Angoff—Positive Interpreter of Jewish Values
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Charles Angoff has become sort
of a guide to Jewish knowledge in
p his novely. Positive interpreter of
events based on knowledgeability,
Angoff presents conditions with a
sense of dedication.
His newest work, the novel "Me-
mory of Autumn," which has beep
published by Thomas Yoselqd,
continues the Polonsky story.
Built around the lives of Jews
who are challenged by existing
conditions, who respond to Jewish
apeals, who view Jewish life nos-
talgically, with a desire to absorb
the cultural, the Angoff themes in-
struct, guide, present facts realis-
tically and on a basis of actuality.
Thus, in "Memory of Autumn,"
Angoff introduces many themes,
he uses Yiddish words in their
proper fashion. Unlike so many
Jewish writers who have learned a
few Yiddish and Hebrew words
and distort them, he is fully
knowledgeable.
In his new novel, for instance,
he tells the story of Emma Laza-
rus and he treats it with dignity.
He frames discussions about Jew-
ish leaders and former Jews who
Michigan Bank Buys $50,000 in. Bonds
Lucius Battle Quits State Dept.; Going to Visit Egypt'
WASHINGTON (JTA) —Lucius Egypt where he is expected to
D. Battle, assistant secretary of meet with President Nasser. Pres-
State for Near Eastern and South ident Johnson has designated
African affairs, announced his Parker T. Hart, ambassador to
resignation. His last important of- Turkey, to succeed Battle.
ficial mission before it takes ef-
fect on Oct. 1 will be a visit to Classified Ads Get Quick Results
had abandoned faith and affilia-
tions, and the manner in which he
traces the facts is positive, valu-
able, truthful, without distortions.
When Nehame and David discuss
Jacob Astor in relation to the Astor
Hotel, Angoff has the facts.
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There are interesting comments 22—Friday, September 20, 1968
on intermarriage and other prob-
lems. For instance, Nehame tells
David:
"But maybe even Jews who be-
become goyim really remain Jews.
A Jew remains a Jew. I think it
was Zangwill, the ,Jewish-English
writer, who wrote a story about a
beautiful Jewish girl, in :England,
I think, who married a Christian,
and they had children who were
brought up as Christians. It nearly
always happens that way, the chil-
dren become goyim, and the chil-
dren grew up, and they had chil-
dren, and her husband died, and
she remained alone. There was
money, so she had no problems on
that account. She got very old.
And one day one of her daughters,
who was already grown up, visited
her, and she saw that her mother
was all alone in the front room.
She was reading what looked like
a prayer book. The mother talked
to the daughter, of course, and then 1.11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111M11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111W1111111111 111111111111111111M1111111111111111111111111111111
it came out that the mother hadn't
had any breakfast or any lunch,
and she didn't offer her daughter
anything. The daughter became
worried, and she asked her mother
what was the matter. So the
mother told her there was nothing
the matter, but that today was
Yom Kippur, and she was fasting.
So you see, Jews don't forget."
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Informative, creative, with a
positive approach to Jewish life,
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Happy, Healthy
respectful to , traditions, back-
grounds and family affiliations,
the new Angoff story follows an
and Prosperous New Year
established pattern that elevates
him above the sex-maniacal.
To The Entire Jewish Community
The author's treatment of holi-
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days and observances similarly is
marked by a sense of dedication
and love for the heritage that is
Jewry's. It is in this fashion that
Angoff again emerges as the -=-
wholesome interpreter of Jewish
values in his new novel, "Memory
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of Autumn."
Greetings on The New Year
To Our
Relatives and Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Elliman
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The Michigan Bank, National Association, has taken an addi-
tional position in State of Israel Bonds, it was announced by Stanford
C. Stoddard, president of the bank. The bank purchased $50,000 of
the newly launched Second Development Investment Issue of 5'A.-
per cent 90-day-on-demand State of Israel Bonds. The new $200,000-
000 issue is for banks and other eligible institutions. This purchase
brings the holding of the Michigan Bank to $125,000 in State of
Israel Bonds. At the presentation of a check for the $50,000 addi-
tional Israel Bond purchase are (from left) Frank R. Welsher,
senior vice president and comptroller; David Pollock, Israel' Bond
institutional chairman, and Stanford C. Stoddard, president, Michi-
gan Bank.
2 Freed Arabs Beg Return to Israel
After Maltreatment by Jordanians
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — Two Arab pris-
oners who went to Jordan after
their release from an Israeli jail
Tuesday were returned to Israeli
territory Tuesday night after hav-
ing been imprisoned and beaten
in Amman.
The two Arabs were part of a
group of 16 prisoners that Israel
agreed to release as a "humani-
tarian gesture" for the return of
the hijacked El Al airliner by
Algeria.
(The New York Times reported
Wednesday that the first five of
the prisoners were released and
returned to the Gaza Strip and
northern Sinai.)
The two Arabs, who had been
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serving terms for infiltration into
Israel territory, elected to return
to Jordan. Jordanian authorities
agreed to accept them, and they
were handed over by representa-
tives of the International Red
Cross. Late Tuesday night they
turned up at the Allenby Bridge
begging to be readmitted to Is-
raeli territory. According to their
story, they were arrested, ques-
tioned and beaten by the Jordan-
ians.
Egyptian and Lebanese authori-
ties have still not replied to re-P
quests by several other prisoners
to return to their territory. The
requests were transmitted by the
Red Cross, which interviewed the
prisoners.
BY HENRY LEONARD
The Agins Family
BLESSINGS ON THE
The Maimonides Code:
Weighing the Human Balance
on the New Year
Just as the merits and sins of a person are weighed at the time
of his death, so, each year are the sins and merits of each man who
enters this world weighed on the holy day of Rosh Hashana. He who
is foUnd righteous is sealed for life, and he who is found guilty is
sealed for death; and the one who is neither, but "in between," — his
judgment is left pending until Yom Kippur. If he repents he is
sealed for life and if not he is sealed for death.
Although the blowing of the Sofar on Rosh Hashana is an inscru-
table Divine decree, yet there is a hint in it—as if to say, "Wake ye
sleepers from your sleep, and you who have fallen into a deep
sleep, arise from your slumber! Examine your deeds, return in
penitence and remember your Creator. Those who forget the truth
in the foolishness of the times and err their whole year in nonsense
and emptiness which helps not nor saves them—look unto your souls!
Improve your ways and your actions and let each of you forsake his
evil way and his thoughts which are not good."
Therefore a person should consider himself the whole year as if
he would be half innocent and half guilty. And he should consider
the whole world as half innocent and half guilty. If he commits one
sin he will have pushed his balance and that of the whole world to the
side of guilt and caused its destruction. If he does one Mitzva he will
have pushed the whole world to the side of merit and saved it. It is
for this reason that the whole house of Israel• is accustomed to increase
its charity and good deeds and to engage in Mitzvos from Rosh
Hashana to Yom Kippur even more so than the whole year.
(Rambam, Hilchos T'shuva, Ch. 3)
"Why, our Rabbi hasn't aged a bit since we
saw him last Roth Hashanahl"
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