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Isaac Bashevis Singer Emerges to New
Heights with His Latest Novel, 'The Slave'

Isaac B ashevis Singer, al- child, the hounding of Jacob,
It was in this era that the en-
ready a favorite among English I his eventual search for her slaved lived, but out of his
as well as Yiddish readers, the grave, but his memory lingers slavery there emerged a sanctity
master novelist who writes in with her.
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United States
that led him to the Holy Land.
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for the Jewish Daily
NEW YORK—Sen. Estes Kefauver. Democrat of Tennessee, Yiddish
imagining that he was "himself
Forward, attains his highest
The sinner emerges as the bringing Sarah's bones to raise
denounced the national origins quota system in U.S. immigration glory through his newest novel, saint. There is a self-sacrifice, one stone for both of them: He
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.... laws as "deliberate discrimination" in a speech at a testimonial "The Slave," which has just a devotion that finds echoes in imagined his son, left behind,
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dinner for Dr. Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish i been p u b 1 i s h e d by Farrar, a great narrative sense it reciting the Kaddish for
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Congress, to which 500 persons attended to honor him on his Straus and Cudahy. .
is an hist
o
, or three centuries ago,
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is "inner"
and
is Sarah
tion
will
build
a
$100,000
student
dormitory
at
the
ZOA
Agricul-
I
self,
togther
with
Cecil
Henley,
Jews sought an outlet for their (Wanda)
that
the h
completed
W cultural Traini hor In stitute Kf M. Silver,
Mille
n,
Z
ear
Ashkelon,
Israel,
it
translated
this
great
novel
into
religious
fervor,
when
they
be-
epitaph
over
his
grave,
:paying
was an nounced
n by Ha rry
n, Region
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president . . . English. All the power of the lieved in and awaited the Mes- tribute to the virtuous woman.
cr,•
of Belgium
the people of Ireland were honored original is retained in this trans- siah. They even desired to re- concluded with the Biblical
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by The
the people
New York
United and
Jewish Appeal for aiding Jewish dis- I lation, and those who are in tain faith in Sabbatai Zevi.
passage: "Lovely and pleasant
4:; placed persons after the war in special ceremonies at UJA ; search of a strong novel have it
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Jacob is hounded, but he con- in their lives, and in their death
headquarters here .. . The viewpoints of Jewish leaders through- ! in "The Slave."
E.. out the United States on major social issues
tinues a path marked by loyalty they were not divided."
will be expressed I In the days of the Cossack and devotion, steeped in his de
3 by delegates attending the 19th annual four-day
meeting of the • cruelties, of the Ukrainian pog- sire to find devotional fulfill-
E-t
National Community Relations Advisory Council June 21-24 at ' rams, in the era of Sabbatai meet.
Isaac Bashevas Singer, who
writes under the
W the Terrace-Hilton Hotel in Cincinnati . . . Sales in the U.S. Zevi, "the false messiah," the
the name Wor-
:
The craving for a messiah shaysky in
of wines and liquors imported from 'Israel increased by 30 per
Forward, is
hero in this novel, Jacob who who would help in the ingather
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cent
-
famous
also
for
his the
"Family
during the past 12 months to a record S1.5 million at retail, lived in the town of Josefov ing of the Jews and their return Moskat" and "Gimpel
Fool"
il,
* ; according to Dr. Eliakum OstashinskY managing director of became one of the slaves of his to the Land of Israel finds an and his most recent book of
Wine Growers Cooperative of Rishon Le Zion, Israel, captors after his family
was outlet in "The Slave" in Singer's short stories, "The Spinoza of
who arrived here for a business visit . . . Because of the con- ' murdered.
description of t e mark that Market Street." He assisted
timing surge of immigrants into France, the Joint Distribution 1
tiing
h
in
g this enslavement was left by Sabbatai
committe e i s now spending at a rate of $200,000 over 1961 , that
It is the
durin
Zevi who, the making of the Yiddish edi-
young
peasant
girl to escape death. became a Mo- tion of Ernest Hemingi,yay's
expenditures
for that country. it was reported here by Charles ;Wanda befriends him in the vii- hammedan. His sect some of "The Old Man and the Sea."
