THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 19, 1980 21 Kiryat Yam Hails New Facilities KIRYAT YAM — Robert Russell of Miami, Fla., chairman of the National Project Renewal Commit- tee, was the special guest of the Jewish Agency's con- struction arm, Amigour, at recent ceremonies marking the opening of three new neighborhood centers in this development town on Israel's northern coast. A brass band played and hundreds of residents lined the streets to greet Russell and Amigour Chairman Ariel Weinstein and Direc- tor General Moshe Landau as Kiryat Yam Mayor Binyamin Efrat led them on a 'tour of renovated apart- ment complexes, a new park and other facilities in a community once considered to be among the most im- poverished in the nation. Russell was invited to trticipate in the event be- al . CSINGLE? THE DETROIT AREA'S NEWEST GROUP FOR YOU (All Ages) METRO SINGLES HAS WHAT YOU WANT! • PARTIES • DANCES • PERSONALIZED INTRODUCTIONS • ETC. CALL FOR MORE INFO \552-0322 VISH FOR JEWEhRY Highest dollars paid for your diamonds, gold, sterling or old jewelry! TH. rant. rnotogt8Ls .„,.. State of Michigan Licensed J CALL FOR APPOINTMENT I 2151"7333 BUY EQUIPMENT USED BY WASHINGTON POST & CBS REPORTERS TYPEWRITERS Typewriter Tables Free With Typewriters Typewriters PORTABLES WE GOT 'EM! $4996 AUTOMATIC COPIERS . . .$99.50 $49.96 CHECKWRITERS $59.96 FILES Executive CHAIRS $4996 Sofas '23993 OPEN SUN. 11:30-4:30 BETTER BUSINESS EQUIPMENT CO. 231 W. a MILE, FERNDALE 548-6404 FOR THE SOPHISTICATED SHOPPER .. . Club Elite is ready to open a new world of savings to you for a full year! Simply present your Club Elite card at a world of select merchants and save. Robert Russell, right is shown talking with youngsters in a new community center in Kiryat Yam. cause of the similarities of the rejuvenation process in Kiryat Yam and in Project Renewal neighborhoods where extensive physical cultural, social and eco- nomic rehabilitation pro- grams are planned or underway. Amigour began work in 1972 to improve living conditions in Kiryat Yam ("town by the sea"), a community of 30,000 residents — many of them immigrants from the Soviet Union — located nine miles north of Haifa in a region of substantial Ask Commitment to Judaism textile, chemical and manufacturing activity. Over the past eight years the town has undergone a total renaissance as thousands of housing units have been renovated and community facilities built. At the first of `the three centers — built over two years at a cost of $500,000 to provide facilities for 300 persons — Russell and the Amigour officials visited with Kiryat Yam's youngsters. A group of teenagers sang and danced in the main hall, while younger children partici- pated in educational and play activities in other rooms. PHONE NO: 552-9266 AVAILABLE AT THE TEMPLE BETH EL GIFT SHOP NEW YORK (JTA) — A leader of the Conservative Judaism movement be- lieves because American Jews live in an open, demo- cratic society, many of them are not persuaded of the worthwhileness of their Jewishness, primarily be- cause the religious dimen- sion is missing from their lives. In an address to the na- tional board of directors of the United Synagogue of America, Rabbi Benjamin Kreitman, executive vice president of the United Synagogue, asserted: The choice is no longer to be a Jew or to embrace another faith, or to join another community. "The choice today is be- tween being a Jew or merg- ing with the great mass of indifferent Americans, in- different to religion and in- different to ethnic identity or commitment." Enjoy all the ich-tasting coffee you want with Brim Decaffeinated coffee. It's traditional in many Jewish homes: as soon as friends or relatives drop in. out comes the coffee and lots of good things to eat. .And that's the perfect time to serve Brims Decaffeinated Coffee. "Why Brim? - Brim has the rich coffee • taste you want in coffee. And because its decaffeinated. you and your guests can drink as much of this rich-tasting coffee as you want. You see. with Brim, there's no reason to stop at a half a cup or even one cup. You can drink as much as you want as often as vou It's Brim! Ground and Freeze Dried, Brim is reall\ rich-tasting coffee. And it's even 0 Certified Kosher! Peace Obligation JERUSALEM (ZINS) — The newspaper Haaretz re- cently reviewed the seven agreements with Egypt which are part of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. It said Egypt has been very careful to comply with the agreements on air transportation, communi- cations, tourism, continen- tal communications, and oil supply. It has not complied in the areas of trade and cul- tural relations. Haaretz said these latter areas are the ones which show how warm and friendly relations are be- tween two countries. It said Egypt `has been holding back in these two areas. GENERAL FOODS ©1980. General Rxxls Corporation v cr . r'iiIPV't/i/11' 114141WINFORM .«"6 , " fo. 4." i. ot,