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September 07, 1979 - Image 70

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1979-09-07

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

10 Friday, September 1, 1919

Israeli Food Industry
Continues Its Growth

By ROBERT KAPLAN

Israel Digest

JERUSALEM — The food
industry accounts for one-
fifth of Israel's total exports.
But the fact that it has in-
creased its export figure by
20 percent annually since
1955 is even more signific-
ant.
While a country needs
heavy industry in order to
become wealthy, it must
first have a sound agricul-
tural base to build on. And a
thriving food industry is an
indicator of a fully-matured
agricultural sector.
The history of Israeli ag-
riculture is well-known,
especially the development
of kibutzim and moshavim
which struck roots in the
early 20th Century. The
success of the communal
farm movement was
supplemented by the con-
struction of factories to pro-
duce such things -as soups
and sauces from the vegeta-
bles grown in the fields.
Since the roots of this sec-
tor, which accounted for
$190 million in exports in
1977, go back to the com-
munal farm movement,
today one-third of the exist-
ing factories are owned and
operated by kibutzim and
moshavim.
The food industry in Is-
rael is making many inno-
vations. For instance, palm
oil can be used as salad oil.
, But the conversion is a com-
plicated, expensive process,
which led to the establish-
ment of Palm Oil Industries
Ltd. in Eilat. The Israeli
technological innovation
will extract edible oil from
the palm, and create a byp-
roduct that can be used in
soaps and cosmetics.
Like other industrialized
nations, Israel also pro-
duces processed foods. One
Israeli firm is now market-
ing freeze-dried vegetables
which are ready to eat after
cooking in boiling water for
one minute.
The new technique is de-
signed for instant soup
powders, reducing the cook-
ing time from the usual five
minutes to 60 seconds.
The Jaffora firm of Re-
hovot has created an artifi-
cial sweetener that isn't re-
*

ally artificial, because it is
extracted from a substance
that exists in grapefruit
peels. The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration has
already approved the pro-
duct for use in toothpaste
and chewing gum. This
sweetener is 1,500 times
sweeter than sugar and
three-to-four times sweeter
than saccharin.
The Technion in Haifa
has become Israel's center
for food industry ex-
perimentation, and has re-
cently opened a research
facility that is part of the
school's Department of
Food Engineering and

Biotechnology.

Because the food industry
is an offshoot of the agricul-
tural sector, changes in the
former will sooner or later
affect the latter. By 1980, an
assortment of vegetables
such as cabbage and
cucumbers will edge out cit-
rus as the nation's number
one produce item. Thus
more types of products de-
rived from vegetables
should be expected from the
food industry in the future.
Israel has been called
Europe's "hot house." About
two-thirds of the country's
food exports go to the nine
members of the European
Economic Community,
mostly in the winter months
when cold weather makes
fruit and vegetable produc-
tion impossible there. The
remainder is made up of ex-
ports to North America.
It is no accident that the
industrialized West ac-
counts for almost all of Is-
rael's food purchases. Many
of these products are canned;
and packaged, and only
people in affluent societies
can afford them.
This is especially true
with frozen and processed
foods, which make up 20
percent of all Israeli food
exports.
These market restrictions
have put a brake on rapid
development in the food in-
dustry. Israel's resources
may be unlimited concern-
ing food production, but the
foreign market is not.
Meanwhile, the Israeli
food industry exported $220
million in 1978, a 25 percent
increase over 1977.

* *

Monument Unveilings

Israeli oranges are loaded aboard a ship bound
for Europe.

VERA J.
and
MARTIN B.
FARKAS

MORRIS
ALBERT

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 12 noon
Sunday, Sept. 16, at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Gruskin will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

Announces the un-
veiling of monuments in
their memory 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Goldschlag will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

BERNARD T.
BARRIS

PHILIP P. FEALK

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his cherished mem-
ory at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 16, at the
Mezeritcher Cemetery,
Masonic Blvd. and Lit-
tle Mack Road. Rabbi
Benjamin Gorrelick will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at Adat
Shalom Memorial Park.
Rabbi Loss will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

LOUIS L.
BINDES

ABE
GORDON

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Stanley Rosen-
baum will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 12 noon
Sunday, Sept. 16, at He-
brew Memorial Park,
Lakeside Section, Lot L,
plot 93. Rabbi Noah M.
Gamze will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

ROSE
BLOTNICK

N

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

SYLVIA
STONE

PAULINE
LIBERSON

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. e. - --He-
.rk.
brew Memoria
A-enry
Rabbi
Goldschlag will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Workmen's Circle
Cemetery (section FA).
Rabbi Arm will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

ALBERT
SWARTZ

JOSEPH
MANDELL

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Beth Moses Cemetery.
Rabbi Benjamin Gor-
relick will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Adat Shalom Memorial
Park. Cantor Larry
Vieder will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

JOSEPH
WAGNER

LILLIAN
SAULSON

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at Oak-
view Cemetery. Rabbi
Stanley Rosenbaum
and Cantor Louis Klein
will officiate. Relatives i
and friends are asked to
attend.

Announces the un
veiling of a monument
in her memory 12:30
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi
Groner will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

N

The Family
of the Late

MAX
WEIN

JERRY
SILBERT

LILLIAN
GORELICK

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at He-
brew Memorial- Park.
Rabbi Milton Arm and
Cantor Shabtai Acker-
man will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are
asked to attend.

Announces the lin_
veiling of a monument
in his memory 10 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at
Radomer Cemetery,
Gratiot and 14 Mile.
Rabbi Rosenbaum will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 4 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Adat Shalom Memorial
Park. Rabbi Syme will
officiate.

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

SOPHIE
BUCH

CELIA
HACKMAN

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 11:30
a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Bnai David Cemetery
(Van Dyke). Rabbi
Schnipper and Cantor
Ackerman will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9 at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi Yolkut
and Cantor Adler will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

N

The family of the late
Anne Silverman an-
nounces the unveiling of a
monument in her memo -3r
11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Hebrew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Goldschlag will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.

The Family
of the Late

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 12:30
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi Arm
will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to
attend.

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi Gor-
don will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are
asked to attend.

The family of the late
Irwin Ratner announces
the unveiling of a monu-
ment in his memory 11:45
a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Rabbi Morton Yolkut and
Cantor Hyman Adler will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend •

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

HELEN
(GOLDIE)
BURLAK

,

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

The Family
of the Late

rr

The family of the late
Ethel Barron announces
the unveiling of a monu-
ment in her memory 11:30
a.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at
Pinsker Cemetery. Rabbi
Rosenbaum will officiate.
Relatives and friends are
asked to attend.

The family of the late Dr.
Sidney Adelson an-
nounces the unveiling of a
monument in his memory
3:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16,
at Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Gorrelick will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.

The Family
of the Late

ARTHUR.
JAFFIN

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory Sunday,
Sept. 9, at Beth Yehudah
Cemetery. Rabbi Milton
Arm will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are
asked to attend.

LEAH
STARKMAN

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 12 noon
Sunday, Sept. 9, at
Workmen's Circle
Cemetery, Section B.
Rabbi Alan Lucas will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

JOSEPH
WHITEFIELD.

Announces the un,-,
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi
Groner will officiate.
Relatives and nds
are asked to at

Mattie Fredrick
and Blanche Brant
Announce the unveiling of a monument
in memory of their beloved mother

FANNIE SHULMAN

11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at Machpelah

Cemetery. Rabbi Yolkut and Cantor Adler

will officiate. Relatives and friends are I
asked to attend.

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