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The Aftermath:<br />

Or Now That We've Arrived<br />

Yesterday, no was it Monday, well actually maybe Wednesday,<br />

or was that the day we lost?<br />

Anyway, we arrived.<br />

We were greeted 2:00 in the morning Israeli time—<br />

(8:00 p.m.<br />

Baltimore, Pittsburgh, or Miami time, 7:00 p.m. Chicago time, and<br />

5:00 p.m. in Oregon)— with a friendly,<br />

"Shalom studentim. We've arranged a reception for<br />

you— grapes, cookies, and soda. Later we will have<br />

singing and dancing led by our own Israeli army. But<br />

first, go into the room on your left with your passport.<br />

There you will pick up your room assignment and keys.<br />

BE SURE TO SIGN FOR THEM IN TRIPLICATE. Then proceed<br />

across the hall and pick up a desk lamp and one, faded,<br />

dirty, old, spotted bedspread which must also be SIGNED<br />

FOR IN TRIPLICATE (of course) and then, if it's still<br />

there, pick up your luggage which was left in the parking<br />

lot. Return immediately and you will be escorted to<br />

your new room by our computer chosen Israeli soldier<br />

who will make sure that you have all the comforts of<br />

home (except sheets, mother, and a full-sized bed. And<br />

we will see you all tommorrow morning at 8:15, "brighteyed<br />

and bushy-tailed," for REGISTRATION. (And if that's<br />

too early, don't worry, come at 8:30, 9:00, 10:00 . . .<br />

you're in Israel now)."<br />

(continued)<br />

- 2-


Yes, Israel, the land of milk and honey; where milk comes in<br />

plastic bags and honey can't be found because you haven't learned how<br />

to say it yet.<br />

* * *<br />

After a barrage of carbon copies, I.D. cards, health forms,<br />

housing applications, questionnaires, and completion of payments, we<br />

were officially "WELLCOMED" (as it was written on the official<br />

blackboard) to the One Year Program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,<br />

Mt. Scopus Campus.<br />

"Now that the tedious bureaucratic procedures are over with,<br />

let’s go and explore this new country on our own."<br />

"Great Idea!<br />

Uh . . . where do you want to go Mona?"<br />

"Well, how about . . . the POST OFFICE?"<br />

The post office. How simple it sounds, but how difficult it<br />

really is. First difficulty— How to get into town without losing<br />

your head?<br />

The main source of transportation in Israel is provided by the<br />

Egged Bus Company.<br />

If you know what bus you want, where you are going, how much it<br />

costs, and which side of the street to wait on, you've got no problem<br />

at all. However an American student who knows nothing about Egged,<br />

has only American money, and doesn't know exactly where she's going,<br />

let alone where she's been . . . SCREECH!<br />

(continued)


"Barbara, the bus is here."<br />

"FAR-OUT!<br />

. . . . which bus?"<br />

"Norma, where is it going?"<br />

"How do I know? This is a bus isn't it?<br />

I think it's headed<br />

toward the city . . .<br />

"Let's get on it anyway."<br />

but "lo hashuv," (that means "It doesn't matter")<br />

"That's cool."<br />

"Nina, you go first'— you know Hebrew!"<br />

"Shalom, uh, cama, wait a minute, . . . cama ze o'leh?<br />

B 'vak-a-sha?"<br />

"Yo vant to go to the ceety? Vorty-five agarot."<br />

ii<br />

oh"<br />

* * *<br />

''continued)<br />

W h a t ti me<br />

is it when


Before coming to Israel we had been duly warned about drinking<br />

the water, watching our diets, the aggressive Israeli guys, the tense<br />

Middle East situation, the tenser situation at home if we were to come<br />

home married or the even tenser situation if we weren't to come home,<br />

pocket-book inspections upon entering every building, and bargaining<br />

in the Arab Market, but NO ONE TOLD US ABOUT EGGED BUSES.<br />

To say that a ride on an Egged bus is like a ride on a run-away<br />

roller coaster in a windstorm is an understatement. As novices, we had<br />

not as yet mastered the complicated techniques of reamaining seated<br />

(if we were lucky enough to have found a seat) or the ability to stand<br />

(which was usually the case).<br />

Barbara Loney<br />

* * * Mona Mandel<br />

A * * Nina Melnick<br />

Norma Skolnik<br />

[and so this is how the Red Tape unconciously began—<br />

July 14, <strong>1972</strong><br />

somewhere in Resnick when a few girls started recording<br />

their collective adventures—<br />

What a better INTRODUCTION, if not with the beginning?]<br />

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!%'p


OVERHEARD;<br />

Are Rarkahi's grades up yet?<br />

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Part of a letter to students on the One Year Study Program from Aaron<br />

M. Singer, Assistant Dean, O.Y.S.P. Dated January 25, <strong>1973</strong>:<br />

Dear Student,<br />

We do hope that by now you have made a satisfactory adjustment to<br />

the Hebrew University and are beginning to take full advantage of the<br />

opportunities open to you in Israel.<br />

Conforming to a radically different system of study and making<br />

genuine contact with a new country in so short a period of time, is no<br />

easy task even for one pre-disposed to Israel. It demands an abundance<br />

of affection, self confidence and initiative to break the intangible but<br />

real culture barrier. We, on our part, will try to mitigate whatever<br />

possible areas of conflict and unnecessary ’’red tape."<br />

* * * *<br />

Un-beknownest to Mr. Singer, the O.Y.S.P. yearbook, Red Tape, had been<br />

born two days earlier somewhere in the recesses of Resnick Dorms—<br />

needless to say, the originators of the book had a hearty chuckle when<br />

the above letter appeared in their mailboxes. Point proven. . .<br />

- 8-


To be abroad for one year can be a bitter-sweet experience.<br />

You are constantly aware of the flight of days - so much to taste<br />

and too little time! You are caught between the demands of your<br />

studies and the lure of the country. Lacking adequate Hebrew and<br />

a healthy streak of "hutzpa", you find yourself for ever perched<br />

on the outer wall of Israeli society. Yet something of the land,<br />

the people, the history, the mystic soul of Israel steals inside<br />

you and no inconvenience, bureaucratic hassle, clash of cultures<br />

can shake the "dibbuk" loose.<br />

We of the School for Overseas Students genuinely hope that<br />

the University has, in some small measure, added an intellectual<br />

and spiritual demension to your experience in Israel.<br />

!p m n n pm pm<br />

Aaron M. Singer<br />

Assistant Dean<br />

One Year Study Program<br />

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ADMINISTRATION<br />

Gloria Dror<br />

Mel Glatzer<br />

Professor Y. Arieli<br />

•10-<br />

Dr. A. Avi-Hai


-11-


MY MOST FAVORITE ENTANGLEMENT WITH THE RED TAPE—<br />

My mother sent me eight cupcakes in a cardboard box in<br />

October. In December, I received a note from the post office<br />

telling me to come to pick up a package. When I got to the<br />

post office, I was told I had to go get a customs exemption<br />

before I could receive my package. Off I went to the customs<br />

office where I was given four forms, one of which was to be<br />

thrown away before I left. Back in the post office, I received<br />

my box and opened it. Under the wrapping, I found a note,<br />

stamped with a military seal, indicating that a security check<br />

had been performed. I opened the box and found that one of the<br />

cupcakes had been torn apart. At the bottom there was a second<br />

note: "This package has been subjected to security checks by<br />

physical and x-ray techniques and should not be eaten. Please<br />

ask your friends not to send suspicious boxes. Shalom ou-Baracha,<br />

from the Office of the President of Israel." ! ! !<br />

Yale Zussman<br />

-12


My last package from home contained:<br />

-BIC pens<br />

-a pair of genuine American<br />

—a Natural Foods cookbook<br />

-6 rolls of scotch tape<br />

-underwear<br />

-WRIGLEY's gum<br />

-NOXEMA<br />

-crumpled Homentashen from my Temple Sisterhood<br />

-everything I didn't need (but wanted!)<br />

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BEGINNINGS<br />

As TWA flight 810 gathered speed for take-off, the passenger<br />

beside me turned to me and introduced himself as the Reverand Thomas<br />

Newman, bound for Jerusalem. I introduced myself and indicated I had<br />

the same destination, and then turned to watch the lights of America<br />

fade behind us. A couple of hours later, after trying to get some<br />

sleep, a stewardess brought the first of several airline meals that<br />

succeeded in deadening my appetite. While eating, Rev. Newman and I<br />

began to talk. He had seemed strangely familiar at first, though I<br />

couldn't place him. It soom developed that he knew several professors<br />

at my university, and then that I had met him over a year ago. I had<br />

already made a friend, and Israel was still hours away. Rev. Newman<br />

explained that he was a "commuter" from America to Jerusalem where he<br />

heads the Albright Institute for Archaeology. He gave me a good deal<br />

of practical information, items such as the location of the most<br />

generous money changer.<br />

Having never been in a jetliner before, I didn't quite know what<br />

to expect. The first take-off was over before I could give it a<br />

second thought, but the landing in Paris was different. We came down<br />

through the clouds, and there was the city. Far ahead of us was Orly.<br />

I remembered from somewhere that there is a definite click produced<br />

by the landing gear locking into place. I heard a whine— no click.<br />

Another whine--still no click. We were then maybe 1500 feet high and<br />

there hadn't been any click. Down some more and no click, but then a<br />

slight bump and we were running down the pavement. Rev. Newman took<br />

me in tow for a quick look at the terminal. After being searched by<br />

submachine gun wielding French security men, we reboarded the plane<br />

for the "hop" to Rome.<br />

Right after we got off the ground, it was time for breakfast--<br />

a tray of selected items representing each of the Common Market’s<br />

members. Since it was now day, there was much to see below; farms<br />

and French villages gave way to hills, a river, bigger hills, and<br />

then the jagged peaks of the Alps. I was rather surprised to look<br />

out at one moment, and see Lake Geneva, with the city at one end—<br />

exactly the way it looks on maps I More snowy mountains and then the<br />

first forms of northern Italy. Turino, Firenze, and finally Roma.<br />

(continued)<br />

h o m e , U n iu trs i’ i t j * l T ~<br />

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I was supposed to get off at Rome, claim my baggage, pass through<br />

