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Leo was Richard's Jewish as-
speak of hundreds of years of his-
tory — and writes of Israel's cap- sistant.
Intrigued by what he saw, Leo
ital as a modern city, facing mass
dictated to Richard a remarkable
housing and urban planning.
Mr. Kroyanker begins his work manuscript about South Ameri-
by describing what architecture ca. Richard promised to have it
remains of the First Temple pe- published. He did — but under
riod, then covers the Second Tem- his own name.
In Himmelfarb
(George Braziller
Inc.), Michael Kruger
tells what happens
when Richard re-
ceives a note from his
former assistant, the
man he believed was
dead.
"You are a lan-
guage thief — since I
know that in your
long life you were ca-
pable one day of seiz-
ing my sentences and
publishing them as
your own," Himmel-
farb writes. "Dwelling
in you is awful, dear
Richard...I don't want
to be your faithful
companion any
longer, your book ded-
ication Jew. I await
In Jerusalem: Something old, something new. The restored Cardo area.
your suggestions."
Richard decides to
seek
out
Leo,
and in the process
ple
period,
the
"enlightened
passed the ploughshares over it,
and strewed its furrows with urbanism of the Romans and the recalls their days together, so
Byzantinee and the religious in- many years ago, in South Amer-
salt," he said.
"Hadrian banished its very stitutions of the Mamluks. He ica:
name from the lips of men, also discusses the Christian holy
changed it to `Aelia Capitolina,' site, the Church of the Holy Sep-
and prohibited any Jew from en- ulcher, a mysterious, dark struc-
tering its precincts on pain of ture that smells of pungent
death. Persians and Arabs, Bar- incense and where visitors may
barians and Crusaders and see what church officials claim is
Turks, took it and retook it, rav- the spot where the world began.
Considering modern
aged it and burnt it. And yet,
marvelous to relate, it ever ris- Jerusalem, Mr. Kroyanker fo-
es from its ashes to renewed life cuses on the Westernization of
the city combined with symbols
and glory."
The new Jerusalem Archi- of thousands of years past. The
tecture (Vendome) is the first Hebrew University, for example,
one-volume survey history of is a thoroughly contemporary and
building in this fascinating city high-tech facility — yet its ar-
ever to be published in the Eng- chitecture — the familiar arches
and domes and golden stone —
lish language.
The book is written by David speaks of ancient times.
JerusalemArchitecture con-
Kroyanker, a former student at
the Architectural Association tains an introduction by former
School of Architecture in London Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek. Michael Kruger: Words that haunt.
ichard is about to ac-
who has for years been involved
knowledge that his entire
in the renovation and revitaliza-
If business was discussed, it
professional life has been
tion of Jerusalem architecture.
wasn't
long until he had suc-
a
lie.
(He has chronicled his work in
It began simply enough. He ceeded in bending the conversa-
numerous books published in He-
brew, including a six-volume se- was an anthropology student dur- tion into a direction that led
ing the Third Reich who went to without fail to Germany. If dur-
ries on the subject.)
Jerusalem Architecture covers study the culture of South Amer- ing the day he was a jungle man
the old Jerusalem — the stalwart ica. He wasn't much interested, who managed and kept in order
an impressive camp, in the noc-
synagogues and structures that but Leo Himmelfarb was.

n 1917, J.H. Hertz described
a Jerusalem that, despite its
painful history, was a city of
remarkable beauty.
"The Assyrians burnt it and
deported its population; the Ro-
mans slew a million of its inhab-
itants, razed it to the ground,

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