II Jordan, .IDC
director-general for overseas operations
A ! lage where he is made a cow- whom "ceased to follow the
40 per cent gain over the past two decades in Reform synagogues
herd. She provides him with Torah," lived on and:
As in many of his other
membership in Manhattan. the only
works, "The Slave" deals with
metropolitan center in this sustenance during her nightly
"After
a
while,
most
of
the
country that has shown gains in Jewish populatinn and synagogue visits to him, and after much Jews
love and suffering, with the tra-
recognized their error, ditional aspects of Jewish his-
membership during the past 10 years," was reported here by resistance he yields to her affec- realized
Satan had seduced torical themes and with the ele-
Rabbi Daniel L. Davis, director of the New York Federation of tions. In the cohabitation he
them, and lost faith in the ments involved in the faith of
Reform Synagogues . . David Iii..lin, Consul for Israel in New becomes a sinner, and his sin
false Messiah. But some still men.
York, was honored by the Histadruth ivrith of America, prior to becomes the e 1 e m e n t that
conspired
and kept up their
his departure for Canada, to which he has been assigned as affects his existence thereafter.
He writes in Yiddish, but as
Consul-General.
pernicious idolatry. They met
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the translation of "The Slave"
at fairs in distant cities and
KINGS POINT, N.Y.—A total of S25.000, the amount required
into
English indicates he is the
The law of the land makes it I made ,themselves known to
for the establishment of one of 50 planned cultural centers in
master also of English. Explain-
Israel, was raised here at an outdoor concert on the estate of impossible for Wanda to become ' each other through variou s ing his
as a Yiddish
Air. and Mrs. Meshulan Riklis. sponsored by the America Israel a Jewess, and because of the , signs. They wrote the initials writer in position
America he has said:
sincerity of their love and their ! S-Z on the books, tools and
Cultural Foundation.
devotion which negates sin. i other merchandise sold in "I am an American writer. It is
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. --
time critics recognize writers of
Distinguished guests from the they seek unity in Jewish loyalty
diplomatic and top Secretariat corps
their stores, and they exhib-
attended a
foreign language in America as
launch- in secret. The love affair ends I ited talismans invented by American
ing the publication of a new hook, "Pictorial luncheon
History of the in tragedy when Wanda—who
writers since they
United Nations," by Dr. Jacob A .
Sabbatai Zevi. They were write for an American audience.
Rubin, UN correspondent for becomes Sarah to - Jacob — dies
floboker, a daily newspaper
united not merely by the illu-
in Tel Aviv. in childbirth.
America can stand more than
sion that Sabbatai Zevi would
BOSTON—An Eleanor Roosevelt Chair in International Rela-
one language. A country so
Then begins a new series of Return and rebuild Jerusa- large
tions has been established by Brandeis University of which she
can be represented by
erings , the return to the
is
lem, but by commerce .. ."
is a trustee and where she has taught a course in international
many languages."
relations for three years.
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WASHINGTON—The United States Agency for International
na
Development announced the appointment of Jahn E. Wilde as its
representative in Israel, to negotiate with Israel future applica-
The recent symposium on the where the Center has become a
tions for U.S. development loans and other economic aid and i Jewish Community Center pub- handmaiden d of the Synagogue and of such language was "to
ah aans itwshal tihg e.sarean
agricultural assistance . . . The U r ,s. Department of Agriculture !fished in the winter-spring 1962
the is assault
a Jewish institution
respected
has awarded a grant of 568.113 to the Hebrew University in issued of Conservative Judaism, constructive discussion. We wilt get that has gained well-dressed
n ow here
o
ef
e
eres
merel
y
lrde
through
t
o
r
ou
tfih
ro,,
the
recognition
in the American
-
Jerusalem to finance a five-year study of the growth of citrus !quarterly journal of the Rab- tem pt
trees . . . A distinguished black tie gathering of government :binical
- Jewish community. To state in
at the other.
