8 Friday, September 2, 1977

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

The Legacy of Maurice Samuel —a JPS Classic

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erary giants of all time is
once again a medium for
elevating the standards of
Jewish publishing. The Jew-
ish Publication Society's
newest classic, "The
Worlds of Maurice Sam-
uel, ' lends added glory to
the name of one of the most

ton Hindus. has included no-
table commentaries on the
most eminent Yiddish and
Hebrew writers, and trans-
lations from their works:
commentaries on eminent
leaders. definitions of Zion-
ism that are unmatched for
their powerful advocacy of
Jewry's libertarianism; re-
futations of anti-Semitic
trends and many more
topics of immense impor-
tance to Jewry and the
world.
Maurice Samuel was
equally famous as a public
speaker and tens of thou-
sands were under the spell
of his oratory. He was the
great Zionist who matched
the most eloquent with his
skill as interpreter of Jew-
ish needs. as defender of
Jewish rights, as the plead-
er for the Zionist cause.

fascinating personalities of
recent years and makes
available for the discrimi-
nating reader many of his
literary creations that have
served to inspire the Eng-
lish Jewish readers.
In this notable work. its
editorial compiler, Dr. Mil -

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FOR THE TEEN FOR THE MAN

For Zionists especially,
"The World of Maurice
Samuel" is the Bible of the
Jewish Renaissance. His
many visits in pre-Israel Pa-
lestine and in Israel since
statehood served him well

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in his interpretations of the
urgency to seek an end to
Jewish homelessness and to
redeem Zion for the Jewish
people.

Therefore, the reproduc-
tion of several of his no-
table works in the section
of the book entitled "The Zi:
onist" offers a great contri-
bution to the study of the
labors for the rebirth of
Jewish statehood. His argu-
ments of four decades ago,
those of pre-statehood and
thereafter, are as appli-
cable today as they were
when first uttered.
The excerpts of Samuel's
writings on Zionism cover
every aspect of Jewish aspi-
rations, the eminent au-
thor's evaluations of Jewish
experiences during his
many visits in Palestine,
the fascination of Jerusa-
lem, as well as the aspects
relating to the Arabs in Is-
rael.
Samuel had much to say
about Diaspora Jewry. and
his comments on "Jews
Among the Nations" are im-
mensely valuable for an un-
derstanding of the conflicts
that have been marked by
anti-Semitism as well as
the struggles for emancipa-
tion, for just rights, for the
dignity and courage with
which the identified Jew
has faced the enemy and
often found a friend.

He was a great inter-
preter of the role of Yiddish
and the leading writers in
that language. His "World
of Sholem Aleichem" was a
best seller for many years
and it intrigued his pub-
lisher, Alfred Knopf. He
was a master delineator of
Y. L. Peretz.
Furthermore, his essays
on Yiddish stand out among
the most interpretive.
Samuel's repudiation of
the anti-Semitic writing:
Arnold Toynbee w‘.
among the most effective in
dealing with the historian
who had adopted an anti-Is-
rael and anti-Jewish atti-
tude. That is why the in-
clusion of Samuel's "The
Professor and the Fossil" is
of noteworthy importance.

Samuel discussed literary
values and the works of
eminent writers .and his
"Proust's Jewishness" is
an impressive evaluation of
Marcel Proust, his back-
ground, his writings. Dr.
Hindus, the noted scholar
who edited this great work,
pays tribute to Samuel, decl-
aring, "The Worlds of Mau-
rice Samuel" gives both old
and new readers some in-
dication of precisely how
unique a phenomenon Sam-
uel was among Jewish
writers of our time. We are
not likely soon, in America,
to see his like again."
A preface to the Samuel

book by Cynthia Ozick, who
has emerged among the
most brilliant of the new
Jewish short story wirters,
adds immensely to an ap-
preciation of Samuel and
his writings. Miss Ozick de-
scribes Samuel as an "es-
sayist, novelist, activist,
Maurice Samuel was so thinker, historian, polemic-
closely identified with Jew- ist." It is an accurate and
ish leadership that his asso- deserving summation.
Edith Samuel merits con-
ciation with the top echelon
has made him a most effec- sideration in an expression
tive portrayer of many of of gratitude for the coopera-
the great personalities in tion she had given in mak-
world Jewry. His sketches ing her late husband's
of Shmarya Levin, Chaim works available for this
Weizmann, Nahum Soko- very significant Jewish Pub-
low, Chaim Nachman Bia- lication Society volume.

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General Tire Admits Payoff
to Arabs to Get Off Boycott

WASHINGTON (JTA)
The General Tire and Rub-
ber Co. has acknowledged
that it ended its business re-
lations with Israel and paid
an intermediary with the
Arab League $150,000 to get
off the Arab blacklist of
business concerns dealing
with Israel and Jewish com-
panies.
U.S. government and Con-
gressional sources say that
prosecution of the company
was unlikely inasmuch as
its actions took place when
U.S. legal restraints were
not in effect as they are at
present under legislation
adopted three months ago.
Three major Jewish or-
ganizations have called on
Secretary of Commerce
Juanita Kreps to enforce
the new federal anti-boycott

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law strictly and to plug po-
tential loopholes in the
measure.

The American Jewish
Committee, American Jew-
ish Congress, and Anti-De-
famation League of Br
Brith submitted recommt
dations to the Commerce
Department in a 149-page
analysis of the Export Ad-
ministration Amendments
of 1977, which were passed
by Congress and signed by
President Carter in June.
The Department is now
drafting regulations to im-
plement the law.

Meanwhile, a public hear-
ing will be held Wednesday
on a bill before the New
York City Council to bar
the city from doing busi-
ness with firms which com-
ply with the Arab boycott.