8 ' THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 25, 1'984 ONE LADY d BAND piano or portable organ with rhythm box FIRESTONE JEWELRY LOCAL NEWS Wholesale Diamonds & Jewelry Remounting Jