72 Friday, February 4, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Bias Strong in Lebanon War Cartoons in Soviet Press Pravda ran this cartoon, "The moving force of aggression," on June 13. It shows a U.S. hand moving tanks from Israel into Lebanon. Ancient Silver Scroll Includes God's Name JERUSALEM — A silver scroll from the Seventh or Sixth Century BCE bearing a script which includes the tetragram — the word "Jehova" in Hebrew "Yud- heh-vav-heh" — was re- vealed in an archeological dig in Jerusalem conducted by Gabriel Barkay of Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archeology. The tiny scroll — about four inches in length and one inch wide — is made of pure silver and the mes- sage, and amuletic text, still to be deciphered, is scratched onto it. This is the first time in the history of Jerusalem archeology that "the name" appears, and the first such prayer-like text or amulet from that period to be found in Israel. The find was revealed in a dig at the Hinnon Shoulder near the- railroad station in Jerusalem. The site encompasses a broad range of periods, from the Iron Age to the present day, and in- cludes a large Byzantine church, a fortress, ancient roads, a quarry and burial grounds. An archeologist holds the silver scroll found in Jerusalem. The silver scroll is one of two found in a repos- itory dug under a cave. The repository, the first one of its scope found in- tact, contained some 700 different items, including burial gifts, jewelry, about 100 silver items, iron arrowheads, the seal' of a man named "Palta," and a rare coin from the Sixth Century BCE from the island of Cos in the Aegean Sea, the earliest coin ever found in Israel. The find also included de- licate glass objects from be- fore the time glass was blown, which may have, at that time, been extremely valuable. At the site of the dig, an- other cave was discovered with a Turkish cache of weapons including dozens of rifles, among them a Win- chester. The arsenal appar- ently included explosives which must have exploded some time in the 19th Cen- tury, bringing down the cave top upon them. The same hill apparently also served as a burial ground for the 10th Roman Legion, which practiced cremation. Ten pyres for cremation were found as well as cooking pots for making urns to contain the ashes. The dig was conducted by Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archeology in 1975, 1979 and 1980 under the supervision of Gab- riel Barkay. It was also sponsored by the Israel Exploration Society, the Biblical Archeology Re- view and Yad Hanadiv. The supervisors and dig- ging staff were from Tel Aviv University and the American Institute of Holy Land Studies. JERUSALEM — One re- flection of the war in Leba- non in the Soviet press has been a veritable flood of political cartoons, many of them extremely vitriolic in nature. A representative selection of these cartoons has just been published by the Hebrew University's Soviet and East European Research Center, as a spe. cial supplement to• its monthly Soviet press analysis. Soviet political cartoons are- not generally a forum for the expression of new ideas. Instead, such car- toons are used to emphasize well-established themes of Soviet reporting. For exam- ple, the motifs running through the cartoons on the war in Lebanon are few and direct. Essentially, they are "American-Israeli collab- oration" and the "Israeli- Nazi analogy." The material included gives an overall impres- sion of greater extremism than is gained from a perusal of the written press in the USSR. The Hebrew University's Soviet and East European Research. Center is headed by Dr. Edith Frankel. The center is engaged in a number of ongoing research projects. The largest, the Documentation Project on Soviet and East European Involvement in the Middle East, was launched in 1970. To provide systematic data and informed analyses on this key topic, staff at the center scan the Soviet and East European press, clip- ping every item connected with or referring to the Middle East. The cuttings are catalogued according to 132 subject headings. Journal articles and all East European materials are also summarized in English. Each item is at- tached to a card and is re- trievable by source and date or by any of the 132 subjects. The documentation bank now contains 200,000 items. The documentation project also publishes an English-language monthly periodical, "The Soviet Union and the Middle East," to which "The Lebanese War in Soviet Political Car- toons" is a special sup- plement. Other key research proj- ects include studies of Soviet institutions; the eco- nomic and social absorption of Soviet