The Nenana daily news., 1918-11-20
SCROLLS
 FIND SAFE SPOT
 IN JEWISH LAND

JERUSALEM.-R of the Parchment Scrolls of the Law to the various synagogues in Tel Aviv and Jaffa was one of the interesting ceremonies which followed the Brit
 sh occupation.
 These scrolls of the Law of Moses which are all written by hand and are preserved in magnificently orna mented cases, some of them in solid silver are the most sacred and holy possessions of every Jewish com munity. So when Dyemal Pasha in his hostility to the Zionists, carried out the tyrannical evacuation of the bulk of the Jewish population of Jaffa in April 1917, the Jews car ried with them these sacred Torah into exile, lest they should fall into the hands of the Turks.
 These sacred scrolls had been care fully guarded by the Jews at Petach Tikvah (Mulebbis) and were brought back in solemn procession to Jaffa. A triumphal arch was erected at the northern confines of Tel Aviv. every house was decorated with flowers and bunting and the whole of the Jewish population turned out en fete to meet the return of their sacred possessions. Jews came not merely from Jaffa, but also from Richon- le-Zion and other neighboring col onies and other neighboring col onies.
 The young men and the girls of the Maccabee Athletic association dressed in white clothes, with blue sashes and ties, maintained order and kept a pathway clear for the procession through the crowds. The procession was headed by the Aus tralian military band and the cere- mony at the Triumphal Arch was at tended by officers representing the military governor and by Dr. Weiz- mann and the members and officers of the Zionist Commission.
 : The Haham Bashi (chief rabbi of Jaffa mounted small dais near the
 Triumphal Arch and delivered an
 eloquent Hebrew address in which he
 recounted the hardships of the evac-
 uation. He thanked and invoked
 blessings upon the British govern
 ment and the British army and ex-
 pressed the hope that success would
 crown the efforts of the Zionist
 commissioners. The Jews desiret
 to regenerate and build up Palestine
 not merely for their own benefit
 but for that of all its inhabitant: . whose friendship and help ne in vited. The re-establishment of tho Jewish people in their ancient ho.a' in Palestine, he said, would be tol the good of all humanity.
 Then the Shofar or Rams .,orl was blown and the scrolls were car ried under canopies by Chief Rabb l Dr. Weizmann and others to thu , various synagogues to which the. belonged. :-"... :s ..." <. -. : In the afternoon the town of Te ; Aviv remained en fete. There wer' : processions of school children crown } ed and decorated with flowers, tn r Yemenites carrying small lambs ant l goats on their shoulders and bearin,
 palms in their hands. Children sol'
 flowers and confetti in the street , the proceeds of which go to fun'
 started recently by the Zionis teachers for translating into Hebrey and publishing in Hebrew, Englisl books and literature. In the even
 ing the Maccabees gave an athleti demonstration in the Public Gardens
 and the proceedings closed at sunse
 with the singing of "God Save thu King" and the Zionist national an them "Hatikvah," the Song of Hope I,.o o1.