Address by Maurice Samuel Winds Up Book Fair
Programs Sunday; Dr. Kabakoff to Speak Saturday
List Poster, Painting and Oratory Contest Winners
Galitzianer Rise to Fame
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.)
About 30 years back, there was
a good deal of talk of the Hebrew
poet, Bialik, in connection with the
No'bel Prize and, as I recollect it,
Bialik himself remarked that pos-
sibly it was best that he did not
receive it. He said that as it was,
people were always saying why isn't
Bialik given the Nobel Prize, but
if they had given it to him, he
said, they might be asking: "Why
did they give him the prize?"
Agnon is a good, devout Jew. As
usual, on Saturday after receiving
Shmuel Yosef Agnon, the co-
Book Fair's impressive nine-day be "Sholem Aleichem—His Life Jewish Center, spoke at the open- winner of the Nobel Prize in liter-
ature, has been living in Israel, but
program will conclude Sunday eve- and His Works."
ing session of Book Fair.
he is a Galitzianer by birth.
ning with an address by the dis-
Young
Soloists
to
Play
Selections from "Fiddler on the
tinguished -author and lecturer, Roof" will be featured in the Sat- with Center Symphony Nov. 15
A few years back, there was talk
Maurice Samuel, Sunday evening. urday evening program.
Miriam Gargarian, pianist, and of the philosopher Martin Buber
On Saturday evening, the Hebrew
Sylvia Davis, violinist, will be solo- for the Nobel Prize, and he too was
The menora used this year
cultural group program will fea-
ists with the Center Symphony Or- a Galitzianer by birth.
on all of the publicity and posters
ture an address by Dr. Jacob Kaba-
The Zionist Organization of
chestra under the direction of
for the Jewish Center's 15th an-
koff, dean of the College of Jewish
Julius Chajes 8:30 p.m. Tuesday American has just re-elected
nual Book Fair is one which
Studies in Cleveland. Mrs. Julian
Jacques Torczyner as president,
at the Jewish Center.
was designed by Robert Cron.
Tobias is general chairman of this
Both artists were winners of a and he is a Galitzianer by birth.
bach for the Chizuk An-Juno
year's Book Fair.
A Galitzianer friend wrote me the prize, Agnon went to his hyn-
$200 cash prize, which was donated
Synagogue of Baltimore. Dr.
by Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Miller asking how it was that a Litvak agogue. According to the Jerusa-
Contest Winners
Israel M. Goldman, rabbi of the
lem newspapers, the synagogue,
The finals of the 15th Annual
Chizuk Amuno, consented to al- and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bean, in didn't get the Nobel Prize.
which usually is not too well at-
In
the
days
of
our
parents,
a
Litvak
the
second
annual
competition,
Jewish Book Fair's Oratory Con-
low the Book Fair to reproduce
was a "tselem kop." A Galician tended on Saturday, was
which was held last June.
it and use it as part of its theme.
Miss Gargarian will play Saint wrote: "Today I saw two Jews and morning crowded. Everyone car,
This Sunday will feature Mrs. Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 and a Litvak riding." A Litvak was not to see their neighbor who won 4 h,
Evelyn Orbach in "Mottel the Can- Miss Davis will perform Tchaikov- regarded even as a Jew in his eyes. great prize. Perhaps if we could
tor's Son," in performances at 2 sky's Violin Concerto. The orches- And the Litvaks said similar nice get all the Jewish Nobel Prize
and 3 p.m., as a highlight of this tra will be heard in Mozart's Sym- things about the Galician.
winners to attend synagogue, we
year's children's programing.
phony No. 39.
Geography in general cut more might see a revival in Judaism.
Mrs. Martha Marenof, Detroit
There were many interesting
ice. There was not only the chasm
Agnon has been writing since
author, will have storytelling for highlights in this year's Book between Galician and Litvak and
childhood. He is a very • hard
preschool through third grade chil- Fair.
between German and Russian Jews, worker. Michelangelo once said,
dren at 2:15 and 3:15 p.m.
Dr. Carl Voss, biographer of but a great many of the synagogues if people knew how hard he worked
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, inspired a boasted of their local geographical they would not think it's so won-
The public is invited.
