Meisels' Son of Star': Story of Bar Kochbal
Since settling in Israel in 1963,
Legend, geography, history and 'gists. A year later they were given
the newest archaeological expedi- their final and honorable burial in he has served as a reporter for the
lions are linked in a novelist's seri- the earth of the new Israel. In ; Jerusalem Post, the Israel radio
otts interpretation of the life of Bar "Son of a Star," their story has correspondent of the American
Kochba, his rebellion against Rome been given 'new life. "Where only Broadcasting Company, and the
in the second century of this era fragmentary history existed," nov- Israel correspondent for News-
and the story of the events of that elist Meyer Levin has written, week. Meisels was one of the col-
time. While dealing with Bar , "this novel becomes history. The laborators on the Associated Press
Kochba in his novel "Son of a account of Bar Kochba's campaign book on the Six-Day War, "Light-
Star," published by Putnam, the has an epic authenticity. The fig- ning Out of Israel." He lives in i
author, Andrew Meiselsssalso gives ore of Rabbi Akiba emerges to Tel Aviv with his wife and new
a full account of the courageous prophetic stature."
Rabbi Akiba.
Andrew Meisels, a Hungarian by second
baby, novel.
and is now at work on a
Nleisels' theme deals with the birth, emigrated to the United
events in 132-135. He describes the States with his family when he
battles of the time, the ideological was six years old. After gradua-
motivations for a struggle for life,Ition from City College in New York
the heroism of Simon Bar Kochba and work as a correspondent for
who defied the great Roman pow- the Associated Press, he moved to
er and resorted to strategy that Israel to begin research on "Son of
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perpetuated his name among the a Star," his first novel.
world's most famous warriors.
An unorthodox commander, Si-
mon was able to withstand over-
whelming Roman superiority in
numbers by deploying his troops in
strategic commando raids and en-
gagements worthy of the great
military commanders in history.
Only when victory was in the air
did he seriously risk defeat by re-
fusing to compromise with the
seemingly humbled Romans.
Contrary to the advice of Akiba,
convinced that he was, indeed, son
of a star. Simon pressed the resist-
ance to its last test of strength—
the nine-month siege in the moun-
tain stronghold of Betar—and there
lost the gamhle for his people's in-
dependence. Yet. Akiba. saved for
last for execution in the amphi-
theater of Caesarea. pronounced
the tinal and triumphant words
that would be repeated for genera-
tions: "Shenta Yisrael, Adonai
Elohenu, Adonai Ehad" — "Hear.
0 Israel, the Lord is our God, the
Lord is One. - -
Neither Hadrian nor his Procur-
ator. Rufus. knew a real victory.
As the author notes, "Hadrian. in
omitting the phrase. 'I and my
army are well' from his victory
report to the senate, spoke elo-
quently of what it had cost the
Roman Empire to defeat the
.hews..'
In the Jewish year 5720 (1960).
the dusty remains of the Judean
freedom fighters were discovered
in caves in the Dead Sea cliffs
near En-Gedi by Israeli archaeolo-
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