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We continue our coverage of eternity, which we have discussed over the past year or so as seen by a Catholic aggiornamentista, as seen by a “death of God” Protestant theologian, and now as seen by a modern American Jew. Max Geltman—historian, profound student of Jewish affairs, and prolific author—describes the chaos of the spiritually dispossessed, the irony of finding Commentary, the principal journal of the American Jewish Committee, in the rabbi’s chambers. . . . Why irony? Because, says Mr. Jack E. Jones, the prestigious Commentary has fallen into the habit of publishing morally perplexing ideas. He culls three articles from two issues of the magazine published earlier this year and analyzes them right down to their root idiocy. Mr. Jones’s new book, To the End of Thought, will be published soon by Random House. . . . Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, remarking the shake-up in the German army, goes into the history of German military organization and the meaning of the present troubles. . . . Elspeth Huxley, writing from England, files a down-to-the-wire report on the recently concluded Commonwealth Conference. . . . “Tom Sage” is the pseudonym of a skilled social critic. He takes us on the 98¢ tour of Sardinia’s Emerald Coast, where a few sports are betting $300 million that the tourists will soon come flocking. . . . Two weeks of rain, in Sicily, did not prevent Alec Waugh from returning home refreshed. . . . Mr. Bill Gavin, a teacher of English and a cool customer, offers his do-it-yourself Handy-Dandy All-Purpose Liberal Make-Up Kit.

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IN • THIS • ISSUE

We continue our coverage of eternity, which we have discussed over the past year or so as seen by a Catholic aggiornamentista, as seen by a “death of God” Protestant theologian, and now as seen by a modern American Jew. Max Geltman—historian, profound student of Jewish affairs, and prolific author—describes the chaos of the spiritually dispossessed, the irony of finding Commentary, the principal journal of the American Jewish Committee, in the rabbi’s chambers. . . . Why irony? Because, says Mr. Jack E. Jones, the prestigious Commentary has fallen into the habit of publishing morally perplexing ideas. He culls three articles from two issues of the magazine published earlier this year and analyzes them right down to their root idiocy. Mr. Jones’s new book, To the End of Thought, will be published soon by Random House. . . . Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, remarking the shake-up in the German army, goes into the history of German military organization and the meaning of the present troubles. . . . Elspeth Huxley, writing from England, files a down-to-the-wire report on the recently concluded Commonwealth Conference. . . . “Tom Sage” is the pseudonym of a skilled social critic. He takes us on the 98¢ tour of Sardinia’s Emerald Coast, where a few sports are betting $300 million that the tourists will soon come flocking. . . . Two weeks of rain, in Sicily, did not prevent Alec Waugh from returning home refreshed. . . . Mr. Bill Gavin, a teacher of English and a cool customer, offers his do-it-yourself Handy-Dandy All-Purpose Liberal Make-Up Kit.