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20 Friday, January 14, 1977
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TEL AVIV (ZINS) —
The Ministry of Agricul-
ture announced that 10
million Israeli flowers
will be exported to
America and Canada.
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Professor
Calls Israel Rich
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in Vital Natural Resources
HAIFA — The myth of
Israel as a country poor in
natural wealth was dis-
pelled recently by Prof. A.
Metzer, the head of the
mineral engineerkag divi-
sion of the civil engineer-
ing faculty of the Techn-
ion — Israel Institute of
Technology.
Prof. Metzer investi-,
gated data on the natural
wealth, and value of min-
erals production in vari-
ous countries relative to
their area and popula-
tion. Based on UN statis-
tics for the year 1972-
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1973, Israel produced
minerals valued at 5100
million, which is $32 per
person, or $4,830 per
square • kilometer of area
(not including cement,
building stone and petro-
leum).
These figures place Is-
rael in a respectable posi-
tion relative to'other raw
material producing coun-
tries such as Japan, Nor-
way, Denmark, Portugal,
Finland, Turkey, Syria,
Jordan, Uruguay — all of
whom are poorer in
natural wealth than Is-
rael according to this
method of calculation.
According to Prof.
Metzer, aided by appro-
priate research and de-
velopment, by 1985 the Is-
raeli minerals industry
could reach minerals pro-
duction valued at $440 mil-
lion per year.
Basing his estimate on
the fact that the principal
deposits of the Dead Sea,
phosphates and clay min-
erals, are of such mag-
nitude that a supply of
these materials is as-
sured for decades and
even hundreds of years to
come, and since most of
this production is for ex-
port, he foresees a miner-
als industry which could
be a vital factor in Israel's
future international
trade.
An Urgent Call to Congregations,
Organizations and individuals . .
Help Provide Necessary
Passover Assistance Funds
For Needy in Israel . .
SUPPORT THE MISRACHI MO'OS HITIM CAMPAIGN
Local Mizrachi Leaders Emphasize
Israel's Great Mo'os Hitim Need
'From the Land of Sheba' Book
D etails History of Yemenites
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love of poetry. Their faro-
rite poet was Salim
(Shalom) Shebezi (17th
Century). His poetry ex-
pressed "yearning after
God and Zion - and "long-
ing for spiritual and physi-
cal redemption."
Significant is the intro-
duction's conclusion:
"Had the Jews remained
in Yemen and stayed
alive, they would have
been thrown out of their
age-old spiritual world
. . . they would not have
found opportunities for a
life of which they were of-
fered so richly in Israel."
The stories, tales and
legends included in the
book reveal the inner
lives of the Yemenite
Jews — their beliefs,
hopes and aspirations.
Illuminating are the
.story's descriptions of
Yemenite customs and
beliefs. They believed in
predestination. They put
a price on brides. They
Abie Nathan Sails had a custom that at a
wedding "the man who
Suez Canal Again
was last married takes a
PORT SUEZ — Abie seat of honor next to the
Nathan, Israeli peace bridegroom." They re-
campaigner, sailed his garded as an "aristocrat"
ship through the Suez anybody who "is de-
Canal last Sunday, head- scended from an unsul-
ing toward the Mediter- lied family and can sup-
ranean, exactly one week port himself by his work."
after he had pas.sed Enlightening is the
through the canal in the story "Torah and Work." It
opposite direction.. depicts the life of Mori
Nathan had earlier at- (Rabbi) Joseph, the corn-
tempted to enter the Jor- munity's "judge, arbiter
danian port of Aqaba on in questions of religious
the Gulf of Eilat. law, preacher, ritual
When the Jordanians slaughterer, cantor, and
refused him permission, sexton." Mori Joseph
he sailed back to the
canal.
BY ALLEN A. WARSEN
S. D. Goitein's "From
the Land of Sheba"
(Schocken Books) con-
sists of an introduction
and stories of various
genre divided into three
groupings: "Life," "En-
tertainment and Educa-
tion" and "The Past."
The introduction titled
"About the Jews of
Yemen" -traces the his-
tory of Yemenite Jewry
from time immemorial to
their exodus from their
native land in 1949.
It describes their
economic, social and polit-
ical status, delineates
their relations with the
Muslim neighbors and
portrays their domestic,
intellectual and spiritual
life.
In addition, it records
the Yemenites' knowledge
of the Bible, Mishna, "Ag-
gada," and depicts their
Dutch to Build
in Saudi Arabia
AMSTERDAM (JTA)—
The Dutch construction
company "Ogem" has re-
ceived an order from
Saudi Arabia for over one
billion Guilders for a
crash program to build
houses, a shopping center
and garages in Saudi
Arabia.
The construction, ex-
pected to take two years,
will start within a few
months.
Lectures on Israel
at Notre Dame
.
the pound's devaluationiwere described by
local Mizrachi leaders as creating a greater
need for aid to the less fortunate, especially
for Passover.
office, said they were encouraged by
past generosity of Detroit Jews and
hoped that that tradition would con-
tinue.
Tomkiewicz said that the supplies will be
Renewal of the traditional Mo'Oschitim
secured from the Supersol food markets,
fund-raising effort for needy Israelis by the
and minimum gifts of $15 are sought. The
supply packages contain all the basic
local Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi Organi-
zation was announced here as an urgency
for the current year. Passover's obser-
Passover needs.
Contributions to the Mizrachi Mo'os-
vances will commence on April 2.
chitim fund should be sent to Detroit Miz-
Phillip Stollman, local and national .
Mizrachi leader, and Zvi Tomkiewicz,
executive director of the local Mizrachi
rachi, 23125 Coolidge, Oak Park, 48237.
For information, call the Mizrachi office,
398-7180.
"AGAIN THIS YEAR THE RECIPIENTS OF THE SUPERSOL PASSOVER CERTIFICATE
CAN CHOOSE THEIR OWN ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE HOLIDAY
Contact Mr. Zvi Tomkiewicz or phone 398-7180
Mizrachi, 23125 Coolidge, Oak Park, Mich. 48237
NOTRE DAME, Ind. —
"The Land of Israel in
Jewish Tradition" will be
the theme of the fifth an-
nual series of lectures
and colloquia sponsored
by the Center for the
Study of Judaism and
Christianity in Antiquity
in the University of Notre
Dame's Department of
Theology, Jan. 25-April
13.
Other speakers in the
series will include Prof.
Joseph Gutmann of
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Wayne State University.
Israelis Become
American Citizens .
NEW YORK (ZINS) —
The New York Post re-
ported that of the almost
200,000 Israelis who live
in the United States, only
1,844 became American
citizens in 1975. Since
1948, 50,964 became
American citizens.
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Economic pressures, rise in inflation and
supplemented his rabbini-
cal income by manual
labor: he made "arms,
ploughs, spades" and
other tools used by far-
mers. In that manner, he
fulfilled the rabbinical
precept "The Torah is
good combined with
work."
It is noteworthy that
the Yemenite Jews
created original "ag-
gadot" (legends). "Prayer
for Rain" is a typical
yenienite "aggada." It f)
when there was a drougli-L-
in the country, the people
took the Torah scrolls to
the cemetery "to pray for
rain." When rain did not
come, Ibrahim took a To-
rah, opened it, and cried
out, "I will not stir from
this place until rain
comes." Rain came, but
Ibrahim soon died after-
ward. •
"From the Land of
Sheba" portrays the
spiritual and material life
of the Yemenite Jews be-
fore they were airlifted to
Israel in 1949-50.
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