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Friday, July 25, 1958
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Page Serea
By ANITA ENGLE
A Mother In Israel
Wherever you look these days,
you see the tall dry stalks of
wild oats rising with the delicate
beauty of a Japanese sketch
above the surrounding foliage.
I find these plants infinitely
fascinating. For the people who
first hit on the idea of cultivat
ing them, and of cultivating the
wild wheat and the wild barley
which grows more or less in the
same vicinity, these people are
the founders of civilization.
Profess or Lowdermilk, the
famous American soil man who
spent a number of years in Is
rael, told me not long ago that
the development of cultivated
wheat was a far greater contri
bution to humanity than any
work which has been done by
scientists since. And Professor
Lowdermilk further added that
he suspected that it was women
who were the unknown primor
dial scientists who first cultivat
ed wheat! Looking after the
garden was not the business of
the men in prehistoric days.
They were too busy hunting
and killing each other,
It is impossible to mention
wheat without thinking of
Aaron Aaronsohn, one of the
most remarkable men of modern
Palestine. It was this 30 year
old, self-educated botanist from
Zichron Yaacov who discovered
the prototype of modern wheat
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growing wild in Upper Galilee,
after scientists of the whole
world had been looking for it in
vain for centuries.
Aaron made his famous dis
covery in June, 1906. Up to the
time that Aaron appeared on the
scene, even the country from
which this ubiquitous cereal had
originated was unknown. The
relics of wheat found in the most
obvious countries, such as China,
India, and Egypt, had all proved
to be cultivated.
In fact, wheat had been culti
vated for so long that it could
no longer grow without the aid
of man, and under favorable
climatic and soil conditions.
Countries with great arid areas,
like America and Russia stood
to gain enormously as a result
of Aaron’s discovery of dozens
of sturdy varieties of wheat
growing in rocky soil, and with
no rainfall to speak of.
That is why the State Depart
ment of Agriculture contacted
Aaron immediately, and carried
out experiments in the Southern
States with wild wheat seed
which Aaron provided. Speci
mens of this pre-historic wheat
were cultivated in the Aaron
sohn fields at Zichron Yaacov,
and later at his magnificent ex
periment station at Athlit.
It is a strange coincidence
that only a mile or so away from
both of these places, on the west
ern slopes of the Carmel, there
are caves once inhabitated by
the so-called Carmel man, the
first thinking human being and
agriculturists. They had been
the first to cultivate the wild
wheat of Palestine, some 8,000
years before.
Aaron did not know this. But
he had sufficient to make him
happy. “I am very proud,” he
said in America, later, ‘‘that
when for the first time since pre
historic times man has again
tried sowing the prototype of
wheat, this work has fallen to
Jews working on Jewish ground,
the historic cradle of the race.”
When the State Department
of Agriculture wrote to Aaron,
asking if he could suggest other
plans suitable for growing in
the arrid regions of the U.S.,
Aaron responded by describing
with the ardor of a young man
writing about his sweetheart, the
useful plants he had found grow
ing everywhere in Palestine. The
land which other people found
desolate and barren, Aaron
found to contain more than 3,000
varieties of plants; more than
even Germany possesses!
And here another very inter
esting coincidence occurs. In
1957, the Jerusalem Post car
ried an item announcing that in
December of that year, Israel’s
Ministry of Agriculture would
be planting an experimental
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range of ‘‘atriplex leucoclada”
in the Negev, in an attempt to
turn the Beduin of the Negev
into cattle rachers. “The bush
has been found to be ideal for
grazing purposes in arrid zones,”
the paper states.
It just happens that exactly
50 years before, to the month,
in his letter to the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, the young
Aaron, who had nothing more
to go on than his enormous
powers of observation and com
mon sense, had suggested this
same plant as being useful for
America’s Arrid areas. “I have
yet to come across an “A. leuco-
cladum" plant that has been
partly chewed by camels or goats
which are very fond of it,” he
added.
It seems strange to think that
all this research activity, with
the great botanists and scientists
of the world consulting the
young farmer of Zichron Yaa
cov—all this activity was going
on in little Palestine fifty years
ago, almost before there was an
official Zionist set-up in Pales
tine. Everything that Aaron
achieved, he was able to achieve
by his own initiative, his own
sacrifice, and the strength of his
will power. It shows what a
powerful, an invincible force is
generated when Jew meets Eretz
Israel
Chief Irish Rabbi
To Lead Congregation
On Fifth Avenue
NEW YORK, (AJP) — The
Fifth Avenue Synagogue, a new
orthodox house of worship now
being completed at 5 East G2nd
Street—three blocks from the
Reform Temple Emanu El—an
nounced this week that it has
engaged the chief Rabbi of Ire
land, Dr. Immanuel Jakobovitz,
as its spiritual leader.
