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Israel, Egypt to exchange visitors
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Energy Minister Moshe Shahal will
visit Egypt next week, and a group of Egyptian agronomists will
participate in “Agritec 86,” a major exhibition and convention in
Tel Aviv also to open next week.
These exchanges will be the first in the wake of the summit
conference in Alexandria last week, where Israeli Prime Minister
Shimon Peres and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak pledged a
warmer relationship between their countries.
New Shin Bet chief installed
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The new head of Shin Bet, Israel’s
internal security service, took office Monday. His identity is a state
secret.
He replaced Avraham Shalom, who resigned three months ago
after he and several top aides were accused of perjury in an attempt
to cover up the deaths of two Arab bus hijackers at the hands of
security agents in 1984. Shalom and his associates received blanket
pardons from President Chaim Herzog although none was ever
formally charged with any offense.
Swiss Air Force to consider Lavi
GENEVA (JTA)—Israel’s second generation jet fighter plane,
the Lavi, is one of six highly sophisticated combat aircraft under
consideration for purchase by the Swiss Air Force. The Defense
Ministry announced that preliminary studies have been completed
and the final decision will be based on tests of the competing
aircraft.
The Lavi, designed and built by Israel Aircraft Industries and
powered by American Pratt & Whitney engines, is due for its first
test flights in Israel this month. It is competing against three
U.S.-made planes, the F-16, Hornet and Tigershark F-20; the
Mirage 2000 built in France; and the Swedish-built Gripen
IAS-39.
Dr. Revel gets stamp of approval
NEW YORK (JTA)—A $1 postage stamp honoring Dr. Ber
nard Revel, the first president of the institution that later became
Yeshiva University, will be issued by the U.S. Postal Service in a
special ceremony Sept. 23 at the University’s Midtown Center in
Manhattan, according to Dr. Norman Lamm, president of the
university.
Sale of Israel Bonds on the rise
BALTIMORE (JTA)—State of Israel Bond sales in 1986
totaled $332,957,000. This represented a $51-million increase over
the same eight-month period last year and $110-million over the
similar period in 1984. These figures were announced at the Israel
Bond Organization’s annual National Leadership Conference.
The announcement was based on the 1986 annual campaign
report which was delivered at the opening session last Thursday.
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yehudah Halevy, president and chief executive
officer of Israel Bonds, spoke to the 300 Jewish leaders from 48
communities in the United States and Canada attending the
conference.
Jordan bank to open in Nablus
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Jordanian-owned Cairo-Amman
Bank will open a branch in Nablus shortly, the first Arab bank to
operate in the administered territories since 1967. The Central
Bank of Jordan announced that it has approved the project,
toward which the Israeli authorities have been amenable for some
time.
The bank in Nablus will be the latest in a series of measures
taken recently by Jordan to strengthen its ties with the Arab
residents of the West Bank and reduce the influence of the Pales
tine Liberation Organization in the territory.
Jews in Ethiopia still suffering
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Since “Operation Moses,’’the secret
airlift which brought some 10,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel between
November 1984, and January 1985, there has appeared to be a
public perception that the plight of Ethiopian Jewry has been
S °'But the some 100 persons attending a National Conference on
Ethiopian Jewry at the Capitol Hill Hyatt here were told that there
are still some 7,000-10,000 Jews in Ethiopia, most of them the
elderly, women and children.
They suffer from the problems that all Ethiopians do, hunger
and drought, but also persecution as Jews, speakers said at the
conference, which is sponsored by the American Association for
Ethiopian Jews. J
Letter to Mattingly not an endorsement
Editor:
This week many Jewish house
holds in Atlanta received a letter
on stationery titled “Supporters of
Mattingly.” This letter, signed by a
number of Jewish leaders, cites
Sen. Mack Mattingly’s position on
key Jewish issues.
Without my permission, this
campaign letter included a quote
from a letter I wrote to Mattingly,
as president of the Atlanta Chap
ter, the American Jewish Commit
tee, regarding his vote on the Gen-
Give the
Editor:
What greater mitzva can you
give to our beloved state of Israel
than giving of yourself?
Spend a few weeks on an Israeli
army base. Live the lifestyle of a
reservist. Fill kit bags, clean tanks,
pack food, work on the grounds,
cook the meals, sort parts, drink
coffee with the soldiers, listen to
Israeli music and many other non
military functions vital for the effi
cient operation of the Israeli De
fense Forces.
Meet the people of Israel. The
people who defend the state. The
people who pay the onerous taxes.
The people who are truly the heart
and soul of Eretz Israel. Our volun
teers return to America more com
mitted to our people, more con
cerned about Israel and more in
volved in the activities of American
Jewry.
The total cost of round trip air-
ocide Convention. The mailing also
included copies of letters written
by various other Jewish organiza
tions.
