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A MOTHER IN ISRAEL THE SOUTH'S FINEST OWNER-OPERATED DRUG STORES l]|•nd«rtr w R«fc«rtsln<. F I [/. m r 3073 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.E. CEdar 3-1122 There Is No Rabbi in the House by ANITA ENGLE CHARGE AND DELIVERY SERVICE ROAD SERVICE MElrose 6 7021 SINCLAIR PRODUCTS - GOODYEAR TIRES & TUBES BATTERIES - ACCESSORIES Dub’s Sinclair Service MECHANIC ON DUTY SINCLAIR BRIARCLIFF & LaVISTA ROADS ATLANTA, GA. W. C. “Dub” Watkins Jerusalem To find 10 old people in search of a home for their declining years is, alas, only too common. But to find a home in search of 10 needy old people, that’s news. The home, a $75,000 structure of imported marble, situated at Ra- naana, has been standing empty for four years for lack of suitable candidates. It was built, equipped and is being maintained by Dr. Samuel Zimmerman, a wealthy, retired New York pediatrician who gave up his American citizenship to come and settle in Israel some 5 years ago. The tenants whom Dr. Zimmer man is waiting to nourish and care for are aged and destitute rabbis— without wives. Evidently this is a category which is in short supply, for so far apart from Dr. Zimmer man and his wife, the home had only one resident. The little old rabbi who had come to end his years there stayed long enough to marry Dr. Zimmerman to his pres ent wife, and then was taken away by his son, who had found a wife for him. The 63-year-old financier-physi cian built the home for needy rabbis in memory of his parents who died in New York ten years ago. He has left suffcient money in his will to maintain the home for as long as Ranaana remains in existence. Deeply religious and in tensely devoted to the memory of his parents, Dr. Zimmerman has thought out every detail and spared no expense in equipping the home for traditional living with comfort, such as his own parents were not able to enjoy until later in life. The ten bedrooms have foam- rubber mattresses, easy chairs and private balconies for sun-bathing. The kitchen has been stream lined for large scale kashrut, with three stoves (for cooking milk, meat and parveh foods) and two institutional size deep freezers. There are three Sefer Torahs in the marble synagogue which forms part of the home. The smart, up- to-date mikveh, complete with showers and a sunken marble pool, wouldn’t shame a movie star. The cement is the only thing in the home which comes from Is rael. Everything else, the building materials, plumbing equipment, furniture, a complete medical clin ic, came from the U.S. Dr. Zim merman brought it over on the coffins of his dead parents. When ever Dr. Zimmerman returns to the States, he brings back more things for the home. Only the rabbis are lacking. When Dr. Zimmerman investigates applicants, he finds that they have families, or are wanting to move in just for the comfort, and not because they have no alternative. The Jewish Agency has promised to help him. They hope that im migration from Hungary and Ru mania will bring some suitable candidates for the home. Is Dr. Zimmerman down-heart ed? On the contrary, he and his wife are ideally happy, keeping the house in order and working in their vast garden, with a Yemenite gardner and his wife as their only assistants. When friends accuse them of being very satisfied with the present vacant state of the home, they are indignant. Just let some needy and suitable rabbi turn up. they maintan, and all the attention in the world will be given him. Although Dr. Zimmerman was successful in his profession, his real wealth stems from another source. He was a lieutenant in the Medical Corps in France in World War 1. During a retreat his hospital had to be evacuated. The dead and dying were left behind. There was one young soldier whom Dr. Zimmerman refused to abandon. He was sure he could re cover with proper treatment. The young man didn’t die. “I’m one of the Morgan family,’’ he told Zim merman before they parted. “When you get back to the States, come and see me.” Zimmerman was so busy getting himself set up in his profession after the war, he forgot all about the soldier whose life he had saved. Then, one day, finding him self walking down Wall Street, he remembered the young man, and went to call on him. After a warm reunion, the young man, now a perfectly healthy financier, gave Dr. Zimmerman some suggestions for investments. Dr. Zimmerman has never ceased to prosper from that time. The Southern Israelite 14