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THE DETR OIT JEWISH NEW S — Friday, August 24, 1962 —

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16th Century Book on Banking, Financintr Among Italian Jews
Golden's Pieces
.
.
that i listing the prohibited and the l in the original Hebrew as well
r eatise
eat
much misinformation is I compose a short t ise
Include Nostalgic.
so
often spread about Jews in would-include in it all the laws I permitted, da Pisa chastised as the English translation, will
-
finance and banking that the of interest. so that he who sow- . those who "made gods of their be found of considerable in-
Recollections
appearance of a 16th century eth righteousness will have a gold and silver," admonishing terest — not as an historic

;

A prefatory note by Harry classic in an English transla- surer reward and by the wis- ! the importance of the search !curiosity but as a document
throwing light on n a major issue
Golden. explaining the title of tion serves a valuable purpose dom of the righteous will escape ; for honesty.
from .this serious inquiry." 1 This old book, published by involving hum a as well as
his new hook. "You're Entitle' ", : at all times.
issued by World Publishing Co. • Bloch Publishing Co. has just Therefore he called his treatise ; Bloch bilingually, with the text business relations.
(2231 W. 110th, Cleveland 2), . issued the historic account. "Eternal," "the reason being
,
t tone d out
states:
"Banking and Finance Among that our prophets cau
•;
dedicate
Jews in Renaissance Italy—A people against this great sin
this book to
Critical Edition of 'The Eternal and listed amongst the most
the memory of
Life'—'1Iaye Glam . —by Yehiel serious transgressions, the mat-
my father.
: Nissim da Pisa of Florence, ter of interest."
R e b Lebche,
Carefully defining interest in
Italy, ( 1507-1574 )", edited from
who emigrated
manuscripts with an introduc- money lending and the Biblical
to America
tion, translation and notes by prohibition, including rent
'
from the Ga-
charges, indirect interest and
Gilbert S. Rosenthal.
Our Service Dept. is open to midnight!
lician town of
While working on a book on other charges, da Pisa referred
Mikulinz in
during
also
to
the
matter
of
farm
loans
the Italian Rabbinate
the A ti s t r o-
the Renaissance, Rosenthal was and land rentals and declared:
Hungarian Em-
; attracted to de Pisa's 'work, "If a man lends his neighbor
pire of Kaiser ,.
UN 3-7000
18045 LIVERNOIS OF 6 CURTI S
with the resultant publication some money and the debtor
Franz Josef.
of the banking and finance mortgages his field, the creditor
All his life he
may not rent it to him for this,
i treatise. —
spoke a halt-
- In the course of his anal- is called concealed interest,'
ing English, •
it appears that the cred- '
Golden ysis of his subject, Rosenthal since
though he cer-
shows how Talmudic law itor rents him the field for the
tainly made his ideas clear
came to grips with the usury use of his money."
enough. He was enamored of
17376 WYOMING AVENUE
Pointing to permitted busi-
problem, the railings by
the phrase 'You're entitle.' This
ness
practices,
da
Pisa
de-
prophets against usurers, and
phrase not only recalls the humor
_Invites Friends and Neighbors
clared that "he who invests
that surrounded his life in the pointed to the devices that
For
merchandise with his neigh-
New World. but it reflects his
developed to alleviate Bibli-
bor or becomes his partner
• cal and Mishnaic laws — by
strong juridicial interest.
HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES
in either money or property
means of mortgages and
"In my youth. I told him over
•
may
not
join
the
profit
to
the
In Its
partnerships.
and over again that the phrase
principle lest there be no
was more correctly pronounced. , Thus, "more and more the
ATTRACTIVE, AIR - CONDITIONED SYNAGOGUE
profit and the enterprise re-
'You're entitled.' I -kept telling Jew in Medevial times found him-
sult in interest. This is clear-
TICKETS AVAILABLE AFTER LABOR DAY
him. It ends with a d. Poppa.' to self in the money trade as a
cut law. A person may not
Sunday: 10 to 12 Noon
which he nodded understanding. usurer or banker," while Pales-
Evenings: 7 - 9 p.m.
lend money in partnership or
hill the next time it still came tinian Jews were mostly an agri-
in a profit-and-loss-sharing in-
We wish to inform our friends and patrons that our air-
otit 'You're entitle': cultural community. While the
vestment with a note of in-
conditioned auditorium and catering facilities are available
'"Entitle' was the expression of practice of usury was contrary
debtedness
lest he die and
to all caterers who are under the supervision of the
a free man. No one was entitled to Jewish laws, it became a
his children or heirs collect
Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Detroit.
in Eastern Europe. You served practice under the living con-
interest."
FOR INFORMATION CALL
in the army for ten years and it ditions for Jews in the Middle
Lending on interest to 'gen-
entitled you to nothing. Your Ages.
UN. 4-9776 — UN. 1-7691
tiles is permitted because "in ,
taxes entitled you to no fran-
The question had indeed all of the nations of Christen.
chise. But in America men were arisen whether Jews should dom, the practice of lending
entitled. or as my father lend money on interest to Chris-
free
money is as widespread as other
"
insisted, - 1- cot're
tians. "In the great debate over business practices." Regulations
His son. Harry Golden Jr.. of the Talmud in Paris in 1240, involving gentile-Jewish finan-
the Detroit Free Press editorial the Jewish participants ex- cial deals are outlined and nu-
staff. who edited this as well as pressed their sense of guilt at merous examples of complica-
his previous books, wrote a warm earning a living as usurers. The tions are quoted, in addition to
introduction to this new collec- German Kabbalists of the 13th listing authoritative opinions in
lion of Golden's wit. Like his century
warned
their
co- the matter of money-lending.
7045 Curtis
lathcr's writings. the introduc- religionists
that
'they
may
While evaluating the laws of
tion, too, is replete with humor. never take usury from Jews or banking and money-lending.
There are hundreds of enter- gentiles lest God punish them
taming hits in this new book. with poverty.' The apologists
Israel Aids Brazil
Most Of the items are about Jews sought to justify the money-
- technical assistance agree
and their habits, about traditions lending trade by noting that
and their applications in this the Jews performed a vital ment between Brazil and Israel
country, but he does not neglect service to the peasants, lords, for the development of Brazil's
women. whisky. hooks. lie writes and even the 'Great Kings of water resources and for the or
about his friend Carl Sandburg. France' who were in need of ganization of farming coopers
of our
whom he never forgets. loans. Later writers on the sub- Lives in that country is now in ,
jest stated that money-lending effect. The pact followed a visit
* Third Through Eighth Grades — United Hebrew
And there are some inter-
Schools Branch Classes Three Times Weekly (Two
was really a blessing since it to Brazil made by Israeli agri-
ettng comments on Christian -
afforded the hanker a great culturists and government plan-
Hours Per Session)
the impressions
rty
deal
of
leisure
for
study
of
ners.
Israeli
experts
will
pro-
ered in his home where it
and the
vide
a
staff
to
organize
a
search
Has emphasized that Jews are Torah."
* Kindergarten, First and Second Grades
re
Leading up to the work of for underground water
mit drunkards. that Jewish
(Sunday Classes Only)
de Pisa, whose life's activities sources, and will also provide
boyx don't shout or get dirty.
and
impressed
he evaluates and describes in training in irrigation methods
Christianity
But
* Ninth and Tenth Grades (Confirmation Classes)
introduction. Rosenthal developed with -the aid of Is-
h i a
upon him when he be -

