Israel Aliya Center Branch Opened HILLEL HAPPENINGS in Area; AF Veteran Heads NY Office With the opening of the Israel Ninth graders of Hillel Day Aliya Center, Inc., at 17520 W. 12 School, anticipating a trip to Wash- ington. D.C., held an ice cream Mile, Southfield, it was announced sale last week. The students used that Col. Yerocham Amitai , a vet- eran of 24 years in the Israel Air chocolate sauce, whipped cream, Force, has been appointed direc- cherries and imagination to create tor in the U. S. and Canada of the dairy delights for fellow students. Israel Aliya Center of the World In honor of Mother's Day, girl Zionist Organization students and their mothers at- Col. Amitai succeed...Col. Nahum tended a dinnar and fashion show sponsored by the PTO last Thurs. ! Golan, a veteran Israeli army of- ficer, who recently returned to Is- day. 50 Nations Getting Arms from Israel TEL AVIV (ZINS) Israel arma- ments went to 50 foreign countries in 1971 earning foreign currency of 575,000,000, according to a report in the If daily Haaretz. Among the weapons manufactured in Israel and shipped abroad are rockets modeled after the Soviet - Katushye" which were captured intact by the Israelis during the Six-Day War. The newspaper said Israel is producing a whole array of new and sophisticated weapons for its own use, details of which are classified. Since 1967, Israel's home produc- tion of defense requirements has made enormous progress, Haaretz said. 646.8484 Photography 30790 SOUTHFIELD at 13 Mile Road Creative Party Planning including Candy Centerpieces Persona I ized Pa ri i1,01. . Insitati llll s and Paris ecessories for all in-cas MARCIA MASSERMAN 646-6138 COL. YEROCHAM AMITAI rael after almost three years in the same post. The 46-year-old Col. Amitai set- tled in Israel in December 1948, when he joined the air force. A Zionist from childhood, he wanted to go to Palestine immediately up- on his liberation from Ebensee con- centration camp, but he was as- signed to duties in Italy where he helped organize aliya and the shipment of arms to Palestine. When the Six-Day War broke out in 1967, Col. Amitai was on the air force operational staff as as- sistant to the commander of the Israel Force. On the second day of the war, he became com- manding officer of the El Arish base In 1965, he was appointed chief of training at the air force headquarters and in 1968, dep- uty commander of the air force for personnel , a post he held un- til 1970- Col, Amitai retired from the air force in 1972 to assume his duties as American director of the Israel Aliya Center, Col. Amitai completed law A GIFT FOR EVERY OCCASION Complete Selection including the Finest 14 Kt. Gold Jewelry See Morris Watnick FINE JEWELRY 283 Hamilton Birmingham (Near °emery's) DAILY 9:30 - 6.00 THURS. to 9 p.m. NOW 2 OFFICES TO SERVE YOU BETTER! 24001 Southfield 25263 Telegraph Tel-Ex Plaza Mall between 9 & 10 Mile Roads Suite 105 Southfield 354-0667 North of 10 Mile across from theatres MAIE3RA Southfield 3 5 8-0260 1 NAVEL, INC. You are cordially invited to visit our new office conveniently located in Tel-Ex Shopping Plaza Mall, on Telegraph just north of 10 Mile Road. • World Wide Travel • Free Personalized Travel Service • Air • Steamship • Rail • Tours • Resorts • Business Travel • Groups • Experienced Travel Counselors YOUR TICKETS COST NO MORE! 24001 Southfield 25 263 Telegraph between 9 8 10 Mile Roads Tel - Ex in the Mall 354-0667 385-0260 studies at Tel Aviv University and became a member of the Israeli Bar. As director of the Israel Aliva Center, Col. Amitai will make his headquarters at the main office of the Israel Aliya Center in New York, 515 Park Ave. He heads an organization that has a staff of 31 shlikhim (13 in the New York area) and in 14 regional offices in New York City, Forest Hills, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, 'Cleveland, Chicago. Detroit, St. Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal and Toronto. At present, aliya to Israel from the United States and Canada aver- ages about 10.000 a year. By STEVE RAPHAEL. Stating that Israel's number one need today is people, and feeling that the Michigan area offers a fertile ground for recruiting ohm. the Israel government is opening an office in Southfield to spur aliya. Col. Yerocham Amitai, the new director of the Israel Aliya Cen- ter. based in New York, made this announcement and clarified the reasons for opening Michi- gan's first aliya office Wednes- day afternoon at the Jewish Cen- ter. - The regional office in Cleveland, under the direction of Ze'ey Ben- David, formerly served Michi- gan's needs.. The new Michigan office will service this state, Can- ada and Toledo. Amitai, a colonel in the Is- raeli Air Force, said aliya is as necessary to Israel's suprvival as security is "Now, with security somewhat assured, aliya is our major concern." He discarded the current so- cial polarization in Israel that has arisen because native Is- raelis feel olim are getting spe- cial privileges from the govern. ment. "The government just hasn't made the people under. stand the importance of aliya. Aliya doesn't cause social prob- lems," he said. So the Israel government, bright- ened by the projection that olim from the Soviet Union will in- crease three-fold over last year, and that the total number of im- migrants from all nations this year will total between 60- and 70,000, has decided to further con- centrate on America and Michi- gan. Government attempts to recruit more ohm in the U.S. comes at a time when figures show Ameri- can aliya has declined by about 5-10 per cent over the past year Before the Six-Day War, there was a steady flow of about 2.000 a year from the U.S. After the war, but before the recent decline. the number jumped to about 9,000 There were 117 olim from Michi- gan and 85 from Detroit last year. Even with the need for more people, Amitai stressed: "We don't want people who are runn'ng away from other prob- lems. A person who comes from the U.S. will be materially worse off in Israel; he has to want a Jewish life. There is a cultural, social and psychologi- cal shock when settling here." The rate of return from Israel has never been ascertained, and Amitai feels that a guess of 20 per cent is z,.'curate. "The ma- jority of people who leave are young and single. They have more problems than anyone else." As an example of one of the problems. he cited housing "There just isn't the money or the manpower to build apartments for singles who just don't stay single." With an office of its own, the Michigan aliya office will set it. sights on recruitment. As of yet a shaliakh for the office hasn't been named THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 19, 1972-37 . . Brevities To knew that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.—henry Thoreau. The FRIENDS FAIR—the third nnual art sale of works by Mich .gan artists—will open with a meet-the-artists preview 8-10 p.m. today in the Friends School Library_ Proceeds from art sale will be tsed for the grant-in-aid program. The sale continues 10 a.m.-5 pm. Saturday • . • Don't Just Diet SELECT-A-DFET Garelick's GallerY, Birmingham. will present MAURICE TURET- SKY in his first one-man show, Sunday through June 3. A preview • and reception for the artist is plan- ned al the gallery 5730-8 p.m. Sat- urday with the official opening from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Regu- lar gallery hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Thurs- day and Friday evenings to 8. Coming Soon No rollers No tuss First superbly shaped wet hoircut Then quKlx dry,n9 with hood blower ond brush You con keep Affc, complete ', or , shornpoo and hand Shaarey Zedek Hires NY Catering Company S8 blow, dry.ng busy beauties lose our no-set Somerstein Caterers, Inc., of New York has announced its af- filiation with Cong. Shaarey Zedek. Marvin Siegel, who has worked for the Somerstein organization in New York, was appointed resident manager here. ens.-loreez1 A I RC UT . 4 \lilt- 398-7727 , Let reverence of the law . . become the political religion of the nation.—Abraharn Lincoln - • ilettr • • • • ( . ulor ear/Ott: , at Super Imposed Silhouettes I nique'Poses Bur ► litzruhs uz. lioLz nApt 5.17- 7054 or 398- 1068 11_11LLAILL1111lill C 3895 Yid 1 2 Miff ROAD 4 blocks E of Greenfield Open Daily 10 5 • 542-4504 Camp Summer Vacation FRI. & SAT. SPECIALS Getting Ready For or That $ 4 99 Body Shirts Terry Shorts — Tank Tops 5 3 99 Matching Shirts ci, Pant Coat & Jackets drastically reduced $ 8 95 to $2500 Select Group of r, Spring Coats ii OOOOOO a 0 0 0 0 0 OOOOOOO 5 ,3 bouncy and Lreoutlful wono brush through , OFF