54 Friday, April 13, 1919

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS.

Rosten's Delightful Gems are
in Anthology Infinite Riches'

Joshua Joyrich, Hebrew-Yiddish,.
Scholar, Poet and Translator, 79

"Marx never retracted his
Leo Rosten has an envi- and concludes with "Zadig,"
defamation of the Jews, and
able reputation not only as the philosopher.
this was to have its influ-
storyteller but as an-
The JeWish selections in
thologist. After gaining a
quotations from the ence on socialist thinking.
On the contrary, he har-
fame with his hi- Bible and Talmud.
larious
H*Y*M*A*N
From the Talmud: "Why bored a lifelong hostility
towards them. In his
K*A*P*L*A*N tale about was man created on the last
`Theses on Feuerbach'
an immigrant studying day? So that he can be told,
(1845) . . . he thought it
English, he set a record with when pride possesses him:
the gems in his anthologies, God created the gnat before necessary to drag in his
bias, referring to the 'dirty
- including "The Joys of Yid- thee."
dish" and "The Treasury of
In the Jewish selec- Jewish' aspect of Chris-
Jewish Quotations."
tions are included quotes tianity.
"His private letters are
Now there is an added from Isaac Disraeli and
replete with anti-Semitic
enrichment anthologically, Benjamin Disraeli, Sig-
his "Infinite Riches: Gems mund Freud, Morris remarks, caricatures,
from a Lifetime of Reading" Joseph, Lion and crude epithets:
and `Levy's Jewish nose,'
Feuchtwanger,
(McGraw-Hill).
Here he has drawn upon comments on Jews by `usurers,' Jew-boy,'
every conceivable impor- non-Jews Leo Tolstoy, `nigger-Jew,' etc. For
reasons perhaps ex
tant • saying, unusual Mark TWain and W.E.G.
plainable by the German
episodes, quotations from Lecky.
the world's most noted per-
Fascinatingly entertain- concept, Selbsthass
(self-hate), Marx's hatred
sonalities as well as ineras- ing, the selections in Ros-
of Jews was a canker
able comments that ap- ten's "Infinite Riches" are
which neither time nor
peared in newspaper and informative and replete
experience ever erad'-
periodical. with historical data.
Just as he concen-
Illustrative of the mas- cated from his soul."
With its social and histor-
trated in his Jewish an- sive material that calls at-
thologies on the Jewish tention to vital ideological ical aspects, its humo: and
aspects, his new work matters, exposing the atti- delightful quips, Rosten's
emphasizes the univer- tudes of world-famous per- latest anthology serves both
sal. From the Greek, pos- sonalities, is this item about as an entertaining reader
sibly also to the slang in Karl Marx and his attitude and as a research-provider
all tongues, he has com- on Jews. Rosten quotes from into literary gems.
piled a treasured collec- "Karl Marx: An Intimate
Whoso curseth his father
tion of the very signific- Biography" by Saul K.
Padower, the prominent or his mother, his lamp
ant in worldly wisdom.
He begins with "Abacus," historian who is a former shall be put out in the blac-
dealing with computer skill, Detroiter: kest darkness.

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He leaves a son, Dr. My-
ron; a sister, Mrs. Esther
Zyskind; and four
grandchildren.

Sanford Meyer

JOSHUA JOYRICH

member of Moadon Ivri
— the Jewish Community
Center Hebrew Club.
Mr. Joyrich was a Hebrew
teacher following his
graduation from the Mid-
rasha. He also was active in
music and landsmanshaf-
ten circles. He resided at
30800 Rosemond, Franklin.

Maccabia Chairman Named

NEW YORK — Warren
E. Abrams, a New York
philanthropist, civic leader
and businessman, has been
named chairman of the 11th
Maccabta Organizing
Committee of the U.S. for
the Maccabia Games, to be
held in Israel in July 1981.
Abrams' first task will be
to select state chairmen who
will scout qualifying
athletes to compete in 23

TEL AVIV (ZINS) — In a
wide-ranging Maariv inter-
view, Israeli Finance Minis-
ter Simha Ehrlich told re-
porters that the Likud coali-
tion will dissolve if
Menahem Begin does not
seek to continue in office
after the next election.
Ehrlich labeled the Gush
Emunim as a political
demonstration by a handful
of fanatics, said Israel has a
number of alternative
sources to Iranian oil, said
Israeli inflation will be 38
percent in 1979 and said 50
percent of the service em-
ployees in Israel are superf-
luous.
Ehrlich said new Knesset
elections will be held in No-
vember 1981 and added he
would like Labor's Yitzhak
Rabin and his followers to
join the Likud. "

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The Hebrew University's
Institute of Contemporary
Jewry has established an
annual prize for the dis-
semination of knowledge
about the Holocaust.
The fund was initiated by
Daniela Passal Gechman,
in memory of her late hus-
band, Dr. Elias L. Gechman.
Gechman founded and
headed the U.S. organiza-
tion, "Tribute to the Danes,"
which sponsors academic
scholarships for Danes to
study at the Hebrew Uni-
versity and other institu-
tions of higher learning in
Israel.

