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One Israeli Army Colonel
Is Breaking Male Barriers

By MOSHE RON
The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent

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TEL AVIV — Among the
officers who are finishing
their studies at Israel's
highest military academy is
Col. Maggi. She is the first
to complete a course in mili-
tary logistics at the
academy. On her uniform
are the wings of a military
ilot.
Men in the High Corn-
mand have to pass courses
at this academy but not
women. Maggi was not
ready to accept such a situa-
tion. She insisted on being
the first woman in such a
course. "I have never chosen
an easy way in life," she
said. "A course in the
academy enables high-
ranking officers to better
analyze all factors in order
to solve military problems."
Maggi is living in a re-
nted apartment near Tel
Aviv. Her family came to Is-
rael from Morocco when
Maggi was a child. The fam-
ily lives in Jerusalem and
Maggi loves Jerusalem.
When she enlisted in the Is-
raeli army, she did not
think that her connection
with the army would last
more than two years. She
finished an officers course
and was stationed at a
parachute base.
Her service at this base
induced her to stay in the
army. She liked the
paratroopers. In 1967, the
army sought women offi-
cers who knew French to
instruct soldiers from the
Ivory Coast. Maggi ac-
cepted the offer. She
went to the Ivory Coast
and trained girls from all
tribes. The girls also
learned to read and
write, sewing and nurs-
ing children. Maggi
headed the parade of 600
black girls on the Ivory
Coast's Independence
Day. The girls had to put
their hair into nets in
order to wear the military
berets.
Returning to Israel,
Maggi trained girl recruits.
Afterwards, she headed a
course for group-officers,
then returned to the parat-
roop staff and was in charge
of the officq, of the IDF Chief
Parachute Officer Com-
mand.
Later, Maggi became de-
commander of the cen-
1 training base for
women soldiers and then
commanded a special school
for advanced instructors.
Maggi thinks that a
commander has to combine
qualities of leadership and
communication. She always
had the best relations with
her soldier girls. She passed
several parachute courses.
As the first woman in the
military academy, she felt a
bit awkward in the begin-
ning. The men had difficul-
ties getting accustomed to
her. But when they knew
Maggi well, they liked her
and treated her on an equal
footing. They even would
consult her about military
and personal problems.
After completing her

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By WARREN FREEDMAN

Salizio Pereira, a Jew who
Prof. Edwardo Augusto practiced Judaism in
de Carvalho is a distin- Braganca in the 1930s.
guished non-Jewish scholar
Prof. Carvalho also wrote
who has studied the lifes- about the great Portuguese
tyles of the Marranos poet Junqueirio, who was
throughout Portugal. He Jewish-born but did not
IS THE GUY
still teaches English and practice Judaism.
German in the local high
The principal quarter
school in Braganca, but de- for Marranos in
votes considerable study to Braganca was Rua Dos
the Marranos.
Gatos as well as Rua
He recalls that his inter- Orabio da Castro.
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est in that subject first re-
The mountainous area of
sulted when as a young man Braganca makes it ideal for
someone used the insult a health and vacation re-
"Marrano Jew" against sort. In fact, Prof. Carvalho
WHERE EVERY DAY
him. That incident promp- views the neighboring hill
ted him to spend decades of "Montesino"- or "Mount
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study of the lifestyles of biggest ski resort.
Marranos.
He recalls that in the
1930s Captain Basto, the
great Marrano leader,
brought to Braganca a
Dutch rabbi, and together
Large selection of rings
with Jose Montanha built a
watches and other fine jewelry
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three years the Dutch rabbi
served 20 to 25 Marranos
These services done on premises
and even taught French and
Hebrew in the local schools.
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But the "experiment"
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did not work out due to
the ostracism of these
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practicing Jews by their
Catholic neighbors. The
Danny
synagogue was con-
verted into a residence
where a female dentist
now lives.
Prof. Carvalho has writ-
"Where the customer comes first"
ten extensively on the lifes-
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tyles of the Marranos, still
serving as editor of the
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Braganca." One of his writ-
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academy training, Col.
Maggi will be able to take
over any job in the General
Staff of the Israeli Army,
which are held today only
by men. But she wishes to
dedicate herself to the im-
provement of the service of
women soldiers. She also
wishes to deal with reli-
gious girls who do not enlist
in the army, to find suitable
alternative service.

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Students
Study in Israel

NEW YORK — Dr. Meir
Tamari, director of the
Youth Aliyah Department
of the World Zionist Organ-
ization, American Section,
announced recently that 70
teenagers have left the
United States for Israel to
continue their studies.
Some of the students are
preceding their parents on
aliya . to Israel. However,
the overwhelming number
are enrolled in one of the
Youth Aliya's special pro-
grams," according to Tamir.

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Teachers Meet

LIVINGSTON,
N.J.
(JTA) — A colloquium on
the teaching of the
Holocaust will be held at
Brookdale Community Col-
lege, Oct. 29. The confer-
ence is sponsored by Brook-
dale's Center for Holocaust
Studies and the N.J. State
Department of Education,
the New Jersey Education
Association and the New
Jersey Region of the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith.

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