THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Former Detroiter in Israel
Services Soldiers' Aid Station

who lives in Natanya, said
the little shack she helps
service may not look like
much, but to the tired, hun-
gry soldiers who pass by, it
represents a combination of
. NATANYA, Israel — For Howard Johnson's and a
sheer persistence, you can't desert oasis.
The idea was not unique
beat the ladies who run the
soldier's refreshment kiosk to the Yom Kippur War.
at the Natanya intersection During the Six-Day War,
of the Tel Aviv-Haifa High- volunteers stood along the
way. It's the only one of its roads to provide food and
' id still run by volunteers drink to the soldiers en
.'re than a year after the route to the front. Soon
after the war, the volunteer
'Y OM Kippur War.
Bertha (Mrs. Louis) effort ceased, although the
Gross, a former Detroiter stream of hitch-hiking sol-
diers went on.

By CHARLOTTE DUBIN -
Editors Note: Charlotte
Dubin, former city editor of
The Jewish News, now lives
in Jerusalem with her hus-
band, Harold.

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The Yom Kippur War
was of longer duration,
and so was the citizen ef-
fort to bring comfort to the
exhausted army. But as
the men started coming
home, the little stands
shut down. Not so the Na-
tanya shack. The ladies
felt .the need was still
there. "I have never seen
so many soldiers moving
about as in our little coun-
try," said Mrs. Gross.
"Sometimes I think it is to
confuse the enemy."

A roughly boarded shel-
ter, the Natanya kiosk has a
cold-water sink, a two-
burner stove to make Turk-
ish-style black coffee and,
thanks to a generous donor,
an awning. There are no toi-
let facilities.

Coffee, sugar and juice
concentrate are supplied by
the Soldiers' Welfare Com-
mittee. Another donor con-
tributes bread and cake. The
ladies who work the various
shifts from 8:30 a.m. to 7
p.m. are responsible for the
spreads that go on the open-
faced sandwiches.
It's not uncommon to see
the women "shlepping"
their donations on the bus.
Mrs. Gross said they have
become "expert shnorrers."

Two of her three-woman
group visit hotels on Mon-
day mornings and come
away with Bar Mitzva and
wedding leftovers.

Despite the cost and trou-
ble involved, the women are
determined to keep their lit-
tle shack open. Rough esti-
mates put the monthly cost
at IL 30,000 ($5,000), not
including private donations
— a monstrous sum in cost-
conscious Israel.
"One soldier who had

Synagogue Forms
Havura Groups

ST. PAUL, Minn (JTA) —
Temple of Aaron, a Conserv-
ative synagogue here, cur-
rently has 21 Havura
groups, each comprised of
10 to 14 congregants, rang-
ing in age from 20 to 65.
Darshanim — discussion
leaders — coordinate and
provide information for
each evening's discussion
but the Havura participants
are encouraged to do re-
search before the session .
and to share their findings
with other members.
Topics discussed include
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contemporary sex ethics.

Friday, April 25, 1975 15

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Chief Rabbi's Sharp Remark
Hit by British Jewry Leader

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been badly wounded in the
Beit Shean incident was
hitch-hiking back to base
after getting some treat-
ment at a hospital some-
where, and he was in such
pain we gave him a box to sit
on while he ate and drank.
After that, he made it a
habit to visit us each time he
passed," Mrs. Gross said.
Last year, with the help
of another Natanya resi-
dent, Bella Goldberg, Mrs.
Gross made contact with a
member of Detroit's Temple
Israel (where Mrs. Goldberg
had been organist), and the
result was a contribution of
well over $2,000.

With that money, the
volunteers bought stoves,
a generator and a movie
projector for soldiers in
the Golan Heights and a
cooler filled with cold
drinks for a unit in the
The
he latter gift re-
placed tepid water drunk
out of a jerry can.

Mrs. Gross said all contri-
butions are acknowledged
with a receipt from the
"Soldiers Benefit Group."
Her address is 29 Gad
Machnes, Natanya, Israel.

LONDON (JTA) — An
Anglo-Jewish leader has
responded sharply to the
recent criticism by -British
Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jd-
koboviti of the state of the
leadership of British Jewry.
Captain David Tack, out-
going chairman of the Asso-
ciation of Jewish Ex-Serv-
icemen and Women (AJEX)
told the organization's an-
nual conference that Rabbi
Jakobovitz's remarks were
harsh and tactless.
The Chief Rabbi, in a re-
cent speech, described Bri-
tish-Jewish leadership as
"archaic, rigid, remote and
irrevelant" and claimed that
it "has alienated not only
the young but also the most

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