Large crowds attending the open- large - Hadassah audience on
uniqueness. I recall that a leader derful.
ing programs of the 15th annual Tuesday.
of European Jewry, arriving in
Susan Shapiro
Genius too must work. Agnon
That night, Mrs. David de Sola this country, complained that he
Jewish Book Fair enthusiastically
Pool rendered a service with her was taken to the Biyalistoker is continually revising his writings.
test were held last Sunday after-
interesting evaluation of the two "shul," the Lubliner "shul," etc., He has revised several times one
noon.
Nobel Prize winners, S. Y. Agnon but no one took him to the Jewish of his most published books.
The first place winner was Susan
and Nelly Sachs. Julian Tobias
Agnon says that, at times, he
Shapiro of Temple Israel. Second
greeted that audience which rep-
Today we can repeat with the feels as if he is but the mouth-
place winner was Kriendel Grubner
resented the Jewish National Fund. Psalmist: "How good it is for piece and someone is dictating the
of Cong. Beth Jacob and third
Theatrical performances, the brethren to dwell together in words he is writing. So he leaves
place winner was Stuart Zeiger of
Sholem Aleichem evening and unity."
Temple Israel.
the door open to inspiration.
other events added glamor to the
Participating in the finals were
annual event.
Ferne Gaines of Cong. Beth
Especially interesting in the
Shalom, Yaakov Stollman of Beth
book displays were the sections
Yehudah Schools, Janet Krohn of
devoted to Israel and Hebrew
Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Susan Blitz
books and the children's books
of Beth Jacob Schools, Dana Aron-
BY AHARON ROSEN
exhibition. There is also a dis-
off of Bnai Moshe, Ben Schiff of
play of Israel coins in the Israel conversation
Habonim, and Janice Blau of South
rirrtt) .36 housing project
room at the exhibition,
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Oakland County Junior Hadassah.
see bah
shee-koon
The El-Am edition of the Tal-
Judges of the oratory contest
mud, published in Israel by the blessing
were David A. Goldman, Joseph
tRfl .3 7 three
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El-Am Publishing Company and
H. Jackier, Dr. Seymour Riklin,
b' rah-khah
shah-lohsh
sponsored by the National Academy
Harvey C o v e n s k y and Samuel
four
for Adult Jewish Studies of the new immigrant thrl ;1'7.117 .3 8
Rhodes.
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United Synagogue of America, is
The winners of the 15th annual
oh-le 13a h-dahsh
ahr-bah
now completing its first year of
Jewish Book Fair poster and paint-
country, state
publication.
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ing contest, announced Sunday
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DR. JACOB KABAKOFF
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In
celebration
of
El-Am's
first
afternoon, were: First place, Jori
Potiker, Grade 6, Temple Israel, received Dr. Israel Knox of New anniversary and to inaugurate the the
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second place, David Shapero, Grade York University and Dr. Chaim second year of the series, the Na-
hah.
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8, Temple Beth El; third place, Potok, new editor of the Jewish tional Academy sponsored an El-
Am Talmud Kallah, laymen's in-
Barbara Faudman, Grade 8, Tem- Publication Society of America.
On Sunday evening with Mrs. stitute, here, Monday, in coopera-
ple Emanuel.
All entries will be on display at Samuel J. Rhodes p r e s i d i n g, tion with the Book Fair of the Jew-
the Jewish Center throughout the awards were presented to Judge ish Community Center. The ses-
Theodore Levin, Philip Slomovitz sion's theme was "The Talmud:
Book Fair.
Judging the contest were Ben and Leonard Simons for their ef- The Foundation of Jewish Life."
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Glicker, art instructor at the Jew- forts in the field of Jewish litera- It was led by Rabbi Benjamin
ish Community Center, and addi- ture. Robert Zieve, 11 year old Kreitman of the Brooklyn Jewish =it.)
tional Book Fair committee mem- grandson of Leonard Simons, ac- Center, chairman of the commit-
cepted the award of the JPS on be- tee on Jewish law and standards
bers.
