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MINNEAPOLIS (JTA) — An
"Altar for Freedom" monument,
dedicated to the memory of "our
beloved who died among the
6,000,000 of our Jewish brethren
under Nazi barbarism" was unveil-
ed at a service at the United
He brew Brotherhood Cemetery
here. The project was initiated by
100 survivors of the Nazi holocaust
who are now living in the Min-
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42 PROOF1

Irving Malin's 'Jews and Americans': Crucial
A
Literary Issue Most Interestingly A nalyzed

"Jews and Americans" by Irving
Malin, published by Southern Illi-
nois University Press, Carbondale,
Ill., is, deservedly, attracting very
wide attention as a study of the
works of several of the more
prominent of the American Jewish
novelists.
The author seeks to establish in
this interesting study that there
is "an American-Jewish context"
in the works of the men chosen
for scrutiny.
Thus, he has selected the works
of the following: Saul Bellow, Ber-
nard Malamud, Delmore Schwartz,
Karl Shapiro, Leslie Fiedler, Isaac
Rosenfeld and Philip Roth.
And at once the question will be
raised: do these men represent the
American - Jewish literary field?
What about Maurice Samuel? And
the many others who write differ-
ently — in the opinion of many
more positively as Jews, without
thereby sacrificing the American
dedication?
The approach of several of the
authors under review in "Jews
and Americans" has been severe-
ly criticized. It is admitted that
they emerge out of a tension, but
it has not always been conceded
that such tensions are without
relief. While the analyses of
Malin are indeed thought-pro-
voking, are filled with challenges,
it is yet to be established by, as
the author asserts: "The Amer-
ican Jew often finds that his
peculiar tensions alienate him
from the larger community.
While trying to resolve his feel-
ings about the Jewish Past, for
example, he must confront an-
other myth which assumes that
the present is all-important.
Each thematic moment of Jewish
Experience is somewhat alien to
Gentile Americans. The Amer-
ican Jew, in other words, is un-
sure of his Jewish and American
commitments. He is a 'specialist
in alienation."'
Indeed, the concluding declama-
tion of Malin that "The Jewish Ex-
perience is great enough to accept
our rebellious writers" has much
truth in it. But one must question
the speciality in alienation and

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the negative aspects of a group of
writers who stem from Jewish en-
vironments but who seem to be
seeking flight rather than affilia-
tion or association in continuing
relationships.
"Jews and Americans" was pub-
lished by the Southern Illinois Uni-
versity Press as part of its Cross-
currents Modern Critiques. The
editor of this series, Harry T.
Moore, in a preface to Malin's
volume, predicts that a time "when
there will be less consciousness of
difference between Jews and non-
Jews." Yet, a bit later, referring
to the 1964 Presidential campaign,
speaking about "the Nazi and fas-
cist types—the bigots," he makes
this comment: "The irony is that
Goldwater is Jewish — the native
fascist groups that have been so
vocal in his behalf naturally didn't

introduce this point, though if
Lyndon Johnson had been Jewish,
America would have had a boiling
up of anti-Semitism of a kind
never known before in its history."
Isn't there a bit of an incon-
sistency here? If that's what might
have happened had. Johnson been
Jewish, how sure are we about
other manifestations — and what
certainty do we therefore have
about a lessening "consciousness of
difference?"
What Malin does, therefore, is
introduce a larger subject. He
deals with a fraction of an issue—
and it will be maintained that this
fraction deals with only a small
group involved with American-Jew-
ish contexts as well as tensions.
By dealing with the subject, Malin
has rendered a service: but only
an introductory one.

A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(Copyright, 1965, J.T.A., Inc.)

Billy Rose, who gave his collec-
tion of art to the Jerusalem Mu-
seum, had a kaleidoscopic career.

He might have been President,
if there had been any leg cabins
around where he was born, but by
that time, land values had risen
so. only the rich could afford to
live on the ground floor of a log
cabin. Billy Rose's parents had to
settle on an apartment on the fifth
floor of a tenement house.
However, if Billy Rose never be-
came President, he once dictated
to a President — Woodrow Wilson.
Rose at the age of 18 became the
national shorthand champion of
the country and following that, the
stenographer to Baruch, who dur-
ing World War I was head of the
War Industries Board. Rose had
the Reputation for being able to
take shorthand faster than anyone
could speak and President Wilson,
who prided himself on being able
to take shorthand, once invited
Billy Rose in to test him. After
trying out Billy's s p e e d, Billy
turned and said, "Now, Mr. Presi-
dent, let me see how fast you can
take it. And then the President
took shorthand as Billy dictated it.
Billy Rose says that when he

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Milton Berle has been signed by
Joseph E. Levine for a co-starring
role in "The Oscar," movie version
of Richard Sale's novel scheduled
to go before the cameras at Para-
mount in mid-July with Russell
Rouse directing for producer Clar-
ence Greene. In "The Oscar" which
also stars Stephen Boyd, Edie Ad-
ams and Elke Sommer, Milt •m
Berle portrays the role of a sym-
pathetic actor's agent. The block-
buster comedian recently was
nominated for an Emmy for his
dramatic role in the TV drama,
"For Doyle Against The House."

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was born, his father said that
while he was not displeased, what
they really needed was an ice box .
In public school, he won the
prize for the best sprinter and
then the prize
for the best Eng-
lish composi-
tion.
One t i
-
young woman
told him of the
great fortune
Irving Berlin had
made writing
songs, so Billy
Rose decided to
take a course in
Billy Rose
song writing. Histeacher was Prof.
Billy Rose. He went to the public
library and there sat studying and
analyzing popular songs.
He came to the conclusion that
the important line in a popular
song on which success depended
was the first line of the chorus
and that the most pleasing sound
was "oo," so he wrote Barney
Google, which became a popular
hit. This was followed by other
popular numbers.
Now any time you pick up the
telephone and ask for a number,
you are increasing his wealth, for
Billy Rose is also the owner of
the largest block of telephone
company shares. He has also been
active in the movies, theater and
circus.
The Jerusalem Museum should
have tried to induce Billy Rose
to stay, as many people would go
to see him as his sculptures.
Billy Rose was asked if he was
now apprehensive about entrusting
his sculptures to a building only
a mile from the Arab border. "If
two million Jews are not afraid to
trust their lives, why should I be
afraid about my sculptures?" he
answered.
As Gertrude Stein wrote: "A
rose is a rose is a rose" especially
if it is a Billy Rose.

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I THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
12—Friday, June 25, 1965

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