Friday, April 20, 1984 22 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS PARAMOUNT PROMOTIONS DON'T BE CONFINED TO YOUR HOME OR TRAPPED IN IT! CLOSE-UP Greater Detroit ANTIQUE SHOW We Specialize In Barrier-Free Construction • ELEVATORS • ROLL-IN SHOWERS • LIFTS • ADDITIONS • RAMPS • CABINETRY April 20, 21, 22 Continued from Page 20 Detroit Artillery Armory 15000 W. 8 Mile Rd. R. BENSON BUILDER DESIGNER And Associates Residential and Commercial 557-2332 Daily 12-9 Sun. 12-6 CAMP TAMARACK BRIGHT., FRESH AIR SOCIETY'S IDEAL SITE FOR ELEMENTARY CHILDREN ENTERING 2nd-5th GRADES • • • • three 19-day sessions 9-day Sports Skills/Performing Arts Camps caring, sensitive staff bunk, individual choice, and Jewish programs swimming, arts and crafts, sailing, dance, canoeing, nature cen- ter, animal farm, sports, dance, tennis, Shabbat celebration. Call 661-0600 for these programs and Camp Maas, Teen Travel Trips, Israel Teen Mission. Scholarships are available for qualify- ing families. Photo by Benyas-Kaufman. Elbilia's boxing career is a family matter. The French champion's entourage includes (from left) brothers Daniel and Joseph and their father, David. The fighter's mother and three sisters follow his progress from their home in Paris. ISRAELI COMMUNITY OF DETROIT • ' YOUNG ADULT DIVISION OF J.W.F. • C.H.A.I.M. • YOUNG LEADERSHIP CABINET OF U.J.A. • COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR JEWISH SINGLES Presents "DOUBLE CHAT CELEBRATION 1 1 pc) vitt, nivi mis 3RD ANNUAL ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY PARTY . . ,, . , . , • ; ' • ; Presenting Internationally Acclaimed Night Club Act of • • • • AEL TA SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1984, 9:00 P.M. SHOWTIME: 9:30 P.M. HOT HORS D'OEUVRE BUFFET SWEET TABLE ,a, The star of a spectacle is the glamor- ous and vivacious Aelita, who gives the epitome of a classy night club act. With an amount of energy that seems in- credible, belts out your favorite tunes." — Toronto Star Jewish Community Center 6600 MAPLE RD., WEST BLOOMFIELD, MICH. 48033 For information call: 1.I.R.C. 661-1948, I.C.C. 661-1000 Advance Ticket Sale $18.00 per person (By MAY 4TH) • $20.00 per person at the door. Reservations limited to 400 people. The fighter's brothers, Joseph and Daniel, are also part of the entourage. His mother and three sisters remain at home, cheering him on and worrying about his safety, Elbilia says somewhat chauvinistically. Elbilia began fighting as an amateur at the age of 16. His amateur record of 32-2-3 includes an appear- ance at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Since turn- ing professional at 22, he has fought in Haiti, Morocco and throughout most of Europe. He captured the European welterweight crown last Feb. 19, knock- ing out a previously un- beaten Nino LaRocca in LaRocca's home town of Sic- ily. Critics of Elbilia say he is technically a very good fighter but that he lacks a knock-oLit ,punch. The Frenchman, who admits to idolizing former welter- weight and middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson, says he is a "boxer" rather than a "slug- ger" and that by "using the speed in my hands and legs, I usually wear down my op- ponents." Although Elbilia's boxing skills weren't quite enough to "wear down" McCrory Sunday, his unshakable at- tachment to Judaism helps him cope with defeat as well as victory. "Whether I am the winner or loser in a fight, I still believe very strongly in God," he said. CRIF marks 40th year Paris (JTA) — French Jewry is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Representa- tive Council of French Jewish Organizations. CRIF was founded by mem- bers of the Jewish under- ground in German-occupied France in 1944 as a symbol of their determination to survive and rebuild the Jewish institutions de- stroyed by the Nazis. The principle ceremonies were held in Lyon where Klaus Barbie, the wartime gestapo chief there, is now in prison awaiting trial for crimes against humanity. They were attended by, among others, the Ar- chbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Albert Decourtray, who stressed his solidarity with the Jewish people, and by Defense Minister Charles Hernu who noted that Bar- bie, known as the "Butcher of Lyon," is finally to be brought to justice. There were also cere- monies in the village of Izieu where, 40 years ago almost to the day of the founding of CRIF, 43 Jewish children were arrested for deportation on Barbie's or- ders. CRIF was founded in Lyon by a Jewish judge, Leon Meiss, who was in hid- ing from the Nazis at the time. Today it is the repre- sentative body of 50 major Jewish organizations in France. Its current president, Theo Klein, recalled the tragic past and urged the French Jewish community and Jews the world over to remain vigilant against all forms of racism. Rabin outlines Lebanon pullout plan for Israel. Defense Force Tel Aviv (JTA) — Former Premier Yitzhak Rabin has outlined a plan by which, he says, the Israel Defense Force could be withdrawn completely from Lebanon in three to six months. He was sharply critical of the gov- ernment for "wasting" a year negotiating its pact with the government of President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon when it should have concentrated on build- ing up the south Lebanon army. According to Rabin, the May 17, 1983, withdrawal and security agreement which the Gemayel gov- ernment has since re- pudiated was "a piece of paper lacking in any practi- cal meaning from its incep- tion." In a weekend radio inter- view, Rabin, a former Chief of Staff and a member of the Labor Party leadership in the upcoming election cam- paign, said the IDF could be replaced by a strengthened south Lebanon army which would be responsible for the security of Israel's northern borders. He proposed that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) replace the IDF in the Lebanese port city of Sidon and serve as a buffer be- tween Israel and Syria.