Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

Page 6 text:

■■ = DEDIC MII) lilt ' resoiimliii : | rai ' e daily fed the elanging M ' lieels of IiKlustry for its aina .ing leelinologieal advxineeiiieiit. ve of the Clafss of 17 ish to l»oM respei-tfidly in trilmte to tin- serene, idyllie. yet romantic, and lieart-warniinj; niiraele u( this generation — the rehirth of regeneration of a lifeless people. niiraele should it he termed even without the additional hardships imposed upon the Yishuv hy the nianclatory power. Torturous ilelays are administered to oppressed souls. oj)presse«l to the point of heing dejiorted from a land whose o| en-arnied welcome was stilled hut for a moment hy the imposing guns of His .Majesty ' s Na y which threatens onlooking ci ilians. And to salve Britannia ' s conscience, commissions are regularly ap- pointed an«l their Kndings ignored. As the Class of ' 47 marches lown the aisles of Lamport Auditorium, a special committee of the United INations will convene in Jerusalem. They will go through the motions «if preparing a report, the nineteenth in the modern history of Palestine. Facing more insuperahle hardships than the American pioneer, the (!halut:i! has trans- formed the aritl deserts once again into a land flowing with milk and honey ; implanted an oasis of mo lern S estern civilization among the deserts of Eastern time-worn culture; re- animated a Jewish culture in a Jewish land an«l supplied to hapless refugees the materializa- tion of a lost hope. These successes are all A modern city — Haija the more imposing when we consitler the tremendous obstacles of Arab hostility and current British animosity. Within a generation — it can be said — a world was created. For none can deny the glory of creation to the in lustrious Chalutz who found the land a barren wasteland — the dry seas of sand parching the lips and narrowing the eyes, leaving not faith, hut hopelessness in the lieart of the pilgrim. Vov the land was wasted — a home for jackals whose dreary cries eompete«l only with the sighs of the Wailing Wall. A lliriviiiii iiiiluslry — the Naamaii Brick Faclory The ' ' call ' ' oj the Jewish Brigade

Page 5 text:

M ASM ID YESHIVA UNIVERSITY JUNE, 1947

Page 7 text:

Hard liihor l rvt l»y an i«l« ' :il «Tc;ilr«l ;i iiiir.-iriiloiiH iiK-liiiiiorplionin ill arid ar«-aH l arr -ii for i-cnlnricM. All o r tin- citiiiitryHidi-, H -llli-iii -nlH pri-w ii|i. WIkti- HwaiiipM « t«- onrc i ' iiiiiii ii. one «»( llir iihihI (crlili- a(jri- 7V I I l I ' ' ' ' ■ ' valli-yH now |(ro«liir -H a varirly oC IimmI proiliiclH. illi lh - aclM-iil Z A I If I l ' ' ' ' ' ■ ' ■■I ' ' ■■■ Vi ,ia l. malaria aiui Iraclioiiia gradually NaiiiHlicd. i In- I I X J | liarflHlii|iH of iIh- «lcH«-rt v,vrv HJowly coiuiiD-rfd l» rliaiiin of HcUl«-iiM-ril » and iIm- rrcHccndo waH rra -lii- l with lli - o -riii lil founding of 1 HvltlciiicnlH in llic Ncp-v — mill- after mile of Hcorcliiiif; d -«i-rl c mil. Alllioii li a ririilliirr in nlill lin- KaHir iiidiiHlry and l ' al -H|ini- ' M citriiH crop in world-rcnownrd, m-w iixliiHlrifH an- Hprin fin;: up dailv. Maiiii- faiiiirin iio v Iooiiih an an imporlanl HiToiid. i ' iHliin on lli - Mfdil -rran -an and l.aki- ' I ilicriuH in anollu-r major Hoiircc of food. ' I ' lir iiK-rraHiiif; Irnipo of l - ' hiiido({i -al inoilrriii .alion haH CUllglil li dd llirrr loo. ' VUf all-.|i ' wiHli cily of ' I ' rl Aviv HiaiidH an a moniiiiwnl lo llit- inpciiiiily anil i-ndi-a oiir of the pioin ' crH of lli« YiHhiiv. ' I ' lw mont modi-rn i-ily in llii ' Mrar Kant, il in loi-ali-d on llii- Mcdi- lorrancan nliorcH, wlii ' n- only forty y« ' arH afjo I) li-ak Maud iliiiirH roiifroiit -il lli - IraM-li-r from JeriiHali ' iii to .laffi-. Olhi-r modorii dcvrlopmrn ts tln-rc an- Haifa, tin- .Irwihli M-rlion of J«tu»- aleni, and llic llada»«Haii lloH| ilal, from wliirh lh - Arali Ikih rrapi-d major iM-ni-fil ' -. Wo tin- C.lasH of ' 17 ar« ' inosl loiu-lu ' d jiv the lioarl warming [irogress of rt-ligiouH Zionimii. Wo lako groat prido in tlio ao- oomplishinoiitH of tho t piritual lioirs of tho fororiiniiorfi of Zionism, tho (Ihovovoi Zion, whioli grow iindor tho proddings of Roll Zvi Hirsoli Kalisohor, Rob Elijah (Jiilmachor and Re h Yohndah Alkalai. Wo point with ad- miration lo iho Mizraohi sohool systom, to tho Hapool Hainizrachi and Shonior Hadali kibbutzim, and tho formor ' s Bol Hoohalutz lo train InduiHtrial workors for ibo Yishiiv. We gazo admiringly as we see pictures of them ■working, learning and praying on their own Jewish Agency homes for rejiigccs al Acre Hadar A view jriiin Moiiiil ( ' .(innel A new industry — glass jactories