Daniel Mendoza:

England's Skillful

Jewish Fighter,

Author of

THE JEWISH NEWS

A Weekly Review

of Jewish Events

Statement and

Worldwide

Repercussions

Editorial, Page 4;

'Art of Boxing'

Book Review, Page 4

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Strike Near End, But Worries Mar Israel Spirit

Floods, Charges by Vatican Ad
To State's Increasing Troubles

Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News

LONDON—The floods and what is believed in Israel to be a recrudes-
cense of Vatican charges against the Jewish state have marred the seasonal
Hanukah spirit, the Times of London reported Tuesday. ,
, The paper quotes the "indignant denial" by the Israeli government
spokesman of charges that the government had seized the famous Church
of Dormition on Mount Zion as well as the Church of Multiplication at
Tabigha, near Lake Tiberias, and adds: •
_ "It is hard to say what can have been the source of the Vatican radio allega-

tion. Both churches are registered as the property of the Archbishop of Cologne
but they were vested in the British Mandatory, Custodian of Enemy Property
during the war and were later taken over by the Israel custodian.
"Under recent Israel law," the paper added, "All places of worship were
excluded from the conditions applying to enemy property and the Benedictines
were permitted to return to the Church of Dormition. The Church of Multipli-
cation is stated to be in a security area and negotiations are in progress for its
return to the church authorities."

Seamen Ratify Decision to End Strike

; TEL AVIV—A general meeting of Israel's striking seamen on
Tuesday ratified decisions of their representative group to call off the
strike and return to work.

'The representatives voted on this measure after reaching agreement with
the organizing committee of the new Histadrut-sponsored seamen's union under
which the strikers are to return to work and the Histadrut will press for release
from military service of strikers conscripted when they quit their jobs.

More Rains Add Havoc to Israelis' Existence

_ TEL AVIV—More rain which fell on this country Tuesday caused new flooda
in various areas and brought the lowering flood waters to new highs, re-flooding
roads and bridges and causing the collapse of many buildings.
Rescue operations, although hampered by the rains, continued with thousands
of volunteers responding to official calls for manpower-for the emergency.

The third direct casualty of the storms which have ravaged the country
for the past 10 days occurred Monday night near here when a woman was
drowned in flood waters.

Plans for celebration of Hanukah were cancelled in many parts of
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Israel because of the flood situation. Gifts prepared for Hanukah cele-
brations were being sent` to the children evacuated from the immigrant work
camps and now being temporarily sheltered in school buildings' and other public
edifices.
The parliamentary committee of the immigrant work camps cabled striking
seamen aboard the Israeli freighter Dromit at Trieste urging them to bring the
ship, with its cargo 'of prefabricated houseS, into Haifa port immediately in view
of the desperate situation in the Maabarot as a result of the floods.

Israel Defies Storms 1
To Observe Hanukah

Citizens of the tough little repub-
lic, the Jewish state of Israel, are
beset by many problems in a tense-
ridden world. But they haven't for-
gotten how to relax and enjoy time-
honored holidays, many of them.
dating back to Biblical times. Ob
servance of the May establishment
of the Jewish State is depicted.with-
use of costumes popular in ancient
Israel (1) ; intently following the
text in their Hagadahs, young Is-
rael enthusiastically greets the Pass- .
over (2) ; but Purim gives the
young Israelis their greatest thrills
when attired as American cowboys
and other grown-ups, they parade,
through Tel Aviv's streets, the cen-
ter of attraction (3) ; in a spirit of
pride and dignity, Israeli youths, re-
enact the story of Hanukah, adding
music and skits (4) ; taking a page
out of an American summer Sun-
day on the beach, Israelis relax on
the sandy shores of Tel Aviv bey
tween splashes in the Mediter-
ranean (5) ; dear to the hearts of
every young Israeli is the coming
of Spring and Harnisha Asar b'Shvat,
the first planting of the trees. With
a pressing need for more trees, the
holiday has taken on a practical as .
well as traditional observance in the
Jewish state (6) .
Although this year's observance
of Hanukah was marred by gales
and blizzards, the Israeli children
were not deprived of their gifts
which were sent to them in the
temporary shelters and in the colon-.
les.
Sorrow set in with the announce-
ment that' three persons died in
the storms and that 10 settlements,
were cut .off from the main roads by
inundating floods of water.
Many settlements, pa rticula rly,
in Galilee and Negev, were totally
isolated by the flood waters and
by mud. Food and supplies were
dropped to them by military planes
and by three Piper Cubs of the Is- .
raeli Flying Club, which were im-
pressed into the relief operation.
Army engineering units worked
around the clock, using bulldozers
to dig new drainage channels around
the maabarot and reopening corn-
municati,on lines, while other arn'ty
,units foiled repair 4Iamaged

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