T'chiyah damaged in downtown fire 18 Israel indicts 25 Jewish terror suspects 30 Caspar Weinberger denies 'antipathy' from Jews 56 Senate races called critical to Israel 25 ISII NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY MAY 25, 1984 Walk for Israel is a big splash BY ALAN HITSKY News Editor Michael Feldman, chairman of Detroit's first Walk for Israel, gave the signal Sunday morning as the rains continued to pour down. The 200 hardy remnants of the Children of Israel might have hoped that the Red Sea would part again, but only the puddles splashed apart as they began their 18-kilometer (for Chai, or 11-mile) trek on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal. The steady morning rain had re- duced the number of walkers from the advance registration of 600. The walk and the Israel Independence Day festivities, however, were termed a rousing success by Feldman and his Independence Day counter- part, Rosalie Dean. The 200 walkers, rain gear and all, turned in more than $6,000 in cash for the United Jewish Appeal, and the Jewish Wel- fare Federation has been receiving checks all week from those less- intrepid- souls who decided to stay dry in Egypt rather than face "Moses" Feldman's sea. (Persons who collected contribu- tions but were unable to walk be- cause of the weather are asked to send the contributions to Judith Schwartz, Walk coordinator, Jewish - Welfare Federation, 163 Madison, Detroit 48226.) Although drenched during the early going, the hikers who com- pleted the round trip from the Hechtman Federation Apartments to Pine Lake Mall and back found bet': ter weather in the later stages. Michael Berke, his father Al and son Mark all completed the Walk, with the two younger Berkes being the first to cross the finish line at the Jewish Community Center. Al Berke received a prize for being the first senior citizen to complete the Walk. Allen Braver and Joe Silbers- hein tied for the lead in gaining the most sponsors — 28 — and they were joined in receiving prizes by Mark Simmer, Eleanor Fradis, Laura Mathews, Marc Cohen, Steven Gursten, Sophie Ulinoff, Dan Green- berg, Abra J. Kline, Benji Greenberg, Ruth Flam, Shirley Warner, Liz Greenberg and Al Berke. When the walkers straggled back to the Jewish Center, they found a highly-organized Israel In- dependence Day celebration in pro- gress. More than 30 organizations had information tables, displays and audio-visual presentations set up in the lobby area. The adjacent Shiffman Hall was transformed into a downtown Jerusalem market place under street signs bearing the dis- tinctive names of Dizengoff Street, Jaffa Road, Hayarkon, King David and Ben-Yehuda Street. Celebration participants were able to sit at tables in the center of the hail while enjoying bagels, felafel and other refreshments. Merchants at booths, stalls and tables around the outside walls hawked their Continued on Page 44 . CLOSE-UP IVAN THE NOTABLE Ivan Bloch, is up for 14 Tonys but the 41Pr local Broadway producer prefers to avoid the spotlight. H BY ALAN ABRAMS Special to The Jewish News e lunches with superstars produced on Broadway this season like Robert De Niro and Jack received seven Tony nominations Lemmon. apiece, making him eligible for a He gets regular phone calls from sweep of 14 Tony awards on June 3. Senator Ted Kennedy and President- Neil Simon sends him his new ial candidate Walter Mondale. scripts just to get his opinion. Both of the two plays he has co- Continued on. Page 14 Kim. Goldstein and Sara Newman share an umbrella during Sunday's Walk for Israel.