THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Customs on Orthodox Kibutz Cause Flap By MOSHE RON The Jewish News Special Israel Correspondent TEL AVIV — The reli- gious kibutzim in Israel lead an Orthodox religious life while striving for a modern life. A year ago there was a sharp discussion on Kibutz Tirat Zvi. A new synagogue was built without a sepa- rate place for women. The synagogue committee of the kibutz ordered women and girls to congregate near a wall in the synagogue and not to come near the men. But the mere fact that in a kibutz of the Hapoel Hamiz- rachi movement such a case could happen has caused a scandal. Another religious party, Poale Agudat Israel, tried to make political capital of the incident. Now another scandal is brewing at Tirat Zvi. A. rabbi of Hapoel Hamiz- rachi Yeheskiel Lichtens- tein, has protested that boys and girls on the kibutz have been dancing together at celebrations and meetings. Boys and girls also use the kibutz swimming pool at the same time. There are members of the kibutz who support this pro- test, including some youngsters who are opposed to these non-Orthodox prac- tices. Amnon Shapira wrote in Amudim, the newspaper of the religious kibutz move- ment: "I was educated in the Bnei Akiva Youth Move- ment in the 1950s. I re- member that there was al- ways dancing of boys with girls and therefore the pro- test of Rabbi Lichtenstein against this custom, as if it could provoke sexual de- sires, is strongly exagger- ated. "I do not propose, that the youth in ,the religious kibutzim should behave like we in the Bnei Akiva Movement in the fifties. I only wish to protest against the attack of Rabbi Lichtenstein against dances and bathing of boys and girls. "In the modern times of today I would advise Rabbi Lichtenstein to be more cautious in dealing with life of the young generation in the kibutz and refrain from using words like 'prostitution' and 'fire of hell.' " Shapiro adds that on houses in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, in the religious quarters, one can find post- ers of ultra-Orthodox circles that warn women who are hiding forbidden TV sets in book-cupboards that they will suffer in hell for this misdeed. Shapira asks, "Is Rabbi Lichtenstein of Kibutz Ein Hanaziv also adopting such a radical attitude? Al- though I agree basically with many agruments of Rabbi Lichtenstein, I reject strongly the words he used in dealing with this prob- lem." Jewish Heroine Hanna Senesh Vividly Portrayed in NY Drama By DAVID S. LIFSON genius of Anna Sokolow dis- (Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.) tilled out of the barbaric It takes devotion, inspira- martyrdom of the Jewish , tion, and a monumental ta- heroine Hanna Senesh in lent to create the compel- "Hanna" at the Harold ; lingly stirring and haunt- Clurman Theater. The the- ing dance-drama that the ater's small stage delivers a drama that breaks out of its walls, rises above and be- Navon Attends yond our times, and ever- Zionist Executive lastingly inspires all Jews. The story of "Hanna," de- JERUSALEM (JNI) --- Last week, for the first time, rived from her diary, is that a president of Israel partici- of an amazing heroine who pated in a meeting of the fled fascist Budapest to help Zionist Executive. By this build a Jewish homeland. action, President Yitzhak On Jan. 11, 1944, she volun- Navon demonstrated the teered to serve in the importance he accords to British army Her assign- ment took her on a mission Zionist education. - Navon spoke of his recent with other volunteers to at- 10-day visit, to the United tempt to rescue Jews from States where he firmly the Nazi clutches, to alert called for aliya, which, in Allied flyers about danger- his view, is the only true ous areas, and to serve with partisans against the Ger- Zionist solution. Navon urged the World mans. On June 9, Hanna crossed Zionist Organization to de- vote the same attention to the border into her native intellectuals as to philan- thropists: "Even if our answers are Students Seek not always satisfactory in Recognition for their view, we have to de- velop a dialogue with the in- Righteous Gentile _ tellectuals and academics in TORONTO — Students the Diaspora," he said. Be- at the Gerhart Hauptrnann fore his election to the School in West Germany presidency, Navon was have initiated a campaign chairman of the Zionist to have Wilhelm Ham- General Council, the parli- mann, a German school ament of the World Zionist teacher, enrolled among the Organization. "Righteous Gentiles" at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the Toronto Jewish Yordim Return Standard reported. JERUSALEM (JNI) — Hammann was sent to the Thousands of Israelis who Buchenwald concentration left in recent years plan to camp as a Communist in come back to Israel because 1935. He was put in charge of the economic crisis in the of the children's block and, U.S. Last year the number until the camp was liber- of returning Israelis was ated by the Allies in 1945, more than 1,500 compared he risked his life daily to to less than 1,000 in 1981. save children from being This year the figure is ex- killed in the crematoria. pected to pass the 3,000 Research by the students mark. has revealed that Ham- Not much unemployment mann saved some 158 chil- and a stable standard of liv- dren of various ing despite the inflation in nationalities during his de- Israel are factors encourag- cade at the camp. ing the returnees. There The students are urging was also a serious drop last survivors of the children's year in the number of Is- block at Buchenwald to pro- raelis leaving the country: vide corroborative evidence 7,000 compared to 17,000 to the authorities at Yad one year before. Vashem. NEW YORK — The first successful series of bone marrow transplants on in- compatible, genetically un- related individuals was completed last month by Dr. Nathan Sharon, of the Weizmann Institute in Is- rael and a team of surgeons from New York's Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center. The transplants were per- formed on eight children, seven from America and one from Spain, all suffering from Immuno-Deficiency. The disease, an inherited condition which leaves chil- dren incapable of fighting off any infection, usually means a life of isolation in a hospital room or sterile plastic "bubble" for its vic- tims. But the children who received transplants last month are now leading normal lives in their respec- tive homes. Dr. Sharon was born in Poland and educated in Is- rael. As head of the Weiz- mann Institute's Biophysics department, he pioneered the cell-separation tech- nique used in the trans- plants. The success of the new procedure will open the door for its use in treating Leukemia, Sickle-Cell Anemia and other blood disorders. Like a vial of perfume, Abraham could give fragr- ance only when moved. So God said, "Get thee out," be- come a wanderer! —Johanan The Jewish News is your key to being well informed Turkish Jews at WJC Event for First Time Under Turkish law, local institutions are prohibited from affiliating with foreign ones. The request of the Jewish community to attend the WJC conference required formal govern- ment approval. New Transplant Procedure Pioneered by Israeli MD Don't be left out Hungary, where she was caught and taken to prison in Budapest. Hanna was executed, at the age of 23, on Nov. 7, 1944. Together with the Israeli writer Isarel Eliraz, Anna Sokolow has rendered in her choreography and staging a lyric paen that makes thea- ter history. Poetry, dance, music and mime fuse into a life force that gives deep meaning to an existential affirmation of life that can- not be buried with the mar- tyred girl. Hannah, like Antigone, would neither ac- cept nor abide Nazi tyranny. This indomitable Jewish daughter courage- ously said "No" and ac- cepted death rather than betrayal. In the title role, Blanche Baker's extraordinary ta- lent and beauty provide in- tensity, tenderness, youth- ful passion and an eternal and abiding grace. One notes an effortless response to and synchronization with the choreographic nuances. The rest of the cast is mag- nificent. Jack Garfein and Jack Lawrence, the pro- ducers, must arrange to send this extraordinary play "on the road," to bring its aesthetic as well as its dramatic story to all America. 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