• :• 26 Friday; October 19, 1.9134 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LOOKING BACK 51' ANNUAL BALFOUR CELEBRATION -a Rubins (y the internanonalir 4,41117Tali MIKVI 1 ,s,:crinum4 • Itar• .oter, known n- Ir her enchanting mu, and alarneur - direct. unambiguous approach... great vitality" 11N11., CLAIRE BARRY ■ Iaftd.m 1 "His C•bopirt ORCHESTRA SEATS SOLO OUTIII DAVID • Concert A Huge Success For Makin This Year's "BALFOUR" irony Seats For Informationg On a Few Remaining Ba Thank You Call 569-1515 MIKE BURSTYN Jerusalem — What kind of ex- citement, drama, glamor or fasci- nation can be found in an old stone house? It all depends on who lived there and what happened there. The house of which we speak, located in the heart of Jerusalem, was constructed about the middle. of the last century for a wealthy Arab dignitary by the name of Aga Rashid. It was one of the very early buildings put up outside the old city walls, just a stone's throw from a winding lane called Jaffa Road. Perhaps it was too far from the teeming center of activity, but Rashid soon rented it to Moses W. Shapira, a dealer in antiquities. The latter, though born a Jew, had been baptized and raised his family as Christians. His daughter, Miryam, in a charming account of her child- hood, describes the magnificent stone building and the lovely gar- den surrounding it. She tells of the trips her father used to make into the Land of Moab and — Actor ',rider. Ihrneir • • Starred on BroinItyay in the 11,1 mutual "Hannan - tl . miio ,t; Imo isradi "Of•arS .. • Stand in the Israeli • stoom T.1'. sinus "Nov laio"• for there vs•ars 01 i / inch teln‘stott, 'Mike fitthtfslt • mooting star intr. 1e • tlae rrefonttnt in ftflit !whitlow, of omen" hall • Star of the rno.heal contotly film. MAZEL TOV!! around the motel 111111711 to winning NEAL A. 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Shapira had his moment - ol glory. in London, but the expert:4 soon came to the conclusion that the scrolls were frauds too: They were withdrawn from display in the British Museum, and ',;hc.1 scrolls which had once beet, spread across the tables in the o. stone house in Jerusalem werE sold cheaply as curios. They -ha* since disappeared, but in view OS, the more recent finding of thE famous Dead Sea Scrolls, moderrl experts would love to get theii hands on them again. The antiquarian was disgraced He committed suicide in despair: and his family vacated the hGust, in 1884. The new city of Jerusalem grev around the building. Chief Rabb: Kook lived next door. In 1924 Dr Avraham Ticho and his w:-,f& Anna, moved in. Ticho had gone 6, Jerusalem from Europe in 1912ci set up an eye clinic. He is credite with having done more to reduce trachoma in the country, espe cially among Arabs, than other individual. The old ston e building was ideal as both a horrii and a clinic, and patients came* him from everywhere. At entire Arab families would cams ' out in the garden, awaiti n € treatment. All was not entirely tranquil During the 1929 riots an A. -re' fanatic stabbed the doctor in th€ back at the very entrance of t building. The victim hoveredle tween life and death, and the cr rabbinate issue.d a call to th entire country to pray for his re covery. Arabs joined in th e prayers. Dr. Ticho did reccA,'er The house became a salon whey : the Tichos entertained lead='s personalities. in the professional artistic and social life of the cify. Dr. Ticho died in 1960, and hi widow continued to live there. Sh had gained prominence on be own as a distinguished artis whose works had been exhibit far and wide, including at Palestine Pavilion of the WorlAt Fair in 1939 and at many show thereafter. In 1964 she wa ' awarded the Israel Prize for art and once again in 1980, butte did not live to receive it the secon time. The old building still stands launched on a new career. In life will Anna Ticho bequeathed it t the people of Jerusalem to sery as a public center for the arts. It i administered by the Isrle Museum. This summer, a dairy restad rant was opened on the premix and it has rapidly become one o :