'Between You
. . and Me'
IN GAZA: The sign hanging over the entrance to the largest hotel
in Gaza stll reads in Arabic and in English "Hotel Nasser" ... However,
over the sign flutters a large Israeli flag ... Here are the headquarters
of the Israeli administration for the Gaza area From here an eye is
being kept on the civilian Arab population of 100,000 which is not
exactly friendly to Israel, although it shows no sign of hostility now .. •
Israeli soldiers can be seen all over the city with small-size rifles
swinging over their shoulders . . . they cannot afford to leave anything
to chance; they must be always alert to the possibility of snipers or acts
of sabotage by local Arab terrorists. The atmosphere in the city
becomes relaxed when you reach the business center . . . Never have
the Arab merchants in Gaza done so much business as they do now
under Israel . . Thousands and thousands of Israelis and foreign
tourists come here every day from Israel, and each of them leaves some
money at the stalls, buying souvenirs or products of local industry, or
merchandise like rugs and silk articles . . . The storekeepers sit in
front of their open stores which are full of all kinds of goods—silk,
textile, foodstuffs, shoes, watches—and muse whether Israel is here to
stay ... They are not certain of the future status of the city and they,
therefore, follow the policy of "business is business" by hanging out
signs in Hebrew side by side with their signs in Arabic ... Many of the
Arab women can be seen walking in the streets with their faces tradi-
tionally veiled . . . Some of the men consider it fashionable to be seen
in the street in pajamas, but the majority of the population wears the
usual Arab garb, demonstrating silently that they are first and fore-
most Arabs . . . Seven months after the historic Six-Day War you can
still see remnants of crippled or demolished Soviet tanks over the
fields in the Gaza area . . . On the road to Gaza, passing an Israeli
military parking lot, you can also see hundreds of huge Soviet tanks
captured from the Egyptians before they had a chance to even fire
their first shot . .. The painted inscriptions in Russian language on
their bodies give you clearly the name of the Soviet factories where
these tanks were produced ... On the road to Gaza you see new Soviet
military trucks abandoned by the Egyptians . . . These are being used
by Israel military units for their daily transportation needs .. .
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IN HEBRON: Hebron, which is only about 20 miles from Israel, is
one of the holy cities for Jews . . . It is the place of the Mearat Ham-
achpelah—the cave where Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca,
and Jacob and Leah are buried ... It is only 20 minutes by car from
Bethlehem, where the tomb of Mother Rachel is situated . . . When
Israeli authorities speak of not withdrawing from the Jerusalem area,
they include Hebron and Bathlehem in this area . . . Hebron Arabs are
known for their fierce hatred of Jews . . .They massacred local yeshiva
students years before the establishment of Israel . . . Today Hebron is
still a city which harbors Arab terrorists, as can be seen from the many
buildings pocked with holes by machine-guns and rifles ... These holes
are indicative of the fights which local Arabs put up from their houses
after Israeli soldiers entered the city during the Six-Day War . . . The
Israelis were fired at from numerous roofs and windows . . . This is
why in Hebron you see today many houses over which white flags—
primitively made from torn white shirts or from a piece of linen—are
still flying, months after the war is over . . . The inhabitants of these
houses are anxious to show that they are "neutral" to the Israeli
administration in the city, and are not harboring any Arab underground
terrorists . . . The city has large stores, all doing good business now,
because of the thousands of Israelis and Jewish tourists from abroad
who come to Hebron daily to visit the Mearat Hamachpelah . . . To the
huge square in front of this holy place, buses and trucks come from
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other sections of Israel, all packed with
passengers eager to enter the tombs of the Patriarches ... The
are no smaller and no less colorful than those you see in front crowds
the
Wailing Wall in Jerusalem . . . Ultra-Orthodox Jews in their of long
robes rub shoulders with American women in light dresses, and Yemen-
ite Jews mix with short-sleeved men and women from kibutzim . . .
American tourists are taking pictures with their cameras of friends
posing in front of a camel at the Mearat Hamachpelah . . . Israeli
soldiers on leave, who have never been to the Mearat Hamachpelah but
know about it from the Bible, or from the history they learned in their
schools as boys, are also in the crowd . . . In the midst of this huge
mass of people,Arab children push their way, peddling colorful baloons,
matches, local postcards, trying to sell them to the visitors . . . Up on
the hill, at the entrance to the tombs of the Patriarchs, the visitors
stand for long hours in lines and wait for their turn to ascend into
the shrine . . . Shopping in stores on the narrow streets near the
Mearat Hamachpelah are American tourists, mostly women, seeking to
buy souvenirs or locally-blown glass articles for which Hebron is noted
. . . The streets are well guarded by local Arab poice but one can see
in the crowds also Israeli military police . . . Will the Israelis remain
here, or will they eventually withdraw from here? . . This is the
question one can read on the faces of the richer Arab merchants
lingering leisurely in the shadow of the front doors of their stores,
while the bargaining with customers goes on inside ...They have never
had so many customers when Hebron was part of Jordan and they don't
remember the time when they have done so much business . . The
signs in Hebrew over their stores testify to the fact that they — like
the Arab merchants in Gaza—believe that Israel is here to stay.
