36 Friday, December 30, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Bar-Ilan Scientists Challenge Dream Theories Sigmund Freud

director, Prof. Isaac Lewin, Hall, okne of the first to night wears on with the
there is no great mystery in contradict Freud's theories on "active" phases becoming
dreams, and the symbolism in dreams. The findings are longer and reaching as long as
dreams does not hide their based on hundreds of tests at 30-40 minutes towards
meaning from the dreamer as the Dream Institute by Prof. morning. "Active" sleep is the
Freud believed. Rather, Lewin, who is also dean of the deepest sleep and the time
dreams are a reflection of social science faculty at when most dreams occur. The
each person's reality, Bar-Ilan, Israel's only last dream, of course, is
comprising his own creation religious-oriented university.
remembered best. As Prof.
and • drawn from his own life - "In effect, the dream is Lewin describes ,the process:
experience: they comprise his another form of language or "man has a night of
efforts and attempts at coping communicatiot by the psycho-physiological rest,
with his actual waking individual with himself," says including 1- 1/2 hours of
problems.
Prof. Lewin. It is basically a `movies' of emotional tone."
Most dreams, Prof. Lewin language of images and Dreams are not short and
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individual's problems or which are too abstract to believed, but take
conflicts. They are, in effect, articulate in the sleeping state approximately the same
"a psycho-therapeutic and thus cannot sever their amount of time as a similar
language which gives spiritual purpose. As a result, dreams
relaxation. Consequently are difficult to recall since
dreams are not a means of they require a "translation"
hiding reality from one's . from the sleeping language of
consciousness through images and concrete
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RAMAT GAN—Further
evidence contradicting various
aspects of Sigmund Freud's
long accepted theories on
dreams has been presented by
the Dream Research Institute
of Bar-Ilan University in
Israel.
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Prof. Lewin recommends
avoiding sleeping pills as
much as possible. While they
extend the amount of quiet or
"passive" sleep, they reduce
the amount of "active", or
deep sleep and are likely to
leave the person sluggish

when he wakes us.

"A similar feeling occurs
from oversleeping", says the
Bar-Ilan professor. Just like
overeating, it creates an
imbalance between what the
body needs and what it gets.

Finally, Prof. LeWin
recommends against waking
up in the middle of a dream
(if you can help it), since
dreams occur during "active"
sleep, thus leaving the sleeper
with a bad feeling and much
difficulty in falling asleep
again. Sweet
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Detroiter Merrill Gordon Wins Tribute
from the Jewish Theological Seminary

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take when awake. "When
you're young," says Prof.
Lewin, "you dream more, but
as you get older your dreams
become more troublesome
because of the enormous
problems and psychological
adjustments you must make in
these early stages of life."

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MERRILL GORDON

also is a recipient of the
Award of Honor of the
Jewish Federation of
Florida.
He is a trustee of ; the
American Friends of
Hebrew University and a
member of its National
Patrons Society. He is a
member of the board of
directors of Cong. Bnai
Moshe. Gordon serves as
co-chairman of the
entertainment committee of
the Knollwood Country Club
and is a member of its
community relations
committee.

the Automotive and
Industrial Division of the
Allied Jewish Campaign in
Detroit.
He was a recipient in
Afiami Beach of the David
Ben-Gurion Award from the
State of Israel 'Bonds
organization and received
the Golden Circle Award
from ORT. He received a
Century Club Award from
Bnai Brith and a citation of
merit from the Disabled
American Veterans. He

In May 1976, he and his
wife established the Merrill
and Dolores Gordon
Scholarship in the
Rabbinical School of the
Jewish Theological
Seminary of America. He
is the donor of a room in
the Jewish Community
Center of West Bloomfield
and contributed towards
the endowment of a room
in an ORT facility in
Israel. Recently he
established a scholarship at
Yeshiva University.

Migdal Oz, a New Settlement

ByMOSHE RON

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The Jewish News
Special Israel Correspondent

_TEL AVIV—In a quiet
rustic area, far from
dynamic Israel, among 800
meter-high mountains, a
new - Jewish settlement,
Migdal Oz (Strong
Fortress), has been
established.
The settlement was
founded by young people of
the religious Bnei Akiva
movement. There was no
'advance publicity when
they began the settlement;
they simply set up camp
and the building began.
The new kibutz will be an
important security link in
the Etzion block in Judea,
not far from Hebron. It
was here that Jewish
settlements were occupied
and destroyed by the
Jordanian Arab Legion in
the 1948 Israel War of
Independence.
Since the Six Day War of
June 1967, five Jewish
settlements have been
established in the area,
started mostly by children
of the original settlers.
The new settlements
today, however, are still

located near densely
populated Arab areas, and
it is believed that if what
happened in 1948 is to be
avoided, more Jewish
settlements must be
established in the
40-kilometer strip between
Jerusalem and Hebron.
The settlers have to face
a great many difficulties,
however. The earth is hard
and stony, but the settlers
will get fields nearby for
agricultural use. They
intend to establish a
chicken farm and light
industry on the kibutz. In
the meantime, they already
have electricity and a
security' fence.
The young settlers of
Migdal Oz are confident of
their future and look to
success. They have Already
succeeded in fostering good
relations with their Arab
neighbors.
The inhabitants of the
nearby Arab village of Bet
Fajr wished the new
Jewish settlement success.
The country is large, the
Arabs told them, and there
is room for all who wish to
work and build. The Arabs

stressed the importance of
friendly relations.
The inhabitants of Bet
Fajr recalled the
destruction of the Jewish
settlements in the Etzion
block in 1948: They blamed
the British Mandatory
authorities for the tragedy,
whom they claim incited
the Arabs against the Jews.
The settlers of Migdal Oz
say they are not entirely
confident in the assurance
and wishes of their Arab
neighbors, and they are
aware of the wid
campaign against
establishment of Jewis
settlements in the Etzion
area.
They also accept the fact
that it may take years until
their Arab neighbors will
learn to accept the
existence of a neighboring
Jewish settlement.
The Jewish settlers
believe, however, that with
.attempts at good will,
understanding and mutual
tolerance, the mountainous
area between Jerusalem
and Hebron can be
resettler, renewed and
developed by Jewish youth.

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