Sanford Meyer, founder
and owner of Amcrest
Homes, died April 7 at age
60.
Born in Rochester, N.Y.,
Mr. Meyer founded his de-
velopment company in
1970. He was president of
American Eagle Homes in
Macomb County for
years. Previously he, (3 1
Meyer's Men's Wear in De-
troit from 1936 to 1956.
Mr. Meyer was a member
of Pisgah Lodge of Bnai
Brith and a member of the
Jewish War Veterans. He
resided at 24590 Oneida,
Oak Park.
He leaves his wife,
Edythe; a son, - Jay; two
daughters, Mrs. John (Ad-
rienne) Klemme and Mrs.
Richard (Janice) Cher-
kasky; his mother, Mrs.
Jacob (Gussie) Meyer; a
brother, Dr. David; and
three grandchildren.

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Mrs. Helen Uller

Begin Is Key
to Likud 'Unity

Holocaust Prize

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Joshua Joyrich, for many
years an active participant
in literary and Zionist cir-
cles here, a leader in the
Labor Zionist movement
and in educational ranks,
died April 10 at age 79.
Mr. Joyrich mastered
Hebrew and Yiddish, loved
their literary classics and
often translated them into
English. Many of his poems
anct, scores of his transla-
tions were published in The
Jewish News.
Born in Poland, Mr.
Joyrich retired from his
auto parts distributorship
in 1966.
He was a founding
member of the Halevy
Choral Society, Labor
Zionist Alliance, Chaim
Weizmann Society, the
Radomer Aid Society and
was active in efforts on
behalf of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund and Histad-
rut. He also was a

Helen Uller, a 25-year
employee of the former
Dexter-Davison market,
died March 22.
Born in Poland, Mrs.
Uller lived most of her life
in Detroit, prior to moving
to Monsey, N.Y. She was re-
tired. While in Detroit, Mrs.
Uller was a member of
Zager Chapter of Bnai
Brith.
She is survived by a son,
Marvin of Monsey; a sister,
Mrs. Edna Kaplan of
Miami, Fla.; and one
grandson. Interment New
York.

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WARREN ABRAMS

sports during the eight-day
Maccabia. Abrams is also
responsible for fund raising
and coordination.
In 1977, some 2,800
athletes from '33 countries
participated in the 10th
Maccabia.

Heritage Society
to Commemorate
Historic Treaty

NEW YORK — The
Judaic Heritage Society of
New York is issuing an
Israel-Egypt peace medal
which will commemorate
the historic peace treaty
signed last month in Wash-
ington.
The medal, to be sculpted
by Rina Rotholz, will por-
tray symbols of both coun-
tries surrounding "two
hands in a clasp of peace."
For further information,
contact The Judaic Heri-
tage Society, 866 United
Nations Plaza, New York,
N.Y.

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Guest Column?

JERUSALEM (ZINS) --
Former Israeli Foreign
Minister Abba Eban, who
speaks fluent Arabic, has
been invited by Cairo's Al
Ahram newspaper to write
a regular political column.
Eban has not said whether
he will accept the invita-
tion.

NCJW Institute
to Devise Plan

NEW YORK — The Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women's (NCJW) Research
Institute in Israel has been
asked by the Israeli Minis-
try of Education to devise a
master_ plan for the educa-
tionthe disadvantaged.
"This project will be espe-
cially :hallenging in light of
the peace accord signed be-
tween Israel and Egypt,"
states institute director
Chaim Adler. "For in all fu-
ture educational programs
in Israel,we must take into
account the implications of
peace, and the importance
of resolving past and future
attitudes toward our -- -b
neighbors."

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Chicago Group
First With Project
Renewal Funds

CHICAGO — The. Jewish
United Fund of Metropoli-
tan Chicago became the
first American community 0-
to deliver major funds to
Project Renewal. The
organization presented $1
million in ceremonies at
Amishav in Petah Tikva, its
Project Renewal neighbor-
hood.