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SITTING ON THE HIGHEST HORSE IN THE WORLD

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EUROPE'S GREATEST TIGHT-ROPE

WALKING ACT (AND NO NET, EITHER!)

THE CIRCUS OPENS TODAY

(ARRY, ARLETT, 52, forume Leander Club water- man and are time latice-corperal in the Brilah Many, maneat the Greek Navy with the rank of Laendebant -Commander It goes With the job of nowing coach by the Nave at the Isle of Poros, neur Athens. The was Best suggested lust August was in Paland for the European when M Achm rowing championships. out at the time he took it But thire weeks after he got back the president of the Greek Bowing Federation write thun repeating the offer of the job at about £ 900 a year phe. Ilving expenses. Mr. Arlett accepted,

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London prane Barvice.

ROUND-UP

SILVER BAND

bund.

17 ENT is to have its ars ever Territorial Army silver A with if the T A hope to lure

The band will lay recruits,

Band- formed at The Buffs (T.A) Shtingbourne depot under master A. Colling. If there are not chough muslelans in the T A.. instrumentalists outside the movement are to be recruited.

ATTRACTIVE CAREERS

PLANS to make careers in administration in the London County

Council's service more attractive include a proposal that the present administrative grade to which new staff are recruited should be amalgamated with the next higher grade, to form a new grade with substantially improved starting salaries. For example, a new entrant joining at 21 would start at £550 instead of £445 a year: a new entrant of 23 wouki start at £635 instead of £557: anet one of 25 at £700 instead of £830. For those joining un or betore their 25th birthday, the salary scale for the new recruit- ment grade would provide annual Increases ensuring £887 a year

30, £1,000 at 33 and £1,090 mt 35,

PILGRIMAGE STATUS

THE cathedra; at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, is to be an "official" place of pilgrimage. Next summer an airliner loud of Ameri- cun pligrime will arrive every week to see the cathedral, which is unked with the name of St Edmund, the martyr king of Eust Auglia, who fought the Danes in the year 870. The diocesani authorities have been notified from Fulham Palace that the enthedral will be in the official itinerary for pilgrims. A FREEMAN

MAJOR R. Jerman, who retires next year after 24 years as

Town Clerk of Wandsworth, London is to be made a Freeman of the Borough in February Major Jerman won the Military Cross and was mentioned twice in despatches in the First

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THE FAITHS BY WHICH WE LIVE: Part two

THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WORSHIP

British Jowry is small in number, high in prostige and achievement in many fields. Its religious practices vary considerably but a common factor is a deop, abiding sonse of duty. THERE is one devout and important religious community which will not be worshipping as the *bella peal out tomorrow morning. I refer, of course, to the Jews, for whom the Sabbath is today.

How many are there in Britain? According to the Intest of cial estimate no more than 450,000, of whom about 280,000 are can- centrated in ned around London,

This tota}

Bur- may seem prisingly low considering that nearly 180,000 Jewish luni- grants Bought refuge In Britain In the black years after Hier came to power in Germany

You might therefore expect to find the community growing ot a tremendously fast pace. in fact, the net increase since 1939 has been only €0,000.

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Why so small? There three main reasons.

A great many of tle immigrants did not remain here. They moved on to seek a new

fe in other lands,

With Increasing prosperity the size of Jewish families has declined.

Finally and this is perhaps the most important reason of all -there has been an increasing drift away from the community. The main cause? Intermarriage, which now occurs at all social levels.

THE ONLY ONE

Years KO these "mixed" murrlages were found predo minantly among families high up in the social scale,

Indeed much of the strength of the aristocracy Comca from the fact that Jewish

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of methods

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they have helped bring costa down und HO raise Hving standards through- cut the land.

Examples of their 'success in this type of business aro the Marks x Spencer chain, built by the families of Sir Simon Marks and Israel Sleft, and the aro. Gresl Universal not work, of

entirely in Hebrew. And there "Manny" Shinwell, who carled which Isaac Wolfson is the fore- Ja no orgon music.