immigration and customs, turn around, check my baggage to Lod, and<br />

rush back to the plane. I knew that Rome's airport was supposed<br />

to be the most inefficient in the world, and so I figured it would be<br />

wise to get off quickly and run over to the terminal. That, however,<br />

was not to be. The plane sat for about ten minutes while the ground<br />

crew tried to decide which door should get the stairs. Once I<br />

got off, I hurried into the terminal and headed straight for "immigrazia."<br />

I showed the guard my passport and he just sat there looking<br />

bored. Well, might as well pass him by. Next, I had to find my<br />

baggage. I asked at the information desk where I should go to get<br />

my baggage checked and was referred to the TWA counter. I walked out<br />

the same gate I came in— the guard was asleep— and explained my<br />

problem to the people at the TWA desk. They were most helpful.<br />

One of the people there came with me, back through the same gate,<br />

this time without stopping. I picked out my bags, and he "searched"<br />

them, or one of them at least. There was another H.U. student<br />

with us, and she also had her bags checked on to Tel Aviv. Back<br />

we went through the same immigration gate. The race was on; last<br />

call had already been made. The hand luggage I was carrying contained<br />

a can of deodorant which the guards found while searching<br />

my bag. After a conference of about five of them, the guards decided<br />

it was all right. The other H.U. student and I raced across<br />

to the plane and were the last to get on board.<br />

Again airborn, for what I guess is the only dangerous part<br />

of the flight, I started to ponder what a year in Israel would be<br />

like. The Aegean isles slipped by and then more blue sea. I especially<br />

wanted to figure out in advance what sort of emotional<br />

reaction I might have. The plane began to make minor changes in<br />

its heading, and I knew it wouldn't be long. Perhaps my whole<br />

life had been in preparation for the coming moment. Land lay below<br />

us, and there was a city off to the left. I gazed intently at<br />

the land passing beneath us. It was so very green; the houses<br />

looked neat, the roads straight. We took a turn to begin our approach<br />

and moments later we touched down in Israel. The year had<br />

begun.<br />

YALE ZUSSMAN<br />

...an Israeli soldier points<br />

3 vt uiVien<br />

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I knew I was in Israel when:<br />

-Everyone I asked gave me the wrong directions in perfect Hebrew<br />

how to get to the Knesset,<br />

-The price of falafel rose.<br />

-The first soldier I saw was wearing a Yamulka.<br />

-The customs people at Lod were rude.<br />

-I had to wait on line for 5 hours, in order to go through a<br />

registration procedure which took J5 minutes.<br />

-I waited on line for 2 hours, only to be sent upstairs to<br />

wait on another line,<br />

-I had my pocketbook searched on the way ill to a store and not<br />

on the way out,<br />

-I walked through a slum neighborhood at night, and did not get<br />

mugged.<br />

-I nearly got killed crossing the street.<br />

PEARL BORGER<br />

-16-


CINDERELLA'S SHOE AND THE PODIATRIST<br />

some day<br />

one day i'm going to wake up and know hebrew fluently and dance<br />

every balkan dance perfectly and remember the name of every<br />

single plant and tree in israel immediately (on sight and smell)<br />

and accept every guest and occurence peacefully<br />

beautifully.<br />

well, so much for one day. now, besides my dreams, together<br />

with my dreams, my life continues now down that bumpy uphill<br />

dusty battlegrounded road derech. well-said, ah. continues,<br />

other passengers in my life get on and off, like the dreams, when<br />

they have other engagements, or when they run out of fare money,<br />

although sometimes they do manage to bribe or hide their safe-ish<br />

way another day, another mile, another kilometre,<br />

onwards zionward. i always hated the family pesach seder haggada<br />

translation of the whole part of "next year in jerusalem." so<br />

i came here myself, to find out what it means to live in the<br />

future in the middle of the present, now, is zion a road,or<br />

a passenger (or a vehicle?)? all i know is it is keeping the<br />

driver occupied, oh, that's the i of our story, you see. well<br />

one day last july i decided to stop driving blind, that is,<br />

without more compatible companions on that road, and so i<br />

changed directions and hopped zionward. new passengers with wierd<br />

baggage came along, often making it hard to go straight on without<br />

rest stops every block, so we slowed down, and then we saw nothing<br />

wrong in stopping every block as we did, but often i felt like i<br />

was getting lost, if i knew where i was, though, often it was where<br />

we had just left, circles, squares, triangles--i don't know<br />

what we were making that brought us back to the same place.<br />

(continued)<br />

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there was one place, though, i didn't mind coming back to., sometimes<br />

i entered through the side door--no, pretty often we did,<br />

we had to. some kind of construction work always going on on the<br />

front entrance, they said, but this one time when i went, last<br />

july, after going onto the new road, the result of many years<br />

of reconsideration we were happy enough to end up there, since<br />

it was just the perfect time (if not more), almost at the end of<br />

the block, there was a procession going over there, but i<br />

decided to clean up a bit and go that bit later to meet them<br />

there, oy. i thought i really made a booboo by not following<br />

them, i was turning every which corner of my mind trying to<br />

remember just which way to go. ah, i was just getting my<br />

windows dirty again, not even getting back to where i started.<br />

then, sort of realizing others had to be ( or should have been)<br />

going to the same place, i decided maybe it was about time i<br />

asked for directions, well time was right and so i flagged<br />

down an american girl (young lady) who most certainly knew<br />

where she was going, and even from where i had come. from, any<br />

way, we were getting closer to time so we joined up, i leaving<br />

my old revolving motorbit right where i was, with the bigtime<br />

place, oh they were bigtime alright--they had it seemed everything<br />

under control, we even got there early, even with all those<br />

absolutely absurd trafficcaught-type people surrounding us.<br />

but we got there early, what do you do? you talk, well, she<br />

talked, she'd been maneuvering this place (around) for a while<br />

already, and she knew where to get yeast for challies (and<br />

their hebrew counterparts even) and fake ovens (the wonder of it<br />

all), for she knew how far away we were to get from america's<br />

hearth.S.<br />

and right before time came the others of my group, and then, in<br />

time, came the rest, all of us had abandoned our vans and had<br />

been captured into a grand sweep of pilgrimming passengers there.<br />

(continued)<br />

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there Chow shall i describe it to you, malka?), there it was, and<br />

