Friday, April 12, 1959 -- THE DETR OIT JEWIS H NEWS-

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Lift of Ban on Tourists to Israel
Spurs Plans for Increased Visits

"There will be a fast come- military parades, and naval dis-
back of American tourists to plays from May 2 to 7. Through-
Israel now that the five-month out the year there will be regi-
travel ban has been lifted," ac- onal conventions and competi-
cording to Joseph Ilan, director tive recitals of local choirs and
of the Israel Government Tour- folk dancers. The eighth dental
ist Office in New York.
Congress will take place in Au-
"There has been increasing gust, followed by the Fifth Mac-
pressure from among the travel- cabiah .(World Jewish Olympic
ing public and the travel trade Games) and the •International
to visit Israel this spring and Stathp Exhibition and Congress
later this year," Ilan said. "The in September. •
number of inquiries about travel
Lifting of the U. S. ban on
facilities received by. the Tourist travel to Israel - has • spurred
Office has been rapidly mount- preparations of a pilgrimage
ing in the past few months and of American Zionists to Israel
has been greater than during for Shevuot, which falls this
any comparable previous peri- year on June 5 and 6.
od." He added that reports from
According to announcement
travel agents throughout the na- by Abraham Goodman, national
tion reveal a similar picture of chairman of the Committee for
urgent insistance to visit Israel. Israel Tourism of the Zionist
During - the past three years Organization of America, spon-
American tourists visiting Is- sors of the Pilgrimage, the group
rael numbered 55,000 constitut- is scheduled to leave for Israel
ing 42 per cent of the total num- by air on May- 19 and will visit
ber of visitors in Israel.
many religious _ and national
In preparation for the an- shrines in IsraeL Arrangements
ticipated influx of tourists, for the pilgrimage are being su-
government and private bod- pervised by Pr: Joseph Thon,
ies in Israel hate in the past director of the Tourist Depart-
few months stepped up their ment, 145 East 32nd St., New
efforts to add to the Biblical, York 16.
historical and geographical at-
Americans of -all faiths were
tractions of the country the urged to visit Israel by Ambas-
whole gamut of modern com- sador Abba Eban, "In particular
forts.
we hope that the Passover and
El Al Israel Airlines will in- Easter -seasons will bring a great
troduce next July its new tur- wave of visits and pilgrimage'
bo-prop service with a fleet of and that those who had intended
new 133-seater Bristol-Brittan- 'to come to Israel and had made
nias, cutting travel time by al- other plans will now find it pos-
most 50 per cent. In addition, sible to revert to their previous
seven international airlines intention," Mr. Eba- n said in a
maintain regular service from statement.
New York to Israel, and some
Additional first class air con-
are adding new flights to their
schedules. Zim Israel Naviga-
tion Company maintains a reg- Removal of Travel Ban
ular three-weekly New York- `Augers Well' for Year
Haifa service with its modern
Gottlieb Hammer, president
liners Israel and Zion.
of the American-Israeli Ship-
Roads have been improved,
and observation platforms ping Company, Inc. expressed
have been constructed along satisfaction this week with the
particularly scenic highways. lifting by the State Department
Biblical and historical sites of its ban on travel to Israel. He
are being marked with giant said the move "augurs well" for
signposts in English and He- the 1957 tourist season now get-
brew, explaining the signifi- ting underway in Israel and
cance of each site. Visitors can Western Europe.
The American-Israel Shipping
meet Israeli citizens on an in-
formal basis in their homes Company, with offices at. 42
and settlements under the new Broadway, New York City, are
"Meet the Israeli" program, the U.S. representatives and
sponsored by the Tourist Cor- passenger agents of the Zim Is-
rael Navigation. Company, Ltd.,
poration.
of Haifa, Israel's largest ship-
Special events are scheduled ping firm.
throughout the year. The ninth
The lifting of the ban is bound
anniversary of Israel's Inde- to have a salutory effect on
pendence will be celebrated with travel generally, Hammar said.
Americans planning to be in
Europe this spring and summer
Dr. Frehse to Direct
may combine their tour of the
June 24,Aug. 5 Tour; continent with a visit to Israel
via Zim's newly built luxury
Will Include Israel
liner, SS Theodor Herzl.
The fourth Intercultural Tra-
The 21-knot vessel will make
vel Seminar sponsored by the the run from Marseilles to Haifa
National Conference of Chris- in 3?2 days and from Naples in
tians and Jews will leave New 2 1/2 days. The Herzl begins her
York on June 24 and continue maiden voyage from the French
until Aug. 5. Dr. Frehse, execu- port on May 13 and will sail
tive director of the Detroit from Marseilles and Naples ev-
Round Table will direct the tour ery 10 days thereafter.
which will visit England, Den-
Upcoming sailings Of the SS
mark, Germany, Austria, Tur- Israel and SS Zion from New
key, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Italy, York to Gibraltar, Naples and
Switzerland and France.
Haifa are On April 19, May 10,
Besides Dr. and Mrs. Frehse June 20 and July 11.
from Detroit, the group will in-
The first organized group of
clude Catholic, Jewish and Pro- tourists to visit Israel since the
testant leaders from Ohio, In- lifting of the ban on American
diana, Texas, New Jersey, New travel in the Middle East will
York and Pennsylvania. ..
leave New York's International
The tour is planned so that Airport May 3 under auspices
the members will not only see of the National Committee for
places of historical interest, but Labor Israel, according to an
a great emphasis will be placed announcement by Nachman Ta-
upon seeing people.
mir, director of the Histadrut
Conferences will be arranged Tourist Departnient. The group
with many who play crucial will arrive in Tel Aviv in time
roles in the political and edu- to join in the celebration of Is-
cational life of the above coun- rael's 9th anniversary.
tries. Special attention will be
The Histadrut tour, which is
given to those religious leaders conducted annually, includes a
and projects which hold par- three-week excursion through-
ticular interest for American re- out Israel. No visas are required
ligious leadership. The Seminar by Americans traveling to Is-
will explore the intercultural rael.
problems and progress that
Registrations for the tour are
have particular bearing upon being accepted by the Detroit
intercultural relations in the Histadrut director, Hy Fogel-
United States,
inan, 19161 Schaefer, UN 4-7094.

