Annual Book Fair Brings Noted Authors to Detroit
Maurice Samuel One of Scheduled
Speakers; Yiddish Night on Nov. 9
Highlights to Focus
on 'Literature and Jew'
for New 6-Part Series
A highlight of the 15th annual
Jewish Book Fair, to be held Nov.
5-13 at the Jewish Community Cen-
ter, will be the appearance of Mau-
rice Samuel, noted author and lec-
turer.
Samuel will speak 8:15 p.m.
Nov. 13, in the Aaron DeRoy
Theater, under the co-sponsorship
of the Conference on Soviet Jewry,
coordinated by the Jewish Commu-
nity Council for 25 national organ-
izations.
Teacher-at-large to almost two
"Literature and the Jew" will
be the topic explored on "High-
lights" during the next six weeks.
Dr. Lawrence I. Berkove of the
University of Michigan will act
as host of this series beginning
Sunday.
"Highlights" is a Sunday morn-
ing program presented by the cul-
ture commission of the Jewish
Community Council at 9:45 on
Channel 2, and 9:15 a.m. on Station
WJBK.
"New Voices," those of young
Jewish poets Jon Silkin, Howard
Nemerov, Robert Mezey, Allen
Grossman, Karl Shapiro and Hyam
Plutzik, will be presented through
readings by Center Theater mem-
of New York will be the guest
speaker 8 p.m., Nov. 8. She will
appear under auspices of the Jew-
ish National Fund.
Mrs. Pool was national president
of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943.
A pioneer in establishing Youth
Aliya as a program in Israel, she
initiated Ramhat
Hadassah Szold,
the reception cen-
ter for newly ar-
rived Youth Ali-
ya charges.
A descendant
of a long line of
rabbis and pio-
neers in Israel,
she is the wife of
Rabbi David de
Sola Pool of the
Spanish and Por-
tuguese Syna-
gogue in New
York. She - has
collaborated with
h e r husband in
many writings
and is co-author
Mrs. Pool
with him of "An
Old Faith in the New World" and
"Is There An Answer?"
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HADASSAH DAY, NOV. 8
MAURICE SAMUEL
"The Challenging Years—Peace
or Panic?" will be the theme of
Hadassah Day Nov. 8.
The morning session beginning
at 10:15 will feature Rabbi M.
Robert Syme of Temple Israel dis-
cussing "If My Grandfather Were
Living Today, What Would He
Think of Us as Jews?"
A luncheon is planned, followed
by an afternoon session to convene
at 1 p.m. The speaker and discus-
sion leader for
the afternoon ses-
sion will be Rev
Dr. Carl Her-
mann Voss, prom-
in e n t Protestant
clergyman and-
author. Dr. Voss,.
has recently re-raw
turned from an
extensive tour of
the Middle Eastk,
where he visited
Israel and the,
Arab lands for
the seventh time.
He is familiar
with the installa-
tions at the Had-
assah Hospital in
Dr. Voss
Jerusalem and
has observed closely the work of
the Jewish Agency for Israel and
the American Joint Distribution
Committee. He will present "A
Non-Jew's Observation of World
Jewry."
Mrs. Maurice Perlman, Hadas-
sah's vice-president of education,
will serve as chairman of the day.
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generations of American Jewry,
Samuel has been described as a
one-man educational movement. He
has traveled widely and is a keen
observer of the contemporary scene.
Samuel's newest book, "Blood
Accusation," has been highly ac-
claimed. He is known for his other
writings, "Prince of the Ghetto,"
"The Gentleman and the Jew" and
"Harvest in the Desert."
The public is invited to this lec-
ture.
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YIDDISH NIGHT, NOV. 9
The Book Fair will commemorate
the 50th anniversary of the death
of Sholom Aleichem, 8 p.m. Nov. 9.
The evening will be under the
sponsorship of the Hebrew-Yiddish
Book Fair Committee of the Cen-
ter, announces
::Mrs. Julian S.
