18 Friday, September 13, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LIFE IN ISRAEL ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NI1 TRO1'01 1'1 AN 1)1 TROI'l 1 )1S1'1:1("1 PRESENTS ALFOUR 2 Detroit Oleh Plays Role In Israel Horse Breeding ANNUAL BALFOUR CELEBRATION MR. AND MRS. CARMI SLOMOVITZ MR AND MRS. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Honorary Chairpersons Starring MR. SHERWIN TUKEL President • MR SHERMAN SHAPIRO MR MAX SOSIN Co.Chairmen • MRS. IRA G KAUFMAN Women's Committee Chairperson • MRS SIDNEY Z. LEIB MRS I WALTER SILVER DR. LESTER ZEFF Honorary Associate Chairpersons • MRS SIDNEY BRAND MRS ALAN FELDMAN MRS NORMA T HUDOSH Women's Committee Co-Chairpersons MR AND MRS NATHAN I GOLDIN MR AND MRS SAMUEL HECHTMAN MR AND MRS SIDNEY SILVERMAN MR AND MRS PHILIP SLOMOVITZ ZOA Masada Perpetual Scholarship Grantors MR IVAN BLOCH MR AND MRS HENRY DORFMAN DR AND MRS JOEL DREYER MR. AND MRS. MAX FISHER MR AND MRS LEONARD HERMAN MR AND MRS. SAL HERMAN MR AND MRS DAVID HERMELIN MR AND MRS LAWRENCE JACKIER HON. IRA G. KAUFMAN DR JEROME KAUFMAN MR AND MRS. HARRY LAKER MR AND MRS IRVING LAKER DR SIDNEY Z LEIB MRS HAROLD NELSON MR AND MRS IRVING NUSBAUM MR AND DANIEL PATT DR AND MRS. MICHAEL PATT MR AND MRS IRVING PITT MR AND MRS MURRAY PITT MR AND MRS GEORGE SHLAIN DR I WALTER SILVER MR AND MRS GRANT SILVERFARB MR AND MRS LOUIS SILVERFARB ' DR LEE R SILVERMAN Kier Silver Scholarship Chairpersons • MR AND MRS DAVID DENN MR AND MRS WALTER FIELD MR AND MRS MENACHEM GLASER DR AND MRS BERNARD WESTON Golden Sponsor Chairpersons MRS MRS SANFORD BENNETT DR AND MRS ALEX S FRIEDLAENDER DR AND MRS SIDNEY FRIEDLAENDER DR AND MRS JOEL I HAMBURGER DR AND MRS LOUIS KAZDAN MR MAX NOSANCHUK Sponsor Chairpersons • MR. JULIAN COHEN HON AND MRS. BENJAMIN FRIEDMAN DR AND MRS MAXWELL M HOFFMAN MR AND MRS HUGO ICZKOVITZ MR AND MRS MORRIS JACOBS MRS. SOL LIFSITZ MR AND MRS LOUIS PANUSH MR AND MRS JULIUS RING MR AND MRS HERZL SHUR MR AND MRS ALLAN SILVERMAN MR AND MRS ISADORE SILVERMAN DRS SION AND ELAINE SOLEYMANI DRS LEON AND DIANA WARSHAY Patron Chairpersons • JOHANNA EISENBERG MR REUBEN ISAACS MR. PERCY KAPLAN MRS RICHARD KRAMER MR GEORGE ROSSMAN Publicity Chairpersons • MRS FLORENCE GREENBERG MR SEYMOUR RABOTNICK Sealing Chairpersons MR AND MRS ALBERT J BURKE MRS PAULINE B KLEIN Communications Chairpersons • MRS NORMA T HUDOSH Financial Secretary • MRS BARBARA RABOTNICK E•ecutive Secretary • CELEBRATION COMMITTEE MR AND MRS LEONARD BARUCH DR ALAN FELDMAN RABBI LEON FRAM RABBI NOAH M GAMZE RABBI MARTIN GORDON RABBI BENJAMIN GORRELICK MR AND MRS WILLIAM GRAHAM RABBI AND MRS IRWIN GRONER RABBI AND MRS RICHARD HERTZ RABBI AND MRS. HAROLD LOSS DR AND MRS THEODORE MANDELL MR AND MRS GEORGE MANN OR AND MRS HAROLD A MAXMEN RABBI AND MRS DAVID NELSON RABBI AND MRS MILTON ROSENBAUM RABBI AND MRS STANLEY M ROSENBAUM RABBI AND MRS A IRVING SCHNIPPER MR AND MRS DAVID SOLOMONS RABBI EFRY SPECTRE HON MICHAEL L STACEY RABBI AND MRS LANE STEINGER RABBI AND MRS M ROBERT SYME RABBI AND MRS MORTON F YOLKUT Entertainer Extraorditunrc* ROBERT CLARY Robert Clary's trek to stardom led him from the intimate cafes and cabarets of Paris, where he started singing at age 12, to international acclaim in night-clubs, theater, films and television. . . His stage credits include "New Faces," "Seventh Heaven," "La Pume de ma Tame," "Around the World in 80 Days," "Sugar" and "Cabaret." On TV he has displayed his versatility in such shows as "Mery Griffin Show" and "Hogan's Heroes." Florian ZaBach King of the Violin" San Francisco Calf Bulletin "The "Absolutely unioufitedly America's best." London, The Record Mirror Ruthi. Navon One of Israel's top singing stars "A native of Haifa, with a voice fifte a belt, Miss Navon is equally at home rendering a Hasidic medley, a crackling 'Don't Let It Rain On My Parade,' the plaintive ballad 'Feelings' and a spirited tune from (Pippin ". With the music of Mack Pitt and his Orchestra SUNDAY, OCT. 27, 1985 — 7:30 P.M. FORD AUDITORIUM REARIAT/ONS: aONtsi (///.11/10/. CENTER — 18451 n'ES• 10 M//./: ROM), S0111111113.0, .111i'lifiav 48075 PHONE — 569-1515 BY CARL ALPERT Haifa — There was a time when Israel's major export was citrus fruit. With the industrial expansion and the new technological developments, jet planes and electronic equipment were added to the growing list of Israel products sent abroad. Now a new and promising in- dustry has made its appearance: the breeding and export of purebred Arabian horses. an Raski, Gideon entrepreneur in Rosh Pina, has. already sold three horses in the U.S., with