Americtin Coach S eeks to Bring Over 3 Israeli Fencers for World Tourney Israel is new - at . THE RETROIT - JEWISM NEWS ' Friday, Febroory 5, 1471-15 the -sport of fencing, but just as she has ex- fencing team to the world cham. Va., will be glad to put them up in the 800- and 1,500-meter races. celled at soccer, so also may her pionship held at Ankara, Turkey. at their home during the interim This, one month after giving birth fencers become of International quality. M. R. Garret, fencing coach at the University of Illinois, who last year was Israeli national fencing coach and director of the Acad- emy for Fencing Teachers, wrote to Detroit sports enthusiast Harry Platt: "Six years ago there were about 30 fencers In all of Israel and only three or four teachers of the sport. Today, through the efforts of Judge Amnon Carmi, president of the Israel Fencing Federation, there are approxi- mately 60 teachers and over 2,500 fencers in Israel. "The courage, dedication, and desire on the part of the people to cope with their present pro- blems and still maintain normalcy is something to make you proud, I am sure. "For example, last June, the Is- raeli soccer team qualified for participation In the World Cham- pionships at Mexico City. They as- tounded the world by tying Italy in the final preliminary game. "Last September, for the first time In its history, Israel sent its Though it did not perform at opti- mum level, much were accomplish- ed and learned from this tourna- ment. Sixteen-yearold Ye h u d a Weinstein, one of the three fenc- ers whom I would like to see come to the United States for the Junior World Championships, (April 8-11 at the University of Notre Dame), qualified for the second round in the world tourna- ment in Ankara. "Fencing is a prominent sport for Jews all over the world. Russia, currently dominating the sport internationally, had five Jews on their team In Ankara. "Since the Israeli citizens are so heavily taxed and since so much of the money in Israel must ne- cessarily be spent for defense, education, and care of the immi- grating population, the biggest problem Judge Carmi has is loc- ating funds to support the sport of fencing. We must, therefore, look to friends outside of Israel. The total transportation cost for the three fencers would be $2,151. "I will try to have housing and meals provided for them by Jew- ish families living in South Bend. Friends of mine In Alexandrie, Two Israeli- Students Will Catalog Rare Books at Dropsie University PHILADELPHIA — Two Israeli doctoral students were selected to conduct a new bibliographical re- search program for the library at Dropsie University. Arie Zvi Ben-Yoseph and Zvi Tamari are • the students engaged in cataloging the many unclassi- fied books and manuscripts in the vaults at the postgraduate univer- sity. Before coming to Dropsie, Ben- Yoseph was director of cataloging for the library at Bar-Ilan Univer- sity. Tamari, a graduate of Tel Aviv University, taught Hebrew and Bible at the Colegio Israelita in Mexico before matriculating at Dropsie. Their wide knowledge of He- brew and the biblical languages will help them authenticate the authors of countless manuscripts by identifying handwriting and the dating of the scripts, and by comparing . the various manu- scripts attributed to an author. They also will classify countless numbers et books aecsrdiag to language and subject, in many eases necessary to establish date and place of publication. The library project will make much material available to stu- dents and scholars for the first time. Many of the manuscripts are oneofakind and have been stored in underground vaults at the uni- versity to..Insure their preserva- tion. • Also to be undertaken by the students is the completion of cata- loging the microfilm collection of -rare Hebraica manuscripts and documents from the USSR. This collection was acquired by Dr. Abraham I. Katsh, president of Dropsie, during his five visits to the Eastern European countries, and the material is nbw being made available for the first time to Western scholars. - Dropsie is the major repository in the United States of ancient and rare books and manuscripts. The library contains over 100,000 vol- , umes of books and periodicals and is particularly rich in publications on biblical and rabbinical learn- ing, the Semitic languages. Jewish Arabs in Union Election JERUSALEM (JTA) — Five East Jerusalem Arabs are candi- dates for the National Congress of the Metalworkers Trade Union, al division of Histadrut. In the general elections for the Histadrut Convention which took Place last year a number of East Jerusalem Arabs had announced their candidacy, but withdrew from the elections after receiving sev- eral threatening letters. history, Assyriology and Egyptol- ogy. In addition to many collections of rare Judeo-Arabic manuscripts and books, the Dropsie library in- cludes 450 fragments from the Cairo Geniza in Hebrew and Ara- bic; 256 Oriental manuscripts in Arabic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, Samari- tan, Coptic, Persian, Sanscrit and Turkish; some fragments of Coptic papyri; 32 incunabula; 290 16th Century books and many other rarities, including the oldest Pass- over Ilagada extant. between the Junior World Cham- pionships and the Martini-Rossi .competitions in New York the fol- lowing weekend. "Time is of essence because these young people must be ex- cused from sehOol or obtain a leave from military duty. Going through, the rigorous details of obtaining shots, passports, etc., as well as filing entry applica- tion for the tournament are equally time consuming. "Contributions earmarked for this cause and sent to the United States Sports Committee for Is- rael, at the New Yorker Hotel. New York, New York, c/o Haskell Cohen, are deductible for income tax purposes. Your consideration would be greatly appreciated." • • • JERUSALEM—Israeli athletes collected six gold, six silver and five -bronze medals at the Asian Games in Bangkok. In 12 days of competition be- tween more than 2,000 athletes from 18 countries, Israel placed sixth in the final medal tally. Hanna Shezifi and Esther Shach- morov were credited with being the two stars of the team by the leader of Israel's contingent, Shmuel Lalkin. Mrs. Shezin, 27, setrecord wins to a baby. daughter. She received the Asian Track and Field Fede- ration's Award as the outstanding woman athlete of the 1970 Games. 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