Site of First Passover Observance Being Watched in Modern Revival
By BEN JOSEPH
(Copyright, 1956, JTA,' Inc.)
Thirty years ag-o, people spoke
. about the growth of Tel Aviv
and H a i f a. More ,irecently,
Americans returning from Israel
have been saying "Watch Beer-
, Sheba." Now the focus is be-
ginning to shift to the , extreme
end of the Negev, to the •Red
Sea port of Elath.
On that first Passover, when
the Israelites crossed over the
lignie
Red Sea, it was' these shores of
Elath that first gladdened their
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to the JewiSh Community
heart. "Then Moses sang," the
Bible writes.
The Egyptians are s t i 11
around, their cannons stationed
in the Straits of Tiran, chal-
lenging any ships • using the
waters, but the new Israel is
undeterred.
In King Solomon's d a y s,
Elath was an iniportant place. ,
It was there the Jewish soV-
ereign received the Queen of:.
Sheba, when she paid her
historic visit.
Elath will grow with the dev-
elopment of its mining activity,
and that activity in turn, in
part, hinges on the development
of roads and transportation. If
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Lombardi Food Co.
Imported Italian 'Olive Oil
Cheeses and Specialties
Wholesale' and lietaii
transportation costs are exces-
Elath stands at a scenic spot.
sive, it becomes commercially It faces the Red Sea, whose
unfeasible to work the: mines. name 'is something of a mis-
The recent building of the mod- no,mer. It is actually blue, but
ern road from the bead Sea to
Beersheba, financed by. Israel
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bonds, is a link in the chain.
Above all, Israel is looking to
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At the time this was regardL
Open 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. Sun., Hol.
ed ev'en.',:bY. its exponents as
3 p.m. to 3 a.m. Closed Tuesdays
scarcely real -enough to be ta-
ken seriously. But today, Israel
is serious on few things as much
as she is on' thiS very paint. If
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Israel is to develop her foreign
trade with Asia and Africa—
and it is primarily with thase
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areas that Israel hopes to do
most of the expanding — Elath
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becomes almost a necessity..
To no little degree, Egypt is
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aiding in the development of
Elath by denying the use of
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the Suez Canal to Israeli ship-
ping.
To be sure, Egypt is also try-
ing to prevent the use of the
waters of the Red Sea at Elath
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to Israel, but the recent laying
of the stakes for the construc-
tion of the port facilities at
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Elath shows that Israel isn't
scared easily, and she is going
DRUG
ahead with the building of the
part.
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To facilitate the general in
dustrial expansion of t h e
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Elath area, it is proposed to
exempt all industries estab-
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lishing themselves in that
area from income taxes. Be-
sides the port facilities and
copper mines, Elath looks for-
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Ward to the commercial ex-
ploitation of its fisheries. '
Mountain- Valley
Elath has become also a kind
of experimental laboratory for
Mineral Water
the development of desert ag-
Natural Water from
riculture. It has a unique mu-
seum, devoted entirely to plants
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and natural phenomena of the
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desert. Israeli scientists are ex-
perimenting around Elath in
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the growth of plants suitable
for desert areas.
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there are red tints in the water
here arid there, reflecting the
colors .from the > surrounding
mountains. Here, Israel once
had a rendezvous with history.
Today, history seems to be re-
peating itself.
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