1 JULY 1949, Page 19

SIR,—My attention has been drawn to a letter published in

the Spectator of June 24th under the title "Orthodox Jews in Palestine " over the signa- ture of a certain Mr. Heller, with reference to the Naturei Karta of Jerusalem. I can assure your readers that there is no shred of jUStifiL-41- lion for the claims he puts forth on behalf of that negligible minority of extremists. Living in Boston, Mr. Heller has been totally misled by a distorted representation of the facts as known to Orthodox Jewry in Jerusalem or in Israel generally.—Sincerely yours, (Rabbi) JACOB GOLDMAN,

prusalem. Private secretary to the Chief Rabbi of Israel.