June 6, 1975

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JERUSALEM - Israel pledged this week to cut its (orces near the Suez Canal by SERVING DES MOINES, .COUNCIL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA about half u a gesture of goodwill In recognltkin of the Vol UV No. 32 OfiwtM, N«b.. Frt., Juiwt, IfTS reopening of the waterway. Also. larael Premier Yitzhak Rabin (uither stated Israel forces would extend from 19 to 24 miles the area In which no missiles except cert la a beneflt (or the Can- (or the congregation, but 1 antitank weapons would be ByIUdM(4FMi1 OMAHA — The cantor as torial AsaemMy. don't think I can pray (or the permitted. The concert will feature six coogregatkm — I pray with Sb'llach Txibbur Rabin siad the number of "raeitenger o( (be cantors (rom (our cities — them," he said. "I do not think Unks within 18 miles of the coniregitlon" — «ai Omaha, Des Moines, S(. Uouls about who la bahhtd me. I( 1 canal would be halved and all qmaifciiwJ hert u the Jewiaii and Buftalo, N.Y. - who will concentrate on the people, I do artillery wouM be removed. Community Center'i fint sing a variety of sonfli ranging not concentrate on the prayer. Further, Israel would withCantorttf CoQMft drew near. from traditional mdodles to "I pray and I dsven, and draw half its 7,000 soldiers in tharo la a dttknaea," be the area designated aa a The concert, scheduled (or t showtunes. The concept of the cantor as Maivtad. "In dawin, yon limited-forces zone by the fM- Sunday, June 8, In tlie Oniar neater, wai dtdared mesaenger was discussed by pyt your whsia bod^ into disengagement agreement a Mllout as of Tiieaday night. Cantor LM Fettman o( Beth prajrkaf. Moot ot Iba ttaae I engineered by Secretary of Ail MO UckeU, priced (ram Israel Synagogue in Omaha, oavsn nRoao 01 prayng. State Henry Kissinger. The cantor, i Hok)caus( t3.S0 to $10 were aold, ac- one ot the Haaaana who will Egypt President Anwar refugee as a youth wtMcame Sadat praised the Israeli oordlog to Jeanne ujpwy, sing in the show. "UI am a meaasnger, 1 pray to Omaha from Madison, Wis., deciskm as "a step towards ooooert rtialrmaft. The conlast year, noted that the Or- peace. It is a very enthodox Jew in Europe "is couraging act." already llftod up" when be It was reported that Israeli arrives at tha synagogue" and shipping would t>e allowed In the cantor just leads him" In the canal by the Egyptians prayer. However, "In after receipt of what the AralM Amertca, people come to the termed "tangible evidence" Here is the third in a series of quizzes designed to synagogue to be lifted up. A that Israel is committed to a check your knowledge of Jewish Philanthropies cantor can feel Immediately withdrawal (rom (ormerly during the l«75 Omaha Campaign. Auwera are whathor he Is dsvefiag with Arab^wld lands. elsewhere in this iiaue ofTbe Jawtih Press. people who are davening or if RaUn saki Israel hoped the he fs pertorming (or them." cutbacks would "bring home 1. How much does It cost to provide one year's tuillon (e« Hazzan Fettman, who gives to the world and to Egypt the to enable an indlamt IsradI student to complete hit high "thanks to God (or being able (act that Israel really wants school education? (a) I8ffi. (b) t6S0. (c) tiOO? to heart into my singing" peace." 2. What ia the anwunt of the loan needed to help a new, becauae he doesn't consider Israeli iiiunl|rant eslabliah his own business or woriohap himaeK a great musician or a (or hU personal livelihood? (a) te,SO0 (b) tS.OOO (c) NEWPRESIMENT person with an outstanding Edward Sanders o( Los tumi voice, said he doesn't know Angeles succeeds I.L. Kenen 3. Is the average monthly Omaha Federation sup"from one minute to the next as president of the American plement (or each resident of the Dr. Philip Sher Home for how I will sing." Israel Public Affairs Comthe Aged ia>t80(bi|S0(c) $100? mittee (AIPAC). (ContbHMdaoPageS)

