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...interpretation of the Book of Esther, appearing in Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' Berlin Der Angriff last week, was of greater interest to diplomats than to Bible students...
...GENERAL'S LADY-Esther Forbes- Harcourt, Brace...
...Esther Forbes's four novels (O Genteel Lady!, Paradise, etc.) have been full of romantic literary tricks. In spite of this they have been eminently successful in drawing a persuasive picture of colonial New England. Descended from pioneer Massachusetts stock, saturated from childhood with tales of colonial history told by her parents, both ardent historians, Author Forbes has a liking for portraying warm-blooded New England women whose passions clashed with Puritan convention...
...males, Uri, Shmuel, Micha; for females, Brocha, Ayala, Ruth. So, in Manhattan last week, reported Mrs. David B. Greenberg, national chairman of "Youth Aliyah," an immigration service sponsored in the U. S. by Hadassah, Women's Zionist Organization. Mrs. Greenberg was pleased to see Hadassah- Biblical name of Esther, Jewish queen and nemesis of the Persian plotter Haman-on the Nazi list. Said she: "Any Jewish girl should be proud to bear...
...Remaining is the last pensioner from the War of 1812: Esther Ann Hill Morgan, 81, of Independence, Ore., daughter of the late Private John Hill of the New York Militia...