Tobias, Book Fair
chairman.
An outstanding
program will be
presented featur-
ing Boruch Shef-
ner as guest
speaker and Her.
shel Gendel as
.guest artist.
. Chairman of the
evening is Morris
Nobel. Serving as
co-ordinator a nd
adviser is Mrs.
Morris Friedman.
Shefner, whose
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
Gendel
subject will be
Mrs. Abe Zitomer announces that
"The Laughter in Sholom Alei- Mrs. Martha Marenof and Mrs.
chem" has been identified all his Harold Orbach will be highlighting
life with Yiddish literature. Edu-
this year's c h i 1-
cated in Poland and Vienna, he was
dren's programs.
a writer and editor in Europe until
0 n Nov. 6 ,
World War II. Since coming to
NI r s . Marenof,
America he has been a columnist
author of numer-
for the Forward and has published
ous children's
four books.
books, will con-
Gendel, a product of the Yiddish
duct two story-
stage, is an outstanding exponent
t e 11 i n g sessions,
of Yiddish-American humor and is
2 p.m. and 3
particularly noted for his renditions
p.m.
of Sholom Aleichem folk tales. He
Nov. 13 will
has appeared throughout the West
feature Mrs.
em Hemisphere at recitals and con-
Harold
0 r -
certs, on radio and television, and
bach presenting
is recognized as a rare story teller
"Mottel the Can-
and monologist. The JCC Senior
tor's Son" by
Adult Choir under the direction of
Sholom Aleichem
_
Cantor Nicholas Fenakel will pre-
Mrs. Zitomer a t performances
sent three Sholom Aleichem songs.
at 2 and 3 p.m.
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Also on Nov. 13, Mrs. Marenof
JNF NIGHT, NOV. 8
will hold storytelling hours at 2:15
Mrs. David (Tamar) de Sola Pool and 3:15 p.m.
For information contact the Jew-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ish Center Book Fair office, DI
40—Friday, October 21, 1966
1-4200.
hers Bluma Seigal and Ruth Hur-
witz, with their relevance to both
the literary and the Jewish scene
reviewed by Dr. Berkove.
Succeeding weeks will hold pres-
entations on "The Jewishness of
Israeli Literature" with Yaakov
Malkin, Israeli writer and lec-
turer; "Drama" with a presentation
of "2x2=Schultz" by Ephraim
Kishon; and a scene from "Death
of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller,
with Center Theater actors; a con-
versation with Maurice Samuel on
the relevance to the contemporary
scene of his new book "Blood
Accusation"; a program on the
rich variety of Jewish thought as
expressed through the many dif-
ferent Jewish publications; and
finally a program on "The Novel."
Dr. Berkove, originally from
Chicago, earned his bachelors
degree from the University of
Illinois; his masters from the
University of Minnesota and his
doctorate on 19th Century Ameri-
can literature at the University
of Pennsylvania. He has been
teaching on the college level for
eight years and is in his third
year at the University of Michi-
gan Dearborn campus.
These programs on "Literature
and the Jew" are being presented
in cooperation with the Book Fair
at the Jewish Center. The ent;~..
series has been planned by „-
Lawrence Wember, librarian'
Temple Israel, and Mrs. Re-,
Frankel, members of the broad-
casting committee. Dr. Berkove
worked in conjunction with Evelyn
Orbach, program associate of the
Jewish Community Council and pro-
ducer of "Highlights."
Puzzling Contrasts-Israel and Vietnam Policies
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.)
Is Syria to become a privileged
sanctuary for anti-Israel ter-
rorism?
According to the State Depart-
ment, Arab infiltration into Israel
does not justify the same counter-
measures that the United States
employs in Vietnam against simi-
lar guerrilla tactics.
Syrian raiders use Viet Cong
types of Communist-manufactured
mines and weapons; identical
"liberation war" slogans are pro-
claimed. But the State Depart-
ment is trying to restrain the
Israelis from using the same de-
fense concepts in the Near East.
