THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
40—BUSINESS CARDS
Lamps and lighting fix-
tures repaired and re-
styled.
LIMITED EDITIONS
OF MEL RYCUS
4200 Orchard Lake Rd.
682-7255
40—BUSINESS CARDS
FURNITURE REPAIR
8 REFINISHING
Complete bedroom
dining room sets
Chair re-glueing
Caning & Rushing
K. KENT
Free Estimates
474-8953
Orchard Lake
REUBEN
CUSTOM
PAINTING
INTERIOR- EXTERIOR
All
work guaranteed
Licensed
Very Reasonable
Call HAROLD COHEN
968-7482
QUALITY SERVICE
SEWER & DRAIN
Plumbing Repairs
Sewer Cleaning
Sumo Pumo Reoairs
Emergency Calls
J. SHEVACH
Free Estimates
Licensed
363-9714
PERFECT
PLANT PARENTHOOD
WE make house calls
Call The Plant Doctor.
569-3642
PIANO
Guaranteed tuning .- repairs.
30 years experience.
Call Bob
559-2209
AIR-CONDITIONING
Experienced handyman.
Will fix anything. No job
too small.
Heating - Humidifiers
Refrigerators
CLEMEN MAROGE
544-7486
BOB MENDELSON
TOBIAS
Plastering - Stucco - Texturing.
Specializing in plaster & drywall
repairs, water damage.
851-2117 .
541-2239
Removal of all types of
Wallpaper
.
ARNOLD GOLDIN
356-0499
ALL CITY
MOVING & STORAGE, INC.
Complete moving serv-
ices anywhere in Michi-
gan. Uniformed men. Free
estimates.
Licensed. Bonded & Insured.
5349401
L & D ACCOUNTING
Will do sales taxes, payroll
taxes, bookkeeping for
small businesses.
Reasonable.
547-0168
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BERNIE IS
BACK
BERNIE
BENKOFF
Custom Painting &
Wallpapering, Inc.
Specializing
in
foils,
flocks, grass cloth, cork.
graphics, vinyls, material,
suede.
Free Estimates.
Insured.
398-4337
PLUMBING REPAIRS: Drains,
sewer cleaning. 7 day service.
754-0879.
FINEST CUSTOM PAINTING
WALLPAPER REMOVING.
Reasonable. Free estimates.
Call after 5 p.m. 544-3118.
CARPENTRY WORK - Inside &
outside. I. Schwartz. 545-7712.
CALLIGRAPHY - Envelopes ad-
dressed. Maryanne. 399-4030.
MICHAEL BLACK
TELEVISION
SERVICE
PAINTING done in &, out of your
home. Reasonable. 661-2423.
Texturing of Walls. Repairs.
C.C. KIRBY CONST.
Brick, block, stone.
Reputable and Licensed
937-8374
422-3764
METRO WINDOW
CLEANING AND
HOME CARE
Experts on aluminum storms,
carpet, floor, furniture clean-
ing. Wall washing, custom
painting, interior-exterior.
541-0278
ARON SPINNER
PLUMBING
Repairs - Remodeling
Residential Commercial
557-6318
557-6182
863-1925
IF NO ANSWER 573-0924
ROOFING
Hot Tar - Shingles
Re-coat - Repair - Replace
Siding - Trim - Gutters
546 0050
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Licensed - Bonded - Insured
Experienced
No job too small
Reasonable
353-3336 or 357-0241
MOVING?
YOUNG MEN
With furniture van will move
you expertly at economy rates.
Insured
549-5116
589-0682
PAINTING
Interior, exterior, wall papering,
wallpaper removing. Free esti-
mates. References. Week
guaranteed. Call anytime.
Bill Paschal
Painting Service
535-2609 or 535-0178
No job too small, no price too big.
CALL MARV KAY
CHUCK'S
PAINTING SERVICE
Patch Plastering
10 years experience.
Reasonable
Work guaranteed
KITCHEN cabinets &
woodwork refinished. An-
tiquing, staining. Custom
interior painting. Reason-
able. References.
