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Friday, January 14, 1977
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Variety of Programs Slated to
Greater Detroit Sec-
-tion, National Council of
Jewish Women, will
celebrate Council Week
"77 beginning Jan. 24.
Theme for the Council
Week observance will be
"Advocacy,. The Future
Becomes Today." A series
of programs has been
scheduled to highlight
the celebration.
The women will co-
sponsor a program on
-"What Do Women (Volun-
teers) Really Want?" with
the Detroit Chapter of the
American Jewish Com-
mittee beginning 9:45
a.m. Jan. 24 in the United
Hebrew Schools main
building. Dr. Elizabeth
Douvan, program direc-
tor of the Survey Re-
search Center, Institute
for Social Research at the
University of Michigan,
will deliver the keynote
address. Luncheon will be
served.
An open board meeting
DR. DOUVAN
slated for 10 a.m. Jan. 25
in the Council office,
16400 W. 12 Mile, South-
field, will feature Evelyn
Baron, director, who will
discuss Operation
Friendship, while Sue
Sefansky of the Jewish
Family Service discusses
Meals-on-Wheels and
Jerry Levin, director of
Mark NCJW's Council Week Celebration
The Orchards children's
service, focuses on the
facility.
by-
special,
A
invitation-only, gathering
has been planned for 1
p.m. Jan. 26 at Temple
Emanu-El, to pay tribute
to Council volunteers. The
"Jills" singing group from
Bloomfield Hills Andover
High School will entertain.
The third session of the
Council's "The Times of
Your Life" series will be
presented 8 p.m. Jan. 27 in
the Council office. Mar-
garet Weiner, social
worker affiliated with the
JFS, will speak on "The
Empty Nest Syndrome."
There is a charge, and
guests are welcome.
Greater Detroit Section
will have a display of its
activities Jan. 27 and 28
at the Harvard Row Mall.
To conclude the fes-
tivities, Greater Detroit
Classes Are Open
Nshei Chabad an-
nounces there are still
openings in its mini-
series of home-making
courses to take place Jan.
24-Feb. 14. For informa-
tion, call Kayla Polter,
399-3918, or Judy Karbal,
557-0392.
Israel's Indian Jews Preserve
Strong Family Ties, may of Life
By JAMES KRAUS
Black-Jewish Information Center
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Reuven Elaz paused
thoughtfully when I
asked him whether, as an
extremely black-skinned
Jew, he felt discriminated
against in Israeli society.
"Others may think so," he
smiles slowly after a reti-
cent moment's pause,
"the sociologists, politi-
cians and journalists. We
don't."
His reply is charac-
teristic of the attitude of
Israel's Indian Jews, for
they are reserved, quiet
people who have main-
tained the tight family
and communal ties they
brought with them from
India; their ultimate con-
cern is for family feelings
and opinion.
More than 10,000 of
them arrived in Israel in
the early 1950's, many
from Cochin in south-
western India. The great
majority have settled on
small moshavim (agricul-
tural settlements) such
as MeSilat Zion (The Road
to Zion), where Reuven
lives.
Reuven himself is a
robust, 52-year-old
farmer. He speaks the
clipped, British-accented
English he learned at
school in India. His chil-
dren — three slim, teen-
aged daughters, equally
dark-skinned and dark-
eyed — and his two older
sons, both in the army,
speak nothing but He-
brew.
His mother, like the
other women.of her age in
the community, still
wears the loosely-
drapped silk sari. She has
not managed to learn
more than a few words of
the language of her new
country.
"It was hardest for the
older people to adjust,"
Reuven explained. "They
weren't used to the food
or the dry climate. In
fact," he laughed, "we
nearly starved the first
few years.
"The grocery store was
full of food, but nobody
could read the labels or
knew what to do with a
cup of sour cream and we
couldn't find the spices
we were used to."
"You couldn't really say
we were discriminated
against," he went on, "al-
though I think it was a
shock for the European
Jews when they first saw
how dark-skinned we
were. There was even
some question of whether
we were really Jews. But
all that talk died out a long
time ago."
The big change came
for this community with
the new generation that
was born in Israel . . „Is-
raeli schooling and three
years of army service
Education Group
Announces Panel
NEW YORK — The
American Association for
Jewish Education an-
nounced the appointment
of a panel of educational
and communal leaders to
set policy for Fellowships
in Jewish Educational
Leadership (FIJEL), its
national scholarship pro-
gram for graduate stu-
dents in Jewish educa-
tion.
Dr. A. Harry Passow,
director of educational
institutions and pro-
grams at Teachers Col-
lege of Columbia Univer-
sity, will ch-air the 15-
member body serving as
FIJEL's Advisory Coun-
cil.
The Council will be re-
sponsible for selecting re-
cipients of one-year
FIJEL grants, ranging
from 82,000-5,000, from
candidates planning to
enter master's or doctoral
programs of Jewish edu-
cation at approved in-
stitutions throughout the
country.
The man who causes the
deed is greater than he who
does it.
— The. Talmud.
(two for girls) effectively
completed their integra-
tion into Israeli society.
The Indians or
"Cochinkas" (Cochinese),
as they were called in the
army, constitute a high
percentage of elite com-
bat units in the -parat-
roopers and infantry.
They are tough, efficient
and disciplined fighters. _
But Indian Jews still
maintain a low profile in
Israel and few are today
found at universities or
among sophisticated,
technically-oriented oc-
cupations.
