written a glorious chapter in the showed the way to pioneers who
history of Jewish revival. It was came after them, demonstrating
far from being strong: its van- that one must not wait for fa-
guard did not number more than vorable political conditions but
13 young men and one young must create hard facts which
woman who landed at Jaffa on shall form a basis for the future
the 19th of Tammuz 5642 (1882), Jewish State. One day after their
80 years ago. However, those arrival they came to Mikvah
few pioneers served as an ex- Israel and offered themselves
ample to numerous followers. as agricultural labourers to the
Bilu is the abbreviation of Idirector of the school, a French
"Beth Ya'akov lekhu venelkha" Jew named Hirsch. Their offer
("Oh House of Jacob, come ye, was accepted with reluctance and
and let us go"—Isaiah 11,5), i.e., hesitation. But their difficulties
self-realisation. The Jewish stu- grew rather than decreased with
dents who organized themselves the passage of time. Yet they
in the Russian town of Kharkov did not lose hope of realising -
first called their association their dream of establishing a
"Daviu" — an abbreviation of model cooperative settlement.
Once the colony of Rishon Le-
"Daher el Bnei Yisrael veyisau"
MRS. ALLEN KRASS
("Speak unto the Children of Zion was established, 12 of the
Israel that they go forward"— Bilium left Mikveh for Rishon
Al
Num. XIV, 25), but they came and worked there as laborers. In I- a candlelight ceremony on
to the conclusion that this name Rishon, too, the Biluim were ac- Sept. 3 at Adas Shalom Syna-
Was not apprOpriate because they cepted without great enthusiasm. gogue, Rosette Isabel Grynbal,
were to serve their people not Nor were all Biluim pleased daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
by words but by deeds. They with this kind of development,1 Grynbal of Caracas, Venezuela,
therefore decided to take the because their work as wage
course of self-effectuation and earners was a far cry from was united in marriage to Allen
their original objective of found-1 Morton Krass, son of Mr. and
to set an example to others.
ing a co-operative settlement.
Faint-Hearted Left Behind
Mrs. Louis Krass of Santa Clara
When Rishon LeZion was taken Ave. Rabbi Jacob Segal and
It was in 1882, one year after
the outbreak of the anti-Jewish over by the administration of 1
riots in Southern Russia. Under Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Cantor Nicholas Fenakel offici-
the impact of these tragic events the Biluim were left, as it were, ated.
The bride was gowned in a
many Jews made an agonizing in mid-air: it was doubtful
reappraisal of their situation and whether they were now indepen- white silk Gro de Landre bridal
future. On the 1st of Shevat dent farmers or agricultural la- gown, open neckline, long sleeves
appliqued in garlands of import-
5642, a public fast was declared bourers.
In a moment of despair and ed silk Irish lace, dome-shaped,
at Kharkov as in many other
communities of Southern Russia. despondency, redemption came floor-length skirt falling into a
That day a group of Jewish stu- for the Biluim in the person chapel train. The veil was a
dents met to consider the posi- of Yechiel Michael Pines who crown of heirloom orange blos-
tion of Russian Jewry. They rea- became attached to the Biluim soms and silk rose, two-tier Pau
lized that their personal fate and demanded of the Hovevei fingertip veil of white silk illu-
was inextricably bound up with Zion in Russia to settle them on sion.
that of their people and they the land that he was going to
Maid of honor was Brenda
decided that Eretz Israel should acquire. After much effor t
Bresler of Flint. Junior brides-
be their destination. succeeded in purchasing 3,300 maids were Barbara Krass, Beth
The total membership of the dunams of land near the village Gotthelf, Gale Gotthelf and Lin-
"Bilu" exceeded 500 and all of of Qatra and in the same year da Wolok.
them were resolved "to go". the first group of Biluim set-
Dr. Herman Schiff, cousin of
However, there were certain con- tied there. They numbered 11,
ditions. First, a written and with one donkey load of personal the bride, served as best man.
Seating the guests were Lou
signed permit for settlement in effects and implements.
From that time on the history Berman, Larry Stevens ; Dr.
Eretz Israel must be obtained
from the Ottoman authorities. of the Biluim is connected with Jacob Sharp and Neal Schecter.
After a honeymoon in Ber-
Secondly, a company with sub- Gederah, the settlement which
stantial capital should be will celebrate its 80th anniver- muda, Mr. and Mrs. Krass will
reside on Miller Rd., Oak Park.
founded, with the object of pur- sary in another two years.
chasing land and setting up
colonies.
In fact, there was neither a Jewish. Chaplain Shares Memories
permit nor "a company with sub-
stantial capital." Moreover, dis- of Alaska Ditty; Had Many Hats
tressing tidings arrived in Khar-
fare Board enrich our congre-
By Chaplain (1st Lt.)
kov from Constantinople: the
gational life considerably.
