New Mexico Hails Theater With the `Yiddishe Ta'am'
By BEN GALLOB
(Copyright 1969, JTA, Inc.)
The only Yiddish club in New
Mexico needs young actors for a
unique Albuquerque theater which
has been presenting plays in Yid-
dish to sellout audiences for the
past three years.
The founder is a third generation
Jew, Maurice M. Rosenthal, whose
Boston-born parents knew some
Yiddish but brought up their chil-
dren entirely in the English idiom.
As an adult, he settled in Albuquer-
que, which has less than 700 Jew-
ish families. Out of what he called
"a vague nostalgic thirst" for his
dim Jewish past, he obtained a
copy of Uriel Weinrich's "College
Yiddish" but did little with it.
Six years later, his wife, a con-
vert from Lutheranism, found
the textbook and plunged into an
enthusiastic study of it, teaching
herself to read, write and speak
Yiddish. As a result of that ex-
ample, he reported, he and his
wife agreed to study Yiddish
together.
After six months or so, the Ros-
enthals began to speak to other
Jews about the idea of social gath-
erings with Yiddish as the medium
— - - —
King's Lessons
for Peace and
Non-Violence
A Negro writer and a Negro ar-
tist combined their skills to pro-
duce a glorious tribute to the great
Negro martyred
leader, Dr. Mar-
tin Luther King,
Jr.
"We Shall Live
in Peace" is the
title of the book
edited with com-
mentaries by De-
loris Harrison,
illustrated by Er-
nest Crichlow.
Published
b y
Hawthorn Books
(70
5th,
NY11),
Dr. King
this impressive
work of 64 pages, intended for
young readers, should serve sig-
nificantly in encouraging non-
violence as it was preached by the
late Dr. King.
Mrs. Harrison, a 1966 Fulbright
teacher who taught in the Nether-
lands, chose her selections very
well. Providing a time table de-
picting the life of the martyred
Nobel Peace Prize winner, she has
included among the choice bits
Dr. King's opposition to war, his
brotherhood appeals—the famous
"I Have a Dream" address; his
non-violence plea calling violence
"The Destroyer."
In the famous address "I Have
a Dream" Dr. King had spoken
of hopes when "we will be able
to speed up that day when all
of God's children, black men and
white men, Jews and Gentiles,
Protestants and Catholics, will
be able to join hands and sing in
the words of the old Negro spirit- ,
ual, `Free at last, Free at last,
Thank God Almighty, we are free
at last.' "
This appealing volume has the ;
emphasis placed by Dr. King on
his people's will to remain non-vio- !
lent in the face of terrible provoca-
tions.
These teachings of Dr. King,',
under the title "We Shall Live in'
Peace," earns a place as a text-
book of good will for children of
all faiths.
OFFICE
of conversation. The Yiddish Club! scene-by-scene synopses in E ng-
of Albuquerque was born in 1962. I lish.
In 1966, the innovators decided ; Rosenthal has written and pub-
to try to stage a public perform- lished a 52-page illustrated
ance of a Yiddish play. More than "Guidelines for a Yiddish Club."
200 people—a third non-Jews—at- It includes information on how to
tended the first play in Yiddish on start such a club, how to create a
the history of New Mexico. Yiddish theater, as well as listings
The city now regards the Yiddish of records, books, organizations,
theater as a unique cultural attrac-, program materials, films, Yiddish
tion. For non-Jewish playgoers. schools, camps and resorts and re-
each program booklet contains' lated information.
Author Advocates 'Death' of Satan
In his book, "The Devil, Demon-
ology and Witchcraft," published
by Doubleday, Henry Ansgar Kelly
advocates the "death" of Satan
and the elimination of demonology
from Christian dogma.
Kelly examines from the view-
point of the Catholic Church the
development of the demonological
tradition within Judaism and
Christianity over the course of
centuries to substantiate his thesis
that belief in Satan and other evil
spirits is invalid. He traces the
concept of the devil in the Old and
New Testaments, analyzes the im-
pact of surrounding civilizations
and cultures on the demonological
tradition and relates these con-
centr to those in the Old Testa-
ment.
In considering the actual devel-
onment of demonology in the writ-
ings of the early church Kelly con-
tends that the early Christian
fathers perpetuated the whole con-
Sanir Hits Davan Plan
to Integrate Hebron
T•lt° Israel Economy
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Pinhas Sanir,
.e, ret rv_g,•neral of the Israel
Labor Party, criticized Defense
minister Geri. Moshe Dayan's pro-
posal to integrate the West Bank
town of Hebron and surrounding
areas into a single economic unit
with Jerusalem and the Negev
desert city of Beersheba.
Sapir said he opposes integra-
tion of Arabs into the Israel labor
market and that the Dayan pro-
posal would create a binational
state. "We have not come here
and shed our blood to create such
a state," he said.
Gen. Dayan refused to debate
Sanir publicly, but Moshe Kol,
minister of tourism and develop-
ment. backed him up. Kol said
that Israel does not regret her
occupied territories policy, a pol-
icy he said that seeks to raise the
living standard of the population.
