THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
WZO Seeks Jewish Volunteers to Work
on the Mediterranean-Dead Sea Canal
By CARL ALPERT
HAIFA — The World
Zionist Organization has
already placed ads in the
press calling for enlistment
of Jews from all over the
world to serve in a new kind
of Peace Corps, to help build
the Herzl Canal, to link the
Mediterranean and Dead
Seas and to provide a source
of energy.
In the 34 miles from the
editerranean to the Dead
,a there is a drop of 400
meters, some 1,200 feet. By
way of comparison, the
Niagara River carries water
from Lake Erie to Lake On-
tario for a descent of about
only 326 feet in 36 miles.
The proposal to mobilize
volunteers for the project
was first advanced by a
young people's group which
called itself "The Continu-
ing Generation." I seized
upon it, and exactly five
years ago, wrote one of these
columns on the subject.
Within the framework
of proper organization, I
wrote, Jewish architects
and engineers and plan-
ners and draftsmen and
secretaries and typists
should be called upon to
contribute their services.
Young people whose im-
agination will be stirred
by the project will man
the machinery, dig the
ditches, pour the cement,
build the scaffolding and
Israel Defense
Aim of Envoy
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The Reagan Administra-
tion is committed to
"tough-minded diplomacy
in defense of Israel and has
resolved to bring an end to
the obsessive st apegoating
of Israel in the United Na-
tions," Ambassador Jeane
Kirkpatrick told the Con-
ference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations.
According to persons
attending the meeting, the
U.S. envoy to the UN, in her
first appearance before the
conference, said she was
"determined to resist chal-
lenges to Israel's rightful
place among the family of
nations."
The new U.S. position,
she said, was now being
supported by African coun-
tries that formerly followed
the line of the Arab-Soviet
bloc. Kirkpatrick noted, as
n example, that recent
rab efforts to challenge Is-
rael's recent presence at the
World Health Organization
conference in Geneva had
come to naught and she
praised the U.S. delegate to
the UN Human Rights
Commission, Michael
Novak, for his "refusal to
remain silent in the face of
obscene anti-Semitism" ex-
pressed at the commission.
"As long as I am at the
United Nations, Israel will
never face her enemies
alone," Kirkpatrick said to
rousing applause from some
150 representatives of
Presidents Conference
member organizations.
Alk
do all the actual work re-
quired.
It should be an uplifting
emotional and spiritual ex-
perience. The same kind of
idealism that attracted
thousands of Diaspora
youth to Israel in time of
war and emergency, can stir
them also for a project of
this nature. Already today
they come in their hundreds
to work as volunteers in the
archeological excavations,
digging up the past. In the
proposed undertaking they
will have the thrill of creat-
ing the future with their
own hands.
These are the young
people who turn their backs
on the standards of western
materialism and come here
to serve as volunteers in the
fruit orchards of the kibut-
zim, 6,000 of them or more
in one summer. They also do
Conservative Women's Unit
Prints Manual for Shavout
NEW YORK — The
Women's League for Con-
servative Judaism has
printed a Shavuot manual
which offers a variety of
suggestions for observing
this major festival in both
home and synagogue.
Ideas for home celebra-
tions include decorations,
recipes, instructions for
Shavuot Seder, games and
suggestions for study.
Synagogue observances and
history of the holiday are
also discussed.
The appendix includes a
glossary, bibliography and
ideas for holiday cen-
terpieces. The 38-page
soft-cover manual can be
ordered from Women's
League for Conservative
Judaism, 48 E. 74th St.,
New Yori, N.Y. 10021 at a
charge.
The manual was created
under the direction of Mrs.
Goldie Kweller, national
president, and Mrs. Dvorah
Rosenberg, national Jewish
family living chairman,
with Mrs. Steven Glazer.
Following are some sam-
ple recipes:
Blintzes
BATTER
3 eggs
1 /2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. salad oil
3 /4 cup sifted flour
1 cup milk or water
Mix eggs, milk or water, salt,
oil and flour together. Mix well
until smooth. Put through a
strainer. Heat a well-greased
6" frying pan. Pour a small
amount of batter in pan,
quickly tilting pan to spread
batter. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes,
then flip over onto a clean dish
towel.
FILLING
1 lb. farmer or cottage cheese
salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. grated orange rind
2 tsp. cinnamon
Mix ingredients together. Fill
blintzes on cooked side, then
wrap. Fry, turning carefully, or
place in a baking dish, cover
with sour cream, sprinkle with
a mixture of cinnamon and
sugar and bake for 1 hour at
X 325 degrees.