A detailed Israeli memorandum
was submitted to the State Depart-
ment several months ago when
Israel found it necessary to un-
leash an air strike against a
Syrian base of aggression. That
memorandum is said to have
drawn a brilliant analogy between
the Israeli action and the American
military role in Southeast Asia.
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution of
1964 was cited along with the sub-
sequent air bombardment of North
Vietnam—buttressed by statenymts
of President Johnson and Secretary
of State Rusk against the pri-
vileged sanctuary concept.
U.S. officials lauded one aspect
of the Israeli presentation. It re-
portedly had accepted as valid the
entire legality of the controversial
American Vietnamese policy.
Officials noted, with considerable
embarrassment, that they never-
theless had to reject the under-
lying premise that Israel had a
right to use the same counter-
insurgency tactics justified by the
United States in Vietnam.
The loophole cited by the State
Department was the distinction
that the United Nations allegedly
maintains an effective presence on
the Arab-Israel borders while such
a UN "shield" is absent from
Vietnam.
American experts were well
aware, however, that the U.N.
failed to prevent the Arab "fe-
dayeen" raids that led to the 195G
Sinai-Suez war. The State Depart-
ment also had detailed reports that
the Palestine Liberation Army,
Syria and Egypt openly advocate
a Peking - style "people's war"
against Israel.
But the U.S. administration wants
to avert war in the Near East at
a time when commitments in Viet-
nam and Southeast Asia are re-
garded as more important to
America. Washington is mindful
of Soviet arms shipments to Syria,
Many Ex-Nazis Belong
to German Extremist Party
BONN (JTA) — The semi-of-
ficial newsletter of the West Ger-
man Interior Ministry asserted
Sunday that at least 1,200 mem-
bers of the new extremist National
Democratic Party were Nazis be-
fore 1933, and that others had
been high Nazi officials.
Egypt and I r a q. American jet
bombers and tanks are sold to
Israel. U.S. authorities are also
aware that Israel is a convenient
buffer protecting, indirectly but
effectively, the anti-Israel but
otherwise pro-Western Arab re-
gimes of Jordan and Saudi
Arabia.
The State Department feels that
a tough Israeli defense policy, in-
volving reprisal actions, could he
exploited by Communists to under-
mine Jordan and Saudi Arabia
while penetrating even further
into Syria and Egypt. This is one
reason Israel is being told not to
hit back.
A more compelling factor is that
the Defense Department does not
want U.S. Sixth Fleet units—air-
craft carriers and marine detach-
ments—tied down in a troubled
Mediterranean when reserves are
required in the growing Vietnam
involvement.
Washington is strongly against
escalation—in the Near East. This
is because of neither pro-Arab
appeasement tendencies nor hos-
tility toward the Jewish State. It
is simply that Vietnam is the guid-
ing star of all policy courses now
charted in Washington. Other con-
siderations are secondary and
subservient.
A danger is emerging that pres-
sure for Israel to use maximum
restraint might invite increased
Arab guerrilla attacks. It pro-
motes a specter of Syria as a
privileged sanctuary that could
mount sadistic attacks with im-
munity. Syria could be cloaked by
a Soviet security guarantee while
Washington tells Israel to use re-
straint and "appropriate UN ma-
chinery." Israel, apparently, is to
make continued appeals to a
United Nations that is made im-
potent by the Soviet veto.
Washington may be saying in
effect: "Don't do like we do, but
do as we say for you to do."
HEBREW SELF-TAUGHT
BY
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no
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also
gahm
he
hoos
she
hee
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peace (greeting)
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ah-nee3
you (m.s.)
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you (f.s.)
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who
mee
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last syllable will be marked accordingly.
1 ah
between hat and hall
2 oh — as in more
3 ee — as in need
4 eb — between pen and pail \
3 oo — as in soon
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advanced students may be obtained by writing to: Brit Ivrit
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