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Friday, September U, 1967
THE SOUTHBBN ISRAELITE
Return to Scopus
By JEROME J. SHESTACK
(Mr. Shestack is a member of the
Board of Governors of the He
brew University of Jerusalem)
******
Slowly, almost wearily, our
bus climbed the narrow curved
road ascending to Mt. Scopus. For
the first time in 20 years the
Board of Governors of Hebrew
University was to convene at the
University’s original site.
Conversation on the bus was
hushed; ghosts and memories rode
with us. Some of the passengers
had studied at Mt. Scopus; some
had taught there; others had
fought there. All had continued
to yearn for Scopus and all were
keenly aware of today’s historic
return.
Ever since 1948, Israelis had
looked at Mt. Scopus from the
distance. One could glimpse it
from Mt. Zion by peering be
yond the Jordanian border sen
tries patrolling back and forth
behind their sandbags. There
were other places in Jerusalem
from which one could see Mt.
Scopus—but always across the
barbed wire that divided Israeli
Jerusalem from Jordanian Jeru
salem. Now the barbed wire was
down.
The view from Mt. Scopus is
breathtaking. From the west, one
drinks in all of Jerusalem and
the brooding mountains and wil
derness of Judea. For the first
time I saw the entirety of old
and new Jerusalem stretched be
fore me. There lay the gleaming
gold of the Dome of the Rock,
the Valley of Gethsemane, the
walled Old City; in the distance
the King David Hotel and the
classic tower of the YMCA, then
the new City rising in levels be
hind it. From here we saw no
dividing lines, no barbed wire
barrier, no ugly stretch of
No Man’s Land. The scene is a
convincing argument for the
unity of Jerusalem. Nature made
it so.
From the east we could see
the deep ravine of the Jordan
Valley, the stretches of the Dead
Sea behind it and the mystic
purple mountains of Moab and
Gilead. It was startling to realize
that the Dead Sea was so close.
To reach it through Israel, one
had to make a day’s journey
through the Negev, around the
Jordan border, and ever miles of
steaming desert.
It was difficult to appraise fully
the condition of the University
buildings. The weather had taken
its toll; there was war damage,
though remarkably little, and
there was the decay of 20 years
of emptiness. But the structures
appeared sound; indeed, the arch
itecture seemed remarkably au
courant, and the Jerusalem stone
gave the impression of enduring
solidity and strength. Inside the
rooms were bare, forlorn, though
occasionally a piece of old equip
ment, a drawing on the black
board, a faded bulletin notice
dated 1947 gave testimony to the
past.
The ceremonies began. The fill
ed amphitheatre was still as the
President of the Hebrew Univer
sity Eliahu Elath began to speak
in Hebrew.
He recalled the formal open
ing of Hebrew University on this
site on April 1, 1925 and the
great who had sat on this
platform then: Rabbd Avraham
Yizhat Kook, Ahad Ha’am, Chaim
Hachman Bialik, Chaim Weiz-
mann, Nakum Sokolow, Men-
aehem Ussishkin and Sir Herbert
Samuel. I looked at the stage
and at those sitting there now.
The present could hold its owii
with the past. Here sat President
Zalman Shazar, Premier Levi
Eshkol, General Rabin, Judge
Louis Levintbal, Chairman of the
Board of Governors; N. Roten-
streich, the renowned rector of
the University; Israel Supreme
Court Justice Chaim Cohen, the
venerable 83 year-old scholar Nor
man Beotwich, world famous
archeologist Yigael Yadin, and
others who had played vital
roles in Israel’s progress. Surely,
future generations would look
back approvingly on this assem
blage too.
Then came the award of hon
orary degrees: to President Sha
zar, to David Horowitz, the Gov
ernor of the Bank of Israel, to
Professor Aryeh Dostrovsky and
Professor Moses Zvi Segal, re
nowned teachers at the Univer
sity, to Louis Boyar of the United
States, an indefatigable benefac
tor of the University, to Mr.
Pinchas Rosen and Dr. Helen
Kagan and to the eminent theo
logian and scholar Professor
Reinhold Niebuhr.
But the highlight was the
award of an honorary degree to
General Yitzhak Rabin, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Israeli
Defense Forces. He stood in his
uniform, silhouetted against the
ionic columns of the stage, the
setting sun lengthening the
shadows on his frame, and began
to speak in a warm rich voice.
The affection of the audience for
this man was evident in every
face as people leaned forward
anxious to catch each word:
It was the right talk for that
day. Why, he asked, did the Uni
versity see fit to grant the title
of Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
to a soldier in recognition of his
martial activities? “What is there
in common to military activity
and the academic world which
represents civilization and cul
ture?’’ His answer eptomizes the
spirit of the nation:
“All of this springs from
the spirit and leads back to
the spirit. Our warriors pre
vailed not by their weapons
but by the consciousness of
a mission, by a consciousness
of righteousness, by a deep
love for their homeland and
an understanding of the dif-
Enrollment Passes 600
At Stern College
NEW YORK (JTA) — Enroll
ment at the Yeshiva University’s
Stern College for Women exceed
ed 600 when the college began
its new semester here, Dr. Sam
uel Belkin, Yeshiva president,
said. The college opened in 1954
with a student body of 33.
An apartment-hotel, valued at
$4 million, has been taken over
by the college as a dormitory for
out-of-town students — about
two-thirds of the enrollment —
and a 113-year-old police station
was acquired and completely re
modeled to provide additional
administrative space and class
room facilities.
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ficult task laid upon them; to
ensure the existence of our
people in its homeland, to
protect, even at the price of
their lives, the right of the
Nation of Israel to live in its
own State, free, independent
and peaceful.
