THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jewish Travelog in Mexico
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This spacious marble-hal-
led complex offers out-
standing facilities for all
age groups including an
Olympic-sized swimming
pool, 14 tennis courts,
health clinics. Judaica li-
braries, a theatre as well
as kosher catering facil-
ities. Impressive too is the
center's 450-foot long
mural, depicting Jewish his-
tory, both ancient and mod-
ern.
The Ashkenzai Kehila, or
elected body of representa-
tives for the Jewish commu-
nity, is located on the sixth
floor of its own building at
(- Thicapulco 70. This same
_„Structure also houses sever-
al other Jewish organiza-
tions (including Bnai Brith,
United HIAS Service and
the Zionist Federation), a
Jewish historical museum
and Nidje Israel, the city's
oldest Orthodox synagogue.
Kosher diners in Mexico
City can choose from the
Carmel Restaurant at Gen-
ova 70-A, Tel Aviv (my per-
sonal favorite), at Reforma
105, Kineret at the corner
of Genova and Hamburgo
St., and the Shalom Restau-
rant in the Jewish commu-
nal headquarters at Aca-
pulco 70.
In touring Mexico City, I
kept an open eye for signs
of the approaching Pass-
over holiday,- then just two
Weeks away. As it turned
out, I found several stores
(all in essentially Jewish
neighborhoods) fully stock- -
ed for Pesah. For example,
Hipodromo, located at 159
Amsterdam St,, in the Co-
Ionia Condesa section, had
a window entirely filled
with matzot, all baked local-
ly.
A half-block away I dis-
covered J.B., a small kosh-
er-style delicatessen. And al-
though I had eaten a full
breakfast only an hour ear-
lier, my mouth easily water-
ed at the sight and smell of
owner Jaime Oxenhaut's se-
lection of breads, salamis,
corned beef and other
treats. Here too matzot
were displayed prominen-
tly, including a chocolate
candy variety for children.
If in the neighborhood of
Plaza Citlaltepetl 23-B, do
pay a visit.
But by far the largest se-
lection of kosher for Pass-
over delicacies was in a
newly-opened establishment
called Heluany, at Horacio
1719. This beautifully-de-
signed kosher bak-
erygrocery store is located
in a modern apartment
building, just across the
street from Beth El, a Con-
servative synagogue.
Once inside Heluany, I
was dazzled by its extra or-
dinary assortment of Pass-
over certified foods— from
special cakes and cookies
to dried fruits, preserves,
mayonnaise, soups, Israeli
cheese, spices, cooking oil,
chocolates, you-name-it!
Box after box of matzo was
also neatly stacked, floor to
ceiling, ready for custom-
ers. (Considering Heluany's
excellent location, I'm sure
they did a fairly brisk busi-
ness over the holiday!
With virtually no rain 11
months of the year...that's
Religious Warfare in Williamsburg
Acapulco. Acapulco is also
swimming, sailfishing, boat-
ing and skin diving. And, of
course, sunning.
NEW YORK—A rift be-
tween the 127 groups en-
rolled as the United Jewish
Organizations of William-
Indeed. this Pacific re-
sburg and the Lubavitcher
in that Brooklyn area was
sort's charms are many.
blamed on an editorial in a
And, as in Mexico City,
Yiddish weekly. the Al-
there's never a problem
finding lovely places to gemeiner Journal.
In a press release issued
dine—from informal side-
walk cafes to breathtaking last week:
"The United Jewish Or-
spots high in the hills. A
special suggestion: while in ganization of Williamsburg,
comprising some 127 reli-
gious, fraternal and social
Acapulco. do try a sport
called "para-sailing, - in organizations issued the fol-
which you literally float lowing statement in con-
over Acapulco Bay, while nection with the unfortu-
harnessed to a boat-drawn nate incident of a con-
parachute. Definitely photo frontation between two Ha-
album material! sidic groups, that took
place Saturday, April 9,
Not surprisingly then, my
1977, the final day of Pass-
three days in Acapulco over.
were wonderfully relax-
"A group of some 1,000
ing...and a nice change-of- Lubavitcher Hasidim con-
pace from Mexico City's verged on the streets of Wil-
up tempo. liamsburg, chanting and
dancing in the streets, dis-
I know I've only grazed
rupting the services that
the Mexican surface. In-
were being conducted in the
deed, there's so much more various synagogues at the
to see and do in this color- time. In many instances
ful country. For example, they sought to penetrate in
there's picturesque Taxco,
large numbers into syna-
Mexico's great center for gogues that had barred
silversmithing...and the them from interfering with
mysterious Mayan ruins of the ongoing religious pro-
the Yucatan...not to men- grams. This led to minor
tion the exciting new re- scuffles and skirmishes that
sorts of Ixtapa and Cancun.
spilled over into the street.
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Anti-Soviet Approach May Win
U.S. Supplies for Egypt's Sadat
WASHINGTON (JTA)—
The United States is "con-
sidering the approaches"
made by Egyptian Presi-
dent Anwar Sadat for Amer-
ican military supplies but
has "not reached a con-
clusion on these yet," Secre-
tary of Defense Harold
Brown said on the "Agron-
sky at Large" television in-
terview show broadcast last
week in New York and
Washington.
Brown said that Sadat
told him during his Washing-
ton visit that there were
"potential security threats
through Africa." Brown
said he was interested "to
see the President of Egypt
had a strategic concept that
encompassed Africa as well
as the Mideast and I think
it was very useful to me
and other members of our
government to hear the
way he viewed some of
these problems."
