Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-24
BY Cissy Finley
WOman's Editor

Mrs. William Steinberg, South
Adams ST., Rockville, has re-
Gently returned from a months
trip to Israel with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Goldberg of
Washington and her niece, Miss
Susan Goldberg of Silver
Spring.
The family left on April IA
and jetted to Israel in a twelve
hour flight, stopping briefly in
Paris for refueling. 1t was "a
first" for Mrs. Steinberg, her
first air plane flight.
They made their headquar-
tiers in Tel Aviv at the Dan
Hotel on the Mediterranean,
and motored throughout the
state from there.
They visited Jerusale EN-,
where they viewed Mt. Zion
and the tomb of King David.
Here they saw the room where
the last supper was held, ad-
jacent to King David's tomb.
Also in Jerusalem they saw
Hebrew University, Hadassah
Hospital, and Technion, the
NJ. l. T. of Israel.
Another interesting side trip,
took them to Galilee, the upper
most region of Israel. On this
jaunt they went to Nazareth,
Safed and Natanya. Natanya is
the third largest diamond-cut-
ting center in the world and is
also popular summer resort.
The Tamarsk trees were a great
attraction there.
'Haifa, on Mt. Carmel in Gal
lice, was the most beautiful
area" Mrs. Steinberg recalls.
1.-THE flowers, many of the des-
ert variety, are brilliant in
color. There were also flowers
more familiar to us, such as
snapdragons and roses, and the
colors are brighter. Everyone
has flowers, from the poorest
to the wealthiesl.
Also in Galilee, they found
another touch of America. The
Hudson paper company has
factory in Hedera, the agri-
cultural and industrial center
of Israel.
Another section of Israel
visited by Mrs. Steinberg was
Beersheba, famous for the open
stall markets.
Unfortunately at the time we
were there, however, foot and
mouth disease was prevalent
and the Bedouins were not per-
mitted to bring their camels
into the city, thus eliminating
much of the local color" Mrs.
Steinberg said.
They did go through the
markets and viewed displays of
vegetables, clothes, shoes, meats
and fruits.
"Radishes, for example" she
said, "were as large as oranges.
and the citrus fruits, especially,
were much larger than ours"
When asked about clothes
and hair styles, Mrs. Steinberg
said that the hair styles were
extremely Partisan, and the
mode of dress was very much
like ours, only the skirts were
shorter.
On the subject of entertain
ment she stressed the emphasis
on culture. There are very few
television sets in Israel and only
In Haifa are there any at all.
The people feel that they don't
need television and prefer con-
certs and art galleries to TV.
There are a number of movie
houses and they are always
crowded.
Another popular evening pas
time is night clubs, and the
Steinberg party visited one in
Jaffa, owned by an artist. The
decor consisted of relics of Cru
sader vintage. Entertainment
was in Hebrew and a three
piece CONDO provided music for
dancing.
Food is plentiful and pre-
pared in most homes on small
gas stoves. Refrigerators are
also in most homes, but such
items as dishwashers, disposals.
and dryers are non-existant
The more wealthy own wash.
ing machines.
There was one chain of super
markets throughout the state
which sells mostly fresh and
canned foods. The average fam
lily could not afford frozen
food.
Children go to school through
the eighth grade. Mrs. Stein.
berg said, and then if they
show exceptional learning abil-
ity they enter a higher educa.
tional level and have to pay a
nominal fee for their schooling
Most of the housewives work.
and wages are low, so school
time is precious.
The travellers were In Israel
at the time of the Independence
Da. celebration, May 8. It was
the only day during their
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