Plaque honoring Naomi Shemer's eucalyptus grove raises controversy
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/999105.html [2008-7-7]
Tag : eucalyptus trees
When was the song written, when was the eucalyptus grove planted?Everyone has his own version, with documents to match. Melamed saysthe people of Kvutzat Kinneret take special pride in theirheritage. "Some of our pride stems from commemoration. We've already placedmany plaques here that relate our heritage," he said, citing GanRachel, named after the early 20th century poetess Rachel, and GanBen-Zion, named after Ben-Tzion Israeli, a member of KvutzatKinneret who smuggled in date seedlings from Iraq in the 1930s.
Their devotion to commemoration is what fuels their disagreementover the sign's details. One veteran kibbutz member is said to haverefused to come to the dedication ceremony because the sign statesthat the grove was planted in 1917, while he believes it wasplanted in 1912. Friday evening's ceremony was meant to commemorate Naomi Shemer,who made the kvutza's eucalyptus grove famous. At the ceremony,Sarah Stoler, the daughter of Kvutzat Kinneret founder ShmuelStoler, dropped a bombshell: not 1917, and not 1912. Rather, 1921.She read a letter her father had written, in which he describes thetime before the dam was built across the Jordan River at the outletof Lake Kinneret: "The Jordan flowed freely, and on days when thewater rose, a toxic swamp was created that was swarming with fevermosquitoes."
An embankment was constructed to prevent the water from seepingout, but it did not help, and on Tu Bishvat 1921, Stoler wrote, itwas decided to plant the eucalyptus grove to keep the water leveldown. It was not long before the plants dried up. "We were stubborn. Weplanted them again and they also ended their lives as quick as aflash. We planted a third time. This time we placed handfuls ofdark earth from the Jordan's banks and fertilized every plantinghole ... we said a prayer that the plants would take. They took andbegan to grow quickly," he wrote.
When was the song written, when was the eucalyptus grove planted?Everyone has his own version, with documents to match. Melamed saysthe people of Kvutzat Kinneret take special pride in theirheritage. "Some of our pride stems from commemoration. We've already placedmany plaques here that relate our heritage," he said, citing GanRachel, named after the early 20th century poetess Rachel, and GanBen-Zion, named after Ben-Tzion Israeli, a member of KvutzatKinneret who smuggled in date seedlings from Iraq in the 1930s.
Their devotion to commemoration is what fuels their disagreementover the sign's details. One veteran kibbutz member is said to haverefused to come to the dedication ceremony because the sign statesthat the grove was planted in 1917, while he believes it wasplanted in 1912. Friday evening's ceremony was meant to commemorate Naomi Shemer,who made the kvutza's eucalyptus grove famous. At the ceremony,Sarah Stoler, the daughter of Kvutzat Kinneret founder ShmuelStoler, dropped a bombshell: not 1917, and not 1912. Rather, 1921.She read a letter her father had written, in which he describes thetime before the dam was built across the Jordan River at the outletof Lake Kinneret: "The Jordan flowed freely, and on days when thewater rose, a toxic swamp was created that was swarming with fevermosquitoes."
An embankment was constructed to prevent the water from seepingout, but it did not help, and on Tu Bishvat 1921, Stoler wrote, itwas decided to plant the eucalyptus grove to keep the water leveldown. It was not long before the plants dried up. "We were stubborn. Weplanted them again and they also ended their lives as quick as aflash. We planted a third time. This time we placed handfuls ofdark earth from the Jordan's banks and fertilized every plantinghole ... we said a prayer that the plants would take. They took andbegan to grow quickly," he wrote.
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