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July 14, 1950 - Image 13

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1950-07-14

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14 Medical Centers •
By JDC in Moslem

Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky's Great
Work Stirs Universal Controversy

"Worlds in Collision" by Dr:
- Immanuel Velikovsky, is a most
remarkable book. Since its re=
cent publication by. Macmillan,
it has been subjected to contro-
versy of a must _exciting nature.
-It has been condemned- and ad-
mired,. Challenged and praisea.
But even- those Who attacked it
. -.9.dritired- 'its uniqueness, the
scholarship of its author,- the
genius that is reflected in its
compilation.-
'
Even if the author's views are
fantaStie, his
commands
attention for the 'scholarly ap-
prOach -it makes in the study of
the universe and ;
of
the 'authoes "findings". -to hiS-
tory:''. It -:retains an .:-..iroportrt
among"best Sellers" _
. Dr.: Vellkovsky began,•_to work _
. on:something, entirely different,
on -a book "Ages in Chaos!' which
is to follow: -."Worlds 'in 'CO1 7
. 7 lision"- -.which resulted froni . :his
unique search reirelations : in,
• the activities of the planets.:
His conclusions are that
1500 B. C. Venus 'lumped • the

earth and t hat • this planet
stopped _rotating on its axis
for a time.":Herniailitains that .
.many of the _Biblical stories
are explainable by the data
•produces. He goes-so far as • to
assert that the -length of • the
year !had - chang
ed as a resiilt
of the . bumps that oceurred.

Maintains: :"We recognized.
that-.the religionS of the peoPles
.]:of the world have r-a common =- as%
teal origin, The-narrative of the-
' Ifebrew - Bible concerning the
plagues and other wonders- -Qi
the time of the Exodus is. his-
torically" 'true and the prodigies
recorded have
natural expla-
nAtion..s.We -learned. that there
• was a World _conflagration' .and
:that- naphtha poured from the
sky; that only a small propor-
'.ttin Of people-and animals sur-
vived; that the , passage of the
Sea and the theophany at Mount
Sinai are; not inventions
--*
Also "We found that • Josh::

na's rniraele -with ,The sun and
_the, nukin- is not a tale forr the --
eretfulcitis. - We came to under
stand the real meanings of _the
....nieSsageS of :the Hebrew -,pro-z- -
phets Amos,--Isaiah,,

'

Business Briefs

liShed /"The -Third - Exodus,"• a
widely read pamphlet of religi-
ous S fervor and Zionist zeal."
From 1918 to 1921, the years of
the 'revolution, .Dr. VelikovSky
Spent much time in -the Ukraine
and the Caucasus, pUt in a year
ofN.study in Charkow' University,
arid.', received his ::af.D. degree
from theUniversity of .Moscow,
1921. .He • then went to Berlin
and took various courses in
medicine: at 4 Charite . and Kaiser
Wilhelm' Academie..--- .• .
•In 1923 Dr. VelikOvsky married
the 'violinist, Elisabeth Kramer;
daughter of the Hebrew publish
er George - Kramer, in Hamburg.
The same year they went to Pal-
.estine: where he practiced as • a
physician: A series of papers was
published by Dr. -Velikovsky from
time . -tO time on the problem of
- the: subconscious, . in
-.various
languages, .; -
citize n of
Israel: `His 'daughter:fought for
Israel's._ defense;

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Thus,- throughOut his Tior• ,Dr...
holds his_ reader en-
tranced - with - his remarkable
---- -..'toriclusiOns. Scientists are con-:
demising him, but some give ere-
_dence to his work.
Time will tell .whether Dr.
Velikoyky's findings will reiolu-
tionize, thinkint and the views of
.. the world on past events. Mean-
'•hile, his work, from a 'literary
point of view, stands out as a
great creation, - and --.from* the
-.
,. scientific approach' is- e,halleng-
ing and enchanting.
-
-Immanuel Velikovsky was born
An_ Vitebsk, Russia, in 1895: ' In
1901 his 'family moved to livitos--
.
•cow ._where he - was - -graduated
from the Gyzrmasiunrin 1913, re-
cipient 'of a gold _medal, and
with knowledge of Hebrew, Ger
- man, .Russian, French, English
land. Latin.. During 1912 to .1914
he traveled around the Eastern-
Mediterranean - and for a . -few
- months tried pioneering in.Pal-
estine.in 1913 he printed A small
book of verse: For a term in 1914
Ale studied_ at the University of
'Edinburgh where he had an op-
' portunity to listen to Henri
*Bergson and in . the following
years studied economy, law, arid

. 'history
in . MOSCOW. Attracted es-
pecially to history, at the age -of
20, Dr. VelikovSky says he "at-
tempted a commentary on the
"Book of Exodus." He studied

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during• the last five
was.. disclosed in
JDC's health commi
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