David Schwartz's 'Yankee Yesi
Entertains, Informs Anecdotally
David Schwartz, one of the JTA
columnists whose humorous essays
are used frequently in The Jewish
News, has revised his entertaining
book "Yankees Yes!" and its new
1,edition, just pub-
lished by Tov a
Press in New
York, contains a
wealth of delight-
fu reading mate-
rial.
Schwartz
studied briefly
for the rabbinate,
Schwartz has been in Jew-
ish journalism for many years and
is well acquainted with Jewish
problems, historical events, person-
alities and movements. But he is
equally well informed in American
history and could well be consid-
ered an authority on the South, the
Civil War, American Presidents,
Congress and much more relating
to the history of this country.
He was born in the South, was
initally educated there, has retain-
ed an interest in it; and his interest
in Presidents had grown until he
knows perhaps more ancedotes
about Presidents than any other
living historian.
That is why the sub-title of
"Anecdotal History" to "Yankees
Yes!" is so appropriate and so
truly descriptive of Schwartz's
book that is filled with so many
delightful stories.
It is not anecdotal alone. It is
informative, historically revealing,
filled with data that makes this not
only an entertaining book to be
read for its stories, but also a
volume replete with historical
facts. It is an American history as
well as a joke book—and more im-
pressively the former, making the
latter supplementary in its being
highely commenatory.
"What was the first word the
Indians heard from the white
man? Could have been Shalom?
The interpreter of the expedition,
the man who attempted first to
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communicate with the Indians
was Luis de Torres, a Jew, as
were some four or five other
members of the expedition. We
don't know definitely the number
because it was the time of the
Inquisition and the Jews tried to
keep their identity hidden. We
know that Luis de Santangel, the
forgotten man who persuaded
Isabella to sponsor the expedition
of Columbus, was a Jew. His
cousin, also Luis de Santangel,
was one of those burned at the
auto da fe."
Schwartz has Imagination, and
he possesses ability to do research,
American history, next to Jewish
interest, being his specialty.
Whether it is Washington or Lin-
coln, Wilson or Roosevelt, and
whatever the varying interests
that emerged in American his-
tory—Schwartz portrays incidents
delightfully. "Yankees Yes!" is
eminently worth reading.
Israelis Top Complainers,
State Official Complains
JERUSALEM (ZINS)—The state
comptroller of Israel, Dr. I. A.
Nebenzahl, said here that Israelis
complain more against their gov-
ernment than other peoples of the
world.
His department, said Nebenzahl,
has received more than 3,000 com-
plaints this year, and the grumb-
ling is getting louder.
The comptroller compared Is-
rael with Sweden which has a
population 21/2 times larger than
that of Israel, where only 2,000
complaints were made in 1968
against the government.
Nebenzahl pointed out that prior
to the Six-Day War and immedi-
ately afterward, the number of
charges against the government
was much smaller. "Evidently,"
the comptroller asserted, "the peo-
ple were preoccupied with more
important matters."
Israel Will Provoke
War in Near Future
Maccabia Games C ch Is Selected
PARIS (ZINS) — The Paris cor-
respondent for "Yediot Ahronot,"
the Tel Aviv evening daily, basing
his report on information from
qualified diplomatic sources, con-
tends that President Charles de
Gaulle did not relinquish his anti-
Israel stance.
The correspondent writes that
De Gaulle's vicious attack against
Israel at a recent cabinet session
reflects even stronger belliger-
ence. The official explanation
given: De Gaulle is certain that
a confrontation between Israel and
the Arab states is imminent in the
near future, and — de Gaulle be-
lieves — it will be provoked by
Israel "exactly as it happened in
1967."
De Gaulle, the correspondent
contends, hopes to see his proposal
materialize for a four-power con-
ference on the Middle East, a pro-
posal which masks his ambition,
as one of the four powers to re-
gain for France a foothold in that
part of the world.
A delegation of the Israeli
parliament, on a visit in Paris,
had ample opportunity to wit-
ness the further deterioration of
relations between France and
Israel, reports journalist Leon
Leneman.
During • their entire stay, the
ICnesset delegates were complete-
ly ignored by television, radio and
the press. But two half-hour pro-
grams were devoted to vitriolic
attacks against Israel, one by a
Syrian correspondent for Le
Monde, who slandered the deni-
grated Israel; the other in a news-
reel depicting "Catholic Charities
saving Jordanian families and
their small children, expelled by
the Israelis, from starvation."
French television would not have
shown such anti-Israel films with-
out the approval of the foreign
office or the presidential palace, it
was pointed out.
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"Child's Question," also in this
section, he muses:
Dear God:
The sun is up
The truth is up,
Why aren't You?
In his poems, as in his other
writings, Angoff is the lyricist who
craves mysticism and he is the
passionate advocate of justice. In
that philosophy there are numer-
ous verses.
