10—Friday, November 15, 1968
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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The Yiddish Musical Comedy editions, children's books, Hebrew
Theater will present a variety show and Yiddish titles and the works
8:15 p.m. Saturday as first of the of guest speakers.
concluding events of the 17th an-
nual Jewish Book Fair at the Jew-
ish Center
The final day will start with a
children's Sunday school program
at 10:30; story telling hours at 11
Isaac Bashevis Singer has gained
a.m., 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.; and pres- such wide fame, and his works
entation of "The Brave Little Tail- have acquired -such importance in
or," 2 p.m.
literary circles, that mere news-
Rabbi Herbert Tarr, author of paper reviews of his creative
"Heaven Help Us," will speak at efforts no longer suffice. We now
an 8:30 p.m. event sponsored by have a complete volume in which
the Temple Beth El Men's Club.
his efforts are interestingly ana-
In the gift book area are special lyzed.
In "Isaac Bashevis Singer and
the Eternal Past," published by
New York University Press, Irving
Buchen thoroughly studies all of
Singer's novels and stories. He
probes into his labors to explain
the paradox of his creative efforts
and he explains both the back-
ground of Singer the Yiddish story-
teller who turns to the ghetto and
the shtetel for his sources as well
as his resort to modern themes.
I. B. Singer's Works
Notably Analyzed
We have in this work a splen-
did review of Singer's novels and
stories and also an account of
the author's life. Buchen's book
is intended as a guide for those
who read Singer in the original
Yiddish as well as in Transla-
lation — and Singer, who gains
most now from the translations,
also has collaborated in writing
English texts and in assisting in
translations.
FJOIS FAIR
It's Book Fair Time, and Nor-
man Cottler, owner of the Dexter-
Davison Markets is again adver-
tising the fair on his shopping bags.
With him is Mrs. Henry Berris,
Buchen's study deals with
chairman of the book fair.
Singer's earliest work, "The Fam-
ily Moskat," as well as his most
recent short stories.
The 240-page book has special
chapter3 on "Satin in Goray," "The
Slave," "The Magician of Lublin,"
"The Manor" and the shorter
fiction.
Greer Garson and Gene Barry,
While Singer is viewed as deal-
two Hollywood personalities long ing both with the Yiddish as well
associated with the City of Hope as the modern themes, Buchen
Hospital and Medical Center, nar- charges him with being "out of
rate a 12-minute color film to be place in American and modern
shown at the De- times and terms."
troit Business-
The most serious criticism is
ity of Hope Men
to Show Film at
Dinner-Dance
nien's Group din- Nanent the ghost and its treat-
er-dance Nov. 23
ment and Buchen calls him "a
t the Sheraton- living anachronism," that he is
adillac Hotel.
"equally out of place in modern
Moe Miller is
and American times and terms."
chairman of the
The charge is that "he is not fa-
56th annual din-
miliar with the works of the so-
ner-dance, which
called Jewish-American writers,"
will feature spe- that '"his own definition of what
cial guest enter- constitutes a Jewish writer would
Miller
tainers and a sur-
exclude nearly all of them from
prise Hollywood celebrity.
the group." But while contend-
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ing that upon his arrival in this
According to Dr. Robert B.
country in 1935 he :showed no
desire to portray the American
Rosen, City of Hope chairman of
pediatrics, there are some 100
experience his `!Short Friday and
cases of acute leukemia in the
Other Stories" of 1964 showed a
United States five of them at his
change and two of his tales in-
hospital — who have lived five or
dicated, "a crucial distinction."
more years in complete remission
Buchen's analyses take into ac-
of all symptoms of the disease.
count Singer's interpretations of
One of them is a 13-year-old boy demonism and his emphasis on this
who has lived 10 years with no theme.
further evidence of the disease.
"Singer is representative of the
Dr. Rosen said after treatment Jewish writer to whom the oblique
and
the sensational are the most
of leukemia begins, it is usually
possible to tell within a month if powerful avenues to the center and
a remission, or diminution, of to the true," the critic states in
the disease is to be obtained. Dr. this book. Singer's we are told "is
Rosen said the first effective an art sealed in -Upon - itself; it is
drug for the treatment of acute both literature and triticism - .".
Interesting also is. Bushen's com-
leukemia became available in
1947. 'Since then, four more have . ment that Singer -"consciously in-
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France's Submission to Nazis, Weakness
of Petain Told in Williams' Ides of May
"The Ides in the Roman calen- I tary prestige, to the Dreyfus Af-
the 15th day of certain' faire. There are historical analyses
months, including May," as indi- I of the role of the left-wingers, the
cated on an introductory page, ex- I attitudes — and fears — of the
plains title of "The Ides of people, the lethargy, but es-
May—the Defeat of France, May-j pecially the incompetence that ac-
June, 1940," by John Williams, I counted for failures to meet the
published by Knopf. Hitler hordes.
