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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, July 24, 1959 --
Aleph Katz's Poems Are
Source of Inspiration
childhood, Jewish traditions and
Jewish historical episodes.
The rest of the book is de-
voted to lyrical expressions, to
themes on scores of subjects
and in large measure to Jewish
experiences which denote a
deeprooted devotion to Jewish
folk themes.
Since 1925, Aleph Katz has
written and published seven
other books. "Cholem Aleich-
em" appears on his 60th birth-
day and on the 40th anniversary
of the printing of his first
poem.
New York circles where this
sensitive poet is known adore
him. He has the affections of
people who work with him —
Boris Smolar, the editor in
chief of the JTA; Nathan Zip-
rin, the editor of Seven Arts
Feature Syndicate; Victor Bein-
stock, the general manager of
JTA, and the entire staff, in-
cluding the non-Jews who have
occasion to share in JTA ac-
tivities.
Aleph Katz's poems provide
inspiration and joy. The poet
and his poetry are a combina-
tion of genuine creativity. They
are a source of satisfaction and
pleasure for the reader who is
ALEPH KATZ
privileged to read Katz's works.
to the JTA offices at 660 First
—P. S.
Avenue in New York City man-
ages to engage him in a conver-
sation, thereby taking him away
from his important daily tasks
in which he is a great creator of
news dissemination behind the
scenes, he learns that the man
has great charm, that he is
modest beyond description, that
his life is one of devotion to a
chosen career of making news
dispatches readable and under-
standable in Yiddish.
When he gets done with his
daily tasks, Aleph Katz has an-
other labor of love: he is one of
our most distinguished Yiddish
poet&
His poetic fervor is in evi-
dence in his eighth published
work which he has labelled,
very appropriately "C h o 1 e m
Aleichem." It means "Dreams
Unto You" or "Dreams Be With
You." The title is not to be con-
fused with "Sholem Aleichem,"
"Peace Be With You," the tra-
ditional Jewish salutation which
also was adopted as the pen
name by the • great Yiddish
humorist Sholem Rabinovich.
Forty of the 160 pages in
"Cholem Aleichem" are devoted
to the title selection, a play re-
plete with soul stirring verses
in which are incorporated the
nostalgic recollections about
An unassuming man, hard-
working, constantly on the job
deciphering a n d translating
scores of cables that go over the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
wires in English into Yiddish,
is in charge of providing all of
the world's Jewish news to the
Yiddish newspapers.
He is Aleph Katz, the Yiddish
editor of JTA. When a visitor
Who Wrote the Bible?
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright, 1958, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)
Since traditional Judaism be-
lieves that the Bible was in-
spired by the Almighty, the
authorship of the Bible has not
been a paramount problem. The
Talmud does quote a passage,
however, which cites the fol-
lowing as authors of the vari-
ous books of the Bible: Moses,
who wrote the Pentateuch;
Joshua, who wrote the last eight
verses in the Pentateuch and
the Book of Joshua; Samuel
the prophet, who wrote the
Books of Samuel, Judges and
Ruth; King David, who wrote
the Psalms with the assistance
of ten elders; the prophet Jere-
miah, who wrote the Books of
Jeremiah, Kings and Lamenta-
tions; King Hezekiah and his
followers, who wrote the books
of Isaiah, Proverbs, Songs and
and Ecclesiastes; The Men of
the Great Assembly (Anshei
Kenesset ha-Gedolah) who wrote
the books of Ezekiel, the Twelve
Prophets, Daniel and Esther;
Ezra, who wrote the Books of
Ezra and Chronicles; and Ne-
hemiah, who finished Ezra's
book. (Talmud Babli, Baba
Bathra, 14a.)
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