Pine Tree That Defied Occupation Dedicated
in Henrietta Szold's Memory on Mt. Scopus
JERUSALEM—A tree that grew
in Brooklyn has its counterpart in
a full-grown pine tree that thrust
its way through the stone steps
that led to the old Hadassah Hospi-
tal, erected 2,684 feet above east
Jerusalem, on Mt. Scopus back
in 1939.
The Dream Reborn ....
Gush Etzion Reclaimed
This tree, which, in the words
of Mrs. Faye Schenk, Hadassah's
national president, "has survived,
like the Jewish people themselves,
against all odds," was dedicated
recently to the memory of Hen-
rietta Szold, the organization's
founder and past president.
It was Miss Szold, one of the
builders of the Jewish state, who
first noticed a tiny sapling that
had set down its roots in stone. As
she lay desperately ill in 1945 in
a room in the Nurses' Home on
Mt. Scopus, she was able to look
down and see the struggling plant.
It delighted her, and she defied
those who thought a tree unseem-
ly in the middle of the stone steps
and saved it from destruction.
Dr. Kalman J. Mann, director-
general of the Hadassah Medical
Organization, described how he
had gone to Mt. Scopus on June
7, 1967, the day that it was re-
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covered by the Israeli Army. The
first thing he did was to rush
Simon Carniel stands beside the only building the Jordanians
to the stone steps to see what
capturing Gush Etzion and killing all its
had happened to Miss Szold's sap- did not destroy after
The tree that grew on Mount Scopus is dedicated to the memory
in 1948. Carniel, son of one of the founders, is a founder
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of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah. Hospital nurses look on. . ling.
During the 19 years that the inhabitants
hospital was abandoned by Had- of the new Gush Ezion located on the same site 22 year:, later.
Isiaeli Fashion
Sets Style Pace
assah because the road to it was
in Jordan hands, the tree had
grown robustly, thrusting aside
the heavy stone steps that might
have inhibited its growth. It was
now full-grown.
Mrs. Schenk, speaking at the
dedication ceremonies, said that
With Israel now established in- make hand woven fabrics anda green grove with flowering
ternationally as an i m p o r t a n t ; fashion goods whose inspiration is shrubs would be built around the
fashion center, fashion exports • a blend of the most modern and tree in loving memory of Miss
Szold "who had always loved such
have jumped to new highs and are the richly traditional.
rapidly becoming a k ey factor in
GIDEON OBERSON graduated unexpected and restful corners of
greenery among the grim hills of
the young nation's economy - .
; with honors from the Ecole Syn- ,
Judeah." A bench will be placed
The sale of ready-to-wear mgr.. I dicale de l'Ilaute Couture in
there for rest and contemplation.
chandise on the world market ' Paris and was a top prize win.
The Mt. Scopus Hospital as well
spirals to additional millions of ' ner in an Israel fashion compe-
tition
in
1961.
Ile
was
born
in
,
as the other buildings are once
dollars each year.
again on Israeli soil. They are now
(Both high fashion and ready- ' Italy and went to Israel as a
child in 1949.
being rebuilt and new facilities
will be featured in the
to-we -
PNINA SHALLON specializes in added as part of ,Hadassah's ex-
1970 .-ael Fashion Festival, to be
presented June 1 at Cong. Shaarey ' making exclusive handmark knit-' panding program of medical in-
Zede by the Israel Bond Wom- ; wear to her own pattern and de- stallations in Israel.
. sign. Miss Shallon studied at the'
en's Avision).
Academ of Art and has '
s
A ng the haute couture design- W a raw
been a teacher of arts and crafts
the following:
ers a
LIN A AERAJIAM, born in Dal- in Israel.
las and now lives and works in
Ready-to-wear firms include:
Israel with her Israeli husband.
ALED, founded in 1898 in Czecho-
Her specialty' is evening dresses slovakia, transferred to Israel in
and hostess outfits made of hand- ; 1939 and now producing a full
woven fabrics, designed by the range of fashionable women's knit-
The first new permanent student
Israeli artist-weaver, Hana Barkai. wear, with special emphasis on
residence on the Hebrew Univer-
LOLA BEER, one of Israel's i jersey.
sity's Mt. Scopus campus was ded-
leading couturiers, has been credit-
BEGED-OR, based in the immi- icated recently in the presence of
ed with revolutionizing the wom- grant development town of Migdal
en's fashion industry in the Middle Ha'Emek, the most celebrated of the donors, Abe and Pauline
Wechsler of New York.
East. She arrived in then-Palestine Israel's leather wear companies.
in 1940 from her native Czecho-
The building, which will accom-
DORINA, founded in 1947, pro-
slovakia and established an atelier duces jersey knit suits, cardigans modate 120 single students, is part
—the first in Israel. She has since
Of the "University City" now rising
and pullovers.
achieved international recognition.
on the western slope of Mount
ELANIT specializes in high style Scopus. A total of 20 buildings—
SABINA SCHAECHTER JED.
knits
for
women's
suits,
coats,
LIN, from Palermo, Sicily, is the
comprising the refurbished Horace
designer of original and grace- sweaters, cardigans.
