Prof. Scholem Wins Bnai Brith Award
named by Bnai Brith as 1974 lence in Jewish literature."
The 76-year-old Israeli
recipient of its Jewish Heri-
scholar will be presented the
tage Award.
The $1,000 prize annually award by Bnai Brith's corn-
honors a writer for "excel- mission on adult Jewish edu-
cation in special ceremonies
in November in Jerusalem.
The selection committee
cited Dr. Scholem for having
"unearthed a body of knowl-
edge that is the essential
JERUSALEM — An "im- ' to create employment for the counterpart of Judaic legal-
mediate, urgent drive in returnees.
The statement urged an ism and rationalism. He has
every Jewish community" to
by his revolutionary studies
persuade Diaspora Jews to end to "phony subsidies" for impressively documented the
immigrants,
to
be
replaced
"return" to Israel has been
historical significance of Jew-
launched by a new organiza- with other forms of aid and ish mysticism and given new
tion here, Habayta (Home). development of rental hous- understanding to what many
In a full-page advertise- ing which would eliminate Jews seek today: a personal
ment in the Jerusalem Post, the need for such subsidies. touch with the ultimate."
Toward these ends, Ha-
a message to Western Jewry
Dr. Scholem spent 20 years
cited economic unrest, grow- bayta has set up an interna-
ing anti-Semitism and as- tional congress of Jewish collecting basic data for his
similation abroad as well as youth, to be held July 30- landmark stud y, "Major
the lack of success by Zionist Aug. 4. For information on Trends in Jewish Mysticism,"
organizations to stimulate the Habayta World Youth published in 1941.
Dr. Scholem's massive
large-scale aliya — as the Congress, write the U. S. of-
reasons for formation of fice of Habayta, 942 E. 10th effort lifted research into
St., Brooklyn 11230.
Jewish mysticism from neg-
Habayta.
The Habayta statement lect and obscurity.
It stated among its goals
the training of shlikhim to said every Zionist organiza-
His studies laid the ground-
assist in the furtherance of tion must base itself on two work for new research by
aliya; the preparation of en- principles: "that Israel is the other scholars.
tire communities for trans- homeland of the Jewish
Dr. Scholem is a native of
plantation to Israel; and the people and it is incumbent Germany. He settled in pre-
upon
every
Jew
to
settle
emphasis on the religious
state Israel in 1923.
obligation of observant Jews here, and that now is the
time for Jews, the world
to return.
The Habayta Organization over, as suggested hy.. the Neutron Star May
also urged the development very name of the organiza- Tell Earthquake Site
of local chapters in each tion itself, to 'return home.' "
JERUSALEM — Better un-
community which would,
derstanding
of earthquakes
An
open
confession
is
good
among other duties, induce
may be one of the dividends
private investment in Israel for the soul.—Proverb.
of the work of Hebrew Uni-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS versity astrophysicist Jacob
24—Friday, May 10, 1974
Shaham, who is studying the
neutron star, a recently dis-_
covered heavenly body. Dr.
Shaham's findings on outer
space may some day help
geophysicists predict when
and where earthquakes will
strike.
A neutron star, which
weighs as much as the sun
and exerts great gravitational
force is probably created
after the occurrence of a
super nova, the final gigantic
explosion of a dying star.
About a 1,000 years ago a
super nova was observed
served both by the Chinese
and the American Indians.
In 1937, only five years
after the discovery of the
neutron, a Nobel Prize win-
ner, the Russian physicist
Lev Davidovich Landau, pre-
dicted the existence of the
neutron star. Later when
strong sources of rapidly
pulsing radio waves, called
pulsars, were discovered
by new radio telescopes, as-
trophysicists postulated that
these were in fact quickly
rotating neutron stars. The
small rotating sphere was
suggested by the vast
amounts of energy apparent :
ly being turned on and off
in earth's direction at rates
up to some 3,000,000 times
a day, somewhere in space.
According to Dr. Shaham
these increases in speed
were caused by "star-
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WASHINGTON — Gershom
Scholem, whose monumental
studies in Jewish mysticism
have opened new dimensions
in Jewish scholarship, wa -s
liabayta' Organization Begun
to Push Worldwide Mass Aliya
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Fermentation
Research Unit
at Hebrew U.
JERUSALEM—A surge of
interest throughout the world
in considering fermentation
as a means of producing
many chemicals and solvents
now produced through petro-
chemistry, was reported by
Prof. Richard I. Mateles,
Hebrew University professor
of applied microbiology and
head of its fermentation unit.
He was speaking at the
university's dedication of its
fermentation research labor-
atory building in memory of
Ida and Abraham Gudelsky.
It is Israel's first and only
fermentation development
unit and will advance the
progress of the fermentation
industry in the country.
Among those at the cere-
mony were Homer and Mar-
tha Gudelsky of Silver Spring
Md., who established the lab-
oratory in memory of Gudel-
sky's parents.
The laboratory, with a staff
of 11, is engaged in research
and development of fermen-
tation processes which in-
clude antibiotics, enzymes,
stereoids, fodder yeast and
utilization of mash materials
such as cheese whey and cit-
rus peel juice.
Prof. Mateles said that the
major advantage of -fermen-
tation is its reuse of renew-
able resources, based on use
of sunlight by plants, where-
as petroleum resources are
fixed and not renewable.
Bar-Ilan U. to Issue
Diplomatic Lexicon
RAMAT-GAN—An English-
H e b r e w, Hebrew-English
diplomatic dictionary is being
prepared for publication by
the department of translation
and interpretation at Bar-
Ilan University.
The dictionary, the first of
its kind in Israel, will serve
departments of political
studies and foreign affairs at
universities as well as news-
papers; the Israeli Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and em-
bassies in Israel.
Dr. Pinchas Lapide, head
of the department, said the
dictionary is being prepared
in conjunction with the minis-
try of foreign affairs, the
Academy of Hebrew Lan-
guage and the heads of the
Hebraic section of the United
States Library of Congress.
The research team is being
aided by a list of terms com-
piled by the late .Moshe
Sharett, first Israeli minister
of foreign affairs, for use by
the ministry.
2 Boston Olim Win
Israel Photo Prizes
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Two
former Bostonians took first
prize awards in a new com-
petition for immigrant pho-
tographers, "Israel Through
the Immigrant's Camera,"
conducted by the ZOA House
here.
The winning entries were
those of Mrs. Alexander Dor-
ner, 27, of Jerusalem, and
Rabbi Yoel Ornat, 44, also
of Jerusalem and former
Hebrew teacher in Boston.
Mrs. Dorner's entry was
the humorous portrayal of a
camel's head. Rabbi Ornat's
prize winner was a study of
the venerable Rabbi Ben-
i Zion Brock. Each received a
prize of IL 500.
Greeks Pardon Two Terrorists
ATHENS (JTA) — The
Greek government has par-
doned two Arabs sentenced
to death for killing five peo-
ple in a gun and grenade
attack on Athens Airport last
August and has expelled
them to Libya.
The two men, Arid El
Shafik, 22, and Khantouran
Palaal, 21, both Jordanian-
born Palestinians, had been
sentenced to death by a
Greek court last January.
However, their death sen-
tences were commuted to
life imprisonment.
In Jerusalem, Israeli of-
ficials' voiced dismay over
the deportation, and one Is-
raeli official said the release
of the Palestinians "can only
serve to encourage terror-
ism." Washington officials
also expressed disappoint-
ment over the release.
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than youth itself, though in
another dress.—Henry Wads-
w–Orth Longfellow.
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