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Nature Reserve Named in Honor of Gail Rubin

April 23, 1982
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A nature reserve and wildlife sanctuary named in memory of Gail Rubin, the distinguished nature photographer who was murdered in Israel by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists on the beach at Magen Michael nature sanctuary March II, 1978, was recently dedicated at Ein Afek near Haifa, it was announced here by the Jewish National Fund.

Her mother, Estelle Rubin, was the guest of honor of the project which has been funded by members of the food industry of the New York metropolitan area, with which Mrs. Rubin’s husband was associated. The sanctuary is being created by the JNF as a refuge for migratory birds and a shelter for indigenous animals, many of whom Gail Rubin photographed for exhibitions shown all over the world.

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