we were too, together, our comments we held down, mine at least,<br />

for it had been a long time coming this time, and i wanted a true<br />

good look and listen at this comer,<br />

and i saw, barely to my<br />

neighbor's shoulder and she to mine, and to my other neighbor's<br />

earlobe and to my other neighbor's book,<br />

ah i hadn't remembered<br />

that time to bring mine, you see i had been travelling for so<br />

long to so many lands that it was so very hard to remember just<br />

exactly the proper elements of each existing environment, pity,<br />

oh no not me. enough of that in the old country, the property<br />

was no longer up for sale here. now. it was time herself<br />

with us; although way before the final curtain, it had to be<br />

good, and oh, it was. i mean, altogether there, i could take<br />

off my old shoes and relax while still standing while recognizing<br />

and relishing the atmosphere, my feet could now<br />

be avoided, though the holiness couldn't, every lock, every feel<br />

in listening and touching and knowing how far we had (every<br />

single one of us there) travelled so far so it was so hard to<br />

think that we had made it up to there, the big postbox of<br />

the universe, in the land of antiquity herself, rambling on<br />

and on through our collective consciousness, we finally felt<br />

enough, whoa-- we had made it, front gate and all. shabbat<br />

shalom, shalom liyisrael.<br />

- 20-


A hard day at the kibbutz or:<br />

Hurry up, I want to go to the pool,<br />

- 21-


YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN ISRAEL WHEN?<br />

-You start doing the opposite of what is logical and find out<br />

it's right.<br />

-You take off the wrapper of a chocelate-covered Judah Maccabee<br />

only to find a slightly defaced Santa Claus.<br />

-You've had your first "shilshul" attack.<br />

-Guards check you when you enter a store, but not when you leave<br />

-You can't find a telephone that works.<br />

-It's December 25th and you're sitting in class.<br />

WHEN I GROW UP I'D LIKE TO BE: 4<br />

— Golda Meir<br />

I<br />

— An Egged Bus Driver ^<br />

— The man who hands out tickets to the Scopus Menza<br />

•— An American tourist<br />

— King<br />

The things we like best about Israelis are:<br />

-their strong patriotism and honesty (sometimes)<br />

-their names<br />

-the way that they say "! anno na"<br />

and last but not least<br />

-they are confined to Israel<br />

The things we dislike most about Israelis are:<br />

-their elbows<br />

-their low opinion of almost all American values<br />

-their overactive eyes<br />

-their lack of humor<br />

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THE FIRST DAY<br />

I jumped out of bed and blinked my eyes. Looking around, I<br />

saw two narrow hard cots, a desk, and a closet— my new home.<br />

The sun was streaming in through our curtainless window and it<br />

was apparent that it would be a beautiful day.<br />

Walking with my roommate from Shikunei HaElef to our first<br />

meeting in Maizer, I started discussing how nice it was being on<br />

Mt. Scopus. We had been notified on numerous information sheets<br />

that upon arrival In Israel we would be living on M t . Scopus and<br />

it seemed reasonable for me to assume that this is where I had<br />

been taken. My first and by no means last mistake that I made<br />

was to make such a reasonable assumption. . .<br />

Later in the day I went to the bank with hopes of opening<br />

an account. There is no need to go into the □ ■'tns here since<br />

everyone of you probably went through the same thing. I just<br />

want to remind you how you had to wait a half hour for the man to<br />

give you a piece °f paper to fill out and then you had to go to<br />

the end of the line and wait another half hour only to be told . . .<br />

need I go on?<br />

Remember the first time you tried to call your relatives?<br />

I found the number of my aunt in Tel-Aviv, put in an j i d’dk and<br />

dialed. My cousin answered and I started telling her how everything<br />

was wonderful when we were suddenly disconnected. I thought<br />

I had by accident touched something on the phone, so I put in<br />

another fia’OK and got my cousin. We spoke another minute or so,<br />

and the same thing happened. I was now stupified. I looked around<br />

suspiciously, thinking perhaps someone had snuck up and touched<br />

my phone. While I was looking around I happened to notice instructions<br />

explaining how to use the phone. The mystery was solved—<br />

and off I went to buy not one, but ten,<br />

LEAH CARMI<br />

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W-DAY<br />

The dreaded day had finally arrived.<br />

I had run out of clean<br />

clothes. I had heard a rumor about washing machines somewhere<br />

and I decided to investigate. At the time I was living in Shikunei<br />

HaElef. The machines were in the basement of a building in Shikunei<br />

HaKiryah. I piled up all my dirty clothes and started out with<br />

the thought in mind that within an hour I'd be through with this<br />

simple, yet unattractive task of washing clothes.<br />

Approaching a building, I entered, knocked on a door, and<br />

asked if there were any washing machines in the building. (I<br />

made up my own Hebrew word for washing machine, but she seemed to<br />

understand). I was told to goiw> ,iw>and try either building eight<br />

or nine. Well the third try I finally found the right place.<br />

I quickly found out that I needed half pound coins to make<br />

the machines work. A quick run down to the friendly Co-op soon<br />

solved that problem. Returning to the laundry room I found all<br />

the washers in use, so I sat down .and started to wait. At long<br />

last. . . an empty machine. I followed the instructions, not wanting<br />

to upset the machine. Clothes, check; soap, check; money, check;<br />

so why doesn't the stupid machine work? I spied another empty<br />

machine and was in the process of transferring all my clothes to<br />

the next machine when a friendly by stander noticed that I hadn't<br />

shut the door to my machine completely. Back to the first machine,<br />

shut the door, and magic— the machine started to work. Looking<br />

around I saw that the girl next to me had to keep her foot on her<br />

machine's door because it was broken and the water and suds kept<br />

leaking out. I considered myself fortunate. A half hour later<br />

my clothes were ready to be put in the dryer. But the dryer was not<br />

ready for my clothes. I was third in line so instead of wasting<br />

time, I figured I'd let some clothes dry outside in the sun. It<br />

takes about ten normal steps to get outside, but in this short distance<br />

I managed to trip; my nice clean, white clothes were now nice<br />

(continued)<br />

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and muddy. Boo hoo, boo hoo. I spent a half hour rinsing out<br />

all the mud. Only one dryer was working and I just didn’t feel<br />

like waiting around, so I piled up all my wet clothes and started<br />

back. I could barely see over the top of the pile. I also had<br />

to balance the box of soap and a book I'd brought along. Getting<br />

back to my room on the fourth row of Shikunei HaElef was not an<br />

easy task. It took about twice as long as usual. My roommate<br />

thought I'd gotten lost. It was Friday and so the next day was<br />

row — no classes. As I lay in bed resting, I looked at my wet<br />

laundry which took up every surface space available in the room.<br />

I had gotten through my first wash day. I knew the next time<br />

had to be easier since I was almost a p’m at the job. Little did<br />

I know . . .<br />

LEAH CARMI<br />

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•21


- 28-


One Shabbat<br />

During the summer I was asked to help in preparing a traditional<br />

Shabbat for approximately i q o Russian immigrants who had recently arrived<br />

from the Soviet Union. These particular immigrants had little<br />

knowledge about the religious significance of Shabbat so a small group<br />

of University students decided to give them a taste. The people were<br />

living at an immigrant settlement outside of Jerusalem. Our objective<br />

was to be accomplished by a Friday evening prayer service followed with<br />

a traditional Shabbat meal and the same again on Saturday. The students<br />

involved in this happening stayed in the homes of American immigrants<br />

who were also temporarily living at the settlement.<br />

Friday morning was spent preparing the food, which was no easy chore<br />

for five people. We were then each given the names of some of the immigrants<br />

so we personally extended our invitation and explained what<br />

was to occur. At that time they were also attending an Ulpan so we<br />

were able to communicate in Hebrew. None of us had any knowledge of<br />

Russian!<br />

The first part of our program was the Friday evening service which<br />

was brief and conducted with the use of Hebrew-Russian Siddurim. Everything<br />

that we said and did was first explained so they would understand<br />

it’s significance. After the service we had a traditional Shabbat dinner<br />

with all the trimmings, such as wine and Challah and the traditional<br />

prayers (which they entailed.) After dinner we sang all the Hebrew songs<br />

we could think of and then they sang some Russian songs. We then went<br />

out doors and demonstrated a few Israeli dances. The next day was similar<br />

services followed by lunch.<br />

Three words seemingly eliminated from the Hebrew language are<br />

EXCUSE ME; DO YOU MIND? MAY I?<br />

-30


The reactions we received were quite interesting. The elderlypeople<br />

seemed to be recollecting long past buried memories. Their joy<br />

was manifested on their smiling faces. The children seemed to be enlightened.<br />

For them, it was an altogether new experience. They were very<br />

inquisitive, anxiously asking us all sorts of questions about what we<br />

did. They enjoyed themselves immensely. Unfortunately, the middle aged<br />

people seemed to be those most turned off. They took little part in the<br />

festivities and probably came out of curiosity or simply to recieve a<br />

free meal.<br />

I do think our little encounter with the Russian immigrants was<br />

successful. Although we were unable to reach everyone, it was surely<br />

worthwhile for those who we did reach.<br />

Margo Meissner<br />

Time to get<br />

a job because<br />

you're<br />

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- 31-


DAFKA<br />

"What is 'dafka?"' I ’d ask my Ulpan teacher all summer.<br />

"I just can’t explain it. There's no word like it in English,"<br />

she'd answer everytime.<br />

"Well, is it like 'stom?'" I'd inquire, dying of curiosity.<br />

(It had taken me two months to understand what stom was).<br />

"No," she'd reply everytime. "Dafka is dafka, and stom is<br />

stom."<br />

Since that was perfectly clear, I knew I'd have to find out<br />

the meaning of dafka by myself. It didn't take me too long to<br />

learn. Dafka is like a little puppy dog that follows you around<br />

doing annoying things to you when you least need it. You always<br />

know when Dafka is going to be there, but there's nothing you<br />

can do about it.<br />

One Shabbat I was preparing to take a tiyul with Anne, and<br />

we were late (Hint //I that Dafka will show up) . I had to go to<br />

the bathroom. There are three possible ones to choose from, and since<br />

I an very choosey, I carefully examined the three and decided to<br />

choose the one near the door. (Hint #2). I remembered to lock<br />

the door (Hint #3) and you'll never guess what I discovered a<br />

minute later. (Yes, surprisingly enough there was toilet paper<br />

there). The door was stuck. "Dafka!" I muttered, and proceeded<br />

to rattle the handle about thirty times. Dafka was there to stay.<br />

"Anne!" I screamed. . .<br />

After Anne had recovered laughing, we seriously sat on our<br />

respective sides of the door and thought about the possibilities.<br />

"Just climb over the wall," she offered. "You can stand on the<br />

toilet seat."<br />

I stood on the toilet seat. Since Dafka was still here, the<br />

seat broke. Dafka must not have been concentrating too hard, because<br />

I didn't fall in the toilet bowl.<br />

(continued)<br />

- 32-


Then Anne got a ladder and dafka, it was too big to fit over<br />

the wall.<br />

I was hopelessly trapped forever.<br />

Suddenly, an idea struck me, "Anne, why don't you get<br />

a stool?" I whispered to make sure that my little friend didn't<br />

hear.<br />

She lifted one stool over the wall. I stood on it. Not<br />

high enough. She lifted another stool over the wall, and I stood<br />

on the two stools. Still not high enough. She lifted a third<br />

stool over the wall. And that was just right.<br />

I painstakingly struggled over the wall, noticing that I<br />

dafka chose the wrong bathroom because I am a lefty and was on<br />

the right side of the wall.<br />

For three weeks, three stools piled up in the locked bathroom<br />

remained there. One day, Anne's friend became exasperated<br />

at having no stools to sit on in the kitchen. He climbed over the<br />

wall into the bathroom to lift the stools out. He tried the door.<br />

It opened and there sat Dafka, smiling.<br />

Harriet Molod<br />

- 33-


JERUSALEM----painted by the artist<br />

yellow and orange:<br />

The lemon-yellow sigh of sunshine<br />

quietly caressing each time-filled alley<br />

hiding the secrets of life.<br />

A maize glaze sifting a hush over synagogue, church and mosque<br />

containing religiosity<br />

G-d given grace to Man.<br />

Golden mist carefully meeting Man's creations—<br />

his sandy homes of time immemorial<br />

unpaved paths, connecting years long gone.<br />

The pale light of SILENCE<br />

AND<br />

PEACE . • . •<br />

Free burnt orange fires cremating town walls<br />

destroying G-d made unity—<br />

creating Black Debris.<br />

Zinc orange skies aflame with bustling traffic<br />

darting cars and screaming horns<br />

excluded man from his own—time domain.<br />

Madder orange sands, dancing with explosions<br />

permitting man's insane hatreds<br />

divided hearts once more.<br />

The radiant light of DEATH<br />

AND<br />

WAR . . . .<br />

THE YELLOW<br />

AND ORANGE<br />

JERUSALEM:<br />

always of peace . . . .<br />

and always in war . . . .<br />

Pearl Kisner<br />

- 35-


I hope that<br />

I ’ll be able to remember<br />

what it was like<br />

to think Jewish thoughts<br />

and to know<br />

that I was not alone . . .<br />

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WORLD EVENTS <strong>1972</strong>-<strong>1973</strong>:<br />

