22 Friday, July 16, 1982
An old man once said,
"When I was young, I was
poor; when old, I became
rich; but in each condition I
found disappointment.
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It would appear that
cruises are fast becoming an
"in" vacation. Perhaps- it's
the easy pace of shipboard
life. Or not having to deal
with airport hassles. Per-
sonally, I find the service
one receives on board ship is
easily the best part.
This wonderful sense of
being pampered round-
the-clock was certainly evi-
dent during a recent
seven-day cruise on Home
Lines' S.S. Oceanic, which
sails from New York every
Saturday through Nov. 13.
The good life at sea, to
many, is synonymous with
the seemingly endless
procession of food you
encounter. Indeed, the idea
of dining four or more times
a day witothout consulting
your pocketbook is most ap-
pealing! For example,
passengers on the Oceanic
not only enjoy three bounti-
ful sit-down meals each day
but also "tide-you-over"
bouillon and sandwiches at
11 a.m. At four 'o'clock, it's
tea and pastries. Then
there's the Midnight Buffet,
a nourishment so necessary
that it actually begins a full
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half-hour earlier at 11:30.
But life does e gt beyond
the dining room. This
ranged from a lecture on
self-hypnosis (ironically,
"losing weight" was a popu-
lar reason for attending!)
. . . to complimentary dance
instruction .
to Italian
language classes. Clearly,
one could stay active almost
every minute of every day.
Jewel-like Bermuda .. .
Uptempo Nassau and
Paradise Island: Days two
and four were spent visiting
these quite different ports of
call. And though both have
much to offer, I confess 'a
certain preference for Ber-
muda's special ambiance.
Since our time in Ber-
muda was limited to just
eight hours, we quickly re-
nted a motorbike and
headed west along Bermu-
da's lovely South Shore. Our
destination — Horseshoe
Bay, one of those picture-
postcard spots that must be
seen to be believed.
A leisurely lunch here
was followed by a refreshing
swim_ in crystal-clear
aquamarine water. As we
later rode back into Hamil-
ton, past lush island vegeta-
tion like oleander and
bougainvillea, I remera-
beted that Mark Twain had
summed up Bermuda by
saying, "You go to Heaven if
you want — I'll just stay
right here."
Nassau, On the other
hand, represents a blend of
British tradition, American
influence and native cus-
toms. You'll probably begin
your shopping at the famous
Straw Market, where you
can watch Bahamian
craftswomen weave unique
straw items such as hats,
handbags, dolls and
placemats.
You'll also want to visit
tunities.
While Nassau's Jewish
community numbered
about 40 people a dozen or so
years ago, present esti-
mates run to perhaps half
this number. I've also been
advised that the Nassau
Hebrew Congregation, a
50-seat Ashkenazic Con-
servative synagogue for-
merly situated in the Hoffer
Building, has sadly been
disbanded.
Visitors today, nonethe-
less, can still view an old
Sephardic cemetery dating
back to 1860, which oc-
cupies a section of the public
cemetery.
tropical surroundings.
As Bernard Postal and
Another must-see attrac- Malcolm H. Stern point out
tion is the lavish Le Cabaret in their "Tourist's Guide to
review at Resorts Interna- Jewish History in the
tional's Britannia Beach Caribbean" published by
Hotel.
American Airlines, "Ber-
All things considered, muda is perhaps the only
cruising probably offers one West Indian territory in
of today's best vacation which no Jewish commu-
packages. Just think: you're nity ever took root.
on a floating resort where Nowhere on . . . Bermuda
most everything is paid for has there ever been a per-
upfront; the only extras are manent synagogue. Neither
drinks, tips and shore ex- is there a Jewish cemetery,
cursions. Moreover, although records show Jews
everyone on a ship like the in the Bermudas in the 17th
Oceanic receives the same Century."
attentive service — even if
According to these same
your accommodations are two authors, ". . . during the
on a lower deck.
two decades prior to the
Although the Bahamas American Revolution, a
were first settled by the syndicate headed by Moses
British in 1620, few Jews and Jacob Franks was the
appeared on the scene intil largest purveyor of supplies
the 1960s. Groups of profes- to Bermuda's British
sionals found that Nassau's forces."
international banking and
.It's estimated that less
corporate headquarters af- than a dozen Jews today live
forded challenging oppor- on the island.
Paradise Island, which is
linked to Nassau by a bridge
over the 'harbor. This is the
spot for enjoyable tennis or
golf — or even para-sailing.
One of the largest casinos in
the Caribbean is also lo-
cated here, amid beautiful
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TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
army has resolved an appa-
rent contradiction between
statements made by the
Prime Minister and the Is-
raeli Ambassador in
Washington concerning the
destruction of the most
modern T-72 Soviet-made
tanks operated by Syria.
Premier Menahem Begin
and other government lead-
ers have said that Israel de-
stroyed nine of the most
modern tanks produced by
the Soviet Union and now in
use by the Eastern Bloc.
Israeli. AmbassadoT to the
U.S. Moshe Arens said in
Washington that Israel has
none of the tanks in its pos-
session. The U.S. is vitally
interested in examining the
tanks or whatever ruins
remain, to probe their sec-
rets.
Brig. Gen. Meir Nitzan,
deputy chief of the Israel
Defense Force ordnance
division, was sharply
questioned by foreign
correspondents for over
an hour last Friday, as he
spoke to them at a display
of captured PLO equip-
ment at the Tel Aviv fair
grounds. He finally dis-
closed what happened in
the Bekaa Valley of
southern Lebanon dur-
ing a fight with Syrian
forces in the early days of
the war.
Nitzan said it was not a
head-on collision between
an Israeli and a Syrian tank
column, which would have
carried advancing Israel
armor over the battle area.
A column of Israeli-made
Merkava tanks was pro-
ceeding northwards when a
Syrian column approached
from the right flank. The Is-
raeli tanks opened fire at a ,
range of up to 3,000 meters
(two miles), apparently
using the new Hetz (Arrow)
Israeli-designed and pro-
duced anti--tank weapon
which has been proved to
have a devastating effect.
.
According to Nitzan, the
Syrian tanks "simply disin-
tegrated," apparently from 411.
exploding ammunition.
Most of the men of dig-
nity, who awe or bore their
more genial brethren, are
simply men who possess the
art of passing off their in-
sensibility for wisdom, their
dullness for depth, and of
concealing imbecility of in-
tellect under haughtiness of
manner.
—E.P. Whipple