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...proud papa, New York Senator Jacob Javits, 58, made sure that it was a memorable event. First young Joshua was whisked to a Negev Desert kibbutz to meet Premier David Ben-Gurion, who administered an impromptu Biblical quiz. Next it was a session with Israeli President Itzhak Ben-Zvi, who nodded approvingly as Joshua recited from the Torah. On the big day, in Jerusalem's cavernous Yeshurun synagogue, Joshua marked his confirmation by intoning in near flawless Hebrew Verses 40 through 50, Chapter VII of First Kings, later received warm congratulations at a 100-guest luncheon in his honor...
Swallowed byChristianity? "It is not enough for the applicant to say he feels Jewish." argued State Attorney Zvi Bar-Niv. "Jewishness is not a club based on feeling." Citing authorities from the Talmud to St. Augustine, Bar-Niv insisted that "an Israeli may be Christian, Moslem or atheist. But 'Jew' connotes not belonging to any other religion. The attribute of a Jew is a common culture, and religion is the basis of that culture whether you observe it or not." Angry editorials in the Orthodox press were heavy with the ancient Jewish fear of being swallowed...
...appeal of the verdict was considered for nine weeks by the Israeli Supreme Court, and then denied, with the remark that even death was not an adequate penalty for Eichmann. As a last recourse, Eichmann made a personal plea for clemency to Israel's President Izhak Ben-Zvi. Within 34 hours a prison commissioner told Eichmann that his plea had been rejected. He grimaced slightly, said, "Jawohl...
...fate, as decreed by the court: death by hanging. Appeals to the Israeli Supreme Court and to President Izhak Ben-Zvi will postpone the almost certain execution for several months. Until then, Eichmann will be held in a special cell on the top floor of the British-built Teggart Fortress in Ramleh. Meanwhile, a British reporter had sought out Mrs. Veronika Eichmann, now living in seclusion in Germany. Affirming her husband's innocence, Mrs. Eichmann was "absolutely sure" he would return home. Then, almost as an afterthought, she added: "We never discussed his work...
...phrases that terrify men in this century. Judith Kegan has two poems, both pleasant; the second's light, sophisticated banter is damaged by a lapse into treacle in the last two lines. And Neal Kozodoy has the Hebrew text and his own translations of some poems by Uri Zvi Greenberg, an Israeli poet. I can't read Hebrew, but parts of the translations makes me wish I could. Other parts are just puzzling...