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Lebanese in U.S.

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still single. He too had
stayed on in the U.S. illeg-
ally and was nearly de-
ported before he arranged
his permanent residence.
"My wife comes from a
Ukranian family and is
Roman Catholic, while I'm a
Protestant. But we both go
to the local Maronite
Church, where 75 percent of
the service is in Arabic and
the rest in English. My wife
has learned some words in
Arabic but it's an uphill
fight," Milad sighed.
"My family in Lebanon
has been here for several
visits and they have really
taken to my wife. We try to
mix both cultures, and what
is especially Lebanese
about us is that both my
wife and I take great pleas-
,— ure in having a house full of
family guests all the time.
These sort of family ties you
don't find among older
Americans. But we like it
and want to keep them up.
And want our children to do
the same."
In actual fact, towards
the end of the interview,
Milad insisted that he
eventually intends to re-
turn to Lebanon. He
claimed that many of the
recent Lebanese immig-
rants who felt con-
strained to leave the
country because of the
civil war also intended to
return.
Both Shaheen and Milad
agreed that there was no
discrimination against
Arabs in the U.S., and cer-
tainly not against profes-
sionals like themselves.
They said that they had
heard of such discrimina-
tion in the southern U.S.
Milad even hinted that his
own employer and others he
knew of were very glad to
get foreign employees like
himself because they were
said to be better workers
than the Americans.
They both reported
nearly no unemployment
among Lebanese immig-
rants in the Detroit area —
which is one of the worst-hit
districts in the U.S. in re-
gard to unemployment.
They put this down to the
extensive ethnic network,
with employers of Lebanese
origin feeling it a duty to
help newer immigrants.
On the issue of assimila-
tion in America, both
agreed that rapid assimila-
tion was characteristic of
the older generations of
Lebanese but not of the
newcomers. "Those who
came during the past seven
years think of themselves
more as Lebanese. The fact
that the American
Lebanese League has arisen
_specifically during this
riod, as a reaction to the
—ragic events in Lebanon, is
also an indication that
something has changed in
the mentality of the
Lebanese immigrants
which used to stress the
need for fitting into Ameri-
can ways as quickly as
possible and losing their
separate Lebanese iden-
tity."

Nevertheless, Shaheen
admitted that since being
in America he himself
had lost his former inter-
est in soccer and had be-
come an avid baseball
and American football
fan.
Milad feels that the im-
migrants who are profes-
sionals tend to assimilate
quickly. The ones who
maintain their separate
Lebanese or Arab identity
the longest are those im-
migrants "from the lower
classes, like the Yemenis
and the Chaldeans who tend
to stick together, in entire
neighborhoods, like in
Dearborn."
Both feel very strongly
that the Western world on
which Lebanese like them
had depended for support
had sold out when Syria and
the PLO took over.
It is in this context that
they believe that the Israeli
incursion has been such a
godsend, despite the casual-
ties and the physical dam-
age caused in Lebanon.
"We want the Israelis to
leave, but not before they
have gotten the Syrians
and the PLO out of all of
Lebanon and have suc-
ceeded in setting up a
strong Lebanese gov-
ernment which will
guarantee that they
won't come back again,"
Milad said.
He believes that it is
possible to set up such a
strong government, al-
though he allowed that
many Lebanese Moslems
would refuse to accept
Bashir Jemayel as
president, and he is the
clear front-runner for the
job among most Christians.
To my "Shalom, Ma'a
Salame and good luck to
Lebanon," which ended the
interview, they responded,
"Yes. Good luck to Lebanon,
thanks to you Israelis."

St. Martin Press
Publishes. Zeroes

St. Martin's Press intro-
duced a series of volumes
marked by "nothingness."
Never before were books fil-
led with so much blankness.
Nevertheless, the books
have become best sellers.
The latest, entitled
"Brace Yourself Bridget,"
offered as "the official Irish
sex manual," is entertainly
documented in the book's
jacket.
This book enterprise is
unique, with the emphasis
on "nothingness" amusing.

