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The Biblical coat of many colors caused contention ^, -among ioseph*s brothers, contention that miracuiouslx. eventuall:^ resulted in good fortune for the coat*s owner and his jealous siblings. This symbol well suits the title of Israel Shenker*s, ecclectic ' gleanings, pages from Jewish life. Shenker, an experienced
COAT OF M AN¥, COLORS ^ By ismsi Shesfiker ^'
journalist (2& ^rsrCurope^n/' correspondent ~for- Time; 10^ years reporter for The Jifew'} York 7fmfs),faias uncovered a ' rich. polygotfof; people and place* enhanced Jby ane«dbtg( ^, ai
Exploring, th^ ganiut' ]fTQm the theological to the se^ular^ Shenker confronts JudaismV^ perennial definitions^ religion, traclitrbn, idWd^ and cultui^r^Froin tHe notion of the Jewish people as singular confiEsionand ,G;d as singular condition* Shenker deliberately established' a tongue in cheek, disputatious tone^ throughout the book^ Still, his massive pride in his Jewishness is always evident, as is his insatiable curiosity about his people. •*After the creation myth.
munity." and- **Faitb.'*^ th^' cornerstones of Jewish civiii-^tion. in New York he celef braies^^ the re-establish-ment^of/ViinaV yjVO Insti-jmte' roimded ;|n^^>-^ to docunient' Eurdpclikir',Jewish
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saonaries to their fellowJews, while the latter are exclusi-vists who are often hostile. A visitor to the'^ Satmar com«, munlty's' European style parochial school where rote learning and strict discipline are preserved,-asked the rabbi* *|ls corporal punishment aiiowed?** He replied simply, "Why not?** .
The Satmar Rebbe was not ^ only serious but confident about the importance of discipline, albeit forcefully imposed.' Israel Shetiker
seems far i^movgd fr0m''th^
pline"" Shenker imposed on
and pride of aii hh people. Tliis, nook, andjcraimy fsook was. produced .out; o^slieef, desl?^.//'-
pice; itX organically i^ ble for a Jew to be a pessifnist,
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Baron agrees as he acknow-thereirtionrhipVj^^^^ ledges "Messianism as Juda^
crv^torceasestohaveamysti-  «m's most.profoundly ongj-
says; "All Jewish writers . cial written commentary on dance ,at the edge, of Vpjfeci-   the Old Testament. Shenker is
' ShenkerV' cireus' of j^ople/ and place would not becbm-f piete without a tour of B'rook-^ >/' -lyri where miany^f the worid*s CAai/^/m now live. He singles -out two seqts^ vastly removed^ from each otlief in their ideol-i; dgy, the Lubavitchers who|^ 'hail from. White Russia* and|: the Satmars from Romania.l| Both are^opular pietists but|;^: the former are friendly" mis-S
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cal foundation and becomes strictly Jin dffiee JoB .. .one party on one side, one on the: other, and they haggle over terms.**
Shenker is' particularly sharp in hisexpianation of the Jew"^s* verbal* as opposed to visual* representation of reality-in their early
ns^l idea:*" But Shenker comes
of Jewish , Messianism: **It '^IlimiiMsi^fflrs^ of the individual and he can (neyer^fiilftiillu^ the incompleteness of, his endeavors eliminates pre-j;ci^l^i|wtoj|i^^ t^.
written literature* the Wd ^'^^^^ Testament as prime example.     The Jewish writer, belongs
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lievers and non4>elievers for| in^ quick^^with Gershon Sho-   his hiimor and tolerance**^ ~ ]^m*s eorbliasy to the concept   compiling a new edition of the'
Talmuijl.\n the margins of his
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It took Jewish writers millennia to separate themselves from their religious roots. Some stUl struggle. Saul Bel-
to a noble tradition* but initially writing among Jews was^ the domain of rabbinic sages, particularly the crea-
low*s Soma Morgenstern   tors of the Talmud, the offi-
. Shenker takes his readers on several Jewish tours. In Israel he visits the unusual Diaspora Museum, Beit Hatefutsoth;mth its thematic exhibits, **Family," "Corn-
By M'ARCUS VAN STEEN
TORONTO — The sort of multicultural society that flourishes in Toronto is demonstrated in the story of howa book about survival in wartime concentration camps came to be published. The book, called When Evils Were Most Free tells the story of George Gabori, who was a Jewish activist in Hungary at the Stan of the Second World War, spent the war in Dachau, was transferred to a Communist forced labor camp towards the end of the war, and eventually managed to arrive in Toronto, where he. works as a taxi-driver.
A few years ago Gabori was persuaded by friends to write down his story. He eventually did so, producing a bulky manuscript ift ungrammatical Hungarian. It took several other people, and a multicultural grant, to turn this into a book that could be published in English.
First, an application had to be made to the Secretary of State in Ottawa. His department has a fund to pay for the
WHEN EVILS WERE-MOST FREE
By George Gabori
Deneau Publishers a; Ottawa, I98I
Sfl7.95 hardcover available In paperback)
translation of material from other languagesi into one of Canada's official languages. With this grant in hand, the manuscript was handed over to Eric Johnson, a classics scholar and a poet, who had also served time, in a forced labor camp-set up by the Soviet army when it occupied Hungary near the end pf the
war..-' v-.'-i-While in the camp, Johnson met George Faludy, one of Hungary's greatest poets. They came to Canada together, as soon as they were freed. And together they worked oii Gabon's manuscript, turning it into an extraordinary story of courage and endurance. One of the leading literary critics in Canada, William French of the Toronto Globe and MaiL des-
cribes it as a "triumphant" book.
The book includes an epilogue pointing out that many of the inmates of the Nazi and Communist camps of World War Two have come to Canada, where they are free to do as they wish. Indeed, they are encouraged to live their own life styles while enjoying the benefits of a generous and democratic society.
Canadian Stvne
notqirious Tsarist anti-Semitic forgery* Protocols of the Eldersof Zioh, vn&s one of the books oh sale at an exhibition on Islam at the Swedish State Museum of History in Stockholm.
It was sold ata stand run by Islamic Federation in Stockholm. I>eputy Museum director Lars Weden, said the Federation had been instructed not to display any propaganda at the exhibition. JCNS
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