Stories of Middle Ages, Hitler War,
Youth Courage, in Children's Books
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Toland's 'Battle of the Bulge'
Another very valuable book for
young readers, this one dealing
with a tragic period close to our
own time, has been published by
Random House. It is "The Battle
of the Bulge" by John Toland.
The author of "The Last Hun-
dred Days" and other important
works has ably compiled data on
the last war against Hitlerism and
shows equal ability to write for
young readers as he does for adults.
Many important incidents about
the last war are told in this book,
including occurrences in which
General Eisenhower played an im-
portant role. There also are events
in which Generals Patton, Mont-
gomery and other heroes of the
last war played significant roles.
There are accounts about Gen-
eral Otto Skorzeny, Hitler's favor-
ite, "whom British Intelligence con-
sidered to be the most dangerous
man in Europe."
And there is a story about the
heroism of Major Elliott Goldstein
who, with an associate, tried to
escape the Nazi fire but were too
late to save their lives.
Because it is strictly a military
story, it does not deal with the
Nazi barbarities or the persecutions
of Jews, and as an account of the
battles it is superb.
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Story of a Boy's Courage
Random House has published a
most readable and fascinating story
of a boy's courage, with the West
as a background and the ability to
face danger and overcome it as
the theme of a powerful narrative.
"Whichway" by Glendon and
Kathryn Swarthout, ably illustrated
by Richard M. Powers, is the story
of a boy who climbed a windmill
amidst the desert dust of Arizona.
He faced death. The sun struck.
There were the night winds. Two
days and a night passed. It took
great courage and when he finally
managed to escape with his life
by getting down by himself—a feat
elders were unable to accomplish
—he emerged the hero. The story
about this boy will hold young
readers glued to the pages of this
book until they have finished read-
ing the remarkable adventure.
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To the newest creative efforts
in producing good books for very
young children should be added
two more from Random House.
"Come Over to My House," by
Theo. LeSieg, with illustrations by
Richard Erdoets, is a splendid book
for beginners who will find de-
light in the story and will be
assisted in their reading in this
well prepared text.
Another similarly well organized
book for the youngest readers is
"The Bears' Picnic," by Stan and
Jan Berenstein. Their story and
illustrations will amuse, entertain,
offer very good reading material
for the youngest readers.
Technion Parley
Speakers Listed
Among the speakers at the
American Technion S o c i e t y's
Ninth Annual Conference on
"Science and Technology in Is-
rael and the Middle East," slat-
ed for the New York Hilton Ho-
tel, Saturday and Sunday, Nov.
5 and 6, will be, from left, Dr.
Ernst D. Bergmann, former
chairman of Israel's Atomic En-
ergy Commission; Dr. Jack
Goldman, director of research
and engineering for the Ford
Motor Co.; Alexander Goldberg,
president of the Technion in
Haifa. Gordon Sherman, confer.
ence chairman, disclosed that ap-
proximately 1,000 scientists, en-
gineers and industrialists from
the U.S., Canada, Europe and Is-
rael, are expected for the two-
day sessions. The meetings will
stress the importance of science
as a catalyst capable of helping
to bring peace to the Middle
East.
Israel Power Stations
To increase its industrial capa-
city, Israel, with the aid of Israel
Bond funds, will complete two
power stations in Haifa during the
next 12 months, to bring that city's
total electric power capacity to
1,000,000 kilowatts. Construction
will start on another power station
there which, in its primary stage,
will supply an additional 140,000
kilowatts. With the aid of Israel
Bonds, Israel is also constructing
a new power station at Slath, to
provide that seaport city with 280,-
000 kilowatts, an increase of 40
percent over the present capacity.
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Zohar Hadash, 5:59a.
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"Life in the Middle Ages" by
Jay Williams, published by Random
House. is an interesting story of
the life of people during the period
of history in Europe when there
were church feuds, the Crusaders'
aims at conquering the Holy Land,
the roles of monks and bishops.
Containing 120 illustrations from
sources related to the era de-
scribed, and eight drawings by Haig
and Regina Shekerjian, this book,
written for young readers, tells
how people lived, fought, ate, drank
some six centuries ago.
It deals with feudal lordships,.
family life, quarrels and celebra-
tions, fantasy, science, mathema-
tics, and there is this interesting
observation:
"The achievements of Arabian
and Jewish scientists were trans-
lated, and in the early part of the
12th century there came from
this source one of the most daz-
zling climaxes in science. This
was the introduction of the Arab-
ian system of numbers. The
Arabs had borrowed it from the
Hindus and an Arabian mathe-
matician named al-Khwarismi
wrote a treatise explaining it;
later, it was made still clearer
by the writings of Rabbi ben
Ezra, a Spanish Jew. This sys-
tem, with its simple nine digits,
and especially its symbol for zero,
was far less cumbersome than
that which used Roman numer-
als, as can be seen at once from
the following problem in addi-
tion: MMDCCLXII 2762, MAIM-
CCCVII 3307, MDCCCXIV 1814."
Health measures are described
and there are many aspects of life
in that area that will - enlighten
the youth reading this impressive
work. It eliminates entirely, since
it does not deal with such aspects,
the periods of horror perpetrated
against Jews in the Middle Ages.
In all other respects it is an ex-
cellently written and splendidly
illustrated book.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Zohar On Love
A man fell in love with a woman
who resided in the street of the
tanners. If she had not lived there,
he would never have entered this
evil-smelling section; but, since
she dwells there, the street seems
to him like the street of the per-
fumers—Zohar, 3:116b.
He who loves without jealousy
does not truly love—Zohar, 3:245.
God creates new worlds con-
stantly. In what way? By causing
marriages to take place — Zohar,
1 : 89a.
When a soul is sent down from
Heaven, it is a combined male and
female soul. The male part enters
the male child and the female
part enters the female. If they are
worthy, God causes them to re-
unite in marriage. This is true
mating — Zohar, 3:43b.
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upon a married man, because an
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