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ditioned hotels have been
opened in Jerusalem, Eilat and
Nazareth. "Class B" hotels are
being modernized with the help
of special government loans. A
tax and duty-free gift shop - has
been opened at Lydda Airport,
selling bargain-priced foreign
products, such as French per-
fumes, Swiss watches, and
Scotch whiskies.

will proceed to Israel in three
groups from New York. The
first will sail on the S.S. Israel
of the Zim Israel American
Line June 20; the other two will
travel by air, leaving New York
on June 30 and July 7, respec-
tively. Registration for this tour
will be kept Open till May 1.
The Israel Summer Institute,
conducted by the Agency's
Youth Department, is open to
Jewish Agency Offers
Americans and Canadians be-
to Arrange Israel Trips
tween 18 and 30 years of age.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The It offers a seven week stay in
Jewish Agency announced that Israel with a program of ex-
American Jews interested in
going to Israel, should get in
touch with - its immigration de-
partment here.
"Israel welcomes all Jewish,
tourists and students, farmers
and agricultural workers, me-
chanics and professionals, mid-
dle class and retired families,"
a Jewish Agency spokesman
said.
"There are available many
positions in Israel for skilled
workers and professional peo-
ple. Men and women who want
to settle on farms are especially
wanted. Individuals with 'know-
how' are needed either as tem-
porary residents or as perma-
nent settlers," he continued. The
Agency is in a position to sup-
ply full details about these mat-
ters.
The Agency announced that
with the cancellation of the
travel ban to Israel of United
States citizens, the ninth annual
Israel Summer Institute will be
held this summer as scheduled.
Participants in the Institute tour

tensive guided tours, lectures,
courses, orientation sessions, so-
cial events and a period at a
typical agricultural settlement.

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Police Comb Israel in
Search for Fedayeen

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Security
forces were combing central
Israel in search of a fedayeen
unit from Jordan which fired on
and wounded two Israeli police-
men recently.
An Arab shepherd boy, an
Israeli national, was killed south
of the village of Tibeh when he
stepped on a mine planted by
Jordanians. Stones were thrown
from the walls of the Old City
of Jerusalem during the night
recently into the new city.
Syrian gun positions on the
eastern shore of Lake Huleh
opened fire on Israeli units
which replied. There were no
casualties among the Israeli
troops.

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HAPPY PASSOVER -

We proclaim our faith in our freedom and in the ultimate triumph
of all democratic aims as we read again this passage from the
traditional Passover Hagadah which admonishes us to perpetuate
the message of our great Festival of Freedom.

"In every generation, one ought to regard himself as though he

had personally come out of Egypt. As it is said: And thou shalt tell

thy son on that day, saying: This is on account of what the Lord did
for me when I went forth from Egypt.' Not only our forefathers did
the Holy One, blessed is He, redeem, but also ourselve'S did He redeem
with them. As it is said: 'And us did He take out from there, in order
to bring us hither, to give its the land which he had sworn unto our
fathers.' "

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