THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS • 31st Book Fair Opens Saturday The 31st annual Jewish Some 23 authors and Book Fair opens its eight- numerous performers will day run at the main Jewish participate in the annual Community Center on event. Most of the events Saturday evening. are free and open to the pub- At 8 p.m., attorney and lic. A few require an admis- author Alan M. Dershowitz, sion charge. For informa- author of "The Best De- tion, call the Jewish Corn- fense," will speak on "De- munity Center Cultural fending Jewish Rights at Arts Department, 661- Home and Abroad." 1000, ext. 250. SATURDAY 8 p.m. — Alan M. Dershowitz will speak on "Defending Jewish Rights ,at Home and Abroad." SUNDAY 1 p.m. — Nathan and Ruth Perlmutter will speak on "Where Are We Now?" 2 p.m. — The PuppeTwins will present "Meshka the Kvetch" for children. Admission charge. 2 p.m. — Mark Slobin will speak on "How the Fiddler Got on the Roof." 3 p.m. — Ilya Rudiak will speak on "Farewell Shtetl" in Yiddish. 4 p.m. — Reception and autograph session sponsored by the Jewish Publication Society and Wayne State Univer- sity Press. Boris. Smolar's 8 p.m. — Barbara and Barry Rosen will speak on "The Media and the Family." MONDAY TUESDAY 10 a.m. — Robert Kimmel Smith will speak on "One Foot: The Distance from Sadie Shapiro's House to Jane's House." Noon — Luncheon. Admission charge, reservations re- quired. 8 p.m. — Meridith Tax will speak on "Contradictions." WEDNESDAY 10 a.m. — William Helmreich will speak on "The Jewish Stereotypes and the Facts Behind Them." Noon — Luncheon. Admission charge, reservations re- quired. 1 p.m. — Claire Rayner will speak on "Your Life, My Life." 8 p.m. — Paul Cowan will speak on "Retrieving a Jewish Legacy." 10 a.m. — Rena Blumberg will speak on "Life as a Celebra- tion." Noon — Luncheon. Admission charge, reservations re- quired. 1 p.m. —Elizabeth Klein will speak on "After Immigration: The New Generations." 8 p.m. — Prof. Emil Fackenheim will speak on "The Jewish Return Into History." Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.) JEWISH BOOKS IN U.S.: Never in the history of the Jewish people have so many books on Jewish subjects been published each year in any country as in the U.S. now. Since the end of World War II, the liberation of the Jewish remnants from the Nazi camps, and the establishment of the state of Israel, there is not a book season without publi- cation of books of Jewish content by prestigious American publishing houses. It is estimated that this year there will be more than 400 such books published. This is more than one book each day, not to speak of books published in Yiddish and of Orthodox rabbinical literature published in Hebrew. Gone are the years when publication of books on Jewish themes in English depended primarily on the Jewish Publication Society and Jewish publishers such as the Bloch Co. Today "Jewish books" are part and parcel of the publishing programs of large American concerns. Some universities and colleges, which publish books of scholarly character, are similarly paying more attention to manu- scripts of Jewish content. Doctoral dissertations on Jewish subjects are now being published more and more, as well as selected Judaica. THE JEWISH BOOK MONTH: The Jewish Book Month, which is being observed now in many communities across the country, has greatly stimulated the interest of Jews in books of all categories. Under the sponsorship of the Jewish Book Council of the National Jewish Welfare Board — which is now marking its 40th anniversary — some 2,000 groups plan Jewish Book Month activities every year. A central role in the Jewish Book Month is the Jewish Book Fair conducted by many community centers during the month, including Detroit's, which opens Saturday eve- ning. Thousands of people visit these book bazaars where English, Yiddish and Hebrew books of all kinds are being sold in large quantities. It is interesting to note that with the constantly increasing number of titles of Jewish inter- est coming from general publishers, several of the large publishing houses are now printing separate lists of the books of Jewish interest they issue. They include Double- day; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; and several university presses. The State University of New York has a special Judaic list and a series of books on modern Jewish history. The Wayne State University Press has a catalogue entitled Judaica. The University of Chicago Press has a list of titles in Judaica. NOV. 20 8 p.m. — English Yiddish Theater: "The Golden Land." - NOV. 21 10:30 a.m. — Aranka Siegal will speak on "Our Cultural Heritage Under Duress." 1 p.m. — Yaffa Eliach will speak on "The Art of Jewish Survival." 2 p.m. — Camp Maas Dance Village and Young Dancers Company will perform "Deborah the Dybbuk" for chil- dren. There is a charge. 3 p.m. — Closing reception with Chaim Potok. Record Number of Athletes Seen at Hapoel Games TEL AVIV — Twenty-six nations have accepted invi- tations to participate in the 12th Hapoel Games, May 1-7, in Israel, according to Isaac Ofek, president of the organizing committee. Nearly 1,500 athletes_will be included in these na- tional contingents. Registrations to date for the games, he noted, have already passed that of the 1979 Hapoel Games, in which 23 countries, outside of Israel, with 1,200 athletes took part. The Hapoel Games are conducted every four years, the year prior to the Olym- pics. They will feature in- ternational invitational competition in: track and field, badminton, judo, wrestling, weight-lifting, equestrian events, bridge, tennis, handball, table- tennis, basketball, vol- leyball, water-polo, soccer, fencing, canoeing, shooting, swimming, chess, sailing, MARCH OF TIME: The growing interest in Jewish cycling, rugby and archery. books indicates the search of American-born• Jews of the Duties are ours, events younger generation for their Jewish roots. The philosophy are God's. His removes an that "what elders reject the younger generations pick up" is infinate burden from the now a fact in American Jewish life. Hence the search for shoulders of a miserable, Jewish roots and the growing interest in books of Jewish tempted, dying creature. On content. this consideration only can The Jewish Book Council seeks to strengthen this he securely lay down his trend. The annual Jewish Book Month and its Book Fairs head and close his eyes. are a basic part of its effective programs. —Cecil c; ' t •' ' 1.1101141i.. ' S Wherever you travel, travel with Lufthansa. 10 a.m. — Esther Jungreis will speak on "American Mores vs. Jewish Values." Noon — Luncheon. Admission charge, reservations re- quired. 1 p.m. — Rabbi Kenneth Aaron Kanter will speak and present a musical program, "Do You Remember? — A Medley of Tin Pan Alley Music." 8 p.m. — Clive Irving will speak on "Israel: Cultural Colli- sion." THURSDAY `Between You . . and Me' Friday, November 12, 1982 11 Lufthansa is much more than the airline to Germany. We serve 123 cities in 71 countries around the world. And one of these countries is Israel. Wherever you go, take advantage of Lufthansa's famous service and efficiency. And if you wish fine kosher food en route, simply tell us when you make your reservation. , Ask your travel agent about us. 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