THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jewish Book Fair to Open Saturday Night
The Jewish Community Fair will open at 8 p.m.
Center's 28th annual Book Saturday with author How-
Book Fair Schedule
SATURDAY
8 p.m. — Howard Fast will discuss "The Jew as a Novelist
in Our Time."
SUNDAY
1:45 p.m. — Dr. Lucjan Dobroszycki will discuss "People's
Reactions to the Image Before My Eyes." Barbara
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will speak in Yiddish on
" T -vish Folklore Through Photography."
2 p.r.
- Children's dance theater, "People of the Book"
directed by Harriet Berg. There is a charge.
3:30 p.m. — Itzhak Ben Ner will speak in Hebrew on "The
° Various Roles of the Israeli Author."
8 p.m. — Leon Harris will speak on "The Jewish Merchants
and the Arts."
MONDAY
10 a.m. — Judith Bruder will speak on "But the Past Is the
Present: The Jewish Moment."
Noon — Luncheon. There is a charge.
p.m. — Max Dimont will speak on "American Judaism:
Wasteland or Renaissance?"
P8 p.m. — Dr. Luba Krugman Gurdus will speak on "A
Survivor's Viewpoint."
TUESDAY
10 a.m. — Geraldine Stern will speak on "Weighing Israeli
Women: On. What Scale?"
___.1•Toon — Luncheon. There is a charge.
1 p.m. — Frank Gervasi will speak on "Power Struggle in
the Mediterranean."
8 p.m. — Rabbi Marvin Tokayer will speak on "The Japa-
nese and the Jews.
WEDNESDAY
9:30 a.m. — Continental breakfast. There is a charge.
10 a.m. — Carole Klein will speak on "The Liberated
Jewish Woman?
Noon — Luncheon. Th
ere is a charge.
1 p.m. — Barbara Fischman Traub will speak on ("Me
Reality of History Through Fiction."
8 p.m. — James Pool will speak on "Is History Repeating
Itself?"
THURSDAY
9:30 a.m. — Continental breakfast. There is a charge.
10 a.m. — Prof. Emil Fackenheim will speak on "Jerusalem
— The Coming Battle."
1 p.m. — M. Hirsch Goldberg will speak on "A Surprising
Look at Jewish Myths — And What to Do About
Them."
8 p.m. — Rabbi Herbert Tarr will speak on "Barbara Wal-
ters, the KGB and I."
NOV. 17
-3 p.m. — English-Yiddish theater with Herschel Gendel,
Emil Gorovets and Doris Cohen. There is a charge.
NOV. 18
10:30 a.m. — Robert Weisbrot will speak on "The Search for
Identity Among Argentine Jewish Youth."
2 p.m. — Children's dance theater, "People of the Book"
directed .by Harriet Berg. There is a charge.
3 p.m; — Aliza Shevrin will speak on "Making the Jewish
Holidays Meanitigful."
and Fast discussing "The
Jew as a Novelist in Our
Time.",
The Book Fair will con-
tinue through Nov. 18, with
book displays open to the
public from 7:30 p.m. to 10
on Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 10
p.m. Sunday through
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. to 10
*p.m. Nov. 17, and 9:30 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Nov. 18.
In the schedule below are
events for which there is a
charge, require reserva-
tions or tickets. For infor-
mation, call the Jewish
Community Center Cul-
tural Arts Department,
661-1000, ext. 250.
Young Dancer's Guild
members, from left,
Andrea Katz, Patti Reich,
Jennie Bernstein and
Terrie Kovan will be
among the performers in
"People of the Book" at
Jewish Book Fair 2 p.m.
Sunday and Nov. 18.
U.S. Slashes Syrian Aid -
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
A Senate-House conference
committee considering the
Foreign Aid Bill for the fis-
cal year 1980, which began
Oct. 1, reduced the economic
assistance appropriation for
Syria to $15 million, as a
compromise between zero
and $60 million.
The Carter Administra-
tion had asked for $60 mil-
lion and the House cut it to
$45 million. However, in
the Senate the aid to Syria
was eliminated completely
on a motion by Sen. William
Proxmire (D-Wis.). In the
conference, the House con-
tingent suggested that
Syria be funded the $15 mil-
lion to maintain prospects of
U.S.-Syrian relations, de-
* * *
Modern-Day Pilgrimmage
Focus of Book Fair Author
In "Going to Jerusalem,"
(Simon and Schuster)
Judith Bruder follows a
group of tourists on their
journey through Israel,
fro •• e hills of the north-
e
to the desert
of Beersheba in the
south.
The group is encouraged
by their guide, Harry Bail-
ley, to tell stories in order to
help speed up the monton-
ous hours of travel. In this
way, the book becomes a
sort of Jewish "Canterbury
Tales."
The tour group is ex-
tremely diversified and in-
cludes a cabdriver, a plastic
surgeon, a lawyer, a Hasid
to a caterer and a housewife,
who serves as the book's
narrator.
The stories they tell
spark lively, often heated
discussions and when
nearing Jerusalem, a
rabbi draws their stories
— and their differences —
together, making the end
of their journey a true
beginning for these "pil-
grims."
Ms. Bruder is a doctoral
candidate in English liter-
ature at the State Univer-
sity of New York and a -re-
cent holder of a fellowship
from the American Associa-
tion of University Women.
She will speak at the De-
troit Jewish Book Fair
Monday and Tuesday at the
Jewish Community Center.
The unparalled look and feel of wool
is most appreciated by men with discerning
taste. This sofe toned vested suit engenders
a feeling of pride that comes with the
knowledge one is appropriately attired.
* * *
Fast at iBrowse
Howard Fast, author of
"The Immigrants," "Second
Generation" and "The Es-
tablishment" who will
kick-off the Jewish Book
Fair at the Jewish Commu-
nity Center 8 p.m. Satur-
day, will appear at iBrowse
Books 2-4 p.m. Saturday.
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Orchard Mall • Orchard Lake Rd. at Maple Rd.
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Thur.• Fri. 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. •
spite increased Syrian-
Soviet collaboration in
weaponry and diplomacy.
The conference, in
addition to reducing the
funds for Syria, added a '-
condition that the
President must notify the
Congress that Syria "is
acting in good faith
furthering the process of
peace initiated by the
Camp David accords of
which the treaty between
Egypt and Israel is the
first step."
Syria is among the Arab
states which have rejected
the Camp David Accords.
Nevertheless, U.S. dip-
lomats have urged support
for Syria so that liaison be-
tween the U.S. and Syria
may be continued.