A STUDY IN CONTRAST<br />

One’s location in the world is bound to color his outlook<br />

on events, just as does his national background, economic standing,<br />

and political position. Thus, the way the members of the O.Y.S.P.<br />

look at the world events of <strong>1972</strong>-73 is going to be greatly influenced<br />

by the fact that we spent those twelve months in Israel. Everything<br />

which had a bearing on Israel, from an outbreak of cholera in<br />

Jerusalem to the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Olympics<br />

had a more profound impact on all of us because we were in Israel.<br />

No matter in which country one was during this time however, two<br />

major, seemingly contradictory phenomena appear: a rise in terrorist<br />

activity and a greater move towards detente among the major world<br />

powers. The former is evidenced by numerous specific and easily<br />

recordable events whereas thelatter is only recognizable by a trend<br />

of events which for the most part seem minor when taken separately.<br />

Terrorism broke out of its previous restriction to the Middle<br />

East this year. The Black September organization took its activities<br />

to all parts of the world in an attempt to bring their issue to the<br />

international fore. All of the world joined Israel in shock and<br />

mourning over the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the Olympics<br />

in Munich. Hardly had we recovered from this when the terrorists<br />

hijacked a Lufthansa plane, demanding, and receiving the release of<br />

the three terrorists who survived the bloodshed in Munich. Israel<br />

experienced dej'a vu in late December as the Black September terrorists<br />

held as hostage Israeli diplomats in the Embassy building in Bangkok.<br />

Thankfully, the hostages were released. Meanwhile, a rash of letter<br />

bombs were being sent to anyone considered an enemy of the Palestinians,<br />

one killing an Israeli official in London. In what seemed as a selfdefeating<br />

act, the terrorists captured Jordanian, American, and Belgian<br />

diplomats in Khartoum, killing three top officials. This spread<br />

of terrorism, including numerous unsuccessful attempts not mentioned<br />

here, convinced most of the nations that the acts of Black September<br />

and other such groups are not legitimate political acts.<br />

(continued)<br />

- 40-


As for the other phenomena, the growing detente among the<br />

major powers, one has few specific major events upon which to rely.<br />

However the movement was still there, evidenced by numerous events<br />

and statements. The most outstanding event, both a result and a<br />

cause of this detente, was the cease-fire in Vietnam. With this,<br />

we saw the U.S. offer of economic aid to North Vietnam, the increased<br />

U.S.-China trade, the massive U.S.-Russia wheat sale, Dr. Kissinger's<br />

meeting with Mao, Japanese Premier Tanaka's visit to Peking, the<br />

warmer relations between West and East Germany, cease-fire in Laos,<br />

and numerous other agreements and beginnings towards opening of<br />

relations between nations.<br />

Generally accepted is the concept that the motives and purposes<br />

of violent acts are deep-rooted in the minds of those who act violently,<br />

especially when premeditated and done for political reasons.<br />

It<br />

is hoped that the same is true of the acts towards detente and perhaps,<br />

peace.<br />

Mike Mayersohn<br />

- 41-


Sinai<br />

Sunday<br />

The Sinai trip was one of the most expensive, well-^<br />

attended trips of the One Year Program. Scheduled to leave Mt.<br />

Scopus at 5:30 on the morning October 22, we made an all time<br />

record of leaving before 8:00 AM.<br />

The buses were tightly knit<br />

units and I refer to the physical rather than spiritual unity. Our<br />

bus had 4 seats set up in that spacious aisle one foot wide. Hilights<br />

of lunch were choomose, bread (a feast in itself, the bread<br />

was still white) The first day we spent sitting in our beautiful bus<br />

marveling at the sand, the rocks, the sand, the rocks, the sand . . .<br />

The moon popped into the sky, full, bright but we saw no werewolf that<br />

night. (Some claim they did. I day it was a figment of their indigestion.)<br />

Monday The second day we started out at 5:00 AM to be<br />

sure and allow 2 or 3 hours to get stuck in the sand, the rocks, the<br />

sand, the rocks, the sand . . . which of course we did. The girls<br />

helpless and weak took up Seats against the granite cliffs as those<br />

strong virulent men pushed the buses out of those hazardous, tire<br />

eating sand traps. As the sun beat down, sanddust blowing, the smell<br />

of rubber burning, our sweating heroes managed to rescue the buses<br />

so all couli marvel at the sand, rocks, sky, rocks, sky. I do<br />

not want to forget to mention that most buses being so inspired by<br />

the Sinai wilderness could not help but lift their voices in song<br />

as their fore fathers did before them. Our bus sang, the same three<br />

songs, which were the only three they knew, at least 10 or 20 times<br />

a day. We lunched at an oasis, where we engaged in a dialogue as to<br />

whether we should give our scraps away or not; bread, vegetable<br />

spread were the hit of the day. The bread was still white, but beginning<br />

to feel like crusty foam rubber. At 4:00 we hit Santa Catherina<br />

Monastary, who instead of buring their dead, keep their bones<br />

inside a little room. One famous monk, St. Stephanos even had his<br />

clothes on. That night we camped out within "walking distance" of<br />

the famous Mt. that our Forefather Moshe Rabainu received the Ten<br />

(continued)<br />

- 42-


Commandments. At 3 AM, we ^egan to try and follow in his footsteps,<br />

but we were allowed less than 1/80 th of his time. This<br />

was rough after sitting for two days. Most of the group made it up,<br />

even those fragile females (I believe in miracles). After making it<br />

down, we were allowed to sit for an hour, rest and recuperate. When<br />

we got on the bus, we nearly had a civil war as to who would get the<br />

peanut butter, who would get the jelly, Yes after three days in<br />

the desert I can see William Golding's point (Lord of the Flies, you<br />

dummies). At 2 PM, we got to Dahaf, a really nice beach where we got<br />

to swim and snorkel. My group got to cook and I'd rate it as at<br />

least a 2 Rolaid meal if not a 3.<br />

Wednesday Despite the preceding factor, everyone seemed to<br />

make it up at 5:30. To our journey to the tip of the Sinai, Ras<br />

Muhammed, it was truly beautiful. Tiptoeing to the edge of the coral<br />

reef, we were able to observe nature undisturbed by man. Unfortunately<br />

vice-versa cannot be said as one girl was ferociously attacked by a<br />

sea urchin when she stepped on its house. Other slipped to similar'<br />

fates. The Medic saw this and mysteriously disappeared. Today the<br />

bread so inspired by the the blue of the sea, the blue of the sky,<br />

likewise turned blue. As we decided against eating such a pretty<br />

color. Our artistic abilities nourished as we made holes embellished<br />

with choomose, vegetable spread. We camped at a place near Sharm El<br />

Sheikh. I really should not close without mentioning our toilet<br />

facilities, usual little sheds about 2ft. by 4ft. with a cement floor<br />

with a six inch slit. To say the least those with good aim had to<br />

suffer from those with bad, and those with bad aim also suffered from<br />

themselves. I know I was one of the. We became expert in discovering<br />

which rocks were best for our purposes and some learned the<br />

the hard way which way the hill should slant.<br />

Thursday We went to the Straits of Tiran to discuss military<br />

strategy past and present.<br />

Next we arrive at Shartra Pass to look<br />

at the Israeli love for monument building.<br />

A car went off the allotted<br />

(continued)


oad onto a mine and blew up.<br />

Thank G-d Moses didn't have to worry<br />

about those things.<br />

We took to the Fjord, the Coral Islands (10 minutes<br />

each) and camped just out of Eilat.<br />

Friday The next day we were off by 6:30 to that other hangout<br />

Mt. Scopus. The girls came back 10 lbs. heavier from the constant<br />

barrage of bread, choomose and chocolate spread. Hairier really<br />

smelly. The boys came back skinnier hairier , smellier, yet despite<br />

the fact that the girls needed a shower, a shave more than a bite to<br />

eat, the corner SuperSol hadn't had this much business in over a week.<br />

JANET WEINBERG<br />

OVERHEARD: "I don't think Moses was that great. Had he taken a<br />

left turn instead of a right, we would have had the oil fields, and<br />

they would have had the desert!"<br />

- 44-


45-


Returned from the Sinai earlier this afternoon.<br />

A burned image of<br />

colored mountains and an intense blue sky. All the time I was itching to<br />

write, the book was in the pocket of my knapsack. In the washroom (the<br />

only warm place in Jerusalem) we're all Doris Lessing's armed with notebooks<br />

