British Delay Publication

Hebrew Translation of Steinberg's
`As A Driven Leaf' Finally Ready

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Friday, Apra 4, 1947

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Thirty-Two

Italy Adopts Catholicism
As State Religion; See
Danger to Jewish Culture

teachings in opposition to Catho-
ROME, (JTA)—The adoption
lic doctrine and make public at-
by the Italian Constitutional As-
tacks on these principles a punish-
sembly of- the Concordat and
able offense.
Latern Pacts, establishing Catho-
Although Jews and Protes-
licism as the state religion is ex-
tants will be permitted to main-
pected to have an adverse effect
tain their own schools, 'neither
on the development of Jewish
group has the means to operate
education and culture in Italy.
an adequate school system.
The pacts, originally signed by
Mussolini and the Vatican in 1929, N
provide, among other matters,
that the Catholic doctrine be
taught in the public school sys-

Rabbi Milton Steinberg has received a copy of the two-volume
Hebrew translation of his second century novel, "AS A Driven Leaf,"
together with word that it is being used to temper terrorism among
the Jewish community in Palestine.
According to a letter which Rabbi Steinberg received from
Mordecai Newman, head of New-
man Publishing Co., Tel Aviv, leaders of the Jewish Agency. As
the translation appeared two
chairman of the cultural commit-
months ago after a three-month
delay brought about by New- tee of the internees, Newman used
man's interneship by British au-. "As A Driven Leaf" as the basis
thorities.
of a prison lecture comparing the
The dust jacket of the transla- present political situation in Pal-
tion quotes two lengthy passages
from the book, paraphrasing the estine with the situation outlines
sentiments of the great Rabbi in the book. Rabbi Steinberg
Joshua in counseling caution to wrote of the Bar Kochba rebel-
the Jewish firebrands of almost lion against Rome that lasted
from 131 to 135 A.D., and ended
2,000 years ago:
in destruction of the Jewish corn-
"Don't you know that the
munity in the Holy Land. New-
Romans are driving our people mann, himself an anti-terrorist,
to madness with their intoler- used this parallel to plead against
able taxes, their senseless reg- the use of terrorist activities in
ulations, their pinpricks of in- combating British authorities to-
sult, their stubborn refusal to day.
"As A Driven Leaf" was written
allow us to rebuild the Tem-
between 1936 and 1938 and pub-
ple ... Today we heard a con- lished by Bobbs-Merrill in 1939.
fidential report on the growth It was recently reprinted by
of the rebel party among us, Behrman House, Inc.
names, figures, hidden armor-
ies. It was truly alarming.
Either we get some concessions
from the Emperor or there will
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flagration in this land such as
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will make the last war seem
like a child's bonfire .. .
"The Romans are great ad-
ministrators. But there is
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Newman explained to Rabbi
Steinberg that he was interned by
the British in June, 1946, in a
round-up of intellectuals and

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tern and that Catholic schools re-
ceive state financial support.
They specifically bar other re-
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