Dayan told a Beersheba audience
last week that "there is no diffi-
culty in transforming this area
into one unit in terms of trans-
port, water, electricity and agri-
cultcral matters." He also said
Gaza Strip Arabs should partici-
nate in such an economic unit. An
advocate of integrating occupied
territory Arabs.-into the Israel
economy, Gen. Dayan said Jewish
population superiority makes fear
of Arab domination from within
unnecessary. .
About 5.000 Arab residents of
Judea and Samaria are employed
in Israel and an additional 5,000
Arabs are working, -_cc.` various
relief projects in-- Vie occupied
areas, Yitzhak Pundak, assistant
to the minister of labor for ad-
ministered areas, reported. Tues-
day in a radio' interview.
12—Friday, November 15, 1968
THE_DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Sigmund Rohlik to Receive Award
as Technion 'Member of the Year'
The 23rd annual dinner of Detroit
Chapter, American Technion Soci-
ety, to be held 6 p.m. Thursday at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek, will draw
a broad cross-section of leadership
in the community.
Alexander Goldberg, president of
the Israel Institute of Technology,
will speak on the importance of
Year Award."
This plaque will be conferred
by the chapter on the individual
who — In the judgment of the
executive committee mostde-
serves recognition not only for
service to the Technion Society
but also for humanitarian en-
deavors and contributions to the
community.
Rabbi Irwin Groner of Shaarey
cept of the devil and demons be-
Zedek will give the invocation, and
cause they based their systemi-
Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum, Temple
zation of Christianity, not on divine
Emanu El, will give the benedic-
revelation, but on segments of
tion.
Scripture which reflect the belief
Richard Modell is chairman of
of the local cultures where they
the committee arranging the
were composed.
dinner.
Kelly further maintains that
demonology is not basic to Chris-
The Detroit Chapter has under-
tian dogma by examining the three
taken as its own specific project
primary manifestations of demon-
the building of the mechanical en-
, °logical doctrine—witchcraft, pos-
gineering complex to be erected on
session, and temptation—which he
Technion's new campus in Haifa.
feels have given rise to many
superstitions and absurd beliefs.
He concludes with a section on the
role that evil spirits play in
ALEXANDER GOLDBERG
present-day Christianity and what
the future of the devil concept Technion to Israel, as well as its •
pivotal role in the quest for peace
should be.
and security in the Middle East
and Africa.
Most Foreign Missions
Toastmaster will be Dr. Jacob
SEE OR CALL
in Israel Order Staff to
E. Goldman, director of the scien-
tific
laboratory,
Shun Occupied Territory
VIC
Ford Motor Co.,
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Nearly all who is leaving
AT
foreign diplomatic missions in
Detroit to assume
Israel have instructed their per-
a new assignment
l iEfion-Cr iaJ m an
sonnel not to visit the occupied
with Xerox Corp.
Arab territories in their official
Sigmund Rohlik,
capacity or to have any official
a fellow member
e ach /l ac
contact with the local population
of t h e Detroit
outside of their embassies' juris-
N. Woodward Birmingham
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Chapter
and
one
diction. This was learned from an
of its directors,
MI 4-1930
announcement by the Swedish
will be presented
Foreicn Ministry.
Res. 357-0326
Rohlik-
with a plaque,
However, countries that main- the first annual "Member of the
tained consulates in Jerusalem be-
fore the June 1967 war, such as
Britain and the United States, are
continuing to function on the West
Bank. The U.S. Consulate has
transferred its visa,- department
from West to East Jerusalem. A
consulate official said the move
was made as a convenience to
3 BARBERS and
West Bank residents who have no
MANICURIST
easy access to Amman and there-
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fore are issued American visas in
ALEX
EDIE
Jerusalem. The office also issues
visas and passports to Jewish
residents of West Jerusalem.
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JTA 'Vital Tool to Create
Israel-Diaspora Ties'
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Defining the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency as an
"important tool in bringing to-
gether Israelis and Diaspora
Jews," Jewish Agency Executive
chairman Louis A. Pincus Sunday
urged Israeli editors to make the
fullest, possible use of JTA news.
Pincus, who also heads the
agency's immigration department,
also told Israeli editors and re-
porters to make great use of cor-
respondents abroad to tell the Is-
raeli public more about Diaspora
Jewish life.
He spoke at a meeting sponsored
by the Federation of Jewish Jour-
nalists devoted to the topic "Affin-
ity Baween Israeli and World
Jewry."' Pincus urged the Israeli
press to show greater interest and
understanding of Diaspora Jews.
'He said the relief work was
"Jewish existence as a nation
mainly road improvements. which, will be endangered if there is not
he reported, were being done by an identification between all parts
"primitive means" by use , of a of the Jewish- nation, especially
maximum number of men and a between Israel and the Diaspora,"
minimum of machinery•
he said.
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