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…By PHILIP SLC:,\OVITZ Interesting People on an Interesting Trip TEL AVIV, Israel — It is dangerous, on a trip like this one, to accumulate too many notes. In the first place, they will become undecipherable. Secondly, it is too risky to coiled too much. Momentum gathers so speedily that it begins to daze you, in view of the many interesting people who trekked. Israelward with us to share in that wonderful country's amazing development. As we...…

…4 Friday, October 11, 19 57—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-40 Opening of Tel Aviv Cultural . Center Shakes All of Israel with Deep Emotion By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ TEL AVIV—All of Israel literally shook with emotion all of last week out of the joy of seeing the completion of another great cultural attainment. The dediCation of the Frederic Mann Auditorium in the new Tel Aviv Cultural Center was a signal for jubilation and celebration, for emphasis on t...…

…$37.50 CONCERT Philip Slomovitz, editor of the. Detroit Jewish News, is in Israel to attend the opening of the new Cultural Center at Tel Aviv. Here are some of his impressions, written specially for the Free Press. 1 By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor, the Detroit Jewish News TEL AVIV—Michigan had better than a front seat at the formal dedication of the Tel Aviv Cultural Center. It had all of them in the new Frederic R. Mann Audi- torium, which i...…

…411111111•1k most picturesque. They come from the Kurdistan mountain area of Iran and Southeast- ern Turkey. Saturday, c ∎ctober 12, 1957—THE DETROIT FREE PRESS- 6 Speaking a sort of Aramaic, which was spoken by Jesus, they are perhaps the only group in the world now using this dialect of 2,000 years ago. THE BAGGY trousers of the Kur- distani elders; the women sitting cross- legged cleaning cooking pots; their gaily colored dresses with ...…

…7 Additional Copies of This 48-Page Supplement "ISRAEL TODAY" Mr. and Mrs. Philip Slomovitz and David Ben-Gurion (Right) Ben-Gurion Recalls Visit and Thctnks City for Aid Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish News, and Mrs. Slomovitz, are visiting in Israel. While there the editor is prep4r- ing several special reports for the Free Press. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor, The Jewish News TEL AVIV, Israel — Isra- el's Prime Minister ...…

…Friday, October 18. 1957 — THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS- 8 Purely Commentary By Philip Slomovitz JERUSALEM — The wonders of Israel never cease. New housing projects and in- dustries are in evidence of construction. The young state's universities are expanding. Art, literature, science and music have able and keen creative leaders. While Jerusalem is a quiet city com- pared with bustling Tel Aviv, even here there is a dynamism that excites the...…

…— 9 By Philip Slomovitx the school for the teaching of Hebrew to adults in special classes that have proven highly satisfactory, devotes most of his energies to the anti-tuberculosis campaign. He was in Detroit two years ago and was promised medical equipment. He hopes to receive it as an aid to his great efforts and as a boon to Israel's health efforts. Dr. Katznelson reports to us that 96 per cent of Israel's children have been injected wi...…

…Friday, October 18, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-6 10 •"--"" Sukkah Dominates Israeli Scene; Festival Spirit Is Enhanced by Enthusiasm of American Tourists By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ JERUSALEM, Israel—Sukkot 'is one of the enchanting periods of the year here. In spite of the un- usual hamsin that started on Yom Kippur and continued for several days, the festive spirit of the Festival of Booths dominated the scene here, as it did throughout the l...…

…11 • Tourism Is Israel's Important Industry By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ JERUSALEM—A new era dawns for Israel's tourist possibilities. Already, the visitors to this interesting country are matching the traditional "seventy nations" in the "ingathering of the exiles." There is hardly a country on earth that is not rep- resented by the visitors. From East and West, North and South, they come here to see how the Jewish State is progressing, how its peop...…

…Friday, October Z.5, 1957-THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS- 1 2 — Purely Commentary: -4( Czechoslovakia, explained. That's how they clarify the integration issue in the State of Israel. They do not tolerate discrimination and they feel that people from varying racial and nationality back- grounds can live together. At Timnah, the location of King Solomon's Mines, which were discovered by Dr. Nelson Glueck, president of Hebrew Union College — Jewish ...…

