INV Readers Forum COLLECTION AGENCY A COLLECTION SERVICETHAT GETS RESULTS AMERICAN CREDIT ASSOCIATION INC. _ (313) 548-5500 William S. Goose, Pres. Kenneth M. Chupack, Gen. Mgr. 13721 W. Eleven Mile Road Oak Park, Michigan 48237 BONDED NATIONWIDE COLLECTION SERVICE OAK PARK DISTRICT JUDGE MARVIN FRANKEL IS A 1950 GRADUATE OF DETROIT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL? Join Him At The 30th Reunion SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 ROMA'S OF BLOOMFIELQ $19.50 per person — buffet dinner "He'll Find You Guilty If You Don't . ." For further information, call Harold "Etsi" Kulish 353-2970 Livonia Jewish Festival and Mart Defended Editor, The Jewish News: In answer to the woman who wrote criticizing the Jewish Ethnic Festival held at the Livonia Jewish Con- gregation, I would like to mention a few points. Our day was originally publicized as an ethnic fes- tival and merchandise mart. All of the dealers par- ticipating were supposed to be outdoors with their booths. Due to the rain that fell continuously that morn- ing, we were two hours late in starting after deciding to accommodate these people indoors. They were all very cooperative and under- standing. Did Mrs. Goldstein also manage to see the beautiful table that Lubavitch had set up and take her daughter to them to receive Shabat can- dies and information on kashrut? Did she ask to see our sanctuary in order to tell her child about the ritual objects? What about the table of one of the other dealers displaying arts and crafts depicting the Chagall windows and other Jewish themes? Or the booth with Israeli coins and medals? Did she see our gift shop with Jewish items? How about stopping to talk to the representatives of the Jewish National Fund and the Zionist Organization of America who were present and eager to discuss Israel with passersby? Did she stop to have a snack of blintzes or gefilte fish; and after The weather finally cleared, was she out- New EEOC Guidelines Aid Sabbath Obsei-vant Worker ARE YOU? 1:30 P.M. Materials submitted to the Readers Forum must be brief. The writer's name will be withheld from publication upon request. No unsigned letters will be published. Materials will not be returned unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. NEW YORK (JTA) — The first mandatory em- ployment guidelines of the Equal Employment Oppor- tunity Commission (EEOC) were described as one of the "most significant developmdnts in the effort to protect the employment rights of Sabbath observers in American law" by How- ard Zuckerman, president of the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA). 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He said COLPA consulted with the EEOC on formula- tion of the guidelines which will become effective with publication in the Federal Register. The amendment re- quires employers to make "reasonable ac- commodation" to the religious needs of em- ployees or job applicants unless such accommoda- tion would result in "un- due hardship" for em- ployers. The guidelines cover all levels of gov- ernment and all private employers with 15 or more employees. Zuckerman said that two long-standing problems for Sabbath observers — pre- employment inquiries which elicit information about religious practices, and make-up time require- ments — are dealt with in the new guidelines. He said these two issues make up a substanial portion of the re- quests for help COLPA re- ceives. He said the guidelines se- verely restrict and gener- ally make suspect the use of preemployment inquiries regarding availability. They also require em- ployers to consider permit- ting the employe to make up time off for religious rea- sons, as requested by the employe, whenever this is reasonable. He said the guidelines also spell out when an ac- commodation is required under the law and what em- ployers and unions must do to bring about an accommo- dation. doors to hear the Jewish music, poetry or Israeli dancing? All these were also available to those who came to our synagogue. Perhaps a couple of ceramic Christmas trees among a dealer's display should not have been there, but if that is the only place they are present and not within any Jewish home she may enter, it seems that mountain has been math. out of a molehill. * * * Rabbi Martin Livonia Jewish Congregation Reader's Election Solution Editor, The Jewish News: Perhaps one solution may be in order regarding the 1980 Presidential election. As we know, history has taught us to judge man by his actions and deeds and not by words alone. We have two major can- didates for the presidential office and, in regards to Is- rael: An incumbent, President Carter, whose .words are very good but deeds and actions are wav- ering, unstable and more to be desired. The other candi- date, a Republican whose words are very good but ac- tion and deeds regarding presidential performances don't exist. And his deeds and actions as far as having been governor goes is good and bad. If you are a Carter- oriented individual, the Re- publican candidate is bad and conversely if you are anti-Carter, the candidate has well-qualified himself. In view of what has been written it might be wise in the forthcoming presidential election to replace the glibbed- tongue incumbent President with the cho- sen` Republican candi- date. The new President may or may not resolve Israel's is- sues but with a Republican President it also would be wise to continue electing Democratic and Republican Senators and representa- tives who show or have shown favorable support for Israel. A balance between a Republican President and perhaps a controlled Demo- cratic Congress might do the trick. * * Aaron Goldberg Correcting a Biblical Filler Editor, The Jewish News: Not so much to prove that avid readers of the Jewish News focus their attention even on the trivia presented as "space-fillers," but to exonerate the Book of Ruth, I must respond to the state- ment in the Sept. 5, 1980 issue of The Jewish News in which it is stated that The book of Ruth and the book of Esther are the two books in the Bible in which God's name is not mentioned." The statement is true of Esther, but it is certainly not true of the Book of Ruth, where the name of the Lord is mentioned many times. I think, in addition to the Book of Esther, the author might have had in mind the Song of Songs, which King Solomon wrote in his youth. There, we find only one questionable reference to the name of God. In verse six of the eighth chapter, we read, ". . . jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehe- ment flame." The expres- sion "most vehement flame" is rendered by the Hebrew shalhevet-yah, which some take to mean "the fire of the Lord." This is the only suggestion of God's name in the entire work. Rabbi Jack Goldman Lansky's Israel Visit OKd JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Interior Ministry has lifted the ban on an entry permit for Meyer Lansky. The 79-year-old Lansky, allegedly connected with organized crime in the U.S., has not been allowed to visit Israel since the early 1970s. His repeated requests to come as a tourist were turned down because he was considered "dangerous to the public welfare." The ministry changed its mind only after Lansky re- cently appealed to Israel's Supreme Court which handed down a show cause order compelling the Inter- ior Ministry to explain why he should not be permitted to visit the country on a tourist visa. Eight years ago Lansky wanted to stay here on an immigrant visa but w• turned down by the Interiu_ Ministry. After he failed to obtain a court order against the ministry he was expel- led from the country. An Interior Ministry spokesman said Lansky's age and poor health in- duced them to change their position. Lansky told reporters he was grateful for the decision and did not care what type of visa he received. He said he just wanted to visit Is- rael. It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.