* * *
Broiled Eggplant
1 medium eggplant
salt
1 /2 cup oil
1 to 2 cloves mashed garlic
1 /4 to 1/2 tsp. mixed Italian sea-
soning
pinch pepper
2 cups tomato pulp
bread crumbs
grated cheese
Peel and slice eggplant 3 /4
inch thick. Salt on both sides
and let sit for 20 to 30 minutes.
Press dry. Blend together oil,
garlic, Italian seasoning and
pepper. Dip each slice of
eggplant in mixture and ar-
range, overlapping, in pan.
Cover and bake at 400 degrees
for 10 to 15 minutes until al-
most tender. Spread tomato
pulp over eggplant. Sprinkle
with salt, pepper and bread
crumbs. Drizzle on oil, add
cheese. Broil 4 to 5 minutes.
so precisely because they
measure accomplishment in
real values and not solely in
dollars. They are fed up
with seeing "success"
gauged by money, whether
it is a Zionist banquet, or
their parents' careers. They
seek more meaningful
criteria in life.
The alternative for dig-
ging the canal would be to
hire cheap Arab labor from
the territories, and trans-
form what could be a noble,
historic enterprise into a
simple commercial opera-
tion. Too much of the Zionist
ideal has already under-
gone that treatment. In the
process we have lost
idealism, nobility, self-
respect.
A modest experiment
has already been tried.
This summer some hun-
dreds of Jewish youth
from Israel's high schools
and from overseas are
engaged in laying the ties
and tracks for extension
of the Israel railroad in
the northern Negev.
What a thrill it will be for
them some years hence,
when they ride the trains,
to tell their children that
they laid those tracks
with their own hands.
Money will be required in
large amounts, but for
Heaven's sake let's grasp
the opportunity to derive
the maximum of idealism
and renewed pioneering
spirit when the time comes
to dig the Herzl Canal. If we
can display some vision and
imagination and daring we
may yet redeem an entire
generation.
The above mentioned
posters are available
without charge for dis-
play by schools, libraries,
congregations, and
organizations interested
in American Jewish his-
tory.
There is a charge for indi-
viduals. For information
write, Ms. Wanda Reis,
American Jewish Archives,
3101 Clifton Ave., Cincin-
nati, Ohio 45220.
Moon Sect Loses
Tax Exemption
NEW YORK — An appel-
late court has ruled that the
"primary purpose" of the
Unification Church, headed
by the Rev. Sun Myung
Moon, is not religious and
that the church is not
entitled to have three build-
ings it owns in New York
exempted from city prop-
erty taxes.
carat
1 /4
diamond earrings
14 karat
gold
7
9
pr.
Now you can add a large dimension
of diamond sparkle to your appearance
at a very reasonable price.
COMPARE ANYWHERE! It's our honest objective to
sell fine jewelry at lower prices, everyday. Come in and
see for yourself. We accept most major credit cards.
Illustrations enlarged
to show the fine detail.
FINE JEWELERS
TWELVE OAKS MALL
NOVI, MICHIGAN
3131348-3640
WHERE THE SCALE
OF VALUE TIPS
IN YOUR FAVOR.
LOCATED ON THE MAIN
FLOOR NEAR THE ELEVATOR
MED AL
D ET
CENTS S, INC.
Introduces.,
Archives Add New Poster
CINCINNATI — The
American Jewish Archives
has published a new poster
for its multicolor series on
the American Jewish ex-
perience.
To commemorate the
centenary of the East Euro-
pean Jewish immigrant in
America, the archives has
created a poster on Ab-
raham Cahan (1860-1951),
who came to the United
States from Lithuania in
1882, and became a major
influence in the Jewish im-
migrant community as
editor-in-chief of New
York's largest Yiddish
daily, the Forverts, and as
an advocate of Americani-
zation.
The following posters are
already available in the
series on immigrants from
Eastern Europe: Jewish
Immigrants Arrive in New
York Harbor, The Sweat-
shop, and A Busy Street On
The Old East Side.
Friday, May 29, 1981
THE DIET FOR PEOPLE
WHO HATE TO DIET
"You can lose up to a pound a day"
(Up to 25 pounds in 30 days)
First month: Lose up to 6 inches off your waist
•No drugs or diet pills • No contracts to sign
•No exercise -For men and women
FIRST
APPOINTMENT
FREE
552•9800
ext. 18
.
z
51*
'
-4*
•
4
19