, AWRI.41410.94•140.40.4.,•=04411.418R4,,, F , 30 ay, December 31, 1982 demand universal s .age. I demand univer- sa l education to go with it. W. E. Forster THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Ethiopian Christians Long Active in Jerusalem By SCHIFRA YAKIR KHASSONE and, a year later, immig- rated to Israel, where she now lives with her hus- band, a Spanish - Iraqi (Editor's note: Mrs. Jew.) Khassone, the former Orchestra and Entertainment The modern Jerusalem I Adrienne Hendrix of live in is home to a unique Columbus, Ohio, con- combination of Jews, Mos- verted to Judaism in 1973 lems and Christians. The ci- ty's mayor, Teddy Kollek, refers to the Holy City as a "mosaic" of peoples. One of the most striking features of Jerusalem is its Registered Electrologists perennial pilgrimages, which are as old as the city Come and let us remove your unwanted hair problem itself. On any given day one and-improve your appearance. will find Swedes, Filipinos, Italians, Nigerians — Ask For Shirtee or Debby. representatives of nearly every ethnic group in the Appt. Only world — seeking their reli- gious roots: - 11 Mile between Evergreen & Southfield A ravorite paStime of mine is counting the number of languages spo- ken by the city's residents on the public bus as I travel to and from my apartment. Bid farewell to the Since the Jews who immig- old year; bring in rated here come from no less the New Year, with than 80 countries, it isn't that traditional _ unusual to hear a dozen winner: Egg .Nogl languages or more on one bus-ride. Or entertain your I also like to explore friends with that Jerusalem's varied all-time favorite, neighborhoods. Re- YOGURT SHAKE cently, as I was walking WW1 4 a (223t down the Street of the Prophets in one of Jerusalem's older sec- Both Certified Kosher, tions; I discovered one of both fine products of • the most beautiful streets C. 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In Jerusalem fashion, the hus- band was pushing their small child in his carriage. As I passed, the couple nodded and smiled; my dark skin seemed to have formed an instant bond between us. I realized that they had just visited the stately Ethio- pian Church for which the street is named. Jerusalemites regard Ethiopia Street as one of the most picturesque in the city. Its houses are mainly two- story structures of pink Jerusalem stone covered with flowering vines of jas- mine and bougainvillea. Midway down Ethiopia Street is the house of the late Eliezer Ben - Yehuda, the father of modern He- brew, the language of Is- rael. Opposite is • a tall painted gate with the in- scription, "The Covenant of Mercy," leading to the • the Fourth Century, Ethiopian Church. Inside the gate I found which corresponds to the several elderly black pat- time when Ethiopians riarchs strolling about the began making pilgrim- courtyard of the church. ages to the Holy Land, es- They were dressed in long tablishing their presence starched robes and turbans. here. I was struck by the gentle- In addition to their com- munity on Ethiopia Street, • ness of their faces. "Shalom" ("peace"), they they are guardians of a part greeted me. "Welcome, my of the Church of the Holy sister." Upon expressing my Sepulchre inside the walls surprise at having come of the Old City of upon a black Christian Jerusalem, where they live community in Israel, I was in immaculately-kept informed that the Ethiopian adobe-like huts built liter- community has had a con- ally on the roofs of the tinuous history in the Holy church. Ethiopian ChristialA, do Land since the year 386. not confine their activities According to tradition, to Jerusalem. At the mouth Ethiopians are the descen- of the Jordan River there is dants of Menelik I, one of an Ethiopian monastery, the sons of King Soldmon Holy Trinity, and in Jericho and the Queen of Sheba. a convent. This may help to explain In Bethany, near some of their ancient cus- Jerusalem, a monastery is toms, such as keeping the dedicated to an Ethiopian • Sabbath on Saturday and monk of the 13th -Century, abstinence from all forms of St. Takle Haymanot, who work on that day, including spent the last 29 years of his cooking and "drawing of life, standing upright in un- water." They celebrate New interrupted prayer. His Year's Day according to the spirit -seems to reflect the Jewish calendar, in the devoutness of the dark- autumn. Moreover, Ethio- skinned Ethiopian people pian is a Semitic language, who still flock here an- as is Hebrew. nually on their religious Christianity was intro- pilgrimages to the Holy duced into Ethiopia in Land. - Prosecutor Seeks to Expunge Records. of German Anti-Nazis BONN (JTA) — Robert Kempner, the U.S. pro-- secutor at the Nuremburg war crimes trials, has urged the Bonn government to remove from the criminal records anti-Nazi Germans convicted by the notorious Peoples Courts' during the 12,year tenure of the Third Reich. The courts sentenced WMU Affiliates With TAU NEW YORK Tel Aviv for the ulpan and either a University and Western year•or semester of study. Michigan University have TAU's Overseas Program established an institutional offers 90 courses in English. arangement which will en- Western Michigan is the able Western Michigan stu- 17th North American col- dents to participate in Tel lege or university to main- Aviv U's Overseas Student taro institutional affilia- Program. tions with Tel Aviv Univer- Western Michigan Uni- sity's Overseas Student versity is the first college or Program. Over 300 students university in Michigan offi- participate in the program cially linked to Tel Aviv each year. University. Western Michigan stu- dents will come to Tel Aviv Israel Firm Wins Olympic Contract TEL AVIV (JTA) — The official Olympic souvenir bag and other plastic -bags in use at the Los Angeles _Olympic Games in 1984 will be made in Israel. The Gal - Weissfeiler In- dustries of Holon' signed an exclusive contract with the Los Angeles Olympic Or- ganizing Committee after having won a world tender for the supply of plastic bags. - The bags, bearing the of- ficial 1984 Olympics emblem, will be sold throughout the world as well as at the Olympic Games site. Early instruction in truth will best icPu! 91,1t qrXCIK- , , thousands of anti-Nazis to death and others to long prison terms. But these people are still officially registered as "criminals" in several West Germany• states. Kempner called' on the - Bundestag to pass legisla- tion deleting the names of those whose only crime was opposition to the Nazi state. He said such a gestures was long overdue, espe- cially for a legislative body which has been urging the release of one-time deputy fuhrer Rudolph Hess from Spandau Prison and the re- . lease of other convicted Nazi war criminals serving.. sentences in Holland Italy. Synagogue Has Prayer Vigil on Behalf of Soviet Refusnik Young Israel of Green- field has joined with many Orthodox synagogues throughout the United States and Israel in the daily recitation of T'hellim (Pslams) on behalf of Anatoly Shcharansky. Rabbi Feivel Wagner, spiritual leader of the con- gregation explained, "Throughout our history in times of trouble for indi- viduals as well as our na- tion, our traditional re- sponse has been prayer, the Jews' realization that only through the intervention of heaven can we succeed. . ANATOLY SCHARANSKY "Among our prayers there are no others that ex- and afternoon services. press the depth of our pain Similar prayer vigils were as much as the words of organized on behalf of Yosef King David." Mendelovich within a few The T'hellim are recited months of his release from ,foilowing morning Aussie.: