Latke Lover, Hamantash Hero Lock Horns By ESTHER ALLWEISS A latke-hamantashen deb a t e? Apparently, the controversy to determine whether the delicious potato pancake or the delectable Purim pastry is the superior food has been troubling Jews since time immemorial. To settle the question once and for all, then, a proponent of each put together his best arguments to convince a group of concerned Purim celebrants gathered for the debate at the Jewish Center Sun- day. Mark E i c h n e r. counselor at Berkeley High School and teacher at Cong. Bnai Moshe, spoke in favor of the latke, recalling heart- warming memories of helping his mother grate potatoes for latkes down to the "nubs." He insisted that making latkes, despite the scraped fingers, was an excellent way to bring families together. Women libbers could make their husbands do it, he added, hoping to please all the ladies. Taking a more analytical ap- proach to the subject, Eichner cited a study from the Journal of the American Dental Society, where Jewish dentists found that "those of their patients who ate latkes and not hamantashen, had 70 per cent fewer cavities." Then, addressing himself to the c o l l e g e-bound in the audience, Eichner stated that a recent survey showed Jewish students who ate latkes instead of hamantashen scored 100 points higher on their scholastic aptitude tests and, there- fore, "increased their chances of getting into name schools, like Harvard and Wayne State." Latkes also have proved in- valuable in today's sensitivity group s. As an "ice breaker," Eichner said, "a giant latke is prepared, 8 feet in circumference, and while members of the group hold on, their feelings of shyness and insecurity drain into it." The ultimate proof of the im- portance of the latke, he said, was in Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat's recent offer to make peace with Israel if "Mrs. Golda Meir would give him her recipe for the latke." Young Jewish Alliance at EMU Offers Classes in Judaica The Young Jewish Alliance, a student group at Eastern Michigan University, has become affiliated with the Michigan Association of Jewish College Students and will be receiving program assistance from the association, head- quartered in the Jewish Center. The association is helping the Young Jewish Alliance work with BY POPULAR DEMAND! Now Booking .. . ED BURG and his Orchestra LI 4-9278 Dance Lessons call in Your Home JACK BARNES 576-0359 between 5 & 7 p.m. DA DDY, REMIND MOMMY TO • ENTER ME IN THE BABY :1 • CONTEST AT LEO KNIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY THIS v YEAR. I MIGHT WIN ! 352-7030 Caricatures for your party By op SAM FIELD 399-1320 the United Hebrew Schools Mid- rasha to establish Judaica classes for students at Eastern. A United Jewish Appeal "garin" cooperates closely with the alliance and in- volves many of the same members. (The garin is a group of students assisted by the UJA in fund-raising and educational activities on cam- pus.) President of the YJA is Rick Shaye. Other student leaders are Karen Margolis and Debbie Koss, and Jan Cooper is adviser to the 'UJA garin. Murray Meisels, a member of the faculty at Eastern, serves as faculty adviser. At least half of the Jewish students at Eastern (some students say there are 2,000) are from metropolitan Detroit. Classes that the alliance has set up include beginning and advanced Hebrew, "Jewish Crisis," basic Judaism and Israeli folk dance. Miss Cooper counsels students Monday through Thursday from 1-4 p.m. in the YJA office. The Young Jewish Alliance hopes to start a Jewish library for Eastern students, having Israelis speak at meetings, and en- larging upon the Judaica classes. For information, contact the Young Jewish Alliance in Starkweather Hall at Eastern, 482-1466, or the Michigan Association Office, DI 1-4200, ext. 261. Alliance members recently participated in a Middle East teach-in, sponsored by EMU's Black Student Association. A Soviet Jewry program planned by the YJA for March 29 and 30 will include several speakers on Soviet Jewry and the movie, "The Fixer." Recently at Ferris State College in Big Rapids, a two-part Middle East teach-in with Arab and Israeli representatives took place. Some 500-600 students attended. Speaker for the Arab side was Dr. Hatem I. Hussaini; for the Israeli side, Yitzhak Leor of the consulate general's office in Chi- cago. The sponsoring Jewish stu- dent group, Bnai Israel, also re- ceives program assistance from the Michigan Association. EXPERT cleaning wall to wall carpets & furniture in your home. Free mothproofing. Pick up carpeting & relay elsewt ► ere. Celebrating 20th year. BENNIE or SAM — PHONE 352-9420 In his arguments to support hamantashen, Alfred Stern, pro- fessor of science and humanities at Monteith College, Wayne State University, called latkes a "sub- versive doctrine," since the potato of which they are made is "an underground vegetable—a schmut- zik." Stern said hamantashen repre- sent "lightness and joy" while latkes are a "lumpen dish." In a finely detailed history of the hamantash, Stern noted the years 1776, 1812, 1861, 1914 and 1939 as years best known for their sig- nificance to hamantashen lovers. For instance, 1861 was important as the year when prune haman- tashen were sent South to supply the troops at the Battle of Bull Run. Stern agreed that latkes cause fewer cavities, but said latke eat- ers also have fewer friends. And where Eichner had referred to latke ties to the ecology movement — Oak Park reportedly is to open a latke bio-degradable recycling plant soon — Stern maintained that latkes are really a "degradation of biology." With the debators' arguments and strategies f u l l y exhausted, (Stern even gave Eichner a hamantash to see if he'd weaken), moderator Paul Winter, executive producer of public affairs for WTVS, Channel 56, put the latke- hamantashen question to a hand vote and: It was a tie. With the numbing realization that the controversy would have to continue — at least until an- other debate this time next year — the audience trooped downstairs to sample the treats for sale in the Center's Purim Nosherie. Me? I plunked down two 10 cent food tickets for a nice poppyseed hamantash. I dare anyone to say the "lumpen dish" is better! Fund to Give $12,500 to N.Y. Campus Groups NEW YORK (JTA)—The newly organized board of directors of the Jewish Association for College Youth—an independent subvention agency established by the Federa- tion of Jewish Philanthropies—has made its first allocations to Jew- ish student groups on metropolitan campuses, according to an an- nouncement by Martin Blumen- thal, president. In its initial allocations, the board made grants totaling $12,500 for supplementary use to Jewish student groups at Columbia and New York universities, the Jewish Student Press Service, the New York Union of Jewish Students, and the editorial board of a city- wide Jewish student newspaper. Forthcoming board meetings will be devoted to further considera- tion of proposals from student groups and agencies, with a view to allocating additional sums for the establishment and improve- ment of Jewish student activities on campuses throughout the metro- politan area. Detroit women in journalism and communications are holding the annual THETA SIGMA PHI BOOK FAIR today in the Detroit Press Club, First and Howard. Featured is a noon auction of inscribed, autographed and rare volumes conducted by press, radio and television personalities. Pro- ceeds from the book sale, sched- uled for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., under- write journalism scholarships for deserving women students in Michigan colleges and universi- ties. Charlotte Dubin, city editor of The Jewish News and a 1961 graduate of Wayne State Univer- sity, was the first recipient of the local chapter's Lucy Corbett me- morial scholarship in 1960. Ten years later, she was named the chapter's 1970 Headliner. Mrs. Dubin is a past vice president of the organization. Our judgments about things vary according to the time left us to live.—Andre Gide. Kaufman Woodland Planted by JNF Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Nathan J. Kaufman (right) receives a certifiCate for a woodland in Israel from Abe Dishell, chairman of Landsman- shaften for Jewish National Fund, at the Landsmanshaften's Purim celebration last week at Cong. Bnai David. Kaufman, guest of honor, was cited for his MEL DUBIN, New York Jewish communal worker and philanthro- pist, has been appointed chairman of the 23rd anniversary celebra- tion of Israel's indenpendence to be held April 28 at Carnegie Hall, New York, it was announced by Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the Israel anniversary committee and president of the American Zionist Federation. efforts in behalf of Zionist and communal causes. The project will be called the Nathan J. and Beatrice Kaufman Woodland. A Jewish National Fund tribute also was presented. to Judge Kaufman by Ronald Karp, vice president of the JNF. Metropo- litan Bnai Brith Council joined in the tribute. Participating in the program were Justice G. Mennen Williams of the Mich- igan Supreme Court; and Karp. 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