Robert St. John's Notable Book 'Once Around Lightly' Valuable as a Far East Travelogue ; Wife Ruth Shares in Commentary the reader will wish that when Robert gives his lectures on the Far East that Ruth should accom- pany him: they'll make a splendid lecture team, just as they make a fine partnership in a story so well told by Robert St. John. There are many things in "Once Around Lightly" that have special merit. The need to bring back many gifts and the problem or cus- toms as purchases accompany them from land to land is a story all its own. The travelogue starts in Tehran, and here the Jewish reader will find an especially relevant com- ment worth recording. There are many Jewish tourists visiting Iran —ancient Persia. Its relationship to Israel is significant. St. John. in this notable book, speaks of it briefly but effectively when he Robert St. John rates high as traveler, lecturer, author, splen- did story teller, an authority on religious factors of the many peo- ples about whom he has written so extensively. His most recent "Jews. Judaism and Justice" (Doubleday) estab- lished that he knows what Jews a ROBERT ST. JOHN believe, what they practice, what writes: "Iran has a long common they adhere to. how their various frontier with the Soviet Union, groups differ. vet the Shah has been rather He knows Isr, el, er people, consistently pro-Western, Al- her leaders, and he also knows though a Moslem nation, Iran, Egypt and the Arab countries: a like Turkey, has established Nasser biography' is among his limited diplomatic relations with distinctive works. Israel. There has been no ex- That is why another book— the second this year to be pub- lished by Doubleday after his "Jews, Judaism and Justice"— is so vital and must draw so much deserved attention. And because it is a volume of his "travel adventures in the great cities of the Far East from Teheran to Turkey," the new work, "Once Around Lightly," gains so much significance. It is typically a St. John book- -. replete with marvelous stories, change of ambassadors, but an Israeli diplomatic mission is per- mitted to function in Tehran. This greatly displeases such sworn enemies of Israrel as Gamal Abdul Nasser, but there ing in the Coast Guard, causes the author to conclude that he some- times wonders what happened to the other St. John. "Once Around Lightly" is de- lightful—it is informative, enter- taining, instructs Far East travel- ers. It's a wonderful addition to the growing library of books by Some Jewish roles in Isfahan— Robert St. John. also spelled Ispahan — are told here, and there is reference, with regard to Katmandu, to Arab refugees. t 1) Only women's reducing resort in the midwest And there is a religious leg- Lose Up to 10 Lbs. endary note: "Whereas in the a Week Judaic-Christian tradition it was 821 Lake Shore Dr. the serpent that tempted Eve and Michigan City, Indiana 219-TR 24595 paved the way for the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, for Buddhists the nok or snake is a REILLY'S HURON a celestial creature. The snake motif is used by all Thai archi- HAVEN COTTAGES tects, especially in designing ' housekeeping cot- Modern temples . . . " tages on Lake Huron and In Pakistan. St. John had an U.S. 23. Rents $105.00 to experience: when their passports $150.00 per week, less if stay is longer. Fine beach safe for were checked, an official first children, not stoney. Open- queries Ruth about her babies and ings now. 1-517-362-2626. then insisted on asking St. John Tawas City. R2 Box 303 whether he was a Jew. When Michigan, 48763. Robert said he wasn't the ()Vidal nevertheless. while stamping his visa insisted. "Yes, you Jew !" Other incidents, like the one about the U.S. customs man who recalled once knowing a St. John who had disappeared while serv- is little Nasser has thus far been able to do about it. Besides, the Shah is just as sensitive about taking orders from outsiders as Nasser is. He never did forgive India's Nehru for what he con- sidered an insult on Nehru's part when the Indian leader paid a visit." Jordan Cabinet Shakeup Seen as Bid to Mollify Restive Palestinian Arabs filled with travel adventures, marked by an understanding of people and an ability to portray them. Also, as a good observer, St. John was able to capture the spheres as he covered them with unmatched skill. Adding to the charm and splendor of this marvelous travelogue is the role of St. John's co-traveler, his wife Ruth. We have here two wonder. ful observers, and Ruth adds splendidly to commentary, to keen Insight into many things one approaches on a vital trip. Whether it is architecture or perfume or a notable nation- alistic trait, Ruth St. John, her- self very knowledgeable, adds worthily to a travel story. As a matter of fact. there is so much of Ruth in this story that TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli (The London Guardian said that sources said that King Hussein's Jordan had refrained from replying cabinet shakeup in Jcrdar was in- to the Israeli attack on its Ghor tended to rally indignant _ Pales- irrigation canal because it fears tinian elements around the Hashe- heavier reprisals and has too much mite crown. to lose in the Jordan Valley where According to the sources, the ap- there are still a few obvious tar- pointment of the militant, pro- gets that remain untouched by the guerrilla Bahjat el-Talhouni as Israelis. But according to corres- premier is supposed to mollify the pondent David Hirst, it is only a Palestinians who are becoming in- matter of time before the Jor- creasingly dissatisfied with King danians decide that they have little Hussein's apparent inactivity. more to lose and seek revenge in The same purpose was attributed kind.) to the king's vague promise of Meanwhile, it was reported that self-determination for the Pales- King Hussein will visit Cairo soon tinians once they have been "lib- to discuss with President Nasser the possibility of calling an Arab crated" from Israeli occupation. This is intended to prevent the summit conference on the Israel crystalization of a Palestine sepa- situation. The semi-official Cairo ratist movement in collaboration daily. Al Ahram, reported the visit with Israel, a possibility referred would follow that of President to more than once by Israel's Noureddin Al Atassi of Syria, who deputy premier, Yigan Alton, the left Cairo Sunday. A conference of the countries sources said. French, U.S., Israel Leaders Confer , 'Mr Mr actively involved in war with Israel was believed more likely to emerge from the consultations than would a full summit con- ference. This would bring to- gether Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. Both Iraq and Syria now have forces stationed in Jordan. According to the Times of Lon- don, the Egyptian and Syrian lead- ers wound up their three days of talks in Cairo in apparent agree- ment on the use of force rather than diplomacy to eject Israel from occupied Arab territories. French Youths Parade in Defiance of Israeli Ban .• _ Shown here at a high-level conference between top American Jewish community leaders, a representative of Israel, the chief rabbi of France and officials of Air France, held last week in Paris at the Sabrina kosher restaurant are (from left) Henri Ma• resent, vice president and general manager. North and Central Amer- ica division, Air France; Mrs. Max Schenk, president of Hadassah: Georges Galichon, chairman of the board of Air France; Chief Rabbi Jacob Kaplan of France; and Avraham Primor, press officer of the Israel Embassy in Paris. Not shown in this picture but attending the gathering were Rabbi Herschel Schacter, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jew ish Organizations; Jacques Torczyner, president of the Zionist Organization of America; Rabbi Alexander Schindler, vice president, Union of American Hebrew Congregations; Yehuda Hellman, executive director, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; Jacques De- camps, assistant general manager for commercial affairs, Air France; Roland J. Hawkins, regional manager, Air France. and Mrs. Nina Robinson, consultant to Air France. SHERIDAN SPA .41 JERUSALEM (JTA) — Members of a militant French Zionist youth group staged a parade and prayer service on the Temple Mount in Old Jerusalem Monday in defiance of a government ban on sectarian activities on that site. The youths, wearing the uniform of Betar, the youth organization associated with the Zionist-Revi- sionists, held their ceremonial in front of the El Aksa mosque, a Moslem sacred shrine. They chanted the Minha prayer and sang a hymn, but dispersed quietly when police approached. The leader of the group declared. "This is the most holy place of the Jews which is held by aliens. Let the Temple be rebuilt." If you assign people duties with - out granting them any rights you must pay them well.—Goethe. 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