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Ramadan.
New in paperback

Rabin of Israel: Warrior
for Peace (HarperPaperbacks),
by Robert Slater, was written
with the assistance of the late
prime minister. The author in-
terviewed many of Yitzhak Ra-
bin's colleagues, friends and
family. This paperback addition
also features details of the last
minutes of Rabin's life, includ-
ing his last words.
Reading Ruth (Ballantine),
edited by Judith Kates and Gail
Twersky Reimer, is a collection
of essays from 30 modern
women on one of the Bible's
most compelling stories. Includ-
ed are Cynthia Ozick, Marge
Piercy and Francine Klagsbrun.
Jews & Blacks: A Dialogue
on Race, Religion and Cul-
ture in America (Plume), fea-
tures observations by author
and Tikkun editor Michael Lern-
er and Harvard University Pro-
fessor Cornel West. Topics
include Louis Farrakhan, affir-
mative action and Zionism. This
paperback addition also has the
authors' remarks on the Million
Man March and the O.J. Simp-
son trial.
On the Kabbalah and its
Symbolism (Schocken) is Ger-
shorn Scholem's exploration of
the relationship between mysti-
cism and religious authority, the
mystics' interpretations of the
Scripture's hidden meanings,
tensions between philosophical
and mystical concepts of God,
and the rituals and symbolism
of Kabbalah.
What Do Jews Believe?
(Schocken), by David Ariel, in-
cludes the fundamentals of Ju-
daism on such issues as human
destiny, good and evil, the con-
cept of "chosenness" and the
Messiah. LI

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ter all that, check out The Ny-
lon Hand Of God (William
Morrow & Co.), by Steven Har-
tov.
The story begins with a bomb
attack on the Israeli Consulate.
Lt. Col. Benjamin Baum, of Is-
raeli Military Intelligence, takes
up the case, which eventually
leads him on a worldwide ad-
venture and pits him against
Martina Ursula Klump. (OK,
she may be rotten, but at least
she's got a great name.)
Filled with plenty of snappy
dialogue, The Nylon Hand of
God also has memorable de-
scriptions: of memories of a tan-
go in the moonlight, of a man
who moves "in silence, like a sol-
dier of another generation," of a
short colonel whose parents
walked from B aghdad to
Jerusalem and whose "flashing
smile could quickly disarm op-
ponents while his quick brain
moved in for the kill."
Mr. Hartov is a former mem-
ber of Israel's Parachute Corps
and Military Intelligence, and
also is the author of The Heat of

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