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Offer Kibutz, Re.sistance, Humor and Social Studies
A major study of the kibutz, its target group for the racialist divi-
ideals and its future, has been re- sion of the people."
issued by Schocken Books as a
paperback.
"America's Asia : Dissenting Es-
"Kibutz—Venture in Utopia" by says on Asian-American Relations,"
Melford E. Spiro touches upon the a Random House Vintage paper-
moral postulates of kibutz culture back, contains the views of a group
as well as its role as a communal of authors who have explored the
society. issues which, as the editors of this
The critical period in kibutz life
and its prospects for survival are Mark Selden, state in their intro-
studied here and the author points duction:
Our cultural chauvinism might
to the challenges that face youth
in accepting the kibutz principles. mainly provide material for hu-
Kiryat Yedidim is used as an morous self-analysis were it not
example for this study of future for the overwhelming explosion of
American economic and military
p - ospects.
might throughout
For Asia
As a postscript the paperback volume,
Edward .Asia.
Friedman
and
ce.ntains an essay The Kibutz in is America's in this second tragic
1970,•' by Leslie Y. Rabkin and sense that American power has
channeled, distorted and suppressed
much that is Asia.''
Felix Greene warns of the enemy , Friedm an's topic is "America
1:ithin in his expose of the dangers . Declares War in China" and Selden
of imperialism and political "satel- wrote on the subject "People's War
lization.•' He deals extensively w ith ' and the Transformation of Peasant
Lie subject in "The Enemy—What Society: China and Vietnam."
Every American Should Know . Other authors whose essays ap-
About Imperialism," published as pear in this challenging volume
a Vintage paperback by Random are Leigh and Richard Kagan,
James Peck, Judith Coburn, John
House. ,
,
He touches upon the Hitler terror W. Dower, John G. Gurley, Stephen
as a factor in exposing the dangers Andors, Jonathan Mirsky and
that are linked with self-interests Stephen E. Stonefield.
:::
in foreign policies. He poses a
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7Valuable for an understanding
be able with a clear conscience
of the Russian situation is "An
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Observer's Message From Mos-
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cow," with a new epilogue:
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"Russian Intellectuals in the
the will of God!"
Leninist Year," also a Random
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"Love," by Rosemary Haughton,
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F'oiting minorities." He declares: Books, draws upon history and
For over a thousand years, the literature in looking at sex, the
ruling classes of Europe used anti- maternal instinct and family.
Semitism against the Jews to di- Mysticism is touched upon and the
vert attention from themselves as author goes deeply into a discus-
he cause of the people's poverty. sion of Jewish traditional values.
German fascism completed the
Miss Haughton emphasizes the
murderous logic of the pogroms Jewish love for learning and points
by massacring over 6,000,000 Jews out: "For the Orthodox Jew there
in the gas chambers. And in the is no other source of wisdom or
United States, the slavery of the learning and from the beginning a
Negroes provided a ready-made baby boy's future is thought of in
-
Road Accidents in Israel
terms of its study, so that the
highest distinction his parents can
hope for is that he will become
a learned man, a scholar." She
also indicates that "little girls are
destined by hopeful mothers to
marry scholars."
But Miss Haughton also reflects
upon the negative aspects—upon a
time when "Hebrew men had sev-
eral wives and concubines if they
liked . . . to satisfy ordinary lust."
The ancient "fertility" cults are
discussed and Miss ,Haughton states
in reference to ancient times among
Jews: "The prophets make it clear
that they objected especially to the
sexual goings-on at the 'high
places,' which were probably a
countryfied version of the usual
fertility rituals with their recog-
nized and temporary sexual
license."
Conscientious Objector
Blacks on trial, Panther defend-
ers, the issue of resistance and of
the black revolution—these are as-
pects appearing in the views ex-
pressed in "Look for Me in the
Whirlwind," a Random House Vin-
tage Paperback.
It is "the collective autobiogra-
phy of the New York 21," the de-
fendants in the New York Panther
conspiracy, with an introduction by
Haywood Burns. The lives of
these defendants are depicted
here, in their own words, and the
reader gets a direct idea about the
commitment of revolutionaries.
By HAIM SCHACTER
age age was 34, and in 1968, 37.
The number of cars on Israel's
It is of interest to note that in
roads is increasing.
the 25-34 age bracket, driving
There were 440,000 drivers in licenses were held by 36 out of
possession of valid civilian driv- every 100 residents; in the 19-24
ing licenses in Israel at the end of age group by 25 in every hundred
.1970, as compared with 388,000 residents, whereas in the 55-64
at the end of 1969 and 340,000 at age group by only 13 per cent.
the end of 1968. This registers a
Half the number of licensed driv-
rise of some 13 per cent in the ers had held their license for over
number of drivers during the past 5.1 years; about 30 per cent for
year. less than four years and about
*
*
*
At the end of 1970, 417,000 driv- 44 per cent for eight years.
