THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

62 Friday, July 24, - 1961 '

Joseph Rolnick's Poems Published
Bilingually; Poet Portrayed Trilingually

Born in Rolnik
Lithuania
in his death in 1955 his works
Joseph
acquired
an enviable position among were among the widely
the Yiddish poets in this quoted and recited.
kn three volumes of
country.
The emotions expressed poems he amassed liter-
in his verses, the simplicity ary gems. Three of his
which dominated his works, poems , appeared in
gained him a large follow- English ,translation in
"Voices Within the Ark:
. ing.
The Modern Jewish
1879, Rolnik came to the Poets" (Avon Press).
Keith Bodley translated
United States in 1908. His
the three poems in "Voices
poems
were
published and
in Within the Ark." The three
Yiddish
newspapers
leading periodicals. Until texts follow:

In Disguise

Each day, a certain hour:
I doff the royal mantle,
Take up the wanderer's staff,
Step out beneath my lintel.

I roam through markets, streets,
Past each walled house alone;
Each watchdog barks at me,
Each youngster throws a stone.

Strange latches scorch and scald;
Wounds come when the stone flies —
By now more than one king
Has wandered in disguise.

OBITUARIES

At God's Command

At God's command! Let him lead me
Wherever, however he wants .. .
I will not stand against him, but
Walk after him with confidence

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TILLIE COGGAN, 72,
of'Southfield, died July 20.
Survived by a brother, Jules
Parnes of Hollywood, Calif.

For an appreciation of the
trilingual merits of these
collected poems it is neces-
sary also to know the Yid-
dish and Hebrew texts. For
that purpose, appended are
the Yiddish and Hebrew
versions of "I Am Not Rich":

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DORA COHEN, 91, died
July 22. She leaves her hus-
band, Alexander; a son,
Jack; three grandchildren
and one great-grandson.

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WARREN P. FINK. 24,
died July 20. He leaves his
mother, Mrs. Anne Fink;
two brothers, Morris of
Miami, Fla., and Robert of
Baltimore, Md.; and a sis-
ter, Lorrie.

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I'm Not Rich

I'm not rich: I've one coat for home,
For synagogue and for the road;
I trade in it on market days,
On feast days pray in it to God.

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The dust of summer falls on it
And all the mud from autumn rain
And gutter-splashes: all the soaps
Will not wash off a single stain.. .

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ESTHER GARVIN, 85,
died July 17. Survived
by a son, Nathan of
Sarasota, Fla.; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Julius (Gladys)
Barr and Mrs. Bertrand
(Muriel) Jacobs; a sister,
Mrs. Florence Laport; seven
grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.

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To parties and to funerals
I wear the same. I'm not rich. And
With all these stains upon me I'll
Arrive in heaven's promised land.

IRVING LOUIS BER-
KOWITZ, 47, of Livonia,
died July 19. Survived by
his mother, Rose; a brother,
Micheal; and a sister, Mrs.
Milton (Frances) Goldman.

ANNA NICHAMIN, 78,
former Detroiter of Los
Angeles, Calif., died July
13. Survived by her son,
Herbert Cooper of Oak
Park; a brother, Theodore I.
Cooper of Bloomfield Hills;
and two grandchildren.

ANNA CHERESHNIA,
79, of Detroit, died July 21..
Survived by two sons, Mar-
vin Cheresh and Earl
Cheresh; and four
grandchildren.

volume is entitled "Gek-
liebene Lieder," —
"Selected Poems" — and
the Hebrew text is
entitled "Shirim Niv-
rahim."

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four
Calif.;
cisco,
grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter.

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On mountaintops, in deep ravines,
With my eyes open — and yet- blind;
In wild beasts' lairs; the Father leads —
And the child softly treads behind.

Joseph Rolnik acquires
prominence trilingually
both in the "Voices" volume
as well as in the bilingual
book of his selected poems
published posthumously in
Israel, in their original Yid-
dish texts and in Hebrew
translations by Shimshon
Melzer.
It was thanks to his
widow, the late Feigel Rol-
nik, that the bilingual vol-
ume was inspired.
The current trilingual

SARAH ANN ARKIN,
87, died July 17. She leaves
a brother, Albert Friedman;
and nieces and nephews.

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LILLIAN PRESS. 7u,
died July 16. Survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Louise
Mandell of North Miami,
Fla., and Gertrude; nieces
and nephews.

