6 Friday, December 16, 1983 ▪ THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Rabbi Takes Critical Look at Tend' THIS IS YOUR GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY By RABBI JACK GOLDMAN between the paintings of ment with Avigdor, a The moral of Singer's Marc Chagall (1887-) an d very attractive young story seems to be that a 14 KT. ITALIAN (Editor's note: .Rabbi those of Moritz Daniel 0 p- Talmudist who is in con- Jewish woman cannot step ‘4, Goldman is professor of penheim (1799-1882). stant torment over his English and humanities Rab inovitz an d O p- dark past. Avigdor is de- out of her traditional role s . at Macomb County penheim dedicate the ir eply in love with a beauti- without wreaking havoc FOR ONLY t Community College in life's work to giving a reali s- ful young woman, and casting lasting misery k upon all. Happiness, in Warren and adminis- tic portrayal of Jewish lif e, Hadass, whose parents Jewish life, is available to trator of the Metropoli- as it was. The characte 1550 PER GRAM rs have rejected him. He lit- those who conform. The tan Kashruth Council of that emerge from the pag es erally aches with pain in star-crossed romance is / AT ALMOST WHOLESALE PRICES... Michigan.) of Sholem Aleichem and th e his anguish. doomed to catastrophe. GENUINE 14KT ITALIAN GOLD necklaces, I In the realm of Jewish canvases of Oppenheim ar e Meanwhile, Anshel, who Jewish audiences will bracelets, charms and rings in the writers who sought to re- so real that they are easil y has an overpowering femi- I love the film, "Yentl." Gen- ABSOLUTELY LATEST STYLES. capture the everyday life of recognizable as genuin e, ninity in spite of herself, has tiles will find the film, in its the shtetl in Eastern familiar, authentic image GOLD CHAIN SOLDER s fallen deeply in love with dalliance with transves- $ • CLir WITH THIS AD UNTIL 12-31-83 Europe, if one is to compare that anyone can identif y Avigdor; and much to th / the works of Isaac Bashevis with who feels an intimat e dismay of all, Hadass has e tism, identity crisis and sexual confusion, musically Singer (author of the origi- relationship with Old Worl d fallen in love with Anshel! Golden HoutiquealIeweiers pleasing, but offbeat and, in nal "Yentl, the Yeshiva Jewish life. 12 MILE & EVERGREEN Anshel suffers inner tor- the end, bewildering — un- C U ST 0111 Boy") with the writings of By contrast, Chagall' s ment as she realizes that EVERGREEN PLAZA D ES IG NI NG Shalom Rabinovitz paintings emit a poeti c her donning masculine like "Fiddler on the Roof' PER SNALIZE O D MON.-SAT. 559-6170 SE RVICE ., (pseudonym Sholem quasi-cubism. Filled wit h clothes is not only a great which brought a meaning- 10 A.M.-9 P.M. ON-PREMISES REPAIRS= Aleichem), it might be in- Jewish symbolism, hi s sin, violating a clear prohib- ful message and wholesome INSURANCE APPRAISALS SUNDAY 11.4 teresting to draw a parallel works rebel against realis - ition of the Torah, but it has entertainment to all. tic portrayal and are char - brought grief to everyone: ▪ BANKRUPTCY'v acterized by non - she has fallen in love with APPRAISER ! naturalistic colors. 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