immigrants in Is- rael; and the interrelations among science, society and politics in the Soviet Union. Associates of the center also publish papers on var- ious facets of Soviet studies, and many of its members This cartoon shows the blood of Lebanon drip- ping from an Israeli's boot into a bag marked profits. The cartoon appeared July 11 in Krasnaia Zvezda. have been commissioned for In May 1982 the center research or consultation by sponsored an international such institutions as the In- conference on perspectives ternational Institute for of the post-Brezhnev era; a Strategic Studies in Lon- new conference on the same don, the Rand Corp. and the topic is planned for next Ford Foundation. year. - Jerusalem Institute Aiding Blind By LESLIE KLINEMAN United Jewish Appeal JERUSALEM — For the first four years of her life, Sara's world was a corner, a rag doll her only company. Ignored by seven brothers and sisters, barely ac- knowledged by her mother, like a small, frightened animal, Sara sat, sightless, alone. Yossi's mother died in a car accident when he was a baby, leaving nine children behind. Yossi was born blind. His father had no use for an "imperfect" child. Avi, a teenager, knew for some time that his advanc- ing blindness would one day be final and irrevocable, but it's a fact of life he found ex- tremely difficult to accept and deal with. How can you give up the sky? Today, Sara is not alone. Yossi has found a home where he is wanted and Avi is beginning to understand that the gathering darkness need not leave him helpless. They are among 50 chil- dren suffering from total, partial or advancing blind- ness who are living and learning to help themselves at the Jewish Institute for the Blind in Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem supported in part by funds from the United Jewish Appeal 1983 Israel Special Fund. Like many of their resi- dent classmates, Sara and Yossi and Avi have more to overcome than blindness. Sara is retarded and has au- tistic tendencies. Yossi has speech and physical coordi- nation difficulties.. Avi entered the institute in a state of severe anxiety and depression. But all the children who find their way to the insti- tute are being actively and lovingly helped to overcome all handicaps and to realize their potential for con- tributing to Israeli society. Along with his com- pletely blind classmates, Avi is learning to read and write in Braille, to operate special typewrit- ers and to use a com- prehensive Braille li- brary; a new world open- ing up to hini as the world of sight closes down. Ex- tensive counseling and psychological services have softened the acute- ness of his depression. Sports and music activi- ties, combined with patient speech therapy, have strengthened Yos- si's coordination and sense of self. Judo in- struction has given him a feeling of control and confidence. He is learn- ing carpentry, ceramics and weaving and will be well trained to make a liv- ing in the outside world. Sara has no time to sit apart and feel alone now. Uncertainty and loneliness fade in the face of group learning experiences, indi- vidual grooming help and summer camp fun. There is no stigma of retardation in her slow movements during the sewing and home eco- nomics classes; each newly learned- motor skill is a landmark triumph. Mobility training is the key to progress for the insti- tute's blind children. Today, Dov, who has been blind from birth and has taken unaided steps only within the confines of the institute, faces a crucial test. His "les- son" is to walk to the corner grocery store and to buy himself any candy he wants a wonderful treat for any eight-year-old. He is learning to guide himself with the white cane of the blind. His in- structor follows at a dis- creet distance, flinching with each obstacle encountered, but allow- ing the boy to find his way and his satisfaction for himself. Dov's world is expanding, brighten- ing the darkness. The 50 children- living and learning full-time at the Jewish Institute for the Blind are exceptions to the prevailirig rehabilitation pattern in Israel. Most handicapped children in the Jewish state today live and are cared for within their communities, if at all possi- ble. Educators believe this process of "mainstreaming" is more beneficial because it allows the children to lead as normal a life as they can. Blind children who are mainstreamed have special tutors who begin instruct- ing them in basic life skills at an early age. Special kin- dergartens are available to them in some areas. Two children at the Jewish Institute for the Blind in Jerusalem are developing their skills through play activity.