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Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
EVELYN & AL BROOK
GLADYS & BERNARD COOPER
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
- New Year.
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
HENIA & MIRIAM CIESLA
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to all
to all
our friends
and relatives.
our friends
and relatives.
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Margate, Florida
BOB & TEDDIE GOTTLIEB
Young Detroiter
With Young Judaea
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very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
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Scottsdale, AZ
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
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A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
THE WANDERS — BOB & ELAINE
Boca Raton, FL
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
SUGAR & MARC VOGEL,
LAUREN, ILISSA & SONNEY
TODD WINER
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to all
our friends
and relatives.
to all
our friends
and relatives.
ALEXANDER & HILDA FRANK
THE FRANKFORT FAMILY —
ALAN, JUDY, MICHAEL & ERIN
May the coming
year be filled
with health and
happiness for
all our family
and friends.
May the coming
year be filled
with health and
happiness for
all our family
and friends.
SIDNEY, TRACY &
MADDISON LEE KATCHEM
Miami, FL
THE LEITSONS
SIDNEY & SHELLIE
JEFF & TONA & BRIAN
MARC & JACKIE & JORDAN
ALAN & CINDY
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To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.
EDWARD & SHIRLEY ROSENBERG
May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.
THE PIERCES
DOUGLAS, ARLENE, KAREN & LINDA
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991
To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.
DR. & MRS. CARY M. POSARA
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Coral Springs, FL
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Special to The Jewish News
t's 5:30_a.m. as the trac-
tor slowly makes its way
toward the fields, the ris-
ing sun still hidden behind ,:_(
the Jordanian mountains. At
this hour, even deep in
Israel's Arava Desert, the
morning air is cold.
Hitching a ride with the
tractor this morning is
Joseph Zeff of Detroit, and 20
other members of the Young
Judaea Year Course. He made
the five-hour trip from
Jerusalem to Kibbutz Ketura
to take part in a week of
physical labor and intellec-
tual stimulation. His early
mornings are spent picking
melons, the evenings discuss-
ing Ketura, the role of kib-
butz, and how it differs from
all other places in Israel.
Founded in 1973 by Young
Judaea Year Course par-
ticipants, Ketura, 30 miles
north of Eilat, is wedged bet-
ween the Jordanian moun-
tains to the east, and the
mountains of the Arava to the
west. (The name Ketura
comes from a nearby hill
bearing the name of Abra-
ham's second wife.) Over the
years, the kibbutz has at-
tracted new immigrants,
mostly Americans, and
sabras — those born in Israel
— to work and live in a com-
munal environment where
religious pluralism, equality
of opportunity, dedication to
the Jewish community, and a
commitment to building a
better Israel are its founda-
tions. Only 14 years after its
founding, the government
awarded Ketura the coveted
Speaker of the Knesset prize
for "Quality of Life" for its
achievements in promoting
tolerance and pluralism in
Israel.
While the Negev desert
makes up some 70 percent of
Israel, less than 10 percent of
the population chooses to call
it home. Not only did Ketura
accept the challenge of settl-
ing in the desert, but took the
Zionist adage of making the
desert bloom seriously too.
Rich green fields literally
grow out of sand dunes. Rows
and rows of tangled vines and
melons stretch for 40 to 50
yards, making what should
look like just another barren
desert landscape appear more
like a greenhouse. Date trees,
pammellos, onions, and man-
goes also flourish, adding to
the sense of agricultural
achievement.
For Joseph Zeff the effect of
working in Ketura's fields,