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PHILIF.51.CIMOVITZ • CARMI 'SLOMOVITZ • CHARLOTTE DUBIN
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Business Manager
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Thiesabbithl the 18th day of 'fishy' .24, 5732, -*1041ena
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Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 18;1 - 22:24. prppitaicat pottier, II Kings 4:1 - 37.
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November 5, 1971
VOL- LX. Ne.
Page Fouk

Book Fair as a Perennial Pilgrimage

assume the
Annual Book Fair again
important 'role here as a perennial pilgrim
age. of.Detroiters to• the Jewish Community
Center:Lto Meet and heir authors, "to view
book, esitibits,...te learn about the publishing
of Jewish classics and to acquire them..
Sponsorshipannual Book Fairt has
involved Salmi effort to enroll as speakers
the bat known writers of the, nresent time
and more especially to 'encourage the read-
ing and the purchase of books. Through the
years,"the Jewish_ Community Center: has' been
successful in attaining these goals.
It is to the credit of many of the leading
Detroit organizations that they are: to-spon-.
soring many- of the specially assigned. eve
flings fortheirurpOses,. and as an .endorse
meet en a commmunitY wide' basis of the. obli- •
gation to honor scholarsiiip.
The chief .obligation of a community
to uphold the sae-rear:ask of a heritage that ,
is steeped in Cultural legaaes. Book Fair

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gives many an opportunity to revive such an
interest If it was dormant, to affirm an obli-
gation to scholars who labor to interpret
Jewish values, to` install in their homes the
most vital possession: the book case.
What Book Fair does even more impres-
sively= is that it encourages the reading of the
books that will. be spoken about during the
wee k of celebrations.
• By adopting the slogan "Know Thyself:
Read Jewish Books" for the 1971,Book Month
osq.
observance, the national committee struck a
proper- chord, It is a slogan that serves the
double purpose of encouraging the reading Dr. Fisch's The Dual Image'
of - Jewish hooks and at the same time of
placing- emphasis on the need to spread
ism and 'Jewish con- Analyzes Jew in English Letters
knowledge of Jews, Jtida
ditions throughout the world.
In "The Dual Image," published by= Ktav, Bar-Llan. University
Because of these objectives, Book Fair
Harold Fisch has done research into the interesUng literary
continues to rate highest= recognition in com- Rector
subject
dealing with "the figure of the Jew in English and American
munal activities. -
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Dr. Fisch refutes the contradictory views of Jews- as -they were
portrayed by classical and other writers.- Resorting to- literary evi
dence,
the author of this study treats the subject from the psychologi-
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When- Youth 'registered complaints against
Strict separationt-of- church, and: state, cal, sociological and theological viewpoints.- , .- _.:.,..;-_-_ ;. , . -,- .,:
Establishment in Jewish ranks, the:causes for - . . including oPpOsftlosi:te. 'direct or,indireet
' In the medieval period, he .shovis hirsv-- the.'4.0,WasAIOrtrayed in -
dissatisfaction included the charge that .the:
pithllefiniclinglif" religiously connected
ed- the dual form of one who excites fear,aiid. hatredhut:also
in .
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adult community was not interesting itself
nation . - - - . ' — -- "
wonder and love.
. sufficiently: in civil rights and related: causes. ' . It ihould he- noted at the outset that these
The Shakespearean approach is esnphasizedAn yetis ,study. to -
-Youth . is disablited by -. the '.
series
of rec ,, proposaLS Met With unanimous approval,
e ex- show th se contradictions, and ok'velaPlott's" battedi,i , a '-lens
ommendations that has. been . adopted- by the -. cept:for the latter; to.: whiCh _the Union of by writers In the ..era of Mulder are ,,treeed.--7,---.,:..-; . ,,;,4 = .. 7._
National Jewish Community .Relationt; Aa- 'Orthodox Jetsiith. Congregations of America -
The Tudor period, the works of Marlowe ant, Shakespeare
visory Council and its 99 constituentegencies -. ., regittered
oppotition..:. All the. other religions the poets and prose writers of the latit:Centurir;kare. scrutinized, .and
— including the Detroit Jew
- - Community. movements affil iatad with the - NCRAC gave. the results of Dr. Fisch's research provide a : !aft ',amain* Of ' data
Council — for coordinated. n ish
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ationwide
- social 'full endorsement 'to - all` planks • in the pro - for students of literature in relation to JeWs.and,ler- the- general public
action programs. -
- with the. that. is interested in the manner in which .anli-liemilde trends grew In
, The major objectives in the proposed gram,
including
'the •- one
dealing
. separation
. principle.
Thut
all affiliates ' of literature.
Program are:
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Dr. -Fisch -turned to the 20th Century; to ,the - : Warks of 'theta'
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NCRAC view- last June's U.S.
' Supreme Court
. Continued United States - military . and decisions on the churchstate and public aid as well as reactionary writers, and there. are revealing fadts about
attitudes
economic
assistance of
to Middle
Israel and
schools issue.. as "salutary" with authors. toward Jews among the most proodnent,'of the world's
public
understanding
East greaterto
issues parochial
a pledge vigorously to oppose
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tuition grants
Dr. Fisch's study would be incomplete If he bad not also taken
Official.
governmental
intervention
or any affiliated
other • for=
of financial aid for re-
on behalf
of U.S.
just treatment
and freedom
to ligiously
schools.
into account "Jewish writers in search' of identity." He starts with
emigrate for Soviet Jews
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the humor of Israel Zangsvili and reintroduces the major Jewish
The. balance of the proposed program writers of half a decade ago, continuing to the 'present.
Federal welfare reform
Expanded employment, including fed. merits serious consideration and total corn-
Thus, the best known contemporary writers also are reviewed
mitment by our communities. They represent
erally funded public service jobs
More effective civil rights enforcement an all-inclusive interest. in all Jewish oblige- on the basis of the Jewish identity that becomes evident.
Dr. Fisch takes into consideration the translations into English of
School desegregation and integrated tions, including Israel and efforts for the the works
of Sholem Aleichem and other Yiddish writers.
defense of Jews in the Soviet Union.
housing -
He also devotes deserving space to "the Israeli catharsis," with
The program could be viewed as a reply the result
More federal funding of social services
that we have a nearly complete analysis of the subject
to youth who taunt the elders with. charges
now provided by cities and states
Improvement of police and criminal of indifference to problems involving the of the Jew in American and English literature in "The Dual Image."

