Page 4 - THE NEWS - February. 1982
WORLD BEAT edited by Marta Garelik
My Synagogue Education
In Brooklyn
Swiss Army To
Buy Israeli Arms
GENEVA (JTA) - The
Defense Ministry announced
that the Swiss army intends
to buy from Israel engines
and cannons for the 300 Cen
turion tanks the army
bought from England. Ap
parently the tanks did not
function properly and the
British manufacturing firm
could not rectify the pro
blem.
A contract to be signed
with Israel stipulates that
Israel will be paid two
million Swiss Francs for
every Centurion it converts.
The entire deal is espected to
net Israel 600 million Swiss
Francs.
Exports to U.S.
Top $ Billion Mark
WILMINGTON. DEL.
(Jerusalem Post) — A
ceremony held here recently
to mark the handing over of
an Israel Aircraft Industries
Westwind plane to the Atlan
tic Aviation company also
marked the first time Israel
has topped $1 billion in an
nual exports to the U.S.
Exports to the U.S. of the
Westwind will this past year
reach $160m., an Israel Air
craft Industries spokesman
said. Of the 52 planes the
company has marketed this
past year, 75 percent are to
go to the U.S.
Israel Can Prodnce
All It Needs
TEL AVIV (JTA) - Chief
of Staff Lt. Gen. Rafael
Eitan says that Israel can
produce all its needs. He told
the Industry and Commerce
Club that Israel, despite its
size, has unlimited potential
in the military, industrial
and security fields and is
able to produce everything it
needs to protect itself. The
only limiting factor was the
economic one, and defense
production over a period of
time would come at the ex
pense of consuiner goods.
Improving Kibbutz
Lifestyles
JERUSALEM (JTA)
-Color TV in every home,
telephones in eyery room
and free calls for members,
cable TV for all members
(when it reaches Israel)
—these are some of the ser
vices to be enjoyed by 11 kib
butzim in the Negev under a
contract signed between
them and a local communica
tions company, Tel-Gal of
Tel Aviv.
Each of the 11 kibbutzim
has put a reported $450,000
into the project, designed to
markedly improve and ease
the lifestyles of their
members.
Large Corporations
More Open
PHILADELPHIA (Jewish
Post & Opinion) — A pro
found change in the attitude
toward > Jews of large cor-
poralioos has taken place in
the last five years — a
change that has meant the
emergence of high-level
Jewish executives at such
firms as AT«&T, General
Motors and Coneco. So said
Irving Shapiro, retired chair
man and chief executive of
DuPont, in a recent inter
view with the Philadelphia
Jewish Exponent. Speaking
of big business in general, he
said, “There are still pockets;
of bias, but no pervasive pro
blem.”
Shapiro had some advice
to young Jews who wish to
climb the corporate ladder.
“Don’t worry about being
Jewish,” he said, “worry
about being good.”
Anti-Semitic Acts on
The Rise in Massachusetts
BOSTON (JTA) - An of
ficial of ADL has charged
that law enforcement agen
cies are not taking seriously
the alarming upsurge of anti-
Semitic acts of vandalism
and defacement of property
reported in Massachusetts
during the past year. Accor
ding to ADL, the number of
such incidents in the state
nearly doubled, rising from
34 in 1980 to 64 in 1981.
Most frequent were the
scrawling of swastikas and
graffiti such as “Hitler
should have burned all
Jews,” “Jews should be
buried,” “kike” and “Kill
Jews” found on homes,
synagogues, businesses,
schools and public transpor
tation facilities.
Move to Redvce the
Number of Children
OfEmiaaariea Abroad
ll%o Study in
Non’Jewiah Schools
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
The joint government-
Jewish Agency coordinating
body will discuss ways to
reduce the number of
c.hildren of official
emissaries abroad who study
in non-Jewish public and
private schools. Many
Israeli youngsters whose
parents were sent abroad on
government or other public
missions do not attend
Jewish schools in their local
communities. According to
the written contract signed
by all emissaries these
school-age children must .be
given a Jewish and Zionist
education while abroad.
Thoroughbreds Boost Hopes
TEL AVIV (Jerusalem
Post Reporter) — The recent
sale of three Israeli
thoroughbred racing horses
in Newmarket, England has
boosted hopes among Israeli
breeders that horses may
soon become a successful ex
port product. British agent
Valerie Barnes of New
market stated that Israel has
great potential in this field.
