THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Danzig Judaica Displayed in NY

NEW YORK (JTA) — continued to flee to Poland,
The history of the Danzig Palestine, the Soviet Union,
Jewish community will be or whichever country would
told in an exhibition to open accept them or in which
at the Jewish Museum on they could find a haven.
March 26. Ceremonial ob- One hundred thirty-four
jects from the great silver, gold, bronze and
synagogue (demolished by brass ceremonial objects
the Nazis) and private col- and textiles along with
lections, as well as docu-
ments, photographs and
audio-visual materials re-
ate the story of a oncethriv-
ing, cultured, German-East
European Jewish commu-
NEW YORK —
nity which is no more.
Groundbreaking for Efrat, a
In December 1938, the new urban settlement and
Nazis informed the Danzig educational center to be
Jewish community that built 12 miles south of
their synagogue was Jerusalem, recently took
scheduled' for demolition, place in Israel. The event
that their property (which marked the culmination of
included the Jewish cemet- four years of joint planning
ery) must be sold, and that by Raishit Geula, a New
all Jews must prepare to York based aliya move-
emigrate. Proceeds of the ment; the Judean Moun-
sale of this communal prop-, tains Development Corp., a
erty were used to finance private Israeli organiza-
the emigration of those still tion; the Aliya Department
permitted to leave.
of the Jewish Agency and
In May 1939, the elders of the Israeli government.
Efrat is located in the
the Jewish community
gathered ceremonial objects Gush Etzion area of Israel, a
used in the great synagogue few minutes south of
(which incorporated several Bethlehem. It is anticipated
earlier synagogues), the that by 1990 the population
special collection of Judaica of the region will reach
which had been housed 200,000.
therein (gift of the promi-
The town is planned as a
nent art collector, Lesser unique community with
Gieldzinski, on his 75th special emphasis on the
birthday in 1904), and pre- educational, religious and
cious heirlooms from pri- cultural aspects of urban
vate families.
life. In addition to housing,
With the help of the light industry and shopping
American Jewish Joint facilities, it will include an
Distribution Committee, elementary school, secon-
negotiations were com- dary schools and yeshivot
pleted with the Danzig for boys and girls, a com-
Police Department — munity college where reli-
"For a certain sum of gious and secular studies
money which will be combined, a Jewish
-presumably would also experience center for re-
' help expedite the emigra-
tion of Jews from Danzig $200,000 Grants
— (the police) permitted
the export of these ob- Set for Weizmann
jects to the United
REHOVOT, Israel A
States," it was recalled by total of IL 10 million
a spokesman for the ($200,000) in grants for the
Jewish Museum. In July support of industrially-
1939, 10 crates containing oriented research at the
over 500 examples of Weizmann Institute of Sci-
Judaica were delivered ence will be awarded this
to the Jewish Theological year by the Office of the
Seminary of America.
Chief Scientist of the Minis-
The understanding was try of Commerce, Industry
that if, at the end of 15 yearsand Tourism together with
there remained a Jewish the Yeda Research and De-
community in Danzig, these velopment Co.
treasures would be re-
This fund bears the name
turned. If not, the valuables of the late Prof. Gerhard
would stay in this country Schmidt, an Oxford-trained
`-`for the inspiration and Weizmann Institute scien-
ducation of the rest of the tist who pioneered the in-
,world." In August 1939, the troduction of applied re-
German army marched into search into Israeli institu-
Danzig. Meanwhile, Jews tions of higher learning.

Torah crowns, Torah
shields, rimmonim, seder
plates, menorahs, alms
boxes, spice boxes, kidush
cups, prayer books and
Torah ark curtains will be
shown to the general public
for the first time since leav-
ing Danzig.

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to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Magen
David Adom, Israel's emergency' medical service,
and, shown at right, a new stamp for Israel's Memo-
rial Day which shows the "Road of Courage" Monu-
ment —

Friday, March 14, 1980 69

Student Study Programs Are Set in Israel

NEW YORK — Three
new Israel programs are
planned for the summer and
fall of 1980 according to Dr.
Seymour Eskow, chairman
of the national executive
committee of the Center for
Study in Israel. These in-
clude a nursing program, a
kibutz study program and a
summer practicum in field
archeology.
The full-year nursing

program is sponsored by the
College Consortium for In-
ternational Studies, the Is-
rael Ministry of Health and
the American Zionist Youth
Foundation and will be
based in Shaare Zedek Hos-
pital, Jerusalem, and
Siroka Hospital, Beersheva.

The fall semester, five-
month kibutz college study
program will be based at

Kibutz Kfar Szold in the
upper Galilee.
The summer practicum
in field archeology at
Emeq Hefer is offered by
the State University of
New York at Buffalo.
Students interested in
these programs should con-
tact Dr. Stephen Beiner,
CCIS, 145 College Rd., Suf-
fern, N.Y. 10901.

treats for Americans and Is-
raelis, synagogues, adult
education center and li-
brary.
To build these institu-
tions $1.5 million has thus
far been raised by the Etz-
ion FoundatiOn in New
York.
More than 225 Raishit
Geula families are regis-
tered to 'move to Efrat
within the next three years.

Bar Mitzva Year
for Jerusalem
Reunification

NEW YORK — May 14th
will mark the 13th anniver-
sary of the reunification of
Jerusalem, announced
Rabbi Joseph P. Sternstein,
president of the American
Zionist Federation.
Our objective — and we
feel confident we will attain
it — is to involve 100 com-
munities in the 1980 -
Jerusalem Day celebra-
tions," Rabbi Sternstein
said.
A tree planted in front of
the local city hall, symbolic
of thirteen trees to be
planted in the Jerusalem
Peace Forest, is the focus of
the Yom Yerushalayim
program being prombted by
the AZF in cities nation-
wide.
In addition, AZF is in-
volving rabbis and
educators in its Yom
Yerushalayim celebrations
through the distribution of
special certificates to Bar
and Bat Mitzva celebrants.

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Sephardic Center
Open to Students

LOS ANGELES — The
Sephardic Educational
Center, the life-long dream
of Dr. Jose Nessim of Be-
verly Hills, Calif., has been
opened in Jerusalem and is
accepting applications for
its first classes.
The new center is housed
in three historic buildings
in the Jewish Quarter of
East Jerusalem. The first
six-week curriculum will be
presented this summer, be-
ginning July 1. The classes
are limited to 80 students
from English-speaking
countries, age 18-27.
For information and ap-
plications, write to the
Sephardic Educational
Center at its U.S. address:
608 N. 'Arden Dr., Beverly
Hills, Calif. 90210.

The regular budget of the
Jewish Agency this year is
$405 million, an increase of
$55 million over last year.
The United Jewish Appeal
must supply $36 million of
this increase.

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