16—Friday, July 21, 1972
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Boris Caponov. Soviet Jew, Winner
of Israel's Top Literary I'rize; 38
TEL AVIV—Boris Gaponov, a ing Mr. Gaponov other Hebrew
Sosiet Jew who taught himself
books.
Hebrew and then wan Israel's
Shlonsky later recalled that in
most coveted literary prize while' one letter Mr . Gaponov asked
still living in the USSR. died here whether it was true that the late
Wednesday . He was 38. I Saul Tschernichowsky had trans-
In 1969. Mr. Gaponov was award- I lated the Rustavelli classic into
H
ed the Tschernichowsky Prize for Hebrew.
Shlonsky replied that the
his translation into Hebrew of Hebrew poet had completed only
36 of the 1,669 stanzas.
Shata Rustavelli's 12th Century
Georgian classic. The Man in the Mr. Gaponov wrote back saying
Panther's Skin." However, Soviet that he had completed the whole
authorities refused to allow him translation.
to conic to Israel to accept the
Shlonsky saw the manuscript
award. But a short time later he
and was amazed by the fantastic
was striken by an incurable disease
Hebrew. He said that Mr. Gapo-
and was permitted to spend his re-
nov belonged in the front rank
maining years in Israel.
of modern Ilebraists.
Mr. Gaponov's parents were de-
dicated Communists who consider-
ed it disloyal to teach their son Kalmen Berger, Age 73;
Jewish values. But his maternal Canadian Zionist Leader
grandfather was a devout Jew, and
TORONTO (JTA)—Kalmen Ber-
it was from him that Mr. Gaponov
ger, a national and local leader
learned Hebrew and the Bible.
of the Labor Zionist Movement in
In 1964, Hebrew poet laureate
Canada, died here at age 73.
.‘braham Shlonsky received a
A native of Staszow, Poland
letter from Mr. Gaponov request-
Berger immigrated to Canada in
ing a copy of the poet's Hebrew
1927 where he was a jeweler and
translations of Pushkin's works.
later a builder. He was a leader
Shlonsky did so and began mall- , in the Farband Labor Zionist Or-
Zahnen Zylhereweig,
Theater historian, 76
Zalman Zylbercweig, historian
of the Yiddish theater, died Tues-
day in Los Angeles. He was 76.
Author of a six-volume "Yid-
dish Theater Lexicon," the sev-
enth volume of which is now in
the hands of printers in Mexico.
Mr. Zylbercweig
had written many
plays, and was
author of "The
Life of Jacob
Gordin" and bio-
graphies of other
Yiddish play-
wrights and ac-
tors. fle had a
role in preparing
plays for the Yid-
dish stage.
"A History of
the Jewish Art
Theater," which
Zylbercweig he had completed
shortly before his
death. also was scheduled for pub-
lication soon in Mexico.
Mr. Zylbercweig was a lecturer
during last year's Book Fair at
the Jewish Center. He was presi-
dent of VIVO Chapter of Los
Angeles.
Harry Weinberg, who had ar-
ranged lectures for him in De-
, troit, said fir. Zylbercwe ig, his
intimate friend for many years,
• was "one of the most creative per-
sonalities in Yiddish literary cir-
cles, and his death is one of the
great losses to the Yiddish langu-
age and to the theater."
• der and in the Canadian Jewish
Congress.
Grossingers 'Festival
An active proponent for Yid-
Weeks' Continue Sunday dish in Jewish education, he at-
GROSSINGER, N. Y. — There ! tended the World Zionist Congress
will be a full menu of "food for . in Basle in 1946.
thought" as well as body at Gros-
Many men have hatched good
singer's Sunday when the hotel's . Jerusalem Police Begin
ideas, but failed because they
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didn't get them hitched.
Crackdown on Speeders
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—Jerusalem
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• police are employing radar and
begins
Speakers include Richard Reeves, ' helicopter observers to apprehend
speeding motorists and other traf-
political
editor
of
contributing
New York Magazine." who w ill fie violators responsible for a rash
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of fatal highway accidents in and
discuss the 1972 Presidential elec-
lions; Wilma Scott Heidi, presi- around the capital in recent weeks.
About 300 summonses for reek-
dent of NOW, on women's lihera-
less driving have been issued to
tom: Prof. Seymour Lipset of
•
i motorists since the new methods
Harvard, on the youth rebellion; were
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and Richard Hammer, an editor we
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Times, on Vietnam
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