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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
20 December 26, 1975
Israeli
Myitic Defends Powers
Uri Geller, the "Israeli
mystic" defends his powers
in a recent article in the De -
troit News. Geller, in part,
writes:
"Reader's Digest pointed
out that my critics, most of
them magicians, insist that
I am merely a magician who
is able to fool many leading
scientists .. .
"But the article pointed
out that these critics hive
constantly refused to un-
dergo the same test that I
College Youth Join
UJA Israel Tour
NEW YORK — On-e
hundred and sixteen Jewish
college students from 70
American college campuses
are in Israel as participants
in the 1976 United Jewish
Appeal University Pro-
grams December Leader-
ship Mission, the largest
student mission in UJA his-
tory, announced Frank R.
Lautenberg, UJA general
chairman.
Highlights of the Decem-
ber Leadership Mission in-
clude visits to Israeli devel-
opment towns in the north
and south, settlements
along the Lebanese border,
new-- immigrant absorption
centers, and meetings with
high-ranking Israeli offi-
cials.
have gone through in lead-
ing science laboratories.
"Carefully checked arti-
cles like that in the Digest,
and the scientific articles
answer the critics better
than I can; In other words,
the criticism is already an- -
swered by those who have
open minds and a positive
kind of skepticism."
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NEW YORK — The scien-
tist who developed the univ-
ersally accepted tools'for
the measurement of apti-
tude and intelligence was
presented with the first
Torch of Learning Award of
the psychology division of
the American Friends of the
Hebrew University at a din-
ner held recently in his
honor.
Lubavitch Give
Hanuka Kits
NEN YORK (JTA) --
Members of the Lubavitcher
movement distributed an
estimated 850,000 Hanuka
kits, each containing an in-
expensive menora manufac-
tured for the project, to-
Jews on four continents for
the holiday-this year.
The international effort
was undertaken as part of
the ongoing effort by Rabbi
Menachem Schneerson,- the
Lubavitcher Rebbe, to com-
bat assimilation among
Jews, according to Rabbi
Shmuel Butman, director of
the Lubavitch Youth Organ-
ization.
Each kit also included a
box of candles and a pam-
phlet describing Hanuka, its
laws and the blessings, with
translations and transliter-
ations.
Jews in Exile Cherished Land
Throughout the banish-
ments decreed by alien con-
querors against many of it
inhabitants, the Jews in ex-
ile cherished the land in
their hearts, and - over and
over again made their way
back to it, singly and in or-
ganized groups.
It is in Hebrew that pray-
ers have been iminemorially
recited on Sabbaths and fes-
tivals, and in a thrice-daily
evocation of Jerusalem, in
the thousands of syn-
agogues where millions of
Jews worship throughout
the world.
And, at long last, the Na-
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tional Liberation Movement
of the Jews — called Zion-
ism, in affinity to Jerusa-
lem's • Mount Zion —
brought the enlightened
world to recognition of the
rebirth of Jewish sover-
eignty and independence.
Arabs in Palestine
The first appearance of
the Arabs in Palestine was
in the seventh Century of
the, Common Era, 33 centu-
ries after the first appear-
ance of the Israelites, and
Arab dominion then en-
dured for hardly more than
three. or four centuries. No
other Arab hegemony of Pa-
lestine ever followed that
brief intrusion. If Palestine
fell into alien hands there-
after, it was in a succession
of short-lived, non-Arab,
. conquests — by the Seljuks,
the Crusaders, the Mongols
and the Mamluks, and, from
1517 until the Allies de-
stroyed the Ottoman empire
in the First World War, by
the Turks.
Ford Visit Expected
TUNIS — (ZINS) -- The
Egyptian Weekly, Akhbar-
al-Yuom, reports that Presi-
dent Gerald Ford will visit
Egypt and Israel in March,
1976. The report adds that
the tour of the Middle East
will include a visit to Saudi
Arabia and Iran.
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Dr. David_Wechsler, vice
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Friends and former visiting
professor at the Hebrevat -
_University of JerusalenW
accepted the award.
A sun energy collector, part
Tel Aviv suburb.
The energy crisis has
stimulated world-wide in-
terest in the solar hot water
heater- Which has been well
established in Israel for
many years now.
