14—Friday, Moy 30, 1969
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Yeshiva U. Grads: Zambian Social
Worker, Israeli Her o, Queens Educator
Spalding's 'Encyclopedia of Humor': Ancient to Modern
Many volumes have been pub- While much of what Spalding
lished containing collections of utilized is on the coarse side, the
Jewish stories—wit, humor—satire. fact is that he had drawn up the
Stories from the Bible, gems from popular side and therefore his
the Talmud, contemporary tales volume is primarily a book of
appear in works that have been jokes. It is not a Learsi or Ausu-
collected by Rufus Learsi (Israel bel type of high-rated analysis of
Goldberg), Nathan Ausubel and , the funny side of life; it is more
many others. i like Harry Hershfield who, indeed,
A new work by Henry D. Spald- ; is quoted here. Therefore it should
ing, editor of the show business ! be understood that Spalding's is
trade journal, Hollywood Talent based on the "modern age" when
News, published by Jonathan he tells the current stories.
Yet, amidst the many of the
David. assumes new significance
common rated—and some sure
because of the extent of the com-
are corny—there are scores upon
oiler's efforts.
scores of excellent ones that still
"Encyclopedia of Jewish Humor"
merit repeating.
contains stories from biblical
times to the modern age, with an- Spalding was first introduced to
notations by the editor, a splendid journalism in his early teens when
glossary compiled by Dorothy H. he worked for the old New York
Rochmis and departmentalization Graphic. the Mirror and the Jour-
that enables the reader to turn to nal. At 16, he became a cub re-
the variety of subjects, personal-' porter for Sports Daily and later
ities, problems; historic experi- became an accredited White House
ences of his choice—atheists, fib- correspondent.
hers, shnorrers, rabbis, doctors,
politicians, parents, children — all l•
Complete building protection II
in 39 subtitled sections.
• service using modern rolling
grilles and shutters.
Many of th st •
are old,
but so few stories are new that •
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Born on New York's East Side,
Spalding has been a resident of
Los Angeles since 1950. Since that
time, he has devoted himself to
editing and writing and has pub-
lished Deejay, Disc and Top Ten
—all music magazines.
battles against Rommel during
World War II. One of his assign-
ments was the supervision of the
refugee camp in Rome. Working
With only eight years of formal
with underground sources. he help-
schooling, Henry Spalding has
ed smuggle many of the refugees
earned membership in Menu to
into Israel.
group of super-IQ men and wom-
en), has taught at NYU and has
A Haifa-born Queens educator
been a nationally syndicated news-
will receive her master of sci-
paper correspondent.
ence degree from Yeshiva U.'s
Ferkauf Graduate School of
Humanities and Social Sciences
after studying Israel's 10-year-
old educational programs for cul-
turally deprived children—those
from the under-developed regions
of the Middle East.
A nice tie
Mrs. Shulamit Yoshor found that ,
the young nation has realized
A nice pair of slacks
significant achievements in this
area, including the establishment
A nice sportcoat
of intensive method kindergartens
for the disadvantaged and the
from
elimination of reading failures in
the first grade.
The One and Only
According to Mrs. °shot., who
taught disadvantaged children of
Tel Aviv and Jaffa from 1959 to
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It stands to reason that in Jew-
an understanding of the necessity
of education for their children's ish humor is incorporated the sad
and the joyful, the struggle for
future.
However. Mrs. Yoshor said that survival and the anti-Semitic
ways must still be found "to adapt threat, the religious urge and the
culturally deprived children of punning even at one's habits and
Middle Eastern background to the traditions.
present school curriculum based
Therein lies the power of the
IS PROUD TO HAVE
on the European tradition."
humor of the Jew—that he laughs
GOP Consultant Tells
"A total approach to fighting
DETROIT'S
at himself; and from Spalding's
Knesset Nixon Will Keep child deprivation must be concern- collection can be culled scores
ed with public housing policies,
of anecdotes which show how the
Promise to Help Israel
employment opportunities, voca-
Jew, accepting a pun at his own
TEL AVIV (JTA I—Bernard Kat- tional training programs, school
expense, is able thereby to Re-
zen, consultant on Jewish affairs zoning and family planning," she
quire the power that is so vital
Harry Abram
Lorry Stern
to the Republican National Com- said.
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for life under duress.
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mittee, assured a meeting of mem-
bers of the Knesset here that Pres-
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ident Nixon would follow to the
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letter his basic promise to help
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INTEGRITY
By JACK SIEGEL
rooms, dormitory, an amphithea-
Israel. Here on a private philan-
• TRUSTWORTHY
tre almost in the Greek style and
(A Seven Arts Feature)
thropic mission, Katzen said that
ALL X-WAYS LEAD TO OUR SHOWROOM—
Mr. Nixon could not permit himself
All day long the kids were col- a swimming pool. From the top of
any arrangement in the Middle lecting and dragging wood for the its library, which has three million
volumes,
you
can
, see the hills of
East that could be explained as a festival of Lag b' Omer, in Tel
victory for Russian diplomacy and Aviv and in the countryside around ' Samaria. Bet Beryl, supported by
which would widen Russian influ- it. As you drove up to Kibutz Nir Histadrut and 1,be government,
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ence in the area.
Eliyahu, they would come out af trains young leadership, for the
The Republican official asserted the wooded areas, the sun was still Mapai and Histadrut, for centers,
that the entire American Jewish tolerable and the air clear. The for development towns. It also
community, with a few excepticins, closer you got to kibutz, the closer trains school teachers. Included in
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its course are the standard college
shares Israel's opposition to the you got to the pre-1967 border.
