14 Friday; March 10; 1919

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Haddam/et)

A Lewin Tale of the Shtetl in Translation

By ALLEN A WARSEN

To everybody's astonish-
Samuel .Lewin, whose ment, Reb Feivel appointed
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Yiddish works of fiction, a town thief as his gabbai,
drama and poetry, were hoping that by this deed he
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translated into 'Hebrew, would redeem the man from
Mon., Tues., Wed., Sat. 10-6
English, German, French, his sinful ways and "save
Thurs. & Fri. 10-9
and others authored the the town from thieves. Be-
FOR THE ULTIMATE
novel "The Turning of the cause if there would be no
receiver to buy the stolen
Tide" (A.S. Barnes).
IN FASHION-RIGHT
It was translated from the goods the thieves wouldn't
FORMALWEAR RENTALS
Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich steal."
Upon Reb Feivel's death,
who also wrote the
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foreword. Leftwich noted, his only son "wouldn't take
Celebrate the occasion with a fresh ap-
proach to formalwear. Featuring an exten-
"Lewin's novels are monu- over his father's legacy and'
sive selection. The newest styles and
ments raised to a people position."
colors.
Nevertheless, stories
who are no longer here, the
FEATURING
about the saintly man
millions
of
Jews
of
the
Westwood, Newport, - Woodstock,
towns and cities and vil- continued to circulate.
Windsor, Tux Tails, 21 Colored Shirts,
lages of what used to be the Even the neighboring
Flared Pants, Volore Boots
Christian villagers re-
Jewish Pale of Settlement,
• WEDDINGS • PROMS • CRUISES
who were exterminated in lated all kinds of stories
the ghettos and the death about the little tailor.
• EVERY IMPORTANT SOCIAL EVENT
According to one story,
camps and the cre-
matoriums. Samuel Lewin "The little tailor had met a
sees them with the eye of cow, and had asked her why
she was sad. Because she
one who knew them closely
was no longer giving milk.
and loved them and has the
artistry to bring them be- Then the tailor had gone to
the peasant who owned the
fore us as living people."
cow, and told him that his
The novel is a story about
a poor tailor and his descen- cow would calf, and would
dants who, at the beginning give him a lot of milk, more
of this century, lived in a
small town beside the Vis-
tula.
The tailor, Reb Feivel,
ONLY ORIGINAL GRAPHICS,
and his hunchback wife,
POSTERS, and OIL PAINTINGS
ALVAR
NEW YORK — Samuel
WILL BE SOLD
Miriam, lived in poverty, - L. Haber, the honorary
APPEL
BOULANGER
and were ridiculed by executive vice president of
BRAQUE
THURSDAY
some people. Others, the American Joint Distri-
BUFFET
however, considered bution Committee and a
MARCH 22, 1979
CALDER
CECY
them as saints, and were
leader in - overseas Jewish
CHAGALL
convinced that the tailor relief efforts for more than
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was one of the "36 right-
30 years, has joined Colum-
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DEGAS
eous men," and sus-, bia University as a consul-
ESCHER
SOMERSET
INN
petted
that
his
wife's
FRI EDLAENDER
tant in the development of
HALSEY
hunchback was a dis-
BIG BEAVER ROAD
its program of Jewish
HOGARTH
guised container into
east of COOLIDGE
studies.
MAXWELL
which she would gather
MIRO
TROY, MICHIGAN
Haber will work
directly
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NEI MAN
the sins some folks com-
with the 17-member advi-
Park C0a5t Gallaria5
PICASSO
mitted and secretly sory committee working on
PURCELL
empty them into thebriver
RENOIR
Columbia's $7.5" million
ALL WORK
ROCKWELL
"so that none should see
CUSTOM FRAMED
funding drive to strengthen
VASARELY
AND READY TO HANG
what she did."
Jewish studies.
Before long, the town's
Haber began his career
Dealers applicable for omission of state
sales tax must have resale license on
people recognized Reb with the American Joint
person. REWARD , We are evaluating
Feivel as their rebbe, and Distribution Committee in
the effectiveness of our advertising:.
FREE ADMISSION
kindly bring ir‘ the enure page on which
requested that he appoint "a .1947 as director for Ger-
this ad appears.
BANK— AMFRICARD
gabbai (manager) to serve many, where he developed a
MASTER CHARGE
AMERICAN EXPRESS
him and arrange his af- broad aid program for more
fairs." -
than 200,000 Jewish dis-
placed persons.
In 1954, he was sent to
Morocco to organize a broad
relief program which pro-
vided essential services to
more than 50,000 of the
country's 240,000 Jews. He
was given the added respon-
sibility of developing a wel-
fare program for Poland in
1957.
In 1974, the Israeli gov-
ernmentawarded Haber its
ALEH award in recognitiOn
of his services prior to the
establishment of the state of
With A Spectacular
Israel. His other honors in-
on over 600 Buicks, Opels, Hondas, New & Used,
clude an honorary degree
from the Hebrew Union Col-
and Motor Homes all specially priced
lege Jewish Institute of
Religion in Los Angeles and
Yeshiva University's Ben
Buick Opel Honda
Mordecai Award.
He is currently national
chairman of the Hebrew
University Associates Pro-
gram. He is also a vice
president of the Interna-
tional Council on Jewish
Social and Welfare Serv-
ices, and a vice president
and the chairman of the
membership and finance
committee of the American
Council of Voluntary Agen-
cies. Recently, he agreed to
serve as chairman of the
executive committee of the

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than ever before. And/ it
came to pass as he had said."
As the town became
industrialized, the Jewish
community underwent a so-
cial and cultural metamor-
phosis. Old beliefs and cus-
toms were abandoned; a
modern rabbi was engaged;
a Hebrew school was estab-
lished; young people be-
came factory workers; Reb
Feivel's great-grand daugh-
ter joined the Polish
Socialist Party; and her
brother Joseph became a
"maskil" (an enlightened
Jew) and went to Warsaw to
study.
Before long, however, he
became tired of the big city
and returned home. Upon
his arrival, he found his
parents dying and his sister
living with a factory worker
whose' grandfather was a
serf.
The author weaves into
the plot suspense-
causing incidents and
episodes, such as an ex-
citing ceremony of dedi-

Sam Haber to Aid Columbia
Jewish Studies Fund Drive

cating a new Sefer Torah;
a Hasidic Sabbath obser-
vance with its attendant
fervor and ecstasy; an
impressive rite of exor-
cising a dybuk (an evil
spirit), accompanied by
shofar blowing, fervent
prayers, spells, and in-
cantations; the "business
ventures" of the town's
Jewish Robin Hood; and
the love affairs of the
female members of the
new rebbe's family.

Theseand other incide
and episodes the nove
artistically and skillful
fitted together to form a fas-
cinating mosaic of an active
and vibrant pre-golocaust
East European Jewish
community.

Announcing
the Opening
of

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SAMUEL HABER

Institute on Contemporary
Jewry of the Hebrew Uni-
versity of Jerusalem.

German-Israeli
Unit Sifts Data

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school of the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of
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