THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 28, 1966-9
Ten Preserve Us'--Humor About a Rabbi
Chaim Bermant a l r e a d y is
for the comic. It is when he inte
known as a humor-writer. His
r- munal tzores at a rabbi's doors,
earlier works have introduced him prets Jewish life and describe s i and the upshot is a comedy with
Jewish experiences that he is su
as an author with a fine sense
UN Continues
to Defer _Action
- all the elements of realism that
perb.
is always funnier than the im-
That's the case with his "Ben aginative.
Preserve Us." published by Holt
, I Bermant, having had his train-
Rinehart and Winston. It is even
ing on the London Jewish Chron-
better than his previous novels
, icle, delves into many areas. He
"Berl Make Tea" and "Jericho
has some delightfully funny things
Sleep Alone."
to
say about name-changing. He
A reviewer must wonder: how
will rabbis like his "Ben Preserve does not ignore intermarriage.
There is a lot in his small book
Us," which is such a marvelous
satire on the rabbinical experi- about the synagogue and the reac-
ences. Ben is a rabbi—Rabbi Bin- tions to the rabbi's sermons.
He deals with morals and busi-
dle. He goes to Auchenbother in
Scotland to take a rabbinic post ness deals, with loves and lovers,
in a small Jewish community and with family affairs and with the
shadhanut of a Jewish commu-
the fun begins—never to end until
nity. As a bachelor, it is natural
the very last page of a side-split-
that there should be suggested
ting set of experiences.
marriage plans for him. And there
There is humor galore in this are the sins of young girls and
non-too-long novel about a rabbi. the defense of prostitution by one
It begins with his mother, her of them. All are part of a rabbi's
advice which he rejects; it intro- experiences and Ben Bindle con-
duces a congregation with its prob- tributes to the humor and the
lems, the initial advice not to deal adventures in the Scottish environ-
with congregants' inequities but ment.
their Judaism; the human fraili-
"Ben Preserve Us" entertains.
ties and the imposition of the corn- and delights. It is good humor.
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to exist and prosper."
He called on the committee to
concentrate its discussions on the
operations o the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees, "rather than
debate at length the origin of the
refugee problem." He said that a
financial contribution to UNRWA
was not only an expression of
humanitarian concern but was also
a contribution to the maintenance
of international peace and stability
which "we all recognize as a col-
lective responsibility."
Israel presented another letter
to Lord Caradon. of Britain, this
month's president of the Security
Council, complaining against the
continuing terrorist incursion into
IsraeL It noted that these acts of
sabotage, in the last 36 hours, have
not abated even while Israel's Nazi Attack on Jews Is Recorded on Tape;
charges of Syrian Governmental Used as Valid Trial Evidence in Beattie Case
responsibility for the activities of
TORONTO (JTA) — A tape
and made a strong plea for
the El Fata.:1 saboteurs are "sub
recording comprising a lengthy at-
legislation to curb it.
judice" in the Council.
tack against Jews by Canadian Nazi
The letter was given to Lord leader John Beattie was admitted
Lewis issued the warning as
Caradon by Israel's permanent
as evidence in Beattie's trial on one of four members of a panel
representative here, Ambassador charges of violating a city parks organized by the Jewish Labor
Michael S. Comay. and referred bylaw, which forbids language or Committee of Canada. to discuss a
specifically to the latest mine ex- action in the parks likely to stir report filed earlier this year of
plosions, one near the Syrian bor- up hatred towards a race or special committee headed by Dean
der, the other on the Jordanian religious group.
Maxwell Cohen of McGill Univer-
frontier. (See story, Page 10.)
sity, which urged legislation
The recording, which was played against race hatred.
It was noted that. so far, Jordan,
in Magistrates Court here, had
which is the only Arab member been taped by two Toronto mem-
The three other members of the
of the Council. has not spoken up bers of the police intelligence panel, also in favor of such leg-
at all on the merits of the current
bureau while Beattie delivered his islation, where Vincent Price, an
Israeli-Syrian dispute. Muhammad address in Allan Gardens last
editorial writer for the French
H. El-Farra, Jordan's representa- June.
newspaper Le Devoir; Gordon
tive on the Council, has taken the
In the speech, the Jews were Fairweather, Progressive Conserva-
floor only once, and that inter-
tive member of Parliament; and
vention was confined to a point accused of everything from "suck- Gerard Rancourt. secretary-general
of order.
ing Canada dry," in order to send of the Quebec Federation of Labor.
Twelve of the Arab League all its goods and money to Is-
Rancourt criticized the provincial
states sent a letter to the commit- rael, to causing suicides and deaths
government of Quebec for what he
tee, requesting that the PLO be in subways.
given the right to seat a delega-
called its "inaction" against dis-
Meanwhile, in Montreal, David
tion for direct participation in the
crimination. Both Price and Fair-
Lewis, deputy leader of the New
committee's deliberations. Tunisia
Democratic Party, warned here
weather supported the Cohen re-
was the only Arab member not against ignoring
the organized port as an effective measure
joining this action.
spread of the hate propaganda
against hate propaganda.
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