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1* THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE April IS, When You Need a NURSE or AIDE r y in the Hospital or at Home _ CALL 262-3363 m V - 4 e r n ■111(11 SI1IIIIS. lit. otvmoN nmiM tcmsomsv inmai ALL NURSES AND AIDES BONDED AND INSURED 6«t m great thing going at Gulf JIM HALL’S GULF TIRE STORE • Towing A Road Sarvlca • Tuna upa — Brake Work • Wheel aMgnment — balancing • Carwash — credit cards accepted. 255-9742 6024 ROSWELL RO N.E. (1 BLOCK NORTH OF 1-285) Hyman Electrical Appliance Sales & Service aid 0* trie* Cwrtractors OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE R. M HYMAN PRESIDENT A TECHNICAL ENGINEER SALES & SERVICE ^LpUtiJU. W) WE SERVICE 6EAITIIMKES ALL MAKES, ETC. REFRIGERATORS. FREEZERS. . US CONOmOMBS. TOASTBS. CENTRU MS COMMTNNSNC * STOVES. MATERS. ETC. 24 HOUR SERVICE Did you know? Gentiles discovered Jewish holy places In Jerusalem by Josef Goldschmidt Many a visitor to Jerusalem is surprised to find s remarkable number of non-Jewish names connected with some of the holiest Jewish sites. You stand before the Western Wall and notice the base of an ancient arch jutting out of the wail. Upon questioning you learn that this is “Robinson’s Arch.” Looking a little closer in the immediate neighborhood you discover remains of a gate that must have led up into the Tem ple Mount, near its southern reaches — and you learn that this is “Barclay’s Gate.” You walk along the wall in a northern direction and enter a tunnel-like passage with arches built of well cut stones. Still looking around in wonder in the semi-darkneaa you see there the base of yet another great arch, and this one is called “Wilson’s Arch.” A few more steps and you come to a deep shaft: counting downwards you discover no less than 13 or 14 tiers of stones like those of the Western Wall near by. Obviously those tiers must have been placed there at a time when the Temple Mount rose out of a deep valley that passed at its foot. Who found this out by dig ging that shaft? The name — “Warren’s Shaft” gives us the answer. Why are the names of so many Gentiles connected with these sites? Who weTe these men whose names jevery discerning tourist must meet with' on his wanderings in Jerusalem? The amazing answer is that from about the year 1840 there was in the western world an up surge of interest in the Holy Land, its history, geography, its flora and fauna. Many ex peditions with hundreds of men from Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany, the United States, France and other Scene depicts excavation work in 1865 at Wilson’s Arch, north of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. countries came to the ancient land, which was then part of the declining and ill administered Ottoman Empire. Take for instance Robinson. Edward Robinson was a New York professor of biblical literature, a philologist and a theologian. He may rightly be called the father of Eretz Israel research. Barclay of “Barclay’s Gate” has quite a different story to tell. He was a medical doctor and a missionary who was sent to Jerusalem by the Turkish sultan to accompany a Turkish architect who was to carry out repair on the Dome of the Rock. Barclay used the years 1855- 1857 in Jerusalem for research into the antiquities of the town. His privileged position as envoy of the sultan made this fairly easy for him. He later published his main findings and theories SPECIAL! COMPLETE REBUILT TRANSMISSION $175 under the name “The City of the Great King,” or Jerusalem as she was, as she is now and will be in the future.” The name of Warren takes us to Great Britain. He was a 27- year-old officer of the Royal Engineer Corps and was sent to Eretz Israel in 1867 as head of the second expedition of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Indeed, Warren dug seven shafts in the area around the Temple Mount. It is he who dis covered the subterranean maze of vaulted streets that had been buried for many hundreds of years. Jews were not altogether ab sent from this field, but they certainly were a minority among 19th century explorers. Let us name just one — Rabbi Jehoseph Schwarz who was born in Bavaria and lived in Jerusalem in the years 1833-1865. He specialized, among other pur suits, in recording exact obser vations on the time of sunrise and sunset in Jerusalem, for which he published no less than 4000 figures. The efforts and the love of Jerusalem of men of many nations have contributed over the last hundred years to make Jerusalem what it is today. Their names live with us for what they have done. The author is Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem. (LESS CONVERTER-MOST CARS) WE ALSO DO -GENOA! REPAIRS- TUNE-UP BRAKES |A-1 TRANSMISSION .. : 2625 Main ft - E. Pt 766-1696 Rim dt Paris $ . SUCKHSAD Til K. PamFmr nA.Na. Ml-MSS --™*’ ’MRNnEBSSSRttQMM ’■