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member of the community,
a Sunday school teacher,
and lay leader.
During this time, Col.
Robert J. Blum, Maj.
Robert Magnus and I as-
sisted Chaplain (Rabbi)
John J. Rosenblatt in the
complete renovation and
expansion of the Jewish
Chapel.
Rabbi Rosenblatt re-
ceived a well-deserved
Navy Commendation
Medal for this action. Rabbi
Rosenblatt has been a pro-
found influence and inspi-
ration to me andto count-
less other Navy and Marine
personnel. I have seen
numerous instances of how
JWB's "line officers" —
Jewish chaplains like Rabbi
Rosenblatt — have saved
many lives in the spiritual
sense, and sometimes,
under extreme circum-
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stances, actually in the the heart of Jerusalem.
physical sense as well.
Whenever I had consecu-
My next assignment was tive days off, I made trips to
Marine Guard School in historic places all over
Quantico, Va. The cou rse Israel. I especially loved
was difficult and dema nd- going to Safed, city of the
ing — over 25 percent of the great Jewish mystics. I
men who started did n't found distant relatives
make it to graduation d ay. there, and they made me
On my "dream sheet " I feel so very much at home
submitted Jerusalem ad my that I consider Safed to be
first choice of duty statio ns. my village!
The chances of getting yo ur
Basically, all the Is-
first choice are usually
so raelis I met were ex-
slim as to be non-existe nt,
tremely friendly to me
so I don't have to tell y
ou and to my fellow Marines,
how surprised I was wh en
my assignment was re ad none of whom, inciden-
tally, were Jewish. I also
out:
"Sgt.
T.
Isaacso n, had many friends among
the Arabs; whenever my
Jerusalem Israel."
Most Marines serve buddies and I threw a
their first overseas duty party, which was often,
at one of our large bases all of us — Christians,
in the Far East. Mine was Jews and Muslims —
Jerusalem — which would all be laughing,
makes me one of the luc- joking and having a great
kiest Jewish Marines of time together.
all time. And believe me, I
The world press, unfortu-
realized it, thanked the nately, seems only to report
Lord, and took nothing the bad news from the Mid-
for granted.
dle East — but believe me,
As my plane landed at and I'm a reliable witness,
Ben-Gurion Airport on
that for every bad incident,
March 12, 1981, I felt a
1,000 good ones take place.
great sense of history and After my experiences in Is-
emotion. I was the first per-
rael, I can only say that I'm
son in my immediate family
very, very optimistic; and I
to return to Israel since the
know it won't be long until
Diaspora began over .2,000 peace reigns in the Middle
years ago.
East.
To sum it all up, I'd have
My connections with
JWB Israel HQ in to say that I must be one of
Jerusalem began almost the luckiest Jewish Marines
ever to don a set of "dress
immediately. As a JWB
accredited Jewish lay blues" — and to JWB, kol
leader, I had read a great hakavod and keep up the
many JWB publications. I good work!
Shalom ve'kol tov,
knew there was an office in
Ted
the Holy City.
(Sgt. Isaacson is now in
As luck would have it, the
Solomon and Mary Litt the U.S. attached to the
Marine Air Wing, Cherry
Building was one block
Point, N.C., and will be
away from my apartment
just behind the American attending photography
Consulate's administrative school this winter.)
compound. Within a few
days of my arrival, I stopped Salary Advance
in and introduced myself. I Asked for MDs
was warmly welcomed, and
TEL. AVIV (JTA) —
had a long chat over coffee
with the director, Asher David Shoham, who has
Taimon. He explained the started his task as neutral
functions of JWB/Israel, arbitrator in the doctors'
and invited me to partici- pay dispute has issued a
pate in numerous and fre- temporary recommendation
that the government pay
quent activities.
immediately advances of
During the 14 months
salary in anticipation of his
of my tour of duty in Is-
rael, I made it a point to final award.
He has proposed that
stop in and see Tarmon
and his secretary Vitty junior interns be granted an
advance of about $800,
Kollek as often as I could.
Another thing: I noticed medium-rank residents
$1,200 and senior physi-
specifically that JWB and
the community center pro- cians an advance of $1,500
dollars on which income tax
grams in Israel have made a
will have to be paid.
great contribution to the
cultural enrichment of the
people, particularly the dis- Touro College
advantaged. And the assis-
Offers Seminar
tance rendered by JWB to
American servicemen and on Youth Work
their families — things like
NEW YORK — Touro
the tours and seminars led
College, in cooperation with
by Chaplain (Rabbi) David
the National Conference of
Zalis, U.S. Army Reserve,
Synagogue Youth (NCSY)
who lives in Jerusalem — is will offer a two-semester
absolutely vital to our seminar in Jewish youth
morale.
work beginning in Novem-
My Israel experience in ber.
general was magnificent. It
The seminar will be
was truly a golden opportu- under the direction of Rabbi
nity to learn with all five Yitzchok Rosenberg, na-
senses, and I took full ad- tional director of NCSY,
vantage of it — including and David Seidemann, di-
becoming conversant in rector of admissions for
Hebrew. The great thing Touro's College of Liberal
about it was I lived ri ht in Arts and Sciences.
,