of various shapes, colors, scribblings, etc.<br />

On the tiyul I kept seeing surrepticious writers bent over their<br />

private domains.<br />

Ah the Sinai...I had had visions of white dunes shimmering between<br />

eyelids burning in the salty pools of sweat. I ‘never expected an array<br />

of mountains, more substantial than sunken white sand. Mountains in<br />

red and green and the multi-personalities of the color grey. Rocks spilled<br />

everywhere along the coarse sand. A scraggily type of tree occasionally<br />

seen, its sparse leaves bent over on grey thin limbs its roots clutching<br />

for support. The first night in an oil town in the beginning of the<br />

Sinai. A few eliptical bodies drinking up the oil we were told lies<br />

underneath. Before we stopped at the 'town', our bus stopped on the<br />

road, the sides of which were littered with tanks, some live grenades<br />

and mines and pieces of rusted artillary. Only the bodies had been cleared<br />

away. We stepped among the tombstones and I tried to listen to the sound<br />

of the dying. But only the laughter of a college group and the madrichs<br />

heavy voice explaining, putting meaning into why the desert had been<br />

decorated with barbed wire, tanks and shells. He explained the battle<br />

campaigns of '56 and '48. The Sinai is shaped like a funnel. In '56,<br />

"our" troops moved from both sides of the mouth of the funnel, destroying<br />

everything on the march inward\ later in '68 the object was only to<br />

drive back the enemy.* They were allowed to reach the Suez with their<br />

lives, only to be shot by their fellow soldiers on the Jordanian border.<br />

Better dead men than live mouths spreading the story of defeat. Miles and<br />

miles of a testament of death. We can't see the blood anymore, but G-d<br />

forbid if we forget.<br />

*1 don't claim historical accuracy.<br />

(continued)<br />

- 46-


The oil town lay snuggled between barbed wire. None of the<br />

beautiful mountains livened the landscape. There only dull brown sand and<br />

a sun that shuts itself off at night leaving only the wind and the cold.<br />

The seven buses were divided into two groups of caravans. In turn,<br />

each caravan was divided into buses and further sub-divided into groups.<br />

This, in effort to provide 'intimacy.'<br />

The next morning, awake, before the sun, warmed only by the anticipation<br />

of its heat. We walked through a canyon along the route taken<br />

by pilgrims on Holy Missions into the Sinai. The Crusaders marched<br />

through these paths, a species of people (whose name I can't remember)<br />

carved hieroglifics into the rocks. Crude representations of hunters<br />

and lions. Relics of antiquity asleep in the desert. The same silence<br />

that embraced the remnants of tanks the day before. From spears<br />

aimed at lions to bazookas aimed at men. Each leave behind a monument.<br />

The sun sucked at my body, not even giving it the luxury to exude<br />

sweat. A chimerical silence, an inexorable sun and a caravan of<br />

students on their way to the holy mountain without a thought anywhere<br />

verging on religious. Two Bedouins popped out from nowhere and watched<br />

us with the same reserved curiosity with which we watched them. An<br />

ugly race of people, physically. Hair without the wiriness of the<br />

Negro and without the smooth dark texture of the Arab. Dulled pointed<br />

matted twisted hairs. None of the Negroid nobility. Wide squashed<br />

nostrils, open-mouthed and blank-eyed. Filthy. One of the men sat<br />

cross-legged in the shade of the bus. So, when we left, we gave him<br />

a loaf of bread. He carried the stack of bread away back into the sun.<br />

Gila Arfer<br />

How can you survive without eggs?<br />

in a yolkless society<br />

- 47-


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PIECES OF ISRAEL (and me)<br />

Empty in its winter sun. Netanya. Ran along the coast splashing, kicking<br />

the water out of place, ran until I was choked with lack of oxygen. Swam<br />

until my arms ached. Threw off my bathing suit and laughed at how warm<br />

a winter sun could feel. Felt pure and sunwarmed and suncrazy.<br />

In the early evening after w e ’d eaten a delicious meal and slept under<br />

heavy winter quilts, we reluctantly awoke and dressed in the ritual of<br />

Saturday night. The four of us went to a discoteque and it was the flow<br />

of ritual. The rites of the young. The freckled face brother applied<br />

himself to his flow, and the parents to theirs of bridge games and malt<br />

beerahs and ours to ours.<br />

- 50-<br />

Gila Arfer


Before I came . . .<br />

people would ask me why I wanted to leave America?<br />

And I would respond—<br />

that I wasn't leaving America,<br />

I was going t£ Israel—<br />

Now I ask myself . . .<br />

Why am I leaving Israel?<br />

- 52-


A TRIP TO BAQUA<br />

One lousy rainy day in the middle of December, I and two others decided<br />

to make a spontaneous visit to an Arab village. Actually the visit was to<br />

fulfill a requirement of the course "Transformation in the Arab Village."<br />

We had no exact plans as to what we would actually do once we reached the viililiage<br />

but we figured things would work themselves out. Our first problem was<br />

locating the Arab village. We reached the city of Hadera and learned that not<br />

too far away was the village of Baqua. The bus driver let out a puzzled look<br />

when we asked him to inform us when we reach the mercaz of Baqua. The bus<br />

driver could not understand what three nice university students would want<br />

with an Arab village, especially on such a rainy miserable day. Finally we<br />

reached the village, after a total of four hours travelling time. We got off<br />

the bus and we were confused as to what move should be taken next. Since it<br />

was raining we gathered under one umbrella we luckily brought. We looked<br />

around and saw a few shops but the streets seemed to be deserted. We ventured<br />

into one of the more inviting shops and started talking to some men and boys.<br />

After explaining who wer were and the reason behind our coming they seemed<br />

friendly and anxiously answered our questions. They understood Hebrew so we<br />

were able to converse with few difficulties. One young boy spoke to us in<br />

English. (He learns Arabic, Hebrew and English in school.) A little later we<br />

were introduced to a man who invited us for coffee and gave us an hour of his<br />

time to describe to us life in the village. He was much obliging in answering<br />

all our intruding questions about the village and even his personal life!<br />

The man seemed very happy and proud to speak about his village and its<br />

successful life style. Today, many facilities and opporunities are opened to<br />

the villagers that were never expected before. Forinstance, many have been given<br />

the opportunity to study in the various universities. The level of education is<br />

high. Within the village there is good health services and even a Histadrut<br />

moadon where everyone gathers to take part in various activites. WE were invited<br />

to see it. The man explained to us how greatly they've benefitted from the<br />

Israeli government- and they are quite grateful for the progress that has evolved.<br />

It was emphasized how happy everyone was and the one missing element was peace<br />

within the Middle East.<br />

This interview deeply impressed me. All the fears that I had before talking<br />

to him disappeared. He was sincere and extremely proud to reveal to us about<br />

life in the village.<br />

This visit convinced me that the possibility of Arabs<br />

living contently with Israeli Jews is not as remote as I had thought.<br />

- 53-<br />

Mar go Meissner


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■54


- 55-


Parental advice before the "BIG TRIP"<br />

- try not to gain weight<br />

- remember to write home often<br />

- Be Careful!<br />

- please, don't forget to come home<br />

- don't get married.<br />

- WATCH OUT FOR ISRAELI GUYS]<br />

-^6


-The woman dying of heat while wearing her mink coat at the Kotel<br />

in mid-July.<br />

-He's the one standing next to the smiling Arab in the shuk.<br />

-She's the one telling Harry to shoot an Arab (a picture of).<br />

-The guy who WAITS in line<br />

-look at yourself in the mirror<br />

-He's the one that asks for ketchup<br />

- 57-


HITCHING UP NORTH<br />

Hitching has been getting harder in Israel.<br />

Even an American girl<br />

and an Israeli soldier hitching together sometimes have a difficult<br />

time getting a ride.<br />

We— my soldier friend and I— must have waited at least an hour by<br />

the road to Safed before we got even an offer of a ride. We had to<br />

turn it down, because the driver of the car would only take one of us....<br />

ME! Considering that he could have easily fit three or four people in<br />

his car, I decided that his behavior was too suspicious, told him<br />

politely to go to hell, and waited for another ride.<br />

It was getting close to evening.<br />

WE were beginning to wonder why<br />

no one else would stop for us-- a pretty American girl and a handsome<br />

Israeli soldier.<br />

We were so desperate for a ride, we would even have paid<br />

for a ride on an Egged bus, but nontwere in sight.<br />

AT last, an Israeli army truck stopped for us! Before the driver<br />

could say "I'm not allowed to give rides to civilians", my friend and I<br />

had jumped onto the back of the truck. Unfortunately, I had no previous<br />

opportunity to practice the difficult art of jumping into an Israeli<br />

army truck, so as I got in back, I crash-landed onto a pile of equipment<br />

.<br />

We were barely on the truck when it began tearing around the<br />

winding, curvy, poorly-paved mountain road at 130 miles per hour.<br />

I recited the "Shemah", held my breath, closed my eyes, and waited to<br />

roll off the road and down the mountain. When none of the above<br />

happened, I thanked G-d, relaxed, and decided to practice my Hebrew on<br />

the two soldiers (besides by friend) who were sitting in the back of the<br />

truck with us, eating oranges and wondering what my friend and I were<br />

doing, hitching to Safed in this truck.<br />

The bouncing to Safed had given me a bad headache, though. So the<br />

first Hebrew words that came out of my mouth were:<br />

?u7Ki—nto V’awa inwD o dV dkh .hid nc’n o ’3K<br />

(continued)<br />

- 58-


No, they did not have any aspirin with them. But they did have<br />

lots of candy— --specially packaged for the Israeli army. They told<br />

me to keep the whole package, which contained enough candy for 6<br />

normal Israeli first-graders. Before I could open the package of candy,<br />

the two soldiers were handing cans of combat rations to my friend.<br />

It was no use trying to convince them that we really didn*t mind living<br />

off falafel and chips while we were travelling, and that therefore,<br />

we didn't need the combat rations.<br />

They insisted upon giving us enough<br />

good canned food for both of us to feast on and have enough left over<br />

to invite some fellow travellers to dine with us.<br />

My friend and I had a fantastic free meal that night. Israeli<br />

army combat rations can taste very good. Just add tomato sauce, heat<br />

and stir.<br />

The next morning, we hitched out of Safed. On the road, we stopped at<br />

Shekem, to eat breakfast. Who should we meet at the Shekem? Our two<br />

benefactors! Too bad that they were not going our way that morning.<br />

The candy was almost gone by then.<br />

PEARL BORGER<br />

How can you survive without eggs?<br />

Import frozen pizzas.<br />

Eat chickens— we don’t know which came first anyway.<br />

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us. This form of entertainment , though not as regular as the "Tonight<br />

Show" is also not as expensive as the Broadway play and provides many<br />

of the same thrills as the suspense-filled serial.<br />

Coming back to the dorm one evening after seeing a movie in town that<br />

proved to be disappointing, I found that I was not to be disappointed<br />

in the after theater entertainment. Having been in Jerusalem for three<br />

months, the action of extending the ticket to be punched had become<br />

automatic, as had the automatic plopping down in the nearesTseat in<br />

preparation for the sudden jerk of the bus. My three months stay had<br />

also taught me well to ignore the events toward the front of the bus,<br />

in order to save myself from early death, of heart failure at the sight<br />

of unwary pedestrians narrowly escaping with their lives intact, at<br />

the price of sacrificing their grocery packages under the wheels of<br />

the bus. The speech of the bus driver, however, attracted me, for I<br />

was developing the impression that Israeli bus drivers were regressing<br />

to a lower verbal level of development, limited to grunts, and I<br />

was amazed to hear the sound of Hebrew vowels and consonants issued<br />

from his mouth. His words were short and restricted to mono and<br />

poly-syllables such as<br />

/ d b ’n and ^ uttered in a questioning<br />

tone and addressed to two men in the front seat,<br />

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(continued)


