THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 20 Friday, February 20, 1981 Agriculture and Science Play Major Role in Israel Development By PAUL HIRSHHORN Features From Jerusalem JERUSALEM — If you were a visitor approaching * * * * * * * * * * * * STAFFORD'S * * .KIDS CABARET * * * Sat. & Sun., Orchard Mall * 2 Shows: 1 & 3 p.m. * . Reservations: 851-8952, 356-85251 * Produced by Seyiour Schwartz Agency * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. How did all of this come about in just three decades? 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Nine Mile Road Southfield, Michigan 48075 farmers anywhere else in the world. • While countries around the world have held emer- gency meetings to discuss the relentless growth of the world's deserts, which is de- stroying their land, Israel has continually reclaimed desert areas and increased her agricultural areas. • Tiny Israel is one of only seven countries that pro- duce advanced fighter air- craft. Her "Kfir" is rated among the best in the world. • Last year some 8 per- cent of Israel's industrial exports (not counting polished diamonds) were the products of science and technology based in- dustries. These are ex- pected 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- dustries of higher educa- tion. The Technion-Israel In- stitute of Technology, lo- cated in Haifa, has trained some two-thirds of the coun- try's engineers. With a wide range of research institutes, it provides R and D services. to both government and private enterprise. The Weizmann Institute of Science, in Rehovot, is in- volved in scientific re- search. The Hebrew Uni- versity, Ben-Gurion Uni- versity of the Negev, Tel Aviv University and Bar-Han University have scientific departments. Four of Israel's seven universities have their own science based indus- trial parks. Some sample fruits which today benefit Israeli indus- try include: . • A laser machine to iden- tify diamonds, developed at the Weizmann Institute, that is being manufactured by an Israeli firm and sold to jewelers worldwide. • Nuclear medical in- strumentation sold around the world, designed by Technion-trained engineers. • A pain easing device, developed three years ago by Agar Electronics Ltd. in cooperation with the Pain Release Department of Hadassah Hospital. Several hundred are 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. In the field of solar energy, new developments include a solar house and a car run on solar energy. Based on the principle that all bodies of water trap the rays of the sun, Israelis have developed the "solar pond." In a normal pond warmer water rises to the surface, losing its heat. Is- raeli research has proven that the addition of salt "traps" the heat at the bot- tom. Resettlement Conference NEW YORK — Recruit- ment, training, manage- ment and other aspects of volunteer programs in the area of Soviet Jewish reset- tlement will be explored at a conference April 1-2, spon- sored by the Council of Jewish Federations, in cooperation with the Na- tional Council of Jewish Women, the National Cen- ter for Citizen's Involve- ment, and the United Jewish Appeal Federation of Washington, D.C. • HAVE l GOTH REGAL F011 SHELDON METZ, SALES MGR. $500 REBATE 600 S. MAIN, ROYAL OAK OPEN MON. & THURS. 'TIL 9 P.M. 548-3600 One breakthrough in government plans to in- crease Israel's available water supply some 50 per- cent by 1990 is the desalina- tion of sea water. Three flash evaporation plants are already in operation, sup- plying desalinated water from the Red Sea to the people in the port city of Eilat. Scientists at Ben- Gurion University in the Negev Desert are already growing sweet-tas cucumbers and other v ables from such water. In the north, one of the,. country's largest civilian projects uses natural processes including photosynthesis, bacterial .k action and algae growth to purify sewage. Agriculture and science in Israel are inextricably ., linked. Plant geneticists have developed hybrid wheat and barley bred spe- cially for desert conditions. Research has led to the growing of artipex, a plant native to Australia's salt marshes, which can be used to feed sheep and cattle. Zionist Leaders to Speak in U.S. NEW YORK — Two Is-_ raeli religious Zionist lead- . ers will undertake an ex- tensive speaking tour later this month throughout the United States and Canada. Rabbi Chaim Druckman, member of Knesset, and Yosef Shapira, chairman of the Youth Aliya depart- ment of the Jewish Agency- and member of the Jewish — Agency's world executive, will visit 20 cities and ad- dress Jewish audiences on aliya, Zionism and other is- sues concerning Israel. The tour is being spon- sored by TZOMET (an ac- ronym for Zion, Medina, To- 4- rah), in conjunction with the religious department of the American Zionist Youth Foundation. Firm Penalized WASHINGTON (JTA) — -- The W. A. Baum Co. of Copiague, N.Y., manufac- turer of blood pressure measuring devices, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $6,000 for violating U.S. laws against the Arab boycott of American com- panies doing business with Israel. The U.S. Department of Commerce said the Baum firm was fined $5,000 for furnishing prohibited formation in response I boycott request from 'i,ou Dhabi and $1,000 for failing to report the request. Rags to 'Riches AFULA (JNI) — Accord- ing to Afula Mayor Ovadia - Eli, this city with Israel's highest unemployment will have no joblessness in two years. Thirteen factories are being built in the Afula area, with another 13 planned for operation by 1983. They will bring 3,000 new jobs and millions of in- vestment dollars to the Jez- reel Valley city.