…- 11 By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ HAIFA PORT, Israel — The "ingathering of the exiles" goes on with such rapidity here, and the "kibutz galuyot" prophecies are being fulfilled with such marked efficiency, that visitors literally are .dazed by the skill with which immigrants are wel- comed by and integrated into Israel. We watched the arrival of 700 immigrants from North Africa and Eastern Europe on two boats that docked here on a single day—on the SS ...…

…— 14 43—T HE DETROIT FREE PRESS—Friday, October 25, CA Detroiters Help to Make Israel a Fruitful Country Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish News, and Mrs. Slomovitz have been visiting in Israel. This is another of his special reports for the Free Press. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ JERUSALEM—The barren hills of Jerusalem and Judea are com- ing to life again and are beginning to "blossom like the rose," thanks to the gestures of kinship...…

…Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish News, and Mrs. Slomovitz have been visiting in Israel. This is another of his spe- cial reports for the Free Press. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor, The Jewish News i HERZLIAH, Israel — From this model city, located 12 miles from Tel Aviv, has emanted a contro- versy that has created one of the most exciting economic disputes in Israel. In the section known as "Shikun Olei America" — the residentia...…

…— 16 — ef 6 ° -4 cal E.0 REPORT FROM ISRAEL Friday, Nov. 8, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Z Farm-Paradise Drainage Project Nearly Completed Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish News, and Mrs. Slomovitz have been visiting in Israel. This is another of his special reports for the Free Press. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor, The Jewish News SAFED, Israel — Within' a month, an engineering task which had created one of the most seriou...…

…Philip Slomovitz, editor of The Detroit Jewish News, and Mrs. Slomovitz have been visiting in Israel. This is another of his special reports for the Free Press. BY. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor, The Jewish News RAMAT GAN, Israel— Israel's universities won't open until the first week in November, but the dedications of new buildings have been in progress. In the area of education, Detroit Jews emerge in as prominent a role as they have played in ...…

…— 18 — The Detroit Jewish News -- November 1, 1957 Purely Commentary: JN.F Provides Israel'sMajor Defense By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ JERUSALEM — One often meets people who will say that what they are primarily interested in is weapons for Israel's defense. They are blind to the realities of the most important weapons of all: the people and their settlements. It is to strengthen them that Americans' gifts to the UJA, to the JNF and to other cause...…

…— 19-- Purely Commentary: By Philip Slomovitz AFULEH, Israel — There are many firsts in Israel. This country does not forget its first pioneers, the first roads, the first achievements and the first sacrifices. A guest who visits here may retain for all time the recollection of the first moment of his having touched Holy Soil upon his arrival; or of his first dip in the Mediterranean, or his first glimpse at Jerusalem; or his first ride in ...…

…Friday, November 1, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-2 20 — Purely Commentary: By Philip Slomovitz which was published in Israel in 1953 and was com- pletely sold out in a very short time. "We look forward to another book by Bernard Isaacs," one literary critic here said, and he pre- dicted another sell-out for any book of short stories by the Detroit scholar. "He is a great story-teller, and it would be a pity if he did not collect all his wo...…

…— 21 — Purely Commentary: By Philip Slomovitz lions as a First Lieutenant in the U. S. Army in World War II, he is deeply interested in Israel and is assisting the country economically in his present capacity. Hordes and Feinberg were in Detroit several months ago and conceived the idea of establishing supermarkets, patterned after thoSe in their native city, for the Israelis. They felt that through such an effort they could help solve Isra...…

…Friday, November 1, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-46 —,.. 22 Report from the Holy Land (Editor's Note: The following reports from Israel, published simultaneously with the De- troit Free Press, contain the impressions gathered by Mr: and Mrs. Philip Slomovitz during their visit in Israel). Life on the Frontier BEERSHEBA---IAmericans who wish to recon- struct the history of our pioneers, 300 years ago, and to have a vision of the life of "f...…

…Report from the Holy Land < Another non-Jew who has come here to settle with the Detroiters in Urim is Benjamin McKinley. A six-foot, 250-pound Negro, who has had a uni- versity education. He came here several years ago, was enchanted by the idea of the reclamation of the Holy Land by persecuted Jews, and asked if he could stay on. He has been a member of the collective settlement of Urim since then. This love for and interest in Israel by p...…

