10—Friday, February 23, 1968
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Weisgal Forsees Rehovot Institute as a Full University
Dramatic Story of Elie Cohn,
Israel Spy Hanged by Syrians
REHOVOT — The gradual de- Institute of Science in particular, also accepted the resignation of
velopment of the Weizmann Insti- will sure lead us—as they have led Prof. Joseph H. Jaffe, who is leav-
tute into a full-fledged university other great research institutes ing the institute after 20 years to
was forecast Sunday by its pres- elsewhere — into that academic devote himself to Rehovot Instru-
Israel's triumph in the Six-Day
codes, his operation of tiny ident, Meyer W. Weisgal, speaking grove where university of living ments Ltd., a new science-based
War was the result not only of mil-
cameras and recorders and a at a degree-awarding ceremony of meets the spirit of free man and industry.
itary skill but also of the efforts
secret transmitter — these are the institute's Feinberg Graduate where integrity of knowledge be-
of the intelligence units, and im-
tails that make the Ben-Haran School, now marking its 10th an- comes one with the forward surge
niversary. of human endeavor."
portant in the labors of the latter
book dramatic reading.
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was the spy system.
Elie Cohn learned the Koran, I
The main address at the gather-
Chief among the spies was Elie posed as a religious but not too ing, at which 69 PhD and 34 MSc
A new technique for the opti-
Cohn. He posed in Syria under the religious, in order to accomplish degrees were awarded to Feinberg
cal readout of information stored
name of Kamel Amin Tabet, as a his purpose.
School graduates, was made by
on magnetic tapes, recently de-
rich bachelor. He befriended Syr-
veloped at Ampex Corp. by Prof.
He was sent to Buenos Aires in Israel's foreign minister, Abba
ian government officials. He had 1951 and began posing—as having Eban.
David Treves of the Weizmann
63 accomplices, including 17 wom- been born in Beirut to Syrian par-
Institute of Science and Philip
Weisgal, who chaired the cere-
en.
Smaller of Memorex Corp., may
ents. He made friends in the Mos- mony, declared that the graduate
He was caught and executed in lem colony and acted lavishly in school's teaching program must be result in improvements in tele-
February of 1965 and all efforts to the role of a rich young bachelor. broadened, made more universal,
vision recordings and increase
secure a stay of sentence from He became acquainted with an edi- not confined only to the natural or
the capacity of computer mem-
hanging failed. There were inter- tor who introduced him- to the the exact sciences. "Science," he
ories.
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cessions or him in Detroit by then military attache at the Syrian continued, "however urgent and
Feb. 1 - Feb. 29
friendly Lebanese and by the Embassy, General Amin el-Hafez. important, does not suffice to
An agreement for the exchange
Council of Churches, but all to no The friendship that sprang up be- make a complete person .. . Per- of researchers between the Weiz-
avail.
tween Elie and the general was to haps some of you will accuse me mann Institute and the Interna-
The Elie Cohn story is told in an come in handy later, when Hafez of hinting at the inevitable tional Center for Theoretical Phys-
interesting book, now available in was president of the Syrian Ba'ath creation of yet another university. ics of Trieste, of the International
My answer to this charge is: Let Atomic Energy Agency, was ap-
translations from the Hebrew in regime.
the chips fall where they may. proved last week by the institute's
English, French, Irish, Romanian
By the time Elie "returned" to Whether it takes five years, or 10
executive council, meeting in Re-
and German, published by A.D.M. Syria he already knew many peo-
Publishing House, P.O. Box 2811, ple worth knowing and, once set- years, or even 25 years, the pace hovot.
TREES PLANTED
Tel Aviv. Under the title "Elie tled in his luxurious flat opposite of development and the imperative
The institute's executive council
85,000,000
5,000,000
Cohn, Our Man in Damascus," the military headquarters in Damas- of progress in this country in gen-
LAND RECLAIMED
author, E. Ben-Hanan, gives all cus, he got to know the rest, was eral, as well as at the Weizmann
600,000
details of Cohn's travels, his lav- told military secrets, found out
45,000
ish parties as a millionaire, hand- about behind-the-scenes political
ROADS BUILT BY J.N.F.