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justice orocesses—including separate treat- Blacks, poverty and other issues that demand
- meat of "non,victim"- crimes and reform-of. social 'action,' The Jewish - community's inter-
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penal institutions , .
est is totally dedicated to the solution of prob-
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Free om 'of 'disient,•:and" ,opposItion to lems involving the entire citizenry, and -it is Dr. Katz's
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governmental. Harassment through surveil, -, to be -hoped that. our. youth will understand % i• •
lence of "legitiniate activitY,!wiretipping, and will labor toward 'assuring greater unity Views Middle As:So-ciallssues
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communal institutions are giVei'eetioUt:concern in the
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i mpor tant t study by HebreW UniveraitirPrOUJidoblEatz,."Tradition and
sis issued as 'a paperback by, sohoclien . Boolts: - .
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A pOsitive result of -the civil rights - cam- thah demand-'---for such courses, they can b3 offers
a partial definition of Prof..Xtitz's work. -- ' . .„ ' ., : -
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The 'question. can Well be. posed: why
Blacks. have demanded and belle secured the -,
against the outside world as well as. the. economic-_bases and
)ntroduction- of,studies,,relating to - their hit.; - aren't those who are interested - in Jewish stu- settings
to be considered
tory in this country, • in high schools:
uni- dies responding to the courses already offered - the, fe.#09iis needs that
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Prof. Ritz reviews the history of --the old 1C6illa organization - and
; * rsities. . ..- . - -. - .
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'"- by the. many synagogues in our e midst? Is the shows
the role of the family, religious 'end educational institutions' in
As a sequence, younk Jews - who; have deli - , - demand for such courses intended for non
settings.
Gated themtelves to the Cause - of' justice for Jews even more than for Jews? Have the - these We
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the *colored' people have made similar de- Blacks made deinandslor courses relating to the period
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The author describes the transition to
mends in a" number of - instances. Specifically, their- history for norr:Blatb, to edgeste them; - Hasidism and reviews -tile ideas. and
the Maskilint in the Has-
= . - kale period that emerged as a counter rideals'of
the introduction of Jewish studies at Cornell rather-than fOr theniteiVes?
movement to:extremes.'
University and other schools is an example of
There is much _planning. ..in this field of . He' deals also with the c
thist hid .- to be: Made for
what can be attained when .there is an inter- eduncatiorial evaluations,-and there Certainly example:: "Only with difficulty and. oiiiises.
by..compromise with tradition did
eat in self-knowledge.
is need for understanding not only. of values (Moses)_ Mendelssohn all ow ,a ploeo,for toteroa l ;Jewish: administration
Now 'there is the demand for courses in bot..ejeo of intentions 'and -of two special' . mat- of justice----on condition that the parties involved voluntarily accept the
Jewish studies in high schools in our own tern: '• what response is can. he . anticipated :=and'
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review
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