94 Friday, September 9, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Police, Matriarchs, Printing Press Focus of Israeli Commemoratives )e 1 , 7 1-7 • • 3r• ••• ■■• ••• ■■•■ •••••.• 11•Mot mElso• ••■■•■■ ■ •••••••• •••• ■•■• MBA • ■■ •••••1. Shown above are two new stamp series and a single issue released in August by the Israel Ministry of Communications. The stamps are, from left, a police series honoring Israel's police, Frontier Guard and Civil Guard; a festival series honoring the mat- riarchs of the Bible; and a stamp commemorating 400 years of Hebrew printing in Is- rael. ••• NEW YORK—The Israel Philatelic Agency in Amer- ica announces the release of eight new stamps from Israel in August. This year's annual festi- val stamps (for the Hebrew year 5738) portrays mat- riarchs of the Bible on four new commemoratives: IL 0.70, 1.50, 2.00 and 3.00. Fea- tured are Sarah,--mother-in- law of Rebekah, who in turn was the mother-in-law of both Leah and her young- er sister Rachel. The birth of the Israel Po- lice Force pre-dates the es- tablishment of the state, going back to the _bloody riots that marked the clos- ing period of the British Mandate and the War of In- dependence. The "Jewish Police Force" was created at the instruction of David Ben- Gurion on March 26, 1948. The year 1951 saw the for- mation of the "Frontier Po- lice," which in turn came to constitute the Border 'Guard established in 1953. Following the increase in terrorist activity after the Yom Kippur War, the "Civil Guard" was organiz- ed in 1974 to protect inter- nal security. These three branches of law-enforce- ment are recognized respec- tively on three values of IL 1 each. The first Jewish printing press in the Holy Land was set up 400 years ago in the year 1577; a single new issue (IL 4) remembers the event on the occasion of the fourth centenary of Hebrew printing at Zefat. contributed Printing much to the national reviv- al of the Jewish people, and the clandestine press played a key role in the struggle against the British mandatory power. The "boar Ivri" stamps were printed in secret at a time when it had not even been decided on the name to be given the embryo state. Both the festival and printing releases will be printed by government printers by photogravure. The police issue is being printed by E. Lewin-Ep- stein, Ltd. by photolitho- graphy. All are multi- colored with 15 stamps and five tabs to the sheet. `At Random': Cerf's Reminiscences Bennett Cerf was the mas- ter raconteur. He not only was the great storyteller: he had a sense of humor that stood him in good stead in writing a num- ber of books in which he skillfully col- lected his fa- Cerf vorite anec- dotes. He reminisced and his book "At Random". pub- lished posthumously by the Random House publishers which he headed for a num- ber of years as president. contains his recollections. The remarkable fact about "At Random : Remi - niscences of Bennett Cerf" is that it is also a history. the history of book pub- lishing in theUnited States. Here the reader will be in- troduced to nearly all of the publishing houses that have functioned in this country. Many have diappeared but they had not vanished from Cerf's memory. Furthermore. "At Ran- dom" also is like a cata- logue of the best books pub- lished in the U.S. He re- called the best sellers. their authors. their publishers. in many instances relating epi- sodes and anecdotes about them. Cerf valuably accumu- lated and made ready for publication the record of writers. their hooks. their publishers. In addition. in this inter- esting and extensively illus- trated volume he recalled many important occasions when he appeared with no- tables on the "What's My Line" television program. Such are the Bennet Cerf reminiscences. and they are well worth reading. Tay-Sachs Screening Required of Couples By South Carolina Rabbis Before Marriage By BEN GALLOB (Copright 1977, JTA, Inc.) recent adult education pro- gram of the two congrega- tions. On that occasion. A Conservative and a Re- three experts presented the form rabbi, the only rabbis facts on Jewish genetic dis- in a southern city of 2,500 eases. Jews, have announced a They pointed out, in the joint policy of requiring all joint statement, that if two couples who wish to be mar- Tay Sachs adult carriers ried by either of them to marry, there is a statistical take the standard test to de probability that one of four termine if they are Tay of their children will be af- Sachs carriers. flicted. That information, Conservative Rabbi Ar and the development of nold M. Turchick and Re methods to identify a Tay- form Rabbi Howard A. Ko Sachs victim while still in sovsky of Columbia, S.C., the wornb, – led the two announced the policy in a rabbis to make their joint joint message published in decision "after much dis- their congregation bulletins cussion and soul search- - - - - - - - last April. ing." Rabbi Turchick said the The joint statement agreement emerged from a stressed that the outcome of the blood test for Tay- Sachs carriers would not af- fect the decision of either rabbi about marrying the couple. The arrangements are such that, unless a couple report the results of the test to either rabbi, they will not