THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 40 Friday, November 23, 1979 Elizur: Combining Sport and Religion in Israel OPEN DEDCINIC. Mon.-Thurs. 10-10 Fri. & Sat. 10-11 Sunday IA BIBID1HES01 12-9 By EVA BASNIZKI World Zionist Organization JERUSALEM — Sport is still a relatively new form of organized recreation among religious Jews, both in Is- rael and the diaspora. It comes, therefore, a a pleas- ant surprise, to find an organization which not only provides this kind of ac- tivity for religious Israelis, but is also highly successful in competitive amateur sport — Elizur, the Sports Organization for Religious Youth, based in Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1933 by Rabbi Meir Berlin, of Hapoel Hamizrachi, today part of the National Reli- gious Party, and some of his INTERNATIONAL SELECTION OF BOOKS, MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS IN THE FRANKLIN SHOPPING PLAZA 12 & Northwestern (next to Healthy Jones) 353-6762 OLD LOVE by ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER I Visa & Mastercharge SHABOT SHALOM FROM GREAT SCOTT! 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Under the cover of sports activities, the young boys and girls secretly trained for combat. They became a small army in disguise. The end of the war came, with all its horrible revela- tions. Palestine was still closed to most Jews while those who desperately tried to crash the gates, were often caught by the British and deported to new camps. But some did get through, many with the help of Elizur, whose boat club be- came a link in the well- organized chain of the Jewish population's effort in Palestine, to get as many fellow Jews into the country, as possible. In 1948, with the estab- ' lishment of the state of Is- rael, Elizur returned to its original goal as a sports organization. Ex- panding rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s it now has 120 branches all over Israel, in cities, towns, villages and kibbutzim. Elizur can be found in places where other well known sport organizations do not exist = in those out- lying settlements and de- velopment towns with a mainly North African popu- lation, to whom sport is a relatively new adventure. It is often in these small com- munities that outstanding talents are discovered, some of whom may even become national heroes. The 14 Karat Shop cordially invites you to our Champagne Preview, Saturday, November 24th to help celebrate our double expansion. Please visit and view our brand new collection of 14 K to 22 K handmade jewelry (chains, rings, bracelets, charms and earrings), fresh water pearls, Amsterdam Russian Cubic Zirconias, and diamond rings. 14 KARAT SHOP 16450 J. L. Hudson, Michigan Inn Hotel Rated Excellent by P.M. Magazine — TV-2 of 7,000. In 1968, it was down to 5,500 and the d5,-' cline continued. In 1979, the Jewish population or` Rhodesia-Zimbabwe was estimated at 2,300. Over 60 percent of the community is over 50 years of age," report said "There are 500 Jewish chi:2- dren in the whole of Rhodesia," nevertheless the Sharon Day School in Salis- bury and the Carlin School in Bulaway tinue to function, the former with 81 pupils, the latte with 69. Salisbury is the only cen ter in the country where an afternoon school continu es to function. Non-Jews and non-whites have recent1: - been admitted to the day schools-. "There has been a merger of the Progressive and Or thodox communities in Bulawayo, where there is no rabbi or shochet. Salisbury has a rabbi cum cantor and he serves both cities," the WJC reported. But "In spite of the steady outflow, there has been some expansion in com,- munal institutions and facilities. A new synagogue_ was completed in Salisbury in 1977. A home for the aged - was completed in 1976. Tradition Requires Bread on Table When Saying Brah,a By RABBI SAMUEL FOX (Copyright 1979, JTA Inc.) Jewish tradition requires that at least one piece of bread remain on the table when reciting the grace after meals (Birchat haMa- zon) for a number of rea- sons. One is that this practice reminds us of the biblical requirement to leave a small plot of the field un- harvested for the poor (i.e. Peah). The parallel in to- day's life would be that one must always leave some- thing for the poor who may unexpectedly come into one's area and find nothing left for them to eat. Some claim it is done so that the blessing of the fu- ture be a continuation of the blessing of the past. It is also claimed that this practice is an expression of modesty, claiming that the Almighty has already given us more than enough in whatever simmorfr He has provided for us. It is also mentioned that this practice is a means of displaying our preparation for the future so- that we do not consume everything we have at one time because no one knows what the future will bring and one should thus spare some of what he has for future situations. Yeshiva Museum Receives Grant NEW YORK The Yeshiva. University Museum has been awarded a $10,09,8, grant by the Federation Fund for Jewish Education of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies towards the development of a model program in museum educa- tion. The program is being coordinated by Susan Fleminger, educational di- rector of the Museum. 855-140' FENBY STEIN. TALENT AGENCY - DO FOR YOU? , Open House from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. . NEW YORK (JTA) — Some 85 years after the first Jewish congregation was established in Rhodesia, the 2,000 Jews who still remain in that strife-torn southern African nation are struggl- ing to maintain a fully func- tioning community. There are synagogues, day and af- ternoon schools, a home for the aged, a central repre- sentative body and a Zionist movement. But their future seems bleak and their survival de- pends on whether whites in general can have an accept- able future as a minority in a Black-ruled Rhodesia- Zimbabwe, according to a recent report published by the World Jewish Congress. Organized Jewish life in Rhodesia dates back to 1894 when about 20 Jews were among the purchasers of land in Bulawayo. They es- tablished their congrega- tions a year later. The majority of the newcomers were from Russia and Lithuania, later joined by Sephardic Jews. In 1,900 there were 400 Jews in Rhodesia, the WJC re- ported. 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