, 62 friday, October 28, .1977 ) .,THE DETROIT 'JEWISH NEWS Jewish Settlers on Golan Prosper, W ant Growth By MOSHE RON The Jewish News Special Israel Correspondent TEL AVIV—Establishing Jewish settlements on the Golan Heights started immediately after the Six- Day War. The Golan Heights are 80 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide, but only the southern part of the Golan is fertile enough for agriculture. In ancient times the Golan belonged to • the tribe of Menashe. For many gener- ations there were Jewish settlements on the Golan. One can still find remains of ancient synagogues with mosaics, Hebrew and Ara- maic writings, pictures of the Rambam, menorot, and other Jewish religious symbols. Jews tried to resettle the Golan at the end of the 19th Century, when large-scale Jewish settlement in Israel began. Jews bought large tracts of land in the Golan. One of the buyers was the famous Baron Edmond Rothshield. Several Jewish settlements like Bnei Yeh- uda, Tiferet Binyamin, Rumsania and others were founded. But the harsh envi- ronment of the Golan, its separation from other Jew- ish settlements and the hoS- tility of neighboring Arabs led to the liquidation of these settlements. In 1920 only one Jewish family - the Bernsteins - remained in Bnei Yehuda. One day neighboring Arabs assaulted the family and murdered its members. The Arabs took over the Jewish settle- ments, and until June, 1967 no Jew lived in the Golan. For years, Syrian artil- lery, positioned on the Golan bombarded Israeli villages in the Jordon Val- ley, Hula Valley and Lake Kinneret. Many villagers were killed and wounded in these attacks. - In the Six Day War in June 1967, Zahal (the Israel Defense Force) put an end to these murderous assaults. It stormed the Golan Heights with tanks and armored cars, occupied the Heights and advanced to a distance of 40 kilometers from Damascus. After the capture of the Golan, the building of Jew- ish settlements started. Work was very difficult in the terrain. Water pipelines had to be laid, roads had to be built, schools and kinder- gardens were needed. Huge sums of money were needed. Today, after 10 years, 3,600 persons, includ- ing 1,000 children, are liv- ing on the Golan. A special "Children's Day" was cele- brated on the occasion of the 10th year settlement on the Golan Heights. Children from all settlements were present. A second celebra- tion was held in the first set- tlement of the Golan, Nevo Hama. Members of the Israeli government took part. There was also a show entitled "My House on the Golan." t_. The Minister for Agricul- ture, Arik Sharon, warned in his speech against any withdrawal from the Golan. "There is no place for retreat," Sharon stated. 'The Golan is the main water source of Israel. In case of a withdrawal from the Golan, the security of Israel would be severely endangered." Former cabinet member Israeli Galili stressed the importance of the settle- ment of the Golan, which is necessary to safeguard the security of Israel.The Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, General Mordehai Hod stressed the strategical importance of the Golan for Israel. One of the founders of Meram Golan, Yehuda Harel, declared that the 26 settlements on the Golan will help serve to fortify Israel's northeast, which is only 11 kilometers from the Jewish settlements in the Hule and Jordan Valleys. Five of the Golan settle- ments were built by the Hapoel Hamizrahi move- ment, six by the Moshav movement, two by the Oved Hatzion, two by the Haho- mer Hatzair, three by Kibutz Hameuhad and three by Thud Hakvutzot. The area's center has given the name "Bnei Yehuda" after the settlement which was destroyed in 1929. In the center of the Golan the new city of Kaserim is being built. Here were found the remains of a syna- gogue dating back 1,500 years. The first 50 families are already living in the town. The Israeli govern- ment, the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Fund have already invested two and a quarter billion Israel pounds for rebuilding the Golan Heights. More than 100,000 dunams of fer- tile soil for agricultural use were prepared, and 110 new roads were built. There are water reservoirs for 8 mil- lion cubic feet of water. An additional 50,000 dunams of soil are being prepared for new settlements which will be established during the next few years. In spite of progress, the Golan inhabitants ate not satisfied with the rate of settlement. They are wor- ried about declarations from members of the gov- ernment on eventual territo- rial compromises on the Golan. They demand an increase in the building of new settlements. Their aim is 30,000 Jews living on the Golan Heights within the next five years. Dropsie History Brochure A Tribute to Cyrus Adler The history of a university is recorded with devotion by a pioneering associate who had an important role in its functions. Frank I. Rubinstein, who was secretary to the first president of Dropsie Univer- sity, is the -author of a 20- page brochure in which he recapitulates the founding years and the achievements of the school which began as a college and has grown into its present status as a uni- versity for post-graduate students who train there for higher degrees. In "The Dropsie Univer- sity—the Early Years 1906- 1919," Rubinstein tells the story of Dropsie, the accom- plishments which gave it its status, enabling many of America's leading scholars to earn their doctorates there. The booklet is especially a tribute to the memory of Dr. Cyrus Adler, the first president of the school. Rubinstein is the biographer of Adler, under whom he served and who had his deepest admiration. While the years during the presidency of Dr. Abraham Neumann are only alluded to, the brochure pays high honor also to the third presi- dent of Dropsie, Prof. Abra- ham I. Katsh, who recently returned to become presi- dent emeritus, and under whose leadership the school's name was changed from Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learn- ing, to Dropsie University. NYTimes Editor Lester Markel, Created Magazine, Book Section NEW YORK—Lester Markel, the Sunday editor of The New York Times for more than 40 years and an associate editor of the news- paper from 1964 until his retirement in 1968, died Oct. 23 at age 83. Mr. Markel's career as a writer and editor spanned six decades. As Sunday edi- tor of The New York Times from 1923 until 1964, he cre- ated the Sunday paper as it exists today and set a pat- tern that was followed by newspapers all over the country. He was in close touch with incumbent presidents and regularly traveled abroad