W. Goldsmith Residence Hall and
ELASTEX is a veteran swim- 19 new buildings--will provide liv-
ful cotton and silk batik fashions.
In 1961, she took a vacation trip wear company which has been ing quarters for approximately
to Israel and stayed. Mrs. Jedlin active for more than 25 years.
2,500 students in the first stage of
GALIA, (Tricotage Manufac- the university's building program
won a competition for fashion
turing Co.) uses exclusive knit- for student housing on Mt. Scopus.
designers organized by the Israel
Hebrew University
Dormitories Opened
on Mount Scopus
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It was 1948 and in a small re-
lifious kihutz in the Judean Hills
between Jerusalem and Beersheba
the young settlers of Gush Etzion
wired Jerusalem for the last time:
- This is the end of Etzion bloc. To-
night we shall cease to be.•• The
Arab Legion closed in on them and
240 men, women and children—the
entire teen-age and adult popula-
tion—including 22 young girls who
were locked in a room and slaugh-
tered—were killed. The younger
children, 65 of them, had been
evacuated to Tel Aviv earlier.
Among the slain was Sholoin
Carniel, a young Polish immigrant
who had been the driving force be-
hind the creation of Gush Etzion in
1943. His dream had been to live in
peace and raise his family in Is-
rael. He chose the strategic loca-
tion which guards the southern en-
trance to Jerusalem because, "How
can we pray three times a clay for
Jerusalem and then be unwilling
to defend it?"
But the dream of Sholom Car-
niel was cruelly- shattered on that
evening and seemed lost forever
when Jordan occupied and annexed
East Jerusalem and the West Bank
which had been, until then, part of
Israel.
The dream did not die, however.
It was kept alive by Sholom Car-
niel's son, Simon, and other evac-
uated orphans of Gush Etzion.
They would meet and talk and,
somtimes, drive out to look across
at the Judean Hills and think.
During the Six-Day- War, Simon
fought in the North, and then in
Sinai. When he was discharged,
he and a friend raced to Etzion.
They were met by large signs
warning them to stay out be-
cause of mines. His friend yelled
at him, '"If our parents died
here, at least we ought to stay
alive." But Simon was through
the gate and gone.
Every building except one had
been totally leveled by the Jor-
danians, and the large cultivated
forest was completely cut down.
Filth was everywhere, yet they
walked around as if they were see- .
ing a vision.
The next time Simon returned, it
was with completed plans to re-
settle the area. At a high price
they bought the land from the-
Arabs—the same land their par-
ents died to defend.
Today, Gush Etzion the dream
has become a thriving religious
kibutz of 65 young men and wom-
en — many of whom were born
there: The oldest member is 25
and they all work with a special
sense of destiny. The winters are
cold; it snows every year; there
are few comforts; but they do not
complain.
A group of young New Yorkers
is joining Gush Etzion. The first
couple has already arrived and a
few weeks ago they became the
parents of a girl, the sixth child of
the third generation of a dream.
Auden Visits Weizmann Institute
ting techniques based on French
Export Institute, and has been
A complex of 12 of these build-
methods for two. and three-piece
the sole designer for Shelly since
ings with a total of some 1,000
ensembles, dresses and coats.
1963.
GOTTEX, one of the best-known beds will be ready for occupancy
FINY LEITERSDORF, who main-
tains a well-known atelier of her names in Israeli beachwear, spe- in August for students attending
own, has succeeded in bringing
about a renaissance of ancient
Mediterranean and Israeli styles.
Miss Leitersdorf is director of the
Fashion Design Workshop, which
was set up a year ago to train
new talent for Israel's fashion in-
dustry.
MASKIT is a center for those
wishing finely designed and origi-
nal items of Israeli craftsmanship.
In addition to such wares, Maskit's
500 employes, most of whom work
at home in a number of villages,
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cializes in a wide range of bathing
suits, beachwear, slacks, lingerie
and raincoats, using local and im-
ported fabrics.
JERCOLI, established in 1948,
produces jersey suits, knit dresses
and coats.
ROSEN, a textile factory founded
38 years ago in Jaffa, has only
recently entered the ready-to-wear
field, featuring . beachside, pool-
side•and patio clothes.
RIKMA specializes in beachwear
made from cotton.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEVIS
summer courses, to be held for
the first time on Mt Scopus. At
present, close to 1,000 students re-
side on the Scopus campus, 730 in
temporary prefabricated housing
units and 220 in the Goldsmith
Residence Hall.
Abe Wechsler, founder of the
New York firm, 'Restaurant Asso-
ciates", is one of the early bene-
factors of the Hebrew University.
Mrs. Emma Schaver and Mr.
and Mrs. Abraham Borman are the
Detroiters who have provided, for
student dormitories on Mt. ScopUs.
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W. H. Auden (left), noted poet, winner of many of the world's
outstanding poetry and literature awards, visited the Weizmann Insti-
tute of Science. He is shown here with Dr. Albert B. Sabin, president
of the institute.