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40 Friday, August 1, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Manoogians Help Armenian Seminary in Jerusalem
Detroit industrialist Alex
Manoogian and Mrs. Manoo-
gian were awarded a bronze
plaque bearing their like-
nesses by Israel Religious
Affairs Minister Yitzhak
Raphael last month at the
dedication of the new Ar-
menian Theological Semi-
nary in Jerusalem.
The seminary was built
with a $750,000 contribution
from the couple. Manoo-
gian, who is well known by
Armenians throughout the
world, is the president of
the international Armenian
Benevolent and Aid Society.
Jerusalem Mayor Teddy
Kollek, who attended the
ALSAC Benefit
A bowling marathon at
Bowlcraft Lanes, School-
craft and Evergreen, this
weekend will be used to
raise money for the ALSAC
Children's Research Hospi-
tal in Memphis, Tenn.
Former Detroit Tigers,
bowling stars, and other ce-
lebrities will appear at the
charity event, beginning 6
p.m. today. The price of
bowling is 50 cents per
game.
For information, call Stan
Rosenblatt, 968.-0536.
City of Hope Unit
to Have Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. Group, City
of Hope, will meet 8 p.m.
Saturday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Meyer Feinstein,
27400 Franklin, Southfield.
President Clara Silber
will discuss future projects.
A social hour will follow.
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dedication, ordered the
plaza around which the
seminary was built to be
named the Manoogian
Plaza. Raphael, meanwhile,
announced he was donating,
on behalf of the ministry,
about $5,000 to the semi-
nary for the purchase of
bookS. The head of the Ar-
menian Church, Catholicos
Vazken I also participated
in the dedication ceremony.
The Manoogian gift,
however, is not the first
made by a Detroit Armen-
ian to an institution in Is-
rael. In 1969, Edward
Col. Becker Named
to State JWV Post
Robert J. Perliss, state
of the Depart-
epart-
ment of Michigan of the
ment
Jewish War Veterans of the
U.S., appointed Col. Arthur
C. Becker state civil defense
officer for the JWV.
Col. Becker is director of
civil defense for the city of
Southfield and has received
national recognition in CD
from the United States Civil
Defense Council.
Any group or organiza-
tion interested in receiving
Civil Defense Literature or
information may contact
Col. Becker at Southfield
Civil Defense, 354-9152. Col.
Becker is also available to
speak about CD in Israel.
Event to Benefit
Cancer' Society
The American Cancer
Society, Oakland County
Unit, and the Oakland
County Sportsmen's Club
will present their second an-
nual Target Day 8 a.m.-6
p.m. Aug. 16 at the sports-
men's club. Proceeds will
benefit the American Can-
cer Society, Oakland County
Unit.
Special events include the
red bird shoot, the dynamite
shoot, and skeet and trap.
There will be games and re-
freshments. For informa-
tion, call the ACS, 644-0770.
Radomer Aid
Sets Meeting
Radomer Aid Society will
meet 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at
the Workmen's Circle Cen-
ter.
Plans will he made for the
annual banquet to be held
Nov. 2. A social hour, with
refreshments, will follow.
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Mardigian, a wealthy Ar-
menian-born Detroiter,
agreed to sponsor a $75,000
project which involved the
refurbishing of an Old City
building to house priceless
treasures of the Armenian
Patriarchate of Jerusa-
lem.
The Israel Museum pre-
sented the exhibition of the
priceless "Treasures of the
Armenian Patriarchate of
Jerusalem" which were put
on public display for the
first time in July 1969. The
display included richly illu-
minated and illustrated
manuscripts containing the
finest works of Armenian
art from the 10th to 17th
centuries, church vest-
ments, gold and silver
church chandeliers, gold
and silver jewel encrusted
book bindings and historical
books and documents.
Mardigian is an active
member of St. John's Ar-
menian Church in South-
field. As head of the build-
ing committee, he was
responsible for the erection
of the gold-domed structure
off Northwestern Hwy. and
Nine Mile Rd.
Mardigian was ap-
proached for the refurbish-
ing project by Archbishop
Shahe Ajamian of Jerusa-
The archbishop made a
later trip to Detroit in
December 1969 when he
was invited to speak for
the quarterly report din-
ner for Capital for Israel.
While in Detroit, Arch-
bishop Ajamian promoted
tourism to Israel and espe-
cially to Jerusalem.
The archbishop is known
for his leadership in the
campaign for the restora-
tion of the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre, the most
sacred shrine of Christian-
ity. After the Six-Day War,
Bishop Ajamian was desig-
nated by the International
Committee for the Restora-
tion of the Holy Shrines on
Mt. Zion, to carry on a simi-
lar campaign in the United
States, which he accom-
plished with success.
There are about six mil-
lion Armenians throughout
the world with about half
that number living in Soviet
Armenia. According to the
archbishop, who was inter-
viewed recently by the Jeru-
salem Post, there are
300,000 Armenians in the
U.S., 8,000 in Israel and
4,000 in Jerusalem.
U.S., USSR Discuss Mideast
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger in Helsinki
Wednesday said that the
U.S. was continuing to
"exchange ideas" with the
Soviet Union on the Middle
East because "it is clear that
no final solution can be
achieved by either of the
parties by itself."
