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Trials and Tribulations: One Family's
Tale of Establishing Itself in Israel

(Editor's Note: Chaim
Stay, the hero of the
story, is the son of former
Detroiter Bertha Sanders
and a former Canadian,
Yitzhak Stay, who have
made their home in
Kibutz Degania Bet since
1933. The younger Stay's
wife, Sharon, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Manny (Adeline)
Salinger of Southfield.
Stay also is the nephew of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
(Florence) Milan of De-
troit. The story appeared
in a recent issue of the Is-
raeli newspaper,
Haaretz. Detroiter Louis
Panush translated the ar-
ticle into English.)
Chaim Stay was an in-
telligence officer in the port
police of Israel with the
rank of superintendent. He

resigned from the force be-
cause he was disillusioned
with the lack of response on
the part of port police
authorities to his many pro-
posals to stem thefts, bur-
glaries and other cranes in
Israeli ports. He decided not
to fight the bureaucracy, ac-
cepted a civilian job in the
port authority.
Stay served in Israel's De-
fense Force (Zahal) as a
fighter in the naval com-
mandos. When his term of
service was over, he left for
a tour of the United states.
His relatives tried to per-
suade him to stay in the
U.S. and study medicine.
His mother was a nurse, and
while in this country he vis--
ited a number of hospitals.
He wanted to study
medicine, but he did not
want to leave his kibutz. He

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Light reflection in an
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In a diamond that is too deep
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had a tough decision to
make; he finally decided to
return to the kibutz.
Stay met his future wife,

Sharon Salinger, in the U.S.
He left to Sharon the deci-
sion of whether or not to join
him on the kibutz where he
wanted to spend the rest of
his life. She decided to go to
Israel to be with him. In ex-
change, Stay agreed to have
the wedding performed in
the U.S.
He recalled that after
the wedding two agents
from the immigration
office came to the house
and demanded to see his
"green card." They sus-
pected him of marrying
an American girl in order
to obtain an American
passport. He told them
that he was taking an
American wife to a
civilized country, that he
does not intend to stay in
the U.S.
Stay and his wife re-
turned to the kibutz in Is-
rael. In 1962, the absorption
of strangers in the kibutz
was difficult; the kibutzniks
had no patience with them.
After a while, the kibutz
agreed to utilize her knowl-
edge of English, but the stu-
dents she was to teach were
reluctant to learn. In spite
of the fact that she spent a
lot of time working before
and after her four hours of
teaching, she was ordered to
work three additional hours
in the kitchen. She became
depressed. After her son,
Ron, was born, Mrs. Stay
wanted to raise him in her
own room, but she had to fol-
low the rules of the kibutz
and place him the children's
house. That further de-
pressed her.
She wanted to leave the
kibutz. Her father urged her
to come to Detroit where he
wanted to help them estab-
lish themselves. Stay did
not want to leave the kibutz.
Sharon could not take it
anymore. Finally, they
compromised.
They left the kibutz in
1964. They went to live in
a small place in the
Galilee. Stay got a job as a
tractor operator for a na-
tional mobile enterprise.

Saudis, Jordan
Supplying Iraq

TEL AVIV (ZINS) — The
newspaper Haaretz says
that Saudi Arabia and Jor-
dan have been transferring
U.S. made military equip-
ment to Iraq without U.S.
permission.
The paper also said that
the Saudis transshipped
100 Russian tanks from Po-
land to the Iraqis.

Peace Benefit

CAIRO (ZINS) — The
Cairo correspondent for
Haaretz wrote that tourist
visits between Israel and
Egypt have quieted discon-
tent among Israel's Arabs.
The reporter said that Is-
raeli Arabs who have vis-
ited Egypt are struck by the
difficult living conditions of
the average Egyptian.

After a while, with the
help of Baron Edmond de
Rothschild, Stay opened the
first school for diving in
Caesarea. He was a diver
from the days of his naval
commando service. He liked
his work, but when Club
Mediterranean bought the
Caesarea Hotel,. and the
deal included the diving
club, Stay looked for 00-
work.
He got an offer to join an
American group that came
to Israel with a small one-
man submersible for
underwater exploration off
the port of Ashdod. the
Americans invited him to go
to the U.S. to learn how to
operate Midget submarines
and sonar equipment for re-
search and exploration pur-
poses.
The Stays went to the
U.S. and stayed there for
eight months. On his re-
turn, he joined an organiza-
tion for exploration in seas
and lakes. He completed an
internship as second officer
on a merchant ship and was
then authorized to captain
boats of up to 15-ton dis-
placement.
In 1972, Stay decided
that he wanted "to see the
world." He and his wife
went to Cyprus where
they got caught up in the
Turkish-Greek war. They
spent some time in
Famagusta and were
about to leave for Europe
when the war broke out.
Their two children were
in Israel, Sharon was in
Famagusta, and Stay, in
Brussels, about to leave
for Nicosia.
All flights to Cyprus were
cancelled and he was not
able to join 'his wife. Mrs.
Stay escaped with the help
of a taxi driver who took six
hours to reach Nicosia. She
remained at the airport for a
few days until she was able
to return to Israel in a plane
that carried war films. The
family met in Degania Bet.
From there they went to
Europe where they started
afresh, and returned to Is-
rael after four years.
In 1976, Chaim joined the
police force. He became dis-
couraged and disillusioned
and, finally, resigned his
post. He is still pre-occupied
with finding and planning
solutions to crime and
smuggling.

Technion Prof.
Named Associate
at U.S. Academy

HAIFA — Prof. Josef
Singer of the Aeronautical
Engineering Faculty of the
Technion has been named a
foreign associate of the
American National
Academy of Engineering.
Prof. Singer, head of the
Aircraft Structures Labora-
tory, was cited for his con-
tribution to the knowledge
of stability of reinforced
thin-walled structures, for
international cooperation
in mechanics and his role in
the design of Israeli air-
craft.