Dramatic in every respect, the
This day-by-day account of the
history of one of the tragic eras Williams story gains momentum in
in French history, a sad event that the chapter on "The Fateful Fif-
affected the peace of the world, is teenth," which is subtitled with a
a thorough analysis of the collapse quotation from General Maurice
of the French army, of the incom- Gamelin: "Yes, it's the destruction
petence, the divisiveness, the of the French army."
failure to meet the Nazi challenge I Especially valuable in this his-
and the subsequent German on- I tory -ef one of Europe's most
slaught that led to the conquest tragic events is the pleading, the
and humiliation. I cajoling for action; the role of
Williams briefly analyzes French ; Winston Churchill who traveled to
history, refers inter alia, describ-1 Paris to consult with French lead-
, ing the fall in the country's mill- ers in an effort to fortify the de-
dar,
Ridgeway Challenges Universities
In view of the crisis in our uni- ing the interest of their professors
versifies, and the proposals that and students in. education, and if
higher education be made free for some of these were taken up, then
all—because of the revolt of youth at least it would be possible to ad-
and the confusion that has set in— vantageously discuss the politics of
there is immense value in the these institutions.
study that was made by James
"The principle that should gov-
Ridgeway in "The Closed Corpora- ern higher education, and all edu-
tion — American Universities in cation in America, surely is simple
Crisis," published by Random enough: Since educational institi-
House. tions are generally regarded as
In his conclusion to his analyses, serving a public function, and fi-
in which he deals with the univer- nanced to a large extent by the
sity as a business, the university's, general citizenry, they ought to be
proprietors, the political and responsible to the public. The dif-
economic aspects, the author, ferent institutions should be run by
states: students, teachers and administra-
; tors who are concerned with edu-
"The idea that the university is cation. And they should be free to
a community of scholars is a myth. all.
WHEN YOU 'Pic A COCKTAIL
The professors are less interested
These are challenging words and
in teaching students than in yank-
ing the levers of their new com- in the context of the current de-
bines so that these machines will bates this volume may well serve
grow bigger and go faster. The as a guide in solving one of the
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university has in large part been nation's most serious problems.
reduced to serving as banker-
broker for the professors' outside
interests. The charming elitism of
the professors has long since given
way to the greed of the social and
political scientists whose manipu-
lative theories aim only at political
power. Meanwhile, the undergrad-
uate students lie in campus holding
pens, while graduate apprentices
read them stories. The stories are
boring, and students turn to mak-
ing their own 'free universities' or
spend their time hatching political
revolutions on the outside.
"There are certain structural
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changes of a democratic bent that ;
might assist universities in gain-
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1st Coordinated Program
for Aged Begun in NYC
NEW YORK (JTA)—Creation of
a new agency to provide the first
voluntarily - supported coordinated
program for care and rehabilitation
of the aged in the New York City
area, with projected capital out-
lays of more than $88,000,000, was
announced this week by the Fed-
eration of Jewish Philanthropies of
New York.
The Jewish Association for Serv-
ices for the Aged plans to set up a
minimum of 20 and _possibly as
many as 50 Aged Neighborhood
hibits and nos 1us worlr so
Service and ;Recreation Centers.
been developed. - ,
hopefully .
One aspect of the treatment of that tifo reader
children at City of Hope is the hos- what- -he calinot=perfect and re
JASA also viH ballii:-or convert
pital's parent participation pro-
existing holailitofor ti6 aged'in the
gram, which brings parents ifto
For di-dents .orliterattire as well - , area; aritt;build nursing
an active role in the medical treat- as tie - art. of Yiddish Writing
ment, along with "social woriers, Suellen's ki a stilierb textbook:41Es care facilitkes7antrereate a wide
teachers, -occuPational - therafiists, study ofSinger's works is an out- range of services for Older
persons;
standing literary creation.
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Air
fense. The roles of the French
leaders are enumerated fully,
and there are revelations regard-
ing the weaknesses of the one-
time (World War I) hero, Mar-
shal Phillippe Petain. There is an
indictment In the summary dec-
laration about the submission to
the Nazis in Williams' noteworthy
history:
"Much of the wrong military
history stemmed from Marshal
Philippe Petain—the once great
leader whose aged voice now en-
joined discipline, austerity and
submission in somber broadcast
addresses to the French people."
"But," William continues, "an-
other voice was speaking to
France—a voice from London.
General Charles de Gaulle had
returned to troubled Bordeaux on
the night of the 16th. He learned
that Reynaud had just resigned.
Knowing what this meant, he
promptly decided to leave France
again for Britain. By the good of-
fices of Major General Edward
Spears, he evaded possible arrest
by his enemies and secured a seat
in the plane that was taking Spears
home early on the 17th . . . As
France bowed udder the news of
the armistice request, he spoke to
Frenchmen from the BBC in Lon-
don .. ." He invited the French to
join him in the fight against Hit-
ler. And Williams' work concludes
appropriately with the quotation
from de Gaulle's proclamation:
"Whatever happens, the flame of
French resistance must not and
shall not be extinguished - . ."
MORT GUNTY