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.

MURRAY A. &
MARLENE CHESS

SHARON, KEN, SCOTT &
ERIC CHUPACK

STEVE & LAURIE BIEGEL

IRVING & DOROTHY CHAIKEN

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aid of a database. "The heirs
of the original owners are
hard to find," he said. "We're
combing the country for these
people."
Land sold in Palestine
under Turkish rule was
registered by a system called
Tabu which was retained un-
til 1960.
"A person could register
land without any identifica-
tion. This makes my job very
problematic," Mr. Sivin said.
Back in the late 1920s and
early 1930, emissaries from
official Zionist groups and
private real estate agents sold
lands in Palestine to Jews all
over the world.
Bundles of properties were
sold to people in Berlin, Keiv,
Johannesburg, Teheran, Iraq
and other large Jewish
centers, Mr. Sivin said. In the
United States the main group
selling land in the Holy Land
was the Menorah Group.
Most of the American pur-
chasers were motivated by
Zionist dreams and religious
tradition, Mr. Sivin believes.
"The Talmud says that it's
a mitzvah to own an estate in
Israel. Buying property in
Israel also was their way of
helping to make the Jewish
state a reality."
Most of the land sold to
American Jews consisted of
parcels averaging about 200
square yards in Holon, south
of Tel Aviv. There were also
properties purchased in
Afula, Jerusalem, Migdal and
Tel Aviv.
Mr. Sivin said that most of
the land was zoned for
agriculture but was advertis-
ed as slated for rezoning.
He produced a letter to a
customer in July 1922 from
the Migdal Garden Villa,
Ind., describing a property
bought in Migdal. The letter
said, "We trust that in the
near future you will be in a
position to build a house on it,
to live there and plant a
garden around it and enjoy its
fruits."
Nine years later another
letter to the American Con-
sulate in Jerusalem describ-
ed the same land as "suitable
for agriculture."
The Migdal village told the
buyer's daughter three years
later to donate the land to the
Jewish National Fund. It was
seized by the Israeli govern-
ment in 1955.
"For many Americans buy-
ing land in Israel was a real
economic tragedy," Mr. Sivin
said. The lots would usually
go for $5,000-$15,000. "That
was a lot of money in those
days."
But most people did not
even know what they were
buying. "In those days there
was no fax, no phone, nobody

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to all
our friends
and relatives.

to all
our friends
and relatives.

MR. & MRS. LEON HALPERN

JERRY & RUTH ISKOW

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

JEFFREY, LINDA & RICK LEVITIN

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

MILLIE SCHIFF & "IRISH" LEVINE

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MARC, TERRI, CAREY
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to all
our friends
and relatives.

COUNCILWOMAN VICKI &
RAYMOND GOLDBAUM & FAMILY

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to all
our friends
and relatives.

to all
our friends
and relatives.

EMMA & OSCAR ADELSON

Nashville, TN

PAULA CARSON & FAMILY
Lauderdale Lakes, FL

May the coming

May the coming

year be filled

year be filled

with health and

with health and

happiness for

happiness for

all our family

all our family

and friends.

and friends.

ELEANOR & DAVID RISEMAN

ELAINE & PHILLIP BENESON
ILENE, WARREN, LAURA & STEVEN

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

MARIA PARKER,
BRADLEY GOLDBERG & JILL

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
CAROLYN & REX LANYI
STEPHANIE & JORDAN

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
ARNOLD & GAYLE GOODMAN &
RICHARD & JACLYN

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
THE GOLDENBERGS
LORI, LINDA & MURRAY

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.

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

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GABRIELLA & ALEXANDER KARP

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