WHERE LUXURY
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The New

Orthodox Community
Thrives In Gibraltar

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Not just another hotel

BARBARA KINGSTONE SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

The Dan Eilat on Israel's Red Sea with 380 rooms
all facing the sea, 7 places to dine and drink,
2 pools, health & beauty spa, shopping bazaar
and Danyland for the children.

Per person
in double room
including breakfast
+ 15% service charge

Per person
in double room
including breakfast
+ 15% service charge

A wonderful value
when you combine
two or more of these
superb hotels:
DAN PANORAMA,
TEL AVIV, DAN
PANORAMA, HAIFA,
DAN PEARL,
JERUSALEM and
DAN CAESAREA.

Effective March 1,1996 -November 17,1996 standard grade rooms.
Minimum 7 nights combination of 2 or more hotels.
Rates not applicable during Jewish holidays and peak seasons.

For information and reservations,
please call your travel agent or
Israel Hotel Representatives
(212) 752-6120 or outside New York
State Toll Free: 800-223-7773/4
or FAX: (212) 759-7495
INTERNET SITE: www.danhotels.co.il
E-MAIL: danhtls@danhotels.co.il

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Unprepossessing, James Levy
underlined the fact at the very
start of the interview that he
would much prefer if I spoke
with David Benaim, the present
president and a good and long-
time friend "like a brother, real-
ly." However, I explained that
even this short time was found
time for me as I was on Gib on
another assignment.
Gib is a microcosm of a typi-
cal Jewish community, since it
has all the services.
There's an old age home,
school, kosher restaurant, Tal-
mudic college and a club. The
small commmunity center will
soon give way to a larger one
which the government will pro-
vide.
Although there are only 600
Jews, many can trace their her-

BARBARA K INGSTONE

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Enjoy the ideal
combination of the
DAN EILAT and the
famous KING DAVID
for as low as $103 per
night or combine any
of these hotels with the
DAN TEL AVIV, DAN
CARMEL or DAN
ACCADIA.

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xcept for prehistoric peo-
ples and occasional later
visitors, the Rock was in-
habited until medieval
times; since then there have
been four complete turnovers for
population. But except for one
break, and that very short in
Gibraltar's time scale, one peo-
ple has always been represent-
ed here. The Jews: And it is they
who provide the continuity."
(John Masters The Rock)
Quite unexpectedly and not
sure that there was a Jewish
community in Gibraltar (Gib as
it is affectionately called), I
asked and found myself in the
lobby of the large legal firm J.A.
Hassan & Partners, waiting for
a lawyer who had been the past
president of the Jewish commu-
nity.

Inside a synagogue on the Rock.