THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 22 Friday, May 27, 1977 Talit Fringes Are Reminders of the Bible BY RABBI SAMUEL FOX (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) The tsitsit (fringe) at- tached to the four corners of the talit are significant be- cause the Bible says that these fringes are to be looked upon so that one will remember "all the corn- REMEMBER THE BLUE BOX AND EVERYTHINGelT STANDS FOR ON EVERY IMPORTANT OCCASION. 968.0820 m-andments of the Almighty and do them" (Numbers 15:39). It has been suggested that the word "tsitsit" comes from the root "to peer" or "to look." This would indi- cate that the fringe give man a perspective from which to look out into the world. It enables man to get a clear perception through the clouds of confusion that sometimes distort his out- look on life. The fact that the fringes are equally distributed on the four corners of the talit seems to imply that by their means man can gain a bal- anced vision instead of a prejudiced outlook on the world. The blue fringe origi- PHILIP TEWEL 661-4050 661-1000 JEWEL KOSHER CATERERS will match your non kosher catered event with a comparable kosher event. Due to cancellation June 19th is available MAIN OFFICE: THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 6600 W EST MAPLE RD. WEST BLOOM FIELD, MICH. 48033 Under Supervision of the Vaad Harabonim EXHIBITION AND SALE of paintings of Freighters,. Lighthouses & Landscapes by DOUGLAS HOOK Preview Saturday May 28---10-5 p.m. Sunday May 29---2-5 p.m. Exhibition & Sale continues through June 11, 1977. THE WAYNE ART GALLERY 71 Riverside Dr. E Windsor, Ont. N9A 2S4 1-519-232-222a nally included among the rest (but which is not now included because of the doubt as to the exact shade of blue originally re- quired) was said to be symbolic of the blue color of the heaven which was considered the vault of the Almighty. In this respect, the Jew wrapped in his talit feels himself to be wrapped up in the splen- dor of the Almighty. The blue fringe is bal- anced by white, the symbol of purity. Since the blue thread is no longer used a stripe of black or blue runs across the talit to remind us of the original thread of blue re- quired for the fringe. Some insist on black either be- cause the blue stripe might lead one to believe that this was the original shade of blue or because the black is a symbol of mourning for the destroyed Temple (the reason for our ignorance of the exact shade of blue). Some claim that the mix- ture of black or blue with the white cloth indicates .,hat no man is completely pure and innocent, ie., com- pletely white. IDB Bank Report's Increase in Assets NEW YORK — Israel Discount Bank Ltd., the principal subsidiary of IDB Bankholding Corp. Ltd., reported increases in consolidated net operating income and consolidated assets for the year ended Dec. 31, 1976. In terms of U. S. dollars, this year's consolidated results represented an increase of 20 percent in assets; 15 percent in net operating income; and 14 percent in capital ac- counts. These increases were achieved despite the 23 percent devaluation of the Israel pound during the year. INCREDIBLE! 10U KEPT MR. and MRS. GROUP #282 CITY OF HOPE says THAINIKS t° the hundreds of donors for their fine gifts and toover 3000 people who made out 11th Annual Night of Games the biggest and best, breaking all previous records. ° All proceeds from this great event goes to the CITY OF HOPE HOSPITAL catastrophic diseases the World renowned research center, Duarte, Calif. 7410%4 "09ezza 7tempt 7l e 1 4 e6,,eft ee, ,4act Amaceiate Vaagerd ,roceft tite 7122, aad Freiheit Hits Communist Attack NEW YORK—The editors of the left-wing Yiddish daily Morning Freiheit have responded to recent at- tacks by the American Com- munist Party and told the party to "heal thyself." Editor Paul Novick, 85, told a public rally last week that the hatred of Israel within the Communist, Party was so profound that it borders on anti-Semitism. The Communist organ, Daily World, printed a 2,000-word attack on the Morning Freiheit on May 11.. The Freiheit re-printed the attack in its Sunday issue and challenged the Daily World to print its reply. Writer Sid Resnick said the Freiheit made inquiries after prominent Jewish writers disappeared in Rus- sia in 1950 and was told by the American Communist Party that it had fallen vic- tim to the ravings of bour- geoisie. Novick challenged the American Communist Party to have self-appraisal sessions "to find out why you are so isolated in this country, while the Commun- ist parties of Italy, France and Spain are so strong." Paul Zuckerman,World-Renowned Philanthopist,Marks 65th Birthday The 65th birthday cele- bration for Paul Zuckerman irofficially on Tuesday, but tributes from througho- :t the United States and Israel have