The bus driver, it seemed, did not know the route and was getting<br />

minute by minute instructions from the two guys in the front seat.<br />

felt the scene was too precious to be the object of my enjoyment alone.<br />

Why not transfer some of the thrills of the U.S.<br />

Israeli screen, with a few variations of course. It<br />

T.V. screen to the<br />

could be called<br />

"For Love of Egged" and at the conclusion of each segment of the show<br />

exciting and suspenseful<br />

questions could be asked in an ominous tone--<br />

"If Naomi gets on the bus, will the driver know the route?<br />

knows the route, will he stop at the right bus stop? Afid why<br />

If he<br />

doesn't he know the route?" The last question was the one I (not being<br />

able to contain my curiosity until the next exciting episode) asked<br />

the girl sitting next to me.<br />

The responsibility of guiding the bus<br />

had been transferred to her when the two guys who had previously had<br />

this function got off and she got on.<br />

She explained that the driver<br />

was new and inexperienced and had just been chosen arbitrarily to drive<br />

this route, without any previous instruction as to what<br />

I<br />

the route was.<br />

Fearing I was to be next in line to hold the title of Chief Advisor<br />

to RMN (Really Mixed-up Nahag), I wished the driver luck and alighted<br />

from the bus at the earliest opportunity.<br />

Perhaps this driver is still navigating the narrow streets of<br />

Jerusalem, searching for a passenger who will show him the way.<br />

Sometimes, sitting on a bus and entranced by the memories aroused by the<br />

wild turns and short stops that are so reminiscent of those roller<br />

coaster rides in the States, I will peer toward the froftt of the bus<br />

and try to decipher if it is he,<br />

But, after all, it is impossible<br />

to tell from the style of driving, for all Egged bus drivers seem to have<br />

some of the qualities of the RMN in them,<br />

driving a vehicle of state?<br />

I wonder if they'd do better<br />

MARCIA KATZ<br />

How many feet of meters are in a<br />

It depends


A ride on the Egged bus reminds me of:<br />

-a year's workout at Jack LaLanne's Health Spa<br />

-being kidnapped by Russian cosmonauts right before re-entry<br />

-a roller coaster (you know the sadist ride givers)<br />

-New York subways doing the "Indianapolis 500"<br />

-sitting in a clothes dryer<br />

Waiting for the "28" is like:<br />

-waiting for "GODOT"<br />

-Herzl waiting for the Kaiser to grant him an audience,<br />

-hoping for snow in July (in Israel)<br />

-being the hero in a Kafka novel<br />

-waiting for the Messiah<br />

(but the Messiah WILL come!)<br />

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A garush can be used to:<br />

-annoy bus drivers<br />

-fill piggy banks<br />

-anty a poker game<br />

-make ridged marks in dough<br />

-mark golf balls<br />

-open transistor radios and stereo cassett systems.<br />

WHAT'S in a falafel?<br />

a lot of imagination<br />

What's IN a falafel?<br />

LOVE<br />

What's in A falafel?<br />

a lot of calories<br />

What's in a FALAFEL?<br />

the ingredients that never made it in<br />

chicken soup.<br />

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Take a whiff . . . chocolate cake. Take another . . .<br />

egg-plant parmegean. Try once more. . . apple cobbler. But there<br />

aren't any ovens in the dorms— mah pitom? Nothing's pitoming—<br />

it's only the ol' Wonderpot. Filled with raw ingredients from a<br />

favorite recipe and placed on a lit gas burner, it's only a short<br />

wait until the aroma is just right, and voila— baked goods without<br />

an oven!<br />

And I bet that you didn't think Israel was capable of such<br />

holey (sic!) miracles!<br />

-68-


Gimme Shelter!<br />

No, this isn't the sing along section of the RED TAPE, but a<br />

section to take up space and remind you of the space you once<br />

took up during you year in Jerusalem.<br />

Dormitory life at H.U. took on a different tone than many<br />

of us had experienced in universities back home. Language created<br />

a barrier for everyone. Whether trying to get posters translated<br />

or attempting to tell the Arabic speaking maid that you don't<br />

want her in your room barefoot because you broke a wine bottle<br />

the night before! Language was a problem, but many were resolved<br />

to overcome it. Determination, hard study and an oath on your<br />

first born child that you would talk only Hebrew to your Israeli<br />

roommate. Trouble was, you could never understand his English,<br />

let alone his Hebrew because of his New York accent!<br />

Troubles certainly didn't end here. For many males, it was<br />

a mad scramble to obtain dormitory housing. Having a guarantee<br />

on housing didn't guarantee your room was liviable! Compared to<br />

the relative luxury and convenience of Resnick, many were destined<br />

to spend their time in the notorious Shikun HaElef. These particular<br />

dorms have a reputation rivaled only by Devils Island.<br />

Two beds, a desk, a closet and two feet of walking space was all<br />

the place had to offer.<br />

Most of us won't soon forget the other problems encountered<br />

during the year. The 2:00 a.m. registration stands out the most<br />

in my memories. After a day of orientation in New York, a sleepless<br />

flight, a three hour wait at Lod, an introduction to Egged<br />

and then an hour long wait to fill-in triplicate dormitory admission<br />

sheets— that's "chutzpah".<br />

The problems of today provides for the humor of tomorrow.<br />

The lasting feelings are the new relationships made in the course<br />

of a short year. Whether with your roomate, an Israeli soldier or<br />

the American down the hall, these new friends made It all worthwhile.<br />

Izzy Sonenreich<br />

“69“


Hebrew University students are still pondering the real meaning of all local<br />

documents bearing the legend OYSP. All you dazzled and perplexed OYSP'ers<br />

have no fear for we have uncovered possibilities for the initials OYSP....<br />

One Year SIumber Party<br />

Offer Your Sarcasm Please<br />

Obscene Yeshiva Students Performing<br />

Olives Yids Sandals (Nimrod) Pita (Falafel)<br />

Obvious Yiddisha Spoiled Patriots<br />

Observe Your Shabbas Properly<br />

Occasional Yawning Serves Purposes<br />

Old Yogurt Smells Pathetic<br />

Obese Young Soccer Players<br />

Often You Send Packages<br />

Ordinary Yells Strengthen Protectia<br />

One Year Singer Protection<br />

OK, You're Special People<br />

Rena Ben Zvi<br />

DID SHE, OR DIDN'T SHE?<br />

(EVEN THE MAID DOESN'T KNOW FOR SURE)<br />

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•71


STUDENTS' REACTIONS TO O.Y.S.P. COURSES AND FACULTY<br />

No student in the O.Y.S.P. will deny that this year has<br />

been a special one.<br />

However, the aspects that have made it special<br />

are not declared unanimously.<br />

According to the title of<br />

the program, one would expect one of those aspects to be academic.<br />

While many students have found the classes excellent, others have<br />

been disappointed.<br />

An evaluation questionnaire on the Summer<br />

Ulpan and the Fall Term (on which most of this article is based)<br />

was circulated.<br />

It included the following instructions:<br />

Grade on a scale of 1-5 your total experience at<br />

the Hebrew University (l=the highest).<br />

Of thirty-eight replies, the following data was obtained:<br />

teachers.<br />

1............................. 16%<br />

2 ............................. 26%<br />

3 .............................. 30%<br />

4 .............................. 20%<br />

5 ................................ 8%<br />

There is no question that there were many outstanding<br />

In day-to-day conversation, professors such as Ben-<br />

Tor, Chazan, Gafni, Greenberg, Harkabi, Hartman, Herman, Ms. Lie-<br />

bowitz, Levine, Paul, and Werblowsky are often mentioned by my<br />

friends alone.<br />

Nevertheless, complaints have been registered<br />

concerning lack of interest in the students, condescencion, and<br />

laziness on the part of some professors.<br />

It was also suggested<br />

that when lecturers cannot be present, a substitute be sent.<br />

As far as course selection, comments ranged from good to<br />

lousy, from courses being too general to too specific.<br />

It was<br />

noted that there are many time conflicts, and many large classes,<br />

both of which could be solved by offering more sections of the<br />

more popular courses.<br />

Suggestions on program format included<br />

spreading classrooms rather than concentrating them in Goldsmith,<br />

offering more full year courses, teaching more courses in Hebrew,<br />

systematically scheduling courses (e.g., all courses meeting on<br />

Sunday-Tuesday or Monday-Wednesday or Tuesday-Thursday).<br />

One<br />

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(continued)


