44—Friday, June 8, 1973
THE DETROIT JEWISH
NEWS
Bright Future Envisioned for r orgotten 'Negev ,tte
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fices of the local council were ' rounded by a high enclosure tains and crags, the breath-
By DAVID GIL'ADI
There was a time when all averse to chatting with the of wrought iron, a father and taking geological configura-
A limit-
the roads to Eilat and Sinai strangers who had dropped his soldier-son were building tions, the canyons.
less
variety
of
trips
on foot
a
terrace.
The
man
had
been
in
on
them.
The
executive
passed through Mitzpeh Ra-
mon; the latter formed a secretary was otherwise en- living in Mitzpeh Ramon for and in vehicles throughout
proud crossroads which owed gaged and could not make 10 years. He has a workshop this ancient region is envi-
its importance to its geo- himself available. Two school which provides him with a sioned.
When the substitute bus ar-
graphical location between employees substituted for comfortable livelihood. He
the north and the south. It him, and from our brief chat went into a rapturous de- rived to take us through the
was the last outpost at the we got a picture of this for- scription of the town's cli- imposing grandeur of the Ne-
lorn community, once des- mate, unexcelled for its gev, we were no longer filled
edge of the desert.
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For the past several tined for greatness. Again healthful attributes. He was with despair at the sight of
months, however, Mitzpeh the two had divergent opin- convinced that some day the rocks and boulders
Ramon has suffered a come- ions as to the size of the Mitzpeh Ramon would be dis- strewn about. We were en-
down,
although it is still the town's population; one main- covered as a paradise for couraged by what the people
4I .7- 5*- e t)z
Asa _ —01,4
same bold cliff on the crest tained that it consisted of asthma sufferers and people of Mitzpeh Ramon had told
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of a Negev crag. Its decline 800, while the other estimat- stricken with other respira- us and heartened by their
WAY STATION IN MITZPEH RAMON NEGEV
is the fault of the planners ed it at 1,500. Statistics were tory ailments, and then san- visionary plans, that in the
and builders of the road net- not, however, of concern to atoriums and resorts would not-to-distant future this cliff
work;
traffic to Eilat and the visitors for the moment— sprout throughout the area. above the Big Crater might
HST Recognition of State on 1st Day Cover
On the cliff, overlooking the be a world center of fitness
Sinai now follows the more the moment that extended to
WASHINGTON—The Bnai governor general. The 7 Au- comfortable road from Beer- five hours.
Big Crater, a center of tour- and health.
Brith Philatellic Service has stralian cent stamp issued sheba via Arad and the Ara-
He that seeks health, to in- ism would arise, for nature
issued a first-day cover hon- May 16 is one of a block of va highway toward Eilat.
hale pure air, to get away lovers to appreciate the
oring President Harry Tru- four stamps honoring promi-
Today only a few vehicles from the stink of the large haunting beauty of the ex-
man for his de-facto recogni- ent Australians.
visit Mitzpeh Ramon, mostly urban centers—let him come panse, with its high moun-
and his Continentals:
Orders for the covers belonging to nature- and to Mitzpeh Ramon!
tion of Israel.
Between the gas station
A facsimile of the recogni- should be sent to the Bnai landscape-enthusiasts. We ar-
"Art Linkletter Schools
tion proclamation—hastily al- Brith Philatelic Service, 1640 rived in tour buses. With no and the large "shopping cen-
have a few openings left
398-
Rhode
Island
NW,
Washing-
intention of stopping, we ter" building, we came
tered in handwriting to in-
in Nursery School.
ton 20036. Orders should in-
clude the name of the new clude a stamped, self-ad- rolled through the town to get across two rows of dwellings
3664
Free busing, too!"
to the top of the cliff, over- facing each other. Some of
state and the first by any gov-
Art Linkletter Schools
dressed
envelope
and
40
cents
ernment — is reproduced on for the Truman cover and 75 looking the Big Crater and these single-story row houses
28805 Evergreen, Southfield
were built on the lower end
the abyss at is feet.
357-1215 — 588-0300
the cover, which bears the 8-
Music & Entertainment
We were to become ac- of the slope, and the two
cent Truman commemorative cents for the Isaacs cover.
quainted with the shifting rows looked like trains
stamp issued May 14 in Kan-
of the Negev landscape, clambering up a mountain-
sas City.
