W41111111116.41, 3 May, septemblr '17,1 1982 11E 4DETRtili rtlen . Israel Leads in High Tech Farming By ABRAHAM AAMIDOR (A Seven Arts Feature) Due to endrmo us technological strides, Is- rael's agriculture is recog- nized throughout the world To Celebrate Our Move In Addition To Our Regular 20% Discount AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER Party Consultantt • ,Offers a gift with an invitation' order A Coin Piirse or Glass Case FREE monogramed with name or initials Offer good until Sept. 30, 1982 Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10-4 or for appt, cell THE CLAYMOOR, 29260 FRANKLIN 352-9323 RD., Suite 111 as one of the most advanced. The country is not only 90 percent self-sufficient, but is a major food exporter as well. The record shows that Is- rael may well lead the way toward the alleviation of world hunger. Local dairy herds yield an average of 7,300 liters of milk per cow annually, the highest re- ported in the world; coni- bined agricultural yield has grown over 5 percent per annum since the founding of the state; and agricultural exports topped $800 million NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS L'Shana Tova Tikatevu . . . In celebration of the new year we extend to our friends sincere wishes for happiness and health. Let us give thanks for past blessings and look forward with renewed strength and hope to the future. Happy New Year! RICHARD LOVE CLU 100 Renaissance Center, Suite 2912 (313) 259-6120 Dominion Life rl THE DOMINION LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY* Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit AMERICAN SOCIETY for TECHNION Detroit Chapter INSRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY sponsors .. . Colonel Yaakov Yariv Zur • Assistant Military Attache for Research and De- velopment, Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C. Thursday Sept. 23, 1982 7:45 p.m. • Head of Israel Ground Forces Armament Di- vision of the Defense Research and Develop- ment Unit Fought in 1956 Sinai Campaign, Six Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War and the Litani Campaign • • Technion Graduate, Mechanical Engineering Helped in the planning and establishment of industries in the Negev Headed a group planning electro-mechanical systems topic .. . MN • MN 11•11 • MO MI 21550 W. 12 Mile Southfield • Background — The grave danger Israel faced • What the Media failed to report • Contributions of Israel's military technology The prospects for Lebanon and Israel program director .. . Dr. Joseph N. Epel President, American Technion Society-Detroit Chapter and Former Directori Plastic Research and Development, The Budd Company . MI UNITED HEBREW SCHOOL Operation Peace for Galilee • =I Bring Family and Friends in 1981. The successes are even more extraordinary in view of the formidable problems which confronted Israel's pioneers during the- -early part of this century. In a country plagued by. a minuscule rainfall — there is virtually no rain between April and November — and few natural water sources, one of the most challenging problems during those early _days was, oddly enough, an overabundance of water. In the valleys and coas- tal areas of the north, ma- larial swamps and fetid marshes prevented any serious agricultural un- dertaking. The ambitious drainage programs of the Jewish National Fund during the •'30s and '40s transformed these stag- nant wastes into fertile farmland. Later, in the 1950s, it was the JNF which again created soil for agriculture through the use of scientific technology. The Huleh Lake, north of the Sea of Galilee, was a stagnating body of water. JNF workers freed the southern, outlet of the lake from the hardened lava which had been blocking the natural flow of water. The resultant drainage turned the region into 15,000 acres of excellent cropland. Moreover, large quan- tities of water were made available for irrigation in other parts of the country, thus providing one early solution to Israel's overrid- ing agricultural headache — lack of water. Advances in modern irrigation methods con- tinued through the years. One simple but ingenious solution for more effi- cient utilization of the country's limited water supply was the develop- ment of the drip irriga- tion system, which in a few years quadrupled - yields. In this system, ' plastic hoses are run alongside the crops, and, via holes spaced along the hoses, measured' amounts of water are dripped directly onto the root systems, with little or no water loss. At one experimental sta- tion near the Dead Sea, to- matoes are grown by a "hydronic" system that uses no soil at all. The plants are suspended in a jet stream of water, which contains all necessary nutrients. What next? How about "low plastic tunnel" ag- riculture? Plastic sheet- ing is stretched on top of the shallow furrows in the ground, holes are punched in the plastic, and groups of seeds are injected through the holes. The plastic cover protects the sprouts and increases the temperature, stimulat- ing growth. This way, the crops can be brought to market in Europe three weeks earlier than usual, and can get the best prices. Shofar Will Remain Quiet on First Day of Holiday By RABBI SAMUEL FOX parts of Israel or the world even at that time when The shofar will not be Rosh Hashana occured on blown on the day of the Sabbath. Rosh Hashana this year be- HAPPY NEW YEAR • *, cause it falls on the Sabbath • • and shofar blowing is pro= hibit,ed on the Sabbath. The rabbis have ex- plained the prohibition by claiming that if the shofar were to be blown on the day of Rosh Hashana which falls on the Sabbath someone (most likely the one who SEE blows the shofar) might in- advertently carry the shofar from the private domain of the synagogue or the home • Sales & Leasing • into the public domain of • • the street. Carrying an ob- • ject from the private to the • at AUDETTE CADILLAC • public domain is prohibited •7100 Orchard Lake• on the Sabbath but not pro- • Rd. hibited on a holiday which • • falls on a weekday. • at Northwestern, It is interesting to note • West Bloomfield • that the Mishna (Rosh • Hashana 29b) tells us that when the Holy Temple was open and active in Jerusalem the shofar was • PERSONALIZED-SERVICE blown in the temple there GUARANTEED even on the Sabbath, and • yet it was not blown in other (Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.) _ - • FOR YOUR • • .• :. 1982 . • • CADILLAC ME • • : TIM AUDETTE : • • (313) 851-7200 • • • • • • • * • • • • i• • • • , SHIRLEY & JACK FREED & FAMILY and JUNE & SEYMOUR RUBENSTEIN & FAMILY of PILLOW TALK OFFER BEST WISHES FOR A VERY HEALTHY & HAPPY NEW YEAR 28803 Evergreen & 12 Mile In the Country Village Center 357-DOWN +1■••■•■■ ••••••*••• WISHING ALL OUR - FRIENDS, RELATIVES t AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES A VERY WONDERFUL ♦ NEW. 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