THEIR CHOICE

Liberal

The Reform and Jews are more concerned with the spirit than the letter of their ancient few.

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Their dietary rules matter of individual choice.

are

Iron and aten!.

nationalisation, most figure.

throguh coal and George Strauss, rich metal In the raining of food and merchant, who did the same for ten-shop standards the J. Lyons business, controlled by the Sal- The other Socialist M.P.s-mon and Gluckstein familles, Austen Albu; Frank Allaun, has played an outstanding part. John Diamond; Maurice Edel- FINANCE: With the growth

man; Barnett Janner; George of the Big Five banks Jewish Jeger: Lealle Lever; Norman Influence in banking has de. Lever: Marcus Lipton: lan clined. But it

reninins im- Milkardo; Maurice Orbach; portant in the private banks, Julius Silverman; Sydney Silver- ENTERTAINMENT: Dritain's man: Dr Barnett Stross; David tiggest cinema group owes its Weitzmon.

THE IMPACT

creation to the Jews. The Ostrer brothers bull1 the Gaumont British side and Oscar Deutsch the Odeon side of what is now Organisation. Tho

Their Sabbath services deliberately shortened to betwe an hour and an hour and quarter in order to keep the minds

the of

congregation devotionally attuned,

Men and women sit together instead of being separated. In other aplicres,

ed pul British Ima on THE LAW: In addition to map, and another Jew,

Cohen, Jewish Judges Michael Balcon, head of Ealing

Reform synagogues some of the

Turn from polities to consider the Rank the impact Jews are making in fate Sir Alexander Korda help

prayers used in the Orthodox Lurd ritual are omitted. Holf the

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the Sir

prayers are cald in English, hall include Mr Justice Karminski Films, is helplug to keep them

of the Divorce Court, and Mr there. in Hebrew.

Justice Salmon, who tried Singing is led by a mixed youths concerned in the recent

WORLD-FAMOUS choir to the accompaniment of Notting Hill race riots. Among In TV the Jews are repre-

their long string of Q.C.4

the Bernstein Reform of anclei practice is Miss Rose Heilbron, first woman brothers, cantroliers of the blood is diffused among many carried even further by the to be appointed. a Recorder. Granada group. Others include of the videst and best-known Liberal Jews who now rely

SCIEŇLE: almost wholly on English us

On a strictly pro- tonald families in the land.

Waldman, the BBC's surlionate basis there should first business manager (TV pro- Britain's only Prime Minister their ritual language. The order

Jewish Fellows of the gramme), Lews And Leslie to win the Derby during his of service has been changed,

Delfont, Royal Society. But their attain Grade, and Bernard term of office, the fifth Earl of and the custom of having the

ments are so tremendous that who organised this year's Royal Rosebery, married the immensely end covered is dispensed with.

feel there are 32.

Variety Show, wealthy heiress Hannah Meyer

Enphasly is laid by all con-

By driving out the Jews, Among the Jewish "comics" de Rothschild.

gregations on the importance of

several Germany almost certainly lust are

members of the Her sun is that Rae and children attending the synagogue.

the secret of the A-bomb, Crazy Gong Their band leaders popular sportsman" the present When boy reaches his 13th. For among those who helped Include Ambrose. Earl of Rosebery. One of her bithday he attaing his religious develop it for Britain were Pro- No community has pro- granddaughters is the wife of majority (Barmitzvah) and then

duced so many Niels Bohr, smuggled Lord Irwin, heir to the Earl of becomes a full member of tho Halifax

community. But in a Reform invaded Denmark, and Professor There Is Jewish blood also in synagogue his religious educ- Rudolf Peierts, now head of the the family of the famous "Iron tion wili continue until he is 18.

mathematical physica deport- Duke." it was introduced in

ment at Birmingham 1008 when Rhard Wellesley, son of the 4th Duke of Welling- ton, murried Nesia FitzGerald She was the daughter of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 20th Knight of Kerry, and Amelia Bischoffe heim, whase father was a rich Jewish bonker.

