Egyptian Students Paint Picture of Peace

JERUSALEM— Some 50

paintings and drawings by
young Egyptian students on
the theme of peace are being
,: -A.hibited this summer in
the Israel Museum in

Jerusalem.

Paul Hofmann reported
in the New York Times that
the art work is side by side
with essays in neatly hand-
v:itten Arabic script that
students in Cairo, El
Paiyum and Tanta were
asked to produce on the sub-
,;:t of the Egyptian-Israeli
pe treaty. Translations
.:,ached to the essays.
_ The people of Israel have
been a dispersed and di-
.:ided people, a people who

have known much suffer-
ing," one of the composi-
tions reads. "Moses took
them out of Egypt after the
Pharaoh caused them great
suffering. Afterwards, they
suffered terribly, and their
worst ordeal was under the
Germans who burned them
alive. At long last, the
people of Israel received a
country of their own and a
homeland, and they have
the right to live in peace."
Another student wrote,
"The truth must be
stated, and in a loud
voice: Israel exists and is
a state, even if we (in the
past) tried to deny this
fact. Therefore, it is bet-
ter that we express our

desire for a just peace
through negotiations,
rather than pursue the
road of useless
bloodshed."
Israeli journalist Amos
Elon, who brought the pic-
tures and the essays , from a
recent tour of Egypt, re-
marked, "There was abso-
lutely no manipulation. I
asked the Education Minis-
try in Cairo whether I could
visit Egyptian schools, and
their answer was, 'Go wher-
ever you like.'

or to paint or draw the pic-
tures."
Elon said that the result
was evidence that, despite
the use of some objectiona-
ble textbooks, the Egyptian
educational system was
geared to peace with Israel.
He added that the children's
response may be taken as
evidence that President
Sadat's peace policy has
broad support among the
Egyptians.
When Teddy Kollek, the
mayor of Jerusalem, saw
the materials brought by
Elon, he ordered that a hall
of the museum be cleared
for a special show, "Egyp-
tian Children Paint
Peace.' "

"Some of the schools I
picked were in slum areas.
The pupils were asked by
their teachers, in my
presence, to write the essays

Istomin Hopes to Bridge Gap
Between Israeli, Egypt Musicians

By MOSHE RON

The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent

TEL AVIV — The famous
American pianist Eugene
Istomin has come to Israel
c-om Egypt. Once it had
seemed impossible, but
ow, after the signing of the
peace treaty, it becomes an
ardinary event. Istomin had
' two successful recitals in
Cairo.
On the initiative of the
::rusalem Mayor Teddy
Kollek, Istomin came to
Jerusalem to play on Israel
Independence Day. He also
gave instructions and les-
sons to young gifted pianists
in. the Municipal Music
School
Istomin is a Jew. On his
' own initiative he appealed
to the U.S. State Depart-
ent to arrange a visit for
him in Cairo. He wished to
give concerts in the Egyp-
tian capital after the sign-
ing of the peace treaty as a
ew and for Israel. Since an
-aeli musician cannot yet
play in Cairo, he wanted to
wage a musical bridge be-
tween Cairo and Jerusalem.
The Egyptian Minister of
Culture accepted the pro-
posal and Istomin came to
Cairo.
Istomin has renewed
an old tradition, which
has been broken by the
wars between israel and
Egypt. In 1936 the Israeli
philharmonic Orche4tra
%sited Egypt for the first
time and gave several
concerts there. It is
.- ossible that now the
ga - 'f Egypt will again
for the orchestra.
1: e - - een the years 1936
, 4 d 1948 the orchestra
played in several cities in
l_.:g-ypt.
The musical manager of
the orchestra, the famous
conductor Zubin Mehta, has
'already appealed to the
Egyptian authorities to in-
, ite the Israeli Philhar-
monic Orchestra for con-
rts during the next season
:,,,) Cairo and Alexandria.
Istomin also gave lectures
1-1-. Cairo. He found many
talented young musicians
'I- ere. There is an old tradi-
tion of Western music there.
Istomin praised the man-
ager of the musical school in