Yael Artzi Tishby, who
deals with horse exports at
the Export Institute, said
that there are fewer than 20
farms and breeders in this
new branch. But the favor
able climate and the great ex
pertise of Israeli breeders
makes it likely that horses
will become a profitable ex
port branch.
Company to Make
Artificial Pancreas
TEL AVIV (Jerusalem
Post Reporter) — A new
company called Omicron
Scientific Inc., which will
specialize in manufacturing
an artificial pancreas and an
advanced heart pace-maker,
has been set up here.
Mennen Medical
developed a pace-maker
several years ago which is
now widely used in Israel
and abroad. Its know-how
will be transferred to
Omicron, which will start
working on the development
of the advanced pace-maker.
Work on the artificial pan
creas, which will regulate in
sulin for sufferers of
diabetes, was started several
months ago.
First Application
Of Solar Power
Produces French Fries
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
first application of solar
power for commercial pur
poses began in Israel on
December 13. A specially
built computer activated 500-
square meters of solar
energy collectors to produce
steam running an electric
generator at the Tapud food
factory in Shaar Hanegev.
The > product: French fried
potatoes.
The solar power plant,
known as the Luz system or
LS-I, was designed by Ar
nold Goldman, an engineer
who recently immigrated
from the U.S. American ex
perts described it as the most
efficient solar generator in
the world. The Tapud fac
tory is the first to use it on a
commercial basis.
The system is composed of
a battery of long parabolic
mirrors in the form of
troughs which reflect
sunlight on an oil-filled pipe
in the center of the trough.
The liquid in the pipe ab
sorbs the sun’s heat'and
transforms it into steam
energy at temperatures of up
to 250 degrees C. The com
puter keeps the troughs
pointed directly at the sun
for maximum efficiency.
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Attending synagogue in
Brooklyn was a crucial part
of my education. In the
1950’s I lived with my family
in the Midwood section of
Brooklyn, one of the more af
fluent Jewish neighborhoods
in that borough. The area
contained many single fami
ly homes as well as the high-
rise apartment houses of
Ocean Parkway. Most of the
Jewish men in this
neighborhood were suc
cessful businessmen or pro
fessionals and it was usual
for their children to go to Ivy
League colleges or profes
sional schools. There were
numerous synagogues in the
area. The one my family at
tended was Young Israel of
Flatbush.
Every Shabbat morning
the Young Israel was packed
with people and often
latecomers were compelled
to stand in the back or in the
aisles. There was much
davening and loud singing
during the service. Everyone
was involved and par
ticipating. But in addition to
the davening there was also a
great deal of conversation
taking place. In the men’s
section downstairs the prin
ciple topics of conversation
were: the stock market,
American politics as it per
tained to Jewish interests,
shul politics, neighborhood
news, and, at times, the por-
Firat Arab-Jewish Class
(Jerusalem Post) — The
country’s first Jewish-Arab
integrated class has just
been opened in Nazareth, an
Education Ministry spokes
man announced. The class is
made up of about 50
volunteer Arab and Jewish
eighth and Qinth graders,
selected from several schools
in the Jewish Upper
Nazareth and Arab
Nazareth. The pupils all
want to specialize in
mathematics and science.
tion of the week.
During the reading of the
Torah I would leave my
father to go up to the men’s
section in the balcony, where
a number of my friends were
sitting. There we par
ticipated in heavy intellec
tual discussions, informed
by our amateur knowledge of
psychology, philosophy,
comparative religion, and a
host of other fields. I still
remember a talk I had with
Zev Wanderer, who is now a
psychologist in Beverly
Hills, concerning the power
of God and his failure to in
tervene during the Holo
caust. This conversation
took place years before
Richard Rubenstein wrote
his famous book on the same
topic. I also remember talk
ing with a friend who was
studying to be a Conser
vative rabbi concerning the
Bible as seen through the
eyes of modern scholarship.
In a sense our combination
of prayer and talk was simp
ly a newer and more secular
version of the mixture taking
place in the men’s section
downstairs. We wanted to at
tend the synagogue, both
because we liked the service
and because of parental
pressure, but we also had a
strong drive to learn. In any
event the shul we attended
was very much alive with all
kinds of noise and singing.
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