• • 20 Friday, November 4, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Yeshiva University Names Five to New Positions IBM rypewriters Selectric etc. 6 400 Add 'n Type 342.7800 399-8333 342-1221) . NEW YORK—Dr. Nor- man Lamm, president of Yeshiva University, last week marked the start of his second year in office by launching a major aca- demic restructuring pro- gram including the appoint- ment of five new key administrators and the charting of university objec- tives in a reaffirmation of good times, good food, good friends come enjoy life with us at . • • KLIN CLUdIAPARTMEIJTS an adult community 28301 Franklin Road, Southfield, Michigan Now accepting reservations please call Mrs. Neville at 353-2810 to obtain information or arrange an interview. from $535 per month the institution's quality education commitment. The five new adminis- trators include Dr. Blanche D. Blank, the first woman in the university's 92-year his- tory to serve as academic vice president; Dr. Karen Bacon, a 33-year-old micro- biologist, as dean of Stem College for Women; Dr. Morton Berger, N.Y. State Education Department offi- cial as dean of Ferkauf Graduate School and Uni- versity-wide behavioral sci- ence dean; and Dr. Daniel C. Kurtzer, 28-year-old U.S. State Department officer as the new dean of Yeshiva College, the youngest administrator of the college in its 50-year history. Dean Jacob M. Rabinow- itz, dean of undergraduate Jewish studies and Jewish education at the university's Erna Michael College of Hebraic Studies, was named to a new Jewish studies post. WE THE UNDERSIGNED BELIEVE THAT MAYOR Donald F. FRACASSI SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED TO ANOTHER TERM OF OFFICE AS MAYOR OF SOUTHFIELD WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: He is highly experienced in South- field Civic affairs. (a) City councilman for 6 1/2 years (b) Council president for 2 1/2 years (c) Mayor for 5 years 2.. He is easily accessible; has a listed phone number and is avail- able at his home, his business, and the Mayor's office to anyone who needs or desires his atten- tion. 3. He has always maintained a high level of interest in the needs of the people of our community. 4. He is willing to stand up for what he believes and be counted even when such a decision may be unpopular with the Council. 5. He is the Mayor who fought against and from the beginning vetoed the recent Council action on low income housing. 6. He has aided the homeowner and the numerous subdivisions in our city on their fight against en- croaching high rise devel- opments. 7. He has successfully fought for better schools and better fire and police protection. 8. He has been a Southfield resident for 30 years. 9. As a Southfield businessman for 20 years, he knows and under- stands your problems. 10. He has credibility, and always maintained the dignity of his of- fice. SOUTHFIELD MUST HAVE AND CANNOT AFFORD LESS THAN THE MOST EXPERIENCED...THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE...THE MOST CAPABLE...ONE WITH PROVEN ABILITY. We Therefore Ask That You Support MAYOR DONALD FRACASSI And Cast Your Vote For Him, Nov. 8, 1977, When You Go To The Polls. AL SOUFRINE ALAN ROSENBERG THIS AD PAID FOR BY MAYNORD M. FELDMAN WILLIAM FENKELL Delegation Gives Description of Jewish Life in Bulgaria By MOSHE RON The Jewish News Special Israel Correspondent TEL AVIV — Recently an official delegation'from Bul- garia came to Israel to cele- brate there, with Israelis of Bulgarian origin, the 33rd anniversary of Bulgaria's independence. The delega- tion consisted of Zioko Stai- nov, secretary of the National Council of the National Front, and Crista Dassevski, vice secretary for foreign cultural rela- tions. They were invited to Israel by the Association for Israeli-Bulgarian Friend- shi 11. The celebrations took place in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam. The Israeli speakers were Dr. Nissim_ Levy, attorney Nvraham Melamed and the artist Minca Manda. All three expressed gratitude to the Bulgarian government for saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust. The Bulgarian speakers declared that the Jews of Bulgaria today enjoy com- plete and equal rights, with Jews holding important positions in Bulgarian art and cultural life. They said that although diplo- matic relations between Bulgaria and Israel were severed 10 years ago after the Six-Day War, the fact that they had arrived as an official delegation showed the desire of their govern- ment to improve relations. During their visit to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the visitors stressed with pride that the Bulgarian people did not allow the Nazis to deport Jews to their deaths, and they disagreed with the Yad Vashem claim that 7,000 Bulgarian Jews per- ished in the Holocaust. The Bulgarian spokesmen described the Jewish com- munity there as numbering 5,000, with no anti-Semitism at all. The president of the Jewish community, Prof. Salvador Israel, is a scien- tist and a member of . the science academy, they said. Although the Jewish com- munity has a cantor, shohet and usher, they explained, - there are no rabbis or mohelim; two Jewish sur- geons in the Bulgarian capi- tal of Sofia perform circum- delegates cisions. The estimated that inter- marriage was more than 50 percent, leaving a surplus of single Jewish women. Bulgarians also The claimed that a few dozen Jews pray in the Sofia syna- gogue on Sabbaths and holi- days. They said there is a second synagogue in Plawo; - diew. Even though the Bul, garian government supports the pro-Arab policies of the Soviet Union, the delegates said, relations between the government and the Jewish community are good, with no pressure at all upon the Jews to sign anti-Israel declarations. They also reported that the Bulgarian Jewish com- munity is interested in establishing relations with the World Jewish Congress. The delegates said that last year Jewish tourism to Bul- garia opened up, and the Jewish community intends to open a kosher restaurant in Sofia to encourage fur- ther Jewish tourism. Other kosher restaurants will be opened at one of the Black Sea resorts, which is visited by Israelis they said. They also claimed that Israelis have no difficulty obtaining visas at Sofia airport. The Bulgarian govern- ment also supports, the delegates said, the monthly magazine of the Jewish community, called Jew- reisky Narodny Klub. Meanwhile, Knesset Sec- retary Nathaniel Lorch, who accompanied the Israeli delegates to the Congress of the International Parka- mentry Union held in Sep- tember in Sofia, gave his account of Jewish life in Bulgaria. Erev • Rosh Hash- ana, Lorch said, they visited the Sofia synagogue. He said they found about 50 elderly men there, many of whom did not own taleisim; a few aged women were in the women's section. The 800-seat synagogue, Lorch said, showed obvious signs of neglect, with broken seas and dirty walls. The cantor led services in bro- ken Hebrew and Ladino. Although the visitors to the synagogue included Jews from many different coun- tries, the synagogue merri bers hardly spoke to them at all, Lorch said. Hasidic Leader's Grave Restored ELIZABETH, N.J., (JTA)—Rabbi Pinchas M. Teitz reported that he received a phone call from Kiev, informing him that a monument on the grave of the Baal Shem, foundei of the Hasidic movement, has been restored with a brief and simple inscription on it: "Here rests the Baal Shem Tov, Z'tzl." Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Toy ,died on the first day of Shavuot in 1760. This, Teitz said, culmi- nates three years of activity since his visit to the Soviet Union in 1974, when he received special permission from the Ukrainian author- ities to visit the city of Med- zibuz, 200 kilometers from Kiev. There are now three Jews remaining in the city which once was the center of Hasidic life in all of Rus- sia, Teitz reported. Eliyahu Lapitsky and his son, Hillia, both Soviet engi- neers, were engaged to restore the burial site which had deteriorated due to neglect. Lapitsky phoned Teitz to inform him of the completion of his work.