He said the Soviets were
skeptical of any results
emerging from the current
step-by-step process of ne-
gotiations between Israel
and Egypt but were not ac-
tively opposing them.
Kissinger, who is accom-
panying President Ford at
the final session of the Eu-
ropean Conference on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Hel-
sinki, told reporters that he
had discussed the Mideast
with Soviet Communist
Party Secretary General
Leonid Brezhnev and with
British Prime Minister Har-
old Wilson.
Disputed Book
on Kissinger Due
NEW YORK — Matti
Golan's controversial book
about U.S. Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger's di-
plomacy will soon be pub-
lished here, the New York
Times reported.
The Israeli's book, which
was seized by the Israeli
censor last May, will be pub-
lished with 20 percent of its
material rewritten. The
book is based on transcripts
of talks between Kissinger
and Israeli leaders that led
to the Israeli-Egyptian dis-
engagement agreements in
January 1974 and the Israe-
li-Syrian accord of June
1974. '''
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lem who was visiting De-
troit. Mayor Kollek followed
up their meeting with let-
ters until Mardigian agreed
to sponsor the project.
Asked if he had dis-
cussed with the Soviet
leader a compromise on
the trade and emigration
issues, Kissinger said they
had reviewed the discus-
sions that a group of Sena-
tors had on their recent
visit to the Soviet Union
and that the U.S. had
pointed out its judgement
of what is required with
respect to the trade legis-
lation.
Kissinger said that all
along the U.S. held the view
that progress in this area is
more likely to be achieved
by an understanding of the
needs of each side and that
decisions should be made in-
dependently on that basis
rather than by legislation.
Jewish Agency
Aids Vietnamese
,
Medallion at Seminary Entrance Depicts Manoogians
Bill Permitting Civil, Religious
Marriage Choice Irks NRP
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The National Religious
Party threatened a coalition
crisis last week over a pri-
vate bill before the Knesset
which would permit Israelis
a choice between religious
or civil marriage. The wom-
en's rights measure, intro-
duced by Shulamit Aloni of
the newly formed Yaad fac-
tion, failed to pass the first
of the three Knesset read-
ings required to become
law.
But the very fact of its in-
troduction raised the hac-
kles of the Orthodox bloc
which issued a statement
denouncing "this attempt to
change the marriage and
divorce law" in "violation of
the status quo on which the
coalition is based." The NRP
threatened to "take the nec-
essary consequences."
Justice Minister Haim
Zadok, speaking for the gov-
Orthodox Help
Soviet Emigres
NEW YORK — A special
desk to provide comprehen-
sive guidance and counsel-
ing to newly arrived Rus-
NEW YORK—NYANA — sian Jews seeking
The New York Association employment was inaugu-
for New Americans, —' has rated by Project COPE, the
agreed to accept 200 Viet- manpower division of Agu-
namese refugees during dath Israel of America.
September, for resettlement
The new service is part of
in the New York area.
a broader program by Agu-
The agency will provide dath Israel to help absorb
the newcomers with what- the new emigres, by provid-
ever supportive services are ing assistance for their spir-
possible to help them with itual and physical needs.
their initial settlement in
The new desk will be
New York.
manned by Heshi Kahane,
For the past several years who came to this country
the bulk of NYANA's case from Russia nearly three
load has consisted of Jewish years ago, and whose native
newcomers from the Soviet language is Russian. Ka-
Union. Since its establish- hane, who received his . Jew-
ment in 1949 NYANA — ish education upon his ar-
which receives its cases pri- rival at the Mesivta Torah
marily from United HIAS Vodaath, brings with him a
Service — has assisted over rich background of working
155,000 Jewish immigrants with his fellow immigrants
to establish themselves in to help them settle in this,
and around New York. "
country.
ernment, conceded that
there was still room for
improvement in the status
of women in Israel, but
warned that the proposed
bill was too far-reaching
and devisive.
Civil marriage and di-
vorce do not exist in Israel
where such personal mat-
ters are under the exclu-
sive jurisdiction of the
Orthodox rabbinical
courts.
The system, inherited
from the days of the British
Mandate and the earlier
Turkish rule which permit-
ted each religious sect au-
tonomy on religious mat-
ters, is part of the uneasy
status quo that governs re-
lations between the secular
majority and Orthodox mi-
nority in Israel politics.
Yeshiva U. Names
Mirsky to Postion
NEW YORK — Prof.
David Mirsky, dean of Yesh-
iva University's Stern Col-
lege for Women, professor
of English, and an authority
on American and British lit-
erature, has been appointed
acting vice president for ac-
ademic affairs of Yeshi-
University, effective in Sl
tember.
He will hold the office
occupied by Dr. Joshua A.
Fishman, who has taken a
leave of absence to be a fel-
low at the Institute for Ad-
vanced Study in Princeton,
N.J.
As acting vice president
he will be dealing with the
day-to-day academic func-
tioning of the university, its
educational programs, long-
range planning and evalua-
tion, and coordination of un-
dergraduate and graduate
school curricula. He will
also maintain the position
ordean of Stern College.
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