THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Jewish Travelog in Mexico (Continued from Page 12) 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. - 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 Friday, April 22, 1977 15 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. • • 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 • which has repeatedly repu- • • IRENE EAGLE • diated the Lubavitcher ten- 626-4769 626-8907 . dency to impose its way on other Jews." ESTATES • LIQUIDATED S. 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