THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 22, 1967-43.
Silver's 'How to E njoy This Moment' l
Motivated in his thesis on a tal-i osophy based on the world's needs
mudic passage accredited to the I for happiness and the formulas to
Pharisees "which declares that in be applied in the search for it.
the next world we will be held ac-
a con-
countable not only for our sins but I "Why not be happy?"
for our failures to enjoy all legiti- eluding question that permeates
mate pleasures in this world," Rab- the entire collection. He advises
bi Samuel M. Silver of Stamford, ' how to overcome tragedies, encour-
ages optimism and enthusiasm, em-
Conn.. has com-
phasizes: "be stubborn, insist on
piled a series of
happiness."
essays aimed at
teaching how to
Urging that people should aim
have pleasure in
to make each day brighter for
life in his book
someone, he advocates living "in
"Ilow to Enjoy
love and laughter" and he be-
This Moment."
lieves in praising people for
what they are and what they do
published by Tri-
dent Press (630
to help make happier relation-
.
ships.
5th. NY 20). Dr. Silver
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Great Tale Weaver;
His Immense `Manor' and 'Mazer Stories
Isaac B a shevis Singer rates
among the world's most distin-
guished novelists and short story
writers. His numerDus works in-
cluded best sellers. His narratives
linked history with sociology, cur-
rent Jewish experiences with en-;
vironmental factors; they recon-
struct life in the shtetl and por-
tray the agonies of a people dur-
ing an era not only of persecution
but also of economic sufferings. '
Singer's works were not limited
to works for adults. Ile has won
fame with his stories for children
and his "Zlateh the Goat" is a ;
most fascinating book of, stories
for the youth.
Now comes another great work
for youngsers — Singers' "Diaz- i
el and Shlimazel or the Milk of
a Lioness." Published, like the:
the insurrection of Count Wladis-
1863 for the most part lived in
law Jampolski, in the 1860s, Sing-
a ghetto atmosphere, now began
er again makes Poland the center
to play an important role in Pol-
of action in a powerful novel which
' ish industry, commerce, the arts
has been translated from the Yid-
and sciences. All the, spiritual
dish by•his nephew Joseph Singer
and intellectual ideas that tri-
and Elaine Gottlieb.
umphed in the modern era had
their roots in the world of that
Calnian Jacoby becomes the
time — socialism and nationa-
manager of the-manor lands of the
lism, suffragetism, atheism, the
imprisoned count and the Jacoby
weakening of the family bond,
family's developing experiences,
free love and even the begin-
the son's abandonment of father's
nings of Fascism."
piety and his embracing of the
spirit of Enlightment. the daugh-
These are the factors that are
ter's conversion to Christianity and implanted in this great novel, the
marriage to the count's son, who elements that lead Singer to dis-
became Count Lucian, the dis- cuss the influence of an era, the
soluteness. the conflicts, the con- changes in Jewish life, the effects
trasts — all form a family situa- of assimilation, the increase in
In the 30 articles in this volume,
Ile devotes a chapter on "How to
tion that emerges into a great assimilation.
Dr. Silver puts into shape a phil- Teach Your Children tidbits of
drama, typical of the approaches
Happiness" and he advises how to
"The Manor" is the story about
by Singer in dealing with events' Jews in an historic: in a sense a
solidify the family in conviviality.
in Poland. and the status of Jews critical, era; a narrative about
in
studying
and
sharing
humor
to-,
earlier
children's
book
about
HAPPY 11 ANUICA
pettier. in love and understanding.
Poland. about changing genera-
Zlateb and nearly all other of the and Jewish communities.
Psychiatric factors, religious de-
Singer novels and short stories,
In a note appended to this tions. the conflicts within Jewry
votions, the wisdom of the ages
U. T: Garden
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.)
volume Singer explains that and the relationships with the non-
are drawn upon by Rabbi Silver
this magnificent Ariel Book,
"The Manor," published after his Jews: the temptations of the age
- Family Moskat" (only recently
and the factors that have left their
in the preparation of this material,
beautifully printed in large for-
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which is certain to serve excellent-.
mat,
contains
a
story
the
emin-:
reissued and again attracting deep marks on a time of crisis,
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ly in brightening the days of the
ent tale-weaver heard from his;
wide attention), "portrays an leading up to the present which
readers — as the author aims.
mother and passes' it on to our ;
earlier period — the epoch be- in some instances feels these ef-
generation. It was written in
tween the Polish insurrection of fects from a period of storm and
Yiddish, appears in the present
1863 and the end of the 19th stress.
English text in a translation by
Century. It was the era of gas
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the author himself together with
lamps. The time when the Poles
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Elizabeth Shub and with a re-
had finally become resigned to
markably fine set of pictures —
their loss of independence and
including many full-page illus-
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rapidly. The Jews, who until
with her expressive pictures. Of
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"Mazel and Shlimazel."
In many respects, not in title
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that he can accomplish his task of
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• liked him. When the king became
gravely ill and was told he'd .peed
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Isaac Bashevis Singer's major
current work, "The Manor," is co-
published by Farrar. Straus and
Giroux with the Jewish Publication
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