Chapter 4 - Israel Goldstein Youth Village - Fay Berry

19930210 – Israel Goldstein Youth Village at Hanoar Hatzioni

Our guide, Schraga Hect, drove us to the Israel Goldstein Youth Village at Hanoar Hdatzioni, where we were met by Judy Segl who showed us over the village.
The Israel Goldstein Youth Village

The dining room at the Israel Goldstein Youth Village

Judy Segal

On the way to the Israel Goldstein Youth Village, Shraga explained to us that Israel actually has two governments! One to govern the Land and one to govern the People.

He explained. After Herzl, the Zionists realized that they could not afford the situation where rich Jews purchased land in Israel. Those same rich Jews in bd times could sell the land. Ben Gurion made a law that there would be “No private land in Israel.”

Side by side with this law was a second law which was called “The Law of Return.” This law provided that every Jew whose mother is Jewish (because you know for sure who your mother is but not for sure who your father is) can return to Israel from any country in the Diaspora and live in Israel and lease land from the Government.

A company was registered in London in 1910 (at the time of the creation of Dagania, the first kibbutz in Israel) for the purchase of land in Israel. The land was to be owned by World Jewry. The United Israel Appeal was launched to raise funds for the purchase of land. The Jewish Agency or Board of Directors was set up to purchase land and oversee legalities of the purchases. Keren Hayesod was then formed to administer the land and handle the sale of leases and administration of the land. This is the basic foundation of the Government for the Land. “It is every bit as powerful,” said Schraga, “if not more so, than the Parliament (Knesset).

So this is one country that the Japanese can’t buy!!!

The Hadassah Hospital

Shraga then drove us sightseeing and then to the Hadassah Hospital. We passed some Arab houses where the children were playing with the last of the snow that had fallen.

Some Arab children playing with the last of the snow.

The Haddasah Hospital

The view from the Hadassah Hospital

If all these photos were joined together it would give an unbroken vista of the view from the lookout at the Hadassah Hospital

Shraga Hect and Jeff Berry

Shraga Hect and Jeff videoing the view from the lookout at the Hadassah Hospital.

Jeff and Fay at the Lookout of the Hadassah Hospital.

Fay and Jeff, obviously freezing, as Shraga Hect took a photo of them at the lookout of the Hadassah Hospital. Since the day was freezing and I was coming down with the ‘flu, from here in I decided to stay in the warmth of the car and if what we wanted to see could not be seen from the car, then I would miss it and I simply didn’t care. I was sooo miserable.

Kibbutz Ramat Rahel

We visited Kibbutz Rmat Rahel. I took this photo from the car which was as much as I felt I was able to do. I could see there was a lookout and a memorial to my left, but I was cold and shivering with the beginnings of wht turned out to be a very firulent brand of ‘flu. I didn’t get out of the car! Kibbutz Ramat Rahel was attacked several times after its founding in 1926. It withstood attacks because of the valour of the members and the fighters of the Haganna who came from Jerusalem to help them. Until the reunification of Jerusalem in the 6-day war, Ramat Rahel was a border settlement.