oche Other =Half =Lives'
lidate.s',Eatly US: Struggles
a itiit:. 1pOyetty Among iinritnigrarkS,
-
There -are _traditions in the discussion of a coinmunity rumpus,
battle against poverty and the Riffs was not different from Men-
straggle to eradicate slums in the' dole Moher Seforinf who described
activities- of the social scientists the battle over fees for slaughter-
er the latter part Uf the-last con- ing in his "Korobke."
tury and Ahe early years of this Riis tried to be objective. , Here
is one of his descriptions: "A visit
Jacek. August Elis was one of to a Jew house of mourning js IBM
the .great personalities who con- bridging. the gap of 2,000 years.
ducted . the -battle for elimination The inexpressively sad and sorrow-.
of slums. ful -wail for the- dead, as it swells
Among the classics in "pressing and rises in the hush of ali-sounds
for such reforms was Ails' "How of life, comes back froth the ages
the Other Half ...LiVes" which was like a mournful echo of the voice
published in 1890: - of Rachel 'Weeping for her chil-
This significant work has just dren and refusing to be comforted,
been republished by Dover Pub- because- 'they are-not.!" _
lications under the original title:
Madison's Preface is a 'ea -
"How the Other Half Lives: Studies able adjunct -to a valuable book.
. MICHAEL KARP
Among the Tenements - of New Me introduces fills. describes his
York."
life's work, points out thiit--he
Frances Martha Farley became
Containing 100 photographs is known not only as one of
the .bride of Michael Charles Karp
from the Jacob A. Riis collec._ America's greatest writers on
in a recent candlelight ceremony
that in the Museum of the City social reforms but also as an
at Temple Marion, Miami Beach.
of New York, the new Dover • outstanding photographer— and
Rabbi - Mayer Abramowitz and
volume has additional value in ' the photos in this 'book prove it.
Cantor 'Nice Feldman officiated.
a new pieface by a former De- It is an "a landmark in the
The new Mrs. Karp is the
irelter, Charles A. Madison, the annals of American social reform"
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
eminent author, .who has ova- that Madison views Riffs' labors.
Farley of Southfield Rd., South-
butted Ili's' role as a reporter. _ In. an.-era of ,serious efforts to
field. The bridegroom is the son
who had become a • social re- eradicate poverty, "How the Other
of Mr. and Mrs. George Karp of
former.. Madison 'traces Itlis' Half - Lives" is a significant fiash-.
North - Miami-Beach.
career, as an immigrant from back to an even more -depressing
The bride's Empire A-line gown
Denmark at the- age of 21, who period in American history. pHs'
of silkened organdy and pearl,
went through many ordeals for book serves as an renewed lesson
was embroidered with Alencon
three years before he seemed and as proper guidance in- the
lace. A jeweled lace full-length _ employment with a news agency, struggle to reduce want and to
and whose studies - of the New "understand the underprivileged.
mantillii was worn as the head-
York slums led him to become a
piece.
pioneer in striving_ for elimina- 'Freedom Bus'. to Bring
Mrs. Jerry Meltzer served her
Uon of want and sufering in the
sister as matron of honor.
New York slums.
Soviet-.Jewry. Messige
Bridesmalifri were Rhoda Farley
Riffs
hid exposed the conditions
and Cheryl Farley, the bride's
NEW YORK—Two Soviet Jewish
sisters; and Doreen Karp, the among "the mixed crowd" in the emigres to Israel and three Amer-
big city, the conditions among ican Jewish- students will board
bridlegropin's sister.
Michael • Talbot z of Chicago Greeks, Italians, French, Spanish, the Freedom Bus for Soviet Jewry
on Simhat Torah, Oct. 13, in Seat-
served as the best roan. Marlin Russians. Jews and others.
The illustrations are revealing tle, launching a two-month journey
Karp, the bridegroom's brother; and
the
section
on
"Jewtown"
to 34 cities, including Detroit.
Jerry Meltzer, Clarence Wayne,
to light the oppressive era
They will promote mass rallies,
Stewart Nadel, Steven Schwartz, brings
New York's East Side. -
campus teach-ins, special recep-
William Rothenberg and Wallace on What
Riffs
wrote
80
years
ago
Kieinberg were ushers.
tions and motorcades in support of
could be interpreted as prejudiciaL
Following a wedding trip to the But he really depicted the realities the struggle for liberation of Soviet
Laurentian mountains, the couple of his time. He told -of the results Jews.
The Soviet Jewry Freedom Bus
will reside in Miami_
of poverty and the described the is being organized
by the Ameri
filth and the lack of sanitation.
He dealt also with Jewish can Zionist Youth Foundation, with-
JDC HOMO
the
cooperation
of
the American
customs as he saw them -prac-
ticed and It Is evident that he Conference on Soviet Jewry, and
was not fully informed about will carry for distribution a half-
ritual animal slaughtering. To million pieces of literature cover:
AFULA—Construction has begun
quote Rils: "It took more than ing a wide spectrum of subjects
on a new home and community
10 years of persistent effort on pertinent to the cause of Soviet
center for the aged here at a cost
the part of the sanitary authori- Jewry. •
of IL8,000.000 (81,440.000), it was
It also will contain slides, films,
ties to drive the trade in live
announced by Samuel L. Haber,
fowl from the streets to the fowl- records and other audio-visual
executive vice chairman of the
equipment.
"
marker on Gouverneur Slip,
alt_ - -
Joint Distribution Committee.
where the killing is now done
Attending the cornerstons-laying
according
to
Jewish
rite
by
ceremony were representatives of
priests detailed for the purpose
JDC, local councils for the aged
by the chief rabbi. Since then
and the ministry of welfare.
they have had -a characteristic
meeting Thuisday
Haber said the home, designed
rumpus, that involved the en-
to ease the shortage of services for
Sept. 23, 8 p.m.
tire Jewish community over the
the aged in the Jezreel Valley area
fees for killing and the mode
of Lower Galilee, will have ac-
of .irollecting them."
commodations for 112 old people,
It is in this fashion that some
mainly The sick and infirm. ,It will facts are distorted, but it was 'not
also serve as a center for com- done maliciously. Besides. in his
munity services such as social and
medical counseling. various kinds
of Therapy, recreational and cul-
tural 'activities and home care for
elderly people in the region living
outside-the institution.
AinonOie residents of the area
to be served by the Afula home
are scores 'of aging pioneers in
kibutzhn and mashayim which lack
the facilities to tare for their mem-
bJrs when they, become ill and in-
firm.
Haber noted that the Afula home
and center is the first of a network
of eightregionaLinstitutions to be
built in parts of Israel where they
are at present virtually nonexist-
ent by the -,.1D-stinPorted Associa-
tion for the Planning and Delielop-
ment of Services for the Aged.
Using funds derived :from - the
United, Jewish Appeal, MC-Mal--
ben - is -contributing half.:of the
1L30,000,000 required for the as-
sociation's_ five-year program to
develop services for Israel's aged,
Haber said_ - - • •
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