? 7 1•'1,, e• LENNY LIEBERMAN Orchestra 559-0844 • Quality Music Disco Dance Instruction Floor Show (audience participation) ALL IN ONE • • THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 24 Friday, July 27, 1979 w ,! Israel Returns Portion of Sinai to Egypt TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is- rael formally returned a 6,000 square kilometer region of western Sinai to Egypt at noon Wednesday, in precise compliance with the timetable set forth in the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. The event was hailed by 11 p AO 1 c.CeE172E1121.,TE..7 ffairc, PARTY CONSULTANTS Weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvas Sweet Sixteens, etc. iz. invitations & stationery Make selections from your own home. 20% Discount Marilynn Bede • 861.1518 557-3011 Egyptian Defense Minister Kamal Hassan Ali as yet another sign of "the resolute decision of both our nations to progress toward peace and carry out the peace treaty to the letter." Hassan Alis message was read by an Egyptian army officer during ceremonies at the Bir Naseb Oasis where the Israeli flag was hauled down and the Egyptian flag raised, marking the second stage of Israel's withdrawal from Sinai. The area re- turned today lies along the Gulf of Suez and contains the famous Alma Offshore Oil Fields, the most prod- uctive oil fields found by Is- rael during its 12-year oc- cupation of Sinai. The region is inhabited by about 4,000 Bedouins. ACO . .4107....1ft JEWELERS cSingt (Koltsaici, Alian ornnan (, ■ et - .11K.. •Nit v - \S , ; •••11/P \$, \e/ LAWRENCE M. ALLAN President /17/1,-7/)/ — 12Aziwe://447./3/ DIAMONDS OUR SPECIALTY •NTIP, V \e , "kW \l/ ' • VP BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY TO REMEMBER... • ANNIVERSARIES • BIRTHDAYS • SPECIAL OCCASIONS • OR JUST A SPECIAL PERSON... 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Dov Sion, the senior Israeli member of the joint Israeli-Egyptian Coordinat- ing Committee, recited some statistics to show how the Bedouins have bene- fited from more than a de- cade of Israeli rule. He said there are now 243 cars in the region where there were none in 1967; 11 schools where none existed 12 years ago; 10 medical clinics and two tribal water installa- tions where there were none before. As a, farewell gift, the Is- raeli government distrib- uted five kilograms of flour to each of the 4,000 Be- douins, a bottle of oil and IL 20 per head. Under the peace treaty, the next transfer of Sinai territory to Egypt will take place in four months. It will include a monastery and the southernmost tip of the peninsula. Two more sec- tions, one in the north and one in the south, will be handed over in six months. By then, the Israeli- Egyptian demarcation line will extend from El Arish on the Mediterranean coast to Sharm El-Sheikh on the Red Sea. The remaining territory, extending from that line to the old interna- tional boundary between Is- rael and Egypt will be re- turned at the end of three years from the date of ratifi- cation of the peace treaty. Arafat at UN? NEW ,YORK — The Be- irut newspaper An Nahar says Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yagir Arafat may travel to New York in mid-September for the United Nations General Assembly session. Arafat addressed the General Assembly in 1974. He who guards the fig tree shall eat its fruit. JAC-KOURI at MR. V's BRINGING WITH HIM INNOVATIVE HAIR DESIGNS FOR THE DISCRIMINATING PERSON Jac-Kouri has a known reputation as an artiste in Permanent Wave Technology. His permanent waves are customized added ingredience that are suitable for your hair texture to maintain your natural sheen and elasticity, eliminating frizz and • damage. Jac is former owner of 2001 Hair Odyssey of Detroit with schooling from New York, Chicago & abroad. _ 559-7705 * Cutting * Organic Coloring * Perming * Manicures Lobby of Sheraton Southfield Hotel Mon.-Sat. 8-6 By Appointment • Boris Smolar's `Between You . . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA ' (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) JEWISH INVENTORY: Interest in greater knowl- edge of their Jewish roots is markedly increasing in American-born Jews. There is a growing sense among in- tellectuals that the American Jewish community is moving into an unprecedented period of cultural maturity. There is practically no publishing firm in the United States today that does not include books of specific-interest to Jewish readers in planning its list of new books for each season. Books of Jewish knowledge in English — including translations of works of Jewish thinkers in ancient time and in the Middle Ages — are now being published in this country in an ever-increasing number. The University of Chicago Press is publishing this fall the monumental work of Dr. Max Weinreich, "History of the Yiddish Language," in English translation. The work was originally written in Yiddish by Dr. Weinreich, a noted philologist and professor of Columbia University and was published in Yiddish in four volumes by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research of which the author was a founder and the guiding spirit. Other American universities — like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia — have similarly pub- lished great books of Jewish history and Jewish knowledge. Among the works published by Columbia is Prof. Salo Ba- ron's "Social and Religious History of the Jews" in several volumes, one of the greatest classics of Jewish history. The total of books in Judaica published in this country during the last decades by commercial publishing houses, Jewish organizations, and American colleges and univer- sities is perhaps larger than the total ofJewish books pub- lish ,.d in all lands and in all languages since printing was invented. A full inventory of these sources of Jewish cul- ture is considered by some in the American Jewish commu- nity as long overdue. A beginning in this direction has now been made by the National Foundation of Jewish Culture with the publica- tion this month of "Inventory of Jewish Cultural Re- sources." GUIDE TO COMMUNITIES: The inventory pub- lished by the foundation is limited in scope. It is a pioneer- ing venture. It limits itself to the catalogues of national Jewish agencies engaged in publishing books and other educational material and in promoting Jewish knowledge. "Inventory" does not list the publishing activities by commercial Jewish publishing houses like Schocken, Ktav and others which play a very important role in the publica- tion of books on Jewish subjects. Nor does it include general publishing houses or American colleges and universities. However, "Inventory" offers a considerable wealth of information on the cultural materials and services pro- duced by educational, communal, religious, student, Zionist, Yiddishist and fraternal organizations. Its main aim is to help Jewish communities to strengthen Jewish identity through their cultural projects by directing them to Jewish organizational resources of Jewish heritage. A colorful picture of national organizations of all shades in the American Jewish community active in prom- oting Jewish knowledge emerges from "Inventory." Im- pressive is the catalogue of Bnai Brith, listing extensive program and educational resources available for adult Jewish education, the publications catalogue of the Na- tional Jewish Welfare Board, especially the listings of its Jewish Book Council and Jewish Music Council; the publi- cations catalogue of the American Association for Jewish Education, especially its books on Jewish civics and on the Holocaust; the 60-page 1978 catalogue of the American Jewish Committee, listing books and pamphlets published by the AJCommittee on Judaism, intergroup relations and human rights; also the 64-page listing of books and other materials published by the Anti-Defaniation League on human relations for the school, church and community; the publication list of Hadassah on adult education; and the 100-page listing of books, periodicals, filmstrips, records and. tapes by the American Section of the World Zionist Organization. Of the national religious organizations engaged in publishing books for adults, text books for children, musi- cal recordings and plays produced in English, the Lubavitch-Hasidic movement, with its 30-page annotated catalogue, occupies an important place in "Inventory." So does the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, cen- tral body of Reform Jewry, with its publications catalogue and its youth division resources catalogue. Similarly, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations' 54-page catalogue has a rich listing of books and booklets on Jewish life, as has the Torah Umesorah catalogue. A number of important sources are missing, but in general, "Inventory" is a good beginning which will be of valuable service to Jewish communities, organizations, synagogues and clubs seeking sources for material to use in their cultural programs. .