Jerusalem of Lithuania Comes Alive in Photos Shown at Israel Museum U.S. Post Office Accused by Congressman of Abetting Arab Terrorism WASHINGTON (JTA) — Con- gressman Richard L. Ottinger ac- cused the Post Office of defraud- One of the greatest centers of Eliyahu, the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna ing people who seek to ship par- Jewish learning for many years, remains still on many hearts, but cel post packages air mail to Is- Vilna, became known as the Jeru- the 400-year-old community and its rael, and of abetting the attempt salem of Lithuania. It was so Jew- ghetto were completely destroyed by Arab terrorists to blackmail ish in character that many of its by the Nazis. Israel. streets had Jewish names, like the Earthly Vilna came alive again, Ottinger revealed three weeks Goen Street, named after the Reb for a brief period, at the Israel ago that the Post Office was no Museu m, Jerusalem. Enlarge- longer shipping air parcel post ments of photographs taken 40 packages to Israel. He now dis- years ago recreated Jewish Vilna closed that despite the termination with children learning in the heder and others playing hopscotch in the streets. Here are the women tending the shop while their hus- bands are at the yeshiva. It is cold and the women heat their hands over a fire-pot filled with glowing coals. The famous Stra- chin Library contrasts with ter- rible poverty. The photographs depicting the worn soles of children wearing rags appear near photographs of Vilna's fiddling beggers. There are the famous synagogues of the community, two of their famous shamashim, and even the clocks which gave the exact hour of the entry and exit of a Shabat.in 1929. The photographs were taken by a local artist, Moshe Raviv, who published them in Paris in a small book in 1931, with an introduction by poet Zalman Shneur. Since then Raviv has become one of Israel's painters. The photographs of Jew- ish Vilna will now travel. The Is- rael Museum has received a num- ber of requests from abroad. of air shipments, the Post Office is still charging air mail rates and defrauding customers by not telling them that their packages will be sent by boat instead of plane. "No drective has been issued telling customers their packages will not be sent air mail. No or- ders have been sent for post office personnel to refuse such ship- ments, and no rebates are permit- ted unless the customer produces the original wrapping paper after it has been received in Israel. The obvious intent of the administra- tion is not to arouse the Jewish community," Ottinger said. WHEN YOU .`..Pic A COCKTAIL -eczema* SISSYSIS • Crin,IT u S a • s: v: ooi Mrs. Meir Sent Prayer for Astonauts to Nixon A VILNA STREET WATCH REPAIRS BY A SPECIALIST ELECTRONIC EXPERT FOR ACCUTRONS, ETC. SPECIALIST ON OMEGA, ROLEX, PATEK, PHTLIPPE UNIVERSAL GENEVA 35 YRS. 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