The solar heater derives
all its energy from the sun
and operates without any
moving parts, thus provid-
ing an efficient heating sys-_
tem that functions without
any operating or ma.inte:
or a solar hot water heater on the roof of a villa in a
nance costs.
In response to increased
world demand, a large-scale
Israeli manufacturer • —
Miromit Ashkelon Metal
Products Ltd. — is expand-
ing production and also
building a new million-dol-
lar plant in the development
town \of Sderot for the as-
sembly of solar heating
_units.
Not all countries enjoy__
Talit, Fringes Use Explained
By RABBI SAMUEL-FOX
fringes is so that "You
(Copyright 1975, Inc.)
-may look on it and remem-
The talit which is cur- ber all the commandments
rently worn during prayer of the Almighty so as to
was something that reli- fulfill them and not to be
gious Jews either in the past tempted after the inclina-
wore constantly during the tion of_ your heart and
day, or even in the present, mind by which you can be
wear in a more modest form lead astray" (15:39).
These fringes, , therefore,
called a Talit Katan, the lat-
ter being worn under one's are reminders of the neces-
sary commitment to-be fol-
jacket or shirt.
The main feature in both lowed by the Jew in fulfill-
of these is composed of the ing the commandments.
fringes which extend from
each of the four corners
from this garment. This is Torah C _ onvocation
meant to fulfill the com-
mandment in the Bible Names Chairman -
(Numbers 15:38) which. -- NEW YORK — The Rab-
states "They shall make binical Council of America
themselves fringes on the appointed Rabbi Solomon B.
corners of • their garments Shapiro of Cong. Bnai Abra-
ham, Brooklyn,. NY as
Since our garments today chairman for special Torah
are not four-cornered gar- Convocation.
ments, it is required to have
The conclave will meet
a four cornered. garment
especially made so that Jan. 26 to Jan. 28_in Wash-
fringes -can be attached to ington, DC.
each of the corners.
More than 500 spiritual
The word Talit simply
means "cloak" or "gar- leaders from every part of
the United States and Cah-
ment.
The Bible itself explains ada are expected to partici-
that the purpose of the pate. The main theme will
be "Judaism And The
American Experience—A
Human Error Is
Bicentennial View."
as much sun as Israel,
however the solar heater
does not work o-n direct
sunlight- but on solar ra-
diation- which does pene-
trate a cloudy sky.
The solarradiation is con-
verted into thermal energy
by a collector which consists
of a metal case with a sealed
glass top. Under the glass is
situated a selective black ab-
sorber plate designed to
achieve maximal sun energy,
retention.
Cold water from the tank
circulates automatically ar-
ound the absorber plate
where it is heated to return
again to the tank. The tank
is connected to the water
mains so that the supply of
water in maintained.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — An
air force committee of in-
quiry found that a naviga-
tional error was responsible
for the crash of an Israel Air
Force Hercules transport
plane into a fog-shrouded
mountainside in Sinai Nov.
25 in which 20 soldiers and
air crewmen were killed.
-The verdict of human er-
ror was contained in a re-
port the committee submit-
ted to the chief of staff and
the Air Force commander.
The report, which has-not
been made public, ruled out
any technical malfunction
of the giant plane which was
on a routine flight when it
crashed.
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SAVE — SAVE — SAVE
to Cabinet Urged
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Key members of the Mapai
wing of the Labor Party are
quietly working for the re-
turn of former Foreign Min-
ister Abba Eban tope cabi-
net, informed sources said.
Shlomo Nakdimon, the
political correspondent of
Yediot Aharonot, said the
key Laborites want Eban
back in government to
strengthen the "dovish"
wing of the cabinet. Accord-
ing to Nakdimon they would
like to see Eban as a Deputy
Premier in charge of infor-
mation policy.
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Dr. Wechsler is former
chief psychologist of Belle-
vue Psychiatric Hospital
and is professor emeritus at
the New York University
School of Medicine. The in-
telligence tests he developed
are the Wechsler-Bellevue -
Intelligence Test, the
Wechsler Adult Intelligence
Scale and the Wechsler In-
telligence Scale for Chil-
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