THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8 Friday, March 19, 1976
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ANSWERS: Aaron, Abraham, Adam, David, Ezekiel,
Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Joshua, Levi,
Moses, Solomon.
JWB Convention Speakers
Set for New Orleans Meeting
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The government announced
substantial increases in the
prices of 14 basic commodi-
ties, foodstuffs, fuel and
energy and public transpor-
tation. At the same time,
the pound underwent an-
other devaluation and now
stands at IL 7.52 to $1.
The price hikes are a di-
rect result of cutbacks in
government subsidies that
were decreed for economy
reasons. A 25 percent ceiling _
was placed on price in-
creases at the insistence of
Histadrut.
Israelis are paying: 14.7
percent more for gasoline;
25 percent more for bread;
20-25 percent more for milk
and cheese; and 20 percent_
more for frozen meat and
poilltry. Electric bills will go
up 5 percent and public
transportation by 25 per-
cent.
Meanwhile, a govern-
ment-appointed committee
has recommended that in-
vestments in Israel in for-
eign currency should be
'linked" to the dollar to pro-
tect them against ongoing
devaluation of the Israeli
pound. Without such protec-
tion (as is the situation at
present), such investments
are apt to drop steeply over
a relatively brief time span.
The committee, under
auditor Shalom Ronel, who
was a member of the five-
member BenShahar com-
mittee on tax reform, pro-
posed that the real value of
the investment dollar be
maintained — even after it
is translated into Israeli
pounds. It urged that firms
be allowed to allocate sums
out of the profits — as tax-
free expenses — to make
good the loss incurred to
their foreign investments
value through devaluation.
It also was reported that
20,000 government employ-
ees went on a four-hour
strike Sunday to protest a
decision by the ministerial
committee on wages to abol-
ish the "specific allowances"
hitherto paid to them.
POSTAGE METER
chairman Haim Bernstein
to call off the strike. Bern-
stein warned that the em-
ployes would be docked by
the government for the four
hours they didn't work.
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HAGGADAH - A SEARCH FOR FREEDOM
An Oratorio by Morton Gold
THE OAKLAND UNIVERSITY SINGERS
AND ORCHESTRA
.
and UNITED HEBREW SCHOOL CHORUS
Conductor: JOHN DOVARAS
Soloists: CANTOR HAROLD ORBACH
CANTOR LOUIS KLEIN
at CONG. BNAI MOSHE
SUNDAY, MARCH 28
The strike leaders ignored
a plea of civil servants union
IN MEMORY
OF MY PARTNER
AND OUR BELOVED
BROTHER IN LAW
JACK SHULMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Tamaroff
For the man of good taste.... the gentleman who desires
to live naturally with prominence and style.
Shown are the major speakers who will address the
1976 Biennial Convention of the Jewish Welfare Board,
to be held at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans, next
week. Top row, from left — Ambassador Chaim Herzog
of Israel, who will speak at the Saturday night banquet;
Aharon Yadlin, Israel's Minister of Education and Cul-
ture; Rabbi Emanuel Rackman of New York's Fifth Av-
enue Synagogue. Bottom row — Rear Admiral Bertram
W. Korn, Philadelphia rabbi, historian, and the first
Jewish chaplain' in America's 200-year history to
achieve two-star rank in any military service; JWB
President Daniel Rose; and Herbert Millman, executive
vice-president of JWB. JWB will usher in its 60th year
of service to the American Jewish community through
Jewish centers and serving military personnel. N.
Brewster Broder of Detroit, a JWB board member, will
be a workshop panelist at the convention.
HIAS Celebrates U.S. Bicentennial
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
92nd HIAS annual meeting
took on special significance
last week, as more than
1,000 visitors crowded into
the New York Hilton's Tri-
anon Ballroom, for a special
observance in honor of
America's Bicentennial. The
audience included hundreds
of recently resettled Soviet
Jewish immigrants.
At a special HIAS board
dinner, following the meet-
ing, the 1976 Liberty Award
was presented to Philip M.
Klutznick, honorary inter-
national president of the
Bnai Brith and a former
United States representa-
tive to the United Nations.
Klutznick, who recently
served on the President's
Adviso-ry Committee on
Vietnamese Refugees, was
honored for "long service in
defense of those human
rights which have brought
generations of immigrants
to America in search of free-
dom."
The meeting, which was
addressed by many promi-
nent public figures, also fea-
tured a musical tribute to
America and the role of
immigrants in building this
nation. Entering its 93rd
year of rescue and resettle-
ment service, HIAS has
aided over four million Jew-
ish refugees and migrants.
The Sport Coat shown, won a blue ribbon merit award at the 96th
Annual Convention of The Custom Tailors and Designers of America,
at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, for Steve Petix and his head
designer Phillip Formaro.
All clothes designed by Steve
Petix Clothier and Custom Tailor
are made in it's own shop at
31455 Southfield Road,
north of 13 Mile Road,
Birmingham, Michigan
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