"American bore him, Germany He tried to earn a little money
trained him, Italy inspired him." 1as a war correspondent for the
This is how the "Dictionary of j New York Herald, but his activ-
American Biography" charac- ities in this direction were cut
terizes the famous sculptor, Mos- short when the Germans arrested
es Jacob Ezekiel (1844-1917). him as a spy.
For a time. Ezekiel languished
Toward the end of his life,
Ezekiel wrote a full-length auto- in a military prison at Koenigs-
biography which shows in his berg, haunted by visions of being
own words how these three shot any morning.
The prowess which Ezekiel
countries moulded his life.
Never published, the manus- showed at the Berlin Academy
won him a prize enabling him
cript only recently came to light,
and a microfilm copy was de- to continue his studies in
posited with the American Jew- Rome. Though he returned to
ish Archives, the historical re- the United States several
search center on the Cincinnati times, he made Rome his
campus of Hebrew Union Col- headquarters for the rest of
his life, and his recollections
lege-Jewish Institute of Religion.
show that his studio became
Ezekiel, who came of a Sep-
a recognized rendezvous for
hardic family that had migrated
the cosmopolitan society of
from Holland early in the 19th
the Eternal City.
century. was born in Richmond,
There in Rome he enjoyed the
Va. He gives a happy picture
of the ante helium life of a friendship of such diverse fi-
Jewish family in what was to gures as Cardinal von Hohen-
lohe, Franz Liszt, Sarah Bern-
become the Confederate capital. hardt and Alphonse Daudet. Eze-
When the Civil War broke kiel's output as a sculptor was
out, Ezekiel went to the Vir-
extensive, and examples of his
gina Military Institute. He
work are found in many
fought with his fellow-cadets countries. They include a marble
at the Battle of Newmarket, group, "Religious Liberty," corn-
and has many vivid stories to missioned by the Bnai Birth for
tell of the adventures and
the National Centenary of 1876,
tragedies of the war years,
and the monument to the Con-
of the hardships endured by federate dead at Arlington Na-
Southern families, and of : tional Cemetery.
Robert E. Lee after he re-
Ezekiel's family moved to Cin-
turned to civilian life.
cinnati the same year that he
When the war ended, Ezekiel left for Berlin, and his father
studied medicine for a time, but was the first secretary- of He-
soon turned to art. His artistic brew Union College. While visit-
abilities had long shown them- ing 2incinnati in 1899, he ex-
selves • and, in 1869, having ecuted the bust of Isaac Mayer
raised a little money by selling Wise which is now a valued part
a diamond pin, he set out for of the College's Museum collec-
Berlin where he entered the tion.
Royal Art Academy.
Ezekiel tells of the difficulties
University of Michigan edu-
besetting a struggling art stu- cational radio and television
dent in the unfamiliar surround- programs reach several million
ings of the Prussian capital. A people over dozens of stations
year after his arrival. the Franco-1 in Michigan and throughout the
Prussian War broke out in 1870. nation.
On Wednesday, on the eve are kept flawlessly clean. Each viting them to join in the cele-
of the Passover Holiday, each pot, pan and piece of silver- bration with a prayer of free-
patient at Sinai Hospital re- ware is distinctly marked with dom for all mankind.
ceived a cup of wine. and a "D" or "M." Dairy and meat
patients on kosher diets also plates are distinguishable by
received a special Seder plate. color difference To add to the
Few, however, were aware of enrichment of the Passover
the behind-the-scenes work in- ritual. food was served on beau-
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