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Israelis, New Baseball Enthusiasts,
Are Developing Own Farm System
By FRANK SIMONS
Although Russia now lays
claims to invention of the tradi-
tionally American sport of base-
ball, chances are much better
that in tiny Isreal the sport has
more of a future.
This information was brought
fresh from the new state by
Yacov Berman, a former Ameri-
can who has resided in Israel
since 1949. Along with basketball
and other American sports, base-
ball has become a favorite pas-
time.
The game was introduced
there by several Americans who
-went to the
'Jewish state
between 1947
and 1948, and
who joined
the all-Amer-
lean settle-
. ment of Hei-
lrut America
et, a co-
operative col-
Berman
ony organized
in 1932 by members of the
Labor Zionist movement.
The success of this flourishing
community, of which Berman's
three sons are members, can
be best described by its progress.
Starting out with few financial
resources, the community has
made a success of citrus fruit,
truck farming and grain pro-
duction, • a n d' is now engaged
in industries, including sash
and door, silk screen printing
and other enterprises.
The value of Americans in Israel
cannot be underestimated. Their
presence has served two pur-
poses. One, obvious enough, is
making the land productive and
helping Israel to get on its feet
economically.
The second is a more subtle
value.
It is no secret that many
immigrants are today in Israel
because there just isn't any
other place for them to go.
Many of the new arrivals were
wealthy businessmen, land
owners, people previously of
means. Now they have noth-
ing but memories of horror
under the Nazis or primitive
existences in Arab lands.
.
They see Americans—in Israel
of their own volition—working
on farms, cultivating the land
with their hands. It is an un-
deniable morale booster. They
feel if Americans have left their
rich land to come here, then
maybe there is something here
for me, too.
It is to recruit Americans to
work the land in Israel that
Berman is currently in the
United States. He is now visiting
in Detroit where he is the guest
of the local Histadrut office.
He was sent here by the Jew-
ish Agency and Israel Agricul-
tural Department as a repre-
sentative of Tnuat Hamoshavim
to find family people interested
in settlement in Israel agricul-
tural colonies.
The specific project is a model
colony now under construction
at Beer Tuvia Bet, about 25
miles south of Tel Aviv in one
of the richest and most beauti-
ful sections of the new state.
The village will consist of 80
families, of-which 64 will be in-
dividual farmers and 14 will
serve as artisans. Each farmer
will be given 27Y2 dunams of
land, on which will be a three-
room house, with electricity,
modern plumbing a n d other
facilities.
Yer:niyah Board to Plan
Extension to Its Building
Isadore Rosenberg, president,
and Harry Citrin, vice-president
of Cong. Beth Shmuel, join in
inviting members of the board
of 'Yeshivoth Beth Yehudah to a
meeting at the synagogue on
Thursday evening.
David I. Berris will preside at
the meeting, which will feature
reports on - educational and fin-
ancial matters of the Beth Ye-
hudah School, as submitted by
Daniel Laven, chairman. Plans
for building an extension to the
present building to relieve over-
erowdedness will be considered.
THE JEWISH NEWS - 17
Friday, October 24, 1952
Needlework Guild Gets
Clothing for Needy
Land, already- cultivated, with
10 dunams under irrigation will
be provided. In addition, the set-
tler will receive a barn, a chick-
en coop and 50 chickens, a tool
shed and tools, a horse (to be
shared with a neighbor), a cow
and a calf.
People between 20 and 40 are
eligible, but exceptions will be
made if there are children in
the family of working age. An
investment of $5,000 in the U.
S. and another 5,000 Israeli
pounds to be paid off on an
installment basis are the only
stipulations.
Individuals will be advised by
a government-trained agricul-
tural expert, and are free to
raise whatever commodities they
desire. At present there are sev-
en families settling the area
with an additional 18 already
signed up. The first phase of the
building project will be complet-
ed next month when 20 houses
are ready for occupancy.
Berman will remain in the
United States for about a year
to recruit workers for the project
All communications will reach
him at 80 E. 11th St., New York
3, N. Y., or through the local
Histadrut office, 13722 Linwood.
,
Su
h ar
it a bl
pp 1in
y g c
e agencies
with layettes, household linens
and articles of clothing—that is
the job that the Detroit chapter
of the Needlework Guild of
America has been doing for
more than half a century.
Mrs. Alexander Freeman, who
has been a loyal Guild worker
for more than three decades,
declares her task as director of
school children's sewing is a
12-month job. - Mrs. Freeman
contacts home economics classes
in Detroit, Grosse Pointe and
Highland Park, asking them to
sew dresses, blouses and play-
suits.
