Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

IRVING & PEARL
WEINGARDEN

PAULA & MARCUS LAST

MR. & MRS.
SIMON LEFKOWITZ

ROSALYN & HARVEY MEYER
BARRY, JEFFREY, MARLENE & STEVE

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life are portrayed in a series
of lifelike tableaux. The open-
ing exhibit is a Bedouin tent
woven from sheep and goat
hair, divided into separate
men's and women's areas. The
female mannequin is seen at
her household tasks while
the man is preparing the
traditional coffee with which
to welcome his guests.
In the strictly patriarchal
Bedouin society, only an adult
male of authority can perform
the coffee ceremony, an im-
portant ritual in hospitality.
The grinding of the coffee
beans, in a special mortar, is
done in a distinctive rhythm,
so everyone knows that coffee
is being prepared.

Bedouin women do virtual-
ly all the work connected to
the household, including
shepherding the flocks, weav-
ing clothing and rugs and
gathering and preparing food,
some of which are displayed
in the exhibit. A life-sized
model of a "wedding camel,"
bedecked with woven saddle
bags, rugs and coins, which a
generation ago used to carry
Bedouini brides to the wed-
ding tent, is one of the most
striking exhibits in the
museum.
Other displays include a col-
lection of ingenious make-
shift toys made out of odds
and ends found in the desert:
pieces of wood, soft-drink bot-
tle caps, de-fanged barbed
wire; and a model of a
sheikh's tomb, a holy place in
the desert which always in-
cludes a guest room for pass-
ersby, supplied with coffee,
sugar and basic foods.

The Bedouin Museum is
part of a larger complex, the
Joe (Yosef) Alon Regional and
Folklore Center, named for
the veteran Israeli pilot who
showed great interest in the
region and its inhabitants.
Mr. Alon was murdered under
mysterious circumstances
while serving as Israeli
military attache in Wash-
ington in 1972. The Center
was established by Kibbutz
Lahav whose members,
devotees of desert life, decid-
ed to pool their collections of
archaeological and Bedouin
artifacts in order to set up the
museum. A sizable number of
items on display are part of
the wide-ranging private col-
lection donated by anthro-
poligist Dina Goren, the
museum's first curator, who
lived in the Sinai for many
years and had close ties to the
Bedouin there. Many of the
Bedouin themselves have con-
tributed family heirlooms to
the museum. ❑

World Zionist Press Service

to all
our friends
and relatives.

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to all
our friends
and relatives.

JUDI & JOE SCHNEIDER
BRYAN, BRAD & BRANDON
HEATHER, BRETT &
CAIDEY SCHNEIDER

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We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
ROCHELLE & EDDIE CHINSKY
Lake Worth, FL

To our friends on campus and in the community,
our wishes for a
Happy New Year
B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATIONS
OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT

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to all
our friends
and relatives.

to all
our friends
and relatives.

RITA & MURRAY RUBIN

AARON & DOROTHY REITMAN

To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
NATHAN & HELEN SADIK (SOLARZ)
& FAMILY

FRED & PAT ERLICH
BRIAN, BARBARA & STEPHANIE

May the New Year Bring
To All Our Friends
and Family — Health,
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life.

May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.

BEVERLEY & JACK SINGER
& FAMILY

NATHAN & SALLY SAGINAW

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