Haifa Pollution
Down 21 Percent

HAIFA (JNI-) — Air pol-
lution in Haifa dropped by
21 percent in June com-
pared to the same month
last year, according to
statistics issued from the
municipality's environmen-
tal department last week.

The report credited five
major firms in the port city
for improving pollution con-
trols and adopting new
methods.

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, August 13, 1982 23

Singles Events

OAKLAND SINGLES
CRITERION CLUB will
invite singles age 21-45 to hold a general meeting 7:30
its next dance and .party p.m. Wednesday in the
8:30 p.m. Sunday at Scan- Northgate Apts. club house.
dals in the Southfield For reservations, call Max
Ramada Inn. Cover charge Lakritz, 541-8344; or Cecile
includes light snacks and Rothenberg, 968-5394.
* * *
music for dancing. A cash
bar will be available. To get
BNAI BRITH SING-
on the mailing list, write LES will present a talk on
Oakland Singles, P.O. Box "Medical Hypnosis" 8:15
93, Birmingham 48012.
p.m. Aug. 26 at the Bnai
* * *
Brith Building. Dr. Max-
GOOD FRIENDS will well M. Hoffman will be the
have an encounter 8 p.m. guest speaker. There is a
Wednesday at the Lincoln charge, and non-members
Terrace Apts. 25631 Lin- are invited. Refreshments
coln Terrace Dr., Apt. 101, will be served. For reserva-
Oak Park. Marilyn Es- tions, call Betty Cohen,
kovitz, financial consultant, 543-0279.
* * *
will speak on "Saving for
the Future." There is a
SECOND GENERA --
charge.
TION SINGLES offers
The group will play singles age 21-45 "An Invi-
softball and have a cookout tation to a Celebration" 9
4 p.m. Aug. 21 at Cranbrook p.m. Aug. 27 at Roberto's.
Park, Southfield. There is a The evening will include
charge, and participants dancing to the band,
should bring their own bev- "Straight Ahead," and a
erage.
cash bar. There is an admis-
For information on Good sion charge. To get on the
Friends activities, call SGS mailing list, write Sec-
Sandra Maurer, 968-6191; ond Generation Singles,
or Lauren Sacks, 968-1083. P.O. Box 2571, Southfield

Labor, Management Agree
on Funding 'Galilee' Action

NEW YORK (JTA) — Fi-
nance Minister Yoram
Aridor of Israel has reached
an agreement with Histad-
rut and the - employers'
organization in Israel to ab-
sorb one billion dollars in
1982 to help finance the
"Peace for Galilee" opera-
tion, it was reported by Uri
Oren, spokesman for the Is-
rael Economic Mission in
New York.
The main points in the
agreement call for imposing
a progressive obligatory
loan on all employees and
self-employed in Israel, and
for cutting down govern-
ment expenses, he said.
These steps will come in
addition to the economic
measures taken by the gov-
ernment of Israel in June,
the most important of which
was to raise the value added
tax (VAT) from 12 percent
to 15 percent. Altogether,
the government plans on
absorbing from the public
about $1.65 billion to fi-
nance war expenses, a sum
which equals about seven
percent of the GNP, Oren
said.
The agreement will be
valid until April 30, 1983.
During this period, about
$700 million will be col-
lected from the public as
an obligatory loan, Oren
said. The loan will be re-
turned during a four-
year period, from 1993
through 1996. The gov-
ernment will also cut its
spending by about $200
million. This includes a
cut in subsidies for basic
consumer items.
Oren noted that the
agreement adds that the
government, the unions and
the employers will cooper-
ate in encouraging eco-
nomic growth, increasing
production for exports, and
maintaining a full level of

employment in order to
facilitate the absorption of
released soldiers into the
economy when the war in
Lebanon ends.

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To get on the mailing list
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Lapides at the Center, 6600
W. Maple, West Bloomfield

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