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disciplines. What is especially in-
Four Power talks. He noted that
It is a small kibutz, founded in
President Nixon had stated that 1950, and has 250 people of which teresting is that the young leaders'
the talks would not bring about an children are 120. It has an elemen- training seminary is peopled most-
imposed solution but would seek a tary school and farms children out ly by the children of immigrants.
way to facilitate the UN omission to high school for which it pays. But there are visiting study groups
of Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring to bring The farm manager, Baruch Rev- which bring people in from inter-
about Arab-Israeli talks. Katzen enni, a sabra, gladly gives you national areas.
You ask Meinrath if he is faced
said he personally supported the vital statistics. The farm produced
with campus demonstrations. It
Four Power talks as a logical poli- 5.481 quarts of milk per cow per
seems to be no problem either in
tical step.
year five years ago. Today, it is up
Bet Beryl or Israel. His students
6,300 quarts. The farm grows
proudly announces its
do
have problems and they come
citrus produce, potatoes and wheat
to him with them. He told the
barley. The citrus is manly for ex-
NEW NEW NEW
story of one, a young Russian
port and the kibutz uses the Hista-
Jew, who had family concerns.
drut cooperative TNUVA for mar-
They discussed the problem,
keting. The farm's GNP is one
which had to do with a father's
eGYWeittthit,
million and a half Israeli pounds
Chelsea, Michigan
sickness and a business which
per year and the turnover two and
would
suffer therefrom. There
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one-half. Its profit, although they
Sponsored by
was pressure on the student to
are not profit-minded in the ordi-
July 30 - August 3,1969
leave school and work the busi-
nary sense, is 60,000 pounds per
Midwest HADASSAH
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ness. This he didn't want to do.
annum. This is plowed back into
A way was found to help the fa-
Youth Commission
the kibutz.
ther and continue the student in
En route to Bet Beryl, Israel's
school, There is human commu-
2 Weeks Only
JULY 15 • AUG. 5
$805 3 weeks all Wel.
labor college, you pass Kalkili,
nication above and beyond the
June 29th to July 13th
an Arab town, dusty and drab.
JULY 20- AUG. 10
-- $805 3 weeks all Ind.
normal courses of instruction.
You give an Arab boy. a lift. The
JULY 27 • AUG. 17
$805 3 weeks all incl.
For Boys & Girls-9 thru 14
Onim, which is outside of Kfar
town is seemingly deserted, ex-
All camping activities
— $685 2 weeks all Incl.
JULY 27 • AUG. 10
cent for some stray dogs. Seem- Saba, is a technical school. Kfar
Wholesome and exciting
ingly, because as you drive Saba is the home base of Pinhas
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through it, you see Arab men: Saphir but the children of this
JULY 27• AUG. 17 ..$565 3 week flight 1 week tour
atmosphere
seated at the sidewalk cafes, in school come from many parts of
J ULY 27 • AUG. 10 ...$700 2 weeks all roes.
Shabbat and Kashrut
their indigenous dress. And then Israel. All come from broken
After the 6-Day War Tour
observed
the Arab kids come out of the homes. They are not delinquent but
including Masada
side streets. The Arab farms on are given pre-military instruction
Exceptionally qualified
Send for all Brochures containing details of these and
the road have trees closely plant- in electronic matters. If they are
100's of trips for 2 and 3 weeks leaving every Sunday.
Director and Staff
Call or Write:
ed. Ben Sella Kaminker, an drafted, they are kept to the same
Registered nurse
American who migrated to Israel discipline. Onim is supported by
from
Detroit
over
twenty
years
Tuition $150.00
Mishan, the Histadrut's social and
23125 Coolidge
ago, points out that Arab farmers welfare organization. A visit to
Oak Park, Mich. 48237
thought close planting as good schoolroom, with Ben Sella, shows
Write: Avi Mendelowitz, Director
Phone:
398-7180
because
it
utilized
all
the
ground.
a number of young men, seated
Camp Judaea
Bet Beryl is run by Zev Mein- at work tables around the wall,
3219 H. Sherman Blvd.
rath. an Israeli of German origin. facing electronic material resem-
Milwaukee, Wis. 53216
It is 17 years old and has school- bling radar. ...
NEW YORK—On June 14, Mrs.
Esinet Mwendapole leaves for
Zambia to be reunited with her
husband and five children and be-
gin serving as welfare officer at
Chilanga Cement—two days after
Yeshiva University's 38th annual
commencement exercises in which
she will become the first Central
African woman to receive a mast-
ers degree in social work.
A countryman, Vukani Nyirenda.
will also receive his- master of
social work degree from the univer-
sity's Wurzweiler School of Social
Work June 12. He plans to return
in the fall as lecturer at Oppen-
heimer College of Social Service
in Lusaka, becoming only the sec-
ond African on the faculty.
Israel war hero Rabbi Shmuel
Raphael. a veteran of two wars
and the Sinai Campaign who has
been decorated nine times by the
British and Israeli armies, is
another Yeshiva U. graduate who
will be returning home June 14.
Rabbi Raphael will receive his '
PhD from the Bernard Revel Grad-
. uate School and will be teaching
Hebrew literature at one of Israel's
universities.
Rabbi Raphael fought as a mem-
ber of the Palestine unit of the
British Army during World War
II, the Israeli War of Independence
and the Sinai Campaign.
The 56-year-old native of Siedlce.
Poland, who came to Jerusalem
in 1935, fought in North African
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