Isaac Bashevis Singer's Characters—Zeidlus, Shmul-Leibele,
Cunegunde, Motiekhe mid Others—Combine to Make Volume
`Short Friday' Noteworthy, Nostalgic Narrative Collection

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friday, December 18, 1964

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stein, Martha Glicklich, Joel
for the book all of the 16 stories
"In the village of I.,apsch;r:
in which are a delight, holding the ' Blocker, Roger Klein and Cecil
lived a tailor Wattled Shmul-Lei-
Hemley are his co-translators.
r e a d e isattention. encouraging
bele with his wife. Shoshe. Shinn!
him to read on and on . • .
Leibele was half tailor. half fur-
"Short Friday" is a work of
Repairing,
There is humor in some of the
rier. and a complete pauper. He
marked merit. It enriches the li-
Refinishing &
Singer tales, and there is real-
had never mastered his trade.
brary containing translations from
Upholstering of
ism, and his understanding of
When filling an order for a
the Yiddish. It serves to enhance
Fine Furniture
the characters under his scru-
jacket or a gaberdine, he inevi-
Chair Cane
the already widely acclaimed status
makes him an expert in de-
Weaving
tably made the garment either
f
of Isaac Bashevis Singer the dis-
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scribing as if it were still part
too short or too tight. The belt
tinguished story-teller.
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in the back would hang either ;
of us the life of a generation
too high or too low. the lapels
that has long vanished.
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Since 1917
never matched. the vent was off
There is Zeidel, who is tempted
Like
center. It was said that he had
by Satan to become a convert. who
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once sewn a pair of trousers
debates the issue of faith and of
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with the fly off to one side . . .1
God. who, on the threshold of
Cabinet Shop
(Fenkell)
Yet despite his shortcomings. it j
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teas an honorable num. He
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used only strong thread and none
comes Zeidlus the First. the yeshiva
of his seams ever gave . . . Un-
boy
who
wanted
to
become
Pope."
ISAAC BASIIEVIS SINGER
like other tailors who hoarded
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It is under the title "Zeidlus the
every last hit of remaining cloth,
The excerptfrom "Short Friday—, First - that Singer has written this I
he returned all scraps to his ' is an introduction to a theme that s t ory.
customers . . ."
describes not only the simple but
Not all the themes in this book
Manley, Bennett, McDonald & Co.
This is part of the opening pars- pious and honest Shmul-Leibele but ' are Jewish. There is the universal
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the title of the new collection of his own unattractiveness and the other stories are equally of inter-
narratives by Isaac Bashes-is Singer. beauty of Shoshe. Shmul-Leibele. est to all because of the human
published by Farrar. Straus & Co. the shorter of the two. won her elements that dominate in them.
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gests at once a theme that is nos- because he was indeed pious. Fast, - "Esther Kreindel the Sec
The story skilfully portrays their and"' and the other tales are re-
talgic. that is reminiscent of the
EARL ORR'S
Old World and its interesting char- life. and leads up to the shortest plete with pathos and drama.
acters the 'like of whom are no day of the year. the Friday on
Primarily it is the simplicity
longer' or seldom to, he seen. It which Shoshe, in spite of their with which Singer narrates that
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is the reconstruction of a passing poverty. again prepared a fine Sab- ; makes his works so impressive.
era that makes Singer stand out bath meal. Their love overpower-
Some of the translations were
among the great story-tellers of our ed them. and in their 'drowsiness
done by him with the coopera-
time. He has been called the last they failed to attend to the oven
tion of other translators. His
Sales Manager
of the great Yiddish writers. and and to the open flue. In their
nephew, Joseph Singer, and
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suffocation
there
was
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unity—a
his numerous tales make him a
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worthy successor to the most emi- ' fusion in love.
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let, Elaine Gottlieb, Ruth Whit-
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nent of the author of Yiddish
It is a powerful story that lends
man, Marion Magid, Chana Faer-
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itself well to be used as the title
classics.

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7.0,11 Honors Winston Churchill
With Theodor Herd Medallion

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

NEW YORK—Over 1,000 leaders
in the Zionist movement in civic
and community affairs participated
Wednesday night in a nationwide
tribute to Sir Winston Churchill,
sponsored by the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America at its annual din-
ner at the Statler Hilton Hotel.
The dinner highlighted the pre-
sentation of the annual Theodor
lierzl Award Gold Medallion of the
ZOA to Sir Winston Churchill in
tribute to his historic accomplish-
ments as an architect of the Jew-
ish State and protagonist of
Zionism.
The gold medallion was accep-
ted in behalf of his father by Ran-
dolph S. Churchill, only son of Sir
Winston. The Theodor Herzl
Award. which was named for the

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founder of modern Zionism. was
created by the ZOA in 1958 to be
awarded to individuals who have
rendered outstanding services to
the Zionist cause. Previous recipi-
ents were Israel President Itzhak
Ben-Zvi: the Earl of Balfour who
received the award posthumously
in behalf of his late u n c 1 e, the
author of the Balfour Declaration:
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver Louis Lip-
Sky and Dr. Emanuel Neumann.
The Herzl medallion is now con-
sidered the highest testimonial
within the Zionist movement .
The inscription on the gold
medallion to Sir Winston Church-
ill reads:
"The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston
Churchill, statesman, leader in
war and peace, devoted friend of
Zionism and Israel reborn."
Guests at the dinner included
members of the diplomatic corps
and foreign missions to the United
Nations as well as prominent mem-
hers of both houses of the U.S.
Congress.
Dr. Max Nussbaum, president of
fo the ZOA, presided at the din-
ner at which addresses of greet-
ings were delivered by Lord Cara-
don, permanent representative of
the United Kingdom to the UN,
aitd Avraham Harman. Ambasasdor
of Israel to the U.S.. The presenta-
tion of the medallion was made
by Jacques Torczyner, chairman of
the national executive council of
the ZOA.
The annual dinner marked a
two fold anniversary, the 90th
birthday of Sir Winston Churchill
and the 17th anniversary of the
passage (Nov. 28, 1947) of the UN
resolution for the establishment of
the State of Israel. Sir Winston's
birthday occurred on Nov. 30.
Messages from President Lyndon
B. Johnson and former Presidents
Iiarry S. Truman and Dwight D.
Eisenhower headed hundreds of
messages of greetings from promi-
nent statesmen and leaders from
all walks of life from this country
and abroad.

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