student suggested that all courses be year-long, three-hour<br />

seminars. Some of the courses that students would have liked<br />

to have had offered are: General introductory courses in<br />

Judaism, including branches of modern Judaism; Jewish art and<br />

music; Jewish reactions to the Enlightenment; additional Bible<br />

courses, e.g. Humash according to the weekly portions, survey<br />

of the prophets, Song of Songs; more Hebrew literature in English<br />

(especially fall term) and Hebrew; history of anti-semitism;<br />

Karaites, Samaritans, etc.; a full program of Israeli economics,<br />

government, and foreign policy; Israeli botany and zoology;<br />

additional courses in Islamic civilization; Early Christianity;<br />

and generally more upper level courses outside the area of<br />

Jewish studies.<br />

In my opinion, many of the suggestions to improve the<br />

format as a whole neglect one factor— the uniqueness of the<br />

faculty. Additional sections of most courses could only be<br />

offered if the same professor were willing to give the same<br />

lecture twice. Also, systematically scheduling classes would<br />

require lecturers to make their schedules fit the O.Y.S.P.<br />

rather than fit O.Y.S.P. into their schedules. I believe both<br />

are too much to ask from men whose primary concern is the regular<br />

university and their own research. Needless to say there<br />

are many first rate researchers on the O.Y.S.P. faculty who<br />

very concerned about their O.Y.S.P. students, but at no<br />

university is the phenomenon universal. Nevertheless, these and<br />

other suggestions are relevant and merit consideration.<br />

JUDITH BORSUK<br />

Our most favorite lines from Israeli guys:<br />

-"Let me tell you your fortune:<br />

into your life.'"<br />

a new man<br />

is about to come<br />

-"Hey you! — Vant to go to dis-ko-tek?"<br />

—"I've seen you in a dream...."<br />

-"I don't want to touch;<br />

I just want to sit very close to you<br />

-75-


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My summer ulpan was:<br />

a dream which I realized only after regular<br />

75


Conceptions off<br />

Hartman<br />

t h s Mool( lern<br />

OYSP Experience<br />

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-78-


"Y. Drawer?"<br />

That is the question we've been asking ourselves ever since<br />

we entered the class--why DRAWER????<br />

Zhe Doctor is internationally recognized for his smiles. An<br />

all-around guy, Yehezzie participated in zhe Olympics of '36; but<br />

he resigned because zhey were wrong. He was immediately flown to<br />

Wenezuela and was appointed high pressure planner; but he never<br />

showed up due to illness. He zhen came to Israel and participated<br />

in zhe One-Year Program, teaching an in-deps study on Contemporary<br />

Israel: Politics, Society, Economics, Security, Religion, Entertainment,<br />

Education, Morality, Mobility, Anthropology . . . and their<br />

influences. Y. also spent several lectures on Bottle-Rolling in<br />

Cinemas. According to him, "Yigal Allon."<br />

Usually students complain that they could have learned much<br />

more had they attended more lectures; in Contempory Israel, on the<br />

other hand, most students usually complain that they would have<br />

learned much more had the Professor attended more lectures. Irbnically,<br />

one of the few times the Prof did show up he became angered<br />

by the class' tardiness (9:47 for a 9:45 class) and summarily dismissed<br />

those already present.<br />

This article, unfortunately, must end now due to the writer's<br />

military reserve service.<br />

Love,<br />

Herald Post<br />

____ _______________<br />

OFFICE FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS<br />

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLASS CANCELLATION<br />

P.S.<br />

We will meet in room 304 on March 32nd<br />

CourseCQnte-y^pOfCj X s v 3 e . \<br />

Taught by V. rirdbUdeX*<br />

will not meet C-N/C.r""<br />

t o - L W e praSessor's<br />

a b s e n c e<br />

Date K c u r 5 2 ^ -<br />

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chemech<br />

finals,<br />

something utterly different than the Last Judgement,<br />

papers, ah, the Israelis finally (oh that wordI) knew what they were<br />

talking about when they called them avodot. work exactly, not works<br />

of art, mind you, but certainly there’s been some energy exchanged<br />

along the way.<br />

remember the summer when we could get up very very early in the<br />

morning to watch the sun rise? ah gorgeous untouched all-alive skies,<br />

it was always so nice— until the first egged speedily broke its way<br />

through your dreams, oh, there were also those nights we would play<br />

owls and stay up silently hooting acknowledgement of our freedom to<br />

each other, we'd check out the sun, mumble a word of thanks to the Big<br />

One for doing it again (but were we ever afraid He'd forget?), and crawl<br />

into bed. oh but now it's a lonely long night i spend trying not to be<br />

desperate about the work i should have handed in a month ago. then all<br />

of a sudden, right in the middle of Herzl's call on the Kaiser, you (i<br />

do too) hear the minneret calling out in that amazing P.A. system that<br />

they would have loved back in grammar (elementary) school whatever kind<br />

of prayer of the not-so-distant, lit day. prayer, ah, this is the city<br />

it all goes around, it all twirls around this place, like the golden<br />

ring of the merry-go-round that lets you get another turn free, the ring<br />

that is. if you catch it. oh, but that ring is outside the horses and<br />

such, ah, but since when is the golden city ten minutes from downtown<br />

burbank? analogy saved again.<br />

saved again, well here we are. and there they are and they are and they a<br />

hmmmmm. prayer, you never know what's going to happen next around here,<br />

who says life in israel is boring and monotonous and dull and pretty much<br />

an uncultured blah? (well i was kidding, you know?) i mean, you (i) never<br />

know when the next bomb is going to go off in supersol or when the next<br />

tv camera is going to film you into the being and nothingness of mr. & ms.<br />

everyone's living (hopefully) room.<br />

(continued)<br />

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oh. so i'm sitting here writing about the establishment of b'nei akiva<br />

and the sun is about to come up on another day. oh; did it again,<br />

and you know something, i don't mind so much.<br />

and something else, i've never been afraid He wouldn't do it again.<br />

Whorl" time.<br />

it whe.n<br />

Isn't it strange<br />

that WE are all HERE<br />

and THERE<br />

we are not WE?<br />

- b l -


THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS YOU WISHED YOU HAD PACKED:<br />

minute steaks<br />

oven<br />

bed<br />

4)<br />

library<br />

5)<br />

inflatable 707<br />

6)<br />

coffee<br />

7) stereo<br />

8) aluminum foil<br />

laiummum foi<br />

m<br />

9) M&M's<br />

10) ten bottles of Heinz ketchup<br />

In addition: 10 one hundred dollar bills $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $<br />

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The first thing I'll do when I'm back home:<br />

-tell my folks I'll return to Israel at the first mention<br />

taking out the garbage.<br />

-eat a thick juicy steak<br />

-use the telephone<br />

-see a baseball game<br />

-take a bath, it's been a long time<br />

-re-learn English<br />

-probably cry<br />

-cash in my Israeli bonds<br />

-be a tourist in my own city<br />

— go to the bathroom.<br />

of<br />

W 0 W & 0 0 K ]<br />

f o k<br />

K N & U S 4<br />

UIPAN<br />

-&3-


off the heap<br />

The year in Israel is only now more than half-way completed.<br />

Yet, I can already see much about myself.<br />

I have come to appreciate<br />

my friends more than I have ever done before.<br />

each new problem I feel more self-confident.<br />

With the solving of<br />

I now realize that my<br />

discontent with America and the American way of education was a<br />

projection of self-discontent.<br />

I left my old school because I believed<br />

it did not offer enough in the way of an education.<br />

Hindsight<br />

makes it clear to me that the resources were there, but my<br />

ability to tap them was, as yet, under-developed. I was attracted<br />

to the Hebrew University because of its name and its size. There<br />

can be no denying that Givat Ram is one of the best staffed and most<br />

beautiful campuses in the world. However, its "bigness" and the<br />

passivity of the majority of its students cannot be easily reconciled.<br />

Being some 5,600 miles away from home, by its very nature, provides<br />

some of the impetus for self-knowledge. Problems constantly arise.<br />

And with each new problem you must, when it comes right down to it,<br />

depend on yourself for a solution. Calling home once a week becomes<br />

a luxury reserved for the very affluent. To receive an answer to a<br />

question by mail is a two-week procedure. The amount of freedom is<br />

limitless. Yet, the amount of responsibility is awesome. I .am, for<br />

all intents and purposes, only accountable to myself.<br />

I tend to view my stay at the University as a game with high<br />

stakes. The object of the game is to squeeze the most that I can out<br />

of this experience: Learn what I am here, and to study and__meet the<br />

great people that are sharing this experience with me. The challenges<br />

which confront me take the forms of academic, social, physical and<br />

emotional tests, rather than squares on a multi-colored board. Being<br />

left to my own devices to such a large extent adds excitement to the<br />

game. On the journey I have to recognize my successes and move forward<br />

whilst accepting my failures and being willing to suffer the<br />

penalties. So far on my uncompleted journey I have seen that the<br />

-C4-


eason for my discontent was my own purblindness and, above all, I<br />

truly value many of the aspects of the American lifestyle I was quick<br />

to reject. With each new situation I see a little deeper into the<br />

mysteries within myself. I suppose the game can bevery rewarding.<br />

Yes, there is the myriad of red tape, the all-encompassing protectzia<br />

and the cold water in the shikun. However, there is so much<br />

more. There is a different system of education— to either accept or<br />

reject. There is the limitless freedom to enjoy and the awesome responsibility<br />

to balance it out. There is Eretz Yisrael, Jerusalem and<br />

the Old City. Above all, there are the people. A roommate from the<br />

Orient. A WHO freak from Brooklyn. A guy from Russia who is always<br />

borrowing gaforim. A roommate from the summer who has found Judaism.<br />

A medical student from the Sudan who is the life of every party. There<br />

are the girls who always manage to spark enjoyment and introspection.<br />

There are the,profs who seem to lecture endlessly and the maids who<br />

never fail to wake me up on the mornings when I don't have classes.<br />

I do not advocate the "Milk and Honey" viewpoint towards Israel and the<br />

University— I would be guilty of purblindness if I did. However, if<br />

you choose only to reflect upon the many ills that have confronted<br />

us all and insist on overlooking the total experience of being a student<br />

here, you have missed out on so much. If you view the year as a multifaceted<br />

game and yourself as a player among many, I contend you might<br />

get more out of the experience than you had first imagined.<br />

Although the game is only half-way completed, I have scored enough<br />

in terms of personal insight to declare myself a winner.<br />

mark margolin<br />

OVERHEARD:<br />

"Israel took a step in the right direction when she required<br />

that all motorcyclists wear helmets.<br />

However, we'd all be safer if<br />

she'd now make a law that would keep motor vehicles off the sidewalks . . ."<br />