…— 24 — Friday, November 8, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-6 Pictorial Tour of Jewish On their tour of Israel's settlements and Philip Slomovitz had an opportunity to see how pro dollars are being utilized for Israel's upbuilding. T to meet with many Detroiters who are pioneering tion. Tke photos are by one of Israel's best photo Ilani not only is' an excellent photographer: he is a He knows Israel-well, is acquainted with the work zation and...…

…Z5 ate Mr. and Mrs. the Israel Bond !so had occasion rael's reconstruc-* hers, Efrem. Ilani. onderful guide. el Bond' Organi- lishments.• David Suliman, from Yemen, one of the pioneer workers at the three-year-old Kharsa Ceramics Plant at Beersheba, shows how sinks, washbowls, toilets and scores of other articles have their beginnings in this modern Israeli plant. g. " had a delightful visit are: Marilyn Becker Harold Silvers) and gs)• ...…

…Friday, November 1, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-46 26 Report from the Holy Land Con tinued from Page 28 lective fashion. Their chief hope is to acquire training in group leadership in behalf of Habo- nim, the Labor Zionist youth movement that spon- sored their training course here. In the exchange program, 35 Israeli students now are at Michigan colleges and universities, and in studies in various specialized fields. There are 15 Israel st...…

…- 27 .4( has been built. It is difficult to believe that in this desert it was possible to establish, almost over night, so modern a city. In the Kiryat Gat section here there are begin- ning to develop many industries. There is a scotch tape factory here and other plants are rising up, many applications pending for new plants soon to be moved into this spot. Near Ashkelon is Kfar Silver, the settlement established in honor of Dr. Abba Hillel...…

…Friday, November 1, 195'7—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 28- Israets Exotic Foods Provide a Mixture of Appetizing Delicacies from Many Lands By ANNA G.-- SLOMOVITZ JERUSALEM—Ask the average person about the most peculiar and best known Jewish dish, and you'll be told that it is "gefilte fish." They make it here, too. It is called "dagmemoola," and is made only *of the carp grown and developed in numerous ponds in Israeli set- tlements: It is seaso...…

…Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish News, and Mrs. Slomovitz have been visit- ing in Israel. This is another of his special reports for the Free Press. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor, The Jewish News REHOVOT, Israel — At the fabulous Weizmann Institute of Science, the foundation for which was laid by Dr Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, serious studies are now being made to ascer- tain the move- ment of under- ground water...…

…Friday, Nove m ber 1, 1957 — THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ----30— Israel's Two Fears: What Russia Will Do in Mid-East, and U. S. Won't By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ TEL AVIV—Israelis have only two fears—of what Russia may do in the Middle East and what the United States may fail to do to stop Communist infiltration here. While the enemy supposedly is the Arab, there is little fear of what the hostile neighbors may do. The average Israeli believes that the...…

…Segelinan's studies are in con- nection with his work for his doc- torate at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. * ,* * ONE OF the aims of the re- search is to find ways of making salt water useful for plant life and to make plants grow in salt- water areas. While ways have been found to desalt the Negev water, the process is too expen- sive, Segelman said. "We are crossing desert plants from California and Australia with Israeli plants for th...…

…32 —. Will U. S. Halt Russians In Mideast? Israel Asks Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1957 Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish News, and Mrs. Slomovitz have been visit- ing in Israel. This is another of his special reports for the Free Press. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor, The Jewish News TEL AVIV, Israel — Israelis have only two fears — of what Russia may do in the Middle East and what the United States may fail to do to stop Communist in- fi...…

…— 33 A Traveler's Birdseye View of Israel's Attainments By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ • TEL AVIV—If you travel by air, you start from here, at nearby Lydda (Lod) Airport, and you wind up in this great metropolis. Tel Aviv alone lends itself to a romantic description of the rise of a community of a sand dune. Now there are 500,000 residents in this thriving city. It is not the preferred city in Israel. Many people prefer Jerusalem, and a great many ju...…

