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Friday, January 25, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
BOOKS
Mesorah gains high role
in traditional publishing
For nearly the entire era of the
current century, several publish-
ing projects dominated the Jewish
field. With the Jewish Publication
Society in the lead, importance
must also be credited to Hebrew
Publishing Co., Bloch Publishers,
Behrman House and several of a
minor nature.
In the past few years, a new
publishing house has entered the
field and may be considered
dominating the traditionally Or-
thodox,' with emphasis on the
halachic, including mishnaic and
other commentaries and notewor-
thy children's books.
Mesorah Publications merits
attention equal to the best in the
field, and must be credited with
performing impressively with its
dedication to the devoutly tradi-
tional.
Both in hard cover and as a
paperback, Mesorah most re-
cently added to its fame with the
publication of a well translated
and commentated The Siddur Kol
Yaakov. It already received
acclaim in these columns. They
merit the circulation they are be-
ginning to attain.
Among his mishnaic commen-
taries issued by Mesorah is The
Mishna: Seder Nashim, the first
volume in a projected series, relat-
ing women and the regulations
ascribed to them, in Jewish lore.
The first two volumes in a series
that registers historic importance
is the translation of the Tz'ena
Ir'enah. It is the Teitsch Hum-
mosh that inspired Jewish women
at religious services. They are re-
plete with legends, Talmudic
tales, folkloristic approaches to
inspirational Jewish values. They
were the treasured for and by
women.
Then there are the biographi-
cal. The Story of Reb Elchonon by
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life story of Rabbi Elchonon Was-
serman who establishied a record
for piety and public service for
Jewry in Eastern Europe.
Another noteworthy biography
' describes the life of Rabbi Yosef
Sonnenfeld, described as "The
Guardian of Jerusalem." It was
just published under the title, The
Story of Reb Yosef Chaim,
adapted by Rabbi Finkelman
from the latter's earlier, lengthier
work on this revered rabbi.
Mesorah gained special recog-
nition and appreciation for its
series of books for young readers
under the collective titles of The
Best of Olomeimu.
Another historically valuable
work is the Book of Ezra, in the
original and with a new transla-
tion by Rabbi Yosef Rabinowitz.
Ezra is a commentary an-
thologized from talmudic, mid-
rashic and rabbinic sources.
Significant in the Mesorah
achievements also is the publica-
tion of a two-volume biography of
the Chofetz Chaim. The Chofetz
Chaim: the Life and Works of
Rabbi Yisrael Mein Kagan of
Radin by Rabbi Moses M. Yoshar,
depicts dramatically the life and
works of the great rabbinic leader
who conferred with nobility and
statesmen, who labored to attain
just rights for Jewry in Russian
Poland. The books were trans-
lated into English by Charles
Wengrov.
Collectively, Mesorah earns
more than recognition: it acquires
merited acclaim for works that
might never have survived, biog-
raphies and stories that would
have been ignored if not for this
publishing group's devotional at-
tainments.
— P.S.
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Jury Finds For Sharon
In Two Questions
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The two month-long trial of a
$50 million libel case brought by
former Israeli Defense Minister
Ariel Sharon against Time maga-
zine moved to its finish as the jury
last week decided on two of the
three questions in the case in
favor of Sharon.
The case revolves around a key
paragraph in a Time cover story
on Sharon. The paragraph as-
serted that Sharon, who was De-
fense Minister at the time of the
1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
and the subsequent massacre of
Palestinian refugees living in Be-
irut refugees camps, discussed re-
venge with the Lebanese Phalan-
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gist militia before the massacre.
The Phalangists have been ac-
cused of carrying out the mas-
sacre. Sharon has denied that
such a conversation with Phalan-
gists took place.
In order to prove libel, news re-
ports stated, the jury must-rule in
favor of Sharon on three ques-
tiohs: that the paragraph was de-
famatory, false, and published
with reckless disregard for the
truth.
So far, the jury has decided the
first two questions in favor of Sha-
ron. The jury is in the process of
deliberating on the third ques-
tion, whether the article was pub-
lished with "actual malice."
After the second decision, Time
Inc. issued a statement in which it
said it "still believes that the arti-
cle was substantially true." The
statement said that "We continue
to expect that the jury will find
that Time did not libel Mr. Sha-
ron."