THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, Sept. 28, 1973-53
An Imaginary Map of Hate
By HUGO VALENTIN
The view widely prevalent
in Jewish and non-Jewish cir-
cles that by acting in this
way or that the Jews might
have been able to avert anti-
Semitism is based on an il-
lusion. For it is not the Jews
who are hated, but an im-
aginary image of them, which
is confounded with the real-
ity, and the Jews' actual
"faults" play a very unim-
portant part in the matter.
It may indeed be true that
ar Mitzvas, Weddings
and special occasions
e r
a p i t h z y
Gar os toong r Ze
the Jewish people, like all
others, is in duty bound to
work at its moral improve-
ment; even more than oth-
ers, in fact, since distress
and oppression, of which it
has had more than its share,
easily lead to demoraliza-
tion . . .
But a nation of 16,000,000
(this was written in the
1920s—ed.) can never avoid
including in its midst unsym-
pathetic and inferior ele-
ments. When the non-Jewish
world feels the need of hat-
ing, of finding a scapegoat,
it judges unfairly by these.
In fact it is not at all cer-
tain that anti-Semitism would
be weakened to any extent
if the Jews were to consist
exclusively of angels in hu-
man form.
'Zum Gail Gall' Among Fascinating
Workers' Songs in New Compilation
Do you remember "Hinky
Dinky Parlez-vous," "Halle-
lujah, I'm a Bum," "Men of
tha. Soil," "Life Is a Tail,"
"Jefferson and Liberty," and
scores of other songs that
signified labor's call to arms?
They are among the 100
songs in the large Dover
paperback compiled, scores
of music and words, under
the title "Songs of Work and
Protest."
These are the favorites of
American workers, the mu-
sic accompanied by histori-
cal notes, in a volume of
great interest compiled by
Edith Fowke and Joe Glazer.
"Zum Gali Gali" has been
included in the collection,
the words being presented as
meaning: 'The pioneer is for
his work; work is for the pio-
neer. The pioneer is for his
A truth, once established girl; his girl is for the pio-
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VELVET
SATIN
COMFORTERS
MADE TO ORDER
by proof, neither gains force neer."
by the consent of all scholars,
Accompanying the song and
nor loses certainty because
of the general dissent. — its meaning is this explana-
tory note by the co-editors:
Maimonides.
"This is one of the many
work songs that have sprung
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Beirut
Beirut, which has been the
center of much news lately,
has a Jewish community of
more than 2,000.
Jews were living there
over 2,000 years ago. At the
time of the Crusaders, there
were 35 Jewish families.
Many Jews were killed when
the Moslems recaptured the
city in 1291. After that it
took a long time for Jews
to return, although many
stopped over in the city on
their way to visit the Holy
Land, the Encyclopedia Ju-
daica explains.
Jews expelled from Spain
in 1492 refounded the Beirut
community. By the 19th
Century there were 15 fam-
ilies of merchants who spoke
Arabic as their language and
had a synagogue.
Later in that century,
many Jews went there from
Damascus, Aleppo and Con-
stantinople as well as some
from Russia. Jewish schools
were opened. Blood libels led
on two occasions to Christian
attacks on the Jewish quar-
ters.
After World War I, the
Jewish population grew in
what was now the capital of
the new state of Lebanon,
and there was a wide net-
work of institutions.
The Jews were mostly
middle-class and were not
concentrated in special quar-
ters.
When the state of Israel
was established in 1948, an
anti - Jewish demonstration
was held, and the infuriated
mobs advanced against Jew-
ish homes and stores but
were dispersed by members
of the Christian community.
The Jewish community
had to pay a sum of money
to the Arab League but gen-
erally was not molested.
Their numbers rose from
5,000 in 1948 to 9,000 in 1958
as a result of Jews arriving
from the unfriendly climate
of Syria. Subsequently, how-
ever, most left for various
destinations. The Jews of
Beirut are merchants or em-
ployes of trading and finan-
cial enterprises.
If slavery is not wrong,
nothing is wrong.—Abraham
Lincoln,
up in the new nation of Israel
where pioneer conditions
have stimulated the people to
sing of the joy of labor. In
Europe for centuries restrict-
ive laws have prevented the
Jews from becoming farmers;
now in. their ancient home-
land they are reclaiming the
desert wastes with determina-
tion and enthusiasm."
Many famous songs will be
found here among the 100 in
this volume, such as "So
Long, It's Been Good to
Know You" by Woody Guth-
rie, "A New Jerusalem,"
words by William Blake, mu-
sic by Sir C. Hubert H.
Parry, and also the "La Mar-
seillaise," words and music
by Rouget de Lisle, with a
translation by Charles H.
Kerr.
There is the famous "Ev-
erybody Loves Saturday
Night," with words in Eng-
lish, French and Yiddish, and
the Yiddish text reads:
Jeder eyne hot lieb Shabas
ba nakht,
Jeder eyne hot, jeder eyne
hot,
Jeder eyne hot, jeder eyne
hot,
Jeder eyne hot lieb Shabas
ba nakht.
"Going to Study War No
More" draws upon Micah
4:3-4 in the explanatory note
which also asserts that "this
great Negro spiritual ex-
presses the age-old longing,
for peace in simple and ir-
resistible terms."
There is much that is very
nostalgic about this magnifi-
cent book, and the reminis-
cences add faith in labor's
courage and the working-
man's pride in his tasks.
taining more than 300 illus-
trations, the very interesting
account starts with the mono-
chord and continues through
the rise of the concert grand
player piano.
The interesting Dolge book
deals with all makes of
pianos, the manner in which
perfection was attained, the
manufacturing processes, the
dealers in the product.
LiSts of dealers in pianos Classifieds Get Quick Results
in many lands are given in
an appendix.
Creative Party Planning
"Recreational Problems in
including
Geometric Dissections and
Candy Centerpieces
How to Solve Them" by Har-
ry Lindgren contains 400 fig-
ures with puzzles. Graphical-
Personalized Party
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Favors
perback will fascinate the
Invitations and Party
student.
Accessories for all occasions.
There are many recreation-
al problems in this book, such
as learning to transform a
six-pointed star into an equi-
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lateral triange by dissecting
it geometrically.
MARCIA MASSERMAN
L'EASA NEL
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Pianos : Their Makers
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Among paperbacks of note
is a Dover volume, "Pianos
and Their Makers," by Al-
fred Dolge.
A comprehensive history of
the piano's development, con-
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