Between You and Me
By BORIS SMOLAR
teop ■ Ii g ht,
Service Book Author
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1947, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
L'Shanah
The Jewish New Year coincides with the opening. of the session
of the UN General Assembly at which a final solution of the Palestine
problem is expected ... Jews hope that the United Nations will start
right ... It becomes more and more obvious that the United States
wdl play the deciding role at the Assembly on the Palestine issue
. . . It must be remembered that the British Government, in pre-
senting the Palestine case to the UN. reserved for itself the right
not to carry out the recommendations of the UN . . . The U. S. is
the government that can exercise the greatest influence on the British'
Cabinet and force Britain to accept the UN recommendations . . .
Even though this was not the case with regard to the recommenda-
tions on Palestine made a year ago by the joint Anglo-American
Committee.
There will, of course, be plenty of maneuvering and bargaining
behind the scenes at the UN as well as at the open sessions of the
Assembly ... And it can be expected that some of the recommenda-
tions of the UN Special Committee on Palestine will be modified ...
However, the basic recommendation which urges the termination
of the Palestine mandate will not be fought by any delegation . . .
The British have long favored replacement of the mandate by a
ti usteeship . . . The Arabs are for the termination of the mandate,
and the„Jews are not against such termination . . . Hence, the
problem be which country should be appointed by the UN
trustee for Palestine for the interim period until a Jewish and an
At ab state are established . . . In this, too. the United States will
play the leading role, if it agrees to share certain responsibilities with
Britain in Palestine.
The UN Outlook:
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The line-up with regard to the power which will assume trustee-
ship over Palestine for the interim period seems to be as follows ...
Britain, as well as the United States. is interested in keeping the
Soviet Union from getting a foothold in the Mediterranean . . .
Therefore, they will do everything they can to prevent a joint big-
power trusteeship over Palestine . . . In this they will probably be
successful, if an understanding is reached between the United States
and Britain under which the former will support a proposal that the
Palestine trusteeship be vested in the hands of Britain ... However,
the understanding will also have to provide that Britain may call
Upon any government she wishes to share with her the administration
of the trusteeship . . . In this way. Britain, as the principal trustee,
will be given a free hand to select the governments with whom she
wants to share the "burden” ... Britain will then obviously call upon
the United States but not on the U.S.S.R.. . It stands to reason that
the U.S.S.R., even if barred from participating in the trusteeship over
Palestine, can claim participation in the UN administration of
Jerusalem, since there is a lot of Russian property in that city . .
On this question. Gromyko would have no chance of winning. if
America and Britain agree on basic decisions as to how to imple-
m•nt the UNSCOP report.
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Front time to time, the Jews in this country read' reports about
the Jewish refugees in Shanghai ... But there is also a normal Jewish
lift. in Shanghai .. . Jews have been living in Shanghai for many
decades . . . Many settled there after leaving Soviet Russia about
twenty-five years ago . . . Jewish clubs and organizations existed
long before refugees from Nazi persecution fled to that city . . . A
comprehensive picture of Jewish life in Shanghai is given in Shanghai
Almanac, published by Shanghai Echo ... The publisher, Ossi Lewin,
is a German-Jewish refugee ... The daily is devoted to the interests
of the Jewish community and the needs of the Jewish refugees .. .
The material in the Almanac reflects Jewish life in Shanghai in
great detail . . . It gives a lot of factual information from which one
can see that the Jewish refugees in Shanghai are well-organized and
extremely active socially and culturally ... As the years go by, there
will be no refugees in Shanghai ... Some will return to Europe and
some will become permanent residents .. . The Almanac, however,
will serve as a historic record of their activities in the most difficult
years of their lives.
Old Testament as Narrative Writing
Mrs. Brooke Peters Church,
author of "The Golden Years:
The Old Testament Narrative as
Literature" (Rinehart & Co., pub-
lishers. 232 Madison Ave., New
York 16), prefers to treat the old
Bihlwal stories as narrative writ-
ing. In this interesting book she
his taken the narrative sections
"out of their setting of religious
and ritual commentary and ad-
denda," and has had them "placed
by themselves as literature."
Asserting that her book is not
for theologians "but for the stu-
dent of literature, and is written
for amateurs from a layman's
point of view," Mrs. Church
nevertheless risks severe criticism
for her contentions that the He-
brev,'s formed a totalitarian state
and that the Hebrew "could not
question. could not express him-
self. save in the framework of the
ational faith."
But her approach to her sub-
ject even where it is christologic-
elly influenced, is fascinating, and
her book is certain to attract very
wide attention for its fine style
and the excellence of its handling
et the entire subject matter.