SUPREME DUTY

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into Britain when the Germans

gffled must- elans. Its planista. much as Molselwitsch, Solomon, Damo Myra Hess, Harriet Cohen. are known in concert halla all over the world,

There can be no doubt at all

PREJUDICE

Another nuclear expert Is Str Solly Zuckerman,, son-in-law of that the Jews have minde a Lord Reading. And a Jewish tremendous contribution in al- The spiritual head of tradi- engineer, Nicholas Straussler, most every sphere of the na- tional Judaism in this country invented the amphibious tank tional life since the remaining is the Chief Rabbi, the Very which played a major part in disabilities on them were lifted Hev. Israel Brodie. Though he the assault on the Normandy a century ago. is officially hend of the United beaches in 1944. Synagogue--the largest of the MEDICINE: The whole world debt to the ill and

Do the Jews still suffer any Jewish religious groups - his la In SAME STORY

difficulties?_ jurisdiction acknowledged by research of Jewish medical men

practical

Though some other congregations,

working

many Jews will not docept this, In Britain. Among the office of Lord Chanceler. The same story can be re

The Jews do not look upon them-Professor Errist Chain, peated a hundredfold. One of

barred to them) „And their rabbi na churchgoers, for who with Sir Howard Florey, Is

thay be the grandparents of the Duke of example, regard their parish famed for his work on the curu Jew could ever become Primo

there are doubts whether Richmond and Gordon, motor priest, Primarily he is an tive properties of penicillin, and Minister (Disrnell, though boro racing enthusiast and owner of interpreter of the law, and his Sie Hans Krebs, Joint winner of Goodwood, was the daugher of functions are to teach the 'The Nobel Prize for medicine in another celebrated Jew, Percy young, to deliver sermons, and 1953. Ricardo

to resist at marriages.

Britain's "top doctor"-Lord pointments In 1922 Lord Foley married

It is the view of Judalem that Cohen of Birkenhead-is a Jew, recommending Miss Minoru Greenstone, daugh- he must be "purt of the world." Numbered

among his patients From ter of South African Jew. So

congregations prefer that are Sir Martley Shawcross, Lord shows hotels, Their son, the present peer; their rabbi should be married Sallebury, and Lord Woolton. real as the only professional and have a family.

Only thus, INDUSTRY: Though Jewian houses, pianist in the Huuse of Lords,

they believe, can he fully under. influence at the top in the heavy Another mixed marriage" in stand the problems of parents industries is small, it la tre- that year was the wedding of All Jews, whatever version mendously marked in the con- Misa Edwina Ashley to Lord of Judaism they practies be sumer Industries. Louis (now Earl) Mountbatten, Beve that righteousness la

great grandson of Queen Vic- toria She wa the grand- daughter of Sir Ernest Cassel, famed Jewish financier who left her £1,400,000 in trust,

Lord Cholmondeley, who s holder of the ancient office of Lord Great Chamberlain, was seen by millions of T-Viewers wolicing backwards before the Queen at the state opening of Parliament, married into the wealthy Sassoon family.

CONTRASTING

So today we get this contrast- ing picture fewer than half a

Jews million professing Britain, yet Jewish blood being

community.

Even the 480,000 who remain members of the faith are not

homogeneous body.

1 In a hot-blooded condition ever more widely diffused in the

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FRIDAY

3 Amid, 7 Crowd, & CROSSWORD-ACTORI Upon, 9 Tipe, ..10 Belowd, 12 Keep, 10 Latty, 15 Host, 10 Omita, 21 Crowe, 27 Alun, 23 Sober, 20 Rats (rev.), 20 Rela- ted, 30 Laid, al Sole 12 Eter 33 Wald. Down, 1 Creal, 2 Swallow. Molt. 0 Dusk 0 Dope, 0 Twit 11 Orees, 13 Erin, 14 Poay, 16 Yokel, 17 Sear, 18 Host, zó Miracle, 22 Abeth, 24 Oriel," 26 Foyer, 27 Anon, 20 Blow.

