32 Friday, April 7, 1978

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

JNF Forest at Site of Crusader Battle

By JUDAH RAVIV

Jewish National Fund

JERUSALEM — Just
east of Golani Junction,
along the road to Tiberias in
lower Galilee, is a sloping
green hill. Bounded by acres
of grass and flowering
meadows beneath the sky, it
is a picture of the pastoral,
where time seems to have
stood still.

This is the hill of the
Horns of Hittin, the site of
one of the most terrible bat-

ties ever recorded in the his-
tory of man.
Here, on a summer day in
1187, the cream of the
Crusader army was cut
down to the last man by the
Moslem cavalry and archers
of Saladin. It was the battle
which ultimately cost the
Crusaders their hold on
Jerusalem and precipated
the decline of the Christian
occupation of the Holy Land
which began in 1096 and
ended in the last years of the
13th Century.

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Drive Boosted by Events

Horns of Hittin
Today, overlooking the of Lake Kinneret and took
hill from the heights to Tiberias.
Throughout the day of
the south and west are
magnificent woodlands: July 3, the Crusader army
the Lavie Forest of the under Raymond of Toulouse
Jewish National Fund. It and Guy de Lusignan
was here beneath the moved east through the val-
very shade of this forest ley of Turan. Tired, thirsty
— sections of which still and unable to go on, they
contain ancient oaks and made an unscheduled day
olive trees planted in camp at Mescana (just
Crusader times — that northeast of present Golani
the two opposing armies Junction).
This gave Saladin's army
formed for the decisive
battle almost 800 years — deployed on the ridges of
ago.
what is now the Lavie
Forest — time to block the
The Crusaders, number-
Crusaders from the only
ing some 15,000 foot sol-
source of water in the area,
diers and cavalry, had
a small spring to the east.
gathered at Zippori in south
On the dawn of July 4 —
central Galilee. Saladin's
their battle half lost by
regulars, numbering about
thirst before it had really
the same but vastly rein-
begun — the Crusaders
forced by reserves, crossed
tried to break through to the
the Jordan River just south
spring. Saladin, exploiting
the terrain and the heat to
divide the Frank knights
from their infantry, set fire
to the surrounding fields of
thorns. The heat, the smoke
and thirst did their work.
The Crusader army,
encircled in the burning
fields just to the west of
the Horns of Hittin (ap-
proximately the site of
modern Kibutz Lavie)
was quickly decimated.
Those who were still on
their feet fought their
way to the hill to make a
final stand.
By the end of the day, no-
thing remained of the
Crusader army save its
commander, Guy de Lusig-
nan, and a scattering of his
feudal lords who were cap-
tured alive. Only Raymond
of Toulouse escaped with a
handful of knights.
The hill itself is easily
reached by a road branching
off the highway to the north,
about two kilometers east of
Kibutz Lavie. From its
summit one has a view of
the Sea of Galilee, the Val-
ley of Turan and the sur-
rounding meadows below.
About a quarter of a
mile to the east of the JNF
tree nursery located at
Golani Junction, in the
hillsides now covered by
forests of pine, one finds
rock-cut tombs where fal-
len Crusaders were in-
terred.
Huge and beautiful oaks
— tiny saplings when the
battle took place — mark
the spot. Woodland trails,
picnic tables and camping
facilities built by the Jewish
National Fund have turned
this historic site into one of
Israel's newest and most
beautiful parks.

The Flint Jewish com-
munity will conduct two
programs this week to be-
nefit the United Jewish Ap-
peal. The first will take
place 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the home of Dr. Bruce Foote,
1025 Woodlawn Park Dr.
Cocktails and dinner will be
served. Guest speaker will
be Israel Ambassador to
Mexico Gen. Shaul Rosolio.
The second program,
sponsored by the Women's
Division, will take place
noon Thursday in the home
of Dorothy Fai ler, 6237
Stonegate. Luncheon will
be served. Guest speaker
will be author Gerda Klein.
The former inspector
general of the Israel State
Police, Gen. Rosolio joined
the Hagana as a youth and
has
. since been involved in
military and security mat-

GERDA KLEIN
ters. He was in charge of the
Eichmann trial administra-
tion and the security for
Pope Paul VI during his
1965 visit to Israel.
Following the Six-Day
War, Gen. Rosolio reor-
ganized the Jordanian

COMMUNITY
CALENDAR

SHAUL ROSOLIO

police in the West Bank
and East Jerusalem:11e
was personally in charge
of the security of
Jerusalem.
Born in Poland, Mrs.
Klein was interned in a con-
centration camp and follow-
ing liberation in 1945, she
married the commander of
the U.S. Infantry who freed
the village where camp in-
mates were sent by the
Nazis.
She moved to America
where she has written two
books and is active in efforts
to benefit the retarded. She
also is involved in tasks for
the United Jewish Appeal,
Israel Bonds and Hadassah.
She was cited in 1974 by
the National Council of
Jewish Women as its
"woman of the year" and
received a Doctor of
Humane Letters degree
from Rosary Hill College
in Buffalo.
For reservations to the
women's event, call the
Council office, 767-5922.

Pacemaker Issue
Gets Rabbis' Rule

NEW YORK — Au-
gudath Israel of America
has obtained a rabbinical
ruling allowing the post-
Sunday — Hashachar humous recovery of a new
Bowling, 2 p.m.; Temple type of heart pacemaker.
Beth El Bar-Bat Mitzva
The new pacemaker,
Family Class, 6:30 p.m., which uses plutonium, must
temple; and FJCC "That's be recovered from the body
Entertainment 77-78," according to Federal regii-
featuring Elly Stone, 8 p.m., lations.
Temple Beth El.
The rabbinical ruling
Monday — Hadassah suggested that alternative
board meeting; Temple pacemakers be used by
Beth El Board of Education Jewish patients whenever
meeting, 8 p.m., temple; possible, and that the spe-
FJCC Community Rela- cial identification required
tions International Jewish to be carried by the patient
Concerns meeting, 8 p.m.
when implanted with the
Tuesday — Temple Beth plutonium device be worn
El Sisterhood meeting, as a necklace or bracelet,
noon, temple; Ann Lebster rather than carried on the
and Keren Or Chapters of Sabbath.
Hadassah, 6:30 p.m., Tem-
ple Beth El; and ZOA meet- Prayer Prints
ing.
in NY Display
Thursday — JWVA
NEW YORK — "Peter
meeting; and Cong. Beth Is-
rael board of education Freudenthal: The Silent
Prayer,"
an exhibition of 19
meeting, 8 p.m., synagogue.
serigraphs and four oil
paintings by the contem-
porary Swedish artist; illus-
Bar Mitzva .
trating the 19 benedictions
David Weiss, son of Dr. of the "Amidah," will be
and Mrs. Mitchell Weiss, displayed at the Jewish
will become Bar Mitzva 11 Theological Seminary's
a.m. April 15 at Temple Jewish Museum, April 17-
Beth El.
June 18.

