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Jews in Dr. Juno; s 'Men of the Spirit' to Wipe Out Traces of Anti-Semitism
erase
As editor of "The Jewish Libra-
ry," Dr. Leo Jung of New York
has made many important literary
contributions to traditional Jew-
ish literature. "The Jewish Libra-
ry" contains sev-
eral volumes
dealing with ma-
jor Jewish his-
1orical develop-
ments and with
essays on tradi-
tional laws a n d
customs. Three
of the volumes
form a biograph-
ical series, a n d
t h e newest —
the third in that
trio — now is-
sued by Kymson
Publishing C o .
(225 Varick St.,
NY 14) under
t h e title "Men
of the Spirit,"
Dr. Jung
contains a most impressive collec-
tion of articles about very great
Jewish personalities in 13 coun-
tries.
There are 91 chapters in this
book dealing with the lives of 86
Jews who, as Rabbi Jung describes
them. were "guardians of our heri-
tage and men of the spirit." In
addition, there are essays on rab-
binic ethics. freedom of interpre-
tation, rabbinic literature, and a
long introductory article, "A Biog-
raphy of the Rabbinic Spirit," by
Nima Adlerblum.
Dr. Jung prefaces the series
in this '740-page book by assert-
ing that Jewish history would
be meaningless if it lacked "ade-
quate recognition of the rabbis'
achievements," and he states
that there is no "typical rabbi,"
that rabbis differ in method and
attitude, that self-criticism has
been an ideal pattern.
Because the men presented in
this volume might be forgotten
within a generation, knowledge
about them is preserved here, and
Dr. Jung undertook to include
"every vital variety of rabbinic
leader, from patient saint to im-
patient pioneer, from the Tzaddik
in Eastern lands to the Gaon in
Central Europe . . .
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While there is "an apparent
sameness of pattern in the biogra-
phies," Rabbi Jung points to some
that portray "traits of matchless
virtue," others who had unusual
optimism, the rigorousness of oth-
ers. And he points to Nathan Birn-
baum and Hillel Zeitlin who "had
come from the periphery of Jew-
ishness in undeviating quest for
its center, hence their records
have a poignant beauty of their
own."
Noted scholars participated in
providing material for this volume,
as co-authors and translators with
Dr. Jung. The list of biographers
is in itself outstanding, and the
personalities whose activities are
accounted for form a_ veritable
Traditional Who's Who.
There are, among the leaders
described, men who played vital
roles in establishing great Jewish
institutions. Some among them
were i n v o l v e d in controversies
which led to understanding of ma-
jor Jewish issues relating to law,
customs, education.
* * *
The scholarly introduction by
Nima Adlerblum is in itself a rich
gift towards the contents of this
encyclopedic work. This able writ-
er deals in her essay with women
in Israel, with the distaff side of
traditional leadership.
This scholarly essay romanticizes
beautifully. Miss Adlerblum ad-
monishes that our spirituality, our
main force, "is not abstract." She
speaks of romanticism as implying
not sensuousness or unreality "but
the vesting of our world with the
longing aspirations of the soul ...
Emphasis on beliefs, emotion, ro-
mance, does not rob reason of its
proper place in the Jewish per-
spective. There is no cleavage be-
tween them . . . The drive of the
collective Jewish spirit is the Jew-
ish being itself . . ."
The Israeli traditional leaders
in this collection include Rabbi
Wolf Gold (in an essay by his
brother, Dr. H. Raphael Gold),
Ze'ev 1VIeir Bar-Ilan (by Dr. Jos-
eph Litvin, London), Yitzhak Ze'ev
Soloveitchik, A b r a h a m Isaiah
Karelitz (Hazon Ish), Yitzhak
Isaac Halevy Herzog (by Geulah
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bat Yehudah, Jerusalem), Akiba
Joseph Schlesinger, Hezekiah Me- are taking concrete steps to com- the deicide charge, stress the com-
dini (Sdeh Hemed) and Rabbi Is- bat hate and bigotry directed at mon heritage and censure all 'diS-
Jews, Look Magazine reports this damn or hatred or persecution of
rael of Sklov.
In this section there is also an week. the Jews."
The most powerful reason for
essay, "Isaac Herzog's Halakhic
"A new tide is surging through
Decisions and Lectures," by Rav Christendom," says Look in a cur- the new look at Jews and Judaism,
S. Zevin.
rent article, "The Christian War Look says, is voiced by Augustin
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Cardinal Bea who declares in the
on Anti-Semitism.
article: "It would be impossible
There are two essays in the
call
their
heritage
"Catholics
American section. Shraga Feivel Jewish; Protestants and Orthodox for the Council to be quiet after
Mendlowitz — "Reb Feivel" — is damn anti-Semitism as sin, and the holocaust of the war years. Six
million people cannot be wiped
hailed as a great teacher of Torah everywhere, old hatreds fade."
and for his piety by Alexander S.
Anti-anti-Semitism, the magaz- out and the church be silent."
Gross and Joseph Kaminetsky.
ine adds, "has become a touch-
There is a tribute to a great
stone of the Christian faith."
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scholar, Prof. Nathan Isaacs, by
The article cites the efforts of
Dr. Elcanan Isaacs of the Ameri- Christian organizations such as the
For Some
can University of Washington.
National Council of Churches, the
The latter offers an interesting World Council of Churches, the
of the
account of a distinguished family Southern Baptist Convention and
of scholars, many of them univer- the National Council of Catholic
best buys
sity professors, and especially de- Men to combat age-old anti-Semi-
on new
lineates the career of Nathan Is- tic prejudices.
aacs who became one of the great
Pontiacs
The Ecumenical Council sched-
authorities on Roman law at Har- uled this fall in Rome, the article
and
vard.
states, is "expected to endorse
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overwhelmingly a historic docu-
Naphtali Tzevi Behlin (The ment on the attitude of Catholics
Netziv) is the Lithuanian tradi-
tionalist described in the Lithu-
anian section by Dr. Litvin.
An article in this section by the
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In Five Days
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Austrian
scholars
included
The
are Jonathan Eibeschutz and Na-
Shippan Pt., Stamford, Conn.
than Birnbaum.
Michael Friedlander a n d the
Hakham Moses Gaster a r e the
English Jews depicted.
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Representing Romania are Bet-
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The two distinguished names in
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In its totality, "Men of the Spir-
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