38—Friday, November 1, 1974 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Meyer Levin's New Novel, 'Spell of Time,'
- Assumes Glory With Son Eli's Art Work
Applauds Action by Vigilantes
With his new novel, "The
Spell of Time," (Praeger),
Meyer. Levin, who already
has to his credit several best
sellers and a number of very
controversial books, gains
new glory. -
The subject itself is unique:
the love story is intertwined
with mysticism, and the fu-
sion of science with the spell
of Kabbalism lends unusual
interest to a novel that
emerges challenging its moti:
vations.'
Adding unusual intimacy
to this impressive story is a
familial note: the 10 pen-
and-ink illustrations in the
book are by his son Eli. As
the accornpaying reproduc-
tion indicates, an artist of
note now shares eminence in
the Meyer Levin. family.
Thus a father and son
team is merged in a new
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Jewish Defense League said
that the three men who broke
into the Palestine Liberation
Organization headquarters
here Tuesday afternoon and
beat up an employe after
firing several shots at him
were not JDL members but
part of "an unorganized mili-
tant Jewish group.'
Ben-Zvi, a JDL executive
board member, said that his
group applauded the action
and "will give our whole-
• earted; 100 per cent support
to the three, including sup-
plying a lawyer and bail if
that beco mes necessary
should they be apprehended."
According to Ben-Zvi, the
JDL was "contacted" by the
trio before the attack and
was told, "we feel that ter-
rorists have to be treated
with their own methods."
Ben-Zvi asserted that one
reason the JDL approved of
the attacks was a statement
by a PLO spokesman last
week describing - New York
as a little Tel Aviv.
"We agree with that state-
ment," Ben-Zvi said, "and
we are determined to prove
that he isn't wrong."
According to reoprts, the
three men claiming at first
to be members of the JDL,
forced their way into the
PLO office in mid--town Man-
hattan, fired two or three
shots at Masan Rahman, the
assistant director of the PLO
office and the only employe
there at the time, The shots
missed and the trio beat
Rahman with a lead pipe.
The three also tore out tele-
phone wires, overturned files
and fled according to police
reports.
Rahman was taken to
Bellevue Hospital where be
was treated for cuts and
bruises and reported in satis-
factory condition. After the
raid the United Press Inter-
national and the Associated
Press received phone calls in
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novel by the popular author
whose most recent work,
"The Settlers," was among
the most vital works of fic-
tion dealing with 'the early
pioneers who established the
foundations for the state of
Israel.
Meyer Levin's e a r l i e r
works, some among long-
running best sellers, includ-
ed "Compulsion", "The' Ob-
session", "Gore and Igor",
"The Fanatic", "The Old
Bunch", and "In Search".
Levin -describes his newest
work as "a ..Faustian love
story with cabalistic thider-
tones . . . symbolic of the
--ancient - modern nature of
Jerusalem, where it is set."
Two men of science, in love
with the same woman, tam-
per with Jewish mysticism
and an hallucinogenic drug
to exchange souls, each be-
r-
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when the transforma-
tion proves regrettable. :7
Levin blends ancient mys-
tery with the, most modem
science to evoke a sense of
extraordinary possibility and
suspense, leaving to the
reader the ultimate resolu-
tion of his tantalizing plot.
—P.S.
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which the callers identified
themselves as members of
the Jewish Armed Resistance-
strike unit. The group is be-
lieved to be an off-shoat of
the JDL.
The attack occurred just
six - days before a planned
massive demonstration at;"
the United Nations by Jews_
and non-Jews to prates •
against the UN's invitation to'
the PLO to address the rarld--'
body during its debate on the
Palestine question.
John Scali, U.S. ambassa-
dor to the UN, condemned
the attack -as an "ugly,
rehensible action by
guided' zealots." He said
voted in the General Assem-
bly against inviting the PLO
"but my vote did not sanc-
tion• this . kind of vigilante:
a eti on. "
Mayor Abraham . Beam
denounced the act as "de-
plorable" and' one that "can-
not be excused by any ra-
tionale." He noted that "while
I have often expressed my
outrage at- the acts of the
PLO, terrorism in the service
of any cause must be reject-
ed by any civilized society."
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PHILADELPHIA (JTA)—
A city grant of $123,899 has
been received by the Associa-
tion for Jewish Children to
continue a group counseling
drug prevention program for
more than 10,000 seventh and
eighth grade • students in 23
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Association officials said
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Amidst that special atmo-
If we could solve all the
sphere of expectancy that
only Jerusalem exudes, the mysteries of the universe,
two men—old and sagaci- we would be co-equal with
ous, the other young and ar- God. Every drop of ocean
rogant—confront a timeless shares its glory but is not
truth about the human soul the ocean.—Mahatma Gandhi
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