…Friday, November 8, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-2 — 34 Purely Commentary • • On from Israel to the Communities of Basel and Berne By Philip Slomovitz coins spent in afforestation. The Jewish Na- tional Fund remains Israel's most popular agency—due to its vision as the reclaimer of the soil, as the planter of forests, as the instru- ment that is in the forefront in Israel's defense mechanism. You make the tour in the hills and you see ar...…

…35 — By Philip Slomovitz this land of many wonders remains incomplete —because Israel's tasks can never be complete until all the devastated areas will have been rebuilt, until new sources for redemption will have been tapped. Here is advice for those who retrace our steps in Israel: don't bother taking notes. In- evitably, one takes so many that they become worthless. The best notebook is the Bible. Take the Holy Book with you, study the hi...…

…— 36 — 25—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Fr iday, Nov. A Finger in the Israeli Pie Good Recipes from Judea By ANNA G, SLOMOVITZ TEL AVIV—You can get the best food in Israel today. There are first rate restau- rants in all parts of the country, and the availability of ingredients improves the art of cooking. Give the Israelis the where- withal and they'll provide excellent dishes. I've picked up a few recipes in Israel, and I'd like to share them ...…

…37 — Purely Commentary By Philip Slomovitz ROME, Italy — Now this photograph can be reproduced as a mark of Jewry's triumph over all the elements of destruction in the last 2,000 years. This is the notorious wall in the Arch of Titus that shows the march of "Titus ha-Rasha"—"the cruel Titus" with the holy vestments he had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem to Rome. The seven- branched Menorah, the Holy Ark of the Law, the silver trumpets an...…

…Friday, November 15, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-2 38 — Purely Commentary• By Philip Slomovitz "ghetto" has been turned into a Rest Home for Aged and a Children's Nursery. Dr. A. Esquinazi, of the Gino Cenedese glass blowing firm, in Venice boasted that there was no anti-Semitism in Italy. He, him- self, knew only one Hebrew word: Shalom. But he is interested in Israel and hopes to go there some day, when his brother manages to get out of...…

…19 — By Philip Slomovitz Mack and others) — all of whom, except only Theodor Herzl, had participated in • sessions in that room. We were in the Nordau Room. We visited the headquarters of the Jewish National Fund and had the satisfaction of planting trees from there in Israel in honor of Grandson Randy David and other members of the family. We chatted with Barnett Litvinof, whose bi- ography of Ben-Gurion we reviewed a year ago and with othe...…

…-- 40 -- Purely Commentary z By Philip Slomovitz British items. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Morganroth, who were in the Sealy Mattress Co. entourage, brought back with them to Detroit a minia- ture -French white poodle. What a thoughtful gift for their son! A charming incident was told to us by Charles Lichtenfeld, brother of Walter Field. Mr. and Mrs. Lichtenfeld sailed for home from New York only three weeks ago on the SS United States. At the same...…

…— 4 1 -- By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Israel would be the weaker with- out the sense of humor of its peo- ple. The ability of Israelis to ex- change puns at their own expense is one of the healthiest elements in the life of this young nation. Israelis love to repeat the wis- dom of their children. Often, the stories by and about the the chil- dren are the best related here. The owner of the Dagon Hotel at Ashkelon, the new wonder city at the gate to ...…

…— 42 t■ 1 CIO Z CO w PRI )-D A cz.1 E• Hadassah's Great Role in Israel By ANNA G. SLOMOVITZ JERUSALEM — Wherever one moves in Israel, there is the evi- dence of the work of the great women's Zionist organization Hadassah. Forced out of the Mount Scopus Hospital, Hadassah has speedily recaptured leadership in the efforts to protect the health of Israel's population. The new Ha- daisah hospital and its projected modern medical center t...…

…— 43 By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Mount Scopus—and the Hebrew University The temporary crisis that arose over an Israeli transport of gasoline to Mount Scopus serves to revive an interest in the isolated area where the original buildings of the Hebrew University and Hadassah Hospital still stand. Mount Scopus is Israeli territory. It flies the White and Blue Flag with the Star of David. But access to it is cut off at the so-called Mandelbaum Gate, a...…