Queen's Honors List hues
YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH TRAVELS
its numerous configurations, side. Along the entire length
The philatelic service has
sculpted by nature, by flash of these dwellings ran a line
Names
Two
Jews
GATEWAY to
also issued an Australian
of colorful gardens.
LONDON (JTA) — In the floods and eroding winds.
first-day cover to carry a
ISRAEL,
U.S.A.
and EVERYWHERE
At the last building, sur-
We were to see the gamut
stamp honoring Sir Isaac queen's birthday honors list, of colors the product of the
We help you plan your trip,
Isaacs, the first native-born Leonard Klein is cited "for various kinds of soil and the
you help us maintain our
services to the Jewish com-
Ben
Aharon
Proposes
rocks in the mountains, rang-
Nursery and Kdgn. 'Dente.
munity."
ing from the black bitumen to 5-Day Work Week
This is a very rare cita- the pale loess and the stark
Eve. 559-7567
Call 557-6750
tion because the numerous granite which balances the HAIFA (ZINS)—Itzhak Ben
Aharon,
secretary
general
of
Jews honored over the years colors. The expansive falling
the Histadrut, Israel's gen-
June 2—To Mr. and Mrs. have made their contribution streams are good only for eral federation of labor,
Murray Sweetwine (Carole as citizens, not as Jews. drawing off the mighty cur- urged the adoption of a five-
Meyers), 14440 LaBelle, Oak Klein, of Sidney, Australia rents of the flash floods, not day work week for Israel's
received an Order of the for bringing life to the dry
Park, a son, Randall Ira.
laboring class.
British Empire (OBE).
* * *
wasteland.
At the same time, Ben
The honors list also in-
Arriving at the crag, we
May 31—To Mr. and Mrs. cludes Pierre Gildesgame,
Aharon demanded that the
smelled
something
burning
Allen Glinter (Nancye Far- president of the British Mac-
government enact legislation
kus), 18721 Glastonbury, a cabi Association, chairman down by the wheels of the calling for profit-sharing by
Ken Larsen offers nine years of demonstrated
bus—an oil lead. The driver
son, Marc Steven.
of the World Maccabi Union used discretion and put labor.
ability, mature judgement and creative leader-
* * *
and chairman of the Macca- through a telephone call to
According to the secretary
ship on the Southfield Board of Education.
May 18—To Mr. and Mrs. bia Committee. Gildesgame
general, these two suggested
his
company's
headquarters
William C. Oram (Donna received a (CBE) Command-
reforms
would
not
only
serve
These• leading citizens ask you to add
Lewis), 34577 Lytle, Farm- er of the Order of the British for instructions. Compelled the interests of labor but
to wait for a substitute bus.
ington, a daughter, Robyn Empire.
your
vote to theirs in Retaining Ken Larsen
we were treated to a stop-off would have a salutory effect
Dawn.
Gildesgame, who also at Mitzpeh Ramon, doing on the total economy. It is
on the Southfield School Board.
is chairman of the Friends nothing for almost five hours time, Ben Aharon argued,
May 18—To Mr. and Mrs. of the Israel Museums in this but inhaling the pure air and that the government adopt a
Frederic Waller (Enid Wacht country, is one of the few discussing how we might 40-hour work week.
of New York), 30619 Club British subjects in the long help relieve the desolation of
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Krieger
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Avedisian
House Ln., Farmington, a honors list not born in this the area.
Victimology
Parley
Dr. Mervyn Lakin
Dr. & Mrs. Max Bardenstein
country. He was born in
daughter, Cheryl Beth.
The site still bears traces at Hebrew University
Romania
in
1903.
Mr. Fred Leonhard
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Berman
* *
of its past importance. It has
JERUSALEM
—
Criminol-
Mrs. Sybil Levenson
a
large
service
station
for
Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Bieglow
April 25—To Mr. and Mrs.
David Br o d s k y (Juanita Sapir to Confer in NY vehicles and a coffee shop, ogists from all over the
Dr. 8 Mrs. David Levy
Mr.
&
Mrs.
Gerald
Blake
which already bear the hea- world will meet in Jerusalem
Ehrlichman), 21701 Kipling, With UJA Cabinet
Dr. & Mrs. Harvey Y. Lewis
Mr.
&
Mrs.
John
Byrd
in September for the First
Oak Park, a daughter, Re-
NEW YORK (JTA) — Pin- vy impress of something of International Symposium on
Dr. & Mrs. Herman Lifton
Mr.