Both Senate candidates Wyche
Fowler and Mack Mattingly have
received numerous letters from our
organizations for their positive
votes on Jewish issues.
For those of us in the nonprofit,
tax-exempt world, it is illegal for
our organizations to endorse candi
dates.
I want to emphasize this point
ultimate gift
fare from New York, housing, food
and tours within Israel may be as
low as $524 and even less for stu
dents. (Prices vary depending on
the season and are subject to
change.)
Upon request, 1 will present to
you and your group a video film
showing the American volunteers
during their participation in the
program.
Relief can be
Editor:
“Relief’ doesn’t have to be spelled
like a popular antacid—it can be
spelled “Hillel,” especially for those
parents who have sent their sons
and daughters to Emory.
As a long-time supporter of
Atlanta’s Hillel, it was a joy to
attend a Shabbat dinner and find
over 50 students participating. Of
and correct any misimpression
people might get from reading this
campaign letter. At no time has the
American Jewish Committee ever
endorsed or opposed a candidate
for elective office. We correspond
with our elected officials on var
ious legislative issues. Such cor
respondence should never be inter
preted as a political endorsement.
Marvin Weintraub, Ph.D.
President. Atlanta Chapter
American Jewish Committee
to Israel
We hope that after you have
seen our film you will consider giv
ing the ultimate gift—involving
yourself in this inspiring, illumi
nating and rewarding experience.
Bernie Luvitky
808 Country Park Drive
Smyrna, Ga. 30080
(404) 432-0644 (evenings)
(404) 331-2932 (days)
spelled ‘Hillel’
course, this wasn't done with mir
rors. Dr. Aaron Shatzman and
Rabbi Zvi Shapiro have created an
opportunity for students to share a
Shabbat and at the same time, do a
little networking. This kind of suc
cess warrants continued commun
ity support.
Esther Rechtman
AJECOMCE ‘Ruach’ is contagious
Editor:
I nis summer my five-year-old
daughter Shira, my six-year-old
son Jordy, and my ten-year-old
son Eric came home from
AJECOMCE Day Camp and ex
citedly exclaimed, “Daddy, we’ve
got ‘Ruach!’” Admittedly lacking
in my knowledge of Hebrew, my
first reaction was that “Ruach”
was some contagious disease which
would require immediate medical
attention. However, upon further
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started falling on Dina herself. Her
whole body was buried under the
sand but she did not move until it
began to cover her mouth. She was
lying face upwards, breathed in
some sand and started to choke,
and then, scarcely realizing what
she was doing, she started to strug
gle in a state of uncontrollable
panic, quite prepared now to be
shot rather than to be buried alive.
“With her left hand, the good
one, she started scraping the sand
off herself, scarcely daring to
breathe lest she should start cough
ing; she used what strength she had
left to hold the cough back. She
began to feel a little easier. Finally
she got herself out from under the
earth...
“Dina's eyes were full of sand. It
conversation, they pridefully edu
cated me that “Ruach” is the
Hebrew word for spirit.
It has been several weeks since
camp concluded, and I still hear
them daily singing spirited Hebrew
camp songs, belting out spirited
camp cheers and fondly recounting
their happy memories of summer
camp.
To all the staff members, coun
selors and community supporters
of the AJFCOMCF Dnv Camp my
-Babi Yar—
wife Glenda and I want to say a
heartfelt “thank you” for giving
our children and hundreds of
youngsters in our community a
feeling of “Ruach.”
We have found that AJECOMCE
“Ruach” is, in fact contagious and
if your children haven’t caught it
yet, then we hope you will expose
them to the “bug” next camp season.
Fred and Glenda Broder
was pitch dark and there was the
heavy smell of flesh from the fresh
corpses...she stood up and started
making little foot-holds...and so
raised herself an inch at a time,
likely at any moment to fall back
into the pit. ...she heard a whisper
which nearly made her jump back.
‘Don’t be scared, lady! I’m alive
too.’ It was a small boy in vest and
pants who had crawled out as she
had done. He was trembling and
shivering all over. ‘Quiet!’she hissed
at him. ‘Crawl along behind me.’
And they crawled away silently,
without a sound.
“The boy’s name was Motyn. As
they were on the verge of leaving
the area, he called to her, ‘Don’t
move, lady, there’s Germans here!’
His call of warning was heard by
the Germans, who killed him on
the spot.”
After two days of shootings by
machine gun and other arms, the
Einsatzkommando unit had mur
dered 33,771 Jews, one human life
about every five seconds.
Rotation won’t affect embassy \
BALTIMORE (JTA)—Finance Minister Moshe Nisstm oj
Israel told 400 Jewish leaders from the United States and Canada
that when the Israel unity government’s rotation process takes
place next month, and Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Foreign
Minister Yitzhak Shamir exchange positions, “Israel’s economic
and foreign policies will remain unchanged.”
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