An Israeli Embassy official hailed the Zionist Revisionist leader, Zeev Jabotinsky, as “a great figure–like a mountain peak,” at a memorial program here last Thursday night marking the 38th anniversary of his death. Second Secretary Arieh Kerem’s appearance on the program at the Silver Spring Jewish Center is believed to be the first time an Embassy officer attended a Jabotinsky public gathering here. About 150 persons were present, the largest attendance at the memorial programs conducted annually by the Washington branch of the Betar movement founded by Jabotinsky.
“When you are close to events, it is difficult to see the figure,” Kerem said of Jabotsinky. “But the further away you get in time and perspective, the more he towers over the scene.”
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