Is Copyright Law Anti-Semitic? David J. Goldberg;

By JACK SIEGEL

(A Seven Arta Feature)

A well-known Jewish personality
and writer said some years back
that it would be simple to finance
Palestine as a Jewish homeland if
the Gentile world would only pay
us royalties on all the Bibles they
sold.
Doubtless, the New York's Cafe
Royale, on Second Avenue, where
the Jewish intellectuals' and artists'
world convened over a plate of
pickles and pacha, this caused a
laugh of Nekoma. Palestine man-
aged to become a Jewish homeland
under totally different auspices
and in a totally different and diffi-
cult manner. In the main, the Jews
did it pretty much by themselves.
But what about the Bible?
It was a work of great art, and
before Guttenberg invented type, it
did not quite have the circulation
of later years. It was an Under-
ground creation, done in hand by
religious scribe s, and passed
around. Few people could read then
and even fewer people could write.
But the Bible had an impact far
beyond its confines. It is difficult
to get the exact amount of Bibles
sold since printing became the
message and not the medium, but
if we take a fair sampling, .we can
get a pretty good idea of the sales
and what THEY owe us.
For instance, according to the
American Bible Society, the Bible,
by which they mean the Old and
New Testament, has sold 57,928,583
copies since that organization's in-
ception in 1816. In the same period
of time, they sold 765,083,761
copies of the New Testament. So
what, you'll ask, has the New
Testament to do with us. We're
willing, under the Judaeo-Christian
ethic, to share them about 50-50
because in those days the followers
of Christ were called Christian
Jews. If that's fair enough, we
can go further. So we have here
a total of 350,000,000 Bibles sold
since 1816.
A Bible today costs about $10
but the ethic being what it is, and
having established the principle,
we'll split again and say the aver-
age cost for Bibles since 1816 is
about $5. Simple multiplication
produces $1,750,000,000 round (in
case a mistake is made in arithme-
tic.) Of course, this is nowhere
near the total. But we're being
charitable before we go public.
Just to get a little bit closer on our
due, let us throw in for a good
measure, the year 1967. In that
year alone, reports the United
Bible Society, there was a sale of

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the cut and split rate, a sale of
$125,000,000.
Now, since we've lost a lot of
the total calculation, we can afford
to ignore the ethic and take the
present royalty percentages. Gen-
erally, for a first book, it's 10 per
cent of the first 5,000, 121/2 per
cent of the second 5,000 and 15
per cent on everything over that.
By all objective measures, the
Bible is a best seller.
But, just so that they can't call
us greedy, we'll take the 121/2 per
cent royalty figure of a sale of a
1,805,000,000. And we get $225,100,-
000 for only a percentage of what
is really due us. We can, of course,
stake our claim for each year to
come, which would bring a mini-
mum of $250,000,000 a year. We're
being round about the figure in
order to be square.
In any event, the amount of
money we have a right to, based
on the American copyright law of
renewal every 18 years, begins to
amount enormously.
So who gets the bill?

Israeli Migrant Centers
Absorb Czech Refugees

HAIFA — Two classrooms of
Czechoslovak refugees were study-
ing Hebrew at the Jewish Agency
Immigration Absorption Center
here when an American television
crew began setting up lights and
cameras.
The Czech students panicked.
They refused to be photographed
and interviewed, in fear of Com-
munist reprisals against their rela-
tives in Czechoslovakia.
Many of the Czech students are
not sure of what they will do, or
where they will go, if they decide
not to remain in Israel. Many ad-
mitted that until the Six-Day War,
they hardly were aware of their
Jewish heritage and of Israel.
Yissar Shkeidi, director of the
absorption center in Haifa, ex-
pressed the hope that most of the
Czech refugees will learn to love
Israel and remain as Israeli citi-
zens. "We must give them time to
help them decide what to do," he
asserted. "If Dubcek's liberation
could be restored, many would re-
turn home. But they know this is
unlikely. The longer they are in
Israel, the better are the chances
they will decide that this is their
homeland."

Actress Shoshanah Cahane

NEW YORK (JTA)—Shoshanah
Cahane, famous Yiddish actress,
who was also a novelist and a regu-
lar staff member of the Forward,
the Yiddish daily here, died in
New York Nov. 2. She was 73.

In Memoriam I

In loving memory our dear be
loved parents and grandparents,
Max Moss, who passed away Oct.
16, 1954 (19 days in Tishri), and
Charlotte Moss, who left us on
Oct. 18, 1955 (2 days in Heshvan).
We sadly miss you.

THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS

Ex-CoalDistrilmtor

David J. Goldberg, retired owner
of the East Side Coal Co., which he
founded more than 50 years ago,
died Wednesday at age 79.
Mr. Goldberg, 19328 'Wisconsin,
was a member of Cong. Beth Tefilo
Emanuel Tikva, Beth Abraham and
Bnai Moshe. He also belonged to
the Detroit Board of Commerce,
Detroit Coal Bureau, Jericho
Lodge of the Odd Fellows and
Pisgah Lodge of Bnai Brith.
Born in Russia, Mr. Goldberg
came to Detroit 65 years ago.
He leaves his wife, Fanny; a
son, Moris; a 'daughter, Mrs. Ber-
nard (Betty) Gold; two brothers,
Albert Galin and Jack; two sisters,
Mrs. George (Celia) Orley and
Mrs. Joseph (Ida) Levinson; and
six grandchildren.

