Page: Twelve THE JEWISH POST ThUTsday, April 17, 1975 Thursday, April 17, 1975 THE JEWISH

:'lllIllIllllnlllllllllllll1111l1UIII,111111111111I111111111111I111I111'J"'IIIIIIIIlIllllllllllllnlnl"llIlrrtlrtlllfllnlnlllIIIIUIOI"I,V'_ ~ ~.II.II'"III'II'II'II'"III'Il'U'IIIII'II'IIII1'II'II'II'IIII1'IIIU'IlJlI'"'IIIIIIIIIII'II'II'"'II'II'II'II'II'II'II~II.IIIII'N'IIIII"':: ~ ~!!! !!= for iDsertion of obItuaries is $1:80 per eolumJs lneh. l!~JSHPDST IIln the World of Books·1I C~ of maklug picture (cut, stereo) is extra. , , -. '" .- ~i WITH DR. ARNOLD AGES ~~a CLASSIFIEDS HERZL. By Amos Elon. Holt Rinehart and Winston. 448 p;lges. \ In some ways it is a pity that Amos Elon did not Write this before moving to Regina in 1928. excellent biography of before he WIl"ote his "The lSiaeIis: She was married in Regina in 1932. Founders and Sons:' : , Ari. 'ardent ZiDnist and CanatHalll In that way he might have avoided some of the niyopia and self.flagellation that cl1araeterized his study of modern and wasconcerned involved with with social many justice, national she 1:::~~~~~;~£~~~~~~~::~:~~e~~II!~ as well as lOcal organizatiDns. Mrs. 1"1"~' For its pioneering antecedents. ' , I Fages was national vice-president Four suite in upper duplex. The biography of Herzl that he has composed is a warm, -sympa- carpeted; garage. thetic and understanding treatment of a man who 1Iran'sfor'med the of CanadiWlpresident Young of Regina Judea l'io,neEtr'I.;I ~~~~~~~~;~ti;~::rslji~h ~i~~i~~~~[~~:&~~; of Adults9 a.m. JewishB\Y peoplechronicling in a waythe noinvolvement one had done ·of HerzIpreviously in sol'Ving sihce .,theMoses. Je;wish Womel~: chairman of iLaws, T.\"ades, ~ !;;;;'~~~~;;;~~~;_I problem as it existed in the latter part {If the nineteenth century,'Elon ~~~~t:!~~;;Of the IS!lJ~l!-1tclll!Wan; i¢:·.'¢oltiil.~!tri:si all)o11tl ! shows the desperate situation in which Jews found' themselves - Kc~hlw-I harrssed and brutalized by European anti-Semitism. " In this vDlume the author shDWs that did nDt emerge in a vacuum but in response to ~he pressing needs of tlie day. '. The cataiytic agent in the process of national libeiritti~ri was a Budapest-born, - domiciled, Paris-stationed assimilat~ Jew named Theodor Herzl. Ha:rdly the type of individual one would expect tD assume the mantle of leadership of world Jewry! But it was in Paris during his coverage of the Dreyfus' tri'aI fOr his Vienna newspaper, the Neue F1reie Press!!', that Herzl saw for the

iii~~~~~~:fli';·~st~t~i~me~th~e~sataniCInsteal~'.• of internalizing nature his of despairanti-Semitism. and frustration (the habitlr81 A~~~!~ilriit~?~ t() Jew hatred),Herzl tapped his literary and iritel- ()I)~,g~itll1 i to fashion a brilliant scenario for the soluti{ln to the Jewish - the ca-eation Of a state. Ml~oDlg the most astuate observations made Iby Elon in analy4ng is one showing hDW the latter's rich expen-ience as in Herzl's approach to politics. He. conceived a~ion, argues Elon, in theatrical terms, grandiose and, fun even/GIlLe:' 'of cOUl"se, welcomed Herzl's dramatic flai£l." .. · His ~~:{~:l,~~~~~~~Ii~,:r:~~:. 'Of a Jewish state left most people'indiffereilit, ~~~~~~i~lt~~~'i~ :~ and -pn:1y a small group !l"allied :to his defenSe. Ihl;rig~; 1(.I~t::~;~i~~~~rEl:~~·~~~~l '8S a demented dreamer. ';'1 Observes, "He'rzl's circle was"~~i~~~;g~:t I~~~;~~~~~~l~t~w~as. said that 'he planrii~~id ()!l" ·in the Orient: ~ in favor of Vienna." Others Spok1e>,[If.,. HilrZl