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SHAVUOT
Greetings
to Jewish
Communities
Everywhere
June 1, 1979
Avacuation of Sinai, Settlers'
Distress Affects M.E. Parleys
eiDC Aiding Blind
Students in Israel
TEL AVIV — It all started when the father of a blind
child decided he didn't want his daughter to go to a school
for the blind, where she would have to live away from home
and be separated from sighted children. Relatives in the
U-.S: who were able to do some investigating about educa-
tion of blind children found out about the Braille class
concepti-the idea of concentrating a group of blind children
in one regular school, integrating them into the regular
classrooms (according to their age and grade level) for part
of the day and offering a specially-trained teacher and
special equipment the rest -of the day.
Today there are two such classes at Ladugma School in
Tel Aviv with a total of 20 blind children and similar_
programs have been set up elsewhere.
The Joint Distribution Committee has made grantS
totaling almost IL 500,000 ($22,700) during the last two
years to provide classes and schools for the blind and se-
verely vision-impaired children with special equipment
such as Braille and regular typewriters, closed circuit tele-
vision, tape recorders and cassettes, raised maps and spe-
cial teaching aids.
"There's a big difference between the Braille class
children and those who are educated only among
other blind pupils," says a teacher.
Having 20 blind children in t4ie school is an educa-
tional experience for the slighted pupils as well.
Multi-Million Kasle Bequest
to WSU Cancer Research;
$100,000 for Home for Aged
-A multi-million bequest, which predictably may run
into a figure in excess of $6 million, has been bequeathed by
the late Ben Kasle to Wayne State University School of
Medicine for cancer research. The announcement was
made formally by Wayne State University last week.
Herbert Sott and Eugene Driker of the law firm of
Barns, Sott, Denn and Driker, who represented the late
Mr. Kasle, also revealed that a $100,000 bequest has been
made by V le deceased to the Jewish Home for the Aged.
Herbert A. Aronsson, president of the Home for the
Aged, has expressed on behalf of the board of directors of
the Home his appreciation for the significant bequest, and
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TEL AVIV (JTA) — The jubilation that attended the tra'nsfer of El Arish to Egyptian sovereignty last
Friday has given way to concern among the local population and Israelis as well over problems that have
, cropped up with the new administration. For one thing, the Egyptians have, for the time being, closed the
border around El Arish preventing workers from reaching their jobs at the-laundry that' lies on the Israeli
side of the Some workers have ignored the Egyptian check-points and scaled the border fence to reach
the laundry.
tons per day
But the reduced labor force has kept the laundry's production down to a quarter of its
capacity. An added complication was the cut-off of electricity from the El Arish power station Tuesday.
Power was restored when the laundry was connected to the Israeli - electric system. The local Egyptian
commander inforined the laundry manager that the cut-off was an administrative-matter, not political,
and promised that _the full work force will be available as of Monday.
Meanwhile, many El Arish families have found their returnto Egyptian rule less of a blessing
than anticipated. According to reports, they were ejected from their flats to make room for the
many Egyptian officers now quartered in the town. There are also reports that some El Arish
citizens have been subjected to interrogation by the Egyptians over alleged collaboration with
the Israelis and in some cases were physically abused.
In addition, the- Egyptians have installed a huge radar station in El Arish. It worries the Israelis but
t-l-ey cannot complain. Under terms of the Israeli-Egyptian military agreement there is a no limit to the
.size of electronic equipment as there is, for example, on the size, number and caliber of infantry battalions,
tanks and artillery.
Despite the flaws that have cropped up in the hoped-for smooth transition from Israeli to Egyptian
control, the weekend's joint meetings and official functions in the Sinai and at Beersheba were festive.
Israeli Premier Menahem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat travelled by helicopter from El
Arish to Beersheba where both addressed the students and faculty of Ben-Gurion University. From there
they embarked on a 45-minute flight in Sadat's presidential jet over parts of the Negev and Egyptian-
controlled Sinai.
During the circular flight, Sadat decisively quashed the recent misunderstanding over the
open borders issue when he told reporters that he had personally overruled his foreign minister,
Boutros Ghali, who had counseled delaying the effective date. Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe -
Dayan will go to Cairo on Monday to discuss the technical details involved-in -opening the borders
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