THE JEWISH NEWS USPS 275-520) Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Postmaster -Send address changes to The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $15 a year. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher ALAN HITSKY News Editor CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager HEIDI PRESS DREW LIEBERWITZ Associate News Editor Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 15th day of Tishri, 5740, is the first day-of Sukkot and the following .riptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 2.. z6-23:44, Numbers 29:12-16. Prophetical portion, .Zechariah 14:1-21. Sunday, second day of Sukkot Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 22:2623:44, Numbers 29:12-16. Prophetical portion, I Kings 8:2-21. Hol Hamoed Sukkot Monday, Numbers 29:17-25. Tuesday, Numbers 29:20-28. Wednesday, Numbers 29:23-31. Thursday, Numbers 29:2644. Friday, Oct. 12, Hoshana -Raba Numbers 29:26-34 Candle lighting, Friday, Oct. 5, 6:49 p.m. VOL. LXXVI, No. 5 Page Four Friday, October 5, 1979 THE HONOR OF THIS NATION Under the leadership of President Jimmy embattled area to fan flames of hatred. There is Carter, an accord has been reached for peace no other way of interpreting a mission of terror. between Israel and Egypt. It was the first It was normal for a responsible Israeli leader breakthrough in a situation that has affected to advise Jesse Jackson that he would never the amity of all nations, everywhere. It served berate decency_ by SU gP.PSH 71 Cr + ‘1-1' 4-"' as an in vi ta v—roi--g1.30CCW111 interest 6fde-magoguery this seems to have had among all peoples. Egypt's President Anwar little effect. He went to the area of embattle- Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Menahem ment to add to discord and he is bent on pursu- Begin were the co-partners in this great effort. ing a pro-PLO campaign which, if successful, Their task is proving encouragingly workable would give credence to the terrorists' aim of and the three men are working in friendly pur- destroying Israel. suance of peace. - Therefore, the sense of dismay over the There is an element that is trying to destroy Jackson visit is more than resentment over in- that peace. It is dominated by murderous ter-__ terference with American policies and with Is- rorists. It has the encouragement of the Soviet rael's need to reject any interference in efforts to Union whose role in training terrorists has advance the need and the aim for peace. It is the emerged as one of the most shocking examples urgency to turn to the black community and to of indecency in the civilized world. Now this ask for a continuity of friendship with the cabal has secured an assisting faction whose Jewish people, its support in basic American leaders are fanning racial hatred. A team of aims in the Middle East as American citizens such bigots was in Israel, after making game and as a human responsibility, and not to with the most dastardly enemies of peace, and endorse anything that is disruptive of such aims they have introduced a hatred that is puzzling, or is destructive in processes to cement good- shocking, inexcusable. It is a hatred that dis- will. graces America's honor. — The responsibility for sharing in good-will Not only the honor of this nation, whose role and in rational approaches to peace is too great in Middle East peace-making is so vital, but the to encourage injection of suspicions and hatreds dignity and self-respect of the AmeriCan black into an area already defiled by irrespon- community is being tested by the issue created sibilities. by one of its representatives in an area where Time heals all wounds. It undoubtedly will good-will and neighborliness is so urgent for the bring the present into state of common under- world-at large. Instead of encouraging coopera- standing. Those who injected the discord must tion in peace efforts by all of the Arab nations, be asked to be the first to abandon policies of as advocated by Egypt's President Sadat, a disruption. The introduction of genocidal tactics self-appointed black emissary has gone to the anywhere is intolerable. CELEBRANTS: ORT AND HA13ER Tens of thousands of young Jews would have become pariahs had it not been for the voca- tional training programs provided for them by ORT, the great movement for training and re- habilitation in a score of agricultural and indus- trial forms. Deprived of opportunities for farming, mechanical vocations, sewing for women, a variety of other trades for all ages and both sexes, in lands of oppression, ORT stepped in with a vision that defied oppression. It began on a small scale in Russia and it spread globally through the decades. Craftsmanship became an achievement for multitudes who would otherwise be