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Noteworthy Jewish' Claisics Are Issued in Paperback
44:Triday, May 24, 1974
"The Summer That Bled,"
by Anthony Masters — the
biography of Hannah Senesh,
the martyred heroine of
World War II who died after
her arrest in Hungary when
she joined in efforts to rescue
Jews from the Nazi terror,
has been reissued as 'a paper-
back by Simon and Schuster
Pocket Books division.
The impressive story, first
published by St. Martins
Press, was reviewed in The
Jewish News Aug. 3, 1973.
The Masters story is due
to be made into a motion
picture soon.
S and S Pocket Books have
also just reissued the Her-
man Wouk classic story,
"City Boy," as a paperback.
"C ity Bo y" was one of
Wouk's first books that
gained best seller status.
Pocket Books also reissued
as a paperback the widely
acclaimed "Generation of
Victors" by Burt Hisrchfeld.
It is a story filled with love
incidents, drama, the role of
an Israeli among the cast of
characters.
Bible Seen as Ruler Over Weal and Woe
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For the very young, Lover
Publications' large paper-
backs series of coloring
books offers a veritable trea-
sure.
There is an '`American
Revolution Coloring Book"
supplemented with interest-
ing stories and marvelous
illustrations by Peter F.
Copeland.
Richard Hefter's "ABC
Coloring Book" helps intro-
duce the youngsters to the
alphabet.
A "Seashore Life" color-
ing book by Anthony D'At-
tillo introduces the children
to sea objects.
Enlivening the series are
two coloring books prepared
by Spyros Horemis on "Geo-
metrical Designs" and "Vi-
sual Illusions."
Thus, there is a variety
that is impressive, and sug-
gestions for colors accom-
pany all the splendidly pre-
pared paperbacks.
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The Mishna Defined
Adding immeasurably to
the popularization of classics
as paperbacks is another
Schocken book, "The Mishna
—Oral Traditions of Juda-
ism," containing a large
number of selections trans-
lated by Rabbi Eugene J.
Lipman of Washington.
The role of the Mishna-
the compilation of oral laws
introduced by the rabbis 1,800
years ago—emerges illustra-
tively in the passages chosen
for inclusion in this volume
by Rabbi Lipman. The subj-
ects dealt within these se-
lections include the Sabbath,
Passover, Sabbath travel reg-
ulations, New Year observ-
ances, marriage contracts,
divorces, flogging and many
others.
A six-page glossary pro-
vides explanations for signif-
icant Hebrew terms related
to this important volume.
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More WSU Books
Leslie Poles Hartley had
written 16 novels from 1924
until his death in 1972. His
literary skill wins acclaim
in a serious study published
by Wayne State University
Press.
In "Wild Thyme, Winter
Lightning — The Symbolic
Novels of L. P. Hartley."
Anne Mulkeen provides valu-
able analyses of the eminent
author's impressive works.
It is a study that adds im-
mensely to literary criticism.
"Cesar Chavez and the
United Farm Workers—A Se-
lective Bibliography" by Bev-
erly Fodell, is a timely work
that will assist students of la ;
bor union movements in ac-
quiring much necessary in-
formation regarding one of
the most effective workers'
groups in this country. This
tpaperbacked work has been
published by Wayne State
University Press.
Two Wayne State Univer-
sity professors have corn=
bined their skills to produce
a truly encyclopedic work.
Alexander J. Vitek is the
compiler of "Russian-English
Idiom Dictionary," a large
volume edited by Harry H.
Josselson.
The 326 pages of text con-
tain the impressive collection
of idioms. They are present-
ed in the original texts, ac-
companied by the English
translations that emphasize
the English idioms and their
translations into English.
An interesting portion of
the text that gives an idea
of the compiler's approach
follows:
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Truman's Early Views
on Palestine Partition
Schocken Books has issued
an important documentary—
"The Truman Doctrine and
the Origins of McCarthy-
ism." In it, Richard M. Free-
land, assistant chancellor of
the University of Massachu-
setts, deals with "Foreign
Policy, Domestic Politics and
Internal Security, 1946-1948."
There is an interesting
comment regarding President
Truman's early views on the
Palestine situation. It is
stated that: "Truman's de-
cision not to support the par-
tition of Palestine had re-
duced his standing among
American Jews." This was
in December 1947.
