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en's volunteer groups and tarden-
clubs. are more frivolitieg. To
Bert Goldstein, who is no frivolous
lady, they're serious business.
Israel Goldstein's name is syn-
onymous with service to the Jew-
ish people: is rabbi, as Zionlit
leader and as former world chair-
man of Kellen Hayeiod United Is-
rael Appeal, the agency respon-
sible for fund raising on behalf' of
Israel in 71 countries, excluding
the U.S.
His wife Bert (legally it's Ber-
tha, but she probably wouldn't rec-
ognize the name
if you called to
her on the street)
is internationally
known in her own
right. The for-
mer attorney and
national presi-
dent of Pioneer
Women once was
nicknamed "Lady ,
Bert" by an ad-
mirer in recogni-
"Bert" -
tion of her efforts to beautify Jeru
salem. (Lady Bird Johnson, the
former American First Lady, had
been similarly involved in her own
country.)
catise:many of the
vs
'little money,Anit --Bert . guesses
more -than „1,000_„,women„.many-of
them oriental, have joined. -
-Although,.the,,group,is, :indePend-
ent, it has the'-assistance of the
Organization of Waiting Mothers,
it volunteer unit- under: the aegis
of Moetzet Haposlo
A byproduct to the lessons in
good citizenship was a new aware-.
ness of Jerusalem's physical sur-
roundings. "Jerusalent was dirty
and neglected," Bert recalls, "and
it was no help - to have people
throwing garbage from the win;
dows."•
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The situation-has changed. With
pressure from her committee, and
'with- the. cooperation of the Jerti-
salem municipality,-there are new
regulations for garbage collection,
and today the city enjoys a repu-
tation for cleanliness other Is-
raeli cities would do well to emu-
late. Stores were encouraged to
put up new signs, and institutions
were provided with plants and
flowers. -
"We can't take credit for all of
this," said Bert, I-abut our pressure
certainly helped." -
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The group went on ' to bigger
Wertheim Sent over
a rePreseatative of theMovement's --
English -department:- Bert joined,
Only it did tbe Pioneer Women-
approach her, ;and in 1947 she
became the national 'president.
Although she and. Dr. Goldstein -
share an interest in 1NF (he's
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admits- they sometimes vote 'on
opposite sides of an issue. While
she turned to 'Labor Monism, he
remained a General Zionist. "But
I have to vote according to -my
conscience," she said.
Independence is a common trait
to the - Goldstein - women- Their
daughter Vivian is a psychologist
and psychotherapist, married to
Dr. Paul (Mum, a professor of
mathematics at Corn elL 'The
Gold.steins' son Avram, a profes-
sor of pharmacology at Stanford
and head of California's metha-
done program, married a doctor
and bacteriologist. There are seven
grandchildren.
Bert recognizes there is nothing
"typical" about their experience
as immigrants. They had been to
Israel many times before tatting.
up joint- American-Israel etrizen-
ship and making their borne in
Jerusalem. In 4949 they.bad spent
and, better things. Two years an- entire year there while Dr.
ago, the garden club of the com- Goldstein served as treasurer of
mittee organized a 'contest to the Jewish Agency.
But beauty to this adopted
honor Jerusalem's most beauti-
- But until 1980, when they made
daughter of Israel—the Ameri-
ful
gardens. .The uniqueness of
allys, Bert had not =been fluent
can-born Goldstein have lived
the contest was that it drew
in Hebrew. Like other immi-
there 11 years--is more than
residents of both rich and poor . grants, she joined an ulpan for
one-dimensional- Through her
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taking
sections
of
the
city.
five months. "I still speak a
Jerusalem Women's Committee
into account that many 'ern-
poor Hebrew," she admits with
and its garden club, Bert has
salemites do not have plots of
some sorrow. -
beautified the natural surround-
ground but only an apartment
She used language teaching as
ings of the city. Through Pio-
balcony, the rides were 'en- a hinge to point out the role - of
neer Women and its Israeli
larged to accept terraces.
Pioneer Women and Moetzet Ha-
counterpart Moetzet Hapoalot,
"One first-prize winner was a poalot in trying to integrate many
she beautifies the lives of Is-
young pioneer couple, living in a peoples into one.
rael's women and children. -
"Arabic is the second language,
in Detroit for a Pioneer Women little house on a new road. -The
open house last Thursday, Bert section hadn't even been devel- after Hebrew, in many of the
emphasized the role of the volun- oped, and we couldn't find it at school's we operate, like the nurs-
first. Another winner was a man ery in Jaffa, for example. Frank
teer in helping Israel's needy.
She denied that it is a case of from Morocco who lived with his Sinatra gave the money for a cul-
Ladies Bountiful- going into the old mother in an area that once tural amity center in Nazareth,
slums to bring baskets of food. had no trees and flowers. Many which includes three Pioneer
More and more, volunteerism is people,- no matter where - they're Women clubs for Arab and Israeli
becoming a mutual-aid operation, from and how -poor they are, have women." She = guessed there are
about 1,000 institutions_ throughout
with older—though poor—immi- beauty in their souls."
The project is not so far afield Israel set up by Pioneer Women.-
grants helping out the newer ones.
In each neighborhood where there from Bert's background. Born-1n "Really;" Bert added, "I'm only
is a nursery erected with Pioneer the Adirondacks, she was the an incident. 'Please don't forget
Women funds, aides represent their granddaughter of Russian immi- to-mention Pioneer Women."
own strata of society. In East Jer- grants who turned to farming. Her
usalem, Arab women assist in the love for the land extended to
Palestine.
Pioneer Women clubs.
The onetime Hadassab leader
Several years ago, Bert helped
found the. Jerusalem Women's paid her first visit there in 1928.
Committe, its - goal to teach good Returning - to Palestine in 1932 for
citizenship. There are no dues be- the Bar Mitzva of their son,= -Ilert
discovered the Jewish National
Fund land agency and- Ilistadrut,
the
labor federation. "For the first
For Custom Draper. , time,"
she said, "I saw what land
and labor meant. That was Pal-
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estine to me."
She returned to the United States
and, while serving on the'national
board of the JNF, became ac-
quainted with Poalei Zion, the La-
bor Zionist movement, which also
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-ought to be in our organization.'
I said,- 'How can I? I don't speak
your language.' "
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