Safran Tells of Bet Shean Courage Against Terrorists At a kibutz in the Bet Shean Valley infants blink their eyes in the morning sunlight after spend- ing another night in an under- ground bomb shelter. . * * Hyman Safran, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, who was a member of the "Operation Israel" tour that visited Israel two weeks ago, this week described the area where terrorists have been attacking Israeli communities. In his report, Safran stated: "Israel's Bet Shean Valley, with its graceful date palms and its fertile farmland bordering the gently flowing Jordan River, seems an unlikely setting for death by a terrorist's hand. "At first glance, any of the kibutzim in the Valley could be taken for any farm in the Ohio Valley. A closer look reveals that the tractor drivers are guarded by soldiers in machine gun em- placements, that the children are using the angular concrete en- trance to a bomb shelter as their sliding pond and that the women have rifles slung over their shoul- ders as they fumble with clothes- pins. "This is life-as-usual in a Bet ihean kibutz, and I had the chance o observe it as a member of the _frilled Jewish Appeal's Opera- ion Israel. "The greatest terror all takes lace at night, when children must leep underground in cramped, Luffy shelters and when weary irmers must take turns walking uard duty. "I wondered why it was that not one single family has left the area, as their Arab neighbors across the Jordan River have done. A young mother at Kfar Ruppin made me blush when she told me that her child had asked her the same question. 'The answer is very simple.' she said. 'If we move from here, it would permit the Arabs to Miffed Deputy Premier Yigal Allon Quits Committees, Then Changes Mind JERUSALEM — Deputy Premier Yigal Allan Sunday night with- drew his resignations from four key ministerial committees after two meetings with Premier Levi Eshkol and a cabinet session_ Allon is now expected to be con- sulted more actively on security and policy matters and that he may be given greater responsibil- ity in some aspects of these fields. Allon's resignation had been seen by some observers as bearing out reports of cool relations between him and Eshkol, who raised Allon to the rank of deputy prime minis- ter less than a year ago. Allon felt, they said, that Eshkol did not back him strongly enough when plans or suggestions he put forth were at variance with the views of Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. Gen. Dayan was regarded by many as the most "hawkish" of Israel's ministers of the Labor faction. He was also considered to be Eshkol's most serious rival for the premiership, and the eleva- East Tawas Pioneer Joe Barlonan Honored Joe Barkman, a pioneer in East Tawas civic life, was honored as Citizen of the Year at a banquet last weekend held by the East Tawas Chamber of Commerce. East Tawas is north of Bay City in the Thumb area. Mr. Barkman, whose late father Abraham left Detroit as a young man to settle in East Tawas, owns the Barkman Lumber Mills, found- ed by his father. Few Jews live in East Tawas, but Mr. Barkman manages to ob- serve the dietary laws by having meat sent in. His mill is closed on Saturday, and he attends Sab- bath services in Bay City. A bach- elor, Mr. Barkman's only other Immediate relative is a brother Harris living in East Tawas. Among his many contributions to East Tawas, Mr. Barkman donat- ed property for a community hos- pital. . Greatness of soul consists not so Much in soaring high and in press- ing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself. —Montaigne. tion of Allon was widely regard- ed at the time as a move by the Prime Minister to forestall Gen. Dayan's ambition for the post. Eshkol was believed by some to have taken Allon less and less into his confidence to avoid the appearance that he was personally-selected "heir- apparent." Allon reportedly was angered when he returned from a trip to the United States late this year to find that a ministerial committee had been formed to deal with settlement in the Hebron area without his having been consulted or asked to join. Temples' College of Jewish Studies to Open Next Week launch their attacks that much closer to the cities. We have an important role to play. Besides, this is our home and nothing could make me leave it.' "So, life somehow goes on in the Bet Shean Valley." Karen Yagoda to Wed Ricky Erlich June 19 GREEN-8 Suburban ONLY! SUNDAY 12 TO 5 P.M•- AND SATURDAY 9:30 TO 9! SPORTSWEAR CLEAN-UP Ars M.11. ..,•••••• .7 4 '41/Z= 0 NOW 1/2 OF 1/2 ! ' MISS KAREN YAGODA L Ulf Were $10 to $40 ! NOW keg $25 ° to $10 I? Dinner to Honor Lookstein Feb. 2 Dr. Joseph H. Lookstein, prom- inent New York rabbi who 10 years ago took over the leadership of Bar-Ilan University, an American- chartered institution in Israel, and built it into one of the outstanding universities in the Middle East, will be honored "for a decade of excep- tional achievement" at a convoca- tion dinner in New York, Feb. 2. Joining in the tribute, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria, will be 500 friends of the university, including Chief Justice Earl Warren. The event will be marked by the conferral on Jus- tice Warren of the honorary de- gree of doctor of laws. Albert Parker, New York lawyer a n d philanthro- pist, is chairman S11014:71: blouse was $20 NOW $5 ! crepe culotte was $24 NOW $6.00! CHARGE IT ! Mich. Bankard Security Juliet Board of Regents of the State of New York. It was still a young and struggling institution. when Dr. Lookstein was named its chief executive officer 10 years ago. Since that tme, however, Bar-Ilan's enrollment has grown from 200 to almost 4,200 students from 36 countries. Descended from a family which for 13 generations has had at least one of its members in the rabbin- session. Students may enroll for one or ate, Dr. Lookstein has presided for three classes and will be credited 40 years as spiritual head of Con- accordingly. There is a charge per gregation Kehilath Jeshurun, one of the most influential Orthodox credit hour. Instructors include Dr. Leon Fram and Cantor Arthur Asher, Temple Israel; Rabbi Philip Ber- kowitz, Temple Beth Jacob, Pon- tiac; Rabbi Ernst Conrad, New Temple; Rabbi Robert Benjamin, Temple Beth El, Windsor; and Rabbi David Jessel. 'a C4 The spring semester of the Col- lege of Jewish Studies sponsored under the auspices of the Metro- politan Detroit Federation of Re- form Synagogues, will open 7:50 p.m. Wednesday at Temple of the dinner Emanu-El. The college, now in its second committee. Bar-Ilan U n i - year, offers more than a dozen courses in Jewish history, Bible, versity, located in Ramat Gan, basic Judaism, comparative reli- gion and Hebrew, for the advanced near Tel Aviv, Dr. Lookstein student or for teachers seeking w a s established American communal certification to teach in schools in 1955 by leaders, and is chartered by the associated with the Federation. Certificates are earned on the basis of secular and religious education, as well as teaching experience. All classes taught at the college will be credited to- ward certification. According to James Levbarg of Temple Beth El, registrar of the college, registration will begin 7:30 p.m. the opening night. There are three periods in the 15-week ;ale" ----------------------------- 4 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Yagoda of Kipling Ave., Oak Park, announce the engagement of their daughter Karen to Ricky Martin Erlich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hymie Erlich of Greenview Ave. The bride-elect is a graduate of the Michigan State University col- lege of education, where she was affiliated with Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority. Her fiance attends Lawr- ence Institute of Technology. He received the Bronze Star in Viet- nam. A June 19 wedding is planned. Friday, January 31, 1969-33 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS congregations in the nation, Long prominent as a Zionist leader, he is chairman of the World Council on Jewish Education, and earlier this month was a keynote speaker at a world conference of Jewish leaders summoned by Is- rael's Prime Minister Levi •Eshkol. GREEN-8 ONLY SUNDAY 12 TO 5 P.M.! AND ' SATURDAY 9:30 TO 9!