1951 YEAR BOOK of the ANGLO - JEWISH ASSOCIATION Two shillings HEIRS Possibly you have willed your property to your wife and have no other heirs. If you are contemplating that afterwards part of your property should go to a Jewish Organisation or Charity, then a Jewish Trustee Company is specially fitted to be the Executor of your wishes. K.K.L. Executor and Trustee Company Ltd. undertakes both Private Family Trusts and Public Charitable Trusts. Full particulars may be obtained in complete privacy and without obligation or expense from the Manager : K.K.L. EXECUTOR & TRUSTEE CO. LTD. 199 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.L. REG. 7676 YEAR BOOK OF THE ANGLO-JEWISH ASSOCIATION LONDON OFFICE OF THE ANGLO-JEWISH ASSOCIATION WOBURN HOUSE, UPPER WOBURN PLACE, W.C.l THE HON. EWEN E. S. MONTAGU, C.B.E. K.C., elected President of the Anglo-Jewish Association at the Annual General Meeting, December 18 1949 (see p. 94 Annual Report). Mr. Montagu was elevated in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, from the rank of Officer to that of Commander in the Royal list of Birthday Honours, 1950 (see p. 87 ibid). Reproduced from an etching by Peter Scott. CONTENTS Page Calendar for 1951 4 Jewish Holy Days for 1951 and 1952 .. 5 A Decade in Anglo-Jewry, 1940-1950 by Leonard Stein .. .. .. 7 REVIEW OF THE YEAR— United Kingdom .. .. .. .. .. ., .. .. .. 18 The Commonwealth .. .. .. .. ..22 Western Europe .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 Scandinavia .. .. .. .. ..31 Southern Europe .. .... .. .. ... .. .. .. 33 Eastern Europe .. .. .. .. .. .. ..42 United States of America . .. .. .. .. .... 48 Latin America .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51 Israel .... .. .. .. .. 54 Arab Countries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 Asia .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 63 United Nations Affairs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 65 Jewish Population Throughout the World .. .. .. .. .. .. 73 Representative Organisations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 75 /A Jewish Bookshelf .81 J Seventy-Eigth Annual Report of the Anglo-Jewish Association .. .. .. 85 Index to Advertisers .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ..Ill JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL NAY JUNE SUN 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 I 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 25 18 11 4 28 21 14 7 ־ Non 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 Tue 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 wed 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 Tha 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 29 22 15 8 1 25 18 11 4 27 20 13 6 30 23 16 9 2 23 16 9 2 26 19 12 צ Fri Sflt 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 JULY AUGUST SEPTENBER OCTOBER NOVEHBER DECEMBER SUN 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 - 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 - 2 9 16 23 30 Non 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 - 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 - 3 10 17 24 31 Tue 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 - 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 - 4 11 18 25 wed 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 _ 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 - 5 12 19 26 Thu 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 - 6 13 20 27 Fri 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 - 7 14 21 28 5 12 1926 2 9 16 23 30 - 7 14 21 28 Sflt 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20127 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 CORRIGENDUM 951 JEWISH HOLY DAYS 1951 • 13 March 21 Wednesday Fast of Esther II Adar 13 14 י 15 March 22 Thursday Purim II Adar 14 n 14 ti 15 December 24 Monday Chanucah First Day Kislev 25 ti 16 , !•NA&ail 21 April 28 Saturday Passover, Eighth Day Nisan 22 May 20 Sunday Minor Passover Iyar 14 May 24 Thursday .. Thirty-third Day of the Omer .. Iyar 19 June 10 Sunday .. Feast of Weeks, First Day Sivan 6 June 11 Monday .. Feast of Weeks, Second Day .. Sivan 7 July 22 Sunday Fast of Tammux Tammuz 18 August 12 Sunday .. Fast of Ab Ab 10 September 30 .. Sunday .. Eve of the New Year Ellul 29 October 1 Monday .. New Year, First Day Tishri 1 October 2 .. Tuesday .. New Year, Second Day .. Tishri 2 October 3 Wednesday .. Fast of Gedaliah Tishri 3 October 10 .. Wednesday . Day of Atonement Tishri 10 October 15 Monday .. Tabernacles, First Day .. Tishri 15 October 16 Tuesday .. Tabernacles, Second Day Tishri 16 October 21 Sunday .. Hoshana Rabba Tishri 21 October 22 . Monday . Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly Tishri 22 October 23 Tuesday Rejoicing of the Law Tishri 23 December 24 . Monday .. Chanucah, First Day Kislev 95 JEWISH HOLY DAYS 1952 JEWISH HOLY DAYS 1952 January 8 Tuesday Fast of Tebeth .. Tebeth 10 March 10 Monday Fast of Esther Adar 13 March 11 Tuesday Purim Adar 14 March 12 Wednesday . Shushan Purim .. Adar 15 April 9 Wednesday . Fast of the First Born .. Nisan 14 April 10 Thursday Passover, First Day Nisan 15 April 11 Friday Passover, Second Day .. Nisan 16 April 16 Wednesday . Passover, Seventh Day . Nisan 21 April 17 Thursday Passover, Eighth Day Nisan 22 May 9 Friday . Minor Passover .. Iyar 14 May 13 Tuesday . Thirty-third Day of the Omer .. Iyar 18 May 30 Friday . Feast of Weeks, First Day Sivan 6 May 31 Saturday Feast of Weeks, Second Day .. Sivan 7 July 10 Thursday Fast of Tammuz Tammuz 17 July 31 Thursday . Fast of Ab Ab 9 September 19 . Friday . Eve of New Year 5713 .. Ellul 29 September 20 . Saturday New Year, First Day Tishri 1 September 21 . Sunday New Year, Second Day .. Tishri 2 September 22 . Monday . Fast of Gedaliah Tishri 3 September 29 . Monday Day of Atonement Tishri 10 October 4 Saturday . Tabernacles, First Day .. Tishri 15 October 5 . Sunday . Tabernacles, Second Day Tishri 16 October 10 . Friday . Hoshana Rabba Tishri 21 October 11 Saturday . Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly Tishri 22 October 12 . Sunday Rejoicing of the Law Tishri 23 December 13 . Saturday . Chanucah, First Day .. Kislev 25 December 28 . Sunday . Fast of Tebeth Tebeth 10 A DECADE IN ANGLO-JEWRY !940—1950 by Leonard Stein have been given a formidable subject* — "A Decade in Anglo-Jewry, 1940-1950". Whereas in some cases it is difficult to find enough material, the difficulty here is I to make a selection of the overwhelming amount of material that is available. It is rather a long period and a period crowded with events of immense importance both in our own Anglo-Jewish sphere and in the larger world outside. I am, naturally, not going to try to cover the ground in any detail. I am going to try and give you a few impressions of tendencies rather than events, and I shall have to speak in general terms or I should be keeping you here all night. Finally, let me make it clear, by way of preface, that anything I may have to say in no way commits the Anglo-Jewish Association. These are just a few personal impressions. I had better try and divide the subject under four main headings: (i) the relations, during the 1940-1950 period, between British Jews and their fellow-citizens; (ii) the domestic affairs of Anglo-Jewry; (iii) the impact of Israel; and (iv) the place of the Anglo-Jewish community in the Jewish world. First of all, about the development, during this period, of the relations between British Jews and their fellow-citizens. In the years preceding the War, a violent anti-Jewish campaign had been carried on by the Fascists. The Fascists, at that time, were aggressive and causing a certain amount of trouble. When the War came, British Jews felt that they had seen the last of this nuisance. The Fascists were bound up ideologically with all the things Britain was fighting against and were now un- masked. Again in 1939, just on the eve of the War, there had been the 1939 * The address here reproduced was delivered last April. When it was suggested to me that it should be published in the Anglo-Jewish Association Year Book, I had some hesitation in agreeing, not only because I was conscious of its shortcomings, but also because it had already become in some respects a little out of date. I might not have expressed myself on all points in exactly the same way if I had been speaking six months later. I hope that this will be borne in mind. This applies, in particular, to some of the passages dealing with the relations between the State of Israel and Jews, or Jewish communities, in other parts of the world. On this subject the views of the Government of Israel have since been authoritatively expressed by Mr. Ben Gurion in his widely reported speech in Jerusalem on August 23. This important statement has done much to clear the air and to dispel misunderstanding created by loose talk and confused thinking in less responsible quarters. 8.