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62 Friday, July 1, 1983
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Years Gone By
By IDA OLSON
It seems like an Eternity,
When my parents, from Russia, came -
To a very small, Canadian town,
Seeking their Fortune and maybe, Fame.
With a whole new life ahead -
And in a Christian town,
Not one little Jewish greeting -
Or even a needed hand-me-down.
They had their Youth and their Good Health
Thank God, that there was that -
Their Pride and Courage to withstand,
Kept them from going flat.
They started into business,
With collection of old junk -
No sign of Kosher food was there
And prospects surely sunk.
But Youth was in their favor -
They had to make their way -
Together, they would work it out,
Be it, what it may.
They worked and struggled, but didn't give up
And mother baked her Kosher bread -
Meat was sent from a near-by city,
And a spark of Gain was just ahead.
The people there, were church-going, nice
And respected us, as Jews -
We tried to be real neighborly,
And exchanged each other's views.
With effort and with courage,
We rose to better ways -
Sustaining our Jewish Heritage -
In our heart, it always stays.
It's great to be identified,
With the background of our birth -
Enhanced with memories, of years gone by,
Glorified with its worth.
Liberia Reported Mulling
Renewed Ties With Israel
NEW YORK — The gov-
ernment of Liberia may
renew diplomatic relations
with Israel, the World
Jewish Congress has re-
ported. Liberia was one of
several African countries
that severed relations with
Israel during the 1970s.
The AJCongress reported
that in a monitored radio
broadcast of the official
Liberian news agency,
Liberian Commander-in-
Chief Samuel Doe said that
he was seeking agreement
of the People's Redemption
Council to open talks with
the state of Israel. He indi-
cated that with such a man-
date he was prepared to talk
with Israeli Prime Minister
Menahem Begin.
Meanwhile, WJCongress
President Edgar M.
U.S. Students
to Help Build
Israeli Village
NEW YORK — TAGAR,
the national Zionist student
activist movement, will
send 100 American college
students to Israel to partici-
pate in the building of a new
city on the site of the an-
cient fortress of Betar in
Judea.
The first group of stu-
dents will leave for the site
in June, 1984.
Bronfman held private
meetings last month with
Spanish Prime Minister
Felipe Gonzalez and
Houphouet Boigny,
president of the Ivory Coast,
to discuss the possibility of
those two countries renew-
ing diplomatic relations
with Israel.
Technion Head
Honored in NY
NEW YORK — Josef
Singer, president of the
Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology, has been
awarded an honorary de-
gree of doctor of science
from the Polytechnic Insti-
tute of New York. At com-
mencement ceremonies at
Carnegie Hall, Singer was
lauded for his contributions
in aeronautical engineering
and his participation in
building Israel's successful
aeronautical industry.
Heart Formula
TEL AVIV (ZINS) —
People can reduce their
chances of falling victim to
heart disease — number one
killer in Israel — if they
quit smoking, eat sensibly,
learn to relax, engage in sex
and indulge in a little wine
and beer, according to Dr.
Mordehai Levin of Kupat
Holim (Histadrut Federa-
tion Sick Fund).
rMy Favorite Year' Re-Ignites
Career of Actress Lainie Kazan
By HERBERT LUFT
(Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.)
theater club in original
musicals directed by young
Coppola.
Lainie's contributions to
the American theater have
been numerous. She origi-
nated the role of Gittel in
the Broadway musical
"Seesaw," and played the
pivotal role of Crystal in an
all-star revival of Clair
Booth Luce's "The Women."
She appeared on the New
York stage in "Jacques Brel
is Alive and Well and Liv-
ing in Paris," as Aldonza in
"Man of La Mancha" and as
Daisy in "On a Clear Day
You Can See Forever."
Her dramatic vehicles
have included "Plaza
Suite," "Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?," "House of
Blue Leaves" and "Orpheus
Descending." She made her
feature film debut co-
HOLLYWOOD — Lainie
Kazan, a Jewish mother in
Richard Benjamin's "My
Favorite Year," portrays a
tough business woman in
"Sunset Limousine," the
two-hour motion picture for
CBS-TV in which she co-
stars with John Ritter, who
essays the role of her em-
ployee.
She recently completed a
role with Bette Davis in
ABC's upcoming "Hotel"
mini-series and the "Pinoc-
chio" installment of Shelley
Duvall's "Fairie Tale
Theatre," in which she
plays the good fairy. Last
spring, she was seen on "Too
Close for Comfort," as an
Italian mom of two grown
sons, who's left with her
husband's construction
company. The "Comfort"
segment also serves as a Ex-Senator Seeks
pilot for Lainie's own televi-
sion series, "Family Busi- Support for Israel
NEW YORK — Senator
ness."
Still, she continues her Frank Church, who headed
singing career, just having the Senate Foreign Rela-
appeared with the Cleve- tions Committee for 14
land Symphony in a pop years, called on the Reagan
series doing a medley of Administration to support
Broadway composers. She Israel, "especially during
also keeps busy on the night her- most difficult times,
club circuit. "I love to be in a when she needs our unqual-
position to complain about ified support."
