Fala s has, Essays by Isaiah Berlin on Liberty,
Jewish Interpretations of Islam in Paperbacks

Notable works, some of which
have become best sellers, are be-
ing made available as paperbacks.
Pocket Books, a division of
Simon and Schuster, have just re-
issued the novel that attracted
wide attention, "Stern" by Bruce
Jay Friedman.
The current experiences in the
race issue, the Jew's involvement,
the controversies in families—
many problems are aired in this
novel , that made its high mark
when it first appeared eight years
ago.
Also issued by Pocket Books
as a paperback is the controver-
sial book about the legal profes-
sion, "The Trouble With Law-
yers" by Murray Teigh Bloom.
Is there victimization in legal
work? Are lawyers to be disturb-
ed? Bloom explores the field,
emphasizes the need for lawyers
but "on fairer terms" than are
now offered. There is much to
be learned from this work by
both the lawyers and their
clients.
Especially noteworthy among the
paperbacks is the Oxford Univer-
sity Press volume, "Four Essays
on Liberty" by Sir Isaiah Berlin.
One of the most eminent scholars
Of our time, Prof. Berlin touches
upon the various concepts of
liberty, its historical inevitability,
the 20th century motivations, the
views expounded by John Stuart
Mill.

3 Vice Chairmen
for Pre-Campaign

Joining the roster of leaders in
the 1970 Aliled Jewish Campaign-
Israel Emergency Fund are Paul
Borman, Warren D. Greenstone
and Harold Victor, named pre-
campaign vice-chairmen by Cam-
paign Chairman Maxwell Jospey.
Borman, president of Borman
Food Stores, Inc., is a director of
the Detroit Service Group and the
capital needs committee of the
Jewish Welfare Federation. He
has served in past campaigns as
chairman of the Food Service
Council in 1966 and 1967 and as a
member of the Campaign Cabinet
in 1968 and 1969.
Greenstone, president of Pub-
lic Loan Co., is a former chair-
man of the mercantile division
of the campaign and collection
and review committee. He is a
member of the board of gover-
nors of the Federation, a direc-
tor of Detroit Service Group and •
the Jewish Home for the Aged.
Victor, head of Robinson Furni-
ture Co., has been active in the
real estate and mercantile divi-
sions of the campaign and is a
graduate of the Young Leadership
Seminar of the Jewish Welfare
Federation.

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In the course of his discussions,
Prof. Berlin commented, in a foot-
note on individual rights: "Chris-
tian (and Jewish or Moslem) be-
lief in the absolute authority of
divine or natural laws, or in the
equality of all men in the sight of
God, is very different from belief
in freedom to live as one prefers."
In his essay on "John Stuart
Mill and the Ends of Life" Sir
• Isaiah states, in answer to the
question "Do we really accept
the logic of the persecutors (and
say) we may persecute others
because we are right, and they
may not persecute us because
they are wrong?" as follows:
"Catholics, Protestants, J e w s,
Moslems have all justified per-
secution by this argument in
their day; and on their premises
there may be nothing logically
amiss with it." He does not go
further into the Jewish angle to
provide ground for argument
against him or for further de-
bate on the question.
He points out that "Mill believes
in liberty, that is, the right limit-
ation of the right to coerce, be-
cause he is sure that men cannot
develop and flourish and become
fully human unless they are left
free from interference by other
men within a certain minimum
area of their lives, which he re-
gards as—or wishes to make—in-
vilable."
With renewed interest now being
shown in the Falashas, the black
Jews of Ethiopia, a Schocken
paperback, just reissued from a
Yale University publication of 1951
is immensely important.
"Falasha Anthology—The Black
Jews of Ethiopia" contains a
valuable collection of manuscripts
about Falashas, their customs,
their literature. The various es-
says, all from Ethiopic sources,
were translated by Wolf Leslau
who wrote an introduction to the
book evaluating the material.
Explaining Falasha research,
Dr. Leaslau's introductory essay
is in itself of much significance
in presenting the Falashas to
the English readers. Many of the
customs are defined, there is a
review of Falasha life, and the
religious activities of the black
Jews are noted.
Falashas know a few Hebrew
words and from the Hebrew school
of Addis Ababa emerge students
with a vaster knowledge of the
Hebrew language.
Many other aspects of life in
Ethiopia among those who claim
to be Jews are outlined in this
significant book.
Pointing out that Falashas claim
to be descendants of Menelik I,
son of King Solomon, and Sheba,
"Queen of the South," Dr. Leslau
nevertheless states:
"Very few of the western scho-
lars who have dealt with the
problem of the Falashas are of
the opinion that they are ethnic-
ally Jews. Most of them think
that they are a segment of the
indigenous A g au population
which was converted to Judaism.
How and when they were con-
verted is a problem for which
historical evidence is lacking."
From Dover Publications comes
an important work, reissued as a
paperback, entitled "The History
of Philosophy in Islam." Authored
by Dr. T. J. De Boer in 1903, it
was translated from the Dutch by
Edward R. Jones.
Stating that as far as possible
he confined himself to Islam, the
author asserts: "Ibn Gabirol and
Maimonides received only passing
notice, while other Jewish thinkers
have been entirely omitted, al-
though, philosophically considered,
they belong to the Muslim school.
This, however, entails no great
loss, for much has been written
already about Jewish philosophers,
whereas Muslin thinkers have
hitherto been sadly neglected."
There are frequent references
to Jewish scholars and scholarly
works and Dr. De Boer states

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at one point: "The Jews had
participated in all the transform-
ations of Muslin intellectual cul-
ture: many of them wrote in
Aeabic, and others translated
Arabic writings into Hebrew; not
a few philosophical works by
Muslin authors owe their pre-
servation to the latter circum-
stance." It is at this point that,
he pays special attention to the
works of Maimonides.

Parley Set by Institute
of Contemporary Jewry

NEW YORK — A three-day con-
ference on themes relating to con--
temporary Jewry is to be held here
by the Institute of Contemporary
Jewry of the Hebrew University of
Jeruslaem April 11-13.
Philip M. Klutznick, chairman of
the international committee of the
institute, said the conference, as
well as a meeting of the interna-
tional committee, will take place
at the Carnegie Endowment Inter-
national Center.

Ibn Gabirol and others receive
due notice and the Jewish contri-
butions to making Muslim works
known constantly receives em-
phasis in this historic work.

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the Israeli and American experi-
ence in dealing with the major
social problems of the day have
been published by the American
Histadrut Cultural Exchange Insti-
tute. They are "Government and
The Democratic Process" and
"The Impact of Israel on Ameri-
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