Nahal— Israel's Pioneer Fighting Youth
Friday, June 9, 1967-31
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Choice
Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon, Tan-
By VIVIAN JACOBSON
cent of Israeli youth in the 10-18 published by the Jewish Agency's
There's a small choice in rotten
Nahal, an abbreviation of the age groups, are enrolled in 11 Youth and Hehalutz Department. zania, Malawi, Uganda, Niger and
three Hebrew words "Noar Halutzi different youth movements in the It has been written by Gidon Senegal, most of which have also apples.— Shakespeare.
Lohem" (Pioneer Fighting Youth), country, thought many more young Levitas, a young sociologist from sent trainees to participate in
is a volunteer corps within the people are affiliated to other South Africa, who joined an Israeli Nahal-type youth leadership
Israeli army to which young men youth organizations and clubs. nucleus of prospective settlers courses in Israel. Such courses
have also been attended by of-
and women in Israel are recruited
Since 1950 Nahal groups have about to enlist in Nahal soon after
ficers from the South American
on reaching the age of 18. Mem-
trained in scores of kibutzim, arriving in the country at the age
countries of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
bers of this corps engage in both
supplementing over 60 of them. of 18, in 1954.
and Venezuela. Israeli Nahal lead-
regular military training and in
Nahal has founded 34 new set-
His group was sent to Kibutz ers have helped set up a youth
agricultural work in villages along
tlements along the borders,
Gonen, an outpost on the border training farm in Bolivia and plan
Israel's borders.
which over the years have be-
with Syria, first for a month's another in Ecuador.
Beginning as military outposts
come full-fledged kibutzim or
work camp before being drafted
in desolate and often troubled
moshavim and rebuilt ten settle-
into the army.
border regions, these nuclei grow
Viewers of the Royal Ballet of
meats -Which were damaged or
For the Ultimate in
In 1955 after completing his
slowly and gradually into coopera-
evacuated during the War of basic military training he went Britain (formerly Sadler's Wells)
Fine Photography
tive and collective villages, mo-
Independence. Another eight back to Gonen for the statutory will see the full-length "The Sleep-
There Can Be No
shavim and kibutzim, which are
Nahal outposts, not yet turned nine months' agricultural training ing Beauty" when that company'.
later joined by civilian settlers.
Compromise With Detail
over to civilian groups, are period and subsequently was comes to the Masonic Auditorium
Thus Nahal serves both as a
for
four
performances
June
17,
still manned by Nahal soldiers posted into a service without pay-
source of additional manpower
under a rotation system. The ment unit to reinforce the settle- 18 and 20. The ballet, "Paradise
It is the extra "Little
for older settlements and a
youngest Nahal outposts were ment. Following discharge from Lost," will be danced Saturday at
Things" we give which
driving force behind the estab-
established at Hatsera in the the army he was accepted as a 8:20 p.m., as will two other pro-
ductions, "Les Sylphides" and "The
lishment of new ones.
are so much appreciated.
Araba desert along the Sdom- member of the kibutz in which he
In most cases, the decision to
Eilat highway in December, lived until 1963. At present he is Dream."
join Nahal is the natural outcome
1965, and Izur Nathan along the engaged in studying the problems
of education in Israel's youth
frontier with Jordan in June, involved in fostering national
He that increaseth knowledge,
movements. About 200,000 young-
1966.
service ideals among the youth in increaseth sorrow.
sters, representing some 40 per-
A study on Nahal has been Israel (and in other countries) as
—Ecclesiastes 1.18
a member of a sociological re-
search team headed by Prof. Jo- -
PRESENTS
seph Eaton of the School of Social
studio of photography
Work and the Department of
Sociology of Pittsburgh University.
19492 Livernois Avenue
(The Women's Auxiliary of
the Jewish National Fund has
UN 2-0660
as its project the building of
UN 2-0200
roads, afforestation and reclama-
tion activities in Gonen for the
BIG BAND OR SMALL COMBOS
coming year).
The 80-page booklet reviews the
UN 3-8982 UN 3-5730
history of the establishment of
Nahal, its objectives and develop-
ment, the ties between Israel's
THE WHOLE TOWN'S BUZZING . . .
youth organizations and the Nahal
Corps and the ways and means
About the Unique and Original Flower
of establishing Nahal nuclei. It
Designs by Ceil and Ben Stocker for
describes at length the contribu-1
tions made by Nahal to the !
Those Very Special Occasions !
strengthening and defense of the
settlements along the frontiers
Come in and Let- us Show YOU Why ! !
with Egypt, Syria, Jordan and the
Lebanon.
In recent years Nahal has served
as a model for many newly-inde-
MISS ANITA FELDMAN
MISS LAUREN SCIIWARTZ
Party Flower Specialists
pendent states in Africa and Asia
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Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Feldman as well as countries in South
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Mr. and Mrs. Saul Schwartz of
America which are desirous of
Pinehurst Ave. announce the en- of Ohio Ave. announce the engage- setting up Nahal-type organiza-
ment of their daughter Anita Lynn
gagement of their daughter Lauren to Alan Jay Hayman, son of Mr. tions in their own countries and
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Pamela to Peter Alan Sugarman, and Mrs. Louis Ilayman of W. have requested Israel to send in-
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structors under technical assist-
son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Sugar- Outer Dr.
ance programs and in some
man of Concord Dr., Southfield.
Miss Feldman is a graduate of cases have also sent trainees to
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Miss • Schwartz is a student at the University of Michigan. Mr. Israel. The first such program
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the Society of Arts and Crafts. Hayman is a graduate of the Uni- was carried out in Burma which.
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of
Detroit's
law
school.
Her fiance is a student of journal-
like Israel. has a long and sparsely
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A September wedding is planned. populated frontier. Later aid
ism at Wayne State University.
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coesideace
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agreements were signed with
rii9;1 Thailand, Ceylon and the Philip-
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pines and today Nahal officers and
advisory missions serve such
African nations as the Central
African Republic, Togo, Dahomey,
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Peter Sugarman to Take Feldman-Hayman Rites
Bride,Lau ren Schwa riz Planned for September
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In the meantime the paper industry
began to develop In Israel and they
searched for raw material. Someone
suggested to try the eucalyptus tree.
The eucalyptus tree? Why, even in
Australia, Its native land, they do not
succeed in producing paper from ft!
Nevertheless, they tried. Several eu-
calyptus trees, which were chosen from
all regions of the country, were sent
to Australia for testing. And 10, it
transpired (became clear) that the tree
had changed its character! In the Land
of Israel the eucalyptus acquired new
characteristics and it is suitable also
for the manufacture of paper.
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