тАЬThis is the story of the amazing exploits of Shaike Dan, who volunteered during World War II to parachute behind enemy lines in Romania on behalf of British Intelligence. His jump had two objectives: (1) to locate the prison camp where 1,400 Allied Air Force crewmen were being held and (2) to try rescuing Jews from Eastern Europe and getting them to Palestine. With the publication of his lifeтАЩs story, the curtain goes up on the astounding tale of a modern-day Pimpernel.тАЭ тАФ┬аMenorah Review
тАЬIn 1935, youthful Zionist Shaike Dan left his Romanian village for life on a Palestinian kibbutz. Almost a decade later, at British request, he parachuted behind Nazi lines to rescue prisoners and facilitate the mass departure of East European Jews for the Promised Land. Relying primarily on DanтАЩs own words and recollections, the author then turns to post-war Israel, where his subjectтАЩs contacts, chutzpah, and organizational legerdemain became crucial in supplying the emerging nation with both population and weaponry.тАЭ тАФ Mark R. Yerburgh,┬аLibrary Journal
Born in Tel Aviv, Amos Ettinger (1937-2023) was an Israeli poet, songwriter, screenwriter, interviewer, and radio and television presenter. He worked for IsraelтАЩs broadcasting authority, Kol Israel, from 1959 until 2002. Ettinger began hosting a program in 1966 which later moved to Israeli TV under the title тАЬThis Is Your Life.тАЭ The TV program hosted by Ettinger ran for 30 years, and featured personalities such as Ezer Weizman and Golda Meir as well as the Dodaim and the IDF Orchestra. He wrote lyrics in Hebrew for many leading Israeli singers and several books of poetry, as well as thrillers and commercials.