Julie Heldman ' s
Many Successes
By JESS SILVER
(Copyright 13611, JTA, roe.)
Julie Heldman of New York City, i
enjoying her best season ever, has
been named to just about every
U.S. women's tennis team. She was
chosen for the Federation Cup,
Wightman Cup and Maccabia
Games competition. In Federation
Cup play Miss Heldman won her
singles matches against Yugosla-
via, Italy and the Netherlands to
help the U.S. reach the finals.
Although Julie lost to Mrs. Court,
Australia's No. 1 player, 6-1, 8-6,
U.S. and Australian captains gave
her credit for winning the doubles
and the 2-1 upset victory. Julie's
play in the second set forced Mrs.
Court to go all out to win the sin-1
gles, and the Australian had little
strength left for the crucial dou-
bles match.
Earlier in the year Miss Heldman
was brilliant as she defeated Nancy
Richey, U.S. No. 1, 5-7, 6-1, 10-8, to
win the Curacao International,
stopped Peaches Bartkowitz of the
U.S. to capture the Barranquilla
International in Columbia, and de-
feated Virginia Wade of Great Bri-
tain, No. 4 in the world-rankings,
to gain the WLOD International at
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Mrs. Court
halted Julie at the Caribe Hilton
Invitation with a 6-4, 7-5 victory.
Moving to Europe, the 23-year-old
Miss Heldman lost to Great Bri-
tain's Ann Jones in the semi-finals
of the Monte Carlo Open, and then
won her first major international'
tournament, the Italian Open, at
Rome. She had wins over Austral-
ian Lesley Bowery, No. 9 in the
world; Mrs. Jones, No. 5 in the
world; and Kerry Melville of Aus-
tralia, 7-5, 6-3 in the final. It was
the first time in 13 years that an
American woman had gained the
Italian tennis crown.
A Stanford graduate, Miss Held-
man has been playing tennis since
she was 9 years old. When she
was 12, she won the Canadian Na-
tional 18-and-under championship.
Julius Heldman, her father, is a 1
former U.S. junior outdoor and
U.S. National senior indoor cham- I
pion, and her mother, Gladys M.
Heldman, is editor and publisher of
World Tennis magazine. This year
Julie became the associate editor.
Joining Julie on the U.S. Mac-
cabia Games team are Pam Rich- 1
mond, Mission Hills, Kansas, rank-
ed No. 18 in the U.S.; Marilyn
Aschner, New York, ranked No. I
20; and Diane Metzner of New
York. Miss Aschner was a member ,
of the 1965 Maccabia Games team.
Israel Will Hold
Gaza, Galili Says
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Minister of
Information Israel Galili said in a
radio broadcast Friday that he
thought it was quite "definite" that
the Gaza Strip will remain part of
of Israel. Galili, in reply to ques-
tions on a program over the armed
forces radio station, emphasized
that he was not making an official
statement of government policy.
But he indicated strongly that his
views, and the government's, coin-
cide on the future of the 25-mile
long strip. He noted that there has
been no official statement that the
Golan Heights of Syria would re-
main part of Israel but the Israel
government was nevertheless estab-
lishing permanent settlements in
that region.
The Gaza Strip was part of the
territory of Palestine administered
by Britain under a League of Na-
tions mandate from 1921-1948. It
was occupied by Egypt during the
1948 Arab-Israeli war. Israeli forces
ousted the Egyptians in the 1956
Sinai campaign but later withdrew
under pressure from the UN. The
strip was occupied by Israel again
in the 1967 war. It contains an esti-
mated 340,000 Arabs including
200,000 refugees in camps. It is the
only territory under Israeli occupa-
tion since 1967 that has spawned an
indigenous sabotage movement.
Regulations About Shmone Esre
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright 1969, JTA, Inc.)
It is necessary to stand erect
during the main body of prayer
(the 19 benedictions (called "The
Shomne Esre."
Some say that this requirement
is emphasized because the prayers
are a substitute for the sacrifice
that was offered in the Temple of
old. Just as the priest who was
offering the sacrifice in the Temple
was required to stand, so is the
worshipper who offers his prayers.
It is generally a symbol of rever-
ence. One should feel himself in a
state of awe when he stands before
the Almighty. Just as one rises in
the presence of royalty because of
his of respect, so does one stand
during the main body of prayer.
The worshiper must keep his
feet together during this prayer.
There are two reasons generally
advanced for this requirement. One
is that this position emulates the
position of the angels who stand
`The Purple Sash'- .
Christological
Novel by Alonso
"The Purple Sash" by Alejandro
Nunez Alonso is presented to the
English reader as a "historical
novel." Published by David Mc-
Kay, in a translation from the
Spanish by Herma Briffault, the
theme is based on what the author
has crew from legends about
Jesus, the people in the early years
of Christ, the Crucifixion, the San-
hedrin, etc.
