Refugee Hides Sacred Torah
—Sabra Photo
A Jewish refugee who despite torture managed to conceal and
tarry with him a Torah through eight different Nazi concentra-
tion camps from 1939 to 1945 arrived in New York City at Idle-
wild Airport, one of 60 displaced persons. JOEL SONTANG of
Brasnik, Poland, carried the scroll with him as he left the airplane
to begin life anew in America.
No Green Pastures—Yet
Rationing Still Looms
On Israel Dairy Scene
Many of them—probably 70,000 4),
could have been cured.
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By ADA OREN
Copyright . 1951, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.
TEL AVIV—Israel's dairy sup-
ply, which now amounts to 300
.eggs . and 90 quarts of milk per
person annually, is barely keep-
ing pace with the increase in
population. By 1953 these
quantities must rise 20 percent
as well as increase to meet the
needs of 200,000 immigrants a
year. Consequently, the end of
rationing is not in sight.
In the larger towns only chil-
dren, mothers and the sick and
aged get fresh milk all year
round. A small additional quan-
tity is available not only from
farmers who evade compulsory
marketing stations set up in
1949, but also from the leftover
rations of Oriental families,
many of wham do not give their
children all the milk and eggs
to which they are entitled even
ifethey can afford it.
Extra Rations for Sick
The egg ration hovers around
two per adult and five per child
weekly, plus extra allocations
for the sick, pregnant women,
persons employed on exacting
work and the armed services.
Stockpiling against holidays us-
ually prejudices the adult ration
for some weeks ahead. Egg im-
ports were discontinued over a
year ago, but there is a ration
of imported powdered eggs and
skimmed milk.
With the resettling of Arab
towns by Jews the prohibition
against slaughtering pigs be-
came countrywide, with the sole
-exception of Nazareth. Pressure
on the part of the Orthodox has
practically eliminated imports
of non-kosher beef, and as the
local rabbinate • frequently dis-
qualifies beef slaughtered abroad
under less than perfect condi-
tions, there may be no ration at
all from time to time. A locally
manufactured meat substitute
is served in certain restaurants.
Kibbutzim experimenting in
the breeding of cattle for beef
get subsidies, the main factor
in doubt being the food value
of local pastures. Between five
and ten years must elapse until
it becomes possible to raise suit-
able breeding stock in quantity.
Meanwhile, an order forbidding
the slaughtering of bull calves
Under two years old is expected.
Import Goats for Cheese
Sheep, too, have always been
bred by Jews, mainly for cheese.
Eased on local Arab stock, the
Israel breed attained the high-
est milk-yield in the Mediter-
ranean,
43—THE JEWISH NEWS
I*, Friday, April 20, 1951
Thousands of Saanen goats
were recently imported for im-
migrants' auxiliary and hill-
farms on condition that they
are not pastured on hillsides. In
the campaign against soil ero-
sion the few remaining Arab
herds of goats are to be liqui-
dated soon. Although the Arab
owners are offered Sheep in-
stead, they greatly resent the
change.
Veterinary services are run
both by the government and the
mptual live-stock insurance so-
ciety, which has been serving al-
most all Jewish breeders for
over 30 years. More and more
modern district stations for the
artificial insemination of cattle
cover the great majority of local
cows, resulting in a satisfactory
milk yield and sufficient fertil-
ity in spite of the warm climate.
With 40 percent of her cattle
pedigreed, Israel takes second
place in the world after. Holland,
but has not yet been able to
stamp out tuberculosis in cows
completely.
Meanwhile the production of
breeding eggs by artificial in-
semination is expanding rapidly
and the poultry pedigree book is
nearing completion. One settle-
ment specializing in this field
recently received a gift of qual-
ity eggs from an American Jew-
ish farmer.
Faces in the News
David Remez, Israel's
Communications Chief
Israel's Minister of Communi-
cations, David Remez, is a well-
known expert of the Hebrew
language. He has one son, an
Air Force Commander.
A resident of
Palestine since
1913, Remez
first came to
the • Holy Land
as a n agricul-
tural laborer in
the various set-
tlements. Later
he helped found
a large number
of Histadrut en-
terprises. Remez
Prior to the establishment of
the State of Israel, Remez,. 62,
served as chairman of the Vaad
Leumi (National Council of Pal-
estine Jews). He attended law
classes in Istanbul during his
youth.
Remez was • among the Jewish
leaders interned by the British
at Zatrun.-iia 2846. —
IF SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAD. CANCER,
you would do anything . . . ev-ery-
thing that would help. And today
there is so much you can do to help.
Tens of thousands of families just
like yours meet cancer every year
and triumph over it. But we are still
losing too many men and women
we love.
Doctors can now biake half of those
who develop cancer if the disease is
diagnosed in its early stages. Yet in
1950 some 210,000 families lost a
father, mother or child to ewe%
We need more research, More life-
saving education, more training for
scientists and physicians, more
equipment, more services for those
already stricken with the, disease.'
To save more lives, we all must help.
Any contribution is welcome, but
the fight against this major threat
deserves major support: dollars —
tens—twenties—hundreds of
dollars. Will you help?,
MAIL YOUR GIFT TO "-CANCER,"
IN CARE OF YOUR 'LOCAL POST OFFICE
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in support of the Cancer Crusade,
In Place of Their Usual
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