…Friday, December 6, 1957—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S-2 Purely Commentary • • Israel's Creative Artists ... Calendar on Their Own Pulp By Philip Slomovitz Malben — 'Human Reclamation' First Art Calendar on Israel-Produced Paper One of the most effective "human reclamation" activities in Israel bears the name Malben. It is the Joint Distribution Committee's project of sponsor- ing institutions for the care of handicapped im- migrants. The A...…

…••••••• 45 Israel Acclaims Frederic R. Mann Israelis continue to speak with deep affection for the Philadelphia philanthropist, Frederic R. Mann, whose benefactions have made possible the completion of the Tel Aviv Cultural Center and the establishment there of the Mann Auditorium for the Israel Phil- harmonic Orchestra. It was back in 1936, when Mann met the late Bronislaw Huber- mann, the eminent Jewish violin- ist who was deeply intereste...…

…r w Purdy Commentary Z = 4 ra4 ,-, t €.4 P4 A w E.! = Friday, December 13, LeD By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ 'Not Once Have I Dripped' in Jerusalem: An incident in Non-Jewish Woman's Report One of the most charming books about Israel was written by a Christian lady, Mary Clawson, who was is Israel with her husband and their children while he held a post there as an adviser on farming po- tentials. Entitled "Letters from Jerusalem" ("A non-Jew...…

…- 47 HAG HE-ASAR IN ISRAEL Christians Join Minyans' (This is another in a series of special articles by Philip Slomo- vitz, editor of The Jewish News, who toured Israel. Here he re- ports on plans for Israel's 10th anniversary.) By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ REHOVOT, Israel—Israel's ma- jor preparations are for the cele- bration of the State's 10th anni- versary, and the program calls for an observance that is to last for 13 months, starting April 2...…

…tire y ommentary. JNF Provides Israel Mai( By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ JERUSALEM --One often meets people who will say that what they are primarily interested in is weapons for Israel's defense. They are blind to the realities of the most important weapons of all: the people and ttlements. It is to strengthen them their se that Americans' gifts to the UM, to the JNF and to other causes are so vital. It is impossible to relate the entire story of th...…

…On Caribbean Cruise Central 'High Uopi.Stuorents Plan After Jan. 12 Rites Alumni Urged to 'red on June 15 to Mail in Names MRS. GEORGE SIMMONS Ruth Natalie Levitt, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Levitt, of W. Outer Dr., and George Henry Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simmons, of Muir- land Ave., were married Jan. 12, at- a candlelight ceremony at Adas Sholom Synagogue. Rabbi Jacob Segal officiated. - The bride wore a gown of white silk t...…

…1 Chesed she! Emes Installs N. Wolok Rita Feldman Wed Nathan Wolok was installed for a second term as president of the Hebrew Benevolent Soci- ety at a dinner last Saturday evening, at Horowitz Catering. Also re-elected to serve sec- ond terms. were Nathan P. Ros- sen, vice-president; Barney Cit- rin, secretary; Hyman Mit- -nick, treasurer; and Abe Mil- ler, Nathan Samet and Ben Schneider, trustees. Harry E. Citrin, a past president, served ...…

…, All work and no play can go only so far, so members of the City of Hope Cancer Fighters take time out from aiding the Duarte, Calif. institution to play their annual cocktail party and buffet supper. The event is scheduled for S p.m., Saturday, at Holiday Manor. Seated, left to right, are Mesdames ELLIOT SCHUBINER, vice-president of program; and NATE BASSIN, co-chairman; standing, Mesdames EARL SHIPPER, THEODORE KRASS, co-chairman, and BEN ...…

…• Miss Bedn a rsli to Wed Robert • baum Tales Out of School PTO to Hear Talk on Child Mental Health G.I.M1111.01•.01MM ♦ t.11111104,111=11.1.1111.0 ► 1.011111..111•1=4/01111.3i Dance with Delight to I I Dr. George Barahal, profes- i LARRY FREEDMAN and his Orchestra sor of lisychology at Wayne I State University will speak to I LI 7-2899 UN 1-4687 li t h e Parent-Teachers-Organiza- L"------"—"-- "--"—"—"----- '' tion of the Esther B e...…