The hero is a Judean, Benasur,
who is rich, is involved in the mari-
time industry, has charm and
power. He has a passion—to avenge
his mother who was raped by a
Roman. He hopes to topple the
Roman Empire.
Interwoven into this story are
many tales about Jesus, the Ro-
mans, Herod who is portrayed as
having feared Jesus, the events at
the time of the Crucifixion as told
in the New Testament and even the
Resurrection.
There are several love affairs,
and as a novel it has all the aspects
of adventure.
But the story is strictly Christo-
logical. The author, an eminent
Spanish writer, won many awards.
His "The Purple Sash" about a Jew
who rose to power among Romans,
is his first work to be translated
into English.
.
Mendel, Vignettes
About an Eldery
"Mendel" is a series of vignettes.
Mendel is a war character whose
experiences are related in numer-
ous episodes told by William Hoff-
man, in a book published by Thomas
Yoseloff, in a collection of short
stories titled "Mendel."
He is an old man, and he recol-
lects the past. He is taken through
many occurrences. His life is peace-
fully adventurous.
Even when he is introduced to
a lady for the purpose of marriage,
he is practical. In a "Marriage
(Un)Broker" he gives the reason
for remaining single: "The way she
keeps everything clean, clean in
that house, I wuold be just another
fixture to dust and keep in place.
And if she should pass away before
me, the children would take the
house away, and where would I
be? So if a feet-warmer I need at
my age, a hot-water bottle will
have to do."
Questions of learning, the things
he eats, the affairs he attends—
there are numerous narratives that
make Mendel a hero in an interest-
ingly told book by a Minnesotan
who has developed fine themes
about an aging personality.
like this when offering prayers to
the Almighty, as they are pictured
by the Prophets of old. A second
reason is that man is supposed to
indicate that he understands that
he is utterly helpless without the
help of the Almighty, just as if his
feet were bound making him im-
movable. It is only through the
recognition that one is so helpless
that one can approach the Almighty
in prayer.
Some people keep their eyes
closed during the main body of
prayer while th insis t on
reading it from the prayer book
although they know it by heart.
Some contend that the tradition
insists that one is to read these
prayers from the prayer book so
that his attention will be entirely
concentrated on the prayers. Look-
ing elsewhere might serve as a
means of distracting one's atten-
tion, and prayers require complete
undivided attention on the part of
the worshiper.
The reason why some people
keep their eyes closed is that they
prefer not to read from the prayer
book. In such a case one's attention
would be distracted should he be
looking at something else. Shutting
his eyes eliminates this possibility
of distraction. There are some who
claim that closing one's eyes allows
one to become lost in infinity and
thus a part of endless existence. It
should be kept in mind, of course,
that closing the eyes is proper only
if one knows the prayers by heart.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Turover Elects Officers
Family Groups Making
Aliya Outnumber Singles
From U.S. for 1st Time
NEW YORK (JTA) — A record
number of 235 American and Cana-
dian Jews, two-thirds of them under
30 years old, left in one group last
week to settle in Israel, according
to Abraham Frank, director of the
Israel Aliva Center here.
The emigrants included 203 per-
sons in 47 families, plus 32 individ-
uals. It was the first time in the
history of American aliya that fam-
ily groups out-numbered the indiv-
uals, Frank said.
The group, which is sailing to
Israel, included 38 professionals, 16
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What's the news of the
and eight teachers. Eliezer Kroll,
day,
head of the American desk of the
Good neighbor, I pray?
Jewish Agency's aliya department,
They say the balloon
said over 6,000 Jews from the
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17 Arab Families Evicted
From Western Wall Area
JERUSALEN (JTA) — Seven-
teen Arab families were evicted
from buildings facing streets
leading to the Western Wall. The
buildings will be occupied by
Israeli troops as a security meas-
ure arising from bomb explosions
in buildings on a narrow street
used by worshipers walking to
and from the wall.
Most of the Arab families left
without protest. A cafe owner and
three families refused to accept
the Israeli offer of alternative liv-
ing quarters and were forcibly
evicted. The evacuated structures
included a mosque and court
known as the Mahkama. which
abuts on the Western Wall. Israeli
authorities claimed the location of
its windows posed a security prob-
lem to worshipers at the wall. The
building has served as an Arab
high school since the 1967 war.
Jerusalem municipal authori-
ties undertook to find alternative
living quarters for the evicted
families after the eviction orders
became a public issue. They also
offered to pay a year's rent. The
offer was accepted by most of the
families who have moved to SR-
! wan and Abu Tor outside of the
Old City.
The cafe owner protested that
a year's rent would not compen-
satae him for the loss of his busi-
ness. The evictions and the demo-
lition of Arab-owned buildings
adjacent to the Wailing Wall has
caused alarm among East Jeru-
salem Arabs and has drawn bit-
ter denunciation from Arab coun-
tries.
Friday, July 11, 1969-27
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