Church made his remarks
having too much to do. I'd
like to have to worry about in New York at a benefit re-
the pressure of something ception for American
as secure as a TV series." Friends of Kiryat Sanz
Lainie feels that she has Laniado Hospital.
The reception was
certain obligations and re-
sponsibilities as a single attended by 75 communal
parent with an 11-year-old leaders who heard the
daughter and an expensive former Senator relate his
Pacific Palisades home. She experiences on a tour he
also remembers that there took of Lebanon.
Ile compared the shelling
were years when she
of Israeli settlements on the
couldn't get a job.
Lainie Kazan's career Lebanese border to the shel-
zoomed to the top in 1966 ling of the Florida Keys by
when, as Barbra Cuba. "There is no doubt in
Streisand's understudy my mind that our govern-
in "Funny Girl," she took ment would not stand for
over for two perform- that even for a moment. We -
ances which resulted in would certainly unleash an
her nightclub debut in attack which would make
the Persian Room of Israel's Lebanese action
Manhattan's Plaza Hotel, look like children's play by
more than two dozen comparison," said Church.
guest shots on Dean Mar-
tin's TV show, and to her Economic Consul
own NBC television
NEW YORK — The Gov-
variety program. Lainie
went on to become a ver- ernment of Israel Invest-
satile entertainer carving ment Authority has named
Dr. Joseph Gabbay consul
out her niche on stage, for
affairs at its
the home screen, movies, New economic
York office.
supper clubs, concert
Born in Bagdad, Iraq, Dr.
halls and recordings,
emigrated to Is-
with foreign tours to fol- Gabbay
rael
in
1951.
He holds a PhD
low.
degree in economics from
Born and raised in Brook- the Hebrew University of
lyn, where her mother still
lives in the same house,
Lainie majored in theater
arts at Hofstra University
where she first met Francis
Ford Coppola, himself an
undergraduate. She also
appeared at the university's
Jerusalem, and is an expert
on Israel's tax system. He
has done advanced research
at the University of
Chicago, and was a guest
scholar at the Brookings In-
stitution in Washington,
D.C.
starring with Yul Brynner
and Eli Wallach in David
Opatoshu's "Romance of a
Horse Thief' portraying a
Yiddish madame in the
Balkan-made musical. In
Frank Sinatra's "Lady in
Cement" she was a disco
dancer.
On television, Lainie
portrayed Sophie Tucker
in "My Luke and I," for
CBS and guest-starred in
a special two-hour
episode of "Coluthbo."
She is a frequent guest on
network talk shows and
was the star of BBC's
special "Come with Me,"
which has been syndi-
cated throughout
Europe.
A life member of the Ac-
tors Studio, Lainie has
studied acting with the late
Lee Strasberg and Sanford
Meisner. She has recorded
four albums for MGM Re-
cords and received the
NARAS New Artist of the
Year Award in 1966 for her
debut album.
Lainie gives generously
to charities and has co-
hosted the Jerry Lewis
Muscular Dystrophy Tele-
thon. She was given the Is-
raeli Peace Award in 1978.
"My Favorite Year" net-
ted Lainie a Golden Globe
Awards' nomination as Best
Supporting Actress from
the Hollywood Foreign
Press Association.
Aliya Gatherings
in U S Canada
NEW YORK — An inter-
national campaign of Israel
aliya conferences through-
out the United States and
Canada has been slated by
the Israel Aliya Center.
The conferences will be
held in the 22 regions
where the Israel Aliya Cen-
ter maintains offices and
are intended to provide in-
formation about livin g ,
working and studying in Is-
rael.
Boris Rubinstein,
Aided Survivors
MONTREAL — Boris L.
Rubinstein, a jeweler who
worked on behalf of concen-
tration camp survivors, is
dead at age 70.
According to the Detroit
Free Press, Mr. Rubinstein
remained in Europe after
World War II, working for
the United Nations refugee
agencies as assistant chief
of mission in the Balkans.
In 1946, he received the
help of Anna Pauker, a
famous Jewish Communist
leader in Europe, who had
ordered a trainload of
Jewish orphans taken to the
Soviet Union.
"Over 65 years of traditional service in the Jewish community with dignity and understanding."
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The family of the late
Eva Schiff announces the
unveiling of a monument in
her memory 10 a.m. Sun-
day, July 3, at Clover Hill
Park Cemetery. Relatives
and friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
HARRY E.
CITRIN
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, July 10, at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Leo Y. Goldman
will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
BEATRICE
LAURA
MAZER
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 10 a.m.
Sunday, July 10, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Sexton
Shalom Ralph will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
HERMAN and
MILLIE MAZER
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in their memory 10 a.m.
Sunday, July 10, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Sexton
Shalom Ralph will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
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The Family
of the Late
MARY
KNOFSKY
and
BEN
KNOFSKY
Announces the un-
veiling of monu-nents in
their memory 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, July 10, at
Westwood Cemetery.
Rabbi Gruskin will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
,
543-1622
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OAK PARK, MICHIGAN 48237
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