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Grapevine: More than one good turn

12/27/2012 16:48 By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Young pianists from China and from Israel will participate in a unique encounter produced by the Jerusalem Music Center.

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NEW YORK- born Sara Roth and her late husband, Arty, came to Israel in 1949. Because he could speak at least one other language in addition to English, Arty was pulled out of boot camp during World War II and recruited into the fledgling Office of Strategic Services (OSS). He was given sealed orders from the US State Department and shipped out to North Africa on the Aquitania, a former British luxury cruise ship which the Americans were using to send out their troops. After the war, he assisted Teddy Kollek (who was later to become the long-term mayor of Jerusalem) to acquire arms for the nascent Jewish state. After his wedding to Sara, he and his bride decided to set sail for Israel, where they planned to spend the rest of their lives.

Arty, due to his experience in the OSS and his close relationship with Kollek, was offered a job in the Foreign Ministry and promptly looked for a place to call home. He found a large rambling house with a garden in the German Colony, where Sara Roth resides to this day.

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Grapevine: More than one good turn

Young pianists from China and from Israel will participate in a unique encounter produced by the Jerusalem Music Center.

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