`The Anglo-Saxons,' Novel About J Bar-Ilan IJ"; Initiates Laity Lecture Series Israel's War of Independence Lestern Gorn is highly qual- ified to narrate the story of Is- rael's War of Liberation. He was the only American com- manding officer of the Israel ground forces. He fought in the Negev and directed Israel's quickly-mobilized forces in some of the most dangerous spots in the land. In the final objective of Is- rael's southern drive, during the war of freedom and statehood, he commanded the second car that entered Elath. He assumed the name of Ben- Zion Hagai when he command- ed the anti-tank 5th Israel Army Troop and he had the distinc- tion of participating in every battle of, in and for the Negev. That is why there is so much realism to his novel about Is- rael's War of Independence, "The Anglo Saxons," which has been published by Sagamore Press, 11 E. 36th, N. Y. 16. While all the horrors of the war are recounted in this story Baron Rothschild Honored in N.Y. by Investors in Israel NEW YORK (JTA) Diplo- mats, Israel government offi- cials, prominent American fi- nanciers and business men, as well as heads of some of the major American Zionist groups attended a reception for Baron Edmond de Rothschild and his young bride, Baroness Lina de Rothschild, at Ampal House. Baron de Rothschild is the grandson of the man whose name became a byword in in- ternational finance and philan- thropy and who played a major part in the early development of Jewish colonization of Pales- tine. Baron de Rothschild partici- pates actively in many chari- table and Franco-Israel organi- zations and is continuing his family's traditional interest in Israel through investment in major development projects. The Ampal is a corporation of private American investors which itself has played a lead- ing role in the development of Israel's economy for the past two decades. - Ask UNESCO to End Teachings of Hatred by Member Nations The six major national relig- ious organizations of the Am- erican Jewish community have cabled Maxwell Rabb, chair- man of the United States dele- gation to the International General Conference of UNES- CO, now meeting in Paris, a request that the American dele- gates press for adoption of a recommendation that member states of UNESCO give assur- ances that they "discourage the teaching of inflammatory poli-; tical points of view," particu- larly to children. The religious groups are the Central Conference of Ameri- can Rabbis, Rabbinical Assem- bly of America, Rabbinical Council of America, Union of American Hebrew Congrega- tions of America, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and United Syna- gogue of America. The cable was released through the Syna- gogue Council of America. Dr. Abraham Mibashan Elected President of "DAIA" in Argentina BUENOS AIRES (JTA — A new slate of officers, headed by Dr. Abraham Mibashan, was elected to head the DAIA, cen- tral representative body of Ar- gentine Jewry. Dr. Mibashan was named president, Dr. Leon Podhorzer, general secretary, and Carlos Klechik, treasurer. of Americans who fought side by side with the Israelis in the war of 1948, there also is a good love story. In fact, the book begins with a love story—with the affections of Joe Kane, a veteran of World War II for a non-Jewess, Carol Bordon. Joe's father is a devoted Zionist, but Joe goes to Israel to fight with his kinsmen not out of a Jew- ish consciousness but because of an almost-inexplainable urge for a nationalism he did not really cling to. In Israel, Joe becomes the idol of the men he commands. He learns to know not only the brutality of enemy actions and the deplorable methods of coun- ter-attack, but also the plight of refugees with whom he trav- els on the boat from France to Israel and with whom he later shares the experiences of the war. There is a love episode with one of the new settlers, but his non-Jewish fiancee also comes to Israel to write feature stor- ies for a magazine, and in the end, as the victors sing "am yisrael hai!", he saw "her smile was a kiss . .. over the happy, bobbing figures their eyes held." In the interim, a great drama was enacted. Characters of vary- ing natures are involved in the struggle in Israel, some are un- savory, their expressions are a bit vulgar. But it is part of the realism that goes with war. There is also a good reflec- tion of the Israeli problems. For instance, Joe tells one of his fellow-commanders that the Israelis lack a sense of humor, and he asks, "haven't you learned how to laugh?" And Zvi replies: "Laughter is a lux- ury reserved for those who have a country of their own." But since there already is a coun- try, why the delay? In the dis- cussion that develops, the ar- gument is advanced that "laugh- ter does not come quickly," that the Israelis still are "haunted by the six million ghosts." Is there also a ghost of anti- Semitism in the United States? It is being involved in this phil- osophical argument. A tragic episode is the accu- sation against one of the men in the Israel army that he col- laborated with the Germans in selecting those to be sent to the crematoriums from the Warsaw Ghetto. The accused tries de- fense: some had to go, and "re- sistance was useless." There is hatred against him, and he seeks atonement on the battle field, giving up his life in devotion to Israel, his last hope. There is much in this novel that is revealing—about a young American's reaction to Israel, about the tragedies of war, about human relations in time of a libertarian struggle. Foundation Apologizes for Award to Fascist ROME, (JTA)—A foundation named in memory of • an Italian patriot who was arrested and deported for helping Italian Jews flee to Switzerland from the Nazi-Fascist regime publicly apologized for having awarded a gold medal to a man who signed Benito Mussolini's racial manifesto in 1938. The mani- festo marked the beginning of the Fascist persecution of the Jews in Italy. The apology came after the Union of Italian Jewish Com- munities had addressed a pro- test to the Bruno Rezzara Foun- dation over its award of a gold medal to Prof. Sabato Visco. Prof. Visco was a signatory of the racist manifesto. Bruno Rez- zara's brother, in his apology to the Union, said that he had not been aware of Prof. Visco's Fascist background when the award was decided upon. Two New York professors, spending a year on special as- signment at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, are featured in a "Lec- tures to the Laity" series initi- ated by the university, accord- ing to an announcement by Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein, chairman of the university's academic council. Rabbi Lookstein, spiritual leader of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun of New York, said that the winter lecture series is the first to be offered the Is- raeli public by the three-year- old college. Bar-Ilan Univer- sity's adult education program has been restricted in the past to on - campus lectures and classes. The professors are Dr. Joseph G. Cohen, former Dean of the Teacher Training Division of New York's municipal college system, a n d Prof. Charles Glicksberg, associate professor of English at Brooklyn College. B-G Blasts Free World Zionist Leaders for Remaining in Diaspora TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Premier David Ben-Gurion blamed Zion- ist leaders abroad for the fail- ure of Jews to immigrate to Is- rael from the free democracies of the West. Addressing a press luncheon, Ben-Gurion said that the Zion- ist movement in the free coun- tries had failed -in its task. Im- migration, he continued, is not a matter of merely preaching, but must be accomplished by leadership example. Not one Zionist abroad, he asserted, had set such an example for the Jewish masses. Replying to a query why Is- raeli schools had prohibited va- rious organized youth move- ment activities within the schools, the Premier said that had there been but a single pioneering movement it would have been allowed to function. But when there are eight dis- tinct groups, he went on, Halut- a alls now ziut is forgotten and the activi- ties become party rivalry. While he is active in the lead- ership of the Israel Government the Premier said, he will not press for changes in the Zionist movement. But when and if he quits his government post, Ben- Gurion will devote his efforts to "establish and promote a true Halutzic movement abroad," he said. Radio Moscow Fetes Arabs LONDON, (JTA)—Radio Mos- cow's Arab-language broadcasts have been devoted to a major extent to reports of the arrival in the Soviet capital of the first party of students from the United Arab Republic to at- tend Soviet universities. The ar- rival of the students, under the terms of a new UAR-Soviet cul- tural pact, was also marked by a "festival" of UAR films in Moscow. MIAMI BEACH'S MIAMI BEACH'S finest west! Over 400 spacious, gracioUs guest rooms, swathed in wall to wall luxury. 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