…t British Near Completion of Preservation Task on Geniza Colection, Judaism's Window to History By MAURICE SAMUELSON CAMBRIDGE, England (JTA) — Cambridge University is about to complete the huge task of preserving the world's greatest treasure house of medieval Hebrew manuscripts — the famous Cairo Geniza collection. The last of the 140,000 fragments and documents, some up to 1,000-years old, are being unravelled, cleaned and sealed in a sp...…
…Michigan Participants Take Top Maccabia Honors Two Michigan residents who participated in the Maccabia Games in Israel last week won gold medals, while three won silver medals and a fourth participated on a team which won a silver team medal. Nanci Goldsmith, who participated in women's gymnastics, won two gold medals and one silver. In men's master (over 45) tennis, Mark Jaffe won two gold medals and one silver. Anita Rival took a silver med...…
…Begin Starts to Form Govt. Gilman New U.S. Attorney JERUSALEM (JTA) — Premier Menahem Begin, formally summoned by President Yitzhak Navon Wednesday to form a new government, lost no time beginning that task: He met Wednesday afternoon with leaders of Likud's Liberal Party wing. He was scheduled to start coalition talks Thursday with the National Religious Party, with the Aguda Israel Party today, and with Aharon Abu Hatzeira's Tami faction S...…
…Israel's Choice of Leadership Dominated by Strong Man Begin With Religious Continuing as Policy-Powered Much Remains to Be Tackled in Beleaguered Middle East and Israel's Compelling Need for Security THE JEWISH NEWS A WeekIN Review Commentary, Page 2 Copyright of Jeit'ish Events The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 VOL. LXXIX, No. 19 Editorial, Page 4 $15 Per Year: This Issue...…
…Impending Dangers From Growing Saudi - Domination Strong Support for Israel's Osirak Raid Commentary, Page 2 k l THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly' Review Copyright VOL. LXXIX, No. 18 g Iraq Nuclear Reactor Bombing: The Honor of Israel's Self-Defense of Jewish Events Editorial, Page 4 The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c July 3, 1981 Hegemony of Begin ...…
