102 Friday, December 7, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
111 11111111 101111111•111111111•1111111U1151111111,1111111•1111•1U111111
To: The Jewish News
1
17515 W. 9 Mile Rd.
Suite 865
Southfield, Mich. 48075-4491
WE'VE JUST
1
from
1
Paste in old label
To:
NAME
Effective Date
The Jewish News is
NEWS
Farming has become an indoor activity
for a number of Israeli moshavniks
BY JUDG KRAUSZ
Moshav Talmei Yosef — Like
most Israelis, Nathan (Natti) Mil-
ler is politically astute and in-
tensely concerned about his coun-
try's future. But unlike most, he
had chosen to live far from the
population centers of Israel, in a
flat, barren stretch of the Sinai
desert.
The 32-year-old Miller and his
wife, Lindsay, who are among the
30 founding families of Moshav
Talmei Yosef, have become ex-
perts in glasshouse agriculture
and drip irrigation as well as the
dynamics of rural community de-
velopment.
The moshav, a cooperative
farming village, was established
after the controversial and emo-
tionally charged evacuation of the
Pithat Rafiah settlements in
northern Sinai as part of the peace
agreement with Egypt. Talmei
Yosef, along with a dozen other
moshavim and kibbutzim, was
moved virtually lock, stock and
barrel across the new border. The
moshav is one of a group planned
by the Jewish Agency, in the
region along Israel's new border
with Egypt.
The luscious, if expensive, to-
matoes with some Israeli families
are eating this winter came from
Natti Miller examines tomatoes on his "indoor farm" at Moshav Talmei
Yosef.
the Moshav's flourishing new
hothouses. With the guidance of
field advisors from the Ministry of
Agriculture and the installation
of ultra-modern equipment, this
group of highly motivated young
farmers, nearly all of them new to
the field of agriculture, have mas-
OBITUARIES
Florist William Caplan dies
William H. "Bill" Caplan,
owner of Graeme Flowers for
more than 35 years, died Dec. 1 at
cage 67.
A native Detroiter and resident
of Oak Park, Mr. Caplan opened
his first store on Linwood and
later moved to Seven Mile Road.
He was a member of the Jewish
War Veterans, Henry Morgen-
thau Lodge of B'nai B'rith,
Knights of Pythias and the local
and national florists associations.
He also had held membership in
Cong. B'nai Moshe.
He leaves his wife, Evelyn;
three daughters, Mrs. Barry
In Memory Of
.Dour window to the world
order a subscription or
gift subscription today!
r omminalsoluses•mmosimui
1
The Jewish News
17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865
Southfield, Mich. 48075-4491
ARNOLD
ZALENKO
Please send a (gift) subscription:
NAME
ADDRESS
From:
If gift state occasion
❑ $18 enclosed
Who passed away Dec. 6,
1974, 22 days in Kislev.
Sadly missed and always
remembered by her hus-
band, Alex; her mother,
Bessie Behrmann; and her
brother, Irving Jacob.
The Family
of the Late
Gentlemen:
CITY
JANE PHYLLIS
BRICKER
STATE
ZIP
Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in his
memory at 9:30 a.m. Sun-
day, Dec. 16, at Machpelah
Cemetery. Rabbi Spectre
and Cantor Vieder will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
(Barbara) Rosenfeld, Gail of
California and Marcie; three
brothers, Aubrey, Sherman of
Clarkston and Irving of Akron,
Ohio; and two grandchildren.
Dr. M. Elovzin
Dr. Manning Elovzin, a former
city physician for the city of De-
troit, died Dec. 2 at age 83.
Born in New York, Dr. Elovzin
was a medical doctor for 50 years.
He was a graduate of the forerun-
ner of Wayne State University's
medical school in 1933.
He was a World War II veteran
and a member of the Reserve Offi-
cers Association of the United
States. He also was a member of
the American Medical Associa-
tion, Wayne County and Michi-
gan Medical Associations and
Temple Beth El.
He leaves a son, Robert Arthur
of Illinois.
Ida Reznick
Ida Reznick, a member of
Jewish women's organizations,
died Nov. 29.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs.
Reznick was a member of Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, was the first
president of the former Cong.
Beth Aaron Sisterhood, a member
of Hadassah, Women's American
ORT, Pioneer Women/Naamat
and City of Hope.
She leaves a son, Dr. Gerald of
Grand Blanc; a daughter, Mrs.
Roger (Blanche) Robinson; a sis-
ter, Mrs. Rose Keller; five grand-
children and four great-grand-
children.
tered the delicate and precise art
of irrigated hothouse farming. In
addition to tomatoes, they grow
squash, peppers, cucumbers, me-
lons, mangoes and grapes, as well
as flowers which are exported by
air daily throughout the winter to
European markets.
"I'm near my family 24 hours a
day — how else could I have time
to be interviewed in my living
room in mid-morning?" Miller
says with a laugh.
"Loneliness? We get together
with good friends every morning.
Culture? The regional center
nearby provides films and shows
regularly in a beautiful theater.
"And if we feel the need, Tel
Aviv is less than two hours away.
"How hard your work is is a
function of how much you like it. I
lik being a farmer — that's why
I'm here. As it happens, my being
here is also in the inerest of the
country, because we're sitting on
a border and we're developing
barren land. That challenge suits
me."
United Jewish Appeal Press Service
Filet-o-Galilee?
New York — The next time you
order a fish sandwich at a
neighborhood fast food restau-
rant, think of Israel — there's a
good chance that your main
course originated in the Sea of
Galilee.
An American importer recently
contracted for 450 tons of St. Pe-
ter's fish filets to be shipped an-
nually from Israel to numerous
outlets in the United States. The
$2.3 million sale represents the
largest single export contract yet
for Israeli fish breeders.
Woman to lead
Winnipeg temple
Winnipeg (JTA) — Rabbi Tracy
Guren Klirs has been named
spiritual leader of Winnipeg's
Temple Shalom, making her the
first female rabbi in Canada to
head her own congregation.
Klirs was ordained at the He-
brew Union College-Jewish Insti-
tute of Religion in Cincinnati.