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pictured, rrom lert. mil wmiam* ink uarsonjsurroundings. a-rinAuthor and Teacher AreCollaborators on Essay*50er-re-tohelasmiithhoedwoci-headJtem-izaifi-iiynr-iis I dll |lo jve |di-m-reWriting on Marc Chagall, the fa-motif French painter of modern art. Cornelia and Irving Sussman. have recently appeared together in a hook called The Bridge published by Pantheon Pres*. New York.The Bridge1' consist* of a collection of essays on the subject of Christianity and Judaism by a number of famous writers, among them Raissa Maritain. the well-known French poet, wife of the great French philosopher Jacques Maritain; whose essay Abraham and the Ascent of Conscience deals with the growth of spiritual awareness In the human race. The first section of this volume which is edited by John Oesterreicher. Dean of the Institute of Judaeo Christian Studies and distinguished author of Wall* Are Crumbling; contains several serious and thoughtful essays, among them a stimulating analysis of the fascinating figure of Simone Weil whom T. S. Eliot called a woman of genius, by Oesterreicher himselfThe second section, called Perspectives. contains a number of striking short articles including a complete re-evaluation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice’ by Barry Ulanov who recently published a volume of translations of Bernanos* Essays. This article. Shyloek: The Quality of Justice. points out that It is not Jew who offends so grievously, nor Christian who understands so poorly; it isman who is inadequate lo his eternal destiny.”The third section of The Bridge deals with Surveys, and it is in this section that an absorbing account of the Finaly case in which two Jewish children were left by their parents for safe keeping with a Catholic woman just before the p. ents were taken to be destroyed in the Nazi gas chambers, is exploredThe Sussmans* collaboration on Marc Chagall is to be found early in the book, under the section called studies. It is the only illustrated essay in the volume, containing as it does, four beautiful full-I page reproductions of some of the famous and soul-stirring Chagall crucifixion paintings Mrs. Irving Sussman is well-known as Cornelia Jessey, the novelist—and Mr Irving Sussman as a member of Palm Springs High School faculty, teacher of junior and senior Eng-Us*.: This is a book particularly to be recommended for Christmas read ing. for The Bridge speak* of and to Christians and Jews of today. The Reporter Magazine describing it as one of the most significant books published this season. says; Jews and Christians are linked in an unbreakable fraternity. This very unusual collection of essays is written by people , striving to' serve that fraternity.
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Palm Springs Desert Sun
Palm Springs, California, US
Wed, Dec 14, 1955
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