&
Mrs.
Arthur
Chaims
the past. The inn on the hil-
becca Beth.
has Sapir, Israel's minister lock above the station serves Victimology sponsored by the
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Loewenstein
Donald
&
Beverly
Clemo
of finance, will meet in New no customers, and the entire Hebrew University.
Alex & Minnie Martin
Mr.
&
Mrs.
Robert
Coffey
York with United Jewish Ap-
Experts from the U.S.,
second floor of the large of-
peal cabinet members June fice building with its street- Canada, France, Switzerland,
Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. John Colleran
28, Paul Zuckerman, UJA level stores, built as a shop- Holland, Nigeria, Japan and
Mr. & Mrs. George Morse
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Condit
general chairman, announced. ping center, stands bleak and West Germany will discuss
Mr. & Mrs. Hal Peacock
Mr.
&
Mrs.
Harris
Crane
Sapir will discuss the im- empty. Most of the stores are topics concerning the victims
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Pearl
pact of the increased immi- vacant, and some have brok- of crimes.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Dworkin
gration of Jews to Israel en windows, the handiwork
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Pelletier
Prof. Israel Drapkin, head
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ephraim
from the Soviet Union. of vandals.
of the Hebrew University's
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Pollak
Mr.
&
Mrs.
Edward
Exworthy
Zuckerman said the assem-
The "lame" bus drove us Institute of Criminology,
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Podnar
Mr. & Mrs. Maynard Feldman
RABBI LEO
bled leaders will discuss the to the local council head- chairs the organizing com-
immediate need for a sub- quarters and the school build- mittee for the symposium
Bernard & Phyllis Remer
Mr. & Mrs. George Fletcher
stantial flow of cash to sup- ing opposite it. From the which is cosponsored by the
Mary Ritzenthaler
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Friedman
p o r t UJA's humanitarian yard came the cries of chil- university, the International
Expert IWO
Mr. George Roller
Dr.
&
Mrs.
Max
Garber
services
in
Israel.
Serving Hospitals and Homes
dren at play, mingled with Society of Criminology and
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ruben
"P ledge s," Zuckerman the quacking of ducks and Israel government authori-
Mr. & Mrs. Ross Gardner
U 1-9769
LI 2-4444
said, "are running well ahead geese from the "animal cor-
Barbara Rubiner
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Garlock
ties
of last year at this time. ner."
Mr. & Mrs. George Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Gibbons
Yet,
the
actual
cash
flow
is
RABBI S. ZACHARIASH considerably less. Pledges We chatted with two of the Beirut Hotelier Says
Dr. & Mrs. Martin Selik
Raymond & Vicki Goldbaum
school employes; they dif-
Specialized
alone cannot do the job."
Mr. Isadore Silverman
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Golds
fered in their estimation, as
ERIC ROSENOW
A rth, s
RE-ELECT
Kenneth N. Larsen
Southfield Board of Education
VOTE Monday, June 11, 1973
GOLDMAN
MOHEL
to Home or Hospital
557-9666
I
The Israeli press reports
there are some 200 Israeli
millionaires.
REV. SIDNEY
RUBE
Mohel
358-1426 or 357-5544
SHARE lN -
*
FREEDOM
* U.S. Savings Bonds
* New Freedom Shares
to whether 80 or 150 chil-
dren were attending school
in Mitzpeh Ramon. Here the
scene was quite different
from the abandoned shopping
center square—well-kept gar-
dens, clean yards, neat chil-
dren, and the atmosphere of
a provincial school in a small
community which can main-
tain a high level of education.
The secretaries in the of-
6 Israelis Deadbeats
JERUSALEM (ZINS) —An
owner of the Beirut hotel
where six Israelis who took
part in the recent commando
strike were guests, has sent
the bill to the Israel Foreign
Ministry because the Is-
raelis left without checking
out. There is no word as to
what the foreign ministry
intends to do about it.
Norman & Jane Goodman
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Gosman
Mr. 8 Mrs. Bernard Gottfried
Adelyn Greenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Karl D. Grossman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hall
Mr. Robert Hall
Mr. 8 Mrs. Paul Kaye
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Simon
Anita Skene
Dr. & Mrs. Barney Solomon
Mrs. Sally Sommerfield
Elaine Treisman
Katie Wease
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Wolfe
Dr. & Mrs. David J. Young
Sponsored by Citizens Committee for Ken Larsen