14—Friday, December 9, 1966
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Jews of Djerba. Are Commemorated on Postage Stamp
when Tunisia declared its inde-
By IRVING GIBER
pendence. When President Bour-
Society of Israel Philatelists
guiba visited the island, he was
Detroit•Oak Park Chapter
escorted to the "Grand Syna-
The recent visit of President
gogue of La Ghariba," the larg-
Bourguiba of Tunis to the island of
est synagogue in the two cities
Djerba (The Jewish News, Dec.. 2)
of Hara Kbir and Hara Ghibra,
was not the first honor bestowed
also one of the largest syna-
by Tunis on this predominantly
gogues remaining to the Sephar-
Jewish community. During the
dim.
'50s. a series of postage stamps
Although Tunis permits free emi-
was issued by the Tunisian gov-
ernment. and one of the stamps gration. the continual outflow of its
depicted three Jewish women of citizens has been a cause of con-
Djerba alongside a fishmonger's cern to the government. The open
hand of friendship of President
stand.
This, uncommon interest in Djer- Bourguiba is an attempt to stem
ba had its beginnings during World the flow of its citizens who have
War II. when large numbers of persisted on this island despite the
.Jewish -soldiers attached to the conquests of the Phoenicians, the
British Eighth Army visited the Romans. the Arabs, the Barbary
island and convinced the younger pirates. the Italians. the French.
generation that the future lay in the British and the Germans. It is
the call of Israel that has set off
the coming state of Israel.
the emigration of the Jews of
During 1948 - 49, approximately
Djerba.
half the Jews of Djerba emi-
grated to Israel. The departure
of Jews could not be halted even
Arad Expands, Acquires
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building materials firms in Israel
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Hebrew Corner
Chern illovsky
Shaul Chernihovsky was born in (the
ear) 1895 in a village on the Crimean ,
Peninsula. Ile began to learn Russian
at the age of five; Hebrew, at seven. ,
He did not go to a "'leder. - Instead of
learning pages of the Talmud. he learn-
ed the stories of the Bible.
While studying in Odessa. he became
acquainted with a Greek girl. He read •
Greek literature and wrote poetry in the
classical style. He read a great deal of •
classical literature and began to trans-
late it into Hebrew.
Ile was not admitted to a university
in Russia because he was a Jew. and
therefore went to Germany to study
medicine. Ile practiced as a physician
and during the First World War served
in the Russian Army. In his free time.
the physician became a man of letters.
He translated the Iliad and the Odyssey
from Greek into Hebrew. and he trans-
lated the epic Kalevala from Finnish
onto Hebrew.
•h•rnihovsky immigrated to this coun-
try in (the year) 1931. He continued to
lead a double life in this country, the
life of a physician and that of a poet- ,
translator. Ile uorked as a physician in i
the schools of Tel Aviv, and at the
same time composed and translated
poetry. Ile passed away during Sukkot
(Pentecost). 5704 ( VW).
Chernihovsky. who was a handsome
man, wrote about beauty, love, and
nature. He called upon the Jews to find
a bridge to European culture. Ile ad-
mired historic events of the past. Many
young people were therefore drawn
to him. Rut he also had many opponents.
who called him the "young Greek."
•hernihovsky introduced European
forms into Hebrew poetry (the sonnet.
ballad. and idyl). His translations from
ancient literature (he also translated the
(.ilgamesh Epic and Oedipus the King)
served to link the Hebrew reader with
European culture.
Published by Brit Ivrit Olamit with
the asistance of the Memorial Founda-
tion for Jewish Culture.
Material in the vowelized. easy He-
brew can he obtained by writing to
Brit I•rit Olarnit. P.O. Box 7111. RI- 11-
,1cm. Israel.
Gahal Missions to U.S.
NEW YORK — The executive
committee of the Zionists ReviiNion-
ists of America made known that
a Gahal (Moroi-Liberal bloc)
delegation is coming to the United
States for t he purpose of pro-
•laiming and organizing a fund-
raising campai:,n on behalf of their
institutions in Israel. The delega-
tion will consist of the deputy
speaker of the Knesset. Arye
Ben Eliczer: Joseph Scrlin. and
members of the Je
It Agency
Executive, Joseph Klarmar, and
Chaim Levanon.
nearly 83.000,000. was announced
by "Arad" Quarries and Roads
Ltd. of Tel Aviv, which is mainly
owned' by some 800 American,
CanadiA,.and other Western Hemi-
sphere stockholders. The acquisi-
tion was made for Arad stock.
The two companies are Bar-
zeverin Corporation Ltd. and Gev-
ras Gypsum Products Ltd.. both
of Haifa.
Barzeverin, founded 17 years ago
by A. Zeverin. an American en-
gineer who settled in Israel, is
a fabricator of steel bars used in
concrete construction in Israel.
Gevras, the country's largest
producer of gypsum materials, is
the only firm in Israel making
gypsum blocks for wall construc-
tion. acoustical and ribbed ceil-
ings and supplies gypsum for
plaster.
The immigrants in Israel, from
Djerba, claim descendancy to the
exiles from the time of Nebuchad-
nezzar.
_ —
IF YOU TURN THE
UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T
FIND A FIND WINE THAN
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Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich.
Joseph F. Hirsch
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Dr. S. Dagoni, in his research
for the Haifa Philatelic Judaica
Society, has traced the inhabitants
of Djerba from the time of the
expulsion of the Jews from Judea
by Titus and the expulsion from
Cyrenaica by Trajan, both Roman
emperors, to the present.
C.L.U.
Man of the Month
IT IS A PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT
JOSEPH F. HIRSCH, C.L.U.
IIAS received the man-of-the-month award as the most outstand-
ing Representative of our Detroit-Gold agency for the month of
November.
The award is in recognition of his excellent service to his policy-
holders and our Agency during the month of November.
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