Last year the children made
700 garments. Mrs. Freeman'
says that children like to sew
for the Guild because they learn
to help others. Among the 49
organizations receiving gar-
ments from the Guild are the
North End Clinic, Jewish Chil- I
dren's Bureau, Jewish Social
Service Bureau and Resettle- 1
ment Service.
Local Pioneer Women Launch '52 Campaign
tutions of Moatzot Hapoalot, its
sister organization in Israel,
whiCh supports and guides hun-
dreds of women and children in
leading healthy and construc-
tive lives.
' Mrs. Michael Michlin, vice-
president, announces that a pre-
donor rally is now being plan-
ned, at which Detroit's quota in
the $1,000,000 national campaign
will be announced.
The following are Chapter
chairmen working on the over-
all drive:
Illustrating the work of
Pioneer Women and Moatzot
Hapoalot, these recent graduates
of an organizational school for
waitresses in Israel will now be
able to serve
Tel Avi-Tians and
t ourists • in grand st yle.
* * *
Detroit
ounci of Pioneer
Women has launched its annual
fund-raising campaign for insti-
of the Belcrest Hotel, wish to
thank their many friends for
their sincere thoughts of kind-
ness during Mrs. Elliman.'s re-
cent illness.
For the care of the chronically ill.
Strictly Kosher
Wm. Klein, M. D., Medical Director
A. R. Green, R. H., Sup. of Nurses
WA. 1-4440
MEV
CONG. GEMILUTH
CHASSODIUM
Extend heartiest felici-
tations to its president,
Mr. Siegfried Cahn, on
his 64th birthday, Octo
ber 18th, 1952.
VILLA ZION HOSPITAL
1876 E. Grand Blvd.
CARD OF APPRECIATION
Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Elliman,
S. Levin, S. Wiener, Club 1; S. Gold-
aftas, A. Chaness, Club 2: M. Herman,
Avodah; S. Novetsky, Brandeis; S. Rosen-
feld, B & P; B. Rosenthal, K. Wein, N.
Eppel, Channah Czenesh: Gussie Green,
Kadimah; Ann Mondrow, Golda Myerson
Chapter; Ida Bailey, R. Netter, Hanna;
T. Salom, Israel; B. Baron, Kinneret;
R. Kanter, Masada; L. Bloom, Negbah;
A. Silverman, Medina; B. Shulman,
Sharona.
■ b.
Person al
essage
rom Dwight D. Eisenhower
to YOU
.You, as an American of foreign origin, know
the true meaning of freedom. You and your
children have been among the foremost
fighters for freedom in every corner of the
world. That is why I know you want • to
preserve that freedom.
No one understands better than you that
America and the world stand today on the
threshold of vital decisions.
The United States, a young nation, but com-
posed of the peoples of many nations, must
assume firm and clear-headed leadership.
Leadership in the preservation of world
peace, leadership in the struggle against
Imperialist Communism, leadership in hold-;
ing aloft the torch of freedom among the
enslaved nations of the world.
And you know we must clean house at home.
You know we must, have a clean, sound,
healthy Administration in Washington; one
devoted to the interests of all our citizens.
A government you can trust is the very
foundation of democracy.
Therefore, I ask you, as a fellow-American
who truly understands these things, to vote
Republican on No.vember 4th.
And I make this personal pledge to you:
If elected President, I pledge to you on my
honor and integrity, on my lifetime record as
a warrior for freedom, and as your fellow-
American, that, under God,
We shall work for Peace.
We shall seek an honorable end to the
Korean War.
W e shall work for Freedom, everywhere in
the world.
We shall restore confidence in the Govern-
ment of the United States.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
We shall root out Communis m from- our
midst.
We shall undertake to restore the value of the
dollars for which you work
We shall restore this nation to what it once
was — a shining example to all the nations
of the world.
IAA;
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
DEMOCRAT SCRAPS OF PAPER
THE PLEDGE— .
.
es not
Atlantic Charter (1942) "No territorial chinhabitants
in accord with the wishes of the
concerned."
2.
THE BETRAYAL —
Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam (1943-45) conferences,
decisions, and commitments, plus other concessions
to Soviets, approved by Democrat administration but
ite the
approved by the U.. S. Senate, desp
nwier
Constitution.
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3. THE RESULT—
100,000,000 Eastern Europeans enslaved :
Hungarians • Latvians
Estonians • Ukrainians •
Czechs
Bulgars • Lithuanians •
• ByelorUSSions •
Rumanians • Poles • Slovaks • 'East Germans
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• Ca rpo-Ruthenions