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AW INDEPENDENT WEEKLY SERVING AMERICAN CITIZENS OF JEWISH FAITH THE OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED JEWISH PUBLICATION IN THIS TERRITORY VOL 26 NO.. 8 Behind The Headlines In Israel BY ADA OREN (Copyright. 1949, Jewish Telegraphic ' Agency, Inc.) TEL AVIV— The government committee for the reconstruction of Jerusalem has recently published its con clusions. The committee reports that last year's events have so undermined the town's economic foundations, that it cannot be re habilitated by stop-gap measures alone. It is absolutely necessary to integrate the city with the neighboring rural economy, to solve the problem of a cheap water supply, to establish a new town in the environs of Saris and Beti-Makhsir which will occupy the almost empty hills on the most exposed section of the road to Jerusalem, and to utilise the lower foothills for garden su burbs, similar to the Tiv'on model, for people employed on the plain. The committee notes that the productive capacity of workers in Jerusalem is 25 per cent higher than in the hotter and more humid coastal plain and that wages there have always been 15 to 20 percent lower. An important official of the Public Works Ministry recently declared that his department in tends to build additional roads to Jerusalem, and also to reopen the railway line which used to connect it with the plain. (This would require the relaying of tens of kilometres of tracks on hilly ground as part of the orig inal track is in Arab-held terri tory). There are also p}ans for the construction of big quarrying works in the hills of Judea, and the transfer of public and gov ernment offices to the hill city. The Jewish Agency and the Ministry for Public Works have concluded an experimental agree ment with three big Tel Aviv contractors for tite construction of 153 housing units for new im migrants on public land, based on a new principle. If the experi ment succeeds, they will approve the new method for the imple mentation of the $16,000,000 housing projects recently approv *** hy them in cooperation with various semi-public agencies. The new method is designed to make the maximum use of local materials and non-export labor, mainly immigrants who are to benefit by these dwellings, and . re move the necessity for the importation of prefabricated houses. Israel has at present only 6,000 qualified building laborers. Os many are in the army. Others have temporarily been J««gned to help with the citrus harvest According to a Solel Boneh forecast 25,000 workers be required for the con duction of 50,000 urgently need ed dwellings. This is the reason “5. the search for methods which T lll Permit the employment of e greatest possible number of “experienced helpers. draft for full social security or ever y citizen of Israel, pre pared by the Histadruth depart ment for labor legislation and. •omal insurance, is • now under | TO LECTURE AT LIBERAL SEMINARY ———■———■——■———— ■ Infill A WBSmB® Mai 1 k Irf Prof. Gershom G. Scholem (left) of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the foremost authority on Jewish mysticism, has arrived in this country to give a series of public lectures at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute, of Religion in New York during March, and another series at the Cincinnati campus of the Liberal seminary in May. He is shown here on his arrival at Idlewild Airport, where he was greeted by Dean Henry ’ Slonimsky (center) and Prof. Simon Halkin of HUC-JIR in New York. Young Jewish Leader To Travel Through Southeastern Region &. Miss Irma Lee Wolf. National Vice President of Junior Hadassah who has recently returned from a year's study in Israel, is making a tour of the Southeastern cities visiting local Hadassah groups and speaking on—"lsrael; A Challenge to American Jewish Youth". Miss Wolf was one of a group of ten members of Junior Hadas sah who were students in a course sponsored by the Jewish Agency for Palestine. Her year in Israel was spent in study, trav el, and work in one of the set tlements. While there, she visit ed Meier Shfeyah, the children’s village, which provides mainten ance for over 435 underprivileged children and is solely supported by Junior Hadassah. During her last five months in Israel, Miss Wolf lived and worked in Afiken, an Israeli cooperative agricultur al settlement. She will discuss with individual local units, these experiences, after her address, which will give highlights of life in Israel during the precarious days following the United Na tions decision to partition Pales tine. Versatile Miss Wolf, in order to participate in the study course in Palestine, and to carry on her youth Zionist work, took a leave of absence from her studies at consideration in the interminis terial committee for social legis lation. The draft, which covers insurance in accident cases on the site of employment, illness, ma ternity, invalidism, unemploy ment, old age, widows and or phans, foresees compulsory par ticipation of all wage-earners and members of co-operatives and communities. It would be available on a voluntary basis, to independent workers of other categories. It would cost about 18 per cent of all wages earned, which cost would be borne, part ly by the workers themselves (5 per cent), partly by their em ployers (8 per cent), and partly by the government and local au thorities (5 per cent.) JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949 the University of Los Angeles, where she is specializing in so ciology, and psychology. She re gards her present activity as Field Worker for Junior Hadas sah as excellent experience in these fields of study. Before embarking on this trip her extra curricular activities have included .at one time