, Israeli Campers 'Play' at Science Mark Twain and the Jews BY DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright, 1964, JTA, Inf!.) Science-minded teen-agers participate in the first Youth Science Camp sponsored by the Weizmann Institute on its campus in Rehovoth. Fifty boys and girls are taking part in the summer camp, all of them chosen from among 500 applicants on the basis of their academic achievements. The program includes the usual camp activities coupled with four hours daily in the Weizmann laboratories, lectures and field trips. • Announcements Last Week's Winners of the "RASKIN BIG BABY BONUS" MRS. CYRIL SERVETTER (Twin sons) and MRS. JACK GREENWALD (9 lbs., 12 oz.) Congratulations on the birth of their children and we hope the RASKIN PRODUCTS you received helped make your first week at home easier. RASKIN FOOD CO. July 25—To Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wolfe (Avis Glass, formerly of Chicago), 29490 Everett, South- field, a son, David Alan. * * * July 24—To Mr. and Mrs. Mar- tin I. 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Tendler, professor of biology at Yeshiva College, un- dergraduate school of arts and sciences for men at Yeshiva Uni- versity, and lecturer in Talmud at the university's Rabbi Isaac Ele- hanan Theological Seminary, is combining successful careers as a rabbi, bacteriologist and teacher. Dr. Tendler recently attained worldwide recognition for his re- search work on the development of new antibiotics and anticancer agents. At a meeting of the Ameri- can Association for Cancer Re- search, in Toronto, last winter, Dr. Tendler, in association with Dr. Samuel Korman of Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, N.Y., announced the discovery of a drug which they called "Refuin.' They said that early clinical trials with the experi- mental anticancer drug have shown encouraging results. Dr. Tendler organized and was the first spiritual leader of the Great Neck Synagogue, the first Orthodox synagogue on the North Shore of Long Island. Camp Walden Officers A Southfield miss, Judy Garlock, 18440 Midway, was elected presi- dent of Camp Walden, Cheboygan. Other officers are Stewart Lach- man of Birmingham, vice presi- dent; Edward Tann of Detroit, sec retary; and Louis Gunsberg, of Huntington Woods, treasurer. One of every three tourists go- ing to Israel today, it is said, are non-Jews and I gather many of them return with happy impres- sions. Mark Twain visited the Holy Land many years ago and wrote about it in "Innocents Abroad." He didn't give it much of a recom- mendation. It was before the days of the Zionist movement. On every hand, he wrote, "the maimed. the half formed, the dis- eased assail you. There is scarcely a child without sore eyes . .. The natives seem to know but one word as they extend the hand—bak- sheesh." The Zionists have done much to improve the land since that day. The deprensing canvas was only brightened when Mark Twain paused to contemplate the past his- tory of the land and the beauty of the Bible which came forth from its soil. "Where is to be found a book like the Bible so gemmed with beautiful passage s? Who taught the ancient writers their simplicity of language, their felici- ty of expression, their pathos and above all their faculty of sinking themselves out of sight of the readers and making the narrative stand out alone and seeming to tell itself? Shakespeare is always present when one reads his work. Macaulay is present when we fol- low the march of his stately sen- tences, but the Old Testament writers are hidden from view." In his early years, Mark Twain's acquaintance with Jews was limi- ted. At school, there were two Jew- ish boys named Levin in his class. In his autobiography, he wrote, "They carried me back to Egypt and in imagination, I moved among the Pharoahs and all the shadowy celebrities of that age. We had collective name for them. We called them Twenty-two, Twice Levin (eleven)—twenty-two." Later he got to know more Jews — over 15.000,000. "They say," said Mark Twain, "there are only 15.000,000 Jews in the world. I know that many myself." A Jew wrote Mark Twain asking how it was that in his writings there was no discourtesy against Jews and also what he thought was the solution to the Jewish problem. Mark Twain replied that the worst he could say against the Jews was that they belonged to the human race, which, he thought, was damnable enough. As to the solution, he thought the Irish had shown the way to solve their problem. There had been a virulent agitation against the Irish in America, but the Irish had organized, united poli- tically and now were in control of many cities. Jews should do likewise, become legislators and policemen. If you are a police- man, of course you don't have to worry about anyone not liking you. If he acts funny, just "pull him in." In time, Mark Twain got a Jew- ish son-in-law. His daughter, Clara, married the noted maestro of the Detroit Philharmonic, Ossip Gabril- owitch. They used to have argu- ments, Mark Twain saying to his son - in - law how intelligent the Jews were and his son-in-law re- plying that they were not as smart as his father-in-law thought. Who won the argument, I don't know. Phillip Stomovitz, the well- known Detroit Jewish editor who knew the Gabrilowitches probably could enlighten us on this score. (David: I've told the story, but in due time, it'll be told again. —P.S.) Michigan is probably the only state. ever to have organized as a state before being admitted to the Union, having at the same time a duly elected state governor and a federal territorial governor. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, July 31, 1964 24 Detroiter Rhoda Zahavie Shames, Musician, Artist and Poet, Authors `Three Free,' Short Story Volume Rhoda Zahavie Shames, as Miss Zahavie, was known here for a number of years as a popular singer at many public functions. A graduate of the Detroit Insti- tute of Musical Arts, Mrs. Shames participated in 'concerts, was soloist for Temples Beth El and Israel in Detroit and Temple Bnai Israel in Monroe. She appeared on the Ford Sun- day Evening Hour and was a mem- ber of important giwmw,mumm choirs. Later, major- ing in art at Wayne State Uni- versity, she pro- duced some are works and exhib- ited her canvas- es. In addition, she wrote poetry and her verses were Mrs. Shames published in sev-eral periodicals. Now she has turned to writing stories and Exposition Press (386 Park S., NY 16) has just issued her 86-page collection, "Three Free and Other Stories." Here she com- bines her skills—in writing, music, poetry, and adds to her narratives a philosophic flavor. As explained by the Detroiter- turned-author, her stories reflect a way of life, they mirror the writer's experiences, they ex- press attitudes resulting from an association with people. She was, as she states, motivated by "impulse" in the writing of her stories. In a foreword she ex- presses the hope that "my im- pulsive ramblings may impress, project, and stir your soul." To at- tain this goal, Mrs. Shames has in- serted both in the foreword and in her stories numerous of her verses. It is evident that her stories have a religious flavor, that she is moved spiritually and that she seeks to express a faith. She is married to a Detroit school teacher, Joshua Shames, and he is not omitted from her BERNARD H. WINER tales. He appears in the first and title story, "Three Free." Her Jewish feelings are told in Hebrew expressions she quotes in her tales, and there are Biblical references, resorts to Proverbs, Judges, Psalms and other Scriptural works. Told in the first person, th" stories are, as indicated, the ex- periences of a writer. A numb-- of such tales are included unde- the single heading "The End an ,' the Beginning" which includes 15 subtitled narratives. The other tales in the book in addition to "Three Free" are "Aug- ust Moon," 'There Are No Angels in Heaven Ascending," "Collars," "Time Shall Not Make Us Forget " "Lonesome Komnetski," 'Reward for Our Good Deeds Does Not Come on This Earth" and "Torn Between the Arts." France Aids Refugees More than $3,500,000 was spent in France during 1963 on educa- tional, cultural and religious facili- ties for North African Jewish ref- ugees in France, Charles H. Jor- dan, Joint Distribution Committee director-general, reported. 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