Zionists to Host Pinhas Sapir Nov. 18
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Pinhas Sapir, chairman of
the executive of the World
Zionist Organization and
chairman of the board of
governors of the Jewish
Agency, will give a public
address, 8:15 p.m. Nov. 18
at Cong. Beth Achim.
Sapir will speak on "Is
rael and the Jewish World—
Urgent Issues" at the free
event, which is sponsored by
the Detroit Zionist Federation
and the Israel Aliya Center
of Michigan.
- An Israeli government of-
ficial since 1948, and Cabinet
member from 1955 until lost
year, Sapir has been heavily
involved in the folmation and
growth of Israel in both the
public and private sectors.
Born in Suwalki, Russian
Poland in 1909, Pinhas Kos-
MR. AND MRS. PINHAS TAPIR
lowsky, while still a pupil in
a Jewish religious secondary ganah. In May 1948, he head-
school in Warsaw, joined ed a mission to Europe to
"Hechalutz", the Zionist Pio- purchase military equipment.
neer Movement and emigrat-
Upon his return, he was
ed to Israel in 1929.
appointe'd director general of
He settled at Kfar.Sabar
the ministry of defense, a
the Sharon Plain, where he post he occupied until 1953
found employment in the sur- when._he was switched• to the
rounding orange groves.
Ministry. of Finance.
Playing a prominent role
He continued to head the
in the struggle for the em- Ministry of Finance until
ployment of Jewish labor in 1955 when he was given
agriculture generally, and in Cabinet rank and entrusted
the citrus industry ..in par- with the commerce and in-
ticular, he organized several ' dustry portfolio. In .959 he . 1
labor strikes and was placed was elected a member of the
under administrative deten- Knesset and in 1963 he be-
tiori in Jerusalem for four came minister of finance—a
months.
position he ,held -until 1968
As a representative of when he became secretary
Mapal, the Israel Labor Oneral of Mapai, the Israel
Party, he founded a work- Labor Party.
men's housing- project and
He retained his Cabinet
loan fund in Kfar Saba.
post as minister withodt port-„
When the late Levi Eshkol folio. He again became min-
was placed in charge of the ister of finance in 1969 and
Mekorot Water Co. in 1937, remained at that post until
he made Sapir his assistant. the 'formation of the present
Sapir remained associated goVernment by Yitzhak Ra-
with Mekorot until 1947.
bin, when he decided to leave
In 1948 he was put in the cabinet.'
charge of the quartermaster
Sapir retains his seat in
general's branch of the Ha- the Knesset.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
12—Friday, Nov. 8, 1974
Israel Traffic Deaths
TEL AVIV (ZINS)—Traf-
fic victims during September
numbered 47 dead, as corn:
pared with 67 in August of
the previous year — a de-
cline of 30 per cent. In the
first nine months of the cur-
rent year, 500 persons lost
their lives in automobile ac-
cidents, compared with 533
who died on Israel'S roads
in the previous year, accord-
ing to Israel's Central Statis-
tical Bureau.
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Pinhas Sapir's Quiet -Wedding
By MOSHE RON
Special Jewish News
Israel Correspondent
Only a few close friends
and relatives knew - in ad-
vance about Pinhas. Sapir's
recent marriage. His. daugh-
ter Rina Tal who is liVing
with her family in a modest
house near her father's
wooden house, called for
him. Sapir has been living_ in
this house in Kfar Saba for
dozens of years and refused
to change it for a modern
house.
Sapir has two daughters, a
son and eight- grandchildren.
He spends weekends'and hol-
idays with- his children and
grandchildren, and during
the week he is busy with
meetings and conferences in
his offices in Jerusalem and
Tel-Aviv from early in the
morning until late at night.
Often, when in a meeting,
Sapir closes his eyes, but
concentrates h i s throughts
and listens to each word.
Sometimes he "wakes "up"
and makes a suitable com-
ment. Now, after his mar-
riage to Rivka Elnaton, it is
belieVed, that she will slow
his 18 hour work day and
ensure his rest.
Rivka Elnaton is 51 years
old. Her husband died seven
years ago. She has two chil-
dren; a son, Danny, who is
now' a soldier and a daughter,
Hadas, a student.
Twenty years ago 'she
started to work in the Labor
Council in Jerusalem. After-
wards she worked as secre-
tary to the General Secre-
tary of the Labor Council in
Jerusalem, Moshe Baram,
who is now minister of la-
bor. She was active in the
"Hagana" and helped organ-
ize the illegal Alyia in the
time of the British Mandate.
Two years ago she was
elected secretary of the Or-
g,anization of Working
Mothers in Jerusalem. On
rare occasions she has pub-
lished her views in the in-
ternal bulletin of the Labor
Party, saying that the Israeli
woman was discriminated
against in the Parliament
and in social life.
Immediately after her wed-
ding, Rivk a Sapir relin-
quished her job, and moved
to her husband's house in
Kfar Saba.
An aged man, whom Abra-
ham hospitably invited to his
tent, refused to join him in
prayer to the one spiritual.
God. Learning that he was a
fire - worshipper, Abraham
drove him from 'his door.
That night God. appeared to
Abraham in a vision and
said: "I have borne with that
ignorant man for_ seventy
years; could you not have
patiently suffered him one
night?"—Midrash
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