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Eight Mile Eastland Center Professional Bdg. 371-9200 arl Bancoff, a physi- cian turned novelist, has added a Jewish perspective to the rapidly growing genre of novels about the controversial Vietnam war. A Forgotten Man, his first novel, describes the ex- periences of Herb Klein from his days as a medical student in Philadelphia to his service in Vietnam as an Air Force flight surgeon. Klein is a decent man. As a medical student he tutors the teenage son of his fraternity's black housekeeper, helping him turn away from drugs and crime and eventually become a successful lawyer. But Klein's decency is a handicap in Vietnam, where he arouses the ire of some Americans for providing medical service and other help to the Vietnamese. Klein is also a young Jew in search of his religion. Born in- to an Orthodox family, Klein loses his faith when his mother dies. When he mar- ries a nurse, a Catholic from a small Pennsylvania mining town, she tries unsuccessful- ly to bring him back to Judaism. But his experiences in Vietnam restore his belief. As to be expected in a first novel, Bancoff's life is similar to that of his protagonist. Like Klein, he was born in the working-class section of west Philadelphia; was graduated from Cornell University, although he also received his medical training at Cornell, rather than in Philadelphia, as Klein does; and like Klein, interned at a Philadelphia hospital. Bancoff also was a flight surgeon in Vietnam, who, like Klein, went on combat missions, provided medical care for Vietnamese civilians and was among the first physicians to provide medical care for the Montagnard tribes. Perhaps this is why so much of what happens to Klein as a medical student and then a flight surgeon rings true. But the novel is also the story of a young man sear- ching for meaning in the American involvement in Vietnam at a time when many of his friends and col- leagues at home oppose the war. Bancoff provides no pat answers, as indeed there are none, despite the feelings of those who want to see the still-divisive debate over Viet- nam in simple black-and- white terms. Instead, Klein finds meaning only in helping the Montagnards. Hated by the Vietnamese on both sides, they try to survive, as did the Jews throughout history. 'Ib be truthful, the first chapter of the book, a sort of preface, is disappointing. In addition, there are many cliches in both characters and incidents, and what eventual- ly happens to Klein is predic- table. The ending is somewhat contrived and less than satisfactory. But the novel is nevertheless enthrall- ing, both serious and funny, entertaining and ultimately very moving. Klein provides rare insight, not only on the issue of Viet- nam, but also in how American Jews come to terms with their Judaism in this country. Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEWS Arik Sharon In War Of Words Tel Aviv (JTA) — Ariel Sharon, the outspoken Herut hardliner, was embroiled last week in another angry war of words with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. He has also been criticized by Mayor Ted- dy Kollek of Jerusalem for demonstratively moving into an apartment in the Old Ci- ty's Moslem Quarter shortly before the start of Chanukah. Sharon, who was defense minister during the war in Lebanon and is presently minister of commerce and in- dustry, accused Peres of creating a "worldwide panic" by his constant warnings of the demographic dangers to Israel by its continued rule over 1.5 million Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Addressing a Likud party meeting, Sharon also blasted Peres for proposing that the Gaza Strip be demilitarized. Mayor Kollek, also a Labor- ite, in a speech to the City Council, questions Sharon's motive in moving to the Moslem Quarter. Sharon had said that the move was in- tended to encourage other Jews to live in the Moslem Quarter but, Kollek said, "We do not aspire to integration, but rather to neighborly rela- tions." Sharon's housewarming and Chanukah party in his Moslem Quarter flat is con- sidered partly responsible for the outbreak of Arab rioting.