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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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JBI 'Read-In' Will Spur Children
in Reading, Raise Library Funds

21,000 Win
Yeshiva Degrees
Since Opening

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opportunity," Dr. Jane
Evans, JBI president, said.
"It highlights reading, edu-
cates children about
blindness and provides a
unique zedaka experience."
A broad range of prizes
and incentives will moti-
vate students to take
part. Each participant
will enlist sponsors who
will contribute to the
Jewish Braille Institute
according to the number
of books read by the par-
ticipant. The reading

NEW YORK — With the
conferral of some 1,300 aca-
demic degrees and diplomas
at its four commencement
exercises in June and
August, Yeshiva Univer-
sity and its affiliates have
awarded a total of 21,328
degrees and diplomas since
1908.
The university, compris-
ing four academic centers in
Manhattan and the Bronx,
and affiliated campuses in
Los Angeles and Israel, has
an enrollment of some 7,000
men and women, a faculty of
1,200, and an operating
budget of $120 million an-
nually.

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NEW YORK — The
Great National Jewish
Read-In" for children is
being planned by the
Jewish Braille Institute of
America, Inc. Scheduled for
November, National Jewish
Book Month, the Read-In is
designed to stimulate read-
' - and to raise funds for the
ansion of JBI's library
services in Braille, talking
books and large print.
"The Great National
Jewish Read-In presents
students with a threefold

Synagogue Council Will Cite
Sakharov and Shcharansky

. NEW YORK — Two
empty seats will be left on
the dais at the Oct. 30
dinner of the Synagogue
Council of America. The two
seats will be for Soviet
, human rights activist An-
drei Sakharov and Soviet
Jewish Prisoner of Con-
science Anatoly
Shcharansky.
- The SCA will cite the two
Soviet prikmers, as well as
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Philip Klutznick, editor
Norman Cousins and singer
Roberta Peters.
Shcharausky's wife,
Avital, will come from Is-
rael to accept his award.
Sakharov's stepdaugh-

Arab Exhibit
Is Closed Down
by Authorities

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period lasting, one
month, may begin any
time in November.
Proceeds of the Great Na-
tional Jewish Read-In will
be matched in a one-for-
three ratio by the National
Endowment for the
Humanities, which has
awarded a challenge grant
to the instutute.
Most students taking part
will do so through their
religious schools. If their
school is not joining in the
program, they may contact
JBI, 110 E. 30th St., New
York, N.Y. 10016, attention
Gerald M. Kass, executive
vice president.

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ter, Mrs. Tanya Yankel-
vich of Boston, will also
be present.
"The vivid symbolism of
two empty seats will be evi-
dent, for no matter where
the Soviet Union exiles
Sakharov or Shcharansky,
their measage of freedom
and justice and example of
courage can never be
exiled," said Rabbi Arthur
J. Lelyveld, president of the
SCA.

Mayors Protest
UN Israel Vote

NEW YORK — Mayor
George Voinovich of Cleve-
land, in a letter to President
Carter, and Mayor Ernest
Morial of New Orleans, in a
statement released this
week, condemned "unwar-
ranted attacks" on Israel
and noted that the United
Nations has in effect ques-
tioned Israel's right to exist
by denoucning its presence
in Jerusalem.
Both mayors took part in
a three-day International
Conference of Mayors in
Jerusalem last April, co-
sponsored by the U.S. Con-
ference of Mayors, the Insti-
tute of Jerusalem Studies
and the American Jewish
Congress.

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The Military Government
prevented an exhibition of
political paintings by Pales-
tinian artists which was to
take place recently in
Ramalla, some 10 miles
north of Jerusalem.
The army confiscated five
drawings which were to be
shown in the exhibition,
charging that they consti-
tuted incitement against
the state. The drawings
were entitled, "A Wedding
in Jail," "The Rejection," Dropsie Program
and "The Day of the Pris- for Black Clergy
oner."
PHILADELPHIA —
One of the artists said:
"We are not inciting against Dropsie University has es-
Israel, nor the Israeli tablished an outreach pro-
people. We are merely ex- gram fo-r the black and
pressing our feelings as Jewish communities at its
main campus and at a black
Palestinians in paint."
neighborhood organization.
- The major aspect of the
Mendelssohn
program is ministerial
Prize Awarded
study for black clergy.
BONN (JTA) — The first Topics will include "Women
Moses Mendelssohn Prize in the Old Testament,"
1-,, s been awarded to Dr. "Black-Jewish Relations,"
bara Just-Dahlmann in "Social Justice in the Islam
recognition of "the further- Religion and Black Mus-
ance of tolerance toward lims," "Islamic Concept of
unorthodox ideas and be- Religion" and others.•
The outreach program is
tween people of all nations
being funded by the
races and religions."
The DM 20,000 ($11,000) William Penn Foundation.
prize was endowed last year
by the Berlin Senate to Kosher Eatery
mark the birthday of the
Jewish Enlightenment Open in Atlanta
ATLANTA — The first
philosopher (1729-1786). .
Dr. Just-Dahlmaiin is the kosher restaurant in 25
director of the local court in years has opened in the
Schwetzingen, near Heidel- northeast section of At-
berg, and is a member of the lanta. Called Norm's Place,
board of directors of the the restaurant is run by a
Preservation of Human family that were formerly
caterers in New York.
Rights organization.

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