20 June 25, 1976
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By HAIM SHACHTER
in Israeli-Occupied Sinai
From the World
Zionist Organization
The 80th birthday of Dr.
Israel Goldstein — world
Jewish and Zionist leader —
is being marked both in Is-
rael and the United States.
In Israel, Dr. Goldstein has
been named "Yakir Yerush-
alaim" (Jerusalem Worthy),
a signal honor bestowed
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In Philadelphia, the town
of his birth, the University
of Pennsylvania, from
which he graduated 62 years
ago, has invited him to de-
liver the baccalaureate ad-
dress and conferred an hon-
orary doctorate upon him.
Born in Philadelphia on
June 18, 1896, Dr. Goldstein
entered the Jewish Theolog-
ical Seminary of America
after graduating from the
University of Pennsylvania
and immediately after his
ordination in 1918, was
called to the pulpit of Cong.
Bnei Yeshurun in New York
and served as spiritual
leader of one of the oldest
and most respected syn-
agogues in America, for 62
years until his retirement in
1960 when he became Rabbi
Emeritus.
But Dr. Goldstein's ac-
tivities in the cause of the
Jewish people transcended
far beyond the confines of
his own congregation. An
active Zionist from early
youth, he served as presi-
dent of Young Judea and
president of the Zionist
Organization of America.
Elected an honorary pres-
ident of the Jewish National
Fund in 1944, he was one of
the founders of the World
Confederation of General
Zionists — now the World
Confederation of United
Zionists — the largest Dias-
pora-centered and non-
party oriented Zionist
grouping in the world, serv-
ing as its president from
1946 until 1972 when he be-
came honorary life presi-
dent.
In 1947 Dr. Goldstein
served as a member of the
Political Advisory Commit-
tee of the World Zionist
Organization to the Zionist
delegation at the United Na-
tions, and so played a lead-
ing role in the behind-the-
scenes activities leading to
the UN vote on the estab-
lishment of the Jewish
state.
In 1948 he was elected to
the Executive of the Jewish
Agency and for a period of
several years took leave of
his congregation in order to
move to Jerusalem and take
over the treasurership of
the Jewish Agency and the
World Zionist Organization
during the first years of
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DR. ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN
Jewish statehood. When he
relinquished that post in
order to return to his rab-
binic duties he became, in
1951, a member of the board
of governors of the State of
Israel Bonds Organization.
He was chairman of the
Jewish Restitution Suc-
cessor Organization, be-
ginning 1950, and a mem-
ber of the Presidium of the
Conference on Jewish
Material Claims against
Germany beginning in
1951. He was chairman of
the Western Hemisphere
Executive of the World
Jewish Congress from 1949
to 1960, and president of
the American Jewish Con-
gress from 1951 to 1958.
Dr. Goldstein has played
a leading role in the further-
ance of higher learning in
general, and Jewish learn-
ing in particular. He was
one of the founders of Bran-
deis University in Waltham,
in 1946. Since 1950 he has
been a member of the board
of governors of the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem,
and of the Weizmann Insti-
tute of Science in RehovOt.
He has also been president
of Brit Ivrit Olamit — the
World Federation for the
Dissemination of the He-
brew Language.
On his retirement from
the rabbinate, Dr. Goldstein
took up residence in Jerusa-
lem where he assumed the
world chairmanship of the
Keren Hayesod — United
Israel Appeal — the finan-
cial arm of the WZO.
`Hot Sun' Tempers
Quelled by Police
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Pol-
ice were called to the United
States Embassy Monday to
restore order after disturb-
ances broke out among
hundreds of Israelis waiting
in line outside to apply for
American tourist visas. The
disputes were mostly over
who was first in line. A hot
sun and a long line aggra-
vated frayed tempers.
American officials at the
consular section which is-
sues visas said the reason
for the long waits was the
meticulous check that is
made of every visa applica-
tion. They said the scrutiny
was necessary because past
experience showed that
many Israelis who went to
the U.S. as tourists re-
mained there and tried to
get permanent residence
permits.
JERUSALEM — A team
of Israeli archeologists and
volunteers, led by Zeev
Meshel, has uncovered an
ancient Judean fortress con-
taining a rare collection of
Hebrew and Phoenician in-
scriptions dating back to
about 800 BCE.