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Cairo, Dr. Smana El
Khouri. Previously, there
were many music teachers
from the Soviet Union. The
Egyptians have trained
only a few teachers. Istomin
expressed the hope that Is-
raeli music teachers will
come to Egypt.
Istomin started to take
piano lessons when he
was 6 years old. His first
teachers were Rudolf
Serkin and
Horeshowsky. In 1943, he
played for the first time
with the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra.
The greatest musicians

like Pablo Casals, Bruno
Walter, Charles Munch
etc. have praised his ta-
lent.
After the death of Casals,
Istomin married his young
widow, who was a cello
pupil of Casals.
Istomin has plans. He
planned a course for Egyp-
tian and Israeli musicians
and joint concerts, but the
time has not yet come for it.
Istomin thinks that first
Mehta should come to Egypt
with the Israeli Philhar-
monic Orchestra and sol-
oists like Yitzhak Perlman
and Pinhas Zuckerman.

U.S. Is Seeking Palestinian
Participation in Peace Talks

WASHINGTON (JTA) — against talk with the PLO
-
The Carter Administration itself.
has officially opened the
Flacks Is New
door for "Palestinians" in
Jerusalem, Lebanon and
ZOA
Director
wherever else they may be
living to enter the Israeli-
Egyptian-U.S. peace proc-
ess related to the West Bank
and Gaza.
The Administration did
not specifically name
Jerusalem in making
known its decision last Fri-
day but said that talks are
to begin by the U.S. officials
with "a number of Palesti-
nians both inside and out-
side of the West Bank and
Gaza."
Since all of Jerusalem —
PAUL FLACKS
including East Jerusalem
NEW
YORK — Paul
— has been part of Israel
since 1967, the U.S. decision Flacks has been appointed
not to exclude the holy city national executive director
explicitly is certain to of the Zionist Organization
create serious U.S.-Israeli of America. He was prev-
iously director of the ZOA
difficulties.
Public Affairs Department.
The Carter Administra-
In 1973, Flacks founded
tion decision came in re- the first national workshop
sponse to an "urgent" Saudi of the Christian-Jewish
Arabian call in Riyadh for Dialogue. He has served in
the U.S. to start "an im-
various leadership
mediate dialogue" with the capacities in his home
Palestine Liberation community, Dayton, Ohio.
Organization. The Ad-
He was chairman of the
ministration reiterated,
NJCRAC Community Rela-
however, it will continue its tions Committee and
long-standing conditions chairman of the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Israel is the only nation Brith.
that is inhabited today by
He has been active in
the same people, with the UJA, Bonds, JNF and He-
same religion and culture, brew Day School campaigns
and speaking the same lan- and is a recipient of the
guage as those who inha- ZOA's Louis D. Brandeis
bited it 2,000 years ago.
Award.

JNF Projects
in Negev, Galilee

JERUSALEM — A fleet
of Jewish National Fund
bulldozers moved into an
area of Israel's northern
Negev recently, as the
"Peace Salient" began.
The. JNF crews, which
started work east of the in-
ternational border, are pre-
paring the sites for the first
eight settlements along the
new border with Egypt. The
settlements will be corn- .
pleted within 10 months. In
addition, there will be 12
more settlements set up
within the next three years.
"Some 20 million cubic
meters of earth will be
moved and new roads will
be constructed for access to
the area . . . new sites will
be leveled, developed and
prepared for the building of
houses, farms and indus-
try," according to Moshe
Rivlin, chairman of the JNF
board of directors.
Rivlin noted that the JNF
is also involved in a new de-
velopment project in the
Galilee where it is creating
access roads and laying the
infrastructure for 29 set-
tlement outposts.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, June 29, 1919 37

NY Youth Jobs

NEW YORK (JTA) — A
total of 300 Jewish high
school and college youths
obtained summer jobs in a
federally-funded program
through the efforts of the
Metropolitan New York
Coordinating Council on
Jewish Poverty and the
Jewish Community Rela-
tions Council.

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