Fifth Revised Edition of Dr. Sachar's Jewish
History Brings Events Up to the Present Time

For close to 35 years, "A History
of the Jews," by Abram Leon
Saehar, has been among the most
popular' histories widely used by
English-speaking Jews. First pub-
lished in 1930, there were three
additional revised editions, in 1940,
1948 and 1953. A fifth revised and
enlarged edition has just been is-
sued by Knopf. and its up-to-date
contents make the new work one
of the most needed for current use.
Dr. Sachar, president of Bran-
deis University, incorporates in
this history data that begins with
earliest times, bringing the story
up to the present moment. The
concluding chapter on "The New
State of Israel" offers a full ac-
count of 16 years of Israel autono-
my. It incorporates all of the
major events, the Eichmann trial
and the Kastner affair.

strong determined resistance,"
concludes: "Chaim Weizmann

had declared his deep conviction
'that God has always chosen
small countries through which to
convey His message to human-
ity.' The confident folksaying
was repeated, not as a boastful
cliche, but as a fact of national

life: 'In Israel, the inevitable
rarely happens, but the impos-
sible often does.' "
Not only in relation to Israel,
but also many other historical de-
velopments are reviewed in the
new edition, including the latest
happenings io Russia and the ef-
fects of large! migrations that were
the result of the holocaust.
Nineteen printings of the Sachar
history have placed the volume in
tens of thousands of hands. Now
the author has bridged the gap: "to
set down, first of all, in as lucid
a fashion as possible, the salient
events, ideas and influences that
have shaped the destiny of the
Jews and their role on the world
scene: and, secondly (because I
was trained as a European histor-
ian), to pay what I considered
proper attention to economic, poli-
tical and diplomatic factors, as
well as to the purely social and
religious."

As Dr. Sachar indicates in his
preface to the new volume, he
continues to stress the "diversi-
fied interaction between Jewish
and non-Jewish life. For this ap-
proach has more validity than
ever before."
Aak The origins of the Hebrews. their

entrance into Palestine, the divi-
sive conflicts among the ancestors
of the Jewish people in the Holy
Land, the Prophetic teachings. the
miracle of Jewish survival with
the rise of Judaism as a faith, the
Hellenic-Hebraic differences, the
Exile and the emergence of Chris-
tianity are described with skill in
the first portion of the book.
Dr. Sachar performs a magnifi-
cent task in evaluating the develop-

DR. ABRAM L. SACHAR

There is a powerful note of
confidence and encouragement in
the concluding portion of the
book, appropriately entitled
"Strength and Confidence
Through Ayn Braira," and the
eminent author, declaring that
"Ayn Braira, no alternative, was
the challenge (in Israel's re-
birth), and this challenge bred a

America-Israel Cultural Foundation
to Honor Three With Highest Award

NEW YORK — Tribute to three will be performed by an all-star
eminent personalities in the fine company of musicians and dancers.
arts will be paid at the dinner-con- including violinist Alexander
cert benefit of the America-Israel Schneider.
Cultural Foundation Jan. 24 in the
Contribution - admission to the

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grand ballroom of the Waldorf- benefit is S250 per person. with all
Astoria Hotel. proceeds going for the Foundation's
Goddard Lieberson • chairman of cultural projects. For tickets. con-
the function, which will mark the tact the committee at the Founda-
25th anniversary of the Founda- tion's offices, 2 West 45th St., New
lion. said the organization's high- York.
est honor. its "America-Israel Cul- ' Honorary sponsors for the bene-
t ural Award.' Nvill be given to
composer - conductor Igor Stravin- fit include Mayor Robert F. Wag-
ner, Israel's Ambassador to the
sky, sculptor Jacques Lipchitz and . United States Avraham Harman
Israeli actress Hanna Rovina.
Violinist Isaac Stern is president and Mrs. Harman. Israel's Ambas-
of the Foundation. which supports sador to the United '-nations Mt-
some 50 projects in cultural insti- chael Comay and Mrs. Comay, Is-
tutions of Israel, including muse- rael Ambassador and Mrs. Katriel
Katz. Minister and Mrs. Nachum
ums, orchestras, repertory theaters Shamir and Senator Jacob K. Jay-
and dance groups.
The Foundation fosters a cul- itz.,
The three award-recipients will
tonal exchange with Israel and also
maintains a scholarhip program for be presented with especially-in-
gifted Israeli youngsters. who are scribed gold medallions mounted
enabled to pursue their studies at on segments of Jerusalem stone
home in Europe or the United imported from Israel.
Lipchitz has recently presented
States.
The concert will feature Leonard ' the original molds of his lifetime
Bernstein conducting a Jerome output of sculpture to the Founda-
Robbins production of Stravinsky 's r tion, for the Israel Museum in Je-
'The Soldier's Tale." The balletusalem, one of the Foundation's
beneficiaries. Stravinsky composed
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friday, January 15, 1965

life in the Western Hemisphere,

conditions in lands of oppression —
in the Moslem world and in Rus-

sia.

Dr. Sachar's is a thorough ac-
count of Jewish history. It lends

itself to popular usage, as a text-
ment of the Talmud, the period of of Palestine before the rise of book in adult classes, and it has
Jewish life under Moslem rule, the Israel, leading up to the emer- earned a place in every home
where parents must teach their
Golden Age in Moslem Spain, the gence of Israel's statehood, Jewish
children their heritage.
bloody centuries in Christian Eur-
ope, the end of Jewish life in Spain,
the period of the Cabala, the false
Promise YOU the Finest Deal,
messiah, the Chmielnicki pogroms
and the life in the ghettos and
the Finest Service in the Area ! ! !
during the medieval period.

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The third part of the book re-
views the period of enlighten-
ment, the Zionist movement, the
triumph of liberalism, the factors
in American Jewish life.

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This portion deals also with the
era between the two world wars,
the revival of anti-Semitism, the
Nazi era and the post-war devel-
opments.
Here, too, is described the epic

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