Hacohens' 'One People' Depicts
Fascinating Eastern Jewry Story

Rabbi Menahem Hacohen, a na-
tive of Jerusalem who is a Hebrew
University graduate, was joined
by his wife Devorah, a seventh
generation Israeli in producing a!
most impressive book about the
Jews in Oriental countries.

Their "One People," published
by Sabra Books and Funk and
Wagnalls, traces 20 centuries of
life among Jews in Yemen. Tu- '
nisia, Morocco, Iraq, Bulgaria,
Turkey, Kurdistan, Bukhara and
other lands.

Subtitled "The Story of Eastern
Jews: Twenty Centuries of Jewish i
Life in North Africa, Asia and
Souhteastern Europe," this large.
splendidly illustrated volume, of-
fers a history of the lands under
review which emerges as proof of
the one peoplehood of Israel. It
provides knowledge about little
known communities whose back-
grounds have become fully linked
with Israel since the rebirth of
statehood.

Translated from the Hebrew by
Israel I. Taslitt, an introduction
by Israel's Deputy Prime Minis-
ter Yigal Alton adds great value
to this informative book. Allon
tells of the linkage of Eastern
and Western Jewries and he ex-
presses pride in the "rich human
tapestry that Eastern Jewry has
brought to Israel, each tribe with
its singular characteristics."
In many respects, this volume
serves not only as a history but
also as a valuable addition to book

groups under review in "One Peo-
ple" introduce new interest in Jew-
ish kinsmen who have been so far
removed from Jewish ranks.
There are valuable accounts of
life in Iraq-here Jews enjoyed a
large measure of freedom before
the Iraqis attained independence.
There was a Zionist organization, •
Jews studied and spoke Hebrew.
Then came the period of outlawing
and finally there was this result as
recorded by the Ilacohens:

"When Israel was proclaimed,
20.000 Iraqi Jews managed to get
to Basra, on the Persian Gulf,
and thence to Israel. In 1950 the
Iraqi legislature passed a law
allowing Jews to emigrate,
minus all rights and possessions.
In all the synagogues the call
was sounded: 'Jew, out of Baby-
lonia!' On Shavuot of that year
Operation Ezra-Nehemiah was
launched, within 18 months, more
than 120,000 Jews left the Baby-;
Ionian exile. Their settlement in
Israel added greatly to the coun-1
try's developing society and to
its commercial productivity."

picted here there are now Jews in
Israel, a better knowledge of them
is especially desirable and the
Hacohens have rendered a special
service with their book "One Peo-
ple."
In every respect, this descriptive
work is a notable gift to Jewish
booklore. In an epilogue the auth-
ors state that in overcoming the
persecutions that were suffered by
the peoples they describe "hope
was the mainstay of their lives."
Regarded by the people among
whom they lived as inferior beings,
deprived of economic rights, their
spirit was not broken: "Out of the
depths of enslavement there rose
spiritual giants who filled their
lives with meaningful content. The
study of Torah enabled the Jew to
forget their miseries and tribula-
tions."

From the over-all picture of
what had developed among these
peoples we are provided with
evidence of a bond that pre-
served the national Jewish char-
acter.
Many of them, especially their

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interrogators "I did it for Leba-
non," it was reported here.
Christian Rene Belon. 25, was
seized by Lebanese security men
after he hijacked the airliner with
20 persons aboard, including crew-
men. None was injured. Some
passengers were bound for Israel.
Belon reportedly told passengers
on the Boeing 707 that he was act-
ing to "redress the balance" of an
Israeli army , foray which cap-

tured 22 Lebanese prisoners last
week in retaliation for the kidnap-
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