To the Editor:

. . . In his review of Exodus (June), Joel Blocker, apparently specializing in appearing “clever,” failed in or was incapable of understanding the real power of the book. Exodus caught the spirit of the Jewish people’s determination to survive despite the greatest odds. Far from the characters being idealized, they were real in the truest sense of the word. . . . The overwhelming success of Exodus is due to the fact that scores of thousands of “little” people recognized its truly great qualities.

Murray Tate
Toronto, Canada

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Correction

To the Editor:

I should like to correct an error that crept into my article in the March issue, “The Israeli Scene.” Though Professor Nathan Rotenstreich has addressed the Mapai Young Guard at their invitation (the fact that misled me), he is not a leader of that Young Guard, nor does he identify himself with any other particular group. I’m sorry about this misleading slip.

Meir Mindlin
Jerusalem, Israel

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