Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 September 1958 — Page 11

Friday, September 5, 1958 pongs AND RELIGIOUS ARTICLES

The National Jewish POST and OPINION

Rabbinical Council Sermons Higher in Calibre This Year

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manual of holiday and SABBATH SERMONS, edited by P. H. Singer, $6.50 (Rabbinical Council Press). The Council continues to supply rabbis of all groups with a remarkable wealth of ideas for a year of sermonizing, written by a most able corps of American Orthodox rabbis. Pool, Jung, Rackman, Chavel, H o 11 a n der, S h a r f m an, Adams, and other well known names,

appear.

Since the calibre of the discourses is more uniformly high than in previous collections, none of the sermonizers need be specially named from this volume. As previously, there are talks for special occasions and a commendable addendum of sermonettes for every sidra. Perhaps the major theme is the citation from Israel Salanter: "It is a far greater feat to live as a Jew than die as a Jew.” But there are too many unedited phrases like Orentlicher’s “This has become a rat-race life of existence.” The format of the series remains undistinguished and the editing virtually undistinguishable. Editors should be appointed for editorial ability, and not as an "honor.” The book is dedicated to Chief Rabbi Isaac Nis-

sim; it contains his address at the dedication of Heihal Shelomo. MARGIN FOR TRIUMPH, by Joseph I. Singer, $5.50 (Bloch). “The Torah,” says Rabbi Singer, “is the margin for triumph, changing the minus of life into a plus.” On this premise he has based the impressive sermons gathered into his first book. They cover the holidays, special Sabbaths, and the portions of Genesis and Exodus. They combine piety and learning with excellently chosen quotations from Hebraic Literature and unusually apt anecdotes. An addition to Jewish homiletic writing that is valuable to fellow rabbis and laymen both, though marred by inadequate editing, in such matters as capitalization and transliteration, “b’shvat” for “bi’shvat,” “Shevuous” for “Shavuos,” and similar solecism. Still, enjoyable, informative, and inspiring reading. LIVING HEBREW, $9.95 (Crown

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The most recent and quite possibly the best, of the admirable Crown Living Language courses, is the modern Hebrew lessons — 40 of them on four two-sided, long-playing, highfidelity records, spoken by native Israelis — employing the methods so successfully developed by the United States under martial impact. Samuel Steinberg’s “Common

Peace Rumors With Arabs Heard From Several Sources

NEW YORK (NJP)—Rumors of possible peace overtures by the Arabs have still elicited very little interest in the diplomatic world who are inclined to doubt their authenticity, but the rumors nevertheless still persist. THE JEWISH Chronicle of London in a news story from Ottowa, Canada, reported Sidney Smith, Canadian Minister of External Affairs, as telling Parliament on his return from the UN session that he had heard that the Arab states were prepared to discuss peace with Israel. The New York Times had a more specific version of the same theme. It reported from the United Nations that the

United Arab Republic was ready to join the big powers and other Arab states and Israel in a declaration pledging to observe the principles of non-aggression and non-intervention in the area. FROM ISRAEL, the correspondent of The POST and OPINION reported that Golda Meir on her recent visit to Rome suggested that Italy be the mediator for a meeting between BenGurion and Nasser.

GETS WRAPPED BREAD Sliced and wrapped bread will be sold in Jerusalem for the first time around Rosh Hashana.

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