THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 70 Friday, June 10, 1977 Histadrut Fund Nears $48 Million LOS ANGELES (JTA)— table bequests. testa ; More than 500 West Coast mentary trusts, annuity pro- supporters of the 17-year- grams and other long-term old Israel Histadrut Founda- commitments for Israel. tion celebrated the 10th an- A principal focus of the niversary of the reunifica- program is the Histadrut The jointly-sponsored tion of Jerusalem and ap- Annuity Trust campaign to plauded the report that the provide home mortgage foundation's cumulative funds for Israeli veterans total commitment to Israel and newly-married couples, is nearing the $48 million a program which earns con- mark at a Beverly Hills tributors a 9.5 to 18.5 per luncheon Monday. cent lifetime dividend, de- pending on age. foundation-Pioneer Women Thus far in the current fis- event heard the founder- president, Dr. Sol Stein of cal year beginning last Oct. New York, announce that 1, the national foundation with the help of the newly- raised $3.5 million, of which established Canadian $1,261,726 or 38 percent branch the foundation has came from the Greater Los raised $47.537.000 in chari- Angeles area. Destruction of Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter Illustrated in Newly Published Photo Essay NEW YORK—In May, 1948, John Phillips was in the Middle East covering the birth of Israel for Life magazine. As a Protestant, he was allowed to travel with the Arab Legion and was in the center of events when the assault was launched against the Old Jewish Quarter of Jerusa- lem. He was able to record the taking of the prisoners, the actual surrender on May 28, the wounded and the dying defenders, the flight of the refugees—and the looting of the Old Quarter. This last bit of coverage nearly cost John Phillips his life and his film had to be smuggled out of the country. Most of the pictures he took during this time were never pub- lished. In May, 1975, Jerusalem's Mayor, Teddy Kollek, hav- ing heard about the exist- ance of these pictures, met Phillips in New York. Kol- lek proposed that Phillips attempt to find some of the people he had photographed twenty-seven years before and, although Phillips had serious misgivings about the possibility of tracing them after so many years, he and his wife, Anna Maria, undertook the search. ACT NOW! • Because . . . of steadily rising costs of productidn and mailing, over the past four years. The Jewish News is compelled to in- crease its annual subscription rate to $12. effective September 2. 1977. But . II We are making it possible for those desiring to do so to pay their subscrip- tions in advance, for one year, at the old rate of $10, by using the blank below. The accounts of those making use of this offer will be credited ac- cordingly. The Jewish News 17513 W. 9 Mile Road Suite 863 Southfield, Mich. 18075 Gentlemen: Please credit my subscription account for one addi- tional year (mailing label attached). Check enclosed for $10. • NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE offer expires August 1, 1977 ZIP Months later, to their own amazement, they had lo- cated 51 survivors. Phillips photographed them again (they proved to be an al- most perfect cross-section of the population), got the individual stories of how they had come to Israel, what had happened to them on May 28, 1948, and how the events of that day shaped their lives. The result is "A Will to Survive" (Dial Press). :1 significant photojournalis- tic tddition to the historio- graphy of Israel. Last Friday an exhibit of photographs from the book went on display for three months in New York City at the America-Israel Cul- tural Foundation's Center and will later tour other cities in the United States and Canada. Job Programs Needed by Olim (JTA)— backs by public institutions JERUSALEM Shlomo Rosen, the retiring that hired professionals. "Instead of the economy Minister of Absorption, warned Tuesday of increas- suiting itself to the human ing employment difficulties treasure provided by Aliya, for new immigrants unless we have had to put great ef- the government undertakes forts into suiting the olim to programs to provide them the economy," he said. Rosen, who took charge with jobs. He said housing, employment and other as- of the Housing Ministry sistance should be based on after the suicide of Avra- an annual immigration rate ham Ofer last March, said of at least 50,000 so that that a sufficient number of whatever number actually flats of various sizes should arrived would be adequate-' be available for ohm. He said that all new immi- ly provided for. Rosen, a member of the grants who are not em- Mapam wing of the Labor ployed within a short time Alignment, said the short- after their arrival should be age of productive employ- given unemployment ben- ment for Olim stemmed efits from the National In- from the slowdown of the surance Institute until they economy and budgetary cut- find work. Israelis to Serve in Summer Camps NEW YORK—Youngsters in 18 Jewish Community Center and Federation resi- dent and day camps in the United States will have the opportunity to learn about Israel from 65 young Is- raelis who are participating in the Summer Camp Shlik- him Program jointly spon- sored by the Jewish Wel- fare Board, the Youth and Hehalutz Department of the World Zionist Organization, and the American Zionist Youth Foundation. The Israelis are partici- pating in the 11th year of the Shlikhim Program. They will serve the sum- mer camps in a number of ways, both as general coun- selors, and specialists in the fields of music, dance, drama, crafts, nature and cultural programs. They come as cultural exchange students. Shlikhim will also serve at Camp Tamarack, Mich. Listen to Us, World Leaders By MERIAM MARGOLIS We are the stiff-necked people Of stubborn persistence We are the tenacous ones Of unmatched resistance! We loathe the sound of battle We_ hate bloodshed and strife But we'll defend our free- dom Dearer to us than life! Forged in bitter struggles Our will is iron strong We weigh your every plan And we reject what's wrong! Look at us, our knees un- bent Our backs are firm and straight We stand for life, not sui- cide, -- Don't try to twist our fate! Our goal is peace with jus- tice! No matter how hard you press This is the price we're ask- ing We'll settle for no less! Listen to us, world leaders, And listen to us well We are the tiny nation The Jews of Israel! Ben Shapiro, 69 Ben Shapiro, founder and retired owner of Pasadena Kosher Meats in Oak Park, died June 4 at age 69. Born in Poland, Mr. Sha- piro was a member of Cong. Shaarey_ Zedek and Bnai Brith. He leaves his wife, Frances; two daughters, Mrs. Sam (Arlene) Free- dman and Mrs. Alvin (Lois) Spector; and five grand- children. The Family of the Late NATHAN SHERMAN Acknowledges with grateful appreciation the many kind ex- pressions of sympathy extended by relativei and friends during the family's recent ber- eavement.