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Safari Thrills Awaits El Al Tourists
Jewish Agency
Stops Backing
Negev Commune

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Jew-
ish Agency Executive has decided
to stop supporting Kedma, a
"hippy-hasidic" commune in the
northern Negev, into which, the
Agency says, it poured $68.571
during the past two years.
The commune. near Kiryat Gat,
was set up at the end of 1970 by
Reuven and Sara Mandel who were
described as an American hippy
couple. They intended Kedma as
a center for overseas Jewish youth
with identity problems.
But the project was called a
dismal and costly failure by the
Jewish Agency which said it would
cut off funds to Kedma in October.
Agency sources say privately that
they were dubious about the pro-
ject and the Mandels from the
start but were persuaded to sup-
port the commune because of pub-
lic sympathy engendered by the
Israeli press.
The American couple had am-
bitious plans. They said they
were going to teach fundamental
Judaism and Hebrew to rootless
Jewish youths who were to
emerge eventually as useful citi-
zens of Israel.
The press touted Kedma as an
avant-garde immigrant absorption
center and the Jewish Agency says
it spent large sums renovating the
nld buildings of an' abandoned
kibutz and supplied agricultural
equipment for what was to be a
work-study center.
But a Jewish Agency committee
investigating Kedma reported to
the executive recently that the
Mandels "had failed to realize the
aims they outlined."
The average population of the
place never exceeded 20 and the
committee found there was a con-
stant turn-over as people drifted
in and out.

Health Care for Students

The student explosion at the

Hebrew University over recent

years has resulted in a rising

demand for more compre-
hensive health services. As a re-
sult, the Hadassah Medical Or-
ganization and the Hebrew Uni-
versity have set up a student
health service, within the frame-
work of the Hadassah-Hebrew Uni-
versity Medical Center, through
which over 7,000 students receive
comprehensive medical care.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 4,1972-21

ON WINGS
There seems to be no shortage
of money today — the trouble is,
it's moving too fast.

VOTE

Tuesday, August 8, 1972

MORRIS W. B.
(MIKE)

COHL

There are many new friends to be made on El Al's new Safari
Adventure, offered this fall and winter. Although much of the African
wilds is still wild, El Al's tour operator, Park East, promises luxury
accommodations for a resort-type vacation. There are five package
tours, of varying length, with a stopover in Israel for several days

of sightseeing.

Okamoto Chained to Bed; May
Express Regret for Lydda Tragedy

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Kozo Oka- Kritzman said after the meeting
moto, the Japanese gunman who it was his impression that Oka-
was sentenced to life imprisonment moto had dropped his wish to com-
for his part in the May 30 Lydda mit suicide.
Airport massacre, went berserk in
his cell and was chained to his bed
106 Immigrants Are
by his legs, prison officials report-
ed. His hands are free, they added, Yellin College Grads
and he is spending Filch of his
JERUSALEM — David Yellin
time writing lengthy 'letters to his
Hebrew College graduated T116 im-
family.
The letters are being sent to the migrant teachers who completed
Japanese Embassy for transmittal summer training programs.
English. mathematics, physics,
to Japan.
Max Kritzman, the terrorist's chemistry and physical education
Arab Bolts Prison;
defense attorney, visited Okamoto teachers, some who have been in
'Captured' by Warden
but Okamoto refused to talk to Israel only 4 months and others
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A young Tasuko Matsuo, the Japanese here a year and a half, completed
Arab saboteur who escaped from lawyer who came to Israel at the programs in order to qualify for
a maximum security prison on request of Okamoto's family. Later teaching positions in Israel schools.
Mt. Carmel was captured when he Okamoto agreed to see Matsuo.
Graduates came from Russia.
hitched a ride in a car that hap-
Israeli officials agreed to a
Egypt, South Africa, the United
pened to be carrying a prison war- I meeting between Matsui:, and
States, Romania and India.
den.
Okamoto after the Israeli ambas-
The Yellin Hebrew Teachers Col-
Bassem Hammed, 19, who was
sador in Japan recommended
lege, Jerusalem's oldest college
serving a 10-year sentence for
such a meeting. Matsuo had
and only general teachers college,
espionage and sabotage, was the been asked to persuade Okamoto
also graduated 70 immigrant
object of a massive manhunt in-
to express regret for his part in
teachers in June after an intensive
volving hundreds of police, civilian
the Lydda carnage.
5-month retraining program. These
volunteers and helicopters during
Kritzman told Okamoto at the programs are coordinated by the
the 28 hours that he was at large. visit that if the gunman would
college, the ministry of absorption
The prisoner escaped by scaling express regret there would be a
and the office for immigrant teach-
a perimeter fence while on garbage basis for an appeal against his
ers of the ministry of education
disposal detail. His luck held out life sentence.
and culture.
until he thumbed a ride in a car
Okamoto apparently told Matsuo
The college offers regular teach-
not knowing that a prison official Tuesday that he was sorry for the
ing training programs in early
was one of its passengers.
Lod massacre and now wants to childhood education, elementary
The young man's ragged condi- learn Hebrew.
school education, junior high school
tion and bruises on his legs
education, technical handicrafts
aroused the suspicions of the war-
and the mentally retarded and
den who questioned him, learned Housing Shortage
children with learning disabilities.
his identity and handed him over
May Reduce Aliya
to police.
LONDON (JTA)—Leon Dultzin,
Jewish Agency treasurer, com-
Israel and France Agree
menting on reports that 100,000
to Exchange Newscasts
Jews had applied for visas to leave
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Shmuel the Soviet Union, said there was a
Almog, director of the Israel possibility of an increase in Jewish
Broadcasting Service, announced emigration from Russia following
that an agreement has been made the withdrawal of Soviet advisers
with the French news service for from Egypt.
He also told a meeting of hon-
nightly European newscasts to be
beamed to Israel from Paris via orary officials of the British Zion-
ist Federation that in 1971 Israel
satellite.
Thy arrangement will go into received 21,000 immigrants from
effect after the High Holidays in the west but that he felt there
could be a 10 per cent drop in
September. At present TV news-
western aliya, mainly because of
reels are flown to Israel and the
news is often stale when it gets Israel's housing shortage.
He warned that adequate funds
there.
and resources must be made avail-
Almog said the French news
able for the anticipated rise in
service was selected because the
Israel radio has a staff in Paris. aliya from the Soviet Union.
He said the Jewish Agency
He said the agreement was recip-
a minimum
rocal and that Israel will send its adopted in February
budget of $500,000,000 a year for
own TV news to European stations
its programs.
via the Paris link.

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