THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Constitution 'Package'
22—Friday, October 6, 1967
British Novelist Assigns Royalties to Israel Army
LONDON (JTA) — Daphne du fund of the Israel Defense Forces.
Maurier, the popular British novel- Miss du Maurier is the widow
ist, disclosed that all royalties from of Gen. Sir Robert Browning, cre-
the Hebrew-language editions of ator and commander of the British
her books would go to the welfare parachute brigade in World War II.
Bothers School Aid Foes
ALBANY, N.Y. (JTA) — Jewish
backers of church-state separation
in New York State have been
presented with the problem of de-
ciding whether they should support
a proposed new state constitution
which eliminates a '73-year-old
clause barring state aid to reli-
gious-sponsored schools.
Holt - Rinehart - Winston Reissues
Wiesel's 'Town Beyond the Wall'
"The Town Beyond the Wall" by Was it a game? And what are
Elie Wiesel, published in 1964, cre- the rules of such a game? The suf-
ated so much interest that all the fering is evident and there can be
published volumes were exhausted. not forgetting. In the midst of this
It was then published by Athene- soul searching and heart probing,
ime there re-
um. It won the Prix Rivarol award of reveali ng the cr,
m ains the prayer in the receding
in France.
night.
The
author
concludes
his
Semi-Annual Meeting of
Considering the significance of novel with a legend:
In its stead, the convention added this work, Holt, Rinehart and Win-
Legend tells us .that one day man
to the constitution the language ston (383 Madison, NY17) have
spoke to God in this wise:
of the Federal Bill of Rights for- just republished it in a new edi-
"Let us change about. You be
bidding any law respecting the tion.
When the book first appeared, man, and I will be God. For' only
establishment of religion and to
give any citizen the right to bring it was reviewed in The Jewish one second."
God smiled gently and asked
legal action against the state or News (May 22, 1964) and the re-
him, "Aren't you afraid?"
its subdivisions to restrain uncon- viewer stated:
"No. And you?"
Three novels by Elie Wiesel—
Thursday, Oct. 12, 12:30 p.m.
stitutional expenditures.
"Yes, I am," God said.
T h e constitutional convention "Night," "Dawn" and "The Acci-
Nevertheless he granted man's
ended its work last week with a dent" — all translated from the desire. He became a man, and the
at the Jewish Community Center
94-81 vote to send the new basic French, already had drawn very
CURTIS AND MEYERS
charter it produced in six months wide attention to the able author man took his place and immediate-
of work to the voters at a special whose psychological-sociological. ly availed himself of his omnipo-
The Jewish women of Detroit are invited to this
election Nov. 7 as a single package. studies of people and events re- • „,„
meeting and to hear the
A number of state Republican toted to the Nazi era are among
the most brilliant of the post-war
leaders, including Gov. Nelson
GUEST SPEAKER:
Rockefeller, had urged the con- era.
vention to place some of the more The newest work by the 36-year-
controversial sections of the new old foreign correspondent, w h o
constitution — such as the Blaine covers the United Nations, and who
Amendment which bars state funds has served as correspondent in
for religious schools — on the Nov. Paris, adds nobly to a glorious
7 ballot separately. literary career. His "The Town
Jewish civil rights groups, as Beyond the Wall," translated from
well as Reform and Conservative the French by Stephen Becker,
Author of "Swift Sword,"
religious groups have strongly op- Published by Atheneum (162 E.
38th, NY 16), emphasizes a talent
The Story of
posed repeal of the Blaine Amend-
Israel's Six-Day War
ment. Orthodox Jewish groups in in narration.
This is an allegorical novel. It
the state have supported repeal
is replete with legends and the
with equal emphasis.
Musical selections by
author's powerful resort to sym-
Bel Canto Choral Group
bolism makes his new work stand
U. S. Newspapers
out as a literary gem.
Eighty precent of America's
Directed by
The four chapters are dedicated
ELIE WIESEL
nearly 10,000 newspapers are to the first, second, third and final
Cantor Simon Bermanis
weeklies serving rural, small town prayers of a youngster imbued with tence: he refused to revert to his
and suburban "hometown" corn- fervor, who, having survived the
A dessert luncheon will be served
previous state. So neither God nor
munities. Less than four per cent humiliations under Nazism, goes man was ever again what he seem-
For Reservations
are metropolitan dailies; three-
No Admission Charge
fourths of the 1,754 dailies are back to his native city to solve the ed to be.
problem of those who had failed to
No Solicitations
Y ears passed, centuries, perhaps
published in cities of less than ' act during the acts of terrorism.
And suddenly the drama
25.000 population.
