Sholem Aleichem Work Issued in Ukraninan
A USSR Novosti Press Agency
release entitled "New Books by
Jewish Writers," an article by Sem-
yon Rabinovich, states that a four-
volume collection of selected works
by Sholem Aleichem, translated
into Ukrainian, has been completed
at the Fiction Publishing House in
Kiev.
According to the statement:
"The four bulky volumes, each
Aleichem's 'Terje the Milkman,'
`Menahem Mend 1,"Wandering
Stars,' Goodly Win,' The Boy
Mottel' and 'Sender Blank and His
Family,' Notes of a Commercial
Traveller' and the 'S o n g of
Songs,' the article states: The bio-
graphical novel 'Home From the
Fair' is prefaced by a passionate
letter written by Sholem Aleichem
to his children in February 1916,
just before his death. The follow-
ing is a fragment from this letter:
included in the Novosti article:
" 'My dear, dear children! I am
dedicating to you my creation of
creations, my book of books, the
song of songs of my soul .
I have
put into it the most valuable 1
possess, my heart. Read this book
from time to time. Perhaps, it may
Survival of Christianity Is Called
Matter of Serious Concern to Jews
NEW YORK—"For the first time
in Jewish history, Jews need be
concerned that Christianity survive
as a living meaningful religion,"
Dr. Milton Konovitz, professor of
industrial and labor relations at
Cornell University, declared in his
address at the commencement
exercises of Her zliah Hebrew
Teachers Institute and Jewish
Teachers Seminary—People's Uni-
versity, at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel.
"There is the great danger,
especially in A meric a, that
with the disappearance of Chris-
tianity, Jews too may disappear.
There is the danger that when
Christians cease to be Christians,
and become only gentiles, the Jews
as Jews may also disappear. The
death of God for Christians. may
also mean the death of the God of
Israel, and the post-Christian era
may mean also the post-Jewish
era."
The only Yiddish-Hebrew teacher
training college in America con-
ferred honorary degrees on poet
Aaron Zeitlin for his contributions
to Yiddish and Hebrew literature,
and to Abraham Goodman for life-
long leadership in the cause of
Zionism and Jewish education.
Nineteen students received He-
brew and Yiddish teacher diplomas
and baccalaureate degrees at the
exercises which marked the corn-
plettion of the second year of the
merged schools, each with a his-
tory of 50 years of service to
higher Jewish education.
In addition to the honorary de-
grees, another first will be marked
by the school, with the graduates,
who will be serving Orthodox, Con-
servative, Ref or m, community
and Yiddish schools throughout the
United States and Canada, having
completed a four-year course of
study which included Yiddish as an
integral part of the mandatory
curriculum—the only such require-
ment in any American Jewish
teachers training college.
Friday, July 11, 1969-15
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
teach you or your children some-
thing, teach you to love our people
and to value the treasures of its
spirit ..
"This new edition of Sholem Alei-
chem's works is prefaced by the
Ukrainian poet, academician Mi-
kola Bazhan He talks about the
destinies of the inhabitants behind
the Jewish Pale, of those who in
World War II suffered in German
bondage .. .
"In addition to Mikola Bazhan, the
board of editors of the four-volume
collection included Ukrainian writ-
ers Abraham Katzenelson, Stepan
Oleinik, Dmitri Pavlichko, Grigory
Polyanker, Yuri Smolich. Transla-
tions from the Yiddish into Ukrain-
ian were made by Efram Raitsin
and Moisei Dubinsky. Philologist
Haim Loitsker compiled the foot-
notes to Sholm Aleichem's works.
"The Moscow publishers 'Soviet-
sky Pisatel' have put a book of
selected poetical works in Yiddish
by one of the founders of Soviet
Jewish literature, David Hofstein
(1889-1952). The book contains verse
written in different periods."
To Rebuild Old Kibutz
JERUSALEM—On the site of the
former kibutz EM Zurim, destroy-
ed in the 1948 War of Independ-
ence, the Jewish National Fund
has now completed the reclama-
tion of 5,000 dunams (1,2.50 acres)
of land earmarked for renewed Ein
Zurim. The JNF has also con-
structed on access road and pre-
pared the site for building the new
village's houses.
Jews, Catholics Gather for ‘Menora Seminar'
SOUTH ORANGE, N. J. (JTA)— can Jew"; and Monsignor John
Representatives of the Jewish com- Oesterreicher of the Institute of
munity met with Christian scholars Judaeo-Christian Studies at Seton
at Seton Hall University here re- Hall, who spoke on "The New
cently in an effort to strengthen Testament — a Teacher of Con-
the bonds between Christians and tempt?" Rev. Edward H. Flannery,
Jews and to "attempt a deeper un- executive secretary of the Secre-
derstanding of present - day Jews tariat for Catholic Jewish Rela-
and trace the roots of the church tions, spoke on "The Significance
in the Judaism of old."
of the State of Israel to Jews and
The program, called the "Men- Christians."
ora Institute," was attended by 90
Jewish and Christian scholars and
students. It was co-sponsored by
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Bnai Brith and Seton Hall, a
Roman Catholic Institution.
Lecturers included Prof. Marshall
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