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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Bibliobuses' Now Rolling
Through Jerusalem Streets

JERUSALEM — Six days
a week, from early morning
through late afternoon, a
fleet of yellow trucks can
be seen parked and open
for business in many resi-
dential areas of Jerusalem.
Neighborhood children
flock to the trucks' open
doors. No, the kids aren't
buying ice cream — they are
making their weekly visit to
their library.
___ Although Jerusalem
`rides itself on its 20 public
____ibraries, there are alwa ys
new neighborhoods and ou t-
lying districts where pe r-
manent libraries have n ot
yet been built. Three mobi le
libraries — "bibliobuses" as
they are popularly name d
— regularly stop in Jewis h
and Arab neighborhoo ds
and nearby villages on a
strict schedule. Each bu
has a driver and two libr a-
rians.
For a sum equivalent to
60 American cents, a pe r-
son receives a life mem -
bership which entitle s
him to take out one boo k

AJC Project
to Strengthen
U.S.-Israel Ties

NEW YORK — A projec t
designed to shed light on th e
relationship betwee n
American Jewry and th e
state of Israel has bee n
launched by the America n
Jewish Committee.
The Institute on Ameri
can Jewish-Israeli Rela
tions, to be directed by AJ
Committee Vice Presiden
Bertram Gold, will identify
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areas of tension and de
lineate opportunities t 0
achieve more effective int
eraction between th e
Jewish community in th e
U.S. and Israel.

Hebrew U. Cites
JDC Official

JERUSALEM — Hebrew
University has awarded the
Samuel Rothberg Prize in
Jewish Education to Stan-
ley Abramovitch, director of
the education department of
the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee.
As director his work has
spanned the globe, laying
the foundation for a large
number of education and
welfare programs in the
JeWish communities of
Europe, North Africa and
Asia.

L.A. Cuts Fees

LOS ANGELES (JTA) —
The Jewish Federation
,,council has won the ap-
`Nal of the Los Angeles
„ ity Council for a _measure
removing city fees on low
and moderate income hous-
ing under non-profit au-
spices.
The federation was reim-
bursed $77,045 last year for
fees paid during construc-
tion of the Westside Jewish
Center Apartments.
The fees were initiated in
Los Angeles on all construc-
tion after the Proposition 13
tax cut proposal was
adopted.

PICK THE
GREETING
OF YOUR CHOICE

a week. Each book may
be kept a month, al-
though 75 percent of the
libraries' 112,000 users
make a new choice
weekly. Amazing as it
may seem, there is almost
no theft or mutilation of
the books, nor is there
any overdue problem.
For another additional
nominal deposit one may
check out another couple
of books.
There is an interesting
sociological difference be-
tween East and West
Jerusalem. In 'East
Jerusalem, only the chil-
dren visit and use the
Arabic mobile library and
thus it is exclusively a chil-
dren's library. The library is
parked next to schools and
the children are taken from
class to visit it during the
school year. During vaca-
tions the bibliobus still
faithfully adheres to its
schedule and the children,
accustomed to expect it,
gather at their schools to
await its arrival.
In West Jerusalem the
appearance of the bus is a
neighborhood event.
Mothers with strollers sur-
rounded by older children
crowd around the library.
Grandparents can be seen
accompanying their grand-
children. The adults also
take advantage of the lib-
raries which frequently
park alongside shopping
centers.
While more libraries are
being built in Jerusalem all
the time, the city's rapid
and constant growth keeps
up the demand for the serv-
ices of the bibliobuses.

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happy, healthy
New Year

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Jewis. h Book
Council Cites
Fishman Volume

NEW YORK — "Never
ay Die," an 800-page an-
th ology on the Yiddish lan-
gu age edited by Dr. Joshua
Fi shman, has been awarded
th e Workmen's Circle Prize
by the Jewish Book Council.
Earlier this year, the
bo ok was chosen as the win-
ne r of the Jacob and Rivke
Le vine Award from the
Co ngress for Jewish Cul-
bu re and the Harry Rosen-
fel d Award offered by the
C anadian Jewish Congress.
The Fishman volume (re-
vi ewed by The Jewish News
Fe b. 5, 1982) includes 46
se lections by prominent
ra bbis, scholars and resear-
ch ers covering more than
1,0 00 years of writing about
Yi ddish culture.

High Court
Queries Eitan

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The Supreme Court issued a
show cause order against
Chief of Staff Gen. Rafael
Eitan, requiring him to give
the court reasons within 15
days why he barred soldiers
serving in Lebanon from
bringing back home
Lebanese products for per-
sonal use.
IDF sources said several
soldiers have been tried and
some jailed for violating the
ban.

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