Assembly,
contained
officials
ustiantoot ogs%e atiod
oonrt your news release that the Jew-
officials and leaders of the Washington Jewish cammunity at sincerely expressed points of to "Laest st io
anti-relig l i on-
tended
ish Community Center 'has out-
the annual Israel Anniversary Ball, given June 10 tinder ; view but they do not reflect ' ists, as well as those who deny the
a
pe
the patronage of Ambassador and Mrs. Avraham Harman.
people hood
hoom
d ebsy c a t- lived its usefulness as it stands,
!the official opinion of the Rab- fegiity of Jewish
another .
F LORAL P
ca
ARK, N Y. -- Ground-breaking ceremonies were binical Assembly, Rabbi Edward ffiry mature
et.e a statesmanship
v e , lt)v
at and
p .. ll - and now must either change its
held here for the construction
of a new building for the Floral ; T. Sandrow, immediate past wards the totality of attitude ii„- . approach, or give way to the
Jewish life." Synagogue,' constitutes an un-
Park Jewish Center, which was completely destroyed in a fire ,• president of the Rabbinical
In his letter of May 4 to precedented attack
last year
fro m a rab-
!Assembly, stated in a letter Rabbi Sandrow, Litt expressed binical
KIANIESHA LAKE. N.Y. - Dr. Oscar Janowsky, former !dated May 29 and addressed to deep regret that the symposium in nical s o u r c e, bas ed upon
director of graduate studies at the City College of New york, ; Solomon
m
oplete
and
nd nadequate
i
fn-
Litt, president of the in Conse rvative Judaism and an
tile] 2
rma ion. on a community-
,1510 delegates at the 110th annual convention of District 1, ;National Jewish Welfare Board.
accompanying
press
release
sponsored
Jewish
organization
Bnai Brith, that American Jewry is a homogenous community i Litt conferred with Rabbi
the Rabbinical Assembly striving o enrich our life as
which has the means and the leisure to cultivate culture."
Sandrow prior to the recent from
appeared "to be virtually a call Jews in
PIIII ADEL
Am er ca."
-Immediate and to •gent"
need for at annual con f erence of the Rab- to arms , as if intended to ins-
Litt's letter revealed that
least two new .Jewish community centers, each to cost $1,500,000, binical Assembly at
which Hate open conflict in American when
Conservative Judaism was
has been recommended here by the committee of leisure time Rabbi -Sandrow retired from the
services of the Federation of Jewish Agencies . . . A record !presidency, to discuss with him Jewish life." Litt had criticized planning its series of articles
Jewish educational budget of $393,485—highest amount ever !the Conservative Judaism arti the language of the press re- attacking the Center, the maga-
- I lease, which stated that "one zine's editor rejected an invita-
appropriated here for .Jewish education in
a single year — was cies, and had also written him ! of the most serious problems tion from JWB "to
approved by the hoard of trustee;
- arrange for
of the Federation of Jewish i on the subject.
plaguing the American Jewish a conference
Age ncies.
between his (the
In replying to Litt's letter,
BUFFALO—Temple Emanu-El and Temple Beth Zion have ;Rabbi Sandrow expressed the community for the past several editor's) colleagues and repre-
offered the use of their synagogues by the parish of St. Michael's I hope that "as a result of this decades has been the role of sentatives of the National Jew-
Catholic Church here, which was destroyed by fire.