Dr. Jakobovitz, who is 37 years
old and who was born in Ger
many, is expected to arrive for
the Rosh Hashonah holy days.
Gypsy Rose Lee
Starlite Star
July 29-August 3
When the lights go down and
the audiences leave and the
glittering stage clothes are hung
up for the night, internationally
celebrated Gypsy Rose Lee goes
home to her most beloved fan-
her son, Erik.
A couple of Siamese cats and
an Afghan hound complete the
family circle of the most photo
graphed and interviewed living
woman. Even as you and I, Miss
Lee helps with the homework of
a seventh grader, who as she
says, taught her about fractions.
“The only fractions I knew be
fore Erik introduced them to me
was the agent’s cut,” she says.
As the star of the next Broad
way hit show, “Happy Hunting,”
in Theater Under-the-Stars, Miss
Lee will be Atlanta’s guest in
the Chastain Amphitheater July
29-August 3. She will play the
leading role of Liz Livingstone,
who finds herself snubbed at
the wedding of Grace Kelly to
Prince Rainer of Monaco. Her
leading man will be Robert Goss,
a former ski jumper of inter
national reputation; her daugh
ter will be played by Mary
Ellen Terry, featured dancer on
many television shows.
The show which features such
hit tunes as “Mutual Admiration
Society” and If’n I Say I Love
You, Baby,” will be presented
without increase in admission
prices, with tickets selling from
$1.00 to 3.50 at the Theater Un
der-the-Stars box office at the
Georgian Terrace Hotel and at
the Symphony Box Office at
J. P. Allen’s downtown and
Buckhead stores. Free parking is
available at the Amphitheater
and buses travel to and from the
Amphitheater from Buckhead.
FOODS TO REMEMBER
By LEAH LEONARD
QUICK-EASY CASSEROLE OF
NOODLES & TUNA
Yt pound package of broad
noodles
3*4 quarts of water
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons oil or vegetable
shortening
Yi cup finely diced onion
Yi cup finely diced green pep
per
1 can tuna fish (7 or 8 once
size)
1 can mushroom soup
1 cup crushed dry breakfast
cereal, your choice
3 tablespoons more shortening
as above
Cook needles in salted water
as per directions on package.
Drain, rinse under running hot
water and drain again. While
noodles are cooking, fry diced
onions and green pepper in hot
shortening till lightly browned,
stirring for even cooking. Turn
half the cooked noodles in a
well greased casserole. Break up
the tuna fish and combine with
the fried . vegetables. Spread
over noodles. Top with remain
ing cooked noodles and turn the
undiluted mushroom soup over
the top, spreading it evenly.
Sprinkle crushed dry cereal over,
drizzle with melted shortening
or oil and bake at 350 deg. F.
for 20 minutes. If baking in an
electric broiler, allow 25 to 30
minutes at low heat, or till nice
ly browned on top. Of course
double or triple this recipe if
you are serving a crowd! Serves
6.
You’ll be delighted to serve
either of these relishes with the
casserole:
* * *
QUICK-EASY CELERY RELISH
2 cups finely chopped celery,
leaves included (packed
tight)
1 large green pepper, chopped
1 red sweet pepper, chopped
(or minced canned pimien-
to)
1 small carrot, grated
2 tablespoons prepared horse
radish (white kind)
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Is Suicide in Jail
BONN, (JTA)—Martin Knitt-
ler, former S.S. supervisor at the
Sachsenhausen concen t r a t i o n
camp, committed suicide last
week in a prison cell here where
he was awaiting trial on charges
of having tortured and murder
ed Jews and other camp inmates.
Knittler, captured by the Rus
sians at the end of World War
II, was tried by them and sen
tenced to life imprisonment. He
was subsequently turned over to
the German authorities on con
dition they try him for war
crimes.
4 tablespoons mayonaise
1 teaspoons prepared mustard,
optional
A dash of onion salt and
garlic powder
Combine in a mixing bowl in
the order listed and serve. Yields
about 3Vz cups relish.
* * *
CARAWAY-CABBAGE RELISH
3 quarts shredded cabbage
(about 2 pounds)
Boiling water to cover
1 large onion, grated
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons cooking oil
(olive, preferred)
1 tablespoon flour
6 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
Shred cabbage into a deep
bowl and cover with boiling
water. Let stand covered for 5
minutes then drain thoroughly.
Let cool. Add grated onion and
salt and stir well. Heat oil in a
small frying pan and stir in
flour, stirring over low heat till
lightly browned. Add vinegar,
sugar and caraway seeds and let
cook 5 minutes. Add to the cab
bage mixture while hot, stir
well. Good when chilled in a
covered glass container, about 1
hour. For serving this relish hot,
combine as above and let cook
5 minutes over moderate heat.
Excellent with fish or roasted
poultry, hot or cold. Tuck this
recipe into youi kitchen file.
Serves 6 to 8.
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