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.