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Recent Books - in Review
Aid to the Fleeing
TO DWELL IN SAFETY, the story of Jewish Migration
since 1800. By Mark Wischnitzer, with a Preface by James
G. McDonald. Philadelphia, Pa., The Jewish Publication
Society of America. 1948. xxv + 368 pages. 15 pages of
illustrations. $4.00.
Flight from Europe is an ultra
modern phrase. Actually, such a
flight has been going on for at
least a century and a half and has
left its mark on every continent
and on many lands. Scores of mil
lions of every nation and religious
tradition left the countries of their
birth, during the past century, and
wandered across land and sea to
seek new homes. What motivated
this vast exodus? Economic and
political causes accounted for most
of it among Jews as well as among
Christians. The more than four
million Jews, however, who were
involved in it combined all the mo
tives into a single one — the de
sire to find safety: from oppressive
and sometimes murderous enemies,
from strangling economic restric
tions, from stepmother — lands
which denied them the dignity of
human beings. All of this Dr.
Wischnitzer sums up in the elo
quent title of his book, "To Dwell
in Safety,” a title which he drew
from a messianic vision in the
Bible (Jeremiah 23:6).
Beginning with Jewish migra
tions from western and central
Europe from 1800 to 1880, Dr.
Wischnitzer carries his story for
ward to the flight from Russia and
other East European countries
after 1881 and through the forced
migrations before, during and fol
lowing World War II. While he
discusses migration to every land
of new settlement, he gives chief
attention to migration to the United
States. The final chapters, dealing
with the attempts to save Jews
from Nazi extermination and with
the heroic efforts of the few sur
vivors to enter the land of Israel,
afford an excellent summary of
what all of us have read in the
daily press but all too many tend
to forget.
Interest, above all, centers on
those herculean but little known
efforts repeatedly made by the
Jews of Europe and America to aid
the migrants. Other ethnic and re
ligious groups saw millions of their
fellows take up the wanderer’s
staff, yet none felt any need to
come to the aid of the poverty-
stricken and the homeless, until
the recent Nazi terrors moved the
liberal-minded of all faiths. Only
the Jews responded. There were,
to be sure, not only sacrifices and
achievements, but also much petti
ness and many failures. But on the
whole, this volume offers irrefut
able proof of the spirit of philan
thropy, the genius of organization
and the sense of comradeship which
have characterized the Jews dur
ing the past one hundred and fifty
years. The problem nevertheless
proved to vast for the Jews of
Europe and America, and Dr.
Wischnitzer tells us why. From
many points of view, this book,
while discussing a basically tragic
movement in Jewish history, yet
gives plenty of occasion for Jewish
self-respect.
Purim Anthology
Until one has read this excellent
ly conceived and splendidly exe
cuted anthology of Purim, he could
not possibly have appreciated the
wealth of material that this most
popular of Jewish folk festivals has
inspired nor, what is equally signi
ficant, what an important role the
festival of Purim has played in
Jewish thought and imagination.
The volume ($4) is available at
the Jewish Publication Society.
In “The Purim Anthology,” Rab
bi Philip Goodman has gathered
together in one volume the most
comprehensive collection of Purim
material ever published in any lan
guage. He has made a most valu
able contribution to our under
standing of the place of Purim in
the affections and thoughts of the
Jewish people and he offers rich
and varied suggestions how Purim
can be celebrated by children and
adults in our times
To compile this volume. Rabbi
Goodman has done an amazing
amound of reading in diverse and
widely scattered sources, ancient,
medieval and modern. He has con
sulted such far flung treasuries as
the Bible, the Talmud and the
Midrash, and magazines, pamph
lets and books that have long since
disappeared from active circulation
and can be found only in highly
specialized libraries. He has gar
nered fascinating t i d - b i t s from
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