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Book on Wallenberg takes reader on emotional plateaus reviewed by Philip Wendkos, Ph.D. RAOUL WALLEN BERG: Angel of Rescue, by Harvey Rosen feld, Prometheus Books, Buffalo, N.Y., 1982, $13.00. For me, one of the most mean ingful aspects of Jewish Law and lore is a pithy aphorism found in the Pirkei Avot (Sayings of the Talmudic Sages): “...and in a place wlieie ihere are no worthy human beings, you must strive to be a worthy person” (11,6). Such an idea must have been the guiding light for the Swedish Wallenberg who risked everything to rescue the Jewish outcasts from Nazi-occupied Hungary during World War 11. The more one delves into aspects of the awful Holocaust, the more one encounters a depressing motif—that very few non-Jews really cared to endanger themselves in order to save a Jew! The selfless involvement of an aristocratic Swede, Raoul Wallenberg, to at tempt to rescue Jews caught in the Nazi trap is a lonely exception to this anguishing fact. Harvey Rosenfeld, author of this definitive work on Wallenberg, treats his mission as a humanitar ian effort to save other fellow- numans whose fate was sealed. The book takes the reader from one emotional plateau to another, delineating the tragedy which befell Hungarian Jewry up until the last of the deportations to extermina- tion camps at the end of 1944 were Raoul Wallenberg Angel of Rescue _ _ . i\w» by Harvey Rosenfeld l orcunrd In |a< I, Ki' completed. Equal to this horror is the unfortunate fate of Wallenberg, who disappeared on account of his heroic efforts at the hands of the KGB. Rosenfeld, editor of the factual periodical Martyrdom and Resist ance, which deals with previous and extant Nazis and aspects of Nazism for the information of sur vivors, admirably incorporates in this book on Wallenberg an impor tant dimension of the Holocaust not often reckoned with: Why were world leaders so callous and apa thetic to the fate of Wallenberg? Why did they not demand an ex planation from the Soviets about his fate? Perhaps it was because Wallen berg devoted himself to an unpop ular cause—the rescue of the rem nant of Hungarian Jews. Possibly Wallenberg reflected the guilt of the world due to his actions and the inactions of the world in not hav ing done a lot more to have pre vented the extirpation of European Jewry. As time heals, so also time unveils the injustices perpetrated on Jews by the world. When one reads this book, one is confronted with cruelty, and unfairness and anguish, important emotions in coming to grips with the full, enormous tragedy of the Holocaust. To order this hook locally, call 394-1682 or mail check for $13.00 to 7065 Duncourtney Drive, At lanta, Georgia 30328. Special dis counts for bulk orders will he given. AJPA re-elects Vida Goldgar vice president at 44th forum WALTHAM, Mass. —Vida Goldgar, editor and publisher of The Southern Israelite, has been re-elected a vice president of the American Jewish Press Associa tion. Election of officers for 1986- 87 took place during the group's 44th annual meeting held June 17- 20, hosted by Brandeis University. The AJ PA, founded in 1943, is a voluntary organization of more than 80 English-Jewish newspa pers, approximately 20 magazines and some 40 individual journalists in the United States and Canada, with a combined leadership of more than four million. Robert A. Cohn, editor-in-chief of the St. Louis Jewish Light, was re-elected president. Other officers are: Florence Eckstein, publisher. Greater Phoenix Jewish News, and Marc S. Klein, editor and pub lisher of the Northern California Jewish Bulletin, vice presidents; Richard Waloff, business director of the (Philadelphia) Jewish Ex ponent, treasurer; Fredda Sacha- row, associate editor, the Jewish Exponent, recording secretary; and Charles Baumohl, editor of the Jewish News of Metropolitan New Jersey, corresponding secretary. At the Thursday eveningawards dinner, tribute was paid to the late frank F. Wundohl, who had re ceived this year’s AJPA’s Joseph Polakoff Integrity Award, shortly bclore his recent death. In addition to numerous work shops and special presentation, delegates heard a major address by f*r. Raul Hillberg, professor ol history at the University ol Ver- Vida Goldgar mont, author of “The Destruction of the European Jews" and a major parti< ipant in Claude Lanzmann’s film "Shoah,” on “The Continuing Relevance ol the Holocaust.” Leon J. Jick, associate professor of Jewish studies at Brandeis, and Margot Stern Strom, chairwoman of “Facing History and Ourselves,” a Boston-based educational group, responded to Dr. Hilberg’s address. Yakov Gorodetsky, a recently freed Soviet Jewish “refusnik,” also addressed the delegates. He warned that Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gor bachev was “the worst Soviet leader since Stalin" on the subject of Soviet Jews and human rights, and called for more assertive action on behalf of Soviet Jewry prior to the anticipated second Reagan-Gor- bachev summit. **★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ * ACADEMIC assistance program + Professional, Individualized Assistance All Levels, In: English Comp. • Reading Comprehension Study Skills • Organizational Skills Basic Math • Pre-Algebra • Algebra Geometry • SAT Prep Mon.—Sun. 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