THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Local Aliya Director Meets Top Jewish Emigre Chief •

"If a Jew wants to make
aliya, it is Israel's duty,
with very few exceptions, to
facilitate absorption."
With this major policy
departure, Raphael Kot-
lowitz, newly named head of
the Jewish Agency Immi-
gration Department,

opened the annual Israel
Aliya Center Conference of
North American shlikhim
held recently in New York.
According to Yehuda Be-
rman, director of the Israel
Aliya Center in Oak Park,
Kotlowitz emphasized that
better absorption in Israel is

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Metropolitan Detroit Israel Aliya Center director
Yehuda Berman, right, i briefed by Raphael Kot-
lowitz, head of the Jewis Agency Immigration De-
partment, at recent conf rence of North American
aliya emmisarres.

the key to improved aliya
and that toward that end he
will encourage the estab-
lishment of landsmanshaf-
ten — organizations of olim
who have emigrated from
the same geographical area.

Kotlowitz told Israel
Aliya Center shlikhim to
urge their communities to
establish support groups
and that his Jerusalem
office will enact a similar
plan.

"Such groups in Israel,
supported by similar
units in the cities from
which olim have emi-
grated will act as
catalysts for a smoother
absorption," Kotlowitz
said. "Experience has
taught us that the
smoothest absorption
has been accomplished
when an oleh was as-
sisted by former resi-
dents of the same area
who shared common
problems and aspira-
tions."

Berman, whose Israel
Aliya Center is responsible
for servicing all of Michi-
gan, all of Indiana, Toledo,
Ohio and Windsor, Ontario,
Canada, said Kotlowitz told
him that he planned to
name ombudsmen for olim
in Israel.
Kotlowitz said that he
would soon launch a major
effort to urge the absorption
ministry to establish pro-
grams for singles and re-
tirees "in a serious manner
that will encourage these
two groups of Jews to im-
migrate to Israel in greater
numbers."

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FLINT
NEWS

Hanuka Focus
of Radio Show

Flint radio station
WFBE-FM will present a
program on Hanuka as part
of the monthly series pre-
sented by "Maxine and the
Jewish Connection" 6:30
p.m. Thursday.

Flint People
Make News

Dr. William Bernard

was interviewed on radio
recently on the topic "Self
Care, How Much and For
Whom?" on the monthly
health radio program pro-
duced by the Flint Osteo-
pathic Society.
Ronald J. Hartman is
the new president of the
University Club of Flint.
Gerald B. Brown is
secretary-greasurer.
Gilbert B. Gottlieb has
been elected president of the
American Home Lighting
Institute Showroom Di-
vision.

COMMUNITY
CALENDAR

Monday — USY latke

party.

Complete Food Centers

Business Briefs

Five commercials for Big
Boy Restaurants created by
Simons Michelson Zieve,
Inc., of Troy, received first
place awards in the national
TV Commercials Festival in
Chicago. The firm is the ad-
vertising agency for Big Boy
national.

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Thursday — FJCC
Senior Friendship Club,
noon, Temple Beth El.

One can acquire every-
thing in solitude - except
character.

Friday, December 22, 1978 69

Debbra Friedman of
Southfield has just received
a certificate qualifying her
as a .certified
graphoanalyst. A certified
graphoanalyst is trained to
identify personality traits

in people without the neces-
sity cf meeting them, using
samples of their handwrit-
ing for analysis purposes.

Yeshiva to Host
a Hanuka Party

Yeshivath Beth Yehudah
will hold its annual Hanuka
carnival 11 a.m. Sunday in
the yeshiva building.
There will be games,
prizes and traditional re-
freshments. All are wel-
come.

To Our
Customers And Friends

May This
Festival Of Lights
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Health & Happiness

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In the past, Chanukah
commemorated war.
This year, may Chanukah
celebrate peace.

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