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. M11111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111111112 other news claim they're #1 BUT THERE'S ONLY wombs ONE Jewish News Send a gift to a friend or relative TODAY and keep them abreast of happenings here, there and everywhere THE JEWISH NEWS 111111111111111E1 Gentlemen: Please send gift subscription to: 111111111 ■ Name Address City Occasion From: 051IIIIIIiiiiiniiiii11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111flia State Zip Code 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. 1 1 1 4. goal 11 Mrs. Helen Uller Begin Is Key to Likud 'Unity Holocaust Prize mow amommrimom mossommimmemamearnm 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd. Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 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. 4 . 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. , 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." 401 4 Q 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.