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February 15, 1974 - Image 14

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1974-02-15

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Christians Urged to Visit Israel

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Congressman to Talk
DUBROVNIK? APRIL '74,
NEW YORK — Congress-
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — First
HAMILTON, MILLER,
I
signs of a softening in the man Ogden Reid will be the
HUDSON & FAYNE TRAVEL CORP.
guest
speaker
at
the
testi-
cost of land have become evi-
I
dent as a result of the halt in monial dinner for Mrs. Sarah
construction of homes since Herzog, president of the I
the Yom Kippur War. Build- Jerusalem Mental Health
I
557-5145
ers have just dropped out of Center, Feb. 24 at the New
York Hilton Hotel.
the market.
After the Six-Day War,
prices skyrocketed, and were
a major contributing factor in
the unprecedented rise in the
most of housing. In 1973 (be-
fore the outbreak of war)
housing costs had jumped an
average of 42 percent over
the prevailing prices of 1972.
Building now is at a virtual
standstill and the pace of
land transactions has slowed
to a crawl. For example,
just prior to the October war,
a 12-dunam (3 acres) tract
in Mar Saba was quoted at
IL 3,500,000 ($875,000) with
buyers abounding. Now the
same land is being offered
for IL 3,000,000 with no takers
in sight. One building entre-
preneur acquired a plot just
before the war for IL 1,000,-
000 and is ready to resell at
a price of IL 850,000. To re-
trieve his cash he is willing
to take a loss of 15 percent.
A Petah Tikva builder who
commenced construction be-
fore the war is offering to
sell the land together with For information and assistance about living
the foundations at a loss of working, or studying in Israel,
IL 500,000, but again there contact: ISRAEL ALIYAH CENTER
are no buyers.

What will be the long-term
value of Christian tours to
Israel? There are no guaran-
tees, but here is how Rev.
Dean Goodwin, director of
communications of the Amer-
ican Baptist Churches, felt
A group of 10 Christian at the close of a tour in
freshmen and sophomores at January:
Moravian College of Penn-
"When I talked with the
sylvania recently completed people who make up modern
a three-week stay in Israel. Israel, I began to understand
They described it as "one both the Israel of the Bible
of the greatest emotional ex- and the Israel of today, be-
periences they had ever cause Israel never was just
had," according to the head `holy places'; it has always
of the department of religion been people, a unique people.
at Moravian,
Discovery of the people not
Yet another black Christian only deepened my perception
leader who visited was Roy of Israel, old and new, but
Wilkins. Asked by Israelis also made a profound differ-
if he would like to visit Di- ence in how I preceived my
mona, where a group of black own Christian faith . . . For
militants was charging Israel the first time in my life, I
with racism, Wilkins de- entered into the life of a
clined, explaining that he people who, from their be-
understood the question was ginnings, accepted a vocation
not one of racism. Wilkins from God that required pain-
serves on the advisory com- ful struggles and suffering." Classifieds Get Quick Results

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you say it every year. "Next year
Jerusalem." And you really mean it
You want to go to Israel—to live there
WELL, NEXT YEAR IS HERE.
And so are you.

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JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
Latest changes in the Israeli
military command structure
confirm that the incumbent
chief of staff, David Elazar,
continues in a position of
power, contrary to allegations
that his influence was weak-
ened as a result of the Yom
Kippur War.
Military experts point to
the fact that all promotions
and shifts in command have
conformed to Gen. Elazar's
choices. which were backed
by Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan.
Despite the enormous popu-
larity enjoyed by the hero of
the war, Gen. Ariel (Arik)
Sharon, there is no chance he
will be named as the next
chief of staff of Israel's de-
fense forces, sources said.
Sharon and Elazar have
clashed, with the former
highly critical of the latter's
performance and leadership
qualities. Leading candidate
for the top military post is
now Gen. Israel Tal, deputy
chief of staff under Elazar.
Tal enjoys the solid back-
ing of Premier Golda Meir
and Generals Dayan and
Elazar. At one time there
were reports that Gen. Mor-
decai Gur was in line for the
jab, but he is now considered
out.

mittee for AJC's Christian
tours program, along with
other Christian leaders like
Mrs. Rheinhold Niebuhr and
Leonard Woodcock.
Mrs. Gibel initiated the
tour program with Rabbi
Marc Tanenbaum, director
of interreligious affairs for
the AJC. The pilot project
was begun with a grant from
Elmer Winter, president of
the American Jewish Com-
mittee.

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Elazar Still No. 1;
Tal May Move Up

ficial, as each sees Israel
through the other's eyes.
Several hundred Christian
leaders and groups already
have been to Israel under
AJC auspices.
One was by Dr. Bryant
George, a United Presbyter-
ian minister who is director
of the Federation of Southern
Cooperatives program for the
Ford Foundation. As a result
of his trip, he is leading the
southern cooperative move-
ment in the direction of the
moshav — family ownership
of land, but cooperative plan-
ning, marketing and credit.
Later this month, a small
group from the southern
cooperative will visit Israel.

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By CHARLOTTE DUBIN
If Father Daniel Berrigan
would care to take a trip to
Israel and learn the facts—
instead of the fictitious tripe
he usually dispenses — Inge
Gibel will be happy to plan
his itinerary.
Mrs. Gibel, who was in
Detroit this week to promote
Christian tours to Israel un-
der the auspices of the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee, can't
guarantee the controversial
priest would return a zealous
supporter of Israel. But she
feels he at least would be
exposed to the truth.
Which is what Christian
tours to Israel are all about.
At Marygrove College, Mrs.
Gibel discussed the concept
with clergy, faculty and stu-
dents from local Christian
colleges.
She explained t h a t the
AJC's three-year-old pro-
gram is not designed to
subsidize trips but rather to
arrange modest-priced itiner-
aries that would be of par-
ticular interest to Christian
tourists.
Not only will they see
places of religious signifi-
cance, but they will visit
kibut zim and moshavim,
meet with Jewish, Arab and
Christian leaders, attend con-
certs and view the reality of
modern Israel.
"There are a lot of Holy-
land pilgrimages that really
aren't an introduction to Is-
rael," said Mrs. Gibel. "These
trips appeal to fundamental-
ists, not to sophisticated, in-
telligent Christians who would
like both to explore the or-
igins of Christianity and to
view the modern state of
Israel."
Believing that ''Israel
speaks for itself," Mrs. Gibel
wants Christian tourists to
perceive "the real democracy
being built there."
Better yet, she would like
to see more interfaith groups
going to Israel, and toward
that end encouraged local
AJC members to arrange
tours with their Christian
friends.
Such interfaith trips, she
feels, will be mutually bene-

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