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Zicron Jacob was a little town of one hundred and thirty "fires"  so we call it  when, in 1910, on the advice of my elder brother, who was head of the Jewish Experiment Station at Athlit, an ancient town of the Crusaders, I left for America to enter the service of the United States in the Department of Agriculture. ZICRON JACOB WAS A LITTLE TOWN OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIRES AS WE CALL IT WHEN IN NINETEEN TEN ON THE ADVICE OF MY ELDER BROTHER WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE JEWISH EXPERIMENT STATION AT ATHLIT AN ANCIENT TOWN OF THE CRUSADERS I LEFT FOR AMERICA TO ENTER THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ich both sexes enjoyed equal rights, including that of suffrage--strange as this may seem to persons who (when they think of the matter at all) form vague conceptions of all the women-folk of Palestine as shut up in harems. A short experience with Turkish courts and Turkish justice taught our people that they would have to establish a legal system of their own; two collaborating judges were therefore appointed--one to interpret the Mosaic law, another to temper it with modern jurisprudence. All Jewish disputes were settled by this court. Its effectiveness may be judged by the fact that the Arabs, weary of Turkish venality,--as open and shameless as anywhere in the world,--began in increasing numbers to bring their difficulties to our tribunal. Jews are law-abiding people, and life in those Palestine colonies tended to bring out the fraternal qualities of our race; but it is interesting to note that in over thirty years not one Jewish criminal case was reported from forty-five villages. T WAS ESTABLISHED IN WHICH BOTH SEXES ENJOYED EQUAL RIGHTS INCLUDING THAT OF SUFFRAGE STRANGE AS THIS MAY SEEM TO PERSONS WHO WHEN THEY THINK OF THE MATTER AT ALL FORM VAGUE CONCEPTIONS OF ALL WOMEN FOLK OF PALESTINE AS SHUT UP IN HAREMS A SHORT EXPERIENCE WITH TURKISH COURTS AND TURKISH JUSTICE TAUGHT OUR PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ESTABLISH A LEGAL SYSTEM OF THEIR OWN TWO COLLABORATING JUDGES WERE THEREFORE APPOINTED ONE TO INTERPRET THE MOSAIC LAW ANOTHER TO TEMPER WITH THE MODERN JURISPRUDENCE ALL JEWISH DISPUTES WERE SETTLED BY THIS COURT ITS EFFECTIVENESS MAY BE JUDGED BY THE FACT THAT THE ARABS WARY OF TURKISH VENILITY AS OPEN AND SHAMELESS AS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BEGAN IN INCREASING NUMBERS TO BRING THEIR DIFFICULTIES TO OUR TRIBUNAL JEWS ARE LAW ABIDING PEOPLE AND LIFE IN THOSE PALESTINE COLONIES TENDED TO BRING OUT THE FRATERNAL QUALITIES OF OUR RACE BUT IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IN OVER THIRTY YEARS NOT ONE JEWISH CRIMINAL CASE WAS REPORTED FROM FORTY FIVE VILLAGES
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