! the Jewish Comunity Center." ish Welfare Board, as the na-
;preliminary meeting we may , Litt, in his communication to
tional association of Jewish
CHICAGO-- Criticizing the concept of assigning Congrega-; together be able to contribute
lonal leadership to "fund-raisers" and (hose who know how "to I to the unity and spiritual Rabbi Sandrow, said the use Community Centers and YM
get publicity. Rabbi Ralph Simon •
and YWHAs, to confer on this
keynote speaker at the annual I health of the Jewish commu-
meeting of the Chicago Council of the United Synagogues flnity." The letter to the JWB Chicago Butcher Quits problem. This course was urged
America, urged congregations to raise to leadership those who are president reiterated what Rabbi
by
us upon the editor more
interested in service, practice kashruth and set an example of Sandrow had said at the annual Assn. Because of Ban
than 16 months ago. Such open
religious observance before the community . . . The College conference of the Rabbinical on Kosher Price Ads
discussion and a meeting of
CHICAGO, (JTA)—A kosher minds might have been most
of Jewish Studies here awarded diplomas to 24 graduates at Assembly, as follows:
recent commencement exercises.
"We recognize the plurality of butcher, who resigned from the useful in clarifying matters and
DENVER—Ground-breaking ceremonies were held here for Jewish community organizations, re- Chicago Kosher Butchers Asso- in furthering positive action
ligious as well as those uncommit- ciation because of an associa-
the new Beth Israel Hospital, which will include a home for the ted to the basic values for which
towards alleviating some of our
we stand. We are not happy about tion rule against price adver- shared problems. We believe
aged, a hospital for chronic diseases and a general hospital,
Indifference to basic Jewish knowl- tising was reported to be doing
HOUSTON--The Jewish Center here has, for the first time, edege and observances but we do
that instead of the unilateral
converted its dining facilities to strictly kosher status.
not cast out of the fold the secular- a record business in the sale of action taken by the editor of
ists and even those who ignore the kosher meat and poultry.
MIANII—Ceremonies were held here to dedicate a new hous- spiritual
Conservative Judaism such a
values of the Jewish peo-
Louis Fialkoff, one of the procedure would have followed
ing facility, named Abe Aronowitz Villas, memorializing Abe ple, the dignity of the Sabbath, etc.
"There may be a difference of owners of the Fialkoff and Har-
Aronowitz, the late mayor of Miami ... The new building of the opinion
the best traditions of Judaism
among us with respect to
Hebrew Academy was opened and consecrated here with all 300 the articles published in the last tenstein Kosher Meat and Poul- and the American way of life."
issue of Conservative Judaism in try Market, said he was con-
students of the school participating in the ceremonies.
The meeting with Rabbi Sand-
which the Center movement was
challenged and criticized. We do tinuing advertising despite row that precipitated the ex-
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not have the moral right to muzzle heavy pressure to stop doing change
Canada
of correspondence was
our colleagues but these sincerely
TORONTO—Noel Zeldin, chairman of this city's 1962 UJA expressed points of view do not re- so. A survey found his store also attended by Sanford
campaign, announced a record total of $2,803,000 at the closing flect the official policy of the Rab- jammed with price-conscious Solender, executive vice-presi-
binical Assembly, except where the
celebration, and the appointment of Raphael D. Wolfe as chair- sanctity of the Sabbath is concern- women shoppers while stores dent of JWB; Sol Rafel, who
man of the 1963 drive.
ed. The only official resolution on of non-advertisers were doing was
then president of the Na-
the subject which ever came out of
MONTREAL--The Quebec Association of Protestant School any
of our conventions was a call only a sprinkling of business.
tional Association of Jewish
to
Center
leadership
and
Center
Protesting
the
time-honored
Boards recommended this week to the Royal Commission investi- workers to respect, the Sabbath and
Center Workers, and Graenum
gating education in this
Jewish religious observances gener- practice of not advertising Berger, consultant on Centers
province that Jews and other non- ally
in all programming efforts.
Protestants and non-Catholics
kosher
meat
prices,
Fialkoff
and Camps of the Federation of
be permitted to serve on the
"There are communities where
Protestant school boards.
Synagogues and Community Centers said, "why don't the other but- 1,.
Jeow
rkis. h Philanthropies of New
work together. There are cities chers wake up?"

from Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency and Other News - Gathering Media.

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