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flocks. However, in the 20th
century, many Bedouin have
adapted to agriculture. Negev
Bedouin grow wheat and bar-
ley but are still dependent
upon their flocks, which ac-
counts for their wandering,
nomadic existence. The wan-
dering takes place usually in
winter and spring, and ends
with the harvest season. With
the coming of the first rains,
the time is at hand to sow,
which is done by hand.
Bedouin do not drive flashy
cars or live in luxurious con-
dos. So how is social status
determined? Not surprising-
ly, by the size of a person's
flock. The flock represents an
important source of food and
is also a source of wool and
hide. Goat hair is used to
weave tent flaps; sheep and
camel wool are used for rugs
and for storage containers.
A successful Bedouin may
forsake his tent (particularly
in the chill of winter) for a
relatively inexpensive house.
But, as shown in the slide pre-
sentation, the home is "fur-
nished" sparingly, to say the
least. That is, there is no fur-
niture — only an abundance
of rugs and tapestries.
Each exhibit in the museum
is accompanied by detailing
the objects and explaining
their background and signifi-
cance. One of the museum's
most interesting areas ex-
plores the life of the woman in
her home. The man assumes
all external duties and the
woman is responsible for the
tent and its environs.
The woman must attend to
domestic needs — household
chores and child-rearing. It's
her job to mill the wheat,
bake bread, churn milk, and
produce daily the Bedouin
cheese. She must also be a
skilled carpet-weaver and em-
broider her clothes. She
gathers brush for firewood,
tends to domestic animals,
and grazes the flocks — with
the help of her daughters.
During the wheat harvest,
she joins in this task as well.
Although Bedouin society
limits the woman's rights,
nonetheless she is not with-
out status. Her status is
derived from being the moth-
er to the family son(s). She
also oversees the family prop-
erty and flocks. But she must
be careful not to stray from
the confines of the family
home. She is expected to be
modestly attired, which
means covering all parts of
her body.
Some items of her clothing
carry a symbolic meaning.
According to the exhibit,
"One may identify from them
[her clothes] her age and
status. The embroidery of a
long black dress of a maiden
is in blue. When the woman
marries and bears children,
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she wears a dress embroi-
dered in red. When she grows
old, blue once more adorns
her black robe."
Outside the museum is
another unusual attraction —
a large Bedouin tent — capa-
ble of holding comfortably
over two dozen tourists at a
time. Here, you can sip small
cups of the typically strong
Bedouin coffee while listening
to a serenade from a Bedouin
gentleman accompanying
himself on the rebaba (a one-
stringed instrument, stringed
with hair from a horse's tail).
The rebaba is used for accom-
paniment and recitation of
Bedouin poems and gives ex-
pression to deep emotions
such as love and longing. El
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living in Israel.
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FOR SENIORS I--
Senior Adults
Speak Yiddish
The senior adult depart-
ment of the Jewish Com-
munity Center offers Yiddish
language groups. On Tuesday
at 12:30 p.m. in the Jimmy
Prentis Morris Building
library, Abe Saginaw reads
Yiddish short stories. Every
Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in
Jaffe hall of the JPM the Yid-
dish Culture Club meets with
Yiddish language lectures
and entertainment. On
Fridays at 10:30 a.m. in room
4 of the JPM, join Sol
Granadier in a Yiddish
reading circle, and at 1:15
p.m. in room 2 of the JPM
learn basic Yiddish phrases
and songs, with Helga
Plonskier.
A lecture entitled, "Jewish
History Through the Eyes of
the Torah," with Rabbi
Melech Silberberg, will take
place in the JPM assembly
hall at 1 p.m. Tuesday, follow-
ed by the first part of the
movie, "The Al Jolson Story."
On Wednesdays at 10:30
a.m., Judy Michaels, social
worker with the Jewish Fami-
ly Service, moderates a
widowed support group in
room 3 of the JPM at no
charge.
The Book Fair video,
"Beyond Belief," with
Deborah Lipstadt will be
shown in the JPM atrium on
Thursday at 10 a.m.
The Press Review, a current
events group, will meet in
room 15 on Thursday at 12:30
p.m. Abe Gornbein will
moderate.
Leon Baum will discuss the
"Etiology of the Hebrew
Language" at the Yiddish
Culture CLub on Thursday at
12:30 p.m. in Jaffe Hall of the
JPM.
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