JOHNNY LEBOW

KELLY CHEVY

YOUNG ISRAEL OF NORTHWEST DETROIT

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states that "the banking pro- • rael Bonds.
fession was so important to the , •
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Jewish community that its very
inlay •• for nilIt is worth . . .
life depended on the existence
COMING
he is forcing the Southern
was moved to write a special
u /lite into a position where
over. Yehiel Nissim da Pisa miaciammi.
ber
he most make Faber
of such an institution. 'More-
he begins to pruet we C hristi -
b ook on the subject of banking
NEWS FROM
np."
unity — or owes
and its relation to Jewish law
He frequently touches upon in order to guide the bankers
RONALD SLOAN
the Negro question. with a deep in the proper path of Jewish
understanding of the •Negro's law and practice."
needs and the Southerner's sins.
Rosenthal pays tribute to
Rabbis and synagogues are
da Pisa as "indeed a man of
occasional subjects for Golden's
the Renaissance . . . a banker
scalpel, and he looks back nos-
and a patron of the arts . .

oini to watch the Negro fight

for their

rights. The Negro.

he Mate.: began to use Christi -

talgically at life on the East Side a Talmudist and an economist
of New York. Once again. he has
. . a philosopher and Kab-
produced an entertaining and ;
who "composed He-
also an informative book.
brew poems that indicate a
, poetic talent."
Buy better-than-ever U.S. Say -
Da Pisa's work admonishes
inks Bonds.
the reader that he wrote it "to
subdue his evil urge," to re-
move from him "the lust for
gold and silver and may he
despise ill-gotten gain."
The 16th century author pro-
ceeded to explain that the pur-
pose of his treatise was "to ex-
plain the matter of interest and
usury prohibited to us by our
holy Torah," to deal with the
gentiles, and "since the matter
problems of money-lending to
of loans has become the com-
mon vocation of the people and
the chief source of their liveli-
hood, it became essential to

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