know. Results of the tests are forwarded directly to the couple in- volved and the findings not made known to the rabbis unless the couple so choose. The statement said that "in the statistically unlikely event" that one or both of the marrying parnters prove to be a Tay-Sachs car- rier, the couple will be coun- selled "by a qualified gen- etic counselor" and not by the marrying rabbi. JNF Youth Camps to Teach Forestry, Zionism NEW YORK—Thousands of children spent part of their summer vacation in five youth camps sponsored by the Jewish National Fund and the Ministry of Education in Israel's for- ests. The camps combine recre- ation and afforestation work in their curriculum. Among other activities of- fered are hiking, scouting, field trips, lectures in Zion- ist subjects and forestry work comprising thinning and pruning of trees and aiding in the general land- scape gardening of the for- ests. At .a camp located at the Ofer Forest on Mount Car- mel, 1,500 children from the greater Haifa area partici- pated, and at the Nes Harim camp in the Jerusa- lem hills near the Ameri- can Bicentennial Park, a total of 1,700 children vaca- tioned. At the camp at Zippori near Nazareth, 800 children attended. Among these were youth groups from the central region, Arab youths from Galilee and a group of Jewish children from Mod- co. A camp located at Lavi in Galilee has been desig- nated for the training of young counselors from vari- ous Jewish religious organi- zations and clubs. One recent seven-day ses- sion at the Nes Harim camp was devoted to delinquent children under the guidance of the Youth Rehabilitation Service of the Ministry of Social Wel- fare. Monument Unveilings Luveiling announcements may be inserted b ∎ mail or by calling The Jewish News. 17515 NN . Nine Mile. Suite 86.). Southfield. M ich. t8075. 1.2I-8833. Nik ritien announcements mint be accompanied by the name a nd :.tddress of the pe,r,...son. mak ing the insertions. There is a standing charge for an unveiling notice mea- suring an inch in depth. and S12.30 for a notice two inches deep with a black border. or S7.50 The family of the late Naomi Tobisman announces the unveiling of a mon- ument in her memory 11, a.m. Sunday. Sept. 18. a Hebrew Memorial Park. Rattft Goldschlag will offici- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The family of the late Wil- liam New announced the un- The Family of the Late veiling of a monument in his memory 2 p.tn. Sunday. Sept. 18, at Oakview Ceme- tery. Sholom Ralph will offi- cate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend• * * * The family of the late Nel- son Rappaport announces the unveiling of a mon- ument in his memory 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Rabbi Arm will offici- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late The Family of the Late JACK ABELS MARY HOLTZ Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Westwood Cemetery (Michigan Ave., Wayne. Mich.). Rabbi Gottlieb will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Sept. 18, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Leizer Levin will officiate. Relatives and friends are -asked to at- tend. EUNICE MONSON Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Clover Hill Memorial Park. Rabbi Arm will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. The Family of the Late CEILRICHMAN Announces the un- veiling of a monument in _ her memory 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Hebrew Memorial Park. Rabbi Samuel Stollman will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The.Kamily of the Late e amity of the Late ESTHER CHARNAS - The Family of the Late HENRY J. SMOLINSKY BESSIE LEE' Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 12 noon. Sunday. Sept. 18, at Beth 'l'efilo Emanuel Cemetery. Rabbi Leizer Levin will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 11:30 a.m. Sunday., Sept. 11. at Hebrew Memorial Park (Sec. 19). Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Arm will offici- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. The Family of the Late The Family of the Late DOROTHY S. DICKMAN BESSIE LEVINE Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Clover Hill Memorial Park. Rabbi Syme will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Stanley Rose- nbaum will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late RACHEL SCHWARTZ Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 12 noon Sunday, Sept. 11, Pinsker Cemetery. Rab bi Solomon Gruskin will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. N. - The Family of the Late The Family of the Late RACHEL FINKELSTEIN ISAAC MALACH Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Radomer Cemetery. Rabbi Arm will offici- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 11 . a.m. Sunday. Sept. 11; a t Clo- ver Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi Syme will °Mei .- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. The Family • ofs the Late JOSEPH WASSER Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept 11, at Hebrew Memorial Park, Section D. Rabbi Sam- uel Prero, Rabbi Leizer Levin and Rabbi Ernest Greenfield will offici- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. 7