.292 3885
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LOS ANGELES PRODUCTIONS
967-1114
Super 8 film specialist.
ALUMINUM SIDING
Put your wedding in movies
Silent or sound in color.
Custom Trim
ARTHUR'S
Furniture finishing and repair.
Upholstering and cabinets.
Office furniture.
Free Estimates
531-3551 (AM or PM)
EFFICIENCY
PAINTING CO.
Fast. Convenient.
Reasonable.
Interior - Exterior.
Graphics.
Homes-Apartments
Free Estimates
° Garages-Offices, etc. 8 am-10 pm
(313) 538-5691
399-1724
Put Your Mind At !Rest, Shoot For
The Best
"A'' PLUS
WALLPAPER
REMOVING
Residential & Commercial
565-3479
COMPLETE remodeling,
alterations, repair,
kitchen, den, basement,
family room. Reasonable.
354-6473
731-6081
355-5700
851-2550 24HOURS
545-1110
Try My Prices!
ask for PETER
Call after 5 p.m.
544-3118
We service home central units,
window units.
HY GALISON
*Any Furniture Repair
*Reupholstering
*Refinishing
'Chair Caning
'Our Specialty
is repairing. reglueing & reu-
pholstering dining room chairs.
.
PETER FRIEDMAN
Licensed Master Plumber
Emergency service work.
Sewer cleaning, garbage dis-
posal, installation work. Reason-
able_rates.
24 hour service.
354-4364
JULIUt ROSS
MOVING CO., INC.
Custom work, household moving,
offices, packing, piano and appli-
ances. Loco! and State of Michigan.
after 4.
357-2674
Wet, damp, leaky basements
made dry. Guaranteed 18
years. Experienced -- lowest
price.
TED'S
WALLPAPER REMOVING
Free Estimates. Insured.
Serving tri-county area.
FRANK'S WATERPROOFING
559-7398
531-7555
RESIDENTIAL WINDOW
CLEANING
Quality Service
Free Estimates
WALL WASHING
.
547-2418
GORDON ROGERS
TRUCKING
(By Machine)
PAPER HANGING
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Insured
WELLS
366-5322
Call before 9 a.m. or after 1 pm.
—
Experienced movers. Low rates.
We move anything (incl. pianos &
appliances, etc.) anywhere in
Mich.
Fully insured.
356-3320
FREE ESTIMATES
Painting
Interior - Exterior
Call Dave
776-1754
BAND
Excellent Music
- For All Social
Occasions
Reasonable prices.
CALL THE
FURNITURE DOCTOR
53—ENTERTAINMENT
Drywall and plaster repairs.
Wallwashing.
REASONABLE REFERENCES
AIR CONDITIONING
SERVICE
EMERGENCY
HANDY MAN
HOME REPAIRS
40—BUSINESS CARDS
LICENSED electrician. Reason-
able prices. 557-8981.
ROOFING, SIDING, GUTTERS
& trim. Licensed. Insured. Free
estimates. 525-9160.
557-1338
352-1923
BUSINESS CARDS
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David's Plastering
& Dry Wall
Free Estimates
559-2585
For the finest
in custom
wallpaper hanging
40
51—MISCELLANEOUS
For Sale
American Airlines Coupons
1/2 Off on flights
$70. Will Deliver
Call after 7
879-1070
53—ENTERTAINMENT
SINGING guitarist, violinist plus
Disco tapes. 398-2462.
Friday, August 10, 1979 61
54—CEMETERY LOTS
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. Iselin,
New Jersey; just outside of New
York. 12 graves. Subdivision
"G". $2,400. Will discount corn-
plete package.
CaPI 548-9242
The Ends of the World Meet I
at Jaffa Gate Sitting Stone
By BARRY CHAMISH
World Zionist
Press Service
There is a historical site
in Jerusalem which up until
now has not been recog-
nized, even though it has a
tradition that is ancient and
important. Ireland may
have its Blarney Stone,
worn smooth by years of
kissing for the reward of a
witty mouth. Mecca may
have its black rock, worn
smooth by kissing for the
reward of piety. But
Jerusalem has the Jaffa
Gate Sitting Stone with a
hole 10 inches in diameter
worn smooth by centuries of
derrieres for the reward of
comfort.
