The Calumet news., 1911-12-06
PROGRESS IN PALESTINE.
New Town Built Near Jaffa by Jews
Within a Sinole Year.


No new colonies were founded in
Palestine this year with the exception
OF Kincreth a large farm founded by
the Palestine Land Development COM
pany with the assistance Of the Ma
tional Fund, which employs many Jew
lsh laborers. II Is hoped that these La
borers will become Independent colo
nists by and by.
Work has also begun preparing the
land for the cooperative colony of
Or. Oppenheimer, which vas named
Merhabiah A large number OF new
olive trees were planted this year in
the Herzel forest. The Agudath Ne
tain obtained its charter from the
Turkish government and is continuing
TO cover new land with all kinds Of
PLANTS Thus more and more OF the
arid Palestinian soil is being reclaim
ed 20 new life.
Jewish immigration into the cities
Of Palestine is muoh more evident
Wealthy Jews from Russia are visit
ing Palestine in large numbers. 1t is
true that not all of them find the pos
sibilites i'm Palestine which they an
ticipated, but many of them, who are
moro enthusiastic and whose desire
TO settle there is strong succeed in
finding various activities and they
settle there.
These Jews who have been used TO
a life Of comfort in Europe, have join
ed some OF the old settlers and have
founded a new suburb. a new town
really. near Jaffa. which they named
Tel-Abib. This town, built on the
American style. inasmuch as it sprang
out as If by magic within one year
Of tho sand Of the seashoro is very
beautiful. 1t is well planned. has wide
paved streets lined with trees, every
house is fitted up with water pipes
and bath rooms. and they are built
in a specified oriental style, surround
ed by garden.
1t is in all something of which the
Jews in Palestine are juetly proud.
The Arabs and the European Chris
.tians were astonishcd at the remark
able achievement OF the Jews, and
their envy is genuine. All the resi-
dents of Jaffa, Christians, as well as
Mohammedans take their holiday
walks in Tel-Abib.
The gates of this suburb are closed
on Saturdays TO prevent the entrance
of vehicles, although the majority OF
It's inhabitants are not religious, but
the Jewish Sabbath is accepted by
I.1 or fnha az
mosphere i'm Tel-Abib is naturally en-
tirely Jewish, and the Hebrew Ian
.guage in it's beautiful oriental accent
is heard on every side.
on the main street. the Herzel street,
that leads to the sea, was built the
.Gymnasia Ibrith, the Hebrew high
school of Jaffa, fine building in
oriental style. A corner stone was re-
Gently laid in the same suburb for a
large synagogue, which will be owned
by the Jewish community of Jaffa Tel
Abb was built through the assistance
of our National Fund, which granted
a loan for this purpose of about a
quarter of a million of francs, TO be
repaid with interest in installments.
a similar suburb is now being built,
with the help of the National Fund,
in close proximity of Tel-Abib. Je-
rusalem, too, has a few new jewish
suburbs around the old town built
mainly by jewish teachers for their
personal use with the help Of the
"Hlsvereln" of Germany. In Haiffa
also lots are being acquired by Jews
for building purposes around the site
OF the Jewish Technical Institute and
a suburb on the plan of Tcl-Abib is
projected there.-Los Angeles Times.