"Love
Above
All,
and Other
ers were licensed to drive private
In 1970, about 19,000 drivers Drawings" by George Grosz con-
vehicles and trucks of up to four
in Israel were involved in road tains 120 brilliantly satiric draw-
tons (an increase of 4 per cent
accidents, as compared with
ings of Berlin in the 1920s, disturb-
over_ the figure for 1969), while
1'7,000 in 1969—a rise of about ingly contemporary. We have to
137,000 drivers were licensed to
13 per cent, which is higher keep reminding ourselves that
drive trucks of over four tons (an
than the 10 per cent registered they were done in the sensation-
increase of 9.5 per cent). About
in 1969 over the figure of road
hungry, inflation-fed milieu of the
112,000 were licensed to drive mo-
accidents
in 1968. Weimar Republic, and not in Lon-
torcycles arid scooters (an increase
About 43 out of every 1,000 driv- ! don Paris or New York of the
of 11 per cent), 34,000 drivers
were licensed to drive taxis and ers were involved in road accidents 1970s.
"On an Expense Account," for
about 20,000 held licenses for in 1970—similar to the figure for
1969. About 3.5 per cent of the example, shows us a well-fed busi-
-buses.
number of drivers involved in road nessman and his wife; we see only
According to the Central Of-
accidents had had more than one his back and neck, note her taste-
fice of Statistics, 225 out of
lessly modish skirt, and we know
driving mishap during the year.
every 1,000 residents age 16
the whole story. Other scenes in-
and over were licensed to drive
Of every 1,000 drivers in the clude cocktail hours, restaurant
motorized vehicles, as compared
25-34 age group, about 56 were scenes, bordellos, street scenes,
with 205 in 1969 and 193 in 1968. involved in road accidents (simi- and scenes of mindless material-
In 1969-1970, the increase in the lar to the figure in 1969) while in ism.
number of drivers (13.2 cent) the 35-44 age group, 37 out of
This edition, published by Dover,
exceeded the increase in :Jle num- every 1,000 drivers were involved is an unabridged republication of
ber of motorized vehicles e the in road mishaps (similar to the two volumes: "Uber alles die
figure for 1969).
roads (11 per cent).
Liebe" and "Die Gezeichneten,"
Statistical figures .s - eiv tat
The rate of road accidents per both Berlin, 1930. The artist's pref-
about half the number of drivers 1,000 licensed drivers in the ace and captions have been trans-
holding licenses in 1970 were un- 65 and upwards age group dropped lated for this edition by Stanley
of 33. In 1909 the aver- from 16 in 1969 to five in 1970.
Appelbaum.
Arrested in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An 18-
year-old conscientious objector
who failed to present himself at
the recruiting office when his
draft date came up, was arrested
after a two-week search by police.
The young man, Reuben Less-
man of Jerusalem, was one of
four COs who published an open
letter to Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan refusing military service
because they didn't want to be-
come "oppressors."
Another of the four, Dov Gall,
presented himself for induction.
The others, Giora Neumann of Tel
Aviv and Miss hit Yaacobi of
Jerusalem, are scheduled for in-
The heart of the Jewish people duction next month.
has always been in the Bet Hamid-
rash; there was the source from
which they drew the strength and
the inspiration that enabled them
to overcome all difficulties and
withstand all persecutions. If we
want to go on living, we must re-
store the center to the Bet Hami•-
rash, and make that once more
the living source of Judaism.
—Ahad HaAm.
MORRIS
BUICK
ISTHE GUY
ANTS? ! ?
Among the notable new paper-
backs issued by Penguin Books is
"The Strange Case of Pot" by
Michael Schofield.
Problems created by narcotics,
the role of youth and the genera-
=ion, gap, are among the issues
thoroughly accounted for in this
valuable study.
Schocken also has issued a chal-
lenging work by Arthur A. Cohen.
In this paperback, "The Myth
of the Judeo-Christian Tradi-
tion," the eminent author and
editor has incorporated a series of
dissenting issues.
Cohen tackles such problems as
conversions, secularity, the theo-
logical enmities and humanism,
Christian views on the Jews and
eschatological thinking through
the ages.
Persecution of Jews throughout
history is commented upon in
"White Racism: A Psycho:listory"
by Joel Kovel, published by Ran-
dom House. •
Influences of early and later ex-
periences of children are thorough-
ly analyzed. The author points out
that "the whole cleavage between
body and spirit—which is at the
root the cleavage between a stage
of maternal fusion and a state of
separateness—begins at the anal
stage."
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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