the result that he has a contract to sell a hundred more in the next few years, if they measure up to the criteria already successfully established. Prices can range anywhere from $10,000 to a million dollars per horse. The stallion, Shatir, which he raised in Israel, is now in the U.S. standing at stud, but in the meantime has walked off with prizes and awards at prestigious horse shows. At Kibbutz Shear Hagolan, Yohanan Merhav is running a professional horse farm and last month conducted a full scale au- ction of ten purebreds. Ben-Gurion University, in Beersheba, has 12 Arabian horses at its Cashvan Center, where Prof. Daniel Cohen is engaged in a breeding program. the Naamat-sponsored Kanot school, near Ynvne, educates young people in the handling and training of horses, and last year graduated a class whose high school major was in horse management. There are numer- ous riding stables in Israel, but perhaps the best known is that conducted by energetic ex- Chicagoan, Yehuda Avni, at Vered Hagalil in the 'upper Galilee. Another ambitious horse pro- gram is being carried on at the Kadoorie Agricultural School, located in the shadow of Mount Tabor, in the lower Galilee. The activity here is conducted by an American, former Detroiter Tzviah Iden, 32, a noted expert on Arabin horses, who came on aliyah last year, bringing her own horses with her. There are an additional 22 Arabians at Kadoorie, owned by the Minis- try of Agriculture, which are utilized for breeding and for the educational program at this, one of Israel's historic farm schools. There are over 300 Arabians in the country as a whole. The daughter of Jack and Shirlee Iden of Huntington Woods, Tzviah, who is techni- cally the coordinator of the Kadoorie horse program, genuinely loves horses, and from the way her dozens of young pupils hang around the stables even in their spare hours, it is obvious that she has communi- cated that love to them as well. The Kadoorie stables are a liv- ing laboratory for the pupils. In the next five years, Tzviah predicts, the export of purebreds raised here will be big business. Pedigree is the basic important element, and Israel has selected progenitors who themselves ■,- come from long and distin- guished lines of prize-winning horses. A second element is natural environment. Some experts have noted that the mineral content of the water in the Galilee, and the mountain air, are not unlike those of Kentucky. How does a woman get in- volved with horses? As far back as Tzviah can remember she was always interested in the animals. When the family moved near the Detroit Zoo, she armed herself with bucket and brushes and bluffed her way into the premises, claiming she Izviah Iden predicts the export of purebreds will be big business. had. come to brush down the horses. When other children went off to summer camp, she insisted on going to horse camp. She holds B.G.S. and M.S.W. degrees from the University of Michigan and began working with delinquent boys. She got them interested in horses, pro- viding them with a new outlet for their energy. Equine therapy, she called it, and it was successful. She read everything she could find on the subject of horses and soon began to accumulate ani- mals of her own. Her interest in Israel was developed simultane- ously, and she paid numerous visits there. While others were inspecting archeological and his- torical sites, Tzviah was track- ing down the country's horses and horse lovers. It is not uncommon in the U.S. for women to work with horses, she told us. Women have more patience and are more gentle with animals, which re- spond accordingly. Treat a horse well, she says, and he will give you his all, loyally. He may not seem to have the warm affection of a dog, but like a dog can enter into close partnership with a human to get a specific job done, by cooperative action. The successful breeding of horses requires perfectionism, both in the selection of the mates, and in the subsequent care and training. Tzviah Iden seems to liave the necessary qualifications. Two purebred Arabians born at Kadoorie, Arava and Shachal', will be joined by five or six more next year. Half a dozen kibbutzim are priming to get into the business as well. The green light will shine brightly when the Israel Stud Book is formally accepted by the American horse establishment. A tradition originally estab- lished here by King Solomon is obviously well on the road to re- vival in the form of a flourish- ing new export business. (Tzviah was recently elected secretary of the Israeli Arabian Horse Society.)