THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, F
Colman-Rifkin
Troth Announced.
MISS JANICE COLMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Colman of
Roslyn Rd. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Jan-
ice Marie, to James Martin Rif-
kin, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Rifkin of Saginaw.
The bride-elect is a senior in
the School of Education at the
University of Michigan and is
affiliated with Sigma Delta Tau
sorority. Her fiance, a graduate
of the University of Michigan,
was affiliated with Zeta Beta
Tau fraternity. He is a student
in the Detroit College of Law.
An April 14 wedding is planned.
Prophecy of Polish 'Twilight' in
Glatstein's Return to Birthplace
One of the most distinguished
Yiddish authors, Jacob Glatstein,
in his newest work, "Homecom-
ing at Twilight," translated for
the English edition published by
Thomas Yoseloff (11 E. 36,
NY16) by Norbert Guterman, de-
scribes a return visit to Poland
after a 20-year absence, to find
the desolation that had already
set in before the last war.
The characters are dismal, the
story is depressing. The life in
Kazimierz is depicted in gloom,
and help offered for an under-
standing of what was occurring
is offered, thus:
"The Jew had his own poor
world, and the Gentile led his
own separate life. We always
walked as far as the city gates,
beyond which death lies—a great
cemetery full of ancestors. In
other words, walk no farther
than the gates and turn right
back, for you can see only too
clearly what lies in store. The
grave . . ."
The characters are depicted in
the Glatstein style which superbly
depicts the heroes in his story,
the cast of . characters, the era
Onai
,Xctivities
WAN S. BLOCH CHAPTER,
Bnai Brith Women, celebrates its
16th birthday with a dinner-
dance 7 p.m. Feb. 17. at Gino's
Steak House, 18801 Van Dyke,
announces Mrs. H. Ostrow, chair-
man. For reservations call Mrs.
H. Kaplan, LI 7-2416, arrange-
ments chairman. Mrs. M. Feld-
man is ticket chairman and Rose
Lutinsky, co-chairman. Friends
are invited.
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OAK-WOODS CHAPTER will
hold its annual games night 8
p.m. Tuesday at the Labor Zion-
ist Institute. Free refreshments
will be served and there will be
prizes. For 'information, call EL
6-7194.
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CENTENNIAL LODGE AND
CHAPTER will hold a joint ADL
meeting 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at
the Labor Zionist Institute. Burt
Levy, assistant regional director
of ADL, will speak on "Human
Relations in Changing Neighbor-
hoods." Refreshments will be
served. Guests are welcome.
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HARRY B. KEIDAN LODGE
AND CHAPTER will hold a
square dance 8:30 p.m. Tuesday
at the Rainbow Terrace. Re-
freshments will be served.
Chapter President Mrs. Pearl
Littky announces that Jerry
Aronson and Marlene Green-
berg are winners of the Rhona
Rott Harris and Molly Rott
Scholarship Fund, while Lidia
Epstein will receive the Har-
riett Freedland Scholarship
Fund. The . scholarships are
available to worthy students at
Wayne State University.
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LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CHAP-
TER will meet 12:30 p.m. Feb.
13 at the Sholem Aleichem In-
stitute. Luncheon with a valen-
tine Motif will be served. Mem-
bership committee chairmen in
charge are Mrs. Ben Alder-
man and Mrs. Willard Zamsky.
Program chairman is Mrs. Mor-
ris Pleason. Mrs.* Alfred Laken
will show her films of Israel.
Prospective • mertibers are in-
vited.
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ALBERT D. TUCKER CHAP-
TER has invited the women of
the First Baptist Church in Oak
Park to attend a rumor clinic
8:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Oak
Park Community Center. Eve-
lyn Rosanthall, BBYO chair-
man. will be the speaker:
Polish Jewry, and though the
author, revisiting his home-
land after many years in
America, could not have
known that before long noth-
ing — nothing at all — would
remain of what had given him
his life and its content, a
kind of prophetic melancholy
pervades the humor and
charm of his record."
