Village Theater Opens at Somerset
Danny Raskin's
LISTENING
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T
Wednesday saw the opening of the new Village Theater at
Maple Rd. and Coolidge, a part of the Somerset Park complex of
luxury apartments and shopping facilities. The opening attraction
is the new comedy, "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" Owned
by Suburban Detroit Theaters, Inc., the Village Theater will have
a first-run policy. Harry Goldman, experienced theater manager,
has already assumed his post as Village Theater manager.
Bible Truth Can't Be Invalidated,
Rabbi Katz's Book Emphasizes
In "The Bible„ Myth or Reali-
ty", published by Exposition
Press (386 Park S., NY16), Rabbi
Paul M. Katz of Medford, Mass.,
performs the dual task of empha-
sizing that the Bible is the theo-
logical history of the Jewish peo-.
ple and at the same time of pre-
senting "thumbnail sketches of
weekly Tora portions," outlining
all the Scriptural readings for the
entire year with brevity and
clarity.
The prime objective of Rabbi
Katz's evaluative work is to ex-
plain the Tora, the Prophets and
the Writings, to review the his-
toric events and the prophecies
and to show how the Bible leads
to an understanding of man and
the universe.
"The Bible," Rabbi Katz
states, "is not simply a book of
secular history of the Hebrews.
It is a God•centered history, it
is theological history, it is sacred
history, because it gave mean-
ing to their present and past
life as interpreted by their faith.
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The biblical text is an exposi-
tion of Israel's beliefs. Many
traditions of the Bible are not
so much historical traditions as
theological or divine _ interpreta-
tions of the past. Consequently
the accuracy of biblical history
and the 'truth' of the intepreta-
tion must not be confused. Let
us not become Bible scientists."
"To me the Bible is divine—but
humanly divine," he adds. "It is
the creation of the Jewish people,
expressed in the highest spiritual
terms. The 'truth' of the Bible can
never be invalidated by the likes
of the 19th-century anti-Semitic
German scholar Wellhausen or of
Robert Graves. It is an ideal truth
that the spade of -the archaeolo-
gist can only verify and never
deny."
SCOTT RASKIN, four-year-old
son of Gerrie and this writer, is
quite a guy in the estimation of
many folks other than his partial
parents . . . We live in Oak Park,
where the garbage cans must be
put out in front of the house
for pickup in the a.m. . . . While
we were at Sinai last week, it
was forgotten to do so, and when
Gerrie heard the truck outside,
she told Scott to grab the plastic
cans . . . Still in his pajamas,
Scott ran out to the back yard,
tugged at one and struggled to
try and get it in front .. . Seeing
this, the three men on the truck
all jumped off to help him . . .
"Say, that's too heavy for a little
guy like you," said one of them
as they proceeded to take all the
cans from the yard and empty
them . . . Scott's a big man in the
neighborhood now, because the
hard-working men on the trucks
have little time to go helping
youngsters with their chores !
* * *
ESTHER KING, over an opera-
tion herself at Sinai, went out into
the hall where Gerrie and brother
Marvin were standing . . . Gerrie
turned to Mary and asked if he
knew Esther? . . . "I sure do !" he
exclaimed. "We went to Balch
School together. Her name was
Esther Chosid." . . . It had been
about 40 years ago since Marvin
and Esther had last seen each
International League's
other !
* *
All-Star 1st Baseman
ERRATA
.
. . Correct spelling
By JESSE SILVER
is Ernest Friedman . . . The Serta
(Copyright., 1966, JTA, Inc.)
Mike Epstein of the Rochester Mattress sales manager doesn't
Red Wings was named the Inter- want any trouble with the fellOw
national League's all-star first who signs it with a double !
