36 Friday, February 26, 1982 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Metropolitan Museum Refuses Israel Exhibit NEW YORK (JTA) — Is- rael charged this week that the decision by the New York Metropolitan Museum Bouzoliki Lounge 432 E. LAFAYETTE 964-5744 EXCELLENT GREEK & AMERICAN DINING Featuring Your Favorite Dishes Prepare By Chef Pete LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Closed Monday Your Hosts: Nick & Jim • • of Art not to display a pro- posed archeological exhibit from Israel is "purely politi- cal" and that "there can be no dispute" that the ar- cheological artifacts that were meant to be displayed at the museum originated "in the Land of the Bible — the Land of Israel." Metropolitan The Museum of Art said that it decided against the Israeli exhibit because some of the artifacts came from the West Bank, captured by Is- rael in the 1967 Six-Day War, and would, therefore, pose security risk for the museum. Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropoli- tan, said: "We're very sorry, because we wanted to do the show, particularly in view of the fact that our own col- ections contain so little of this material (ranging from earliest times to the Crusades). But we finally decided that besides the se- ••• •••••• •• • • /OMERSET • THEATRE •••"••• • • •••"" DinneR • • detroit's Original dinner theatre • oee••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••ootbemw m • Jimmy Launce PROductions, Inc. Aured,*0 • presents • • How The Other Hall Loves • Comedy-Farce by Alan Ayckbourn • Performances: Wed. Mat. noon - Group Rates & • • • • • ••••••• • •• ••••••••• • ••• ••••••• Performances Available Show 8:45 pm Fri. & Sat. Cocktails 7pm & Dinner 7:30 pm Somerset Mall-Troy Reservations 643-8865 • • • • • • • • • • curity risk from radical elements, it would be in- appropriate; that the museum would be taking a de facto stand in showing this material as the heri- tagel of the state of Israel." Israeli officials said that they do not rule out the possibility that the Metropolitan caved in to Arab pressure. However, in a statement issued here by Shmuel Moyal, spokesman for the Israel Consulate in New York, Israel said that it was "deeply disturbing" that the museum has allowed "considerations of purely political nature to deter- mine its policy of plan- ning archeological and scientific exhibits." The statement added: "No historical rationalization Benefit to Aid Cystic Fibrosis The Oak Park Central Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a Monopoly tournament 7 p.m. Saturday at the Fair- lane Mansion University of Michigan Conference Cen- ter in Dearborn. The event will aid the Metropolitan Detroit Chap- ter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For ticket information, call Cystic Fibrosis, 552- 9616; or Gerald Naftaly, 643-9200. TEL-EX CINEMAS TELEGRAPH AT 10 MILE A FILM BY MARKUS IMHOOF ENV A revelation of a time... a place...a people. 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Political Parties JERUSALEM (JNI) — Exactly 201 different party lists have run in the Knes- set elections since the founding of Israel — and 80 of them never won a single seat, 21 of them in the last elections. According to a new Gov- ernment Information Cen- ter booklet, voter turnout dropped to a low of 75.1 per- cent in 1951 from a high of 86.9 percent in 1949, the first Knesset elections. An Undiplomatic Response WASHINGTON (JTA) — Some 80 Bnai Brith youth from the United States, Canada and England, standing vigil across the street from the Soviet Em- bassy, came face to face with the ugly side of world reality when a member of the embassy staff called one of the teenagers a "dirty Jew." The youngsters were in Washington to attend a Bnai Brith Youth Organ- ization executive --board meeting and briefings by Congressional and State Department officials. They braved a heavy rainstorm to participate in the demonstration for Soviet Jewry. In a spur-of- the-moment display of emo- tion, the teenagers formed a circle, sang songs and chanted slogans calling for the release of Jewish refus- niks by the Soviet Union. When embassy per- Over Award to Reagan .Debate NEW YORK (JTA) — The decision of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) to present President Reagan, during a dinner here March 23, a humanitarian award is fac- ing growing opposition by members of the NCCJ. President Reagan is to re- ceive the Charles Evans Hughes Gold Medal for "courageous leadership in governmental, civic and humanitarian affairs." The medal is named after the Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1930 to 1941, who was co-founder of the NCCJ. Re- agan agreed to receive the award. The growing controversy within the NCCJ is whether the President should be pre- sented with the award in view of his economic and so- cial policies. The New York Times quoted a confidential memorandum of the NCCJ staff workers which said: "Because of the effect of these (Reagan's) policies and prevailing perceptions as to their intent and out- come, intergroup relations are being severely strained." The memoran- dum suggests that the deci- sion to honor Reagan "is in clear violation of published selection procedures." Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible de- sires are punished in the de- sire itself. —Sir P. Sidney sonnel began leaving the building for lunch, Andy Shavel of Buffalo ran over to hand out leaflets. As he approached them one of the Rusisians called out, "Watch your- self, you ditry Jew." Shavel, a high school junior, was stunned for a moment. "I tried to reason with him," he said later. "I asked, 'What had our people ever done to hurt you?' " Shavel said the man re- sponded by "yelling at me in Russian. As he got into his car, he stuck his tongue out at me," the teenager added. 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