Wall
"Th
quickened. The past for one. and
is a remarkable story in the the present for the other, were too
sense of the author's deep knowl-
r"—
heavy to be borne.
edge of Jewish traditions, his
As the liberation of the one was
LE SHONO TOVO .
understanding of life in the
bound
to the liberation of the
ghetto, his interpretation of
other, they renewed the ancient
Jewish values.
dialogue
whose echoes conies to us
Ile describes the Sabbath: "Like
a mantle of purple silk the Sab- in the night, charged with hatred,
bath came to drape the city at with remorse. and most of all, with
sundown on Friday. The city's face infinite yearning.
changed visibly. Merchants closed
What a remarkable commentary
their shops, coachmen went home on the experiences of the conflict
because there were no passengers, in which man's hatred was so dom-
the pious proceeded to the ritual inant in our time! It is no wonder
baths to purify their bodies. The that the narrator• in his final ut-
Sabbath is compared to a queen. terance, asserts: "The real heights
it is proper to have body and soul are like the real depths: you find
clean, to merit her visit. The Sab- them at your own level, in simple
bath: the essence of Judaism. The and honest conversation• in glances
divine revelation in Time . . ." heavy with existence."
Then follows the description of
Thus man is studied and found
the Sabbath aura.
wanting, and resort to prayer aims
All this is part of the nostalgia at fulfillment as tragedy is unfurl-
with which the young Michael, re- ed — in a great drama by Elie
PFC. JOSEPH L. BALE POST NO. 474
calling his youth, his having been Wiesel. —P.S.
DETROIT POST NO. 135
Fred Waterstone, Commander
torn away from family, the murder
Morris Simon, Commander
of his mother, craves for the old
Ethel Arden, Auxiliary President
POST 510
city.
Gerald Herwitz, Commander
JONES POST NO. 190
Interlinked are legends, stories
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
Lila Reder, Auxiliary President
Joseph Jones, Commander
about the Vilna Gon, about the
(Copyrlsht 1967. JTA Inc.)
Ruth Schreiber, Auxiliary President
Jerusalem in biblical times was
Zohar, about the ceremonials which
LT. ROY F. GREEN POST NO. 529
had elevated Jewish life. And the a "walled city." In order to enter
LT. ELI LEVIN POST NO. 230
Morris Singer, Commander
memories of Auschwitz—the "last the city, one had to pass through
Bernice Silver, Auxiliary President
Maurice Bordelove, Commander
stop" — and the defiance as ex- any one of the various gates that
pressed in the prayers. were made in the wall to allow
FLINT POST NO. 231
YETZ-COHEN POST NO. 530
Survival mingles with destruc- entry and exit. There are seven
Herman Cohen, Commander
Charles Glass, Commander
tion, and the author probes into gates in the city wall today. There
Carmen Rachwol, Auxiliary President
Anne Weinstein, Auxiliary President
life and death, into the meaning were others which have since been
I p LT. RAYMOND ZUSSMAN POST NO. 333
of godliness and man's role in the closed. One of these gates, still
SHOLOM POST NO. 537
Saul Forman, Commander
ire existence today, is called the
Al Pasick, Commander
soul-starring episodes.
Beverly Silver, Auxiliary President
lima Pasick, Auxiliary President
The tale that Michael relates "Damascus Gates." It was given
a
peasant
this
name by Christians in modern
about
the
attempt
of
SGT. MORTON A. SILVERMAN POST
HARVEY DATER POST NO. 559 (Lansing)
to save him and his mother, with times ecause the gate opens up
NO. 418
Bernard B. Friedland, Commander
the
tragic
end,
of
the
latter,
is
to
a
road which eventually leads
Dr. Leonard Schreiber, Commander
one of the very deeply moving to the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Toby Lantz, Auxiliary President
OAK PARK POST NO. 716
incidents in a dramatic tale. It is mentioned in the Byzantine
BLOCH-ROSE POST NO. 420
Sam Fischer, Commander
In the Great Synagogue the period under the name of Porta
Bertha Fischer, Auxiliary President
Saul Glosser, Commander
young Grand Rabbi speaks about Neopolitana because it was the
Lino Burnstein, Auxiliary President
the punishment of the Jews by starting point to the new city
PFC. DORAN GOLDFARB TRI-CITY POST
God because He Loves them and is Neopolis (Arabic Nablis) built on
ROBERT J. RAFELSON POST NO. 431
"determined to make them pure the site of the biblical city of
NO. 727 (Saginaw)
Fred Erlebacher, Commander
Lewis
!merman,
Commander
and just." Meanwhile, like ghosts, Schehem. The Arabs call this
Dr.
Evelyn Schwartz, Auxiliary President
the Jews carry their knapsacks, on gate Bab el Amud ("Gate of the
the way to doom, and the narrator Pillar"), possibly because of a
expresses merely curiosity, not pillar which once stood inside the
hate nor anger, because he fails gate. This pillar was shown in a
to understand, because: "How can 8th Century map of the area.
DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER
anyone remain a spectator indefi-
of
nitely? How can anyone continue
ew g
avinese
to embrace the woman he loves, fora
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GEN. S. L A.
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call DI 1-0708
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Sincerely Wish a New Year of Continuous Peace
and Happiness to the Entire Jewish Community.
Damascus Gate
LOUIS A. BENTON
BERTHA GREENBERG
HARRY L. FRIEDMAN
JWV MEMORIAL HOME ASSOCIATION
al■••■■•■••
to pray to God with fervor if not mated 350,000,000 for the funeral
faith, to dream of a better tomor- of Sir Winston Churchill in London
row—after having seen that?" on Jan. 30, 1985.