asked to return, re- ist leader, was tendered at ZOA hats in the ring are Jaques Torczyner and Rabbi Max
.
.
.
The
former
was
endorsed
by
a
number
of
large
Zionist
baum.
House
here.
Earlier,
a
new
din-
sults in his resumption of work. There is sadness in it—yet there
illg and regions along the Atlantic cost, while the latter has secured ep-
is a humane element in a narrative that brings back a helper
dormito- dorsement in the Los Angeles area. . . . There are other candi-
willing to work for his bride—"the first seven years . . . . "
xy building, dates for this post. . . . The question is whether Dr. Emanuel
Thus, down the line: Kessler, who is being evicted but who
donated by Jo- Neumann, the present ZOA president, will choose to stand for
insists on remaining in his flat, in "The Mourners" . . . The
seph
Foster of re-election. . • . There are sentiments among ZOA leaders to
tragedy of a "writer" in "The Girl of My Dreams" . . . The col-
Massachu- organize a "draft Neumann" campaign and secure Dr. Neumann's
ored fellow whose aid is sought by Manischevitz, the impoverished
setts and the agreement to remain in the presidential post for another term.
and the victimized, in "Angel Levine" . . . "Behold the Key,"
.. To avoid bad blood among the aspirants and their followers,
Goodman fam-
depicting the search for an apartment in Rome . . . and the other
ily of N e w a committee may be formed by the ZOA leadership to consider
stories—"Take Pity," "The Prison," "The Lady of the Lake"—
York, were naming a candidate for the ZOA presidency upon .whom all
"A Summer's Reading," "The Bill," "The Last Mohican" and
dedicated at could agree. . . . Such a candidate will then be presented to the
"The Loan"—all provide good, entertaining and often enlighten-
Kfar Silver, a ZOA convention for acceptance. . . Should Dr. Neumann refuse
Dr. Silver
ing reading in their humanly fascinating plots.
to be drafted for another term, then the young energetic Jacques
Bernard Malamud is destined for more prizes—judging by ZOA project honoring Rabbi Torczyner seems to have every chance to become ZOA president.
Silver.
the quality of the new Farrar-Straus-Cudahy and JPS book.

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