8-Story Hotel in Jerusalem Protested JERUSALEM (JTA) — A group of conservationists and other citizens said they would make an all-out effort to pre- vent the construction of an eight-story hotel in the Oma- riyah Park in the center of Jerusalem. The group, calling itself the Council for a Beautiful Is- rael, claimed that a meeting of the district planning com- mittee which approved the hotel was illegal because the public was not represented as required by law. The proposed 350 - r o o m hotel is to be built by El Al, Israel's airline. Parents of children attending a school on the park grounds have protested the planning com- mittee's recommendation to raze the school to make room for the hotel. The con- servationists are planning an appeal to the National Plan- ning and Building Council. They say the hotel would ruin the park and spoil the view of the Old City skyline. Lack of Cash Forces Day School to Close NEW YORK (JTA) — The Solomon Schechter day high school in Flushing was un- able to open this month be- cause of financial problems, the first school in the Conser- vative-sponsored day school movement to discontinue op- erations, according to Dr. Morton Siegel, director of the education department-of the United Synagogue of America. The $2,000,000 Flushing school building, which was opened last year, is expected to be sold. Sixty-six students were enrolled. Dr. Siegel emphasized that the primary day school, of which the defunct school was a part, is operating suc- cessfully. Exclusive at SPITZER'S 10 Mile & Coolidge Dexter Davison Center Marc Chagall Complete Works 9 595 Retail $35 SUPER SPECIAL It's Nice To Deal With Joe Slatkin's DEXTER CHEVROLET 20811 W. 8 Mile between Southfield S. Telegraph 534-1400 Our Profit's' To You: BETTER SERVIal They See Up There! Strange things have been taking place! High up in the astro-labs, they have been making stud- ies of the urban spread in California and finding out what crops are best suitable for different localities in the state. We understand, by re- quest, they have made sim- ilar studies of portions of Is- rael's soil. It would seem these stud- ies could be better made in the localities involved, but apparently, way up in outer space, thousands and thou- sands of miles away, they can see better what is taking place here than we can on earth. There is an old Jewish story. A hackman is driv- ing the rabbi to a nearby Polish village. On the way, they pass a Polish noble- man's estate and the hack- man sees a bale of hay which he could use. So he stops and runs to the hay and is about to move it when the rabbi calls out, "They see! They see!" Quickly the hackman drops the hay and returns to his wagon. He drives on but looking back, he sees no one. "Why," he asks the rabbi, "did you say they see.? There is no one there." "Up there, they see," the rabbi said, pointing to the sky. Seems like the rabbi was right. They see up there what we don't see so easily below. Seeing has many peculiar- ities. The Baal Shem Tov pointed out that while we can't see ourselves very well, if we look at our neighbors, they may serve as mirrors in which we can see ourselves. In their good and bad qual- ities, we can study our good and bad and the lesson that he drew was that we should use this "mirror" to develop our good traits. Apparently the move in outer space is paying off. "Meshaneh makom meshaneh mazal" (change your place and you change your luck) says the Hebrew proverb. There is generally some ben- efit when we take any kind of a trip. When Columbus moved across the seas, not only was America discovered, but the menus of the world were changed. After Columbus, one Israeli Stars in NY Opera 14—Friday, October 5, 1973 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS BOOK COUZENS TRAVEL could have a cup of cocoa with his breakfast and have some fried potatoes with his eggs. Both cocoa and pota- toes were unknown to the Western world before, to say nothing of tobacco. When the Israelites took that little trip out of Mitzra- yim into the Sinai desert, probably many of them said, "Why didn't Moses take us to Atlantic City instead? There is nothing to see here." What can you see in a desert? A desert is like outer space. Just because there are no things to dis- Double Occ. tract your vision, you can Child under 12 years old see deepest and furthest, and sharing room with adult it was in the desert that the Israelites learned that "they see Up There.' They saw the Highest Above and they saw the deepest in themselves. Tel Aviv — Hilton It