MISS SUSAN SCHWARTZ
Mrs. Earl Schwartz of Balfour
Dr., Oak Park, announces the en-
gagement of her daughter Susan
Toby to Sydney Gartenberg, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gartenberg
of Brooklyn. Miss Schwartz is the
daughter of the late E a r 1
Schwartz.
The bride-elect, a graduate of
Wayne State University, with a
bachelor of science degree in spec-
ial education, also attended UCLA.
Mr. Gartenberg is a graduate of
the City College of New York.
An April wedding is planned.
Agency to Aid Adoption
by One-Child Families
MONTREAL (JTA)—The Jewish
Child Welfare Bureau - Baron de
Hirsch Institute of Montreal has be-
gun to accept adoption applications
from parents who have only one
child and who cannot expect to
have another child by natural
means. Previously, applications
were accepted only from childless
couples.
Edward I. Roll, president of the
bureau, said the change was made
because in recent years, "the num-
ber of children available for adop-
tion has begun to balance the num-
ber of childless resident couples
who were waiting for them."
Roll said that while the bureau
has limitations on the maximum
age of childless couples for a first
adoptive child, consideration
would be given to parents who
may be over 35 when applying for
a second child.
Other conditions are that the
health of the couple and of the
family must be good enough to as-
sure a secure future for th adoptive
child.
Financial stability, length of
marriage and waiting period and a
required study process are other
conditions which applicants must
meet, he said.
Part of the evaluation is to de-
termine the ability of the single-
child family to adapt to, and to
absorb in a healthy way, another
brother or sister.
Business
Brevities
HAROLD B. GREENBLATT,
CLU, agency manager for Ameri-
can Life Insurance, received the
company's 1967 "Agencies in Ac-
and his wife received a reward
trip to the Ocean Reef resort at
Key Largo, Fla. Greenblatt's
agency offices are at 17515 W.
Eight Mile.
Carelessness does more harm
than a want of knowledge.
—Benjamin Franklin
GROSS REALTY CO.
.imesignaireaentm
Zionist Revisionists
Set Hanuka Festival
I
tion" award from Dibl H. Lucus,
vice president and director of
agencies. Greenblatt was honored
for his agency manpower develop-
ment during American United
A sign "Welcome to Bethlehem," in English, Life's nationwide campaign. He
IN BETHLEHEM:
tells you that you are now entering the ancient city where the Tomb of
Rachel has been standing since biblical days . . . The city is the
birthplace of Jesus . . . Near the Church of Nativity you can see now
a coffee-house with a Hebrew sign over it, and near Rachel's Tomb you
see another Hebrew sign on a coffee-house reading "Cafe Rachel" .. .
You can also see a sign "Kosher Restaurant" in front of one of the
near-by houses . . . Arab policemen keep order in the streets, and the
atmosphere in the city is very normal . . . More Christian pilgrims are
now seen in the city than ever under the Jordanian regime.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
The Zionist Revisionists of De-
troit will sponsor a Hanuka Dance
Festival 9 p.m. Saturday at Oak-
Woods Young Israel Center.
Music will be supplied by Eric
Rosenow and his Continentals.
Supper will be served, and there
will be a floor show. Proceeds will
go to Israel's National Sick Fund.
For reservations, call Steve Goldin,
LI 7-3606, or Simon Ciek, TR 3-
5757.
(Copyright 1967, JTA Inc.)
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26—Friday, December 15, 1967
Susan Toby Schwartz
Engaged toNew Yorker
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Brevities
Concert pianist ARTHUR RU-
BINSTEIN, who comes to the
Masonic Auditorium 8:20 p.m.,
Jan. 13 displayed musical talent
at age 3. Two years later, Arthur
gave a concert for charity in
Warsaw and at eight studied in
that city with Prof. Rozycki. In
a few months, however, he had
absorbed all that teacher could
provide. By the time he was 15,
young Rubinstein had spread his
talents to encompass most of Ger-
many and Poland. Rubinstein first
came to America in 1906. Tickets
are available at the Masonic Audi-
torium ticket office as well as
Grinnell's downtown and all J. L.
Perfection Lodge, F&AM, in
ceremonies at the Masonic Temple
Wednesday, saw Herman L. Raz-
n i c k installed as worshipful Hudson ticket centers.
master. Dr. Jack
Jackman, past
master, was in-
stalling officer
and his ORCHESTRA
and was assisted
"Music at Its Best
by many of the,
for Your Guests"
past masters. In-
ducted with Raz-
nick were war-
dens Daniel Na-
tow and Arthur
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David Colman, treasurer and sec-
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Serving as stewards for 1968 will
be Saul Efrusy, Max Gittelman,
Murray Jackman, Samuel Jarmel,
Louis Levine and Merwyn Solomon.
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