incompe- tent, thanks to the school system and guidance provided by ORT. Especially in Israel, in the past three decades, ORT became one of the most creative forces for training youth, preparing them for engineering and related professions, filling a great need for a land born out of the neglected desert into one of the most progressive industrial centers. That ORT in this country should make the 100th anniversary an event of national impor- tance to be observed in Metropolitan Detroit is a tribute to this community. It is at the same time a source of great satis- faction that the scheduled event should serve a double purpose, at the same time honoring the man who has led ORT, on an international scale, into great success. Under the leadership of Dr. William Haber, ORT has gained a place of priority in communal support, in philanthropic aid, in admiration of what can be accomplished when the aim is for creative tasks in Jewish ranks. At 80, his natal day has been selected for him to be honored jointly with the acclaim to be given the ORT movement. A movement and a personality will be hon- ored here at the 100th anniversary of ORT, at the testimonial dinner for Dr. Haber on Oct. 15. It will be an occasion for great pride for all who admire Dr. Haber and glory in the opportunities that were provided to cooperate with him, and the movement which he has helped strengthen in its impressive growth. Psim6 41 fitqforigpVdam---s-s---- A literary treat is being provided by Paragon Publishers for the lovers of Yiddish literature and the admirers of Sholem Aleichem. Three paperbacks containing the works of Sholom Aleichem in translations by experts have just been issued by Paragon. The _fact that two of the paperbacks contain Sholom Aleichem stories in translations by Curt Leviant and the third by Sholom Aleichem's granddaughter, Tamara Kahana, lend extraordinary significance to this literary gift. Leviant has helped enrich knowledge about Yiddish literature generally and Sholom Aleichem in particular for many years and the current task is a continuation of his tasks as a translator of note. The Yiddish humorist's granddaughter shares in the significance of this contribution to the paperback library. Sholom Aleichem, the "Peace Be Unto You" traditional Jewish salutation, was adopted as a penname by the eminent Yiddish humorist and storyteller, Sholom Rabinowitz. In one of the three paperbacks, titled "Old Country Tales," appear the short stories, monologues and a narrative love poem inspired by the "Song of Songs." Here, as in all of the Sholom Aleichem stories, the shtetl, the old world Jewish village, is depicted in all its pathos as well as the humor evoka- ble by a master like the great Jewish humorist who is popularized again in the new set of paperbacks. "Tevye the Dairyman" is a chief character in one of the stories. The Leviant-translated story provides ar. opportunity for the lovers of the thea- ter to learn the roots of the play that SHOLOM ALEICHEM has become the favorite of millions in many lands, "Fiddler on the Roof." The second volume in the series translated by Leviant is entitled Some Laughter, Some Tears — Tales From the Old World and the New." In the 20 stories in this volume there are tales relating to the Jewish shtetl experiences in Russia as well as the experiences of the eminent author in America. Noteworthy here is that in this collection is included Sholom Aleichem's first and most popular story, The Pen Knife." There is an inspiration in the knowledge that what has been reproduced in the new paperbacks provides an opportunity, in the explanatory prefatory notes by the translators, to get an historical perspective of the great humorist's gifts to the literary world. The children's stories, the description of holiday observances, the relations with non-Jews with whom Jews did business, all provide an insight into the experiences of the folk now extinct. While the character of Tevye as portrayed in "Fiddler on the Roof" has been popularized, in the story of the dairyman, another of the important Sholom Aleichem characters, Menahem Mendel, is lesser known and is now re-introduced in the stories of this searcher for economic success, whose every attempt at it ends in disaster. The Menahem Mendel stories are in the third volume, "The Adventures of Menahem Mendel," translated by granddaughter Tamara Kahana. Menahem travels extensively, seeks success, fails, lives on unat- tained dreams, retains hope in the Almighty. Thus the reader learns from the Sholom Aleichem stories about life in the shtetl,' the heroes and the villains therein, the laughter and tears in a vanished world. Paragon Publishers rendered a notable service with the publica- tion of this series of Sholom Aleichem paperbacks.