"Yes," Reuven admit-
ted, "it's true: But you
have to understand that
we're not an individual-
oriented group. My father,
for instance, was a shop-
keeper in India. He con-
sidered it perfectly
natural that I would work
with him and then take
over his store.
"Here, we've become
farmers. But the children
still remain extremely
tied to the family and feel
bound to help us with
work on the farm. They
would consider it selfish
to go off for several years
of studies and then live in
a city far from us."
Recent surveys, how-
ever, show that increas-
ing numbers of young
people in Israel's Indian
community are being at-
tracted to the greater
professional possibilities
and more varied enter-
tainments offered by Is-
rael's big cities.
There are an estimated
30,000 Indian Jews in Is- .
rael, making up one per-
cent of the country's
Jewish population.
Inter-marriage between
the different ethnic com-
munities is also on the
rise as the differences in
family backgrounds blur.
"I suppose that's really
the way it should be,"
Reuven acknowledged.
"We did, after all, come
here to become one
people.',' .
Section has marked Jan.
28 and 29 as Council Sab- °
bath. Rabbis in the met-
ropolitan area have been
notified of NJCW's ac-
tivities and have been
asked to devote time dur-
ing their services to the
organization.
JNF Women Donor Due Tuesday
Tickets are still avail-
able for the Women of
Jewish National Fund's
donor luncheon to take
place noon Tuesday in
Cong. Shaarey Zedek,
concluding the 1976-1977
donor campaign to raise
funds for a youth summer
camp in the American
Bicentennial National
Park in Israel.
Guest speaker will be
Esther Jungreis, and a
musical program will be
presented by Music Plus
One. Rissa Winkelman,
president of Young
Women of JNF, will bring
greetings on behalf of her
organization.
The Council Week
committee includes:
Nanci Rands, chairman; Jessie Stem,
vice chairman; Adele Sonenklar, presi-
dent; Carol Bloom, Josephine Bloom,
Beatrice Rowe, Zivia Grekin, Sondra
Nathan, Helen Shevin, Mimi Alspector,
Krona Grossman, Harriett Prentis,
Cindy Daitch, Ruth Kiein, Janis
Wetsman, Sandra Leshmln and vice
presidents, Susam Miller, Mena Dillick,
Barbara Kuhlik, Sonia Macey, Amy
Brown and Phyllis Welling.
For information or re-
servations for Council
Week activities, call the
NCJW office, 557-9604.
Diane Levine, presi-
dent of the Women of
JNF, will -welcome the
guests; Bess Axelrod will
lead the singing of the na-
tional anthems, accom-
anied by Vivian
tollman; and program
chairman Shirley Kraft
will introduce the pro-
gram. Betty silverman is
donor chairman.
For reservations and
information, call the JNF
office, 968-0820.
FREE ADMISSION
, Every Wed.
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Roma's of Bloomfield
Telegraph N. of Square Lake Rd.
Schaupeter Promotions
338-7544
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Salmon-Tuna Loaf
Block
So of 9 Mi
Call 548-4031
BY NORMA BARACH
(Copyright 1977; JTA, Inc.)
A more economical
form of salmon loaf, using
some tuna as well as sal-
mon, makes a tasty hot
dish to serve as an alter-
native to a meal featuring
meat as a main dish. A
steaming salmon loaf is
always a popular favorite
in the winter.
WED
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We Bone-Skin-Grind-Fish Free
.
WE WRAP FOR FREEZING
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If you have a yen for something that is both
MILCHIG and a MECHAYEH,
try
1 1-lb. can salmon, drained
1 16-oz. can tuna, drained
1 103/4 oz. can of cream of
potato soup
2 large eggs
salt, pepper to taste
1 /2 cup bread crumbs
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 slices Swiss cheese
Flake salmon and tuna.
Mix all ingredients tc-•
gether except Swiss
cheese. Put in a greased
loaf pan. Top with Swiss
cheese. Bake at 350 de-
grees about 30 minutes.
Serves 4-5.
Everything we make is strictly Kosher (except for
'the Yogurt — and we're working on that one,
too), and a pleasure to your tummy.
You can be sure it's pure if it's kosher and for the
finest in kosher - meats and poultry. SHOP AT
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Boneless
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CARL'S KOSHER MEAT MKT.
Carl Carson 968-7450
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COHEN & SON KOSHER MEAT MARKET
26035 Coolidge Hwy.
Jack Cohen—Oak Park 48237
LI 7-4121
DEXTER DAVISON KOSHER MEATS No. 1
Feldman Bros. Proprietors
24760 Coolidge
Oak Park 48237—LI 8-6800
FRANKLIN KOSHER MEATS & POULTRY
32390 Middlebelt Rd.
Farmington Hills, 855-1020
Ben Smith Don Barden
lb.
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19835 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Southfield, Mich.-557-7677
Feldman Brothers
NORTHGATE KOSHER MEAT & POULTRY
25254 Greenfield
Jack Miller
Oak Park 48237-548-4887
HARVARD ROW KOSHER MEATS
21780 W. 11 Mile Road
John Katz, Dave Krasman
Southfield 48076-356-5110
GOLDIN'S KOSHER MEAT MARKET
23057 Coolidge
Seward Goldin
Oak Park 48237—LI 7-3900
SINGERS KOSHER MEAT MARKET
13721 W. Nine Mile Road
Jack Attis, Philip Swarin
Oak Park 48237—LI 7-8111
Under the supervision of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis
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