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Dr. Alton Goldbloom has experiences in Worcester, make
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speculation among critical esting experiences on the stage, he more than made up for his
scholars. It is most appropriate- and in his professional life he earlier negligence of his studies
ly referred to as the Israelitish encountered many problems when he returned to Canada.
dialect of Cannanitish. Canaan- which, combined, make a most
As the inventor of the "Gold-
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itish is one of the Northwest interesting story.
bloom Needle" he became fa-
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In his autobiography, "Small mous in pediatrics, and for per-
Semitic languages. This lan-
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guage was spoken in the land of Patients," published by J. B. fecting methods of treatment
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Israel as early as the beginning Lippincott Co. (E. Washington for children he has been ac-
Unclaimed Freight of the second MilleniUm B.C.E. Sq., Philadelphia, Pa.), this claimed widely. It was as a Advertising Agency
It is interesting to note that, eminent children's doctor tells teacher that he gained fame.
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one of the first generation Amo- He had valuable Jewish exper- dents, resulted in his overcom-
raim, claimed that Adam spoke ience. He was the first Jew to ing obstacles that had stood in
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ha-Levi (Cuzari 2:68) claims at McGill University in Mon- professorship.
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Some of the great men of our
that Abraham . spoke Aramaic in treal, and other Jews were simi-
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soon
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speech;
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resorted
time
were
among
his
acquaint-
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Dr. Goldbloom emerges in ances and co-workers, and his
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while taking over the land of cultured man. He writes well feller, Jr.
Canaan, also took over its lan- and interestingly and the
He never abandoned his in-
guage. However, they developed reader is certain to express terest in the theater, retained
the
wish
that
he
could
hear
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this early language into a holy
the friendship of Behrman and
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the Aramaic vernacular or other count he gives, he is informa-
The case histories in his med-
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in
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He-
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Jerusa-
the very creation of the world Lithuania, where he acquired a
(Genesis Rabbah, 18; Midrash knowledge of Hebrew as well as lem. He relates how he was
Tanhuma Noah, 19). Others say Yiddish, his eventual abandon- moved to tears on the road
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were in bondage in Egypt, and and teaching years in Montreal. Goldbloom's interesting account
While in Kovno, he read of an interesting life.
came from the land of Canaan,
they indeed carried the Hebrew Hans Christian Andersen in He-
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