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tone’s throw from the syna
gogue was built in order that
his family could observe the
iabbath without inconven-
ence. Today, Memphis has
hree such Shabbos houses,
vith others in the offing. When
he beautiful festival of Suk-
kos comes to Memphis, the city
is dotted with hundreds of
Sukkos, and one bearded Mem
phian sees that every Jew in
the local hospital is brought lu-
lav and essrog so as not to for
feit this mitzvah.
It is commonplace to see
Jewish children running in the
streets^wttfr-Yamvukes. Sever
al homes built in Memphis
contain private mikvohos. Yid
dish is spoken here with a
southern accent — and not ex
clusively by elderly Europ
eans, but by young Jewish men
and women, natives of Mem
phis. Three kosher restaurants
are closed every Shabbos and
Yom Tov (from sunset of the
night before) The two kosher
bakeries are run by Shomrei
Shabbos, and Challah is taken
there in accordance with the
Law. We even boast the only
dentist in the state of Tennes
see who clones his office on
Saturday in observance of the
Sabbath.
Business Interests
Peculiar places like auto sup
ply stores, fish stores, drug
stores, carpenter shops, law
yer’s and doctor's offices, build
ers’. suppliers and real estate
offices are also closed on the
Sabbath, along with Memphis’s
three kosher butcher shops.
And this "sure ’nough" isn’t
Williamsburg. It's Memphis,
Tennessee.
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The clean-cut ultra-modern
metropolitan capital of Den
mark appeared to this visitor
wonderful in more ways than
Hans Christian Andersen could
have imagined.
My wife and I left our quar
ters near the Hebrew Univer
sity Campus at the end of last
May, with only four days to
spare before I had to be in
Philadelphia to begin a sum
mer study program. Copen
hagen, I thought, “wonderful,
wonderful Copenhagen" would
be just the spot to spend those
four days before returning' to
the United States after almost
a year away from home.
Immediately upon arrival
we decided on a plan of attack
which would make the most of
the brief time we had. We
would devote most of our time,
aside from a few hours at the
world-famous Tivoli Amuse
ment Center and an evening at
'he Royal Danish Ballet, to a
whirlwind tour of the Jewish
ommunity and its religious
nd educational appurtenanc-
■ 'S.
The first call was to Dr.
Rafael Edelmann. Head Libra
rian of the Judaica Section of
'he Royal Danish Library. Dr.
Edelmann was kind enough to
meet me at my hotel and per
sonally escort me to the libra
ry and give me a grand tour of
his priceless collection on Sun
day. when the library is norm
ally closed.
The large nucleus of the
Jewish book collection was the
private library of a former
Chief Rabbi. David Simonsen
(1853-1932). This donation, and
several others, make Copen
hagen's Bibliotheca Judaica
one of the largest collections of
Jewish books in Europe. As he
lifted each hoary tome from its
appointed place on the shelf,
I could see in his gentle touch,
and in the sparkle in his eye,
the thrill and pride he had in
being curator to such a price
less accumulation of paper and
parchment.
One of the most exciting pro
jects, the Library is now en
gaged in is the tracing and
cataloguing of all the Jewish
books in European libraries,
acting as the central bureau of
the “Association of Libraries
of Judaica and Hebraica in Eu
rope."
' The second call I made upon
mv arrival also bore rich fruit.
It was to a community-mind
ed. Jewishly dedicated, fur
merchant, who was one of the
chief members of Copenhagen
Jewry’s unofficial welcoming
committee to foreign Jews. In
synagogue the next day I sav\
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