THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, September 13, 1985
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government service and in the
academic world.
Devorah Batat remembers
well when she arrived in Israel
in 1951 with her widowed
mother and two sisters. They
left their comfortable five-room
home to join 123,500 other Iraqi
immigrants in a mass aliyah
which practically ended the an-
cient Jewish community of
Babylon.
They lived in a transition
camp in Persia with thousands
of other potential immigrants
May the coming
May the coming
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
year be filled
year be filled
Ruth & Jerry Iskow
with health and
with health and
happiness for
happiness for
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
all our family
all our family
Fred & Beverly Kandel
and friends
and friends
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
The Nadlers,
Simon & Esther Tabachnik
Joyce, Bill, Kasi & Robin
Arthur & Irene Kepes
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
Lauren, Alan, Melissa &
Meredith Koenigsberg
•Mr. & Mrs. Max Drew & Family
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Frank
Alice & Max Kushner
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
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Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness
Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness
Devorah Batat
until they obtained an exit per-
mit which would allow them to
'go to Israel. It was in Persia
that they received their first
taste of camp life.
"We slept on mattresses and
there were only a few public
bathrooms and faucets for
everyone," recalls Devorah
Batat.
In the camp "false" families
were organized: young people,
widows and small families were
attached to larger ones to
facilitate the aliyah process and
to fully utilize the few available
exit permits.
Finally, a few days before the
Jewish festival of Shavuot, the
Batat family, plus two extra
"sons," were flown to Israel. It
was a very emotional day in
their lives. They were processed
at an immigrant camp in Atlit,
where they underwent medical
examinations, and then were
sent to the ma'abara at Beit Lid,
near Netanya, where they lived
for the next 18 months.
At first, all the food supplies
were distributed and the family
had to learn how to use mar-
garine and cook fillet. Later, the
immigants received coupons
which could be redeemed for
food of their choice in local
shops or in Netanya.
Devorah's mother had the
foresight to bring a petilya (par-
afin burner) and they were
among the first who were able
to cook a pot of soup or -make
hot tea.
Devorah was then 15 —' her
older sister was 17 and a
younger one was 12 — and suf-
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Wishing all our family and
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Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness
Wishing all our family and
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Wishing all our family and
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