The Jerusalem Road
Arab Terrorist Cell, Linked
to Tel Aviv Bombing, Smashed
Poems of Jewish Intent
By JACK SIEGEL
TEL AVIV — An Arab terrorist
cell responsible for bombings at
the central bus station here has
been broken by Israel security
services, it was announced Mon-
day by Israeli police.
The bombings killed two Israelis
and injured 23 on Nov. 6.
A 22-year-old Israeli Arab, Said
el-Farah of the village of Baka
al-Gharibya, who was reported to
have confessed to planting the
bombs, appeared before Magis-
trate Menachem Ilan and was or-
dered detained for 15 days.
Twelve other suspected mem-
bers of the cell, all Jordanian citi-
zens, were arrested in various vil-
lages on the Israeli-occupied West
Bank.
The group was said to have
Editor, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate
HEBREW
Solemn and semantic
the way it reads—
like antique graffiti
on the- walls of history,
tested on the pharynx
of even a Pharaoh .. .
then assembled
in the dark of time
moving from right to left
meeting the sun as it goes.
It skips time
in odd meridians, hebrew-
today it talks of tomorrow
in the unhushed tones
of yesterday.
UNTITLED
The earth is being battered
out of shape;
once it mattered
now we stand agape.
BARRABAS
would have been better
a choice—
who could mock today
his voice?
THE OLD•JEW
The eyes of the old Jew
stare inward at the past-
a fading retina
scrims the patina
like a stained looking-glass
on which figures in spiked beards
move in a maze;
the eyes' outer haze
reflects but rejects
a bewildered globe
spinning its vertigo tale
of still another
Job.
Moscow Trying
Softer Approach
With Israel?
TEL AVIV (ZINS)—Rumors per-
sist that there are sercet talks be-
tween the USSR and Israel.
According to Israel's daily Haa-
retz, private talks are held in.
Switzerland, and it is said that the
Russians are trying to impress the
Israelis that they are not out to
liquidate the Jewish state; that
their only objective is to bring
peace to the Middle East.
It also is reported that the So-
viets are attempting to persuade
Israel that it should, above all.
permit the reopening of the Suez
Canal as a first step on the road
to peace.
THE DAMASCUS GATE
The Damascus Gate
where once a singular fate
mixed with all the solemn heresies—
where history
crusading as religion
sought out the caravanserai
at the end of those sandy roads
spiked with the essence
and golden glare
of bibilical jewels—
symbolizing man's eternal
but temporary
From the Damascus Gate.
VISION
So I had a vision of the Old Testament
come to this life iu regal vestment—
led by gray Jacob, wearing a frown,
his people stepped slowly down
from the parchment pages,
some evil, some sages,
and a long line of famous begats--
less those who tried to melt gold in vats .
I saw Isaac and Solomon, David and Moses
and Miriam cradling a bunch of red roses.
She danced and played, then she sang—
with her lyre begota twang—
while Naomi, Ruth and even Beersheva
led a chorus line for the Diva.
What a world! Like that ancient Babel,
or was it just the old Rabbi's fable
of evil and good
and Pharoah the hood?
But when the vision ended
and my people wended
their way back into The Book
I somehow had—a new look.
Four Cities Join
Population Study
NEW YORK (JTA)—Four more
Jewish communities — those of
Milwaukee and Utica, Rome and
Auburn in central New York state
— have announced plans to partic-
ipate in the first National Jewish
Population Study of American
Jewry under auspices of the Coun-
cil of Jewish Federations and WeL
fare Funds. The study will em-
brace 51 cities in 38 geographical
areas of the United States and
will involve some 13,000 Jewish
families.
One aim of the study is to es-
tablish for the first time a scientif-
ically reliable national source of
information about American Jew-
ry. The other is to provide local
Jewish communities with data to
plan effectively for their future
needs. Prof. Fred Massarik of the
University of California at Los
Angeles, is scientific director for
the survey.
Melvin S. Zaret, executive vice-
president of the Milwaukee Jew-
ish Federation, said a number of
Milwaukee area Jewish households
had selected for interviewing
for the study locally. Norbert
Freuhauf, Federation director of
community planning,. is directing
the Milwaukee study, serving as
liaison with the National Study
Committee.
COME LET US REASON TOGETHER
Come let us reason together, quoth he Isaiah,
there is no purpose on earth higher;
let us disassemble the facts
that we might understand our acts.
What he forgets to quoth
is that old Isaiah was nothing loth
if you rebelled, not to look into your hearts
but to lay bare all your private parts.
And quoth he not either
that Isaiah was a breather
of fire and of doom
and wouldn't reason together in any room.
Why did he quote this particular prophet
and make him sound like little Miss 31offet
when the world already knows
which way his wind now blows?
Making Friends in a New Home
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It is further stated that the
Kremlin is admonishing Israel not
to sell itself to the U.S., warning
that America will ultimately betray
the Jewish state.
The paper ponders editorially
the reason for this change of tone
on the part of the Soviets and for
their "flirtation" with Israel. The
best opinion is that the Soviet
rulers have concluded they are
getting nowhere with threats and
ultimatums, that Israel will simply
not be intimidated. Israel's key
position at the Suez Canal is a
significant factor. Although the
Soviets attack Israel publicly, they,
nevertheless, secretly respect Is-
rael's position. This alone could
account for the softer approach,
Haaretz says.
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Stelka Fried (right), a survivor of the Holocaust who came to
Israel from Romania, enjoys making new friends at Neve Avot, Is-
rael's largest geriatric community. Administered by JDC/Malben,
it is made possible through funds supplied by the United Jewish
Appeal.
carried out sabotage attacks In
the Jerusalem area and Ramal-
lab in the last six months, in-
cluding bombings of restaurants
in the former Jordanian sector
of Jerusalem that are owned by
Arab and Jewish partners.
Chief Inspector Sharon Hashan
told the judge that the suspects
belonged to a cell in a village
near Jerusalem and said Farah
had been given four grenades with
delayed-action fuses and ordered
to plant them in Israeli localities.
The police officer said Farah
had left one grenade in a trash bin .
and another near a bus stop at
the Tel Aviv bus station. The Po-
lice said they found the two re-
maining grenades in a search of
Farah's house.
In an urgent session,the Com"-
munity Council of Baka al-Ghari-
bya pass a resolution condemn-
ing all "terror outrages" against
the state of Israel.
In its resolution, the village
council declared that this young
man's act was an exception to the
rule and that the residents of the
village are loyal to the state of
Israel.
The death toll in the explosion
rose to two last Friday when a
23-year-old Israeli soldier, Abra-
ham Hadari, succumbed to his
wounds. The first victim, who was
killed instantly, was a young im-
migrant from Iraq.
Judy Black
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