16 - May 14, 1976 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Sadness Resulting From Safed Tragedy Reflected in Israeli's Story By CHAIM MALACH SAFED — If pain gave off smoke as fire does, it would be impossible to see in Safed. But pain does not cloud one's vision, and we see very clearly the.fresh Erev Shabat brings its turned earth in our enlarged cemetery. Earth that own special quiet to our smothers the unheard holy city. Yet this is not a laughter, the unplayable normal Shabat. How can we games, and the unfeeling greet the Bride Shabat joy of our children. Our when 18 of our children lie hearts are shredded, our murdered, buried only yes- minds bewildered. terday. The streets fill r Maxwell House Coffee Honors Famous Jewish-American Patriots HAYM SALOMON 1740-1785 Financier • Banker of the American Revolution • Patriot aym Salomon was a fervent patriot . whose love of liberty and business acumen combined to make him The financial hero in the War of Inde- pendence. Born in Poland in -1740. he was forced to flee that country in 1772, due to his fight for freedom, along with Pulaski and Kosciusko who became military heroes of the Revolution. Salomon prospered from the very start in America, doing business with wealthy loyalists while joining the Sons of Liberty, a group of revolutionary patriots. He was twice arrested by the British but managed to escape execution both times: finally fleeing to Philadelphia. Salomon's reputation for honesty and skill in trade. especially foreign, attracted Robert Morris, then Superintendent of Finance, who called on him for help in raising money to wage the war. and later to save the emerging nation from financial collapse. Morris' diary indicates some 75 transactions were made by the two men between August 1781 and April 1784. As President Calvin Coolidge said of Haym H A tradition in American-Jewish homes for half a century K CERTIFIED KOSHER Good to the Last Drop, Salomon: "He negotiated for Robert Morris all the loans' raised in France and Holland, pledged his personal faith and fortune for enor- mous amounts. and personally advanced large sums to such men as James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Baron Steuben, General St. Clair and many other patriot leaders who testified that without his aid they could not have carried on the cause. - Salomon's place in history is memorialized by a 20-foot high statue standing at Wabash and Wacker in Chicago. Unveiled in 1941, the statue depicts three great Revolutionaries, George Washington in the middle, flanked by Robert Morris and Haym Salomon. It is a tell- ing tribute to the Jewish-American patriot whose life was dedicated to his family, friends and country. 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He stops, his eyes scan the low roofed build- ing with its treeless court- yard and windows taped against bomb concussion. He passes among the slower moving worshippers on their, way to the syn- agogues. With almost a skip he begins to dance in front and around them. Who is this madman to dance so when our hearts cry for our children? He moves lightly by the marble factory, down towards the Safed military graveyard. His steps slow as he en- ters. The wise old eyes scan familiar names on the head- stones. Walking to the lower fence, he looks down the headstone dotted hill of the civilian cemetery. At the bottom he sees what he has come for. Far below the freshly turned earth is cov- ered with newly laid wreaths and flowers, each mound headed by a small white marker. Only yester- day the bereaved families sat on the earth surround- ing each grave. The thin bearded face be- gins to take on the golden glow of the setting sun. His eyes sparkle, his bony feet move, first slowly, then more quickly amongst the graves, his voice almost a whisper, "Children, chil- dren!" He calls to them, "Time is growing short. Come in peace. Come rise to greet the Shabat." "Yacov, Tamar." His voice produces the rhythin to which his feet dance as he calls, "Tzvia, Yona, li- ana, Yacov," until all the 18 stood looking around. They gazed up at the dark windows of Safed. "Come children, we must be in time for Shabat." Ya- kov turned toward the old man, asking if they were going to Jerusalem. "We are going in that direction," he answered. "Why?" ques- tioned Yehudit. The old man gazed to Meron, then to Safed, and raised his eyes skyward. "You have been chosen to make his name holy, and are going to a place far better than any liv- ing man knows." 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