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SIP WINTER cover 2021.qxp_Layout 1 2021-01-02 7:07 PM Page 1 THE ISRAEL HILATELIST JOURNAL OF ISRAEL PHILATELISTS INC. WINTER 2021 DEVOTED to the PHILATELY of the HOLY LAND & JUDAICA VOLUME LXXII / NUMBER 1 qqqqqqqqqqqqq AA s you raise spoon of soup ( A ) to your mouth it pulls string ( b ), thereby jerking ladle ( c ) which throws cracker ( D ) past parrot ( E ). Parrot jumps after cracker and perch ( F ) tiLts, upsetting seeds (G) into pail ( H ). Extra weight in pail pulls cord ( I ) which opens and lights automatic cigar lighter ( J), setting off sky-rocket ( K) which causes sickle ( L ) to cut string (M) and allow pendulum with attached naPkin to swing back and forth thereby wiping off your chin. P ROFESSOR BUTTS WALKS IN HIS SLEEP, STROLLS THROUGH A CACTUS FIELD IN HIS BARE FEEt, AND SCREAMS OUT AN IDEA FOR A SELF-OPERATING NAPKIN. (roob gold´berg), Rube Goldberg IN THIS ISSUE a comically involved, complicated Notorious RGB 1933-2020 .............................................. 6 invention, laboriously contrived to A Disavowal of Self Delusion ................................. 8 perform a simple operation. Controversial Israel Stamp................................. 28 Rube Goldberg _ page 30 Jerusalem United .......................................................... 38 by Gregg Philipson Thessaloniki and Israel, The Story ................ 40 SIP WINTER cover 2021.qxp_Layout 1 2021-01-02 7:07 PM Page 1 THE 2021 Society of Israel Philatelists Fundraising Campaign ISRAEL HILATELIST MOSES Level MOSES Level JOURNAL OF ISRAEL PHILATELISTS INC. WINTER 2021 Gifts directed to the Endowment Fund DEVOTED to the PHILATELY of the HOLY LAND & JUDAICA VOLUME LXXII / NUMBER 1 qqqqqqqqqqqqq KING DAVID Level MOSES Level MIRIAM Level Jonathan Greene Bruce Arbit Charles Barnett Arbit Family AA s you raise spoon of soup ( A ) to your mouth it Gitte Finkelman-Cohen pulls string ( b ), thereby jerking ladle ( c ) which Tzedakah Fund of the JCF Vicki & Steven Galecki throws cracker ( D ) past parrot ( E ). Parrot Richard M. Bendix jumps after cracker and perch ( F ) tiLts, upsetting QUEEN ESTHER Level Dr. Errol Genet seeds (G) into pail ( H ). Extra weight in pail pulls Melvin Chafetz Michael & Faye Bass Col. Steve Glantz cord ( I ) which opens and lights automatic cigar Perry Goldberg lighter ( J), setting off sky-rocket ( K) which causes - Bass Philanthropic Fund Harry Greenwald sickle ( L ) to cut string (M) and allow pendulum Dr, Justin Gordon Greenwald-Haupt with attached naPkin to swing back and forth Stanley Berger thereby wiping off your chin. Arthur Elkins Deborah & Harold Graham Charitable Foundation Bernard Friedman Graham Family Giving Fund Arthur Harris Wayne Holt Marilyn S. & Lawrence M. Katz Yechiel Lehavy Michael Landau Family Fund Michael Lipstein Dr. Zachary Simmons Mark Lescher Richard Marcus Yacov Tsachor Jules Meisler Sandra Moss Dr. Henry Nogid Daniel Siegel Dr. Phil Sager Henry B. & Jonathan I. Stern Dr. Jesse Spector Scott Turner Robert Waldman Martin Washton Stephen Weitzman Total Contributions for Endowment Fund - $5,646 Contribution in Blessed Memory of: Contributions in Honor of: Charles Goldfarb Don Chafetz - from Arthur Harris Melvin Chafetz Vicki & Steven Galecki Evelyn Greene in loving memory Howard Chapman - ROFESSOR BUTTS WALKS IN HIS SLEEP, from Jonathan Greene P Vicki & Steven Galecki STROLLS THROUGH A CACTUS FIELD IN HIS Alan Morgenstein BARE FEEt, AND SCREAMS OUT AN IDEA Stan Raffel FOR A SELF-OPERATING NAPKIN. from Berkstein Hills SIP Chapter In Memoriam Contributions can be made to honor family and friends Dr. Phil Sager (roob gold´berg), Rube Goldberg IN THIS ISSUE a comically involved, complicated Notorious RGB 1933-2020 .............................................. 6 2021 Fundraising Campaign Total thru January 21, 2021 invention, laboriously contrived to A Disavowal of Self Delusion ................................. 8 perform a simple operation. Controversial Israel Stamp................................. 28 $8,076 Thank you for your generous support! Rube Goldberg _ page 30 Jerusalem United .......................................................... 38 by Gregg Philipson Thessaloniki and Israel, The Story ................ 40 Winter * Volume 72 * Number 1 * www.israelstamps.com Devoted to the study of Turkish Palestine, World Wars I and II, British Mandate, Israel and Judaism Holocaust Society 2 SIP Leadership 2021 3 Editor’s Notes 4 Letters to the Editor 4, 58 Dues Notice Belated Happy Hanukah 4 Classified Ad Israel 4, 43, 56 Snow Birds 5 Honor Our Front Line Workers 20 5 New Members 21, 43 Be in The Know 8 A Disavowal of Self Delusion 45 Up Coming Zoom Presentations Jesse I. Spector, M.D. 56 The Leslie Reggel 20 Liberation of Auschwitz Memorial Award Gregg Philipson 28 57 Dr. Dickstein Memorial Award 58 President’s Column Judaica 5 What is It? Arthur Harris Forerunners 12 West Bank Bridge Crossings, An Update Arthur Harris 28 Controversial Israel Stamps Litwinsky House 29 Ambassador of the Republic of 34 Estonia “Write-Up” 6 H.E. Mr. Sulev Kannike 34 Forerunners of the Holy Land, 44 Newly Found Military Use Agrah Part 4 Arthur Harris 6 Notorious RGB 1933 - 2020 Robert Pildes, MD 50 The International Red Cross Gregg Philipson Message Scheme, Part 2 Mandate Period 14 Judaica in Belgium Larry Nelson Bart Belonje 16 Remembering the Munich Index of Advertisers Olympics Classified Ad 4 Gene Eisen Doron Waide 49 24 The Most Popular Jewish Holiday - Philatelically Speaking Education Fund 60-61 22 Ellis Bromberg Endowment Fund inside front cover 30 Rube Goldberg 22 Palestine Small Town Postmarks Endowment & Web Archive 53 Gregg Philipson Melvin A. Richmond, MD, z"l 40 Thessaloniki and Israel Historama back cover JNF/KKL The Story House of Zion 19 Yefim Rozenshteyn Ideal Stamp Co., Inc 15 46 Emergency Committee To Save Jewish People of Europe Israel Philatelic Agency 49 Joe Weintrob of North America 48 Gary Hershorn - Photographer Negev Holyland Stamps 47 Irv Osterer 54 It’s in the Details ONEPS Society 11 38 Irv Osterer Tel Aviv Stamp 47 38 Jerusalem United 59 The Jew Fish The Shekel 21 Moshe Kol Kallmann Jean-Paul Danon The Israel Philatelist - Winter 2021 www.israelstamps.com 1 SIP Leadership 2021 E-mail: [email protected] Off ICERS INANCIAL RUSE TE President F T Michael A. Bass Howard S. Chapman Immediate Past President E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Edwin G. Kroft Justin Gordon E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 1st Vice President Ed Rosen International Liaison RESEARCH COMMITE T E E-mail: [email protected] Jean-Paul Danon Edwin G. Kroft 2nd Vice President E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Joel Weiner Phil Kass E-mail: [email protected] DIREC TORS E-mail: [email protected] Ed Kroft Editor SLIDE PROGRAMS Zach Simmons Donald A. Chafetz Michael A. Bass Howard Wunderlich E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] UBLICITY OMMITE T E Associate Editors P C SIP COMMIT T EES Edwin G. Kroft Shawn Dilles E-mail: [email protected] Arthur Harris Zach Simmons ENDOWMENT FUND SOCIETY COUNSEL Howard Wunderlich Michael Bass Ed Kroft Marty Zelenietz E-mail: [email protected] EDUCA TIONAL FUND Web Master David Kaplin OCIETY RCHIVIST Donald A. Chafetz S A E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Todd Gladstone Ron Rohin E-mail: [email protected] ADMINISA TR TIVE ASSISN TA T Graphic Designer Sarah Berezenko Irv Osterer MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN E-mail: [email protected] Howard S. Chapman THE ISRAEL PHILA TELIST Treasurer E-mail: [email protected] Howard S. Chapman A.P.S. Affiliate Unit No. 105 Charter Member W.P.C. 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By-Laws of the Society. “Notice of applications for membership is published in our magazine, Reprinting by written permission only. THE ISRAEL PHILATELIST, and consideration of applications is made thirty days after Entered as 3rd Class Matter publication of the names.” Nystrom Publishing, Maple Grove, MN PRINTED IN U.S.A. 2 www.israelstamps.com Winter 2021 - The Israel Philatelist used to pay for the SIP web site’s hosting and maintenance. In discussing the project with my daughter over a cup of tea Editor’s Notes at Starbucks, she offered to donate $1,000 to the project. Donald A. Chafetz She stipulated that the money would be a matching fund donation. For every dollar donated to the project, she would match it up to $1,000. Problem #1 So this an official announcement that the SIP Web DataBase When Michael Bass was SIP President, he and I discussed Expansion Fund is now open for donations.