Another annotation, to
events that occurred several
months later, states:
"The administration's con-
fused handling of the Pales-
tine issue was jeopardizing
its support within the Jew-
ish community." -
There are comments on
the role of Clark Clifford of
the State Department, who
was planning strategy for
the Truman re-election cam-
paign. The subsequent events
are not recorded, but it had
become a matter of record
that Clifford emerged as one
of Israel's strongest support-
ers, and . Truman's later
friendship for Israel also is
a matter of record.
marked by a variety of sub-
jects. A most important work
by an outstanding composer,
written by an equally out-
standing musician.
"Gustav Mahler," a biog-
raphy, by Bruno Walter, has
been issued by Schocken in
a translation from the Ger-
man by Lotte Walter Lindt.
In the years since his death
in 1911, the music of Gustav
Mahler has grown in popu-
larity until today his works
are the most performed of
and 20th Century composer.
Complete recordings of his
nine symphonies are avail-
able by the New York Phil-
harmonic, the Chicago Sym-
phony, and the Utah Sym-
phony, as well as individual
performances by the Phila-
delphia Orchestra, the Boston
Symphony, and the New
Haven Symphony.
Of all the musicians who
have championed Mahler's
brooding and turbulent music,
none was more ardent than
Bruno Walter, and none
shared Bruno Walter's long
personal relationship with
Mahler.
First published in 1936 on
the 25th anniversary of Mah-
ler's death, Walter's "Mah-
ler" remains a portrait of
extraordinary spiritual in-
sight.
The Mahler biography em-
braces the years from Wal-
ter's first meeting with
Mahler through their work
together in Hamburg, Stein-
bach, and Vienna to Mahler's
later years and death. It re-
flects on the great , musician's
protean talents as conductor,
opera leader, and above all,
compose r. It, moreover,
abounds with the exuberance
of his musical idiom.
In "Gustav Mahler," Wal-
ter reveals a man whose bril-
liance owed its source to an
endless search for faith and
whose enormous vitality
sprang from a complex
n a t u r e. Both genius and
demon in Walter's e y e s,
Mahler was often governed
by conflict. While a kind
man, he could often be rude;
while natively optimistic, he
was frequently seized by de-
pression; while literal in con-
ducting the work of another,
he was impulsive and given
to improvisation in his own.
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WSU Press has issued in
a fourth edition "Automo-
biles- of America," listing
pioneers and manufacturers,
the makes of autos, etc.
It has its shortcomings. A
history of the auto industry
is incomplete without refer-
ence to Meyer Prentis, treas-
urer • of General Motors.
There is a story relating to
pioneering by Bernard Gins-
burg. Perhaps a fifth edition
will fill the gap.
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book, they little heeded the
changes that were wrought
in the real world around
them. Nations rose and van-
ished, states flourished and
decayed, revolutions raged
throughout the earth — but
they, the Jews, sat poring
over this book, unconscious
of the wild chase of time that
rushed on above their heads.
—Heinrich Heine.
RAMBLEWOOD SWIM & TENNIS CLUB
Biography of Mahler
by Bruno Walter
It is evident that the ,
Schocken paperbacks are
The Bible, what a _book!
Large and wide as the world,
based on the abysses of
creation, and peering aloft
into the blue secrets of hea-
ven; sunrise and sunset, pro-
mise and fulfillment, birth
and death, the whole drama
of humanity are contained in
this one book. It is the book
of God.
The Jews may readily
be consoled at the loss of
Jerusalem, and the Temple,
and the Ark of the Covenant,
and all the crown jewels of
King Solomon. Such forfeit-
ure is as naught when weigh-
ed against the Bible, the in-
destructible treasure that
they had saved. That one
book is to the Jews their
country, their possessions—
at once their ruler and their
weal and woe. Within the
well-fenced boundaries of that
book they live and have their
being; they enjoy their alien-
able citizenship, are strong
to admiration; thence none
can dislodge them. Absorbed
in the perusal of their sacred
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The story of ancient Baby-
lon and role in the history
of the Middle East, the
splendor of old, the commer-
cial triumphs and declines,
are described in an authori-
tative analysis by James
Wellard who has made that
area of the Mediterranean a
subject for deep study.
In the Schocken paperback
Wellard gives many accounts
of historic occurrences, in-
cluding the claims of the
Baghdad Jews, in the 12th
Century that one of their
synagogues was built by
Daniel himself. There also
are accounts of the Tower of
Babel and other legends.
This is a most impressive
history, splendidly traced and
described in relation to old
Jewish experiences in an
area now antagonistic to Is-
rael. Its recapitulation is
valuable for an understand-
ing of conditions in this
period in history.
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