10 October 10, 1975

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Hadassah Day at Book Fair Nov. 11

Levenson's Choicest Selections
in 'You Can Say That Again, Sam'

Sam Levenson perpe-
tuates his witty stories and
hip epigrams in a paperback
published by Simon and
Schuster Pocket Books un-
der the title "You Can Say
That Again, Sam." And the
wholesomeness of the for-
mer-teacher-turned-wit is
apparent throughout the
work.
Based, undoubtedly, on
personal experiences, in his
home, with the children in
his classrooms, in his social
sphere, the comments of
Sam Levenson are again
both entertaining and
thought-provoking.
Sam shines especially
when he tells tales out of
school. Here are some ap-
propriate examples:

DECTER

Three outstanding personalities highlight the Nov. 11 programs at the 24th annual
Jewish Book Fair at the main Jewish Community Center.

"Whatever Happened to
the World Famous Jewish
Family?" is the 10 a.m. topic
of Midge Decter, author of
"Liberal Parents, Radical
Children."

Nov. 11 is Hadassah Edu-
cation Day, which includes
a morning and afternoon
lecture, and noon luncheon
in Shiffman Hall. Admis-
sion to the lectures are free,
but there is a charge for the
luncheon, which requires
reservations.
In her book, Ms. Decter
looks at the collision of the
most enlightened genera-
tion of "liberal parents" ever
with the generation of
"radical children" they pro-
duced, through four telling
composite portraits of typi-
cal 1960's young people.

SCHOOL DAYS ARE THE
BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE

A poor report card used to
mean that the child was
lazy, inattentive, bad, not
very bright, or just like his
father. A bad report card
now means that the teacher
is lazy, inattentive, bad, not
very bright, or just like the
principal.
These days if a teacher
has to flunk a kid, she will
have to answer to the
mother. A bad mark is the
teacher's fault. "I don't
want to make trouble for
you, Mrs. Jones, but my
mother says if I don't get a
better report card next,
time, somebody's gonna get
killed."
So, some teachers resort
to self-defensive euphe-
misms to avoid sending the
kid home with the naked
truth:
Richard is a very re-
laxed child. (Naked truth:
he sleeps all day.)
Linda participates fully
in class discussions. (Naked
truth: she never closes her
big mouth.)
He's emotionally imma-
ture for first grade. (Naked
truth: let him bring his own
mop.)
Contributes nicely to
group singing by helping lis-
tening. (Naked truth: he's
been warned not even to
hum.)
But, there still are her-
oic teachers who will lay it
on the line:
`I'm giving Arthur a zero.
He doesn't deserve a zero
but that's the lowest mark
I'm allowed to give.

* * *
Equally tickling are the
other sections of the paper-
back, especially the one
about Mother. Examples:

FROHMAN

GENDEL

LaBIANCA

GERVASI

SAM LEVENSON

overcroweded by one per-
son.

CAPSULES

You need it or you want
it?

*

There was a time when
hunger was associated with
poverty. This is no longer
true.
I have seen wealthy
families reduced to near
starvation,as they wait for
their dinner to thaw. (Very
often a defrosted lamb
chop may turn out to be a
banana fritter.)
Perhaps because we are
not handling the present
with much success, science
is teaching us to freeze life
and store it for the future.
We are about to do to hu-
mans what we have already
done to chickens. Freeze
them. "Don't call us; we'll
call you."
* * *
Sam's qualities include
brevity. It is emphasized in
his capsules and they make
sense and invite jollity.
Samples:

And if everybody is doing
it, so?

*

And no answer is not an
answer?

*

When is enough already?

Maybe it's better not to
ask?
*
When will you be a man
already?

Miami Synagogue
Plans Israeli Expo

MIAMI (JTA) — A Shouk
Hashalom, an Israeli Expo
"Market-Place of Peace,"
will be held here Dec. 6-12,
as "an extraordinary event"
to complement the Hanuka
season, according to Rabbi
Leon Kronish of Temple
Beth Shalom.

Sam Levenson
at Book Fair

One of the highlights of
the 24th Annual Jewish
Book Fair, scheduled for
"THE OTHER MEN
Nov. 8-16, at the Jewish
IN MAMA'S LIFE . . ."
Getting out of the super- Community Center, will be
market is much more diffi- the appearance of Sam Lev-
cult than getting in. It is enson, author of the best-
somewhat like leaving a for- selling books, "Everything
eign country. "What do you But Money," and "In One
Era — Out The Other."
have to declare?"
Levenson's topic will be
There are two lanes
marked "LOCAL," two "Grandma and Grandpa as
marked "EXPRESS," one Freedom Fighters," 8:30
"TEN ITEMS OR LESS" p.m. Nov. 9, in the Aaron
and seven lanes marked DeRoy Theatre. His appear-
"THIS LANE CLOSED." ance is being co-sponsored
Any lane may be closed at by the Synagogue and Tem-
the discretion of the cus- ple Men's Clubs of Metropol-
toms officer if said lane itan Detroit. Admission is
-sbould become, darigeroualy 4'ree. =

The project will trans-
form the streets, courtyards
and halls adjoining the syn-
agogue into a literal reprod-
uction of Israel's colorful
market places and bring to
Miami many of Israel's
leading personalities.

.

Rabbi Kronish said Sim-
cha Dinitz, Israel's Ambas-
sador to the United States,
has accepted an invitation to
attend, as has Ruth Dayan,
former wife of Moshe
Dayan, and president of
Maskit, Inc., an organiza-
tion which includes artists
and craftsmen of every cul-
ture and national residing
in or having migrated to Is-

,

Midge Decter has written
a number of other best-sell-
ers, including "The Liber-
ated Woman and Other
Americans," named as one
of the best 100 books of 1971
by the New York Times. She
is a former executive editor
of Harper's Magazine and
managing editor of World
Magazine.
Journalist and Middle
East expert Frank Gervasi
will highlight the afternoon
portion of Hadassah Educa-
tion Day. Gervasi, whose
recent best-seller, "Thunder
Over the Mediterranean,"
provides a detailed history
of the Middle East — not
just an account of the wars,
will discuss the "Future of
the Middle East: Israel's
Continued Existence" at 1
p.m.
"Thunder Over the Medi-
terranean" is the third in a
series of books by Gervasi
which undertake to assess
the future of the Middle
East not only through ana-
lyzing its current complexi-
ties, but also by examining
crucial lessons of the past.
In analyzing the chances
of peace of the Middle East,
Gervasi goes back in history
to show how the area has
historically been an arena
for mercantile, political,
and military expansion-
from the Phoenicians to
Turks, and down to present-
day Arab-Israel, Soviet-
American antagonisms.
Frank Gervasi has been
covering the Mediterranean
area and the Middle East
since 1934, when he started
his career as a foreign corre-
spondent in Spain, then on
the verge of civil war.
He was Rome bureau
chief for the Associated
Press during the late 1930s
and early 1940s, and as
Mediterranean editor of
Collier's, covered World
War II from its outbreak in
4939 to the end -of,-the rwars

Stein, accompanist, will also
Since then, he has traveled
extensively in the area re- make a special appearance.
porting and recording his There is a charge for the
observations. performance.
For information on Book
Beate Klarsfeld, self-
styled Nazi criminal hunter, Fair activities, reservations
and perhaps one of the most and tickets for those events
controversial figures in in- that require them, contact
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will appear at 8 p.m., in the Arts Department, 341-4200.
Aaron DeRoy Theatre.
Her lecture, "One Wom-
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