▪ •. December 44.. I942 - " THE JEWISH NEWS Page Thir+ean • Fear not, Nor be Dismayed,' is Israel's Motto Today (Continued from Page 2) a section of German tanks has swung round this way, hoping to get our side in the rear." Youths Plan Strategy . They both fell silent, busily thinking out a scheme. Then, in low, unhurried tones, the two young Jewish lads, slim and athletic, the finest whom their people in Eretz Israel had to offer, made their plan. The truck was to go back with the driver and four men. They would try to contact a British mobile patrol—they had seen one a few miles back—and to warn the other five trucks of their platoon lying five miles back, not to come forward until the situation had been cleared up. While the truck was going back, the lieutenant and the remaining five men would engage the party in front. , Plenty of Action "I think you had better take charge of the truck and I'll go forward," the lieutenant said. The sergeant interrupted quickly. "I would much rather stay with you," he objected. "if this is going to be a scrap." The officer smiled and gripped the other's arm. "Don't worry. You'll have plenty of action going back. And don't forget what the truck carries. We can't let it fall to the enemy." The sergeant counted off five, who crawled for- ward to join the officer; the rest stood by the truck, each knowing his position, ready _to take off at the signal. The lieutenant pointed out the shallow gully lead- ing to the left from the bottom of the fold in which they lay. Swiftly he outlined his plan. They set off, easing their way carefully along the gully which was a bare four feet deep, and on guard against showing their heads. Bernstein, meanwhile, in pantomime gestures point- ed out to his half section the spots where they were to take shelter. They would be about 25 yards apart in a kind of spearhead formation, a device which would prove baffling to their adversaries in attempting to get the range. Harari shifted an aching foot, which had gone almost rigid from the strain of crouching, and glanced at his watch. A minute to go. Bible by Heart There is one thing about Palestinian Jews—they all know the Bible by heart. To them it is their history and geography manual, their philosophy, their source of pride, their guide to better living. And, knowing the Five Books and the rest of the Scriptures as thorough- ly as they did, it was no wonder that they derived from it not only inspiration for a code of general be- havior, but also the principles of martial valor. The vivid accounts of Jewish militant prowess in the dim long ago live more clearly in the minds of young Palestinian Jews than any other period in the long- remembered history of their- people. • To Palestinian Jews, bred in the courage and ever- present knowledge of the territorial past of their people, the so-called Old Testament, the Tanach- Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuim, or Pentateuch, Prophets and Apocrypha—was their mainstay. Trace Polish Jews In Soviet Russia Why was he thinking now so deeply of the Scrip- tures? That was part of the tenets of his convictions, he reflected. Strange that he had never thought that way before. To know the Tanach was so much a part of the background of Palestinian lives that they hardly pondered upon it, any more than they wondered why the human animal had five fingers and five toes. But the stark auterity of army life, the need to single out some higher purpose for inward meditation, inevitably led to such cogitation. Zero Hour! The five minutes were up. Running forward, bent forward, bent double, Harari reached the truck. Its engine roared into life. Simultaneously came the opening shot from the remainder of their party. Harari and his four men looked back for a moment. They would dearly have loved to have remained to fight it out. The first shot fired by Bernstein's party came from the lance-corporal at his left. The range was 300 yards due north. Bernstein, his tin helmet hardly visible above the ridge of the gully, saw the spurt of gravelly soil about a yard in front of the suspected enemy observation post. He smiled. "A near miss," he thotight. "Jolly good shooting." He flashed back an approving look at his lance-corporal and signalled the next man. Up came the rifle—this time there was a howl. First blOod. The enemy was not slow in answering. "They must be Germans," Bernstein thought. "No Italian could have endured the suspense more than a few minutes. They would have surrendered." 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Bernstein looked at his men. They smiled back. Relief was coming. But Ben Shmuel was determined to get his- men. He raised himself and fired at one of the figures lying 200 yards ahead.. The shot Bullet Halts "Shadow" apparently just fell wide. But the enemy scout had He motioned to his men to keep low. If the enemy seen the movement. He fired back. Ben Shmuel bit his had tommy-guns they were not giving it away yet. lip and fell back. Bernstein glanced at him swiftly, and Two riflemen were answering. Their firing showed the lad raised his right hand, pointing at the left arm. that they could not get the range. He had spread his He had been hit in the arm. He smiled, shaking his men out fanwise to good effect, neutralizing their head at the proffered assistance: efforts. But they might try other tactics: A wriggling The next ten minutes were hectic. Up came the shadow drew his attention. One man was trying to get British armored cars, and an officer waved at Bern- a better spot, a mound which might offer better ob- . stein. They went on, spattering the bush .witk machine- servation. He turned to the man at his right and point- gun fire, and raced towards the German tanks in the ed. The rifle spat, and the shadow wriggled no more. distance. The enemy scouts came up only four were Bernstein glanced at his watch. Eleven-thirty. They left—their hands raised in surrender. In half an hour had been at it for half an hour. Well, the first half an Harari returned. Meanwhile Bernstein had roughly hour was always the worst. It was more like eternity bandaged Ben Shmuel's arm—only a flesh wound, than 30 minutes. If their luck held, the truck would fortunately. He gripped Ben Shmuel's shoulder en- meet the armored car patrol in the first 15 minutes. couragingly. The lad had not even winced as the rough field dressing had been tightened. Hope, Then Despair "What were you thinking of as we lay there, Ben They lay there for another thirty minutes, now and Shmuel?" his young officer asked. then firing to keep the enemy at a distance. The enemy There was a far-away lobk in the lad's eye. He said, sent over a few shots. Bernstein wondered why they . "You remember that passage in Joshua, sir, in the did not make a more definite move. Probably he tenth chapter after they took the five kings out of the thought, they were only a scouting party and were cave at Makkedah and brought them before Joshua?" waiting for their main body to move up. Perhaps noon Lieut. Bernstein nodded. The lad went on: was their zero hour. Well, he hoped that the British " 'And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dis- armored cars got there first. mayed, be strong and of good courage; for thus shall A cloud of dust on the horizon attracted his atten- the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.' tion. He felt for his glasses and trained them on the That's the motto of Israel today, sir." • First 100 Packages of Food NEW YORK (Religious News Shipped to Jewish Priso- Service)—The eighth volume of ners in Germany the Universal Jewish Encyclo- American Federation of Polish Jews this week announced that facilities have been set up, in cooperation with the Polish . Con- sulate, to undertake to' locate Polish citizens now residing in Soviet Russia. Those desiring in- formation about their relatives are asked to communicate with the Detroit office, 9124 Linwood, TY. 7-9650. spot. The smudge grew larger. His heart sank. They were German light tanks, much like the swift British armored cars. That must be the main body for whom the Germans there were waiting. He caught a, move- ment among the enemy lying beneath the bush. They, too, had seen. He called softly to his lance-corporal and explained. Any attempt at signaling must be scotched. Fire at the least movement. Hillelson nodded. He pointed at the enemy party. There was a swift flicker going on. They were using a heliograph. Hillelson bent down and sighted care- fully. A crack, and then the light went out. That meant three of the enemy gone. They must have been ten in number. The lance-corporal stiffened. Bernstein looked for- ward quickly. Fiive men were creeping forward from the bush. The lieutenant turned and motioned rapidly, ordering each man to select a target. Address ■ 04, ■