Whether it is in reviewing the
life of David, the story of Moses,
the history of the time of Samuel
or the books of Ruth, Esther and
Tobit, Mrs. Church ably proves
her point that the beginnings of
modern literary forms are to be
found in the Old Testament.
"The Golden Years" is a highly
scholarly work whose merits far
outweigh whatever criticisms
may be leveled at it because of
natural partisanship.
Important. Dates in 5708
1947
Monday and Tuesday, Sept 15 and 16
Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Fast of Gedaliah
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Wednesday, Lept.
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Yom Kippur
First Days, Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 29 and 30
Sukkoth
Sunday, Oct. 5
Hoshanah nabbah
Monday, Oct. 6
Shemini Atzereth
Tuesday,
Oct. 7
Simhat Torah
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Oct. 14 and 15
Rosh Hodesh Heshvan
Nov. 13 and 14
Rosh Hodesh Kislev
Dec. 8 to 15
Hanukah
- Dec. 13 and 14
Rosh Hodesh Tebet
Dec. 23
Fast of Tebet
1948
I. KAUFMAN, noted news-
paperman and war corres-
pondent, is author of Volume 1
(the narrative volume) of "Am-
merican Jews in World War
II," two-volume book issued by
National Jewish Welfare Board.
"American Jews .in World
War 11" gives the overall story
of American Jewish participa-
tion in the war.
Palestine Tries Salt
Water for Irrigation
NEW YORK—Jewish scien-
tists in Palestine are working on
a promising line of research in-
volving the use of salt water for
irrigation of arid land which
points toward the opening of vast
new areas for settlement, accord-
ing to a report received by the
United Palestine Appeal.
Sponsored by the Jewish Agen-
cy's Agricultural Research Insti-
tute at Rehovoth, the experi-
ments made in special plant lab-
oratories as well as under field
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conditions have indicated that
Pressing Problems:
good yields can be obtained with
Zionist leaders are seriously worried over the unified economy some crops irrigated with brack-
which the UNSCOP report recommends .. . Economic unity for the ish water if combinations of fer-
Jewish and the Arab states in Palestine means that the Jewish state tilizers and soil improving sub-
would support the Arab State ... As it is. Jews will have their hands stances are applied at the same
full in stabilizing the economic position of the approximately 500,000
Ae.ths who would remain residents of the Jewish state under the time.
borders recorm-nended by the UNSCOP . . . These frontiers will be
Miller's Play Year's Best
one of the major issues of discussion at the General Assembly . .
NEW YORK, (JPS) — The
The Assembly session will probably last at least three months . . .
While other aspects of the UNSCOP report can stand a three-month post-war drama "All My Sons,"
discussion and perhaps other delays. there is one recommendation by 31 year-old author-playwright
which requires immediate action ... That is the recommendation to Arthur Miller, was voted the
admit 150,000 displaced Jews . . . The recommendation definitely best play of the 1946-47 season
states tharTITEse refugees should be admitted beginning this month
. . . If the Assembly does not single out this recommendation for by the New York Drama Critics'
immediate action, months will pass before action on the report as Circle last week. Mr. Miller,
a whole w ill be taken . . . The UNSCOP recommendation on immi- author of the best-selling novel
gt atom will thus be the first one to suffer.
"Focus," dealing with anti-Semi-
Echoes from Afar:
Friday, September 12, 1947
THE JEWISH' NEWS
Page Fifty-Four
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tism, was presented with a spec-
ial scroll. The play will be pro-
duced in Europe this year.
L'Shono Toy.
Tikosevu
Rosh, Hodesh Shvat
Rosh Hodesh Adar I
Rosh Hodesh Adar II
Fast of Esther
Purim
Rash Hodesh Nisan
Passover
Rosh Hodesh Iyar
Lag b'Omer
Rosh Hodesh Sivan
Shevuoth
Rosh Hodesh Tammuz
Fast of Tammuz
Rosh Hodesh Ab
Tisha b'Ab
Rosh Hodesh Elul
Jan. 12
Feb. 10 and 11
March 11 and 12
March 24
March' 25
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April 24-May
May 9 and 10
May 27
' ,.June 8
June • 13and 14
July 7 and 8
July - 265
Aug.
Aug. 15
Sept. 4 and 5
Romanian Zionist Leader
Returns British Award
Greetings From
JOS E.
DRUCKER
BUCHAREST; (JTA)—A. L.
Zissu, Romanian Zionist leader,
said that he has returned to the
British Military Mission here a
certificate signed by Field Mar-
shal Viscount Alexander thank-
ing him for helping captured
British soldiers and sailors es-
cape from Romania during the
war He explained that he had
taken this step to protest Brit-
ain's recent actions in Palestine.
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