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Friday, May 10, I960
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
laxes in a Museum
JERUSALEM'—The building at
the corner of King David St. and
Mamillah Road long housed the
investigators of the British C.I.D.
There was gen
eral rejoicing
Jewish
here when
mderground blew
up the
in the
days which
ceded establish
ment of the State.
The half-wrecked
ruins were taken
over by .
and criminals, Alpert
and soon became headquarters of
Jerusalem’s underworld.
It is this building, cleaned up
and rebuilt, which today contains
one of the most unusual museums
in a country which specializes in
museums of all kinds. Here, on
the ground floor, is Israel’s Mus
eum of Taxes.
It is not intended for tourists.
This is an exhibition for the Is-
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raeli citizen, intended to make
him familiar, by visual means,
with tax matters and to recall
the fascinating history of taxa
tion. Descriptive material is in
Hebrew.
Of course a sizeable part of
the exhibition is devoted to a
display and demonstration of
smuggling methods. Indeed, the
novioe smuggler might well come
here for ideas. He will find out
how to carve concealed holes in
the heels of his shoes. He will
see how a package of cigarettes
can be cleverly hollowed out to
make room for precious contra
band. All the exhibits, we are told,
were confiscated by the country’s
eagle-eyed customs offioers.
There are documents ranging
from the historic to the curious.
There is the letter written to the
Mandatory tax officials by 15
Jewish merchants of Jerusalem in
1926. They protested because tax
instructions were issued only in
English, “ a language we do not
understand.” And there is the in
dignant reaction of a well known
Haifa professional personality
who took vigorous exception to
the assessment of his income by
the Israeli tax official. He dis
patched the following aoerbic let
ter: ‘‘In my official capacity I
hereby appoint you Emperor of
Japan and the islands of the Pa
cific Ocean. This appointment is
just as realistic as your assess
ment of my in coin e for the year.”
To be sure, not everybody was
critical of the poor tax collector.
In a central spot is a big Jew
ish National Fund certificate at
testing that a garden of 118 trees
was planed in honor of the ef
ficient and helpful customs au
thorities at Lydda Airport. The
donor: an American Jew, presum
ably a tourist.
For the Israeli who groans
under taxation there is reminder
of the good old days when citi
zens used to volunteer freely to
pay their unofficial taxes for the
maintenance of the underground
Haganah. And to show the place
of taxes in Jewish tradition there
is a reproduction of the instruc
tions issued by the Jewish com-
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Jewish Groups
Lead in Aiding
Riot Victims
PITTSBURGH (JTA) — The
Jewish Community Relations
•Council of Pittsburgh, along with
the United Jewish Federation,
is one of the chief participants in
inter-community efforts to ex
tend aid and counsel to victims
of the race riots that erupted
here following the assassination
of Dr. Martin Luther King, the
Negro civil rights leader.
According to a JCRC report,
activities to date include meet
ings with victimized merchants
and the City Council on prob
lems of re-building and aid, re
quests to synagogues which res
ponded by making their facilities
available as drop-off centers for
clothing, food and furniture and
a campaign to let organizations
know of the programs designed
to cope with problems cited in
the Kerner Commission report on
civil disorders.
Hillard Kreimer, chairman of
the JCRC, said “We have been
in continuous touch with the
Council of Churches and the
Catholic Diocese to coordinate
aid activities.” The United Jew
ish Federation, meanwhile, has
counseled merchants hard hit by
the riots and has guided them, in
some cases to the Hebrew Free
Loan Association for help. The
JCRC is serving as an informa
tion center for the victims and
has met in emergency session to
plan long range goals.
munity of Mantua, Italy, to its
members in 1695. Members of the
Kehillah were reminded that he
who does not pay what he ought
“will be robbing the community
—an unbearable iniquity.”
There is an interesting ration
ale for some taxes as well. The
exhibit shows alcoholic stills which
were confiscated, and home to
bacco machinery. Perhaps you
thought these private businesses
were closed up because they did
not pay the taxes due on their
product. This was not the only
reason, the tax authorities hasten,
to reassure us. They are also con
cerned with proper safeguards for
the health of the drinker and the
smoker. Payment of excise duties
is only secondary — or so they
say.
In the four years that the mus-
seum has been open no one has
made any attempt to steal the
valuable old coins, rare stamps
and other precious items that are
on display—all part of smuggled
loot. I oan understand why. In the
comers of the museum stand two
uniformed wax figures of cus
toms guards. They are so life
like and so prominently placed
that the visitor has the eerie
feeling that they are watching all
the time.
And I guess that is the rep
utation that the tax and customs
officials like to foster.
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