. 152 Friday, , ;14,:.1,,... A - 42rjaringejablexcateipmwooftotensmisigratow -- selImpet 13, 1985 ,TtlEi,D iTfri lir JEWISH( IVI ViS May the coming May the coming Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year year be filled year be filled Yetta & Herman Opatowski Grace & Joe Math with health and with health and happiness for happiness for Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year all our family all our family Larry, Nori & Rachel Rubin Esther Segal and friends and friends Lou & Liz Freeman Esther & Isaac Kurtz Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year Mr. & Mrs. Martin Water & Family Harold & Ida Sher Ft. 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"I don't want to remember how awful it was to use those bat- hrooms," she says with a shud- der. There were masses of flies and a constant stench. The girls could wash themselves only in- side their tents, heating up water on the petilya. There were other difficulties. During the very harsh winter of 1951-52 the rains hardly stop- ped and the camps were mired in mud. During some particu- larly strong storms, a few of the tents collapsed and the roofs of some tin huts blew off in the wind. Other families good- naturedly took in the newly homeless victims. The population at the ma'ab- which hailed from many countries of the world, got along amazingly well. University stu- dents voluntarily taught He- brew two hours a day, and soon 4-- Romanian immigrants were ex- changing a few sentences with their neighors from Yemen, while North African immigrants were showing Polish immigrants how they prepared fish patties. "There was a common joy and everyone felt like one family," says Devorah. "Every Shabbat, we'd sit together and sing folk songs or tell stories. There was no stealing, no crime. The beau- tiful fact of simply being in Eretz Yisrael was enough." Devorah's family eventually moved to Holon and then to Jerusalem. They rented an abandoned garage and turned it into a livable two-room apart- ment — "a veritable palace," says Devorah. "We were very happy." Another tale of success is told by Amos Bracha, the, Southern District director for the Ministry of Welfare. Amos came to Israel from Tripoli in 1949 as a teen- ager with a group organized by the religious-Zionist youth movement B'nei Akiva. Amos also recalls the almost mystical fervor with which the ma'abarot residents met day-to- day problems: they were simply grateful to be on holy soil again after 2,000 years of exile, no matter what the physical hard- ships. And there were hardships. the Amos recalls how snowstorms that winter caused all the tents to collapse. People picked themselves up and moved over to the old British Army barracks which served as com- munal kitchens. He worked at clearing fields, then in plowing and other ag- ricultural pursuits. Occasion- ally, he also worked in road building and in renovating the old Arab house in which they lived. Amos, who had a natural gift for teaching, was asked to be- come a school teacher, but he preferred to "build the land." After much pressure, however, he agreed,and became "a roving educator on a donkey." He taught two days a week in Moshav Alma, two days a week in Dalton and two days at home, ara,