Cantoriai Cmtcert SoM Out

America's Oldest Synagogue NBWPtWT, ai. - Taaro gyBsgogaa in Newport, HL, la tte naftwi's oldistaaJitipg Jewish bouse of PBtsh^ and Is locatsdh ItMsgBoadinvortaDt—allar New York—Iswlsli ssttlSBisnt la what Is BOW ttM Untied Slatas. Tte earllast J«»Wi ssttlenisnt to Ntavport Is JocBmsatad laUTTIntltwasnotiBtfillhe 1740s, wbsn the ptrt's econonie growth attracted New Yotk Jewish mowhants, that the Jowisb conmuntty bagaa to become obaabts. JowWi prospsrity in Newport was In groat msasiio tha rasolt ol Rhodo Manffs tra«tk» of isHgtaM Maiirt. rsuBdBd by Bofv muaino, hlmaoU a rdigkMS dtassntar, the state provided a ha««i fgr Jam. bi Dseeaahor vm, the eoiwgatta dsdksalad the little Oeorglanetyle «yni«DgD» that Peter HarrlsoB had desl«iad lor tt. It was sndowMl by Ihe Jewish phllaalhnpist Judah IViuro. In l»46, the UA gsren•Dsot dedarad tha oyB^ogue s national bMartc site. Ihe Ravolodoaocjr War ndasd Newport's trade and the Jewish oonumaiity wnt Into decUne. By un, the (ynagague's Torah acraOs had besa ranovsd to New York and not a single Jaw roBUdnad la Newport. The arnsfogue and Its cemetery were DMlntaliMd bjr the Touro bust, however, and tai the late UOQs and ear^lKWo the JewtOhcMmmailty in Newport underwent a nodost revhral and tha i|yao0B0Bs agida was used OB a rogttlar basis. (RNS Photo)

One Year Later; Site of Ma "alot Tragedy Is Revisited NEW YORK-Ma'ak)t. The name conjures up visioni of young bodies, npped and bleeding. 0( screaming

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ambulances and (lashes o( gun(lre reflected in hanging plasma bottles. On May 15, l(7f Ma'aM suddenly put In an appearance

Life goes on normaUy for Ma'alot scfaoo) children - almost. (UJA Photo)

on the map o( Israel, a bright red splash in the emerald Galilee. Ma'dot They've cleaned up the bkMdstalns and repaired the shattered windows In the Netiv Meir School. F^-slzed holes, puiKhed in an outside .wall by heavy machine gun fire, still remain. SwaUows nest in them now. TM children don't talk about the massacre. But the soldiers stationed In the schoolyard are watehiul, unsmlllngly alert, determined that the disaster will never reoccur. People are beginning to go out al night again. They lock their doors, they take their, chlldrsn akmg. They stay together In group* lor safety, •attheygi^. Mg'aMiOMjfflarlaMiial dM rMt prohtans of daOy aststeaoe still weigh heavily on its people. a > Ma'alot is home to '1,500 people, a village of 800 dwellings. Today. 1.600 new

housing units are on the way up. Who will occupy them? "We only need about 100 apartments (or young couples," says Ellahu BenVa'akov, head of the Town Council, "and another 100 (or lar^ (amllles now living in overcrowded conditfcms. That leaves 1,400 units - enough (or 0,000 newcomers." Where are they? Ma'akd desperately needs live-In teachers, doctors, other proteulonals. The town Is crying (or academicians and skilled workers to come and aetUe, to raise the living standard, improve the cultural level. nsre is rsan today lor l,M tarasUa, g,M now taiBdlpaBis — a sttaly asadad 8bot-la*tha-arai for a

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School kids, future hope of any sel(-su>talning town, drop out al a high rale. The local high school is nonacndtmic. a second-rate trade sehooi where SO youngsters play at Ic.iming, In an educationally

substandard situatloa. The (ew who care about their schooling go to HaKa or Naharlya, Imposing a large flnandal sacrilice on already overtxirdened parents. The rest leave school at the end o( eighth grade, as soon as the. law alk>ws. Sometimes they go to work In one of tiK local factories; more o(ten they sit and watch the lampposts rusting. Too many leave home (or the cities at IS or 16, making their way In menial jobs, or — sadly — aa petty criminals or prostitutes. A (ew make good. Nobody ever comes back. It Is not surprising that Mayor Ben-Ya'akov Is bitter. "Ma'alot needs salesmen!", he proclaims. "We need people to aeli Immigrants the Idea af aatlilaitae. W* Is the QoblM -''%ii fhwst, greenest, most beautiful part of Israel." The Mayor feels very strongly about the obligations of Jewish youth in the Diaspora. "Young Jews from

Amoflca and lbs West should baoons personally farralved hi larael, partlcularty Northern laraaL And, of coune, oontributtaig money through the UJA and other Jewish orgaalsatkNiB Is very hnportSBt" Ellahu Ben-Ya'akov Is not the only deeply concerned denizen of Ma'alot. Americanbom Bemika Silverstein, head nurse in the town clinic, feels that there has been some improvement over the past year. "We saw a lot of emotional troubles after the disaster," she says, "but they are beginning to recede. Last year, dormant problems, catalyzed by the stwck, came boiling up — now, the community's bask: good health la beginning to sl^." Uke the Mayor, Bamlka (eels that the town's situation can be improved by accelerating the pace of development. Following the disaster, awareness of Ma'alot and Its (Continued on Page 121


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