64 Friday, March 14, 1975

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Tel Aviv University Woman Academician
Spurs 1975 Allied Jewish Campaign Tasks

A ,special emissary from
the United Jewish Appeal
now on leave from Tel Aviv
University, Yael Bar-Zakai
will speak to the leadership
and workers of the Allied
Jewish Campaign-Israel
Emergency Fund at a series
of meetings this week.
Divisions participating
will be Services-Arts &
Crafts. Mercantile, and four -
sections of the Professional
Division.
An eloquent spokesman
for Israel, Miss Bar-Zakai
ordinarily a professor of
language and literature and
an expert in absorption and
immigration.

A graduate of universi-
ties in the U.S. and Great
Britain, she has served in
the Israel Defense Forces
and worked in hospital
centers during the Yom
Kippur War.
Nliss Bar-Zakai will brief

Southfield 11:45 a.m. Tues-
day. The meeting will be
hosted by Milton J. Miller
and Lester S. Smith. Milton
Lucow is chairman of the
attorneys section.
A physicians cocktail_ re-
ception for the medical and
osteopathic physicians sec-
tions will be held at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek 8 p.m.
Thursday. Chairmen are
Dr. Harris W. Mainster, Dr.
Seymour M. Shapiro and
Dr. Milford Wenokur.

The Services-Arts &
Crafts Division will meet
with Miss Bar-Zakai at a
cocktail reception at 8
p.m. Tuesday at Cong.
Beth Achim. •

Joseph Garson and Irving
Laker are chairmen of the
Division.
Sol Cicurel and Robert E.
Schwartz, chairmen of the
Mercantile Division, an=
nounced that Miss _Bar-
Detroit dentists on Israel's Zakai will speak to mem-
Current problems at Cong. bers of their division at an
Shaarey. Zedek 8 p.m. Mon- evening meeting atthe Hun-
day. Dr. Murray A. Shekter tington Woods home of Mr.
is chairman of the dentists •and Mrs. Norman Wachler 8
section.
p.m. Wednesday.
Attorneys will attend a
The Real Estate &
luncheon with Miss Bar- - Building- Trades • Division
_Zakai at the Michigan Inn in will attend a brunch with

guest . speaker Yaacov
Morris at the Raleigh
House 10 a.m. March 23.

Press officer of Israel's
Permanent Mission to the
UN, Morris is a former Is-
•aeli- Consul in New York
and General Consul of Is-
rael in Bombay, India.
Real-Estate & Building
Trades chairmen Milton
Barnett and Myron L. Mil-

"Shaking Up The Sys-
tem" will be Common
Cause director Doug
Ross's topic when he
speaks to the Junior Divi-
sion 8 p.m. Wednesday at
United Hebrew Schools.

until recently headed the
Michigan Citizens Lobby,
will discuss techniques for
political change, effective
political action, and the use
of power.

lobby also organized action
for the removal of the sales
tax on food a-nd drugs voted
in last fall's election.
Junior Division president
Edward Lumberg will pre-

YAEL BAR - ZAKAI

DOUG ROSS

Under Ross's di•ection,'
the Michigan Citizens
Lobby instigated action
which led the Michigan leg-
islature to pass the generic
drug law and regulations on
auto repair licensing. The

side at the meeting to which
all interested young Jewish
adults are invited. For infor-
mation, contact Mrs. Lillian
Bernstein, Division director,
at the Federation office,
965-3939. •

Ross, who founded and

Rabbi, Jesuit Lead 3-Week
Student Seminar to Israel

By JOSEPH POLAKOFF

- (Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)

NEW YORK — Despite
the Vatican's persistent re-
fusal to recognize the state
of Israel, at least among
American Catholics and
Jews the liaison deepens
and widens.
In New York,---the rector-of
St. Patrick's Cathedral,
Msgr. James F. Rigney and
the spiritual leader of Tern-
ple Emanu-El, Rabbi Ron-
ald B. Sobel, exchanged pul-
pits to mark the beginning
of a year of dialogue be-
tween members of their
Katzir Receives
faiths.
In a hardly noticed event
conceived in Washington,
two Catholic and Jewish
clergymen have gone far-
ther and perhaps even more
effectively. A rabbi and a
Jesuit priest led a three-
week seminar in Israel at
the year's-end for 16
Georgetown University stu-
dents — Protestants, Jews,
Catholics or of no faith -at
all.
- In a discussion at the uni-
versity, following the semi-
nar, student Bob Quinn of
NEW YORK — Israeli President Ephraim Katzir, left, Manhasset, N.Y., observed,
UJA General Chairman Frank Lautenberg, center, and "It (Israel) is just so much of
UJA President Paul Zuckerman of Detroit, are shown at a contrast with what we're
a United Jewish Appeal luncheon here honoring Presi- used to. A real awakening."

UJA Report

dent Katzir. American Jewish communal leaders re-
ported on the progress of the 1975 UJA nationwide cam-
paign.

grom said they expect Mor-
ris will give an informative
and stimulating briefing on
the current problems facing
Israel.

