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56 Friday, June 17, 1971
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jewish National Fund Planning 'Green Circuit' for 1990
To bring forests closer to
man and to bring man
closer to his natural envi-
. :onment—this is the con-
cept upon which the long-
range Jewish National
Fund forestry development
plan is based. The results
of dinners like the one hon-
oring Mr. and Mrs. David
P. Zack next Wednesday, at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek, will
help to implement this
plan. This is the program
JNF hopes to carry out to
meet the ecological and the
environmental needs of the
people of Israel by 1990.
By 1990, Israel's popu-
lation is expected to reach
over five million. Ten times
as many cars will be on the
roads. The number of tour-
ists to Israel is expected to
rise to three million a year
in the last decade of the
century.
Only the quantity of land
will remain constant. While
competition will be
fierce for potential uses of
this land, preserving the
quality of life demands that
sufficient areas be left as
open spaces. These are the
goals which the JNF forest-
ry plan is to achieve.
JNF is responsible for the
con-
and
development
servation of Israel's forest
lands. These total 850,000
dunams (quarter acres),
comprising 350,000 dunams
of natural woodlands and
500,000 dunams planted by
man. Most of the more than
130 million trees were plan-
ted by JNF since the state
of Israel was established.
Together with a 20 per-
cent incresse in the number
of trees to be planted an-
nually, the plan concen-
trates upon the manage-
ment of the forests. Prun-
ing and thinning the trees,
building roads and paths, es-
tablishing recreational facil-
ities will open the forest to
visitors.
The proposed forest devel-
opment plan provides for
the planting of 343,000
dunams between now and
1990. This means an aver-
age of about 20,000 dunams
a year.
To exploit the full recrea-
tion potential of the coun-
try, the plan foresees the
creation of a 600 to 700 kilo-
meter "Green Circuit"
which will begin in the
north and connect the vari-
ous forests, with their dis-
tinctive landscapes, to as
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A recent feature article in Daf La'Talmid described the
two great dreams of Herman Schapira. Both came true,
but only after his death. One was the establishment of the
Hebrew University, which came into being in 1925. The
other was a plan to buy land in Israel which would belong
to the entire Jewish People. The Keren Kayemet Le-Y Is-
rael — the Jewish National Fund — was created in 1901,
three years after Schapira had died.
The Jewish National Fund grew into a thriving possession
of the Jewish people. It reclaimed and improved soil, and
far south as Beersheba.
About 40 percent of the
new plantations provided
for in the plan are to be
made in the south of the
country. The largest of
these projects is in the
northern Negev -and will in-
volve the planting of 100,000
dunams of eucalypts in
wadis. These trees will not
only prevent erosion, but
will also create a new
hedge landscape by trans-
forming the present monoto-
nous empty hills and plains
into one of the most inter-
esting and attractive areas
in Israel.
Along the sea coast, trees
will be planted on- 30,000
dunams of sand dunes.
Sand dune afforestation is
the most economic and ef-
it prepared the country for new immigrants.
Through its land holdings and settlements, the JNF laid
the foundations of the Jewish state, and its outposts were
fortresses of Jewish military defense.
Through its blue boxes, tree certificates, its Golden
Book, the subscriptions and entries in the Sefer Ha-Yeled
and Sefer Bar Mitzva, Child's Growing Garden and other
fund-raising projects the JNF has bought more than a mil-
lion acres of land, and has planted millions of trees.
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ficient way of fixing the
dunes and controlling sand
storms which cause major
damage to agricultural
land, roads and homes.
The plan suggests the
planting of green belts
around cities and towns.
These create a pleasant con-
trast to the urban scenery
and provide easily acces-
sible recreation sites which
can be enjoyed even by
those without cars.
The Jerusalem ,Forest—
the capital's green ' -1 t
which will cover
dunams and contain tiii-ce
million trees—is on the way
to being completed. Other
green belts are planned
around Beersheba and a
number of development
towns.