Would-Be Eye Donor
some host to the Syrian officials, maneuvers, toured the border en-
(Kilometers)
the manner in which he sent in- campments on the Syrian (now to Be Near Hero, Dayan
2,500
300
says:
formation on to Israel.
J.N.F. LAND HOLDINGS
, Golan) Heights and for about two
will sell you a new di%
PARIS (ZINS) — Isidore Rosen-
It is a story also of his family, years he transmitted the informs- baum, who offered his eye to
(Dunams)
CHRYSLER, PLYM- w
his wife, son and two daughters, tion faithfully every day to head- Moshe Dayan during the June War,
4,200,000
O UTH, VALIANT or III 942,000
and their sacrifices. quarters in Tel-Aviv. He continued is completing arrangements to
AREA
AFFORESTED
I MPERIAL for less
The manner in which the Is- ' to provide Israel with information take his family to Israel, accord- mg•money than any dealer:
(Dunams)
raeli spy laid the groundwork until he was caught, put on trial, ing to the Isr a eli Embassy in
325,000
22,000
Min or out of the city.
for his activities, his study of sentenced and hanged.
Paris.
RURAL SETTLEMENTS
O T R M TODAY!"
A resident of Paris for many
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vertisements in the American pa-lIsraeli, he speaks Hebrew and as officials in Paris of his readiness
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Snow, to be sure, occasionally ! Florida's development is also of on Monday.
comes to Jerusalem too, but the a recent date. The first thing the
snows of Mt. Hermon, famous in authorities realized there, was the
Bible days, can be more counted importance of a good slogan. At
upon, and the Israel papers tell that time the Republicans had
us of skiing parties. elected Coolidge with the slogan,
"
Most of us prefer to follow the "Keep
Cool with Coolidge," so the
Florida people decided to take
sun during the winter, but there the opposite angle. They adver-
are those hardier souls who pre- tized Florida as the Land of Sun-
the ice. Israel should now be shine. Even Moses in Bible days
able to offer attractions to both. realized the importance of a sla
able
Maybe they can get the Habima gan. He promised the Israelites to
people also to put on a kind of take them to "A Land of Milk and
Jackie Ben Gleason type of variety Honey." "We can get ice cream
show like "Miami" on television. there," the Israelites said, so they
This should give an enormous spur went along.
to the Israeli tourist business.
In Florida, they figured, gel
Gleason's opening line, "How the tourists first and the Halutzim
sweet it is," comes from the will come of themselves.
Psalms, but Gleason only uses the ft
One can never be sure what
first half. In the Psalms, it is will ultimately build up a state.
written: "How sweet it is for breth- Take the first American colony,
ren to dwell together in unity." I Jamestown. It was languishing,
Florida and Israel have much I its pioneer settlers complaining,
in common. Both have oranges
until a plain fellow, John Rolfe,
and bananas, but Florida has more
came in one day on a ship. He
Republicans. Florida even had a noticed that the people of James-
town name Sde Boker, the name
town all seemed to be going
of the kibutz in which Ben-Gurion
around with shovels. Everybody
lives.
was looking for gold. You won't
Sdeh Boker means Cowboy's
get any gold that way, said Rolfe.
Field. That was the name of
What you need to do is plant to-
Jacksonville in the beginning.
bacco.
Andrew Jackson took Florida
The Indians also had a habit
from the Spanish, and the peo-
of shooting arrows at the whites.
ple in appreciation named it
We should get the United Nations
Jacksonville.
to intervene, some said. Well,
Jackson was very much like the Rolfe said, I think if we had peace
Israeli leaders, Rabin, Dayan or for seven years to plant tobacco,
Eshkol. According to a story in the everything would turn out well. So
New York Times, Eshkol was born he married the Indian chief's
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