THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

36 Friday, January 22, 1982

Women's Clubs

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SHAAREY ZEDEK
SISTERHOOD will pre-
sent Florine Mark Ross,
president of the local
Weight Watchers organ-
ization, in its Town Hall
program 10 a.m. Feb. 3 at
the synagogue. Ms. Ross
will'speak on "You Can Do

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Anything You Want . . . If
You Put Your Mind to It."
Continental breakfast will
be served. Babysitters will
be available by advance re-
quest. Tickets will be avail-
able at the door. For infor-
mation, call. Gail Goodstein,
661-4430; or Anita

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lection of Ceremonial Ob-
Millman, 855-1617.
jects." The group will meet
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DIMONA CHAPTER, at 11:30 a.m. at the MCL
Pioneer Women, will meet Cafeteria in the Tel-12 Mall
1:15 p.m. Tuesday at Tem- for luncheon. For details,
ple Beth El. Aid Kushner call President Margaret
will conduct a tour of the Bialkin, 559-2044.
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temple and speak on "The
ADAT SHALOM SIS-
Use and Origins of the Col-
TERHOOD will have a
talk on "The News Makers
in Politics" 8 p.m. Monday
in the synagogue. Jim Her-
rington, Channel 7 news-
man, will be the guest
speaker. A coffee hour will
follow. Program Vice
President Roz Katzman is
assisted by Ethel Golden-
berg, Gloria Freedland,
Jackie Bree, Maxine Flagg,
Maureen Kornwise, Harriet
Dunsky, President Sonia
Knopper and Executive
Vice President Betsy Win-
kelman.

JANUARY PINK SALE

WATER (the uncommon
bath shop)
RKS
W

Go Directly to Water Works

Collect 30% to 50% Savings

Towels • Bath Accessories • Scales
Shower Curtains • Closet Organizers

Applegate Square
Northwestern at Inkster

Phone: 357-1870
Mon.-Sat. 10-5

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BETH EL SISTER-
HOOD will present "An Af-
ternoon With Duglas" 1
p.m. Monday in the temple.
Luncheon will be served at
noon. There is a charge, and
guests are invited. For
reservations or informa-

tion, call the temple, 851-
1100.

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OAK PARK NSHEI
CHABAD STUDY
GROUP (10 Mile area) will
meet 2:30 p.m. Saturday in
the home of Mrs. Milton
Duchane, 24601 Harding.
Rabbi Joseph Hirsch will
speak. The Nine Mile Area
group will not meet.
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BATYA CHAPTER,
American Mizrachi
Women, will have its an-
nual fund raiser 8:30 p.m.
Saturday in the Whitehall
Apts. club house: The pro-
gram, "Mizrachi and
Music," will feature Jane
Rosenson of the - Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, ac-
companied by Jill Felber.
There is a charge. For de-
tails, call Co-chairmen
Marilyn Berris, 968-1558;
or Rosa Chessler, 355-2221.

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BNAI DAVID SIS-

TERHOOD will hold a
luncheon meeting noon
Monday in the synagogue.
Rabbi Morton Yolkut will
speak on "Everything You
Wanted to Know about
Judaism and Were Afraid to
Ask, Part II." There is a
nominal charge. For in-
formation and reservations,
call Norma Gealer, 855-
4648; or the synagogue-
office, 557-8210.
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ACHIEZER will hold its
next meeting 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the home of
Esther Schwartz, 25441
Gardner, Oak Park. Co-
hostesses for the evening
will be Susan Kraus and
Chanie Zeiler. Yoel Roth, a
member of Children of
Holocaust Survivors Asso-
ciation in Michigan, will
speak on the Holocaust. Re-
freshments will be served.
The public is invited. There
is a charge for non-
members.

Abzug Tells Women
Be Politically Active

A call for greater political outside the power
activism among Jewish structure in this country
women to counter the in- — especially will be hurt
creasingly conservative and by the Administration's
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right-wing elements at change ifi policy.
Stating that the "Repub-
work in the Reagan Ad-
ministration and society in lican Party has been cap-
general was the message of tured by the ultra-right
former U.S. Congresswo- wing," Mrs. Abzug said the
man Bella Abzug and five Moral Majority has helped
other speakers appearing at erode support for Israel in
the 34th annual Institute of Congress and influenced
the Jewish Welfare Federa- foreign policy in the Middle
East.
tion Women's Division.
Mrs. Abzug called upon
The educational day, in-
cluding workshops, lunch- Jews to lead the drive for
eon and addresses by Mrs. finding alternative forms of
Abzug, took place Jan. 14 at energy, noting that Jews
the Jewish Community "still don't realize that oil is
Center. Renee Mahler and the most powerful political ,
Maurine Sillman were influence here and
chairman and associate throughout the world." The
chairman of the institute, Administration has made a
which attracted a record shift in favor of oil-rich
crowd of more than 500 Arab nations, such as Saudi
Arabia, but Mrs. Abzug
women. -
Following a plenary ses- maintained that there's still
sion with Mrs. Abzug, time to counter that shift.
The women's rights
morning workshops were
led by Dr. Beverly Geltner, movement also has been set
educator and lecturer, on back under the current Ad-
the Moral Majority; Richard munistration, said Mrs. Ab-
H. Lobenthal, Michigan zug.
Mrs. Abzug challenged
region director of the
Anti-Demfmation League, her audience to become
on Arab influence; Mike involved in fighting for
Miller, host of WXYZ-AM the special interests that
radio "Morning Newstalk" affect them, as Jews, as
program, on media; Deena - women and as Jewish
Pearlman, community con- women. "Our power
sultant for the Anti- potential is great. We are ak
Defamation League, on essentially outside the Mr
anti-Semitism; and Dean influence -of power.
William Haber, former eco- Therefore, we can see the
nomics professor and dean truth and fight for it," she
at the University of Michi- 'said.
Prior to Mrs. Abzug's
gan, on the shrinking dol-
luncheon address, the
lar.
gathering received greet-
Mrs. Abzug supported ings from the Jewish Wel-
criticism of Reagan's fare Federation brought by
budgetary priorities, cal- JWF President Judg0111
ling the cutbacks of es- Avern L. Cohn. Federati
sential programs benefit- Executive Vice Presictent
ing the needy, young and Sol Drachler also-was intro-
old a "liquidation of gov- duced.
ernment." She said
women, children, blacks
The bourgeois are other
and the working poor — people.
persons traditionally
— Jules Renard