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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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30 Friday, December 1, 1978

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Danny Raskin's

LISTENING
POST

WHAT BRINGS THE
largest crowd to attend an
annual dinner in this area?
. . . People even leave other
events to come to the yearly
affair by Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah . . . This one
brought 1,350 to Fairlane
Manor in Dearborn . . . Most
of the attendees weren't
even Orthodox . . . caring
very little that the stoves
were all flame-thrown
burned for kashrut by the
rabbis . . . Non-Jews by the
untold amount attend every
year also.
With such very good food
(squab a l'orange), hors d'
oeuvres are hardly needed
. . . They just fill up the
massive throng of hungry
folks who don't otherwise
appreciate the very fine
dinner prepared by Quality
Kosher Caterers . . . With
all these people, it was
amazing that the squab was
able to be served piping hot.
Al Reifman, who received
the 10th annual Golden
Torah Award for his dedica-
tion and devotion, was in-
troduced by good friend
Harold Beznos as the first
bachelor to receive the
honor . . . and of his
availability for the daugh-
ters of all Jewish mothers
. . . Smoke coming from the
pipe of one of the speakers,
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah
dean, Rabbi David Lieber-
man's beard, alarming until
someone noticed there was a
pipe imbedded within .. .
Norman Cottler just back
from Israel and "eight years
in Russia" . . . 'Actually
eight days, but it seemed
like years, -says suave-
looking Norman . . . Jack
Ginsburg with glasses
frames that look like no
other . . . Max Sosin not
satisfied with brown yar-
mulkes given out . . . didn't
go with his suit, so took Out
a black one . . . Jack
Beckwith almost smoking
his fingers . . . cigar down so
low . . . Senator Lowell
Weicker a great speaker,
but too bad so many of the
people had left already.
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Party by Sisterhood and
Men's Club of Cong. Bnai
David is $25 per person .. .
B.Y.O.B. . . . Chairmen are
Iry Abramson and Nathan
Light . . . For reservations,
call the synagogue, 557-
8210.
SEEING SIGNS ... at
the railroad crossing near
Sandusky . . . "The average
time it takes a train to cross
this intersection is 20 sec-
onds — whether your car is
on it or not."
APPLEGATE BROW-
SING . . . Northwestern
and Inkster .. .
Gals don't have to worry
anymore about someone
else wearing the same kind
of jewelry they have on .. .
which is why One Of A
Kind is so popular . . . 11
showcases hold hundreds of
pieces — all fine jewelry (no

costume) plus precious
stones . . . handcrafted by
artists around the country
strictly for One Of A Kind
. . . There is either a single
piece of jewelry or very
limited edition (maybe two-
or three) but made only for
this unusual Southfield
store.
Want a good cup of coffee
. . . at no charge? . . . Any-
time at Robert Mann
Furs. You don't even have
to say hello or look around,
although Janice Mann, as
one of the few women fur
buyers in the country, does
all the purchasing to high
perfection . . . It's called
Robert Mann Furs since
Bob moved here from
Woodward, but he has been
in the business since 13-
years-old when a storage
boy for dad Charles, who,
with Bob, was in the
downtown area over 30
years.
Never seen places like
Paper Place or Open
Crate ... Both have a little
bit of everything . . . Paper
Place with its unusual invi-
tations, announcements,
gifts galore, even per-
sonalized do g gie or people
bags by order.
And Open Crate with
every type glass imagina-
ble, silverware, corkscrews,
tables, chairs, lamps, chop-
ping blocks, door mats .. .
stock loaded from one end to
another . . . a real interest-
ing experience in shopping
. . . also small ice carving
molds that you add water to
and freeze to make reusable
ice carvings.
The friendliness and
graciousness aren't com-
Corn-
puterized at
puterland . . . but almost
everything else is, includ-
ing a chess game that's
going over very big .. Home
and office computers are
most interesting to watch.
SEEING SCENES . . . in
the casino at Las Vegas'
Riviera Hotel . . . Woman
rushing over to where a fel-
low, probably her husband,
was losing oodles of quar-
ters, and yelling, "You're
pulling the handle too
hard!"
MAIL DEPT.... "The
pharmacist at Nine Mile-
Greenfield Medical Bldg. is
so pleasant and courteous it
is a pleasure to shop there.
No matter how small your
purchase, he treats you the
same as if it were a big sale."
LOOKING BACK On
Columns Of Yesteryears .. .
March 12, 1965 . . . Ar-
leen Cohen, babysitter used
by Barbara Ginsburg, is the
`Baby' that Barbara herself
sat for 17 years ago."

