Question of the Week:
Where, in the Five Books of Moses, does the word "Jew" first
appear?
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A few gems, but lots of lesser Jewish
books are new on the shelves.
I Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor
across author mini-biographies,
"Kirk Douglas has been a Hol-
lywood legend for over four
he last- time I heard from
decades."
Kirk Douglas, he was at
Young Heroes is a
the podium of
collection of five sto-
an awards show lec-
KKR K DOUGLAS
ries about Abraham,
NG HEROES
turing Israel- on•how to
Rebecca, Joseph, Miri-
the BIBLE
I manage Jerusalem.
am and David. These
I "The city must be open
are pivotal figures in
I to all religions," was
Jewish history, extraor-
I the gist of his com-
dinary men and
ments.
women, whom Dou-
Now, the actor has
glas prefers to reduce
I written a children's
to buffoons.
book. It's Young
He describes the young
Heroes of the Bible: A.
Joseph as "a spoiled brat."
Book for Family. Sharing
Others in the book mouth off
I by Kirk Douglas, with illustra-
cutesy gibberish more appropri-
tions by Dom Lee (Simon and
ate for cartoon characters.
I Schuster, $15).
Note this passage from Dou-
Just in case you're wondering
glas' account of David and
what Douglas'. credentials are,
Goliath:
I it states on the inside flap,
"When the giant saw David,
where you invariably come
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he blinked twice. Coming
i toward him was a little kid with
I a little purse. His laughter rum-
; bled like thunder in the valley.
I 'Ha, Ha, Ha, HO, Ha.' When
I he finally stopped laughing, he
I yelled to David, 'COME ON.
I COME TO ME. I'LL MAKE •
HAMBURGER OUT OF YOU —
.1 A TASTY'KIDBURGER.'"
1 I don't have a problem
1 reworking texts to make them
, r
child- f riendly, but this one is just'
plain dumb.
The political correctness of
this text is another issue.
"And that is why we believe
— all the Jews, Christians and
Muslims, almost 3 billion pea-
1 ple all over the world — in one
God."
Wow. Meaningful.