or simultaneously, member of the Debating Team, and National Forensics League, Secretary, Zionist Youth Commission, and Vice President Jewish Youth Council of Los Angeles. And al so, when she arrived in Nash ville, Miss Wolf will continue her tour through South Carolina, Florida, New Orleans, Alabama, and Arkansas—concluding in At lanta on April 14th. * / Rumania Opens Yiddish Schools BUCHAREST, (JTA) Two of four Rumanian state schools in which the entire curriculum will be taught in Yiddish have been opened in Bucharest and Timisoara. The other two will soon be established in Jassy and Satu Mare, it was announced here. Speaking at the dedication ceremony in Bucharest, I. Bacal, leader of the Federation of Jew ish Communities, stressed that the opening of the schools proved that for the first time in Ruman ia’s history the Jews were be ing given equal rights. He also said that the schools will teach their pupils patriotism and “will wipe out the bourgeois mentality of Zionism \Hiich unfortunately is widespread among the Jewish youth.” 179 Jewish Youths Eligible To Attend Brandeis Camps The Southern, Southeastern and Seaboard Regions of Hadassah and Z. O. A. have been allocated a quota of one hundred seventy nine Brandeis Camp candidates for the three National Camps this summer, according to an announcement made by the Southern Zionist Youth Commission, 702 Peters Building, Atlanta, Georgia. Jewish Radio Program Set For Sunday “A Magic Power”, a radio dramatization by Sigmund Mill er, will be the feature presenta tion of the Eternal Light, on Sunday, March 20, 1949 (NBC network, 12:30 - 1:00 PM EST). The script was adapted for radio from a short story by a contemporary Israeli writer, Ari ibn Zahav, author of “Jessica, My Daughter.” “A Magic Power,” explores the idea that for each child there are three parents —a mother, a father and God. And while the first two may endeavor to plan a child’s future, it is actually the third who determines his des tiny. The featured role in the story is that of Yitzchakel, who loves horses and yearns to drive a stage-coach. This ambition is frustrated for a time by his ven erable father, who apprentices Yitzchakel to what he considers a more honorable trade. It is only after suffering many mis fortunes that Yitzchakel attains his heart’s desire and becomes a coachman. “ ... In loving the Lord’s creatures, he was doing the Lord’s work.” Plone From Israel Has Forced Landing In Lebahon TEL AVIV, (JTA) —A French air transport en route to Paris from the Lydda airport, with 20 passengers, made an emergency landing at Beirut this week. Levi Eshkol, head of the Jewish A gency’s settlement department, who is enroute to the United States to participate in the cur rent $250,000,000 United Jewish Appeal campaign, was among the passengers. Due to the present armistice negotiations being held between the Israeli and Lebanese Gov ernments, and to the fact that the plane is French, all the passen gers will be released and the craft permitted to continue to Paris. t Bank Authorizes $6,000,000 Credit To Israel WASHINGTON, (JTA) The Export-Import Bank this week announced authorization of a $6,000,000 credit to Israel for pur chase of trucks and buses in the United States. Israel intends to buy only the chassis of buses and heavy trucks in this country. The bodies will be built in Israel. Any young man or woman be tween the ages of 18 to 25, who possesses leadership qualities, is eligible to attend one of the three camps located in Winterdale, Pennsylvania; Hendersonville, North Carolina and Santa Sus ana, California. Deadline for applications will close April 30th. Any young per son interested in attending a two week, four-week, or seven-week Institute may obtain an applica tion and additional information from their local Youth Commis sion Chairman. Mrs. Maurice Cherry is Jacksonville chairman. Interested applicants may obtain information directly from the Southern Zionist Youth Commis sion or the Brandeis Youth Foundation, 115 W. 87th Street, New York 24, New York. This year will mark the open ing of the Hendersonville camp, and because of this fact the South has been granted a larger quota than for any previous years. It is also of interest that the post graduate course for former 8.C.1. ’ers and a special Institute for advanced students, both lasting for two weeks from June 20 to July 3, are being held at the Brandeis Camp Institute of the South in Hendersonville. Any one interested in attending the special courses may obtain addi tional information by writing di rectly to Dr. Shlomo Bardin, Di rector of the Brandeis Youth Foundation. The dates for the other ses sions are as follows: 8.C.1. of the East: Two-weeks Institute: July sth-July 18th; Two-weeks Institute: July 18th-July 31st; Four-weeks Institute, August Bth-September sth. 8.C.1. of the West: Four-weeks Institute: July sth-July 31st; Four-weeks Institute; August Bth-September 4tl»; Seven-weeks Arts Institute: July 18th-Sep tember sth. 8.C.1. of the South: Four weeks Institute: July sth-July 31st; Four-weeks Institute: Aug ust 2nd- August 30th. In addition to local Youth Commission scholarships, it is planned to offer several Region al scholarships to the camps this summer. M r - Sidney C. Gluck man of Daytona Beach, Chair man of the Regional Youth Com mission, announces that those in terested in applying for a Re gional scholarship should sub mit their application either di rectly to the Youth Director in Atlanta, or through their local Youth Commission Chairman. It is also possible that a number of outstanding Southern young people will be awarded National scholarships. These National scholarships will go through the Regional Youth Commission. Mr. Gluckman also pointed out (Continued on Pago II) $3.00 A YEAR