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by their religious bellofs.

supreme duty,

the

OUTSTANDING

They lead good lives, pras- The enterprise and initiative Use charity scale which of the Jews have resulted in

a Jew, was baptised).

One or two university ap- boards are slow in Jews for jobs. time to time prejudico itself in golf clubs and and in the Jetting of

But, by and large, relation- ships between Jews and Glen- tiles have become smoother and easier year by year..

Britain has deno well for the Jews. And they in their tum have done no less for Britain.

would put many non-Jews to their playing ever-growing NEXT WEEK: M.R.A. -The Oxford Group

shame, and by refusing to part in the retall distribution atiat топод OD education of goods which every housewife arek to bring each succeeding buys. By constant improvement generation to a higher loyol

of achievement.

Who are the outstanding members of the community?

By ali odds the most distin- guished in 88-year-old Lord Samuel, the first professing Jew ever to be a Cabinet Minister: the first ever to head one of Britain's big political parties,

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by Beachcomber

COMMENTING pn the out- necessides: an airfield, dockn With him in the House of Lord is Lord Cohen, a C. Suet Esq. sold

came of the Kippinge case, for his four yachts, à gou- yesterday: course, and so cn. But one item worker for Jewish chuses, and To read some of the newspaper struck me as unusual, even for head of the council of "Three Wise Men" who help to shape potis, one would imagine that very rich men. On each floor of the inclusion of a human face his house ho hea a roller-skating Government economic policy.

in a row of eggs was an every rink. When I grow up I shall There is Lord Bwaything day occurrence.

copy that idea. I shall also grandson of the Samuel Montagu This is far from being the have a miniature but not too,

DISTINCTION

who founded the famous bank- Only the Orthodox adhere ing business. His brother is case. The only occurrence of miniature) rifle-range in each

to

a similar nature of which Egg drawing-room, a baseball field ancient Ewen Montagu. Q.C., Judge observance and ritual practiced Advocate of the Ficet, and his Hall has any record was when on the roof, wild deer in all the ever thousands of years. To cousin is Miss Judy Montagu, fell while dusting

Fattermero, larger garages, and a dotalis cleaner, a Mrs

a batch of of champagne in every oddit them the Old Testament is the close friend of Princess Margaret. Word of God, and

being photo bathroom. My swimming-pools eggo which were overy

hdvo real WEVC9 and activity of the day is governed

graphed. She appeared in the Will photograph, but not as an egg." Aluminium harbours.

Middle East affairs They will not cat. Die flesti

An apology

great" question in: Way of the pig or shell-sh. They

published Tub of Yuriela who Another outstanding peer In E portrait I will not light A fire on the "Lord Bearsted, grabdnon of yesterday of Dawn Ked-

inanced the rising which Sabbath, They will not ride Marcus Samuel-The so-called garee off to Paris" was a pic binught General Blakmail to to the synagoguesang so have "godfather of di!"--who found-ture, of the ridnoceros · Violets to Hue wilhin walking distance, od - the world-wide Shell which 'escaped from. 200. I In an Orthodox synogue petroleum emapira, the Sabbath service will normal- TE 1 Jews In the House of any inconvenience or embar cut him out with an oil-well- ly lost from two lo two and a Commons inétude only two ramment this error may have one that, belongs to the Mir of half hours.

Tories Bir Henry, d'Avigdor caused her, and for the shrieks. Dham, All this considerably Faims are intoned, prayers Goldsmid, member of a famous of laughter it, provoked among complicates

position, And there in invariably & bullon business, or

especially as Duliraska han dited reading from the five books of and Bir Koth Joseph, who has Settling

the inelk of Jakyadh's pipo Moses (the Pentateuch), so the unusual distinction for an HAVE been reading of an lines with treacle nugaled over arranged that the whole five are "M.P. of being a Fellow of All American millionaire who the Neful - Desert In herring read in a your.

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power

In Rubank, Biokandil's uncle, the Khur ' of Khashḍöun apologise to Miss Kedgaree for and Gelaweh, is said to have

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