Samuel's evaluation of the
Glatstein account of people and
events, of the dying community,
speaks of the enchanting char-
acters and encounters, and he
makes this comment:
"One is filled with wonder at
the endless diversity Of types in
a people which should long ago
have been reduced by relentless
pressures to a drab and disheart-
ening uniformity, and at the
resilience which has managed to
overcome a pervasive poverty
due in no small measure to the
hostility of the environment.
There is a beguiling—and decep-
tive—lightness of touch in the
descriptions and in the fantasies
and conversations which accom-
pany them; the reader is led un-
awares into grave reflections on
human destinies and above all
on the destiny of the Jewish
people; and it is only when he
has finished the book that he
suddenly perceives how he has
been lured, as it- were, casually
into the profundities of the
human condition."
In the study of the events that
finally have led to the devasta-
tion in Poland, the Glatstein book
thus becomes vital—as a study
of people and of conditions, of
their neighbors and their envir-
onment. "Homecoming at Twi-
light" is indeed a prophecy of
the twilight.
Marriages
JACOB GLATSTEIN
and the area. The American who
visits Poland in this story is con-
fronted with emotional reactions
as he comes in contact with the
gloom in the revisited environ-
ment.
Maurice Samuel, in a fore-
word to this story, commends
the author, calls his "Homer
coming at Twilight" a "thren-
ody of civilization:' He points
out: "It was written on the
eve of the obliteration of
Council to Present
Renowned Author
Jacob Glatstein
"My Way in Jewish Litera-
ture" will be the subject of the
address by Jacob Glatstein, world
renowned Yiddish poet, author
and essayist, 8 p.m. Feb. 10 at
the Jewish Center, announced
Jack Malamud, chairman of the
J e w i s h Community Council's
Yiddish Culture Committee, and
Irving Pokempner and Sidney M.
Shevitz, chairman and co-chair-
man, respectively, of the Coun-
cil's Culture Commission.
Glatstein, editor of the literary
Yiddish periodicals "Zukunft"
and "Folk un Velt" is a column-
ist for the Day-Jewish Journal
and a regular contributor to the
"Yiddisher Kemfer." Director
of the Yiddish office of the
American Jewish Congress and
or the World Jewish Congress,
Glatstein has written nine books
of poetry, three novels and four
volumes of essays, many • of
which have been translated into
English, Hebrew, Spanish, French,
Russian and other languages.
His works have also been in-
cluded in numerous anthologies.
Refreshments and a social
hour will follow. Tickets are
available at the Council office,
163 Madison, WO 2-6710.
Mizrachi Music Event
Stars Israeli Dancers
Delores Serpas
Weds James Lowry
I
A musical program featuring
Israeli dancers of Mizrachi Hat-
zair of New York City will be
presented 8:30 p.m. Saturday at
Rainbow Terrace under the
auspices of Mizrachi-Hapoel
Hamizrachi and the Women's
Mizrachi Organization of Amer-
ica.
A film and refreshments will
also highlight the evening,
along with a kumsitz for those
interested in learning more
about a newly forming educa-
tional and social Detroit Miz-
rachi Hatzair group.
The True International Touch!
ZAN ilLBERT
and his =Sic.
MRS. JAMES H. LOWRY
Delores Debra Serpas became
the bride of Captain James H.
Lowry in a ceremony performed
by Rabbi Leon Fram Jan. 26 at
Temple Israel.
Parents of the newlyweds are
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kershaw of
N. Miami Beach, Fla., and Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Lowry of Al-
pena.
Caron Boyce of Seattle, Mich.,
was maid of honor. Darline Yater
served her sister as bridesmaid.
Raymond Lowry of Toledo, 0.,
served his brother as best man.
The newlyweds will reside at
Selfridge Air Force Base, Mt.
Clemens, where Capt. Lowry is
stationed.
God was best man at Adam's
wedding. Erubin 18.
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