MIIIMEMMENEE= By D. BLACK This year marks the centen- nial of the birth of Schmaryahu Levin, a great "traveling sales- man for Zionism" as he was once described. I recall a story which gives a capsule description of the magnetism of his oratory. One time after speaking in Philadelphia, a Jew came up to him and told him how much he loved his speech. Schmaryahu Levin turned a wry face. "Listen,- my friend, I saw you in Brooklyn and also at a New York meeting. Quit following me around from town to town. Because of you I have Season's Greetings KAY DANZER Flowers - Gifts Shops in Sheraton Cadillac Ho Stotler Hotel Pork Shelton Hotel WOodward 1-199 DAVIS IRON WORKS, Inc. 19381 John R FO 6-3300 • New Year Greetings Davison Auto Parts 4238 E. Davison TW 2-0100 - Happy New Year Day's Fashion Shop Latest apparel — For a happy Day shop at Day's Mr. and Mrs. David Silver Season's Best Wishes DECKERT ELECTRIC CO. Repair - Rewind All Makes Dynamometer Tested New and Used Motors 6544 BEAUBIEN at E. 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He had the usual lied& train- could be impassive listening to ing. He recalls in his autobiog- him. Levin did not indulge in ora- raphy the time when one of his torical platitudes. He was not fellow Heder pupils was being theatrical. He would get . up, whipped, word came that the look his audience over and, wife of the boy being spanked seemingly after a general survey, had just given birth to a child. in those center his eyes on some ' mother as mar- .. dividu al and can: of 14. ried at the with him. were a cony But if his ly e cation ce which once had was this - sort, ng aftermath in the was of the p imit . an took of -'stages of his career. He later at Berlin, he ed kind. the mor sophist - • ered his talk on a young It ring bells ntire n' roman—and a grea•omai ce Levin. He sued between t rman students He could be ruth e amount of beer aye At the time he . Unless you could peaking about the co own 15 glasses of beer e better of for Zionis even if you had a Ph.D. iters of the Je known st you weren't regarded as rward eau' ish Daily t the amounting to anythin g. continuous tira Goethe and Lessing and Kant 0 i t me, this anti-Zionist were no longer German idols. Instead, they gloried in Von came up and said to Levin, Bismark. Power "Schmaryahu, don't you remem- Moltke and . ber me, I am So and So from alone they respected. Schmaryahu Levin as a young your home town, I changed my name in America. I write those man had planned to settle in articles against Zionism now." Eretz Israel, but most of the Levin looked at him. So, he early Zionist leaders themselves said, "abie ich hob gemeint es in private were not very encour- seinen zwey paskudnakes. Es is aging. Levin recalled the story of another young man who had gor ein paskudnak." read that shells were found in wimmoomeeemmoseeft abundance on the beaches of • • • Eretz Israel, so he conceived the New Year Greetings e • idea of going there and opening button factory. But one of the : • DYNAMIC IRON • a leading Zionist writers said to • • & METAL CO. : • him, "Who will buy your but- • tons?" Buyers of Scrap Iron • & Metal Waste Materials • ▪ It was not an easy problem. • • LU 2 1442. Later, after Schmaryahu Levin • 3800 Lonyo • done his work winning femmessomomesofomme • had American Jewry over, he settled in Jerusalem. For a time, I be- lieve, he took part in some agri- Happy New Year to Our cultural activities. Later, he Friends and Patrons helped Bialik launch a publish- ing 'house. But the intense, dynamic Levin was restless. I used to see him come in to the Vienna 2542 RIOPELLE Cafe in Jerusalem in his last WO 1-0707 years - early in the morning look- ing for someone to play chess with. • His place was on the podium Holiday Greetings and the Jewish population there Edith Eckstat, R.E. at the time was too small to re- quire much oratory or s - tates- Albert Wolgin, R.E. men as Levin might well have been. ELECTROLOGISTS In the state of Israel today, WO 3-3047 WO 3-0922 he would have been much hap- 1309 David Broderick Tower pier. 57 - THE DETROI T JEWISH NEWS -- Frid ay, Septemb er 8, 1961 Schmaryahu Levin-a Centennial Portrait I MEI , FELDBRO QUALITY MEATS 20233 W. 7 Mile Rd. Between Kentfield and Heyden KE 4 - 7522 Harold and Bob Want to Meet You New Year Greetings New Year's Best Wishes Famous Plumbing & Heating Supply FENKELL PACKING CO. 2237-43 Gratiot 1 New Year Greetings LO 7 6950 - 1357 E. VERNOR •1041.10.■41.1.041.01104141M1.4.=• / 0 Happy New Year DETROIT INDEPENDENT SPRINKLER CO. 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