10—THE JEWISH,.NEWS

e Gaster ' s 'Passover' Covers Fully
Festival's History and Traditions

Stphen, Wise Refutes Attack by Catholics

Friday, April 1, 190

"Passover: Its History and that it implies an active and
Traditions" by Theodor Herzl combatant struggle for the real-
Gaster is an unromantic title. But ization of spiritual ideals . . • The
the book, to be issued by Henry answer to slavery is not absence
of slavery, but militant struggle
Schuman, Inc., publishers, 20 E.
for independence. Men must be
70th St., New York 21, on April prepared to fight for their free-
4, is far greater than its title It dom • without compromise and
is a genuine literary gem, and without capitulation. They must
from the point of view of re- look not backward to Egypt but
search is one of the very signifi- forward to the Promised Land,
cant additions to the Jewish and they must be prepared to
bookshelf.
wander for 40 years in order to
Even the title of the work does reach it."
not give due credit to the variety
We learn from Dr. Gaster how
of material incorporated in it. It Passover began, what it is,
does not limit itself to the nar- Israel's stay in Egypt, the folk-
row scope of history and tradi- lore of Passover, the festival's
tions. It extends into the fields poetry, etc.
of music and poetry. Every ap-
A most interesting chapter
proach to Passover is made with deals with the Samaritans in
the brilliance of good writing and Palestine. The rapidly disappear-
able delving into historical data. ing sect and their traditions are
Dr.. Gaster's book is part of the admirably described by the able
"Great Religious Festival Series" author.
The traditional Seder table, the
published by Schuman. Emphasis
is laid on the element of freedom service, the spring cleaning, the
in the festival of Passover, and romance and the reality of the
the appearance of the book on festival find an excellent in-
the occasion of the most signifi- terpreter in the author of- this
cant Passover in all history work on Passover. The illustra-
makes this work even more im- tions are from the Prague
Hagadah and other sources.
portant.
Dr. Gaster's is a great and
The author asserts that "it is
important to remind ourselves scholarly work. It is a timely
that freedom is not to be won book , and should have a very
by the easy road of escape but good sale.

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NEW YORK (JTA)—Dr. Ste- sistent efforts to sustain Amer-
phen S. Wise issued a reply to jean world leadership on the
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FOR RENT

Littman Will Present
Yiddish Play April 24

Abraham Littman, who has
managed Yiddish theater per-
formances in Detroit for nearly
30 years, will return here with
a special performance by out-
standing actors. The play will be
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tice pact signed took place on the Lebanon-Israeli frontier presented on April 24 at the Ma-
when 36 Lebanese prisoners of war were exchanged for seven sonic Temple Scottish Rite
captured Israeli soldiers. Relatives of the prisoners joined Cathedral. Further details re-
the play and its star cast
them at a Jewish settlement near the border and all attended garding
will be announced next week.

Lebanese-Israeli Peace Action;
Ancient Hebrew Scrolls Appear

a reception to celebrate their release.
Possession of four or five ancient Hebrew scrolls believed
Everyone Reads the Classified
to date back to the pre-Christian era may be a. point at issue Ads. They Get Results!
in the Syrian-Israeli armistice talks. The scrolls, found by
wandering Bedouins in a cave near the Dead Sea in Novem-
ber, 1947, are now held by the Syrian Government Other
scrolls, discovered at the same time, were acquired by the
Hebrew UnATersity and have been described by Prof. Eleazar
Sukenik and other scholars as an archaeological discovery

of the greatest importance. The •> ,
Syrian Government reportedly said that the British government
has offered the scrolls for sale to hopes that the successful con-
Oxford University. The Israeli clusion to the Israeli-Transjordan
Government may claim owner- armistice negotiations now taking
ship on the grounds that the place at Rhodes would make such
priceless manuscripts were found action unnecessary. Replying to a Nelson S. Shapero, whom Jewish
on Israeli territory and removed question by Barnett, Janner, leaders are backing for Common
Laborite M. P., Mayhew added:
without consent.
Judge. He won the
"So far from the presence of a Pleas Court –
Israel Leads in Saving Refugees defense British force impeding nomination on a total primary
GENEVA—Israel has accepted negotiations between Israel and expenditure of only eight cents.
more refugee immigrants than Transjuordan, the British gov-
any other country since the es- ernment is convinced that only Elect NELSON S. SHAPERO
tablishment of the International the presence of this force stabil-
Common Pleas Judge—April 4th
Refugee Organization in July, ized the situation and enabled the
Adv.
1947, it was announced here. By negotiations to proceed as far as
the end of January, 1949, Israel they have now gone." Mayhew
received 86,386 DP's, or 5,000 asserted that "the British force
more than the total number of at Aqaba is there at the request
displaced persons accepted hither- of the Transjordanian govern-
to by Britain, the largest ref ugee- ment with whom the British are
receiving country. The IRO re- obliged to comply under the
port said that many immigrants Anglo-Transjordan treaty. It re-
who entered Israel are not listed cently has been reinforced in
in the IRO total because they are view of the advance of the Israeli
not officially defined as DPs by force to the Gulf of Aqaba so
that organization. The countries that it should be capable of ful-
which received the greatest num- filling its mission in any circum-
ber of refugees between July, stances."
1947, and January, 1949, are in
Earlier, the British Foreign Of-
the following order: Israel, fice spokesman confirmed the re-
Canada, France, Argentine, the port that Transjordan asked for
United States, Belgium, Australia Royal Air Force assistance in
and Venezuela.
creating the Transjordan Air
Force. The spokesman said that
Britain's Position in Negev
the request which was received
LONDON—Foreign Undersec- some months ago still is under
Com plete
retary Mayhew, commenting in consideration.
Commons on Transjordan's re-
Carpet ServIce
quest for British troops to patrol
txpert Repairing
Aqaba and the Dead Sea area,

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