Mrs. Israel Davidson, Prominent
Member of Community, Dead at 70;
Funeral Services to Be Held Today

Mrs. Fannie Davidson, wife of
Israel Davidson, Federal Depart-
ment Store founder, and a prom-
inent Jewish leader in her own
right, died Thursday morning.
Funeral services will be held 3
p.m. today at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery._Rabbi Morris Adler will
officiate.
Mrs. Davidson, 70, of 19275

Woodston, was an active member
of Hadassah, Council of Jewish
Women, Women's American ORT,
the Denver League, Zedakah,
Brandeis Women, Sinai Hospital
Guild, Eastern Star, Jewish Old
Folks Home and the Sisterhoods
of Temple Beth El and Shaarey
Zedek Synagogue. She also be-
longed to Hadassah and the
Temple Israel Sisterhood in Mi-
ami Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Davidson is survived by
her husband, Israel; a- son, Jo-
seph; two daughters, Mrs. Her-
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
bert Bloom • and Mrs. -Jerome
Editor, Seven Arts . Feature
Hauser;
and seven grandchildren.
Many honors have come to
Chaim Grade, noted Yiddish
poet and novelist, for • his dis- Famous Silversmith,
tinguished contributions to a Ilya Schor Dies at 57
literature that counts • propor-
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Ilya
tionately more masters than any
living tongue even though its Schor, internationally famous
burgeoning is of comparatively silversmith, died at the age of
recent origin. Highest "On the 57 after a long illness. Born in
list perhaps was his singling Poland, he studied in Warsaw
out by the Jewish Theological and Paris, coming to the United
Seminary of America for the States in 1941. Many of the
honorary degree of Doctor of ritual objects he created, in-
cluding Torah pointers, mezu-
Hebrew Letters.
In our English-speaking world zahs, and candelabra have be-
that is the Jewish community come collector items and some
of America there is, unfortun- are on permanent display at
ately, too little awareness of the major museums.
artistic outpourings that have
come from the pens and easels
of our Yiddish - tongued who
were raised on almonds and
raisins and grew up to the tune
of poverty and learning and
striving for ascension. We have
come to know some of the Yid-
dish classicists and neo-classi-
cists. Sholem Aleichem is no
stranger to us because he was
brought to us by a great master
of the pen and the translation,
Maurie Samuel. Through him
largely we have also come to
know Sholem Asch, even as we
have come through other trans-
lators to know Singer and Men-
dele and Peretz. But great as
they are, these names by no
means exhaust the list of Yid-
dish greats—in fact they do not
even scratch the surface. Men-
dele, Sholem Aleichem and
Peretz are the masters only in
the sense that they are the
rishonim, the first. The
achronim, the latter, by no
means suffer by comparison
with the dishonim. It is always
the fond hope of the teacher
that his pupils will excell him.
If the three classicists of Yid-
dish literature were alive today
they would rejoice in the liter-
ary heritage they left, in the
pupils.
There is temptation, but no
room, to list the Yiddish greats
who are carrying on amazing
literary creativity both here, in
Israel and throughout the world
where Yiddish is not spurned.
But this is Grade's page and he
alone shall haVe
It was wise of the Jewish
Theological Sethinary of
America to honor Chaim Grade.
For Grade, is not only a poet
and novelist of "Unusual vintage,
but a scholar as well. By honor-
ing this unique poet, whose
"Mother's Sabbaths," in the
opinion of this writer, is the
finest monument to the -mem-
ory of our people who perished
under the hand of the unmen-
tionable, the Jewish Theological
Seminary of Am erica. has
brought honor to itself as well.
The true reward will come to
Grade if the Seminary's gesture
serves to stimulate interest in
Yiddish creativity among our
young, and older folks, in
America.

On the Record

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The two-week session, July
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Camp Shomria for boys and Peninsula.
and girls 10-15. A visit by boat
girls 15-17, it was announced
Shomria, sponsored by Has- to Mackinac Island is planned,
this week by Israel Stashefsky, homer Hatzair, Zionist Youth in addition to sports, nature
educational director.
Movement, is situated on the study, hiking and evening pro-
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