Bridge Contest

NEW YORK — The 13th
Israel International Bridge
Festival will take place in
Tel Aviv in February, or-
ganized by the Israel Bridge
Federation.

The 'Kosher Butcher'
of Boxing Just a Ploy?

By HASKELL COHEN

(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)

The boxing fraternity ap-
pears smitten with the new
light-heavyweight king,
Mike Rossman. Much has
been written about "the
kosher butcher." Right now
he is being touted for a fight
with Muhammad Ali for the
heavyweight title.
Apparently the first idea
by promoter Bob Arum was
to stage the bout in
Jerusalem, with Ali train-
ing in Egypt and Rossman
in Tel Aviv. Where the fight
could be put on in the holiest
of Holy Cities is a mystery
to me. Arum, a Jewish
lawyer, is creative but he
seems to have over-reached
himself on this one.
Ali is not keen on training
in Egypt where the PLO
would be after his hide. So,
if the fight goes on, it will
take place in Buenos Aires.
That's if it takes place.
In the meantime,
Rossman, since winning his
title, has been appearing on
TV in New York and stres-
sing his Jewishness.
As a matter of fact, he
bridles when he's asked
about his Yiddishkeit.
For a while it looked as
though he was going to
poke sportscaster Bill
Mazer in the nose when
he asked him if he were
really Jewish. Mazer is a
former Yeshiva bokher
and likes to get Jewish
athletes on his program.
Why the heat from
Rosman? The fact of the
matter is, he is Jewish be-
cause his mother, Celia
Rossman, was born to
Jewish parents. After that,
an Italian father came
along who trained him into
a lucrative champion.
Ask
the
"kosher
butcher's" mother how
Jewish her son is and she is
lost. He didn't have a Bar
Mitzva she claims because
he had to train to become a
tighter. Imagine that.
In days of yore, Jewish
fighters didn't bridle about
their backgrounds. The
Benny Leonards, the Ruby
Goldsteins, Ben Jebys, Lew
Tenders, etc., didn't palm
themselves off as Jews. At
times they acted Jewish.
Even the aging Jack
Dempsey prided himself
that - one of his
grandmothers was Jewish.
One of the most touch-
ing scenes involving the
Manassa Mauler took
place about 10 years ago.
when he was honored by
the New York Bnai Brith
Sports Lodge at their an-
nual dinner. The fine
Cantor Moishe Ganchoff,
together with Father
Gehrig of St. John's re-
enacted a scene depicted
35 years ago when the
late Barney Ross played
the organ for the good
father's mass on the Is-
land of Guam.
I watched Dempsey as the
duet took tone. Would you
believe it, the great, per-
haps greatest fighter of all
time, started to cry. I was so
touched by his reaction that

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SERVING ITALIAN-AMERICAN
CUISINE IN THE FINEST
TRADITION

I turned my tear-filled eyes
away, embarrassed to see
40 YEAORVSERA
the Manassa Mauler in
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DINING
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tears. Das Pintele Yid
(YOUR HOSTS: DAN & MARCELLA MOODY).
sparked in him.
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the "kosher butcher"
though. To me it appears he
OUR NEW HOURS
is commercializing, what
MON. THRU SAT., 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
with the Magen David
SUNDAY BUFFET DAY. 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
sewed on his trunks, the
proclamation of his Jewish-
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dence of same. Those behind
this farce should knock it off
now. Rossman is a good
fighter and -can get by with
his fists. He doesn't need his
"kosher butcher" and Star
of David shield to "sell" him.
Oh, for the good old days
when Jewish fighters--
talked to each other in Yid-
dish. Years ago in my home
BIGGER & BETTER THAN EVER!
town, Worcester, Mass., two
fine Yiddisher boys, John
Drew nee Drutz and Mickey
Featuring All The
& 475
Green were the big boys in
local fight circles.
Choice Delights To
They were booked to go
against each other in a
Satisfy Your Palate
meaningless exhibition
Reservations Accepted
match, and it was de-
cided that Green was to
take, what today is re-
ferred to as, a dive.
As the boys were mixing
it up in the center of the
Call Our Expert
ring, they clinched, and as
Party Planners At No
they were separated, Mic-
key whispered, "Johnny,
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derlang mit dem tefilin
hant." (Johnny, hit me with
your left hand).

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