According to Mike
Meotti of Glastonbury,
Conn., the people of Israel

have "a very determined
feeling. There are things
they have to do and they're
going to do them."

- Barry Charles of Bald-
win, N.Y., said, "The main
reason I wanted to go is be-
cause as a concerned mem-
ber of the American Jewish
community i wanted to try
to gauge the attitude of the
people there especially in
light of the events of the
Yom Kippur War and since
then and how they changed
from the post-1967 euphoria
that definitely was present
throughout the country to
the kind of somber impres-
sion I got from the Ameri-
can press that exists in Is-
rael right now."
"The degree of normalcy
was almost amazing," said
Bob Mellen of Olney, Md.,
who said he wanted to see
the "way of life" in a coun-
try "under incredible pres-
sure as a state for 26 years
and for a number of years
before that."
"I had a tendency to build
an idealized vision of - a
David surrounded by Go-
liaths," Mollen said, but he
found "labor unions going
on strike and politicians
battling each other. That to
me was a bit of a surprise.
There are some things not
really all that different
from the States. The same
kinds of basic values."

AJC-IEF Hears UN Observer

Dr. William Korey, center, director of the United Na-
tions office of Bnai Brith, talks with Dr. Milton K.
Miller before the Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emer-
gency Fund Pacesetters Evening for the Osteopathic
Physicians. Shown at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Donald
Boxman are, from left, Professional Division Chairman
Bruce E. Thal, Miller, Korey, and section chairmen Drs.
Harris` W. Mainster and Seymour S. Weiner. Korey,
whose professional background is in the field of human
rights, discussed the plight of the Sovet Jews and the
political conditions - affecting their search for freedom
with the AJC-IEF contributors.

Israel Independence Activities Are Scheduled

The Jewish Community
Center is planning its an-
nual tribute to Israel's inde-
pendence, with Israel Inde-
penence Week festivities
scheduled for April 12-20.
Activities at the main cen-
ter will he highlighted by a
free art show, with works
by Israeli artists. Sweets,
playing cards, candles, and
an assortment of art objects
— all products of Israel —
.will he sold in a lobby gift
shop.
An opening night party 9
p.m. April 12 will feature
,dancing, entertainment,
and refreshments. There is
a charge.

Outstanding
Israeli
singer Rifka Raz will ap-
pear 7:30 p.m. April 13 in
the Aaron DeRoy Theater.
The same day, the Center
Symphony Orchestra will
perform at 3:30 p.m. One
of the soloists will be Is-
raeli flutist, Shaul Ben-
Meir. There is a charge for
both events.

The Israel Aliyah Center
will co-sponsor a lecture by
Israeli Moshe Tabenkin,
who will speak on "Israel
Today -- in the Eyes of a
Fighter-Poet," 8 p.m. April
14.

The Israeli Students _Or-
ganization will hold a me-

morial service 7:30 p.m.
April 15. In addition, El Al
Airlines will present "The
Fragrance of Israel," a se-
ries of short films about the
many facets of the country
and its life.
"Lupo," an Israeli film
comedy starring Yehud-a
Barkan, will be shown 9
p.m. April 12; 1:30 p.m.
April 16, 8:30 p.m. April 17
and April 19 at 11 p.m. "The
House on Chelouche Street"
starring Gila Almagor,
which received an Academy
Award nomination, will be
shown 1:30 p.m. and 8:30
p.m. April 15. There is an
admission charge for the
films.

A Rikkudia and mid-
night celebration, includ-
ing folk dancing, enter-
tainment, refreshments
and showing of "Lupo"
will be held for young peo-
ple, 9 p.m. April 19. On
April 20, The Youth Zimri-
yah (choral groups) will
perform at 2 p.m. and an
airplane contest will be
held at 4 p.m.

Ehud Avriel, Counsul-
General of Israel in Chicago,
will speak on "Israel Today
— The Legacy of Chaim
Weizmann," at 7:30 p.m.,
April 20. Following the lec-
ture, there will be a public
reception for Avriel.

An off-lobby snack bar,
featuring "felafel" and
other delicacies will be open
April 13 and April 20. Also,
the restaurant on the lower
level of the Center will serve
dinners until 7 p.m. both
days.
,All programs are open to
the public. Tickets for those
programs which require
them are available at the
Centel. only. For further in-
formation, call the Center
Cultural Arts Department,
341-4200 .

Cong. Beth Abraham,Hil-
lel will celebrate the 27th
anniversary of Israel's inde-
pendence 8. p.m. April 6 in

the synagogue's
Hall.

'—

The evening is sponscy
by the synagogue's sister-
hood and men's club, and
sill feature an Israeli "Sing-
a-long with Ruth Gill,"
dances by the Israeli Dance
Group, and . music by the
Israeli 'Dance Band.

The congregation's Ladies
Singing Society and Men's
Choir will also entertain,
along with Cantors Shabtai
Ackerman and Israel Fuchs.
Felafel and wine will • be
served. For information and
reservations, contact the
synagogue, 851-6880.