-35-


Yes,<br />

it's true:<br />

that Israelis push and shove<br />

that SERVICE is non-existant<br />

that people rarely smile or<br />

extend friendly gestures<br />

But,<br />

if I could not laugh . . .<br />

would I still be able to see:<br />

how minute my everyday crises really are?<br />

how being patient allows me to experience<br />

real anxiousness?<br />

how to enjoy every second of being<br />

young,<br />

here,<br />

and<br />

healthy?<br />

it's no joke.<br />

nina melnick<br />

■86


You know, I really have a problem—<br />

— What's up?<br />

I don't know whether to go to Bulgaria<br />

or stay in Eretz over break.<br />

— that's really a problem.<br />

I think I'll go to Tel Aviv over Shabbat—<br />

— Why?<br />

Well, there's nothing to do in Jerusalem.<br />

— Oh.<br />

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A HOUSE ON REHOV NISSANBAUM<br />

(sung to the tune of "The House of the Rising Sun")<br />

There is a house in Jerusalem<br />

On a street called Nissanbaum<br />

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy<br />

And Lord, I know I'm one.<br />

The cook, he has no mercy<br />

Despite how much I scream<br />

For all he cooks in the middle of the week<br />

Is chips and hatzilim.<br />

My roommate has a phobia<br />

Peace and quiet is his will<br />

Though he shuts the door and puts cotton in his ears<br />

He can hear me singing still.<br />

The Italian has a problem<br />

Phisohex will save his face<br />

But he keeps me waiting at the bathroom door<br />

And all I can do is pace.<br />

The refrigerator has no handle<br />

The paint has peeled off the door<br />

There's water on the floor from a hole in the roof<br />

In general, it's a great eye sore.<br />

All week the place stays messy<br />

There's havoc throughout the rooms<br />

The dirt's not even swept under the rug<br />

Because no one will lift a broom.<br />

But Friday is the judgement day<br />

I'm trapped and I can't get free<br />

I attack those floors with some stuff called Ritzpaz<br />

Down on my hands and knees.<br />

I also help with the cooking<br />

Stuffing is my specialty<br />

As I squeeze and crush that horrible looking stuff<br />

I've experienced true sensuality.<br />

Oy, Shabbos should be a pleasure<br />

But they've invited the whole O.Y.S.P.<br />

With people lined up the length of two rooms<br />

I feel that I can barely breathe.<br />

Gloria, tell your children<br />

Not to do what I have done<br />

To live your life in bitter misery<br />

In a house on Rehov Nissanbaum.<br />

-38-<br />

Marvin Richardson


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CHANUKAH AT REHOV RAMBAN<br />

All the food was arranged. The D’jyn were strategically placed<br />

around the apartment. The pans were standing in preparation for the oncoming<br />

of 300 latkes. From the living room, Carole King was serenading us, trying<br />

to calm us for the coming event. The four of us at 40 Rehov Ramban were<br />

now prepared for the flow of a "few" intimate friends to our Chanukah party.<br />

Actually, the few turned into over one hundred kids as the night rolled<br />

on. They came in from every possible entrance. Ten came through one<br />

balcony -- twenty through another----ten through the front door. It was<br />

endless. Very soon, a traffic cog was developping in the hallway--- the<br />

strangest sight seeing eighty kids jammed into such a small spot! What<br />

to do? Become a traffic cop, of course! I began directing traffic into<br />

the living room to get some order there. A good friend, Buddy Greene,<br />

began a marathon guitar concert as we all finally got settled for a night<br />

of good music and small talk. The lights were low--- the latkes with<br />

apple-sauce and all kinds of nuts were being passed from hand to hand---<br />

and, of course, the occasional occurrenceof kids climbing over each other<br />

in order to get anywhere.<br />

I still really do not know how 300 latkes were ever cooked! I<br />

think that this was the first time on record the hosts of a party were<br />

able to sit through a party and actually enjoy it! We were fortunate<br />

to have so many wonderful people trying their hands in the culinery<br />

field that there was no time or no room for the hosts to do anything---<br />

but enjoy the party!<br />

The food was good--- the company was even better (even though we<br />

probably didn't get to see half the people who had come)--- and the<br />

promise at the end was for an even better party. That remains to be seen!<br />

DAVID THALER


p*!1111hi 1i'nnm<br />

JUST ASK US:<br />

How many people should you ask for correct directions?<br />

None, guess on your own.<br />

What would cause a lack of eggs in Jerusalem?<br />

A strike:<br />

chickens?<br />

everyone else does, why shouldn't the<br />

How many feet or meters are there in a ->uP 2<br />

Meters don't have feet.<br />

The Jerusalem Post reminds me most of:<br />

A daily MAD MAGAZINE.<br />

My most favorite pasttime while waiting for the bus:<br />

Counting out forty agarot.<br />

Writing term papers.<br />

'Emma Slotsky, Emma Slotsky, How does your garden grow?<br />

Question of the OYSP to whomever might know:<br />

Who was EMMA SLOTSKY??!!<br />

OVERHEARD IN GOLDSMITH BUILDING, ROOM 012:<br />

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhl<br />

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No, it wasn't Purim, it was October 31st, Halloween. We were walking<br />

through the streets headed towards a Halloween party in the heart of Ramat<br />

Eshkol. We arroused the most puzzled and confused looks from the Israelis<br />

who failed to see the significance of the day. Our dressing apparel was<br />

typical for 10 year olds wandering the streets on Halloween in the states<br />

or maybe Purim in Israel. Noone could understand what university students<br />

were doing dressed up as we were. The party itself was a smashing success.<br />

The turnout was overwhelming; neither was there room to sit or dance, one<br />

simply stood and shook with the very rhythmatic American music. The costumes<br />

varied from animals to vegetables, everyone adding a touch of originalitly<br />

and imagination. The noise and excitement attracted all the<br />

neighbors in the building and all the children wanted to come and join the<br />

fun. The highlight of the party was the contest for the best costume where<br />

everyone had to give a little demonstration of their theme. Afterwards<br />

many joined in successfully for apple dunking. Unfortunately, the hands of<br />

the clock approached twelve o'clock, and the evil of Egged was about to<br />

strike, those depending upon Egged had to head to the station for the last<br />

bus. But the fun was not yet over. Twenty weird students entered one Egged<br />

bus headed towards Mt. Scopus, with the rhythm of the music still in their<br />

ears, all of whom were dressed in costumes. Just imagine the looks that we<br />

received from the driver and passengers!<br />

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P U R I M « O C T O B E R<br />

-93-


YAD VASHEM; DEDICATED TO THE 6 MILLION WHO DIED---<br />

FOR US TO REMEMBER<br />

"NOW AND FOREVER!"<br />

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t i t a n ' u / ' r b i t f<br />

J m t b ' A i ) " t u b S<br />

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J i ' i J i n b n ' b n i l<br />

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To the nolu ones o? ‘the Lord<br />

To the rekek o? the qhettos<br />

lo the^httTi in thetorefit<br />

lo the febeb ($ th e comps<br />

lo the TlCjViWs 0? the Underground<br />

lo the Soldiers in the armies<br />

lo the SCLvioors o¥ oor Wethers<br />

kthe dcurfers t the>A\eqo-\ inmyfatiw<br />

Beros strength 4-xfeheiUon<br />

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THE <strong>1972</strong>-73 STUDENTS OF THE ONE YEAR PROGRAM LEAVE THE<br />

STUDENTS OF <strong>1973</strong>-74 THEIR S.S. (SECRETS OF SURVIVAL).<br />

Save your nivV ’sn and early hours of the morning— three<br />

in the morning (3 a.m.) will be just fine— for your week-day<br />

wash.<br />

Be sure and avoid<br />

on Thursdays.<br />

pre-Shabbat stampedes at Hamashbir— shop<br />

--- Bus waiting... Forget what mother taught you, cut in line<br />

. . . if not first, you won't succeed.<br />

---So you planned on sleeping late today I Remember! Monday-<br />

Thursday is maid-day. . . who knows when she'll come?<br />

---Goldsmith, here I come (you won't be going anywhere else).<br />

Get there early before the afternoon-mob forms.<br />

-- Getting a package really isn't such a treat. Remember that<br />

Custom's hours are 8am-lpm and the line begins at 7am.<br />

---Girls, it's not that we look so much better in Israel,<br />

we're just not used to the Big Eyes (of the Israeli boys).<br />

---While waiting two hours to take a book out of the National<br />

Library, remember there's plenty of things you can do at Givat<br />

Ram— anyway, that's what they told us!<br />

---Summer Ulpan includes a Free Week at a kibbitz. A warning<br />

to the wise: Go Prepared— sit-up, back bends, and the likes.<br />

---When shopping on your favorite streets, Yaffe and Ben Yehuda<br />

(where else?) if ever distressed remember that the green dollar<br />

bill makes friends!<br />

---If ever a problem should arise with any aspect of Hebrew<br />

University and you're not quite sure where to go . . . don't!<br />

There may be hours, days, weeks or even months of depression.<br />

You may feql as if the one year program is just an endurance<br />

contest in disguise.<br />

You even may suffer from feelings of<br />

persecution and are sure you're heading towards insanity . . .<br />

but remember! IF WE MADE IT, SO CAN YOU.<br />

as compiled by Phyllis Zurkoff<br />

OQ— .J


Staff: Pearl Kisner Steve Rosenberg<br />

Mona Mandel<br />

Margo Meissner<br />

Harriet Molod<br />

Norma Jean Skolnik<br />

Izzy Sonenreich<br />

Yale Zusaman<br />

Nina Melnick<br />

Illustrators:<br />

Mark Gross..<br />

Harold Kahn<br />

Dick Krantz<br />

Ruth Seligman<br />

Norma Skolnik<br />

Izzy Sonenreich<br />

Mona Mandel<br />

Photographers:<br />

Darlene Blitt<br />

Marcia Bloom<br />

Stuart Cole<br />

Ahava Friedman<br />

Marcia Katz<br />

Nina Melnick<br />

Harriet Molod<br />

Josh.Needle<br />

Joel Reisbcrg<br />

Izzy Sonenri ich<br />

Margo Meissner<br />

Special thanks to:<br />

Dr. A. Avi-Hai<br />

Mr. A. Ben-Shachar<br />

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Mr. A. Singer<br />

And a very special thanks to Mr. Yaacov Kirschen<br />

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