already begun to pour in. Zuckerman, president of the United Jewish Appeal, will host his own birthday party in Israel July 8, fly- ing his children and grand- children to his home in Cae- sarea for the affair. Zuckerman is chairman of the world fund-raising committee of the Jewish Agency, and a director of the United Foundation of Detroit, the Detroit Round Table of the National Con- ference of Christians and Jews, United Israel Appeal, American Joint Distribution Committee, Michigan So- ciety for Mentally Dis- eased, and the Detroit In- stitute of Arts. He is also -a member of the advisory board of the Wayne State University Press, the Detroit Service Group, the executive corn- PAUL ZUCKERMAN mittees of Sinai Hospital of Detroit and the American- Israel Public Affairs Corn- mittee, the Hundred Club of Detroit, Bnai Brith, the boards of governors of Ben- Gurion University and the Jewish Agency, life mem- berships with the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Chil- dren, Brandeis —University Association and the Jewish Chautauqua Society. He is a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, is a di- rector of Franklin Hills Country Club, member of the Standard City Club, and a vice president of Ameri- can ORT. Zuckerman has held offi- cer positions with the U.S. Food for Peace Committee under President Johnson, the United Jewish Charities of Detroit, the Jewish Wel- fare Federation, the Allied Jewish Campaign and the Israel Emergency Fund and has served on the boards of the Fresh Air So- ciety and the Cranbrook School Dad's Club. He is a founder of the Maryglade College of Catho- lit Missionaries. Zuckerman was cited with the Fred M. Butzel Me- morial Award in 1969 for distinguished communal service and has been the Detroit Chamber of Com- merce food industry man of the year. He has been awarded hon- orary doctorate degrees from Bar-Ilan University and Sienna Heights College. `History -A Novel' Is Long, Drawn Out By ALAN HITSKY The "naturalism" style of writing of the 1920s and 30s proves more detrimental than helpful to Elsa Mo- rante's "History - -A Novelu (Knopf ). The author's description of every breath and move- ment of the central family members and pets in war- torn Rome certainly contrib- uted to the book's excessive length (555 pages) and read- ing time, but rarely added to the theme of a half-Jew- ish woman, raped by a young German soldier, who struggles through the war trying to keep herself and the "offspring of her shame" alive. Ida Mancuso, Morante's central character, is a delib- erately weak creation, but her fears that officials will discover her half-Jewish ge- nealogy play a minor role in the story. Morante in- jects the "history" at the beginning of each major chapter in her book, high- lighting the events of the world while Ida, her baby Useppe, his boisterous half- brother Nino and assorted family pets struggle to re- main alive. Only Ida really struggles. The eats, the dogs, the wild Nino get .along rather well, even at a time when cats and dogs were welcome ad- ditions to the sparse fare of the poor who are huddled to- gether in a barn-like struc- ture after being bombed out of their apartments. Useppe, though, does even better, seemingly oblivious to all deprivation as a god-like child with oc- casional super-natural powers. He survives quite well as a new-born, despite being left alone all day in his crib. The author injects a Jew- ish theme briefly: the eerie quiet of the deserted rail- road station as passers-by shun the no-man's-land around the box cars of Jews about' to begin their final journey; the official Nazi decrees on race; a glimpse of the Jewish ghetto and Ida figuring Useppe's points under the Nazi system to see if he would be spared if her un- fortunate genealogy were discovered. This theme, however, is incidental to the author's lengthy tragedy. The weak Ida, the surreal Useppe and the wild, kill-to-live Nino fight their individual struggles for life up to the tragic end. Unfortunately, "History - A Novel" is too drawn out and cluttered with unimpor- tant details to be effective. UJA Event Marks Jerusalem Unity NEW YORK (JTA)—Je- rusalem Mayor Teddy Kol- lek will join with the lead- ership of the American Jew- ish community at a United Jewish Appeal Reunion Wednesday celebrating the 10th anniversary of Jerusa- lem's unity and the national closing of the 1977 cam- paign, UJA general chair- man Frank R. Lautenberg announced. culmination of a fund-rais- ing effort that began last January with a purpose of broadening the campaign base by involving an in- creasing number_of Ameri- can Jews in the work of the UJA. Most recently, an esti- mated 243,000 walkers in 133 communities across the country raised more than $2 million in the first UJA Na- The luncheon marks the tional Walk-a-Thon. May 15.