The stone is located under
an arch eight feet in length,
three in width and 20 in
height, beside the entrance
to the Jaffa Gate. The stone
in which.the hole is located
is the cloSest to the gate and
is located some eight inches
from the wall of the arch.
The hole fits all derrieres
and people five-feet-eight or
taller can sit in the hole, lie
back and relax in total com-
fort. The hole is as smooth
as polished marble. There is
not a disturbing bump in it.
If this seems absurd to
you, allow me to suggest
looking at a book called
"Jerusalem, Bethlehem and
Bethany" by J.L. Porter.
The book contains an
engraving more than 200
years old of Jaffa Gate. A
man is sitting under the
arch. He is sitting in the
exact position that people
sit today, in the Jaffa Gate
Sitting Stone.
To verify my suspicions
I spent two hours under
the arch watching people
sit by Jaffa Gate. Study
the following statistics: A
total of 112 people stop-
ped and sat under the
arch at Jaffa Gate.
Thirty-eight sat in the
hole. Bearing in mind
that many were in
groups, this is an ex-
traordinarily high per-
centage.
69 wore jeans, three had
guitars, one played his, 23
wore sneakers, 62 wore I
sandals, three were bare-
footed, four women wore
halter-tops, 41 tee shirts,
and 28 dresses. Only one
Arab woman sat on the
stone. Forty-one carried
packages, of these 38 were
leaving Jaffa Gate, not
entering it.
A brief history of Jaffa
Gate will explain why it has
traditionally been the gate
to meet people. Even today,
especially today, if someone
arranges to meet someone
else, it is often as not at
Jaffa Gate. Jaffa Gate is the
closest gate to downtown,
situated at the beginning of
the famous Jaffa Road.
Other than Dung Gate,
it is the closest and most
accessible to the Western
Wall. It is through Jaffa
Gate that pilgrims from
Hebron and Jaffa
entered the Old City. In
fact, Jaffa Gate was
known for a time as Heb-
ron Gate.
The gate was built in
1538-39 by Suleiman the
Magnificent. It was not his
favorite gate. The honor of
the most beautiful gate goes
to Damascus Gate known by
Jews as the Shechem Gate.
It was built over a large
ruined Roman gate and has
been the principal commer-
cial gate of Jerusalem for at
least 2,000 years.
Yet it is Jaffa Gate that is
presented to conquering
armies or dignitaries corn-
ing in peace. Jaffa Gate is
the only non-enclosed gate.
That is because in 1898
when Kaiser Wilhelm II vis-
ited Jerusalem, a rampart
of the gate was knocked
down, a road was built
through the rampart to
facilitate his large coach
and a bridge was pkiced
over the moat built spe-
cially for the occasion.
In 1917, when General
Allenby defeated the Turks
in Palestine, he again
marched his British army
through Jaffa Gate. Jaffa
Gate is covered with bullet
holes, left over from 1948
when Israeli troops re-
moved snipers.
The people who waited by
the gate fall into various
categories. Thirty-two dur-
ing those two hours were
European and under 25
years old. Eight were Euro-
pean and older. Thirty were
UNITED NATIONS —
young Americans, probably The UN's Palestine com-
mostly Jewish. Fourteen mittee recently voted in a
were older Americans. The closed-door session to re-
remainder were Israelis and lease the controversial
Arabs including street documentary movie,
hawkers who sat to rest "Palestinians Do Have
briefly. There were four ver- Rights."
ified Canadian sitters. (The
The film was made in
Canadians are the easiest to 1978 but not released be-
identify since they are the cause of protests over its
only country who put their pro-Palestinian theme. UN
national flag on their spokesmen say the film will
backpacks, tee shirts and not have the standard UN
jeans' pockets.)
logo, but admit the UN is
Fifty-four had cameras, financing the film.
Palestine Film