Orthodox Leaders Hit for Attending AJCongress Parley
NEW YORK (JTA)—A ha-
sidic rabbinical leader has
expressed regret that Ortho•
dox educators took part in a
recent all-day conference on
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Jewish education sponsored
by the American Jewish Con-
gress.
Rabbi Sholom B. Gorodet-
sky, chairman of the Hasidic
Corporation for Urban Con-
cerns, said the AJCongress,
through its participation in
the Committee for Public Ed-
ucation and Religious Liberty
(PEARL), had been "in the
forefront of blocking every
means of much needed out-
side help in revenues for our
financially deprived Torah
institutions."
Some 50 Jewish educators,
representing Orthodox, Con-
servative, Reform and secu-
lar Jewish education agreed,
at the close of the conference,
to form a working committee
to explore and recommend
measures to finance ade-
quately all forms of Jewish
education.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 25, 1974-11
Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined
That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health,
3 Israeli Officers Freeze to Death
in. Sinai as Storms Grip Country
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Heavy
snows and frigid weather
more typical of Siberia than
the Middle East engulfed Is-
rael this w e e k, creating
havoc with transportation
and causing severe hard-
ships, especially in elevated
areas.
Several deaths were re-
ported as a result of the
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Tel Aviv road by noon, but
Three Israeli army officers travelers were advised to
froze to death last week in a use the train, and rail ser-
Sinai snow storm at the vice was doubled.
Santa Katerina monastery in
Special heavy-duty ambu-
southern Sinai. One woman lances were put into service
soldier was severely striken
by Jerusalem hospitals, and
by frostbite.
army halftracks were placed
The three who died were at the disposal of the munici-
identified as Maj. Meir Sela pality to carry out urgent
and Captains Mordechai Puz-, public works.
nik and Chaim Duweik.
Safad, isolated for the past
According to an army two days from the rest of
spokesman, the officers were the country, began only Wed-
part of a command team nesday to dig itself out of
that intended to visit an Is- the snow. Veteran settlers in
raeli army unit in the Santa that Galilean mountain town
Katerina region which was said they had never experi-
in difficulties because of the enced a snowstorm of such
weather.
duration and accumulation.
Six officers and two worn-
Twenty feet of snow was
en soldiers traveled in two reported on the slopes of Mt.
jeeys from Sharm el Sheikh Hermon and nearly as much
to Santa Katerina.
on parts of the Golan Heights.
Their trip was difficult be-
Tel Aviv, which usually
cause of the snow and icy enjoys a moderate maritime
winds. The jeeps became climate, shivered in below-
stuck in heavy snow a few freezing temperatures Wed-
miles from their destination. nesday. But the only snow
The commander decided to was that brought into town
make the rest of the way on on the tops of cars arriving
foot after notifying headquar- from Jerusalem.
ters of their plight by radio.
Meteorologists haVe attribu-
Rescue teams and a heli- ted the severe weather to a
copter were sent out but vast barometric low over
were forced back due to the Central Russia, Two Arab
weather conditions.
infants were reported to have
A woman soldier and the died of the cold, and many
education officer were the other children have been
first to collapse. The others treated for frostbite.
decided to continue in an
Roads in the Negev have
attempt to reach the unit and
been flooded, and one truck
send help to the two that
were left behind. Two more driver was reported missing.
Other drivers of stalled
officers collapsed.
vehicles were rescued by
By morning, helicopters army units.
discovered the woman sol-
The Jewish National Fund
dier and the education offi-
cer; and two hours later the reported this week that the
other two officers were storms and snow had so far
spotted and taken by the not damaged its forests and
saplings — unlike last year
helicopter.
The three officers were when extensive damage was
dead when they were brought caused. It also announced
to a hospital. The woman that despite grave shortages
soldier was in critical con- because of the emergency in
heavy vehicles and equip-
dition.
A committee has been set ment. it had succeeded in
up to investigate the tragedy. preparing most of the land
Jerusalem, inundated by earmarked for next season's
snow, had no vehicular traf- afforestation. Some 2,200,000
fic Wednesday. Schools and saplings will be planted, the
government offices were JNF said.
Lights went out all over Is
closed, and the Knesset was
forced to cancel its morning rael Sunday as hard-pressed
session. Snow plows man- power stations gave in to en
aged to open the Jerusalem- ormous pressures from the
elements and from consum
ers suffering from a bitter
cold wave.
The electric company said
its main power station at Te
Aviv had lost part of its pow
er leading to a chain of other
failures around the country
Telex and telephone lines
were down in many areas,
and traffic lights were out in
many .cities causing traffic
tieups and near chaos.
Heavy rains extended
through the normally arid
Negev as far south as Eilat.
But water experts believe
the heavy downpour will
raise the level of Lake Ti-
berias—Israel's major sweet
water reservoir—which had
dropped to a dangerous point
in recent months.
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Social Club Gives
Savings
to IEF
3r)
United Jewish Social Club,
at a recent emergency meet-
ing, unanimously voted to
forward the club's savings to
the Israel Emergency Fund.
In October, the club do-
nated a $500 check and an
Israel Bond in the same
amount. Two other $500 Is-
rael Bonds, dated May 1967
and June 1968, also were
contributed.