European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Israel dead sea keeps her Well israeli woman says eighty year old Rachel Ollan is a walking advertisement for the health benefits of the dead sea. Quot i come Here two or three times a year said Olian. Quot i highly recommend Olian is a native of Poland she escaped the nazis by fleeing into Russia in 1941 and then after the War immigrating to Australia. The rest of her family including. Seven Brothers and Sisters died in the holocaust. Olian and her late husband immigrated to Jerusalem in 1968 and she has been going to dead sea resorts regularly Ever since she travels to the Jordan Valley by bus and takes her meals and sleeps at the Ein cedi youth Hostel her Days she spends at the Beach or at the various health spas. Quot i love it Here Quot she said. Olian said she seeks Relief from arthritis in the dead sea s Salty water the fresh air and warm spa pools Quot i used to do the mud but now i just come for the water Quot she said. Quot the water is hot like a Bath she said. Israeli travel brochures tout the dead sea s High concentration of minerals and its unique lowest sport on Earth microclimate As a natural cure for a wide variety of ailments. Though Ollan touts its benefits for arthritis she credits the water for her recovery from a bad fall she suffered last year aboard a cruise ship Quot i came Here where i have the sea i can swim Here which i can t do elsewhere. A month later the pain from the fall was gone Quot she said. A Dob Klose Rachel Olian u 4 a. A his a \ Urr f \ a a a in there s no sinking in the dead sea where the Mineral Content of the water keeps bathers High and dry for Reading top photo. Dead sea believers Wash off under a Sulphur Shower before heading to the Sauna above. Black mud right is said to encourage Youthful vitality Energy and relaxation u i so mat so of a a a Wes you re a a is Jess e>1? keeps 8rowth a Quot a in ii. A amps photos by Bob Klose stripes Magai Itie january 28, t�?~j9j
