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Zionists Gain Groun
Palestine on Eve of Statehood

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V By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
(Jewish News Correspondent at the United Nations
General Assembly's Second Session)

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N. Y.—Reverberating echoes of
official Britishi and United States attitudes on Palestine, as they,
come through the rumor mills and over the cables are seriously
affecting the thinking of delegates from 55 countries and the
press, at the very important second session of the General As-
sembly of the United Nations.

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Negotiators. at Flushing Meadows and Lake Success general
assemblies, and committee rooms are paying serious attention.
to reports from London that Great Britain is planning the with.
drawal of her troops from Palestine in order to throw responsi-
bility for the situation in the Holy Land in the lap of the United
Nations. This, in effect, means a challenge to the United States:
whom British labor leaders would saddle with the duty of carry
ing out whatever recommendations are a`clopted by the UN'.

Rumors and reports from Washington, there
fore, are as significant as declarations uttered
here, especially in view of the pro-Zionist asser-
tions of the pasty the commitments of both polit-
ical parties and the statement of Secretary of
State George C. Marshall.

The most significant piece of news
of the entire week is the decision of the
British Cabinet to accept the majority
UNSCOP proposal provided the United
Nations accepts responsibility for its imple-
mentation. This implies the forcing of the
hands of the U. S. government into a posi-
tion of active responsibility for the enfcfice-
ment of the plan for a Jewish state. It
means that Great Britain would withdraw
her troops from Palestine within a year,
and an international military force, heavily
implemented by Americans, would be estab-
lished to carry out the UN decisions. The
arrival in this country of Sir Arthur Creech-
Jones, British Colonial Secretary, will bring
the issue to a head very speedily.

Bokharan Jews in Zion celebrate Sukkot Festival

Season of Our Joy

Sukkot, the Festival of Harvest,
Makes Jews Conscious of Zion

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The latest developments indicate 'that
we are on the threshold, of seeing the reali-

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Palestine's Fate in Hands of U.S. Leaders

By RABBI MORRIS MAX

Executive Vice President Rabbinical Council of America

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The festival of Sukkoth, known as Zman Simchosainu, the
season of our joy, comes only five days after Yom Kippur. As the
Jew leaves his home to dwell for eight days in the frail tabernacle
Sukkah, he gives expression to his faith in God.
The other symbols of the festival make him conscious of his
homeland Eretz Israel, for which he has never abandoned hope.
He takes in his hand the "goodly fruit" of the land, the Esrog or
Citron, the Lulav or palm branch, the Hadas or the Myrtle branch,
and the Arovoth or willows of the brook, recites the blessing for
them and waves them in all directions. Thus he lives through the
ancient Chag Ha-Asif, the Harvest festival in Palestine.
The joy of "revisiting" his homeland is expressed every day
of the festival. He marches around the altar holding aloft the
Lulav and Esrog and chanting "Ho-shan.o" (Save us, 0 God). On
the seventh day, Ho-shano Rabbah, he marches around the altar
seven times, and as he prays with all his heart, the service takes
on the aspect of Yom Kippur. It is the day of the Gmar Chasimah
Tovah, the day when the final decree for the new year is issued.
Zman Simchosainu, the season of our joy, never becomes an un-
bridled expression of hilarity and joyousness. It is, instead, a joy
that brings to life a sustained happiness, that bears with it no
regrets throughout the year.
The last two days—Shemini Atzeres (the eighth day of solemn
assembly) and Simchas Torah (the day of rejoicing with the
Law) serve as a spiritual delicacy which comes as a dessert to the
month of festivals. This day is also marked with solemnity as the
special prayer for rain. "Tefilath Geshem" is recited. The Yizkor
service is recited, which serves to tie up the souls of the dead
with the souls of the living.
The final day of the festival is one which the Jew celebrates
'with complete abandon. It is Simthas Torah. That evening, and
on the following day, he embraces and kisses the scroll of the
Torah as he marches around within the synagogue. Dancing and
singing are the order of the day, for it is the Torah, which is
"our life and length of days."

(Copyright, 194.7. 'Iskdependent Jewish Press Service, Inc.)

On the eve of the United Nations session, Secre+ary of State George C. Marshall met with mem-
bers of the American delegation to outline U. S. strategy on Palestine. Seated (left to right) are:

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Marshall, and Warren R. Austin. Standing (left to right) are: Herschel V.

Johnson, John Foster Dulles, Adlai E. Stevenson, Francis B. Sayre and Charles Fahy.. "We believe,"

Marshall said, "that it is of the greatest importance that every effort be made 'to obain maximum

agreement in the General Assembly on a solution for (the Palestine) problem and that the peoples

directly concerned will accept the recommendations of the coming General AAssembly as a basis

for a demi% solution of this complex matter."