Alice Cherney, 65

Alice E. Cherney, an active
member of many communal or-
ganizations, died Monday at age
65.
Mrs. Cherney, widow of Jack
Cherney, who owned Conn's Jew-
elry in downtown Detroit for many
years, was a native Detroiter and
resided at 15231 James, Oak Park.
She was a member of Cong. Shaar-
ey Zedek, Hadassah, American
Red Cross, Women's Guild of Sinai
Hospital, Eastern Star, Zedakah
Club and the American Cancer
Society.
Survivors are two sons, Arthur
P. and Fred; a daughter, Mrs.
Sheldon (Phyllis) Kaplan; two
brothers, Reuben R. and Isadore
(Babe) Weiner; two sisters, Mrs.
Ben (Leona) Gallison and Mrs.
Jean Rosenberg of Miami; and
five grandchildren.

Rabbi Albert I. Gordon;
Headed United Synagogue

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OBITUARIES

MAE AICHENBAUM BEHRNS,
former Detroiter of Los Angeles,
died Nov. 3. Survived by her hus-
band, William; two daughters,
Mrs. Leonard Berger and Mrs.
Jerry Levin; her mother, Mrs. Ray
Aichenbauni; a brother Milton and
three sisters, Mrs. Sol (Jean) Bab-
bush, Mrs. Dore (Ann) Novitz and
Mrs. Ben (Sylvia) Lipson, all of
Detroit; and five grandchildren.
Interment Los Angeles.
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HERMAN BAND, 29810 Aber-
deen, Southfield, died Nov. 3. Sur-
vived by his wife, Dorothy; his
father, Frank Band; a son, Jef-
frey; three daughters, Mrs. Nor-
man (Harriett) Rotter, Mrs. Rich-
ard (Judith) Komer and Ida Beth;
two brothers, and four grandchil-
dren.
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LIBBIE BIEMAN, 17167 Gil-
christ, died Nov. 1. Survived by
her husband, Nathan; three sons,
Jack, Alfred and Milton of Lake-
wood, Calif.; three daughters,
Tillie Bieman, Mrs. David (Edna)
Brown and Mrs. Charles (Beatrice)
Eder; one brother, four sisters and
16 grandchildren.
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MARION BOLOKOFSKY, 15322
Northgate, Oak Park, died Nov. 3.
Survived by her husband, Morris;
two sons, Wayne and Eric; a
daughter, Beverly; her father,
Harry Felsot of Miami Beach; two
sisters and one grandchild.
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ALIZA COHEN of Portland, Ore.,
died Oct. 30. Survived by her par-
ents, Eva and Yehudah Cohen;
former Detroiters; her grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon B.
Cohen of Detroit; three sisters and
two brothers.

HARRY FINK, 21415 Virginia,
BOSTON—Rabbi Albert L Gor-
Southfield, died Nov. 4. He leaves
don, former executive director of
his wife, Fannie; a son, Sam of
the United Synagogue of America Durham, N.C.; a daughter, Mrs.
and author of several major so-
Charles (Mildred) Kaye; one sister,
ciological studies, died Wednesday
five grandchildren and two great-
at age 65.
grandchildren.
Rabbi Gordon served 16 years
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FAYE Z. GENDELMAN, 15330
where he was leader of Adath Park, Oak Park, died Nov. 3. Sur-
Jeshurun Synagogue.
vived by her husband, Nathan; a
daughter, Ronna Lynn; and three
sisters.

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daughter, Mrs. Carl (Inez) Sweet;
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key, died Nov. 2. He leaves two
sons, Emil and Louis; a daughter,
Mrs. Herman (Rose) Rader; one
brother, 12 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
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FREDA MEYERS, 11501 Petos-
key, died Nov. 5. Survived by two
sons, Leo Sunny of Spring Lake,
N. J., and Milton Schonbrun of Las
Cruses, N. M.; two daughters, Mrs.
Harry (Nettie) Last of Garden
Grove, Calif., and Mrs. Sheldon
(Gail) Lutz; two sisters, eight
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
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SALLY SCHIFF, former Detroit-
er of North Miami, died Nov. 2 She
leaves her husband, Carl; one
brother and one sister. Interment
Detroit.
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HAROLD H. SCHWARTZMAN,
former Detroiter of Van Nuys, died
Nov. 1. He leaves his wife, Vir-
ginia; a son, Marshall of Detroit;
one brother and one sister. Inter-
ment Detroit.
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SAMUEL WEINTRAUB, 19901
Strathmoor, died Nov. 1. Survived
by his wife, Anna; a son, Donald;
two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Pearl)
Venefsky and Mrs. Irving (Ann)
Onickel; one brother, one sister
and 10 grandchildren.

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