Between You and Me By BORIS SMOLAR teop ■ Ii g ht, Service Book Author - 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: t.e 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. • • 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 24 Wednesday, Lept. ' 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 I 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 • 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 — - - 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 . 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. 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