THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, April 11, 1980 19
Israel Has Become a Science Laboratory
By PAUL HIRSHHORN
reclaimed desert areas and
increased her agricultural
areas.
• Tiny Israel is one of
only seven countries that
produce advanced fighter
aircraft. Her "Kfir" is rated
among the best in the world.
• Last year, some 28
percent of Israel's indus-
trial exports (not count-
ing polished diamonds)
were the products of sci-
ence and technology-
based industries. These
are expected to gross
some $1 billion a year by
the early 1980s.
Because of the relatively
small size of many Israeli
science-based companies,
and Israel's small popula-
tion, research and develop-
ment operations often are
linked to Israel's seven in-
stitutes of higher education:
the Technion-Israel Insti-
tute of Technology, Weiz-
mann Institute of Science,
Hebrew University, Ben-
Gurion University of the
Negev, Tel Aviv University
and Bar-Ilan University.
Four of Israel's seven uni-
versities have their own
science-based industrial
parks.
Some Israeli develop-
ments include:
• A laser machine to
identify diamonds, de-
veloped at the Weizmann
Institute, that is being
Israel Government
Press Service
JERUSALEM — If you
were a visitor approaching
earth from outer space, you
would have little trouble
finding Israel. We know this
because recent satellite
photos show Israel's borders
clearly delineated, not by
rivers or mountains, but by
developed green areas next
to arid desert.
Today, Israel is, accord-
ing to one amazed American
science writer, "the world's
most concentrated labora-
tory of applied science."
• Israel today is the
world leader in the field of
solar energy, with one-
quarter of her families
using solar hot water heat-
ers as a common household
appliance.
• The country has, set
up the most successful
system for water usage in
the world, exploiting
some 95 percent of avail-
able resources. Assis-
tance from Israel has
been requested in times
of drought by countries
both rich and poor in
water.
• Israel kibutzim pro-
duce more milk per cow and
more cotton per acre than
farmers anywhere else in
the world.
-• Israel has continually
•
manufactured by an Israeli
firm and sold to jewelers.
• Nuclear medical in-
strumentation sold around
the world, designed by
Technion-trained
en-
gineers.
• A pain easing device,
developed three years
ago by Agar Electronics
Ltd. in cooperation with
the Pain Release De-
partment of Hadassah
Hospital. Introduced to
world markets a year
ago, several hundred are
Customs Doubled
for Sabbath
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
On the Sabbath the bene-
diction over the bread is
pronounced over two loaves
at the same time instead of
over one loaf as is the case in
the weekdays.
The Sabbath is full of
double feature practices,
e.g., two candles are lit, two
lambs (instead of one) were
offered as sacrifices in the
days of the Temple, etc. All
this was done to emphasize
the special character of the
Sabbath compared to the
weekday.
Some claim that it is done
to remind us to be especially
receptive to a guest at the
Sabbath table who should
always be expected.
Water desalination
plant at Eilat.
already in use in the
United States.
• Newly invented motor
guard which prevents the
costly burnout of electric
motors and generators. De-
veloped at the Technion, it
consists of a rugged magne-
tic sensor conveniently
mounted on the external
housing of the motor.
lication, a contribution to
the implementation of the
Helsinki accords.'
"This idea about the
Helsinki accords should
interest U.S. Senators
when they eventually re-
consider the many prob-
lems of defining, constru-
ing and verifying com-
pliance with terms of the
SALT II Treaty.
"The Helsinki accords
were signed four years ago.
They were the syrup on the
sundae of detente. They
commit the signatories to
many things. The Soviets
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show contempt for much of
the content of the Helsinki
accords.
"I could exhaust you,
patient reader, and the
space in this newspaper
with additional examples of
official Soviet anti-
Semitism. I won't. But do
remember this deeply
stupid stuff, about
Freemasonry and all the
rest, when next you hear
someone arguing that the
men in the Soviet ruling
class are really 'regular
politicians' and are 'just like
us.'"
Book Based on Journal
Tackles Life's Injustices
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Soviet Anti-Semitism Has ,Viper's Sting
WASHINGTON — Syn-
dicated columnist Goerge
Will lashed out at the Soviet
Union for their policies re-
garding Jews in a recent ar-
ticle. Will said in part:
"A recent Soviet book
criticizes Soviet television
for using 'heroes who look
like Jews.' Another de-
scribes the Torah as a
textbook unsurpassed for
bloodthirstyness and
hypocrisy.
"Another book equates
Zionism with Hitlerism. A
book published by the
ministry of internal affairs
goes further. It says
Zionism is one of the varie-
ties of fascism, but is more
dangerous than even the
German variety.'
An anti-Semitic movie
was shown recently on
television and was re-
peated because of 'popu-
lar demand.'
The Soviet Academy of
Sciences has lent its
prestige, such as it is, to a
book explaining that the
`Jewish bourgeoisie' uses
Wall Street firms such as
Lazard Freres, Kuhn Loeb
and Goldman Sachs to pur-
sue world domination.
"Another book, by a pro-
fessor at Moscow's Patrice
Lumumba University, re-
ports that Jews dominate
Freemasonry and that Free
Masons already dominate
the world.
"A prestigious Soviet
publishing organization has
produced a book that says
`Zionists' in the Soviet
Union (meaning Jews who
would rather live
elsewhere) are linked to the
CIA. The government
newspaper, Izvestia, hailed
the book as 'a humane pub-
ran
"Whoever Said Life Is
Fair," (Schribner's) a book
about dealing with life's in-
justices and learning to
grow through them, is based
on a personal journal by
Sandra Kay Cohen.
a
Cohen,
Ms.
psychotherapist and former
director of family life educa-
tion for Jewish Family
Services in Philadelphia,
began the journal two
weeks after separating from
her husband.
By interweaving stories
of her patients and
memories of people she has
known and loved along with
personal feelings experi-
enced during her separation
and divorce, the author
shows how people can learn
to deal with tragedy and
pain and how they can find
the strength.
The book explores a
variety of important sub-
jects: the death of an only
child, mother-daughter re-
-
,
.
,I .ty • .
•
lationships, sexual abuse of
children, separation and di-
vorce, saving a marriage,
being Jewish in America,
being black in America, los-
ing a job and old age.
New Conductor
for Cleveland
Orchestra
CLEVELAND — Y,oel
Levi has been appointed
resident conductor of the
Cleveland Orchestra for the
next two years, beginning
this fall.
Levi, born in Romania
and reared in Israel, has
been conducting assistant
for the orchestra the past
two years.
The personnel change
was announced by music di-
rector Lorin Maazel, who
will stay on with the Cleve-
land Orchestra next season
before taking over the Vie-
nna State Opera in 1982.
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