Samuel B. Press
Turkish government had decided
Each month I make a trip
Alaska has the largest Jewish
that no Jew was to enter Eretz
"North"
for a week, conducting
congregation
in
the
world—in
Israel.
terms of geography—but it has services at two other bases. In
First Aliyah
an effort to meet all
Thereupon the office of the only one rabbi, the Jewish Air all, I make
military and civilian, in
Bilu movement, whose seat was Force chaplain. If this account Jews,
the area, as well as the officers
transferred to Constantinople, seems to dwell on the first per- and
authorities who are respons-
son
singular,
it
is
because
my
declared that "the timid and
ible
for the welfare of person-
fainthearted should remain in. year of duty in the farthest- nel, plus a large number of
their homes" and that "those North congregation has been a people who for one reason or
who feel strong enough to sacri- challenging and rewarding ex- another want to meet the Jew-
fice themselves for the sake of perience, leaving me with remi- ish chaplain.
their humiliated, oppressed and niscences which I want to share.
How does an Orthodox Jew
As the Jewish chaplain here, get along in such an environ-
despoiled brethren, should pre-
pare for immediate departure." I am primarily responsible for ment?I have found that a Jew
The result of this appeal was the serving all Jewish airmen in can exist comfortably in any
aliyah of the 14th. They did not Alaska, but the uniqueness of area, under any extremes, in
remain alone: they were followed my job requires that I wear any conditions, and can gain re-
by several other groups of Bil- "many hats." It is necessary to spect from those who are in
ium. But it was the first gallant meet the needs of the Army, contact with him. Our Passover
band of 14 that turned a new Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard Seder in Anchorage had 1'70
leaf in the history of the immi- and civilian communities in this military and civilian people pres-
gration to Eretz Israel—the Ali- area, and in many instances
ent from all over the state, and
yah of the Bilium, the "First must provide for non-Jewish as all aspects of the service were
well as Jewish personnel.
Aliyah."
in accordance with our tradi-
The immigration of the Bilium
To be "Chief Rabbi'
such tion.
must, in fact, be regarded as the a territory (two and one-fifth
To get kosher meat in Alas-
first Youth Aliyah, as the first times the size of Texas!) is most ka is a project, and the pack-
Youth movement that inscribed flattering to a very recent grad- ages sent by the National
on its banner the idea of self- uate of a rabbinical school, and Jewish Welfare Board were,
to be a Command Chaplain in as always, important to us.
realisation.
Six weeks after the first group charge of all military Jewish Never do I insist that sacrifi-
of 14, another of seven members, affairs is most impressive to a ces be made to assure ad-
the pick of the Bilu society in first lieutenant.
herence to the tenets of our
Moscow, landed at Jaffa, to be
faith, and yet never do people
In Anchorage, on Elmen-
followed by three more members. dorf Air Force Base, my
want or expect to do other-
They were later joined by oth- "home" station, we have a
wise than adhere.
ers, making a total of about 60 Sunday School of some 60
At the same time, I found
persons. "The timid and faint- children from the base, from that Judaism became more vital
hearted" had indeed remained surrounding posts and from in my own life. Questions of
at home.
the civilian community. There Jewish law arose quite often
Final Goal
is a Sisterhood, a Men's Club for which answers were not
The final goal of the Bilium and now a Couples' Club. easily found, but after the
was "to create a political center There is a well-attended adult search, and after the finding, a
for the Jewish people." After education series. Religious new respect for the dynamic
their arrival in Eretz Israel they and other materials provided flexibility of our heritage was
started practical work, without a by the National Jewish Wel- always the reward.
U.S. Firms to Build Dikes at Dead Sea Works
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A $25,-
000,000 contract for construc-
tion of a dike system at the
Dead Sea Works in Sdom. Is-
rael, was awarded by the Dead
Sea Works, Ltd. to three Ameri-
can firms.
The American companies are
Kaiser Engineers and Construc-
tors of Oakland, California;
Construction Aggregates Corpo-
ration of Chicago; and the
Macco Corporation, Paramount,
California.
Announcement of the con-
tract. signed in Israel, was made
in New York by the Govern-
ment of Israel Investment Au-
thority for North America. The
Authority reported that when
the dike system is completed in
1965, potash production will be
increased from the present an-
nual level of 150,000 tons to
nearly 600,000 tons.
An authority spokesman re-
ported that approximately 98
per cent of the total volume is
intended for export, and will
make Israel one of the world's
principal exporters of this ma-
terial. He also noted that the
foreign exchange to be earned
by this increased export will
reduce Israel's annual trade
deficit by some $20,000,000.
Construction of the dike sys-
tem will be within the frame-
work of an expansion program
financed largely by the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development, the au-
thority said. The dikes will
cover an area four miles wide
by 10 miles long, and enclose
an area of 40 square miles.
As a first step in the project,
the three American contractors
will shortly assemble an $8,-.
000,000 construction plant at the
site, which is located 70 miles
from the shores of the Mediter-
ranean. Although the dike sys-
tem is slated for completion by
May of 1965, various stages of
the project will go into oper-.
a tion before the final comple-
tion date, the Investment Au-
thority said.
Negev Tours by Jeep
Persons interested in explor-
ing parts of the Negev Desert
can now do it by jeep in the
company of six to 12 other ad-
venturers. The community of
Neot Hakikar is used as the
base of operations where visi-
tors are housed in bungalows.
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and his
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80th Anniversary of `Mile' Rosette Grynbal
permit of the Ottoman govern- Ti-eds Allen Ki-tiss
By S. SHECHARYAH
The "Bilu" Movement has ment. In this respect, too, they