Rabindranat Tagore, the internationally famous Indian poet, is expected to arrive here next Tuesday. He will be the guest of Sir Herbert Samuel, the High Commissioner of Palestine.
Tagore will lecture at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The Palestine Zionist Executive is arranging a reception for the great poet of the East.
Rabindranat Tagore, while in Shanghai, at a reception given him at the home of Mr. Eliesar S. Kadoorie, expressed his sympathy with the Zionist movement and his conviction of united, harmonious work between the Moslems and the Jews for the rebuilding of Palestine as the Jewish National Homeland.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.