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September 27, 1957 - Image 63

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1957-09-27

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Exptoraitoit
Tiny Israel Still as IZOM'ior
lages will amount to IE3,800,000

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have to spend about 1E800,000,
this year. Including land recla-
By A. SCHREIBER
JERUSALEM—It is strange ! and further 1E80,000 for elec- mation and road building of t.$
that in a country as small as trical installation, water and 1E750,000, this makes a grand
fences. In other words, the es- total of 1E4,500,000.
Israel there is such a thing a tablishent
of the first 10 vil-
rn
"terra incognito" — areas o fsf
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the beaten track" in the literal
co
,
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tht
meaning of • the phrase—that
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have not yet been su r vey ed.
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no planning has been made to
restore them to civilization. In l
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words, in Israel it is still
New Year Greetings
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possible to "discover" newI
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lands.
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Some time ago the great
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news was Lachish, by now one
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of the most promising develop
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Mortgages and Insurance
ment areas. Now another dis-
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co
covery
has
been
made.
The
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much. It
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6403 West Fort
name will not convey
ce
a•
is to be known as the "Adullam
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Region." Adullam is first men-

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tinned in the Bible as a Ca-
Dynamite clears the way for roads in the wild Adullam ...:4
Holiday Greetings
c.o
naanite city but is best known
CA
for its' cave in which David hid region south of Jerusalem where the Jewish National Fund
is
preparing
the
land
for
a
major
new
settlement
project
which
wrath
of
Saul.
Reho
from the
it gets under way this year. Immigrant workers are shown here
boam, King of Judah, made
drilling holes for dynamite sticks that will blast the rock
Acreage and Vacant Lots
a stronghold.
to building access roads. The Zionist Organization
area, to the
preliminary
The
Adullam
Immediate Cash for Property Anywhere
southwest of Jerusalem midway of America is a partner of the JNF in this latest regional
which will open 100,000 dunams (25,000 acres)
development
to Lachish, covers 100,000 du-
20400 Ecorse Rd., Taylor Township
nams from Mevo Betar to the to large scale agricultural settlement.
DU. 3-0707
east of Bet Govrin. It is not
easy to get there. No car nor
New Year's Best Wishes
bus can negotiate the wild paths
All
Our Friends and Patrons
to
which wind through the virgin
Best Wishes for a Happy New Year
territory. But a jeep used to
taking heavy punishment can
take the obstacles.
Quite a number of jeeps as-
"For, More Comfortable Motoring"
Ben Pashman
sembled at Hartuv one day this
Annabelle Benton
Louis A. Benton
spring. The' guides jumped into
LU 1-9279
DEARBORN
ALLEN PARK
the first vehicle, the escort took
1 5441 W. WARREN
17210 PINECREST
positions and on we moved.
WA 8-7200
Up to Ajur it was just an or-
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dinary outing; there were fields 3 ......4
to be seen, and trees, and here I
Greetings on New Year's
and there a village. But then i
we left the road and with it I
Season's Best Wishes
civilization.
After a while we got out and 1
walked the last section of the
Residential Alterations
steep hill. Up there the heights 1 Commercial and Industrial Building and Alterations
and dales of the undulating
Custom Builder of Quality Houses
UN 1.-6692
foothills of Judea stretched be-
15839 NORMANDY
fore our eyes—all part of the
WE. 5-3260
Adullam Region. Against this L .--..-------------------,..—, ....-0 0---,...-----
14280 Greenlawn
background and with the help
of a map, M. Kahanowitz of the
_Holiday Best Wishes
Jewish Agency explained to us
the
settlement
plan.
Greetings
Holiday
This is a joint venture of the
Jewish Agency and the Keren
Kayemeth (Jewish National
Automotive Parts and Machine Shop Service
Fund). The third partner, he
"You Are Entitled to the Best"
added with a smile, is the Bor-
Custom Builder and Designer
LINCOLN PARK
a..-24-hour
1455
FORT
STREET
der Police who keep
Office Open Evenings, Saturday and Sunday
DUnkirk 3-1200
watch in this frontier area.
Joseph Weitz, head of the
KE.
7-2200
18905 West- 7 Mile Rd.
Land and Development Division
of the JNF, is the spiritual
Holiday Greetings to All
father of this regional settle-
ment project, which is to in-
clude 15 to 17 villages. For
Sincerest Greetings of the Season
economic, social and security
reasons, each five to s x such
SASH DOORS and MILL WORK
villages, connected by internal
JO 4-6593
roads, will be grouped together
216 E. HARRISON ROYAL OAK
around a rural center which will
CONTRACTOR
IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, AT
have a synagogue, school, club,
PHONE 5-4481
clinic and storehouse.
2121 S. MICHIGAN
VE 7-5999
The economic mainstay of the
15929 West 7 Mile Road
settlers will be sheep raising
and beef-cattle herds. . Land
Holiday Good Cheer
Which cannot be turned into
farming
soil
.
will
be
used
for
Greetings on the Holiday
pasture and forests; 35,000 du-
nams have been earmarked for
grazing, 16,000 for carob plant-
General Contractors
ings, 24,000 for pine forests, and
Detroit 2, Michigan
26,000 for intensive cultivation.
6525 Lincoln Ave.
There will also be some mixed
TRinity 1-8440
agriculture—on the hills fruit
10057 SOUTH F I ELD
trees, vines, and carobs, and in
the lower parts, mainly tobacco.
VE. 6-2719
Vegetables, poultry, and bee-
hives will supply a supplemen-
Holiday Greetings
tary income.
Holiday Best Wishes
It will take up to four years
before the farms can actually
begin to support the families.
Automatic Screw Machine Products
As hundreds of people move in,
Specialists in Poured and Block Walls
some even this year, they will
KE 2-1640
Call Today for Waterproofing Repairs
ready the land for their farms
30790 W. 8 MILE ROAD
Various Colors — Quality Workmanship
by breaking the boulders, lay-
Farmington, Mich.
ing roads, draining low - lying
Unconditionally Guaranteed — Free Estimates — F.H.A. Terms
combes.
UN 1-7966
1 5067 Petoskey
This is where the Keren
Kayemeth comes in: The Fund
Will be the employer of the set-
Holiday Good Cheer
tlers for the initial period. It is
estimated that these land im-
A Happy Holiday
provement a n d afforestation
works will sustain 800 families
Complete Motor Rebuilding Service
for the first two to four years.
Each settlement will cost the
Parts - Tools - Supplies - Equipment
Keren Kayemeth 1E75,000 for
- TR. 5-5344
land reclamation and road con-
41 Harper
LI. 3-4580
Royal Oak
struction. For the building of
29660 John R
houses the Jewish Agency will

Greetings of the Season

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