More Than 500 Expected
at JNF Dinner Honoring the
Zacks, Reuni ted Jertisalem
The Jewish National National Park in Israel.
Chairman Berry will be
Fund's 1977 Testimonial D in-
the master of ceremonies.
ner honoring Mr. and Mrs.
•David P. (Evelyn) Zack, Co-chairmen are Max Stoll-
6:30 p.m. Wednesday at man- and Max M. Shaye.
Cong. Shaarey Zedek, will Mark E. Schlussel, presi-
be a top event in the corn- dent of the Detroit JNF
Council, will greet the
munity, according to Louis
Berry, the dinner chair- guests on behalf on JNF.
man. More than 500 are ex- Martin E. Citrin, president
of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
pected at this annual affair,
which will also mark the eration, will bring greet-
10th Anniversary of Reu- ings. Max Shaye will in-
troduce Justice Landau.
nited _ Jerusalem.-
Justice Moshe Landau,
Mrs. Morris Adler will in-
deputy president of the Su- troduce David and Evelyn
preme Court of Israel, who Zack, who will be presented
was the presiding judge at with a certificate attesting
the trial of Adolf Eich- to the planting of a forest in
mann, will head the out- their names by the Detroit
standing program.
Jewish community. JNF
Eichmann, head of the will present them with a
Gestapo's Jewish Depart- special award - a Menorah,
ment, who had personally and Zack will respond.
supervised all the phases of
Rabbi Irwin Groner,spir-
the' "Final Solution" which itual leader of Shaarey
led to the murder of six mil- Zedek, where the Zacks
lion Jews, was seized in Ar- have been members for
gentina in 1960 and brought many years, will pronounce
to Israel.
the invocation. Cantor
He was tried by a panel Jacob Barkin of Shaarey
of three judges headed by Zedek will lead in the sing-
Justice Landau. Justice ing of the anthems, accom-
Landau won world-wide ac- panied by Cantor Sholom
claim for his conduct of the Kalib of Beth Moses. Can-
tor Emeritus Jacob Sonenk-
trail.
Judge Landau arrived in lar of Shaarey Zedek will
Palestine in the 1930's after lead in the Birchat Ham-
receiving his law degree azon.
from the University of Lon-
Honorary chairmen of the
don. He was a magistrate
Testimonial
are Mrs. Adler,
under the British Mandate.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Morris J.
After the state of Israel
was established in 1948, he Brandwine, Irwin I. Cohn,
was appointed judge of the Dr. William Haber, Dr. and
Haifa District Court. In Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser,
1953 he was elevated to the Mrs. Max M. Shaye, Leon-
ard N. Simons, Mr
id
Supreme Court.
s.
The Zacks will be hon- Mrs. Philip Slomovitz ,
Max
Stollman,
Phillip
Stoll-
ored by the Jewish commu-
nity for their. "lifetime of man and Paul Zuckerman.
service to their people and A cocktail reception at
to Israel" by the estab- 6:30 will precede the din-
lishment of the "David P. ner.
For reservations to the
and Evelyn Zack Forest" in
the American Bicentennial dinner, call JNF, 968-0820.
Detroit's Historic Support for JNF
Detroit's Jewish National
Fund dinners, like Wednes-
day's testimonial honoring
David and Evelyn Zack,
have greatly aided reaffo-
restation in Israel,
Detroiters have been gen-
erous in their response for
planting trees in Israel.
Last year, people in this
area planted more than
100,000 trees through JNF.
Approximately 100 for-
ests, each with a minimum
of 10,000 trees, are on the
Detroit JNF list. Other proj-
ects include some 250
groves (of 1,000 trees
each) ; more than 50 wood-
lands (2,500 trees) and
about 30 nahlaots (settle-
ment projects). Thousands
have planted gardens of 100
trees.
The Detroit Women of
JNF last year completed a
recreation center in Kiryat
Shmona and this year
raised more than $100,000 to-
wards a youth camp.