The 2,800-year-old for-
tress was discovered at Kun-
tillet Ajrud in Israeli-occu-
pied Sinai.
The inscriptions were dis-
covered on pottery and the
plaster walls of the fortress
apparently built by King
Jehoshophat of Judea to
protect the Solomonic route
to the port of Eilat and the
rich Red Sea trade lanes in
the biblical Ophir.
According to Terrence
Smith of the New York
Times, the inscriptions are
considered doubly signifi-
cant because several refer
to Jehovah, the traditional
name of God that the an-
cient Jews wrote rarely
because it was so ex-
tremely sacred. It is the
largest collection of
Eighth Century BCE in-
scriptions ever found at a
single site.
The inscriptions at the
site are unusually poetic
and religious, Smith wrote,
leading Meshel to conclude
that the fortress had some
sacred tradition associated
with it. He stops short of
calling it a temple because
of its design, but the rich or-
namentation, the extensive
plastering over the stone-
and-mud walls, altars and
benches strongly suggest
that there was something
special about the place.
The site is on top of an
isolated hill halfway be-
tween Gaza and Eilat. It
rises only about 120 feet
above the surrounding plain
but affords the unbroken
view for at least 20 miles in
every direction.
Because of its remoteness
and the dry desert climate,
some organic material sur-
vived the centuries intact.
The excavators found a per-
fectly preserved, still-usable
cloth flour sieve, as well as
pieces of wood, rope and bits
of clothing all dating to the
Eighth Century BCE.
UJA Raises $5 Million in NY
NEW YORK, (JTA) — A tivities thus far have
16 1/2 hour marathon of cam- brought "Mobilization '76" •
paigning by 10,000 New volunteers a third of the
York Jews June 6-7 in sup- way toward their goal of
port of the United Jewish raising $15 million.
Appeal-Federation of Jew-
Meanwhile, in a national
ish Philanthropies Joint
Campaign have yielded effort to close the 1976 cam-
their first $5 million, ac- paign, the UJA held a na-
cording to joint campaign tional report to Golda Meir
in New York City. With 86
officials.
Volunteers in the organi- percent of all pledges re-
zation's annual mobiliza- ported from over 800 com-
tion, working out of 99 cen- munities, it was estimated
ters throughout New York that the 1976 Campaign to-
City, Westchester and Long tal would match last year's
Island, had raised $750,000, achievement.
at last count.
In response, Mrs. Meir
The marathon ended told the assembled commu-
when a television special nity leaders: "If you are
went off the air, having doing what you are doing
raised $3,832,110 from New only on behalf of the three
Yorkers. Alan King and million Jews in Israel — it is
Bess Myerson were the not worthwhile. You must
hosts.
do it for Jewish continuity
An additional $450,000 and the Jewish future."
was raised by relays of
volunteers who continued Hebrew Magazine
to man the telephones in a
mid-town Manhattan ho- Marks 15th Year
tel.
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Hundreds of New York Olam Hadash — New World
City volunteers were joined — the only Hebrew monthly
by Jewish community lead- illustrated publication for
ers from cities throughout youth and children appear-
the United States. Their ac- ing outside of Israel, ob-
served its 15th year of unin-
terrupted publication.with a
Arabs Buy London special
issue this month de-
Dorchester Hotel
voted to the American Bi-
centennial. Asher Wolk,
LONDON, (JTA) — The Hebrew and Yiddish publi-
Dorchester, a fainous Lon- cist, the founder and editor,
don hotel popular with Is- said Olam Hadash has a
raeli visitors, which housed national circulation of 25,-
President Ephraim Katzir 000.
and Mrs. Katzir during
The magazine, used
their visit last week, is to be
sold to a consortium of Arab mainly in Hebrew day
businessmen.
schools and public high
The buyers, mostly from
Saudi Arabia and Persian schools and colleges, is is-
Gulf oil states, are paying sued as a non-profit publica-
about $20 million.
tion by the Hebrew Publica-
The selling company,
which will be represented tions for Children, in
on the new board of direc- cooperation with the World
tors, has given assurances Zionist Organization and
that nothing will be done to
make Jewish guests feel the Jewish National Fund of
unwelcome.
America. Wolk said.
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