34—Friday, July 29, 1966
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Kibbutz
Country Corners Draws 'New Breed'
COUNTRY
The boom in suburban-type apart-
ment living continues at a high-
peak, according to Lee D. Stein,
vice president in charge of man-
agement at Schostak Brothers and
Co. realtors.
Stein bases his statement on the
high ratio of renters among those
Status of Hebrew
Tongue Traced to
Colonial America
—
On the Mayflower, as it sailed
across the Atlantic almost 350
years ago with its shipload of Pur-
itans, there was a little known
meeting at which the subject of
discussion was the choice of an
official language for the settle-
ment that was to be made at the
unknown American port that was
later to be named Plymouth. One
of the serious possibilities was
Hebrew.
-This story was told by Lloyd
Haberly, president of the Poetry
Society of America at a meeting
of some 150 poets and classical
scholars, under joint auspices of
the Poetry Society of America and
the Department of Education and
Culture of the Jewish Agency for
Israel, at the New York Genealog-
ical and Biographical Society on
New York's East 58th Street. De-
claring that many of the May-
flower group voiced a desire to
make Hebrew the official lang-
uage of the new world settlements,
Haberly said: "We don't apprec-
iate how closely we came to be
talking in Hebrew. But Governor
Bradford of the Massachusetts
Colony- taught himself the langu-
age nevertheless, in order to have
"access to the fountain of the
spirit."
Paralleling the thesis advanced
by the noted historian, Lecky, that
"Hebrew mortar cemented the
foundations of American demo-
cracy," President Haberly opened
the meeting saying: "As Thebes
rose, the monks stopped preach-
ing and teaching to chant the He-
brew psalms. And when that world
moved to our own, the psalms
were once again the key to the
whole spiritual transformation of
time and place."
Other speakers at this unique
program devoted to the Hebrew
language were Dr. Samuel Blu-
menfield, director of the depart-
ment of education and culture of
the Jewish Agency for Israel; Dr.
Robert Alter, professor of liter-
ature at Columbia University, a
distinguished Hebraist; and Gab-
riel Preil, foremost Hebrew poet
in the United States.
Dr. Blumenfield said "Hebrew
is the key to a classic literature
which records the intimate ex-
perience and memories of an anci-
ent people." He called it a mir-
acle, indeed, that a land like
Israel, with 80 different tongues,
could settle upon Hebrew even in
vernacular versions.
CORNERS
who have been through the model
at the new Country Corners, 139-
unit apartment building on South-
field, south of 13 Mile.
Stein said that, since the grand
opening of the project five weeks
ago, rentals have averaged two per
day.
Country Corner apartments cater
to the new breed of apartment
dwellers—people who want the con-
veniences of the maintenance-free
life without losing the feeling o.e.
living in a spacious private home.
The size of the rooms (up to
32-foot living rooms and 8 feet
by 6 feet storage areas) and
sound conditioning between
floors enhances this feeling of
privacy, as does the wrapping of
plumbing pipes to control plumb-
ing sounds. In addition, there are
individually controlled central
air conditioning, insulated glass,
a master television antenna sys-
tem and telephone outlets in
every wall plug.
Kitchen appliances include stove,
oven and dishwasher. The tenant
may choose paint colors, as well as
carpeting for their living section
of the apartment.
A private swimming pool, sun
patio and community house are
in the center court. Every apart-
ment has its own. balcony. Near
private and public golf courses,
Country Corners is also close to
schools, shopping centers and the
Cranbrook Academy of Art. A pub-
lic bus transports between North
land and Birmingham.
A 1,400-square-foot unit with
two bedrooms and two baths
rents for $240. One- and three-
bedroom units are also available.
Carports are furnished with the
three-bedroom units and are
available at $10 per month to
others.
By SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright, 1966; JTA, Inc.)
The expression "Kibbutz" stems
from a root meaning "to collect"
or "to gather." In modern Jewish
history this term came to be the
name of a type of collective farm-
ing settlement unique to the land
of Israel. The members of this
collective settlement completely
pool their efforts and earnings.
There is basically no private prop-
erty. Everything but a few per-
sonal belongings are owned in
common. The individual works for
the group at a task assigned by
the works committee and the group
takes care of his every need. The
individual gets no separate pay as
such for his work. All the mem-
bers of the kibbutz share alike.
The women work along with the
men and the children, from in-
fancy, live, eat and sleep with their
own age groups, the parents spend-
ing time with them only after work
and on the Sabbath. Lately, some
kibbutzim have gone over to the
use of married quarters where the
children sleep at night with their
parents. The first kibbutz, De-
gania, was established in 1909.
Two prime factors brought this
type of settlement about. There
was a tough challenge to the new
settlers of that time because the
land had been neglected and only
a pooled common effort and collec-
tive spirit enabled them to push
on to work—not only for sub-
sistence—but for a great ideal.
Secondly, this group of settlers
coming from Russia and Poland
brought with them the Tolstoyan
ideals of self-labor and equal
sharing as a reaction from the
exploited peasants of the Czarist I
period. It was this ideal of "col-
lectivism" which went a long way
in organizing the early settlers, of
the new Aliyah to Israel.
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Foreign
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visas. Previous bids have been re-
jected.
Israel long ago abolished visas
for British tourists visiting Israel
but formalities for Israelis visiting
Britain are particularly cumber-
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to obtain abolition of visa require-
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particularly Switzerland,
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