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Ramban's Seal at Israel Museum
The personal seal of Ramban, one of the greatest Jewish schol-
ars, who lived in Spain 700 years ago, was found and placed as a
special exhibit at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The seal carries
the name "Moshe, son of the late rabbi Nahman Gerondi, hazak."
The Ramban was a biblical commentator, major talmudic authority,
known philosopher, doctor and leader. He was born in Gerona and
Was therefore called Gerondi. The Ramban was made to participate
in a public disputation in Barcelona in 1263, by King James the
First. It was the only case in that period in which a Jew won; but
two years later he was accused of blasphemy for the publication of
his words in the debate. Perhaps as a result of this, in 1267, the
Ramban moved to the Holy Land. Ile reorganized the Jewish com-
munity in Jerusalem, where he built a synagogue known to this
day as the Ramban Synagogue. A year later, he returned to the
port town of Acre, where he died in 1270. The seal, less than an inch
in diameter, had been found this year in Telliaisun, five miles
southeast of Acre and purchased by the museum.
Friday, July 28, 1972-11
THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
Annual Daylight
Time Bill Draws
Orthodox Protest
Amnesty International Office to Open in Israel
NEW YORK JTA)—Rep. Daniel
Rostenkowski (D., Ill.) was urged
by the Agudath Israel of America
to withdraw a bill he introduced
to extend daylight saving time
throughout the entire calendar
year.
This request, by Rabbi Moshe
Sherer, executive president of Agu-
duth Israel and Rabbi Chaim C.
Keller, chairman of its Public Af-
fairs Commission in Chicago, noted
that despite the possible benefits
accruing from an extra hour of
daylight during the early evening
hours, year-round daylight saving
time would create a major prob-
lem for religious Jews.
According to Jewish religious
law, the earliest time for morning
prayers is one hour before sunrise.
As a result, during winter time.
prayers cannot begin before 6:15
a.m., the Agudath Israel officials
explained. By advancing the clock
one hour, the observant Jew would
not be able to begin his morning
prayers until 7:15 a.m .
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A prowl
sional committee to establish a
branch of Amnesty International
has been formed under the chair-
manship of Tel Aviv's Deputy
Mayor Aharon L. Meltzer
untary private organization head-
quartered in it.ondon, which de-
fends political prisoners all over
the world.
One reason t e dollar buys less
Amnesty International is a vol- is that it has ore to buy .
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Landing Rights for Dutch Airline
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zer, who said that he was "seri-
Israeli civil aviation official Mon-
ously concerned and chsa p-
da y rejected complaints by t he
pointed" by the Israeli restrie-
Netherlands government over Is-
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airline, ELM. additional landirm
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rights at Lydda Airport.
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Naftali Ben-Yehuda, head of the lied at the time with the imrom
increase ELM
Civil Aviation Authority. also ac- ment to
cused ELM of unfair practices. from three to four a week .
ere ,
Ile noted that Israel had agreed
Israeli officials said they
still waiting for a reciprocal move
to a fourth KLM flight to Lydda
each week which, he said, was by the Dutch government to per-
suade the government of the Neth-
sufficient for bona fide Dutch pas-
• erlands West Indies to grant Is-
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sengers.
Ben-Yehuda alleged that ELM rael's national airline, El Al. land-
was actually carrying American ing rights at Curacao.
However, a spokesman for the
tourists to Lydda on flights from ,
New York which were re-num- Netherlands West Indies govern-
bored at Amsterdam to create the ment said Wednesday that Israel
impression that they originated ' should negotiate with it directly
there. for landing rights for Israel's na-
"We discovered that three ex- tional airline, El Al.
The spokesman implied resent-
tra flights are not for their one
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ment that the Israeli authorities
nationals but mainly for
, sought to use the Dutch govern-
tourists," he said.
ment as an intermediary to gain
Ben-Yehuda's remarks were
in reply to the Netherlands For- , such rights.
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Trienniel Colloquium . FOI'llled
Memorializing Sidney Hollander
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The colloquium is being designed
As a continuing tribute in honor
of the late Sidney Hollander, na- to bring together the ablest
tionally known Baltimore corn- thinkers and experts every
mural leader and philanthropist, three years to exchange and pro-
the Council of Jewish Federations
ject advanced ideas on programs
and Welfare is establishing a "Tri-
dealing with major community con-
enniel Colloquium, - it was an-
nounced by Max M. Fisher, CFW cerns, notably in areas that were
of great interest to Mr. Hollander.
president.
These include Jewish leadership )
Mr. Hollander, who died last
in civil rights and liberties, public I
February at age 90, was president
welfare and urban affairs, social
of the Council during the critical
and welfare in its broadest definitions,
1939 - 1945,
was years from
and coordination and cooperation
was a life member of its board of
in community and national services.
directors.
Man Who Liberated Be rgen-Belsen Hailed
LONDON (JTA) — The Jewish
community and survivors of Nazi
concentration - camps are paying
tribute to Brig. Gen. Hugh Llewelyn
Glyn Hughes, the chief medical of-
ficer of the British Second Army
which liberated Bergen - Belsen
camp on April 15, 1945. Gen.
Hughes celebrated his 80th birth-
day this week.
Joseph Rosensaft, president of
the World Federation of Bergen-
Belsen Associations said that "the
80th birthday of this great man
provides an opportunity for record-
ing our feelings of gratitude for
what he has done and accomplished
in those bitter days after libera-
tion, when so many were free bu t
not yet certain whether they would
live to savor their freedom."
Gen. Hughes is credited with
"super-human efforts" to save the
lives of many camp survivors who
were thought to be beyond recov-
ery when they were liberated.
Following the war, he served for
several years as president of
"Bridge," an organization that
arranges youth exchanges between
Britain and Israel.
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