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ELSIE ROSEN, 85, died
July 20. She leaves two
sons, Dr. Irving Rowe and
Dr. Harold Rowe; and three
grandchildren. -

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MAX ROSENBERG,
68, former Detroiter of
Panorama City, Calif., died
recently. Survived by his
wife, Connie; a brother, Irv-
ing of Woodland Hills,
Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs.
Joseph (Ann) Rosenberg
and Mrs. Leona Jacobs, both
of Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Interment California.

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MOLLY MIFELOW
SHUSHAN, 75, died July
20. She leaves a son, Alvin
Mifelow of New York City,
N.Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Leon
(Sheila) Forman; and three
grandchildren.

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MARY STUTZ, 81, died
HENRY GOTLIFFE. July 17. She leaves three
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73, of Southfield, died July sons, Albert, Harry of
21. Survived by his wife, California and Milton M. of
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Hilda; a son, Harvey L.; a Brazil; a daughter, Mrs.
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daughter, Mrs. Stanley Isaac (Lee) Grodsky; 14
(Shirley) Halprin; a sister, grandchildren and 10
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Mrs. Esther Richstone of great-grandchildren.
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Montreal, Quebec; and four
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grandchildren.
THEODORE STYBEL,
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29, died July 22. Survived
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ETHEL N. HENKIN, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
60,
died July 15. She leaves Louis (Esther) Stybel; and a
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Irpc
her husband, Dr. William; a brother, Harvey.
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son, William Jr. of San
Francisco, Calif.; a daugh-
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DORA WIENER, 82, of
ter, Mrs. Nicole Henkin Detroit, died July 19. Sur-
rtnix
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Katano of San Francisco, vived by two sons, Lawrence
Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. J. and Erwin; three sisters,
lor.q -1 /3r.1 ;15 1.5 E7 ?. DV1
Judith Siegman of Brook- Mrs. Esther Engelberg of
inljouj n1D5r3 c 7tC ri`?1.7/35
lyn, N.Y.
Sunrise, Fla., Mrs. Sam
.-11y,r15 'nix 714,
(Jean) Goren and Mrs.
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Cohen; four
Betty
JACOB B. MENACER, grandchildren and three
88, died July 16. He leaves great-grandchildren.
Jack Epstein
Rose Feldstein
two daughters, Mrs. Harold
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Jack W. Epstein, chair- (Frances) Norris and Mrs.
Rose Feldstein, a member man of the board of Dear- Rose Kahn of San Fran-
ALICE ZISKIND, 85,
of Jewish communal and born Refining Co., died July
died July 21. She leaves
women's organizations, 16 at age 68.
sons, Wilfred and Gera
Eli Rosenbaum
died July 17 at age 80.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
Eli Rosenbaum, who was daughter, Mrs. Samuel
A native Detroiter, Mrs. Mr. Epstein was the past involved in the manage- (Lorraine) Rosner of Lyn-
Feldstein was a member of president of the Association ment and real estate field, dhurst, Ohio; a sister, Mrs.
Goldie Ehrlich; and five
Cong. Shaarey Zedek and of Petroleum Refiners.
He was a member of Adat died July 17 at age 82.
granddaughters.
its sisterhood, Sinai Hospi-
Born
in
Poland,
Mr.
tal Guild, Women's Ameri- Shalom Synagogue, Perfec- Rosenbaum lived 63 years
can ORT and Hadassah, of tion Lodge of the Masons in the U.S. He was a 54—CEMETERY LOTS
which she was a life and Tam-O-Shanter Coun- member of Young Israel of
try Club.
member.
He leaves his wife, Car- Greenfield, Mosaic Lodge of For Sale: 3 plots — Adat
Shalom Memorial Park.
She leaves her husband, rie; two sons, Alan of Wood- the Masons, Downtown-Fox
Joseph; a son, Morton of land Hills, Calif., and Lodge of Bnai Brith, Miz- Section D450 — $500
Robert; a brother, Eugene; rachi, Bar-Ilan University each or best offer. Write:
Spring, Tex.; a daughter,
two sisters, Mrs. Elaine and was active on behalf of Mrs. R. Salesin, 95 Fairhill
Mrs. Marvin (Marilou) Be-
Weiss of Miami Beach, Fla., Shaare Zedek Hospital in Dr., Rochester, N.Y.
rman; a brother, Bernard
and Mrs. Sidney (Selma) Jerusalem.
Harris of Anaheim, Calif.; a
14618 or
He is survived by his wife,
sister, Mrs. Lillian Berman; Blum; and four
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Doris; nieces and nephews.
grandchildren.
and seven grandchildren.

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