“This Army, which I had
the privilege of commanding
through these battles, came
from the people and returns
to the people, to people which
rises in its hour of crisis and
overcomes all enemies by
virtue of its moral values, its
spiritual readiness in the
hour of need.”
He accepted the degree in the
name of every one of the soldiers
of the Israeli Defense Forces.
And the ceremonies were over.
We rose to sing Hatikvah.
There was no exuberance, no
martial spirit in the singing.
Everyone, as if with one heart
and mind, sang softly, poignant
ly. The haunting melody sound
ed the yearning in the hearts of
all. Tears streamed down my face.
I was not alone.
NOW Graphic
Art Show to Aid
Thrift Shop
Signed limited-edition prints,
woodcuts and etchings by top
artists of the Americas, Europe
and Asia will be on display at
the Atlanta Jewish Cornmunity
Center for the 1967-68 opening
meeting of the Atlanta Section,
National Council of Jewish Wom
en on September 18 at 11 a. m.
The Graphic Arts Show was
assembled by Andre Stasik, di
rector of the Pratt Graphic Art
Center of New York. The prints
are matted and ready for fram
ing and will be available for
purchase.
Included are the works of
many famous artists, among them
Fritz Eichenberg, Cabor Peterdi,
Radulocic, Paul Jenkins, John
Ross and Seong Moy. Their
works may be seen at the major
museums.
Mrs. Carlyn Fisher will speak
on the value of graphics in art
collections and the various kinds
of graphic media. Mrs. Fisher is
the art editor of the Atlanta Mag
azine, survey director of the,
Georgia Art Commission, one of
the founders of the Piedmont Art
Festival and editor of Abstract,
official magazine of the Festival.
She is also an artist and has held
a one-man show of her own
works at the Alexander Gallery.
Admission to the art show, a
petit luncheon and champagne
will be dy bringing a bundle for
the Council Thrift Shop. Bundles
may be deliveied to the shop
at 1029 Peachtree St., N. E. prior
to September 18, or brought to
the AJCC on that date.
The Graphic Arts Show will
be on display again that evening
so that members of the evening
group and members’ husbands
and friends may enjoy it.
Further information can be had
by calling Mrs. Thomas Asher,
255-5980, or Mrs. Jay Salzman,
233-8311.
SAVANNAH NEWS
John William Osterweil, a rab
binical student at Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Re
ligion in Cincinnati, will serve
as rabui of Congregation B’nai
Sholom at Harland, Ky., for the
forthcoming high holiday period.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Irving G. Osterweil of Savannah.
• * * *
Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. Jaf-
fie A announce the birth of a
daughter, Susan Alise, on Aug
ust 24.
* * * •
Lee J. Kuhr has been elected
president of the Harmonie Club
at its 102nd annual meeting.
Serving with him will be David
L. Meddin, vice president; Mur
ray A. Galin, treasurer, and Ed
win J. Feiler Jr., secretary.
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lAJeddin
an
laementd
Kaufmann—Loeb
Rita Kaufmann
Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Kauf-
Rosenberg performed the cere
mony. . /
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tabackman
of Greenville, S.C. Lt. Rotkow’s
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Rotkow.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father. Mrs. William
Levine served as matron of hon
or, and Miss Barbara Tabackman
was her sister’s maid of honor.
William Levine was the best
man. Lloyd Goodman served as
usher.
Lt. and Mrs. Rotkow will make
their home in MidWest City,
Okla.
Lefko—Cohen
Arthur Lefko of Savannah an
nounces the engagement of his
daughter Shirley Arm to Stanley
Burton Cohen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Cohen of Atlanta.
Shirley is the daughter of the
late Mrs. Arthur Lefko.
The future bride attended the
mann of Atlanta announoe the en
gagement of their daughter Rita
Jane to Raul S. Loeb, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederico Loeb of
Olivos, Province Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Miss Kaufmann, an honor
graduate of Henry Grady High
School, will attend Massey Busi
ness College in Atlanta.
Mr. Loeb, born in Bahia
Blanca, Argentina, is a reserve
officer in his country’s armed
forces. He is a graduate of West
minster College and holds a de
gree in economics from the Na
tional School of Economics—Uni
versity of Buenos Aires. He spent
a year of training in Europe and
the United States for Nidera
Argentina S.A., an international
grain company, where he is pres
ently part of management at its
head office in Buenos Aires.
Wedding plans will be an
nounced later.
Tabackman—Rotkow
SAVANNAH — Miss Debra
Gail Tabackman and Lt. Joel
Martin Rotkow were married
Saturday, Aug. 26, at B’nai B’rith
Jacob Synagogue. Rabbi A. I.
University of Georgia and is em
ployed as a dental assistant in
Decatur.
The future bridegroom attend
ed Tulane University where he
was a member of Sigma Alpha
Mu fraternity. He received his
BBA and MPA degrees from
Georgia State College where he
was a member of Beta Gamma
Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. He
presently attends Emory Law
School. Mr. Cohen is a CPA and
is with the Internal Revenue
Service.
Lufthansa Wants Use
Of Kalendia Airport
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Luf
thansa, the West German airline,
and other foreign airlines have
requested permission to use the
Jerusalem airport at Kalendia
as a terminus for international
flights. Government agencies are
now studying the applications.
The airport which came into
Israeli hands in the Six-Day
War, is currently being used only
for domestic flights linking
Jerusalem with Tel Aviv and the
south.
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112—Elementary French I
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280—Physics
337—Differential Equations
117—Elementary Spanish II
342—Child and Adolescent
Psychology
344—Psychology of Learning
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132—Biology (Lab)
136— General Mathematics
323— Europe Since 1918
137— Elementary
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221—Principles of
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324— American History I
470—Marketing
343—Theories of Personality
382—Heat and Thermo
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370—Principles of
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