Tourism Better T han Oil in Israel
The Six-Day War has changed I
more than the boundaries of Israel.
It has doubled the flow of tourists
to Israel. Before the war, the tour-
ists aggregated around 250,000 an-
nually. Since then, it has been close j
to the half million mark and 1969
will likely see it go higher.
Israel hasn't got the rich stores
of underground oil with which some
of her Arab neighbors are blessed.
Her oil is above ground — in her
people and land. Tourism has be-
come Israel's greatest dollar earn-
er. The country received close to
$100,000,000 in income the past
year from tourists. Tourism now
surpasses the citrus fruits for
earning the much needed dollar.
Many of the visitors to Israel now
are attracted by the possibility of
seeing the unified city of Jerusa-
lem and the Temple Wall. The
Temple Wall is a great attraction.
Long before the Zionist days, Jews
of the world could see the Temple
Wall yet not very many went. The
Six-Day War brought to the con-
sciousness of the world the image
of a revived Jewish nation and it
is this which is the supreme at-
traction.
Is there a Jew who does not want
to see Israel? Some years back,
Jews arriving in Jerusalem, seeing
all the rocks lying about, would
ask, "where do all these rocks
come from?"
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By
DAVID SCIIWARTZ
(Copyright 1969, JTA, Inc.)
Surprise Choice Named for Hebrew U. Rector
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prof.
The answer then was every time to distribute an issue of $20,000,000 Jacob Katz, who teaches social and
guaranteeing
7
per
of
its
shares,
educational history and leans to-
a Jew arrived in Jerusalem, "a
ward Orthodoxy, was elected rec-
shtein falt arup foon hartzen" (a cent interest.
stone dropped from his heart —
The potentialities of Israel tour- tor of the Hebrew University by
his heart was lightened) and the ism have probably been only the University Senate.
stone accumulated.
scratched. El Al officials predict
His election was a surprise.
Israel as the land of the Bible a tripling of the air traffic to Is- since humanities- and natural sci-
A
steam-
in
the
next
decade.
professors usually alternate
the
Gentile
as
rael
ence
for
has attraction
well as the Jew. Back in the days ship company is offering a bonus in the post, and his predecessor,
in
Heb-
ticket
of
a
course
Prof.
Nathan Rotenstreich, is a
Mark
T.,-Ma
on
its
of Theodor Herzl,
rew aboard the boat promising to professor of philosophy. Prof. Katz
visited Palestine.
He wasn't impressed. Ile used
such adjectives. as "ugly. dirty.
filthy.' Never a favorable word.
Mark Twain tried to take a boat
across Lake Kinneret where ty.
Arab boatman, he wrote. asl:ed
such an extreme price 0, he
didn't wonder that Christ talked
there.
If Mark Twain were to visit the
area today, he would find the pic-
ture radically changed and it Is
thanks to the Zionists.
To further tourism, many more
hotels are needed. According to
the Midrash, Abraham's home had
doors open on all sides so that no
wayfarers would miss it. Israel
must provide hospitality on the lav-
ish scale of its ancestor. The gov-
ernment of Israel has organized
the Tourist Industry Development
Corporation and the Capital for Is-
rael Organization. headed by Sam-
uel Rothberg and Dr. Joseph J.
Schwartz, which have undertaken
teach every passenger 500 Hebrew was one of a number of religious
words. Honeymoon couples are be- faculty members who recently
ginning to flock to Israel as a signed a letter protesting the open-
Niagara Falls. (They will espec- ing of the university's swimming
ially appreciate the big Mediter- pool on the Sabbath.
ranean moon.) Many Americans
Prof. Katz, who was born in
are going, to. Israel to celebrate the Hungary in 1905 and came to Pal-
Bar Nlitzva of their children.
estine in 1935, took a cool view of
Israel has about everything a foreign students whose numbers
tourist could want. The land is full are increasing at the Hebrew
of beaches and if you want to float
around, there is the Dead Sea
where you can't drown. Do you
want to ski? There is the Golan
where
David played the harp and Isaiah
prophesied? Come to Israel. Do
Heights. Do you want to see
University. He told reporters tha
while the university must devote
great deal of energy toward inte
grating them, it should not be a
the expense of other obligation:
which he defined as "education
scholarship, Israeli students am
the teaching staff."
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
16 Friday, May 16, 1969
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ists. Do you want to live? Come to
BE A DODGE FEVER BELIEVER
Visit a kibutz. Are you interested
in art? Visit Safad, a city of art-
Tel Aviv.
Come to Israel. Even if the traf-
fic officer gives you a ticket, it will
be in Hebrew and you will know
the fine goes for a good cause.
(T•41 Us If We're wren)
GEORGE RUSKIN
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These are some of the people who thank you for your contribution to the 1969 ALLIED JEW-
ISH CAMPAIGN-ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND.
And may we join our voices to these in saying that your generosity and tireless efforts have
been an inspiring restatement of the committment of the Detroit Jewish community to our fellow
Jews here and overseas.
The thousands who have made their pledges and are fulfilling them — and those who are
about to join them — insure the strengthening of our communal services at home and our human-
itarian efforts overseas.
Hyman Safran
President
Jewish
Welfare Federation
Maxwell Jospey
Chairman
1969 Allied Jewish Campaign
Israel Emergency Fund