and wrote magazine articles based on his discussions with world leaders. He recruited people in high places to write articles for The Times, something he clearly viewed as both a privilege for the writers and a benefit to the newspapers. In 1963, while continuing his duties as Sunday editor, Mr. Markel became editor- moderator of "News in Per- spective," a monthly and later twice-monthly tele- vision program produced jointly by The Times and the National Educational Television network. His first job was as a sportswriter and Linotype operator for The Northside - LESTER MARKEL News, a small neighborhood paper in the Bronx, but he moved quickly to The New York Tribune, where he progressed successively from reporter to copy edi- tor, telegraph editor, cable editor, city editor and night editor. By 1919, he was assistant managing editor of The Tribune, and in 1923 Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of The Times, invited the young man to talk with him for an afternoon at Atlantic City. During a three-hour conver- sation in a Boardwalk roll- ing chair, Mr. Ochs hired the 29-year-old Mr. Markel as editor of the fledging Sunday department of the newspaper. Starting with a staff of five, Mr. Markel soon cre- 900,000 U.S. Zionists Listed Conservative Role Explained DR. CYRUS ADLER Rubinstein again became active in Dropsie in recent years. He was able to enroll interested leadership in the university and had been honored by it. Dialogues Issued by AJ Congress NEW YORK—Must theol- ogy be the basis for Israel's foreign policy? Or should the belief that God gave the land of Israel to the Jews be only one factor in Israel's political decision? This is the issue debated by Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, president of the American Jewish Congress, and Dr. Michael Wyschogrod, pro- fessor of philosophy at Baruch College, City Uni- versity of New York, in Viewpoints, the first in a series of dialogue papers on basic issues of contempo- rary Jewish concern, just published by the American Jewish Congress. For information, write the American Jewish Congress, 15 E. 84th St. , New York, N.Y. 10028. NEW YORK (JTA) — Nearly 900,000 Jews are members of the Zionist movement in the United States. The membership figure was reported by the 15 national Zionist organiza- tions comprising the Ameri- can Zionist Federation at a meeting of the AZF's area elections committee at ale conclusion of the campaign last week to submit regis- tered membership lists in preparation for the election of delegates to the World Zionist Congress. The 900,000 membership figure reflects an increase of more than 200,000 since 1971. The election of delegates to the World Zionist Con- gress will take place next month. All registered Zion- ists are eligible to vote. According to a preliminary count of the membership lists submitted, the 15 con- stituent organizations of the AZF which are organized into seven slates of dele- gates to the Congress have the following memberships: Hadassah (376,830), Bnai Zion (31,180), American Jewish League for Israel (11,910), Labor Zionist Movement (100,000), Zionist Organization of America (129,000), Progressive Zion- ist List (12,500), Religious Zionist Movement (124,300), United Zionist Revisionists ated separate magazine and book review sections as well as other sections covering drama, travel and—the innovation Mr. Markel always considered his most important—the News of the Week in Review, later 'ailed The Week in Review which he saw as a vehicle for putting the week's devel- opments in perspective.. After 41 years as Sunday editor, Mr. Markel bee associate editor of e Times in 1964. He retired in 1968 and became a consult: ant. He was appointed dis- tinguished visiting professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University., In tribute to Mr. Markel, the New York Times stated in its editorial columns Monday: - "He was among the first to comprehend that the complexity of events and democracy of the nation required more of a news- paper than the reporting of news. News without expla- nation was mere entertain- ment, an empty or even misleading fact. Why, he kept asking, in an age when ordinary journalists were taught to settle for who, what, where, when and how. "Lester Markel wanted always to see the roots of the news and to anticipate the fruit of the event. It was to gain such perspective that he built the olympian Sunday Times—notably his beloved News of the Week in Review, The Times Magazine and Book Review and Drama (now Art's and Leisure) section. They are his monuments, but they owe their existence and prosperity not only to his labor but to his life-giving idea: There is more to the news than yesterday. Which is why Lester Markel did not die yesterday." (92,400), and ARZA, the Reform Movement's Zionist Organization (10,000). * * * Chief Explains Conservative Role NEW YORK (JTA) — David Zucker, president of the World Council of Syna- gogues (WCS), said that Mercaz, the new Conserva- tive Zionist party of which he is a co-chairman, does not preclude or eliminate the WCS as the official organizational representa- tive of the World Conserva- tive Movement in the World Zionist Organization. Zucker said that while Mercaz, which announced that it was affiliating with the WZO, is an American organization affiliated with the American Zionist Feder- ation, the WCS is the official organizational representa- tive of the World Conserva- tive Movement on the WZO where it is already seated on the Executive in New York and will have 15 dele- gates at the WZCongress. The old prayers, which go back to the earliest days of our history and in which our ancestors poured out their hearts to God, awaken our personal religious senti- ments and blend them with the religious sentiments that have come down to us from the ages. —Heymann Steinthal Dr. I. H. Friedman Dr. Isidore Harold Fried- man, a physician for more than 55 years, died Oct. 26 at age 80. A graduate of the Univer- sity of Michigan Medical School in 1922, Dr. Fried- man was the first physician in Michigan to administer insulin (1923). He was , a founder of Southwest Detroit Hospital and former owner of 'F„ bull General Hospital: was a member of the Amer- ican Medical Association, Wayne County and Mich- igan State medical societies. He resided at 16500 North Park Dr., Southfield. He leaves his wife, Ger- trude; a son, Eugene; two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Klerman and Mrs. Elaine Lebenbom; a sister, Mrs. Clara Hurshonsky of Cleve- land; and 10 grandchildren. Services 2:30,p.m. today at Ira Kaufman Chapel. R: ? it 1. 4 . VA . *.