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ertoire. Morris and
Emma Schaver sup-
ported a fund spe-
cifically for the pub-
lication of Judaica.
Professor Martin
Herman established
Jane Hoehner
an ongoing fund in
honor of his parents
for publications on
Jewish art.
Bernard
Goldman, Press
director in the
1970s, worked
hard to maintain
its reputation as
Leonard
a publisher of
Simons
Judaica. Goldman,
a scholar of art his-
tory, was a witty
conversationalist
and an engaging
friend to many of
the world's scholars.
Jeffrey Abt, a
WSU
professor of
Jeffrey Abt
art and of museum
studies and longtime member of
the editorial board, retells the most
famous anecdote about Goldman's
wit. Responding to a directive from
a university bureaucrat insisting on
gender-neutral vocabulary, Goldman,
who disliked bureaucratic directives
and institutional stuffiness, replied
with a memo including awkward
gender-neutral phrases, and signed
"Bernard Goldperson." Thereafter,
his colleagues introduced him as
"Goldperson" wherever they could
get away with doing so.
Not that Goldman disrespected
women. Hoehner notes that
Goldman facilitated the acquisition
of WSU Press' all-time best-seller,
Latin via Ovid, written by his wife
Professor Norma Goldman.
While Hoehner emphasizes the
key role played by the Jewish com-
munity in funding the Press in its
early years, Abt, who came to Wayne
in 1989, expresses a more cautious
view of the relationship between the
Press and the Jewish community in
his era. He says the Press has benefit-
ted from the intellectual leadership
and modest financial backing of a
handful of faculty members and
some financial assistance from indi-
viduals in the community; but it has
not benefited from institutional or
foundation support from the Detroit-
area Jewish community — certainly
not commensurate with the Press'
valuable services.
Nonetheless, WSU Press has con-
tinued to publish high-quality Jewish
titles, according to Abt, because "vir-
tue is its own reward. Authors look
to see who has published good books
in their field, and submit their man-
uscripts to those same publishers."
Those early publications of Judaica
presaged the rise of Jewish studies
departments at universities.
"We live a golden age of academic
Jewish studies, and Wayne State
University Press contributed to
launching that golden age; we are not
just riding the wave Abt said.
Looking to the future, Abt notes that
the Press depends on funding from
the university's operating budget. In
recent years, the Michigan Legislature
has cut allocations to higher educa-
tion, and the university has had to
look for places to effect savings. The
Press has so far escaped deep cuts.
Directors of the Press, over the
years, have sought outside funding
for valued projects, but have often
been stymied by other parts of the
university, which have other agendas
for the same donors. Abt feels the
Press has a real need for substantial
long-term backing specifically for the
Judaica series to assure the contin-
ued vitality of the series.
Among the acclaimed, prize-
winning books published by WSU
Press are the works of Israeli anthro-
pologist Raphael Patai and literary
scholar David Roskies. Abt lists,
among the publications of American
Judaica, a study of the impact of
Leon Uris' novel Exodus, a history
of B'nai B'rith, a biography of civil
rights lawyer Ernie Goodman, a
study of the impact of Jewish day
schools on the parents of students,
and Hollywood's Chosen People about
Jews in the film industry.
These books, Abt says, "are not
just good scholarship. They are just
plain interesting reading!'
Titles on the Judaica list published
by WSU Press have won dozens of
awards. If the Press is to continue
excellence in this area, Abt believes,
it needs to find people who care to
support this valuable project, which,
he says, "has put Wayne State and the
Jewish community on the map across
the academic world!'
"I feel passionate about this:' Abt
says. "Maybe someone out there is
ready to help." ❑
WSU Press will hold its 10th annual
Celebration of Books benefit to showcase
new titles and dozens of authors at
5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the
Detroit Institue of Arts. $50, including
strolling dinner and cash bar; http://bit.
ly/14GUYIX. To support the WSU Press,
go to wsupress.wayne.edu/support or
contact Jane Hoehner at (313) 577-4606
or jane.hoehner@wayne.edu .