He loves to reminisce, just as
some of his novels have been con-
sidered autobiographical, and he
has a section titled "Biography"
which emphasizes this aspect of
the poet-novelist's labors.
Angoff's poems, like his novels,
deserve a large audience. They
have charm and they carry with
them messages the reader will
be happy to share.
Bridal Couples' Escort Tradition
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright 1968, JTA Inc.)
It is customary to have two peo-
ple, one on each side of the bride
and bridegroom, escort him or her
down the aisle to the bridal canopy.
The rabbis tell us (Genesis Rab-
ba, 7) that the angels Michael and
Gabriel acted as such ushers for
Adam when they led him to his
bride because bride and bride-
groom are compared to king and
queen on their wedding day, and
therefore should have guards or an
entourage like a king or queen.
Some moralists compare this to
the escort which man feels as he
goes to sleep, or which some claim
takes a man from this world to the
next. It is interesting to note the
opinion of those who claim that
the two escorts guard the indi-
vidual against going to either ex-
treme—the left or the right—and
keep him on the track of the
Golden Mean.
These escorts carry candles
down the aisle.
Basically, no Jewish happiness
is complete without light. The
Bible associates light with happi-
ness when it writes regarding the
joy over the victory of Mordecai
against the wicked Haman: "For
the Jews there was light and
joy . . ." (Esther 8:16).
There are some who claim that
the presence of the candles sym-
bolizes the presence of God. And
God is the source of the true joy
of life. Others claim that the pres-
ence of the light recalls the light-
ning and the great light at Sinai
(Ex. 20:15).
It is well known that the Jew-
ish marriage ceremony is a com-
memoration of the revelation of
the Tora at Sinai where Israel
was the bride and the Almighty
was the bridegroom.
An interesting observation is
made by one of the medieval writ-
ers who claimed that the two can-
dles held by the two persons escort-
ing the bride and groom down the
aisle symbolized the wish and
prayer that the couple be fruit-
ful and productive.
They base this contention on the
fact that the numerical equivalent
of the letters that go into making
up the Hebrew word for candle
(ner) two times is the same as the
numerical equivalent of the He-
brew words that make up the bib-
lical expression, "Be fruitful and
multiply" (Gen. 1:28), the blessing
which the Almighty bestowed upon
Adam and Eve.
ZOA Convention Dates
NEW YORK (ZINS)—The Zion-
ist Organization of America will
hold its 72nd annual convention
Aug. 28-31 in the Century Plaza
Hotel, Los Angeles.
first team, while Stein, a 6-3, 230-
pound defensive end, was picked
to the second team All-America
squad by the UPI, and was a third
team All-America selection by the
AP. Stein also gained first team
All-Big Ten honors.
If the money is good, Stein will
play pro ball. However, he hopes
to attend Oxford first on a Rhodes
Scholarship. "The money means
something," Stein said, "because
my father died when I was a
freshman in college and I have a
younger brother and sister. That's
an obligation I have to weigh. But
I may be better off in the long
run going to law school if I can't
go to a city I like and get good
money."
By JESS SILVER
(Copyright 1968, JTA Inc.)
Guy Lewis of the University of
Houston has been named to
coach the United States basketball
team at the eighth World Macca-
bia Games in Israel, July 23-
Aug. 8, 1969. The appointment of
the 1967-68 Coach of the Year was
made by Sol Leiber of New York,
basketball chairman of the U.S.
Committee Sports for Israel.
"Naturally I am honored at my
selection," Lewis said. "This is
the first time I will be coaching a
United States team in inter-
national competition."
In 12 years at Houston, Lewis
has compiled a 213-118 won-lost
record. With Elvin Hayes, the Cou-
gars were 28-0 last year. Bernie
Kapner, a Lewis product, perform-
ed at the Maccabia Games in
1957.
s
Seniors Dick Sandler of Prince-
ton and Bob Stein of Minnesota
were two of the 11 college football
players named National Football
Foundation and Hall of Fame
scholar-athletes of 1968. They
qualify for $500 graduate fellow-
ship funds. Both are interested in
law careers.
A 6-3, 215-pound middle guard,
Sandler was chosen to the All-Ivy
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Angoff as Poet: 'Memoranda for Tomorrow'
r Charles Angoff is well known as
novelist lecturer interpreter of
Jewish values. His words have
been among the most positive in
the Jewish literary field.
It is not generally known that
he is also a poet, and his latest
book, "Memoranda for Tomorrow"
(published by Thomas Yoseloff)
contains some 250 of his poems.
It is especially interesting that
the first section of his poems
should contain verses about "God,
Atheism, the Devil," and the
first, "Atheist," is:
A bird stood
On a church
Steeple.
A cat looked
Up and thought
Of Paradise.
The bird
Flew away.
The cat
Became an
Atheist.
"Two Letters to God," part of
of this section, emphasizes the
querying of the poet, and in
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