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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
A MOTHER IN ISRAEL—By Anita En*le
Camp Experiences
JERUSALEM—
Now that the summer holidays
are drawing to a close, one can
begin to think again. The pros
pect of being cooped up with
two fairly decent youngsters for
two and a half months in a con
stricted flat is more terrifying
to a mother in Israel—and a
father too—than having five
Arab armies massed on all our
borders at the same time.
The problem is: what to do
with the brutes? If there is only
one, you can manage somehow,
but when there are two or more,
a mother has to spend her whole
time getting them out of each
other’s hair—or out of hers
Sports at school-age level are
almost unheard of in this coun
try There is no such thing as
football or basketball or baseball,
or just kicking a ball around—
any of the normal things that
children should play at to use
up energy and develop muscles.
Consequently my younger son
David, who is now 12Vi, with
shoulders like a wrestler and
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the stamina of a Russian muz-
hick, could find nothing better
to do with his time than sit on
the floor playing at something
called five stones. They are little
brass cubes that look so much
like dice, I used to go into a
frenzy every time I saw him
playing with them
Finally, I decided that action
had to be taken. I went to the
Jerusalem Municipality and ask
ed if they hadn’t a playground
program of some sort. Even if
David was too old, he was so
efficient and reliable, he could
help the management with the
younger children I was told that
they couldn’t employ anyone
under 15, but why not send
David to a 2-week summer camp
the municipality was running in
some of the parks and school
grounds in the city Since David
had not heard about them from
his school or any of his friends,
I suspected that the camps were
for underprivileged children.
But I wasn’t asking any ques
tions.
I chose a camp that was in the
grounds of an old Greek mon
astery not far from where we
live. The next morning David
went off, with no anticipation
of pleasure in his face, but rath
er relieved to get away from my
nagging
He was at the camp from 8
a m until 1 When I saw the
place where he and some 600
other boys and girls were spend
ing the hideously hot hours, my
heart fell, for it was as dusty as
a stampede ground But David
quite liked it There was a lot
going on and the young men
and women in charge—elemen
tary school teachers who aug
mented their salaries this way—
were good natured and energet
ic.
The camp was divided into
three groups One was named
“Holland,” one “China,” and the
other, by some lapse of taste, or
memory, was named “Old
Egypt.” Each group had to turn
their enclosure into a semblance
of what they represented, and
to prepare a relevant pageant
for visitors at the end of the
camp. Was David ever lucky!
He was in the Holland group,
and one day a representative
from the Dutch embassy came
to visit them. He gave them a
little talk about Holland, and
then invited the children to his
residence in Jerusalem for re
freshments. It’s not only the
Africans who are considered
worth courting, evidently.
When the camp drew to an
end, David was asked to give
the summing up on behalf of
the children. The Dutch official
had told the children about a
saying they have in Holland:
God created the water, but the
Dutch created the land. David,
in his summary, pointed out that
in the camp their problems were
just the opposite. They had so
much earth that everytime they
moved, it came flying up in
clouds around them. While as for
water—it was so scarce, they
had to suck the tap for half an
hour before they could get a
drop to drink Still he felt lucky
to be there. And the Dutch were
lucky too. They could come and
visit the camp, and be received
as friends. Even if Nasser had
wanted to send a representative
to visit the Egyptian camp, he
wouldn't have been able to get
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Begin to Speak
In Varnegie Hall
November 20
NEW YORK, (WUP)-Mcna
chem Begin, former Commander-
in-Chief of the Irgun which
played a vital role in forcing the
British to surrender its mandate
over Palestine to the UN, is
scheduled to arrive in the U.S
in mid-November for a nation
wide lecture tour on “Exodus,—
Facts and Fiction ”
Mr Begin’s opening lecture
will take place at Carnegie Hall,
Sunday, November 20
My Begin, who today heads
Israel’s second largest, Opposi
tion Party, Heruth, was born 46
years ago in Brest-Litovsk, Po
land, and received a traditional
Jewish upbringing and still
maintains his Judaism to this
day. Among a great many Is
raelis he has become a legend,
a hero for the cause of freedom
An indefatigable fighter for
Israel statehood, Mr Begin di
rected an unprecedented under
ground battle against the British
disguised as a venerable rabbi
studying the Talmud in a Tel
Aviv synagogue. The British,
who had put a price on his head,
had often passed him on the
streets without recognizing that
he was the “terrorist” they had
been seeking
In the early 30’s young Mena-
chem Begin joined the Jewish
Youth movement Betar in Po
land His amazing gifts and
ability brought him to the fore
front, and in 1938 he became
head of the “Betar" with over
60,000 members in Poland. At
the outbreak of World War II,
Poland was partitioned and Be
gin was arrested by the Russians
as an "agent of British imperial
ism. “On April 1, 1941, he was
sentenced to 8 years hard labor
in Siberia But, when Hitler in
vaded Russia in that year, Polish
citizens suddenly ceased being
enemies and became allies. Be
gin was released and enlisted in
General Anders’ Polish Army
and sent to the Middle East. In
1943, he was elected the Com
mander-in-Chief of the Irgun.
Leon Uris, in his book "Exo
dus,” used Begin as his inspira
tion for the character “Akiva"
However, Heruth officials say
that the book’s inaccuracies, du
plicated in the film, about the
Israeli revolt, have led Mr. Be
gin to come to America to tell,
in person, the full story of the
real “Exodus.”
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