At Sunday's Cabinet meet-
ing in Jerusalem, Premier
Yitzhak Rabin reviewed
U.S.-Israeli relations with
emphasis on the new role
that Egypt is playing in A
Erica as a buffer
against Soviet ambitions
on that continent. Accord-
ing to Rabin, the U.S. at-
taches considerable impor-
tance to Ggypt's 180 degree
turn—from a spearhead of
Soviet influence in Africa to
a champion of Western in-
terests there.
The immediate effect of
the turn-about was the af-
firmative replies Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat re-
ceived when he visited
Washington this month to
his requests for American
arms— ostensibly to defend
Egypt against threats in Af-
rica rather than for use
against Israel, Rabin said.
In the long run he thought
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this could affect the Arab-
Israel conflict but he did
not elaborate. -
Rabin said there was a
basic understanding be-
tween Israel and the U.S.
on the Palestinian issue and
on the nature of a future
Middle East peace. The
main differences, he said,
were over America's basic
support for Israel's pre-
June 1967 borders "with
minor adjustments."
He said American sup-
port for - defensible bor-
ders," stated by President
Carter, has not yet been
made clear. According to
Rabin, the U.S. wants to
reach an overall settlement
in the Middle East within a
period of 4-8 years "and per-
haps longer."
Agronsky also asked,
Brown, "Why don't you
fire - Air Force General
George Brown who has
been since 1974 "suffering
from what many of his crit-
ics describe as 'foot in
mouth disease."'
Secretary Brown's reply
was that he had indicated
before becoming Secretary
that "I would judge Gener-
al Brown by his perform-
ance in a professional mili-
tary capacity."
Health of Elderly
to Be Researched
NEW YORK—The Flor-
ence G. Heller-Jewish Wel-
fare Board Research Cen-
ter has received a grant of
$30,000 from the Frederick
and Amelia Schimper Foun-
dation to conduct a three,
year demonstration re-
search project in the area
of health, physical educa-
tion and the elderly.
"The United Jewish Or-
ganizations regrets that de-
spite the admonition of its
leadership, some William-
sburg residents could not
contain themselves and ig-
nore the provocations of the
marching Lubavitcher Hasi-
dim from indulging in the
march due to the strained
relations between it and the
Williamsburg Hasidim
which has been evident in
recent months, due to
ideological differences.
"The major vehicle used
by Lubavitch has been a
Yiddish newspaper, the Al-
gemeiner Journal, which
has intimidated all Jewish
leaders to support the Luba-
vitcher view. The dispute
reached a climax on the
threshold of the Passover
festival when the Algemei-
ner Journal, in an editorial,
compared the Williamsburg
community with the "Wick-
ed Son" of the Passover
Seder.
"This led to a flurry of ap-
peals to Lubavitcher Head-
quarters seeking to dis-
suade them from making
their pilgrimage to William-
sburg given the hostility
engendered by continuous
slanderous editorials.
"In Williamsburg, the
United Jewish Organiza-
tions leadership mobilized
the synagogue leadership to
ignore the projected Luba-
vitcher penetration and
Elderly Housing
NEW YORK (JTA)—The
Atlantic County Jewish Fed-
eration has received a $4.7
million federal grant to
build 150 rent-subsidized
apartments for low-income
elderly Jews, according to
the Countil of Jewish Feder-
ations and Welfare Funds.
demonstrate restraint in
the event of provocation.
"However, the provoca-
tions were of such dimen-
sion that interfered with the
total spirit of the holiday
that ultimately led to the
fracas in the streets.
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MOVING?
HOUSEHOLD
SALES
IN
YOUR HOME
"The United Jewish Or-
gan-i-zations deplores the
fighting and issued a new
appeal to the Lubavitcher
leadership to avoid seeking
to impose its view on the
Williamsburg Community
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dency to impose its way on
other Jews."
ESTATES
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LIQUIDATED
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SMALL BEQUESTS
BUILD A
STRONG ISRAEL
If the tradition of including the Jewish
National Fund in the Will of every Jew were
invariably followed, sufficient resources would
be accumulated to ensure the future of the
young Jewish State on a sound basis of land
development, social welfare, and justice.
A bequest to the Jewish National Fund
should be as traditional as 'having a Blue Box
in one's home.
You may want your bequest to be
dedicated to afforestation, to a village, a
Nachlah, to a children's play area, to perpetual
yahrzeit or kaddish, or to some form of •
permanent tribute in the names of persons
dear to you.
Consult the Foundation for Jewish
National Fund, 22100 Greenfield, 968 0820.
They will gladly co-operate with you in
working out plans to meet your special
requirements, in strict privacy.
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Whosoever is dependent
upon the table of his neigh-
bor, to him the world is
dark.
—The Talmud
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Bob Hunter,
Community Relations Manager,
Southfield, offers you this
telephone tip:
"How can you
tell if the person at your door
is really a Michigan Bell
Employee?"
As you may have noticed, our employees do not wear uniforms. They
dress in the way-they think is most appropriate to get their jobs done.
While this permits them to look like the individuals they really are, it really
doesn't help you identify them as Bell employees. But, there is a way.
Every Bell employee who comes to service your phone is required to carry
a Michigan Bell identification card giving his or her name, photograph
and signature. For your protection, ask to see
this card before you admit them into your
home. They'll be happy to show it to you.
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people who know what they're doing...
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