was in the desert they got Jerusalem — King David the Ten Commandments. Kibbutz — Ayelet There is a fantastic world up there! You don't need any Haifa — Dan Carmel automobiles, you just swim along. It is all due to the fact that the Law of Gravi- tation doesn't work there. AN OVERNIGHT IN LONDON ON US Maybe Congress should re- Daily Complete Israeli Breakfast peal the Law of Gravitation so we wouldn't need any sub- 7 Days Sightseeing including Massada ways, or buses. There are LIMITED ENROLLMENT no ups and downs, so you Call Shirley Mopper don't need elevators either. The prophets of religion were the first to realize "they aments previously deployed see up there." They knew along their border with Jor- that we inhabit a world of wonders. The prophets were dan to the Israeli front. The move was seen by Is- the first scientists. raeli authorities as a good- will gesture toward Jordan in view of the recently improved relations between the two countries. Syria has also bol- stered its antiaircraft defens- COMPLETE HOME MODERNIZATION es between the Israeli border and Damascus. • RECREATION ROOMS • GARAGES The Suez Front remained • ROOFING • ATTICS • PORCHES quiet despite the Egyptian de- • SIDING • ADDITIONS cision to order a full alert there. Cairo alleged that Is- FREE ESTIMATES rael was massing troops on the East Bank of the canal. 23120 MAJESTIC (25 Years of Quality Construction) OAK PARK Israeli authorities said there LI 4-3872 JO 4-5665 MON.-FRI. 9-7 SAT. & SUN. 10-4 have been no unusual Israel troop movements in the area. Syrian Forces Reported Shifting; Golan Settlements Are Alerted TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Is- raeli military has taken pre- cautionary measures along the northern frontier in view of a large-scale shift of Syr- ian troops to that region in recent days. An alert was ordered at Is- raeli settlements on the Gol- an Heights although military authorities do not believe the Syrians are planning any mil- itary intiatives an the border in the foreseeable future, it was stated here. The Syrians were said to have shifted troops and arm- By DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright 1973, JTA, Inc.) presents a deluxe ISRAEL HANUKA HOLIDAY BOAC from Detroit $ Dec. 23 - Jan. 3 Afr 1/2 PRICE DELUXE 5 STAR HOTELS SPECIAL FEATURE BOOK COUZENS TRAVEL 358-3300 ••• Michael Li-Paz, basso, will make his debut with the New York City Opera Company at Lincoln Center as "Dr. Bartolo" in "The Barber of Seville," Nov. 3. Li-Paz, the first native Israeli to be en- gaged by the New York City Opera, will also appear in the Nov. 8 and 11 produc- tions. He has been asked to prepare and has mastered a new role for the 1973/4 season of the company, "Baron Ochs" in Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkava- lier." Last season the young basso made his debut as "Dr. Bartolo" with the Philadelphia Grand Opera at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. He is sched- uled to perform again this season with the same com- p-any as the king in Verdi's "Aida." In December, Li-Paz will sing the role of "Ketzal" in the new production of Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" at Lincoln Center in New York. Li-Paz, who will be fea- tured this season in recitals in New York, Cincinnati and in Philadelphia, his current home, is the recipient of a grant from the America- Israel Cultural Foundation. It is the difference of opin- ion that makes horse races. —Mark Twain. 41 ) 9 4111EINSIP With Heartfelt Gratitude .. We express our appreciation to the hundreds of supporters of Bar-Ilan University for their cooperation in making Detroit a leading community of action in behalf of higher traditional education in Israel. Our thanks go forth to our many friends, to Dr. Leon Fill and his committee, for the successful 18th anniversary Dinner, on Sept. 20. We take this opportunity to recall the pioneering efforts of those families in whose homes our initial organizational meetings were held 18 years ago: Daniel Temchin Family Abraham Nusbaum Family Irving W. Schlussel Family Isaac and Minna Rosenthal Family The families of these pioneers are always with us, and at this time of sacred remembrance we are especially appreciative of their dedication to our great tasks for Jewish learning. Our blessings go forth to the pioniers and to all friends and associ- ates for a Very Happy Year. PHILLIP STOLLMAN National Chairman, American Friends of Bar-Han University ZVI TOMKIEWICZ Executive Director, Detroit Friends of Bar-Han University