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have it. It's partly because I'm
funny and I'm humorous."
Gould's classes in comedy,
modern theater and history of
the theater were popular at
the University of Toronto.
When his students learned he
was pink-slipped, they pro-
tested vigorously. Gould once
said he would get teary-eyed
when students told him they
wanted to take his classes.
Gould, who clainis his
Jewish background is nomi-
nal, taught at the Adat
Shalom Synagogue Hebrew
school here. Most of what he
knows about Jewish history
and tradition is self-taught.
Since earning a bachelor's de-
gree at Wayne State Univer-
sity, master's degree at New
York University and his doc-
torate, Gould has held teach-
ing positions at York Univer-
sity, the University of Guelph
(Ontario), the Ontario College
of Art and U. of Toronto. He
lectures to Jewish groups
throughout the United States
and Canada.
Whatever unhappine§s he
felt as a youth certainly isn't
evident now. Give him a topic
on which he has some exper-
tise and watch him go. He
glows when he speaks of his
children Elisheva and Judah.
(That same kind of fatherly
pride came through in an arti-
cle he did for a Canadian mag-
azine about being a feminist.)
And when he talks about writ-

ing, he becomes more ani-
mated. "I get tremendous
pleasure from it. I enjoy writ-
ing."
Today, magazine writing
takes up about 70 percent of
his time, while writing books
and lecturing make up the
balance. Previously, he gave
commentaries — or what he
calls "intellectual lectures" —
for Canadian radio and TV. He
has done hour-long programs
on Henrik Ibsen, George Ger-
shwin and the Holocaust.
But his mission is not to
entertain. "I'm not a comedian
and I don't see myself as a
comedian. I'm a teacher before
anything else — except a Jew.
I'm a Jew first and foremost.
To me, to just entertain is nar-
rish (foolish). To entertain is to
kibbitz or to clown, which is
what I was as a child, which is
why being back here in Detroit
in some ways is quite painful
for me."
Although many who knew
him from his younger days
flocked to greet him after his
Detroit lecture — he relished
the spotlight — being back
home reminded him of his un-
happy youth.
"I was a bit of the kibbitzer
and the clown back in
Hampton and Mumford. I
think I did it out of insecurity
and to entertain, but my
humor was angry, it was bit-

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