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cinating stories that teem
with real and imaginary
characters. The plots are
lively, vivid and suspense-
ful.
The novel is set in Bolton,
Pa. The author describes
Bolton as "a tight town
where gray houses crowd
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Mendel Taig, the princi-
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leading story "Lost and
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survivor and a native of
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Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) well, it placed in the back;
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since UNIFIL was deployed seated next to each other;
in 1978 along the the poor occupied the
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places of honor while the
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been killed and three behind posts or crowded
wounded in southern Leba- in the corners."
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"The Authentic Jewish
Cookbook" is a story about
original "kosher" recipes,
the synagogue sisterhood
planned to compile into a
cookbook. However, the re-
cipe committee faced un-
foreseen problems. First,
what was a true Jewish re-
cipe? "Was it the way Rus-
sian Jews prepared, for
example, brisket, or the way
the Litvaks stuffed intes-
tines with groats?"
Then, the committee had
to decide the origin of the
blintz. "Was the blintz
Jewish, was it Russian, was
it Greek borrowed by the
Russians, or was it brought
to Russia by the Jews? Was
it generally Mesopotamian,
or unique to Israel?"
As the problems were
resolved, the cooking be-
gan, and a panel of judges
(all men) was chosen to
decide whose recipe was
the best. To the ladies'
great surprise, the judges
voted in favor of Rena
Feitelson's recipies.
Immediately Rena was
surrounded by a group of
women and 'the questioning
began. "Where did she get
her recipes? Was it her
mother, her grandmother?
To all these questions she
replied with a slight tilt of
her head to the side, a nar-
rowing of the eyes and a
Mmm."
"So tell us," came a chorus
of voices.
From a cookbook, ,she
nonchalantly said.
"The Bookstore" is a story
about a bookseller and his
unusual merchandisp. Lo-
cated in an obscure non-
Jewish neighborhood, the
bookstore, in addition to the
manuscripts and books pro-
duced before the 17th Cen-
tury, contained "prayers in
ebony boxes carved with
mystic signs and Hebrew
letters; geometric charts on
parchment, the ink faded
but still legible."
Among the objects not for
sale was "a fragment of the
cedar pillars, the strong legs
of Solomon's Temple."
According to a scholar
of Jewish mysticism, the
bookstore housed "one of
the finest collections of
mystical Judaica in the
world ... some of the vol-
umes were the only
manuscripts known to be
in existence."
The bookstore's prop-
rietor, Shabtai Yarok, as-
serted that he was the last
Monoganessen Indian. Ac-
cording to a Mormon an-
thropologist, the
Monoganessens were the 10
lost tribes of Israel.
The only people to whom
Shabtai confided the secret
of his family roots were the
secret Canaanites, Avram
and Miriam Gan, who were
"outwardly Jews whose an-
cestors. had been converted
to Jewish belief 200 years
after Joshua had conquered
their land."
As soon as Shabtai's and
the Gans' secrets became
known, people began to
avoid them. This was prob-
ably the reason of Shabtai's
sudden disappearance, his
store going up in flames and
the Gans moving to Califor-
nia "where nearly every-
thing is tolerated, even the
Cannanitic religion."
Muadi Sons Claim Intimidation
in Getting Admission of Murder
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The lawyer for the three
sons of Druze Knesstt
member Jaber Muadi ac-
cused the police of using
threats and intimidation to
extract admission of guilt
from his clients in the Jan.
12 murder of Bedouin Sheik
Hamad Abu Rabia.
The Muadi brothers, said
by police to be the prime
suspects, were arrested
shortly after the killing
which paved the way for
their father to assume the
Knesset seat held by Abu
Rabia.
In a letter to Police In-
spector General Arye
Ivtzan, defense attorney
Shlomo Tussia-Cohen said
the "unacceptable methods"
employed by police inter-
rogators included denying
the accused access to a
lawyer for more than a week
after their arrest.
He said the confession
by Seif Muadi claiming
full responsibility for the
crime was obtained
under duress, pressure
and insults. Muadi was
accused by his question-
ers of assisting terrorists
and Palestine Liberation
Organization chief Yasir
Arafat, Tussia-Cohen
said.
The senior Muadi, like
Abu Rabia, is a member of
the United Arab List, a
one-man Knesset faction
affiliated with the opposi-
tion Labor Alignment.
A bitter dispute de-
veloped between the two
men in recent months be-
cause Abu Rabia refused to
step down in favor of Muadi
in compliance- with what
Muadi claimed was a prior
agreement to rotate the.
Knesset seat. Muadi says he
and his colleague had a re-
conciliation when they met
at the Labor Party conven-
tion last month.
Muadi is not a suspect in
the murder. But the police
official heading the investi-
gation. Nitzav Karti, said at
a press conference last week
that there is sufficient evi-
dence to press charges
against his sons Seif, Dah-
esh and Heil.
When Muadi entered
the Knesset building to
be sworn in, he was es-
corted by a heavily
armed guard and the
ceremony was kept
secret until the last min-
ute to forestall a possible
assault on him.
So far, no incidents have
been reported in either the
Druze or Bedouin com-
munities. The latter are
known to have been in-
furiated by the murder,
especially because Abu
Rabia was the only I3edouin
representative in parlia-
ment. Muadi is known to
have enemies in his own
home village of Yerka, near
Acre in western Galilee.
But some 3,000 Druze
demonstrated their solidar-
ity with him at a rally he
organized in Yerka Sunday.
The rally may have been a
warning to Bedouins that
the Druze were closing
ranks. Muadi hinted that he
expected trouble.
Paradoxically, there have
been few expressions of hos-
tility toward the Druze by
the Bedouins. Relatives of
Abu Rabia said their quar-
rel was with the Muadi fam-
ily. When a Druze delega-
tion visited the Bedouins to
express condolences, they
were treated cordially.
Nevertheless, Police
Superintendent Arye
Ivtzan appealed to both
communities not to take
the law into their own
hands. The son and
nephew of the slain
leader said that they have
"full confidence in the
police."
Muadi insists that he took
the seat as "a matter of
honor" and indicated he
would not be very active in
the four-five months that
remain of the present Knes-
set. "I'm sick and tired of
politics. I have no interest in
going into politics," Muadi
told reporters after he was
sworn in. -
He said he would not use
his Knesset immunity to.
block police inquiries into
Abu Rabia's murder. But he
complained that the police
and press were "dis-
criminating against" him
and his sons. He alleged his
sons were being denied
legal counsel, but Karti de-
nied this.
Meanwhile, Likud MK
Ehud Olmert has demanded
that Muadi be suspended
form the Knesset for the du-
ration of the legal process.
But Knesset Speaker Yit-
zhak Berman said that
Muadi would remain a
Knesset member with all
privileges he is entitled to.
Muadi is not a new
comer to the Knesset. He
represented the United *'‘.
Arab List for 25 years
prior to the last elections
and also held sub-
Cabinet posts as Deputy
Minister of 'Communica-
tions and of Agriculture' .
in Labor-led govern-
ments.
In the late 1940s Muadi
cooperated with Jews who
were fighting to secure
Galilee within the bound-
aries of the new state of Is-
rael. After Israel's indepen-
dence was declared he be-
came a key figure in the
Druze and Arab com-
munities and was well
known for his close ties with
the Israeli establishment.