* * *
baseman in a poll of the league
managers. It was difficult not to
FINALLY GOT AROUND TO
select the Baltimore bonus baby. this item . . . but it's worth the
By mid-June Epstein was leading wait in our estimation because of
the league with a .360 batting aver- the three-fold happy occasion in-
age and 37 RBI's. He also had volved . . . Father's Day wasn't
collected 11 home runs and was like most in the home of Winnie
second in that category.
and Irving Aran . . . Not only was
The president of the Interna- youngest son, Lowell, in from boot
tional League George Sisler, Jr., camp at Great Lakes, Illi., and
said of Epstein: "He's going to oldest son, David, back from ,13
be one of the great hitters." months of overseas duty with
"He's the best prospect I have Uncle Sam in Korea, but daugh-
ever handled," commented his ter, Joanne, wife of Dr. Alvin
manager, "and that includes Pensler, decided to give a Father's
many of the present Baltimore Day gift one just couldn't return
players."
. . a five lb.-3 oz. granddaugh-
Epstein is exceedingly proud of ter for Iry . . . All in all, it was
his Jewishness. The big guy has quite a Father's Day for him !
the Star of David stenciled on the
* * *
flap of a pair of his baseball shoes.
HERE'S A GOOD WAY for us
Barry Latman of the Houston to get in trouble .. . We itemized
Astros was placed on the disabled recently that Sid Cohen was in
list after the pitcher's back gave town from Florida, and wife
him trouble while working in a "Frances" will go back to see if
game.
she likes , it enough for them to
Pitcher Bo Belinsky was sent live . • . Sid's wife's name is
to San Diego by the Philadelphia Ann !
Phillies.
* * *
Catcher Mike Gordon, son of for-
ON
A
RECENT
TRIP to Florida,
mer major leaguer Sid Gordon,
was released outright by Rock Hill, Belle Staub bought her seven-year-
old granddaughter (Jackie and
N.C., a Class A team.
Max Patkiri, the baseball clown, Harold Klein's youngster) some
is now in his 21st year of enter- new dresses .. . The girl's other
taining in ball parks. Patkin who grandmother, Ann Klein, is the
once did his act for the Cleveland seamstress and was fitting the
Indians and the old St. Louis dresses when she noticed the size
Browns will appear in 70 different in the dresses to be size 6X . . .
cities this summer. By the time he She explained to her granddaugh-
finishes in August he estimates ter, "Oh, I thought you wear a
he will have traveled over 40,000 size seven." . . . "Grandmother,"
miles. This could be the last sea- said the youngster, "you don't
son on tour for the 46-year-old buy dresses 'according to your age.
veteran. His wife wants him home. You wouldn't buy a size 63, would
you?"
▪ * *
Japanese Awry
SAMMY WOOLF has a poem
The Jewish community of Japan,
which dates back to the 19th cen- that's worth the money: . . . "They
tury, today numbers some 1,000 call it 'legal tender,' . . . That
persons, more than half of whom green and crackling stuff . . . It's
live in Tokyo with a sizable com- tender when you have it . . . But
munity in Kobe.
when you don't—it's TOUGH !"
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 22, 1966-29
'Chutspah Book' Humorous Quips
Art Moger and Bob Nisenson
collected the numerous entertain-
ing puns for "The Chutspah Book"
isued as a small, square paperback
by Colony Publishers (169 A St.,
Boston 10), and Paul Donelan drew
the appropriate cartoons for the
nearly 50 pages of timely humor.
They open up with 'Liz and
Dick offering old Eddie Fisher rec-
ords that are in three piles marked
"take one," "take all," "more," and
are followed by two pages, with
photos of Barbra Streisand and
Sammy Davis, with the legend:
"CHUTSPAH IS . telling Bar-
bra Streisand that she doesn't
look Jewish . . . telling Sammy
Davis Jr. that he does !"
Arthur Goldberg, David Susskind,
Ed Sullivan, Casey Stengel, Lady-
bird displaying kreplach and knish-
es and a score of others are sub-
jects of good humor in this fun-
stirring booklet.
The authors claim there is a
Yiddishization of the American
language in their explanation of
Chutspah and they say:
"Maybe you'll think the publish-
er has `chutspah' to ask one dollar
for this book. If so, tear off the
cover, after you've loaned the
book to at least ten neighbors and
have colored in the pages with
soggy crayons, then return the
I BY POPULAR DEMAND !
used copy for a refund. That's
‘chutspah' !"
And there is a page from a dic-„
tionary giving the meaning of
`chutspah" — but the authors' in
this illustrated form remains the
best definition !
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