Word: israelities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...MARINES ARE NEEDED IN ISRAEL...
...come into the picture after the presence of token allied contingents has dramatized the western powers' repeated guarantees to the Israeli state. The U.N., which is responsible for the creation of Israel, and for years has been debating the control of armaments, cannot let the peace of the world be threatened by the armament race between minor countries entirely dependent on the great powers. Since no atomic stockpiles are involved, there could be no better experimental ground for U.N. control of armament-just as there could be no better chance for us to stop the bootlegging of minor wars...
...Even in Israel shopkeepers have learned to look forward to it as a "season." But this year in Israel there is a new mood. Stores report their "worst Hanukkah ever," and most have not even bothered to decorate their windows; large parties are few, and the hotels will have plenty of room for last-minute arrivals at their Hanukkah balls. In place of the merrymaking, Jerusalem is celebrating the kind of Hanukkah that Judah Maccabee would find to his liking...
...Shin. Threat of war with Moslem Egypt has re-emphasized for Israel the martial aspect of Hanukkah, but the miraculous rededication of the temple is not forgotten. Wherever families gather for the lighting of the first candle, the ancient blessing is heard: "During all eight days of Hanukkah, these lights are sacred, neither is it permitted us to make any profane use of them, but only to look at them in order that we may give thanks unto Thy name for Thy miracles, Thy deliverances and Thy wonders." On sidewalks and playgrounds, children are still playing with their dredel...
...unusually attractive cover art (printed in Europe) includes reproductions of works by famed artists, e.g., Michelangelo's David emblazons the Israel Philharmonic albums, Picasso's Nature morte a la tete antique is on Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, an old print of French General Rochambeau with Washington at Yorktown goes with the second volume by the Garde Republicaine Band...