52—Friday, April 12, 1968

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• Dr, Katsh's Hebrew Text of `Midrash 'In the Midst of Lions,' Dorothy Fuldheirn's Report

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

David Hanagid' Published in Israel

An important classic, "Midrash from the assistance the eminent
David Hanagid," the volume deal- translator received during his
ing with Exodus, has just been USSR visits in 1956, 1958, 1959 and
published by Mossad Harav Kook, 1960.
the publishing house in Jerusalem.
An introduction, in English, by
This text appears in a transla- prof. Katsh, offers these explana-
tion from a rare Judeo-Arabic tory facts regarding these scholar-
manuscript in the USSR Hebrew ly efforts:
collection. The translation and
"The Baron David Guenzburg
annotations are by Dr. Abraham Collection in the Lenin Library of
I. Katsh, president of Dropsie Moscow encompasses Hebrew lit-
College, who microfilmed a large erary treasures in many fields
number of manuscripts in the Rus- of learning. Since ancient as well
sian collections on four trips to as medieval and modern works
are represented in the collection,
the Soviet Union.
The Hebrew text of the "Midrash it could be classified as something
David Hanagid" is the second in of a national library of Hebraica.
the series. The first, on Genesis. "The writer visited Soviet Rus-
also translated by Dr. Katsh and sia four times in recent years and
published by Mosad Harav Kook microfilmed a large number of
in 1964, began the series, resulting ! manuscripts. Two of them deal
1 with a Judeo-Arabic commentary
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• 1 on Genesis and Exodus by Rabbi
• David Ha-Nagid (1212-1300), a
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"In his homiletical treatise,
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Rabbi David does not discuss ev-
ery single verse of the Pentateuch.
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Add to the books on the Six-Day war. At any rate, that's a good and as a visitor in Israel in 1956,
War another novel, a travelogue, angle for speculation. In the Hemp- after t h e Sinai Campaign, Mrs.
stone novel it serves a good pur- Fuldheim was able to fuse into her
historic analyses.
new book interesting accounts of a
Dorothy Fuldheim, news analyst pose.
on radio in Cleveland, has written
Events recreated in detail in people's reactions to the difficul-
a travelogue.
the book, hitherto only hinted at ties in a world setting and the chal-
in news dispatches and non- lenges under the trying circum-
The Middle East's military his-
fiction accounts of the war, in- stances of having absorbed new ter-
tory is outlined in "Egypt and
clude an account of the raid of ritory and so many more potential
Sinai — Eternal Battleground" by
Israeli frogmen on Alexandria, Fifth Columnists.
Gregory Blaxiand, published by
"Where Were the Arabs?"
as well as an examination of
Funk and Wagnalls.
the necessity of King Hussein's emerges as an interesting question
Noteworthy among the n e w
alignment with Nassar, and an and the report on her findings pro-
novels is "In the Midst of Lions"
explanation of the alterations in vide adequate answers to many
by Smith Hempstone published
balance of power in the Middle quesries in the Fuldheim account.
by Harrier and Row. A noted
East.
In essence, the Fuldheim book
foreign correspondent, now with
the London bureau of the Wash-
"In the Midst of Lions" contains combines past with present and
ington Star, Hempstone writes enough drama to hold attention to elaborates on many past experi-
ences and on the some aspects of
authoritatively, with knowledge it from beginning to end.
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Israel's dramatic history. Even her
of the Israeli conditions and the
country's people, fully informed
In "Where Were the Arabs?" concluding chapter, "Jerusalem the
on the details of the June war.
published by World Publishing Co., Golden," is a paean of hope for the
This novel is marked by an in- Dorothy Fuldheirn describes her future.
teresting plot. An American news- visit in Israel shortly after the
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war situations, renews a friendship and her experiences included visits
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areas
and
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and falls in love with Rachel Lev,
and
the beautiful young daughter of his ferences and parties at which she
Albert Wolgin, R.E.
friend. He is 20 years Rachel's met with prominent government
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his life in the war and this tragedy
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ious areas into a single battle-
ground out of which there emerges
the major Israeli role.
Hempstone delineates Egyp-
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intimate knowledge of the condi-
tions in the Jewish State.
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bassy in Israel on the eve of the
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outbreak of the June war similarly
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