-
half of his grandfather.
of the Rabbinical Assembly. Rabbi
Samuel's Address
Milton Miller, president of the Moses Lehrman was chairman.
. 17 ;Itir.
Maurice Samuel will speak on
"The Destiny of Russian Jewry,"
8:15 p.m. Sunday. His appear.
ance, part of the 15th annual
Jewish Book Fair celebration, is
sponsored by the Jewish Commu-
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Finance ment.
nity Council in cooperation with
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organizations affiliated with the ministry sources disclosed Sunday
Other Mapam leaders told the
American Jewish Conference on that Israeli state income for the meeting that joblessness stemming
Soviet Jewry. Dr. Samuel Krohn, past seven months has been 115,- from the austerity program would
president of the Council, will pre- 000,000 pounds ($38,300,000) less not increase productivity but would
side.
than had been forecast in the gen- destroy worker morale.
A leading American intellectual eral budget.
Meanwhile, Israel's treasury pre-
who has spoken out strongly on
It was indicated that this sharp sented to the Cabinet its proposed
the religious and cultural disabil- drop was due to Israel's current budget for the next fiscal year, be-
tly
ities currently imposed on Soviet retrenchmen program and general ginning April 1, believed to amount
Jewry, Samuel has written exten- economic squeeze. The figures to 5,000,000,000 Israel pounds ($1,-
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sively on the Jewish experience in were disclosed after rumors circu- 667,000,000). The budget for the
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Eastern Europe. His most recent lated that the state income had current fiscal year amounted to
effort, "Blood Accusation" deals been hit even harder by the gov- 4,600,000,000 pounds ($1,533,000,000).
,teiL7y
—
with the famous case of Mendel ernment's austerity program.
The next budget, officials of the
Beiliss, the Russian Jew who in
The disclosure was only one of treasury said, was based on the
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1911 became the victim of a bizarre several developments indicating a premise that Israel's economic ac-
conspiracy against the Jews cen- deepening of the economic pinch. tivity would continue unchanged
tering on the age-old, anti-Semitic Israel's huge auto assembly plant, next year, despite the new auster-
t e — as in pen
"blood ritual" libel.
Ilin Industries in Haifa, closed its ity programs freezing wages and
In addition to his lecture at 8:15 facilities Saturday night after its prices. The treasury has requested
p.m., Samuel will visit the Jewish workers struck in protest against all government departments to cut
Reading material in vowelized easy Hebrew and material for
Center at 3 p.m. on Sunday to dis- the dismissal of 110 other workers. back on expenditures and econo- advanced students may be obtained by writing to Brit Ivrit Olamit,
cuss his book and participate in an
Since Jan. 1, more than half of mize in the use of all funds at their P.O. Box 7111, Jerusalem, Israel.
autograph party.
Published by Brit Ivrit Olamit
the plant's normal complement of disposal.
1,200 employes have been laid off,
Address by Kabakoff
At the same time, it was indi-
Supplementing this series of Hebrew Self-Taught lessons,
The address by Dr. Kabakoff, with less than 500 remaining.
cated that the government's income
The continuous rise in unem- during the current fiscal period is a self-instructional manual has been published by the Jewish
Saturday night, is sponsored by the
ployment prompted Yaakov Ha- expected to drop by about 200,000,- Community Center of Detroit. It was prepared by Irwin
Hebrew Cultural Group. The meet-
ing will be chaired by Nathan zan, a leader of the leftist Mapam 000 pounds (about $67,000.000) be- Shaw, director of the Center and is available at the Center.
Pary, to warn Saturday night at low the expected income. Treasury The manual was published by arrangement with the Achiasaf
Goldenberg.
Dr. Kabakoff is a leading author-
a meeting in Ramat Gan that if
circles, however, stressed their Publishing House of Jerusalem. The lessons and the manual
ity on Hebrew literature. A noted the government did not take ur- belief that taxes will not have to are used in the Hebrew classes at the Center.
educator, he has written extensive- gent steps to deal with the prob- be raised to meet the new budget
1y for various Jewish magazines. lem
am might quit Premier during the life of the government's
The topic of his address here will Levi
kol's coalition govern- new austerity program.
40—Friday, November 11, 1966
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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