Under the direction of the
Detroit Arts Commission, of
which Stanley Fleischman is
president, and the Detroit Art
Institute's Founders Society, an
exhibition, "The World of
Shakespeare," opened this week
at the Art Institute, marking
the 400th anniversary of the
birth of William Shakespeare.
The unusual display of Eliza-
bethan art will be on view at
the Institute through April 5. It
includes 175 important examples
of painting, architecture and the

crafts as well as books, manu-
scripts and other literary docu-
ments.
The likenesses of Queen Eli-
zabeth I express the brilliant
exuberance of the age which
produced both skilled writers
and daring explorers. In his
well-known engraving of Shake-
speare, Martin Droeshout pre-
sents one of the few authenti-
cated portrayals of the prolific
playwright. The portraits of Sir
Walter Raleigh exhibit the
courtly tenacity found in the
men who created the first Eng-

Plymouth Training School Needs
Supply of Bicycles, Roller Skates

William H. Boyd, community
relations director of the Ply-
mouth State Home and Training
School, stated this week that
there is a great need for bi-
cycles and roller skates for the
boys in the school.
"Such a supply can go a long
way in providing vital recrea-
tion for the boys in our school,
and we sincerely hope that those
who would like to present them
to us will render a great serv-
ice," Boyd said.
Recreation directors and the
school's management have de-
cided to make such activities
available in protected areas in
Northville, it was announced.
Those who have bicycles and

roller skates which are no longer

in use by their own children are
asked to communicate with Mr.
Boyd at the school, 15400 Shel-
don Road, Northville, telephone
GL. 3-1500.

Minister of Religion
Insists Many Youths
in Mission Schools

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

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Premier Levi Eshkol on the
number of Jewish children at-
tending Christian Mission
schools in Israel was ques-
tioned by Religious Affairs
Minister Zorach Warhaftig who
said the number was higher by
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Eshkol asked the cabinet to
refrain from discussion about
the figures which he admitted
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This is Shakespeare year,
commemorating the 400th birth-
day (April 23, 1564) of the great
playwright. England is toasting
it with eight months of festi-
vals, fetes, and pageants.
The most important of the
great bard's plays of special
Jewish interest is "The Mer-
chant of Venice" with Shylock
as the much disputed, much
calumnied character, who is the
undisputed hero of the play and
who by far overshadows the
weak, colorless, nominal hero
of the drama, Antonio. Shylock
is the actual protagonist, who
keeps the spectators spellbound.
His striking character loomed
large in the imagination of mod-
ern actors such as Edmund
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the prejudice of his age. These
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central character who rises to
phenomenal heights.
Who Said It?
Every play of the immortal
bard contains striking examples
of how much Shakespeare owes
to the Old Testament and how
he did not hesitate to help him-
self to a thought or metaphor
whenever he needed it. Here a
few examples culled at random
from the "Book of Books"—the
Bible.
Hamlet, Act 2, Scene • 2:
Jephta, Judge of Israel, what a
treasure hadst thou" (cf. Judges
11).
Richard II, Act V, Scene 2:
"What Eve? What serpent hath
suggested thee to make a second
fall of cursed man? (cf. Genesis
3).
Richard III, Act 2, Scene 3:
"By God's good grace, his son
shall reign. Woe to the land
that's governed by a child." This
is taken verbatim from II
Chronicles 23:4 and Eccles.

16:14-16.
The Comedy of Errors, Act II,
Scene 2: "There is a time for
all things" (cf. Eccles. 3:11).
King Job, Act III, Scene 1:
"Thy word is but the vain breath
of a common man" (cf. Isa. 2:22
and Job 10:1-3).
Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5:
"Life is a tale told by an idiot"
and King John, Act III, Scene
4: "Life is as tedious as a twice-
told tale," this is based on
Psalm 90:9.
As You Like It, Act II, Scene
7: "All the world is a stage, and
men and women merely play-
ers .. ." is taken from Kohelet,
which is more than a thousand
years old.
More than 800 Biblical quo-
tations can be traced in the
bard's plays taken from the
Holy Writ either verbatim or
substantially founded on it. The
extensive use of the Old Testa-
ment clearly evidences how the
mind of the immortal poet and
playwright fully appreciated the
rich store of striking expres-
sions in which the Bible
abounds.
In his poem, "To the Mem-
ory of Shakespeare," Ben Jon-
son calls him 'Myriad-minded
Shakespeare' and extols his
genius by prophesizing that the
poet was "not of one age, but
for all time." The great teach-
ings of our Bible of justice and
infinite mercy, of love and re-
demption, culled from the great
storehouse, live on in Shake-
speare's immortal plays.

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5—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, March 13, 1964

`world of Shakespeare' Exhibit Opens;
Scriptural Influences in Bard's Works