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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Yaakov the Hippo Refuses to Move

By DAVID FRIEDMAN

(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)

CBS-TV has brought to
our attention a weighty
problem being grappled
with in Israel. It concerns
the Tel Aviv Zoo, an institu-
tion that predates the estab-
lishment of the Jewish state
by at least 10 years.
But the zoo is located in
the heart of Israel's bustling
metropolis and with apart-
ment houses surrounding it
the•- has long been pres-
su
o move it and its in-
habitants outside the city.
This has now happened. A
riew Safari Park has been
built in Ramat Gan along
_ the more modern zoo lines
in which animals have more
freedom and are less caged:
Most of the animals have
been relocated without
much problem.
But there is an excep-
tion. Yaakov the hippo
won't go. Even though his
mate and three offspring
have been moved to the
new zoo and seem to be
'thriving, Yaakov won't
budge from his pool. For
more than two weeks ef-
forts have been made to
coax Yaakov to leave, but
he won't.
Many an urban male who
has had to move to the sub-
urbs for the good of the chil-
dren can sympathize with
Yaakov. Of course, Yaakov
doesn't have to worry about
commuting. Like the resi-
dents of planned com-
munities in the U.S., he
works where he lives.
Yaakov - is apparently
thriving since his wife and
kiddies left. He seems to
like the life of the urban
bachelor. He even lost some
weight, down to a mere
three tons. Maybe he is jog-
ging there in the mud. He is
not far from the bright
lights of Dizengoff, al-
though unfortunately he
can't trot down for a cup of

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,

Hitler Contest
Is Called Off

A Lansing-area nightclub
has called off an "Adolf
Hitler-Evan Braun Look-
Alike Contest" after pro-
test s from Jewish groups
and city and county offi-
cials.
The manager of the
Land's End in Haslett, east
of Lansing, said the contest
was cancelled "because we
didn't want to offend any-
body."
"-e contest was the first
eries scheduled by the
i.
Pickets from two
Jewish groups at Michigan
State University prbtested
at the club last Friday
night.

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Rabbis, Profs
at UJA Parley

NEW YORK — The
United Jewish Appeal will
sponsor the Critical Issues
Leadership Conference in
Washington, D.C., March
29-31, 1981. Participants in
the conference will include
university professors from
across,America and leading
rabbis from Orthodox, Con-
servative and Reform con-
gregations.

coffee and the latest gossip.
the tradition of the Jews as
There may be many rea- a city dweller, as being in
sons for Yaakov's stick-in- the center of finance, litera-
the-mud stand. He may be a ture, the arts and politics.
liberal who refuses to desert CBS reported that Yaakov
the city and its problems. Of seemed to be more thought-
course, he could be a reac- ful, appeared to be meditat-
tionary and just not like ing.
Yaakov might be holding
change.
Maybe he has heard up the traditions of Zionism,
aboilt efforts in the I never to abandon a Jewish
United States to prevent settlement once it is estab-
Jews from leaving old lished.
But there might be an-
neighborhoods so that
the Jewish life-style can other explanation. Yaakov
be preserved. Of course, may be a potential yored.
that's no problem for Maybe he is dreaming of
Yaakov since he is in Is- going to the Bronx Zoo
where many of his old
rael.
Perhaps he is preserving friends from Tel Aviv now
living in New York can see
Juvenile Justice him again.

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System Probed
in NCJW Survey

NEW YORK — The con-
dition of adolescent girls in
the juvenile justice system
will be the subject of a
nationwide study by the
National Council of Jewish
Women. A grant received
from the Joe and Emily
Lowe Foundation will fund
the study.
Under the grant, a survey
will be carried out by NCJW
volunteers in approx-
imately 100 cities across the
country. The findings will
then be collated and sum-
marized into a study by the
Children and Youth Task
Force.
The survey will look at
what proportion of the de-
tention population is
female; what the dispostion
and sentences are for var-
ious offenses: what residen-
tial facilities are available;
and alternatives to incarc-
eration, including counsel-
ing and vocational training.

OUR 34th YEAR

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ULTRA TASTE!

NEW YORK — The 30th
anniversary of the State of
Israel Bonds Organization,
a major factor in Israel's
economic development
since 1951, is the theme of a
commemorative medal
struck in Israel to celebrate
the organization's 30th
year.
The medal pays tribute to
the Israel Bond campaign
which has resulted in sales
of almost $5 billion in Israel
Bonds and other Israel
securities over three de-
cades.

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Proceeds from Israel
Bonds have constituted a
primary source of invest-
ment capital since Israel's
early days, promoting de-
velopment in such widely
diverse areas as energy,
water, telecommunications,
agriculture, roads, indus-
trial parks, airport, harbor
and railroad expansion and
oil exploration.

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Living Too Well?

TEL AVIV (ZINS) —
Davar has warned i n an ar-
ticle that Israel enjoys one
of the 20 highest standards
of living in the world, de-
spite its high inflation rate.

Warning The Surgeon General Has Determined
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