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Count Coudenhove Kalergi, whose wife is a Jewess, is the originator of the movement.—American Hebrew. The Hon. Stanley Baldwin, British prime minister, has agreed to serve on the committee of patrons of the Pro-Jerusalem Society, which has for its purpose the preservation of Jeru salem antiquities, states a Jewish Tele graphic Agency despatch. Sir Ronald Storrs, former governor of Jerusalem, and founder and president of the so ciety, was received by the Prime Min ister on October 21st and it was at his suggestion that the latter accepted the position.—New Palestine. — o— Kadesh-Barnea, the camping place of the wandering Israelites in the Sinai wilderness, and the spot where Moses miraculously struck water from the rock, were situated at what is known today as Ain Guderat, according to Dr. William T. Ellis of Swarthmore. Water still flows from the wadi at Ain Guderat, the only spring of its kind in Sinai, said Dr. Ellis. In the London Express, Col. Cyril Foley gives further details regarding the archaeological expedition which attempted to find the Ark of the Covenant on the site of Solomon’s Temple.—New Palestine. — o— I was looking at an inscription in the Museum in Cairo, one of the molt wonderful museums in the world. Tn this museum there is a stone about ten or twelve feet high, and five to six feet wide, made of black granite, polished on both sides, with an inscription on one side made in the days of the son of Rameses the Second. That carries us back about 1,400 years B. C., and on the stone, Pharaoh, in a very proud way and in poetical phrases, relates his victories. The inscription ends with these words: “Israel is annihilated; Israel will have no posterity*" But that proud Pharaoh did not know Je hovah, and did not know that the ever lasting command of Jehovah was that His people were to remain and to be His witnesses throughout the ages; witnesses as we know of His sover eignty, and witnesses also of His mercy.—Rev. C. F. W. Flad, London Jews Society, in the Jewish Era. The agricultural center of the work ers organization in Palestine has adopted a series of resolutions drawing attention to the need for new colonisa tion by the Keren Hayesod and partic ularly for the commencement of Irri gation work on the lands of the Jewish National Fuhd. A sum of $360,000 additional to the budget drawn up by the Zionist General Council Is re quired, according to the Agricultural Center. A landing station for the Im-
of the Jewish race have been of im measurable advantage to us in our form of government. T h e y h a v e brought to our people a spirit that can well be emulated by us all.”—B’nai B’rith. “The Rise of the East” is the title of a new book on Zionism, by Dr. S. M. Melamed. It will appear early in Jan uary, 1927, and is published by the Halcyon Publishing House, 95 Mad ison street, New York. The first few chapters of the book have been pub lished in The New Palestine.—New Palestine. Jerusalem, Aug. 19.—Palestine and Syria will have telephone communica tion shortly, it was announced here today. . Telephone connections will be estab lished between Metullah, the northern most point of Jewish settlement in Palestine, and the nearest Lebanese point.—The Day. Possibly the most valuable work in the exhibition room (of Jewish antiqui ties at Philadelphia) is a bulky vol ume that is recognized as the oldest known manuscript of the Hebrew Bi ble, written in the ninth century. It comprises the Old Testament prophe cies. This book is the property of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer ica. ■ o — An attack on Jewish worshippers at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem was made by Arabs Friday evening, Oc tober 15, according to a despatch from Jerusalem to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The Arabs threw stones at the worshippers, compelling them to disperse in panic, states the report. Many rabbis, including the Jabloner Rabbi, were among those praying at the Wall.—New Palestine. Regarded as a move to encourage proselytization among Jews, is a mod ification of the numerous clauses pro vision recently issued by Count Kleb- elsberg, Hungarian Minister of Educa tion. The new ordinance specifies that tha numerous clauses, which Bmlts the number of Jewish students who may enter universities, is not applicable to Jews who accept Christianity.—B’nai B’rith. —o— The Pan-European Congress, held In Vienna the other day, was attended by leading thinkers and statesmen from all parts of the world. Among these were a number of prominent Jews in cluding Rudolph Goldscheld and Bron islaw Huberman. Messages of greet ing and sympathy were read from Lus- zattl, Brandes, Reinhardt and others.
NEWS NOTES A stand in opposition to anti-Sem itism was taken by the International Peace Conference in session at Geneva last month.—B’nai B’rith. A Bible, alleged to be 1,000 years old, has been found in an ancient wall in the synagogue in Bukhara, Russia. Other valuable documents were found, it is claimed.—B’nai B’rith. — o— Kovno (J. T. A.)—The congress on Jewish and Hebrew culture was opened here last week in the presence of one hundred delegates. The dele gates were greeted by the Lithuanian Minister of Education.—The Scribe. A Jewish farm colony bearing the name of Israel Zangwill will be estab lished in Russia, it is reported by Dr. D. Jochelman, chairman of the United Relief Organization of Great Britain. B’nai B’rith. Twenty thousand Jews in Hungary have become converts to Christianity since the end of the war, according to the figures published by the Hungar ian Statistical Review, the Jewish Tel egraphic Agency reports. The laying of the cornerstone of the $1,000,000 Yiddish public theatre at Second Avenue and Fourth Street, New York City, was held Sunday. Louis Goldstein, President of the He brew Actors’ Union, presided.—The Scribe. A regular automobile service be tween Jerusalem and Bagdad, the cap ital of Mesopotamia, has been estab lished , states a despatch from Jerusa lem to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The journey by automobile will take three and a half days.—New Palestine. The Ministry of the Interior has or dered all district Governors to aid silk worm culture, and has promised peas ants that its support will be forthcom- ing for expansion of the industry. In- struction on modern lines will be given.—Jewish Era. A Congress of Lithuanian Jews to discuss the problems of Hebrew and Jewish culture was held in Kovno re cently. It was brought out that He brew is the language of instruction in 80 per cent of the Jewish schools in Lithuania.—B’nai B’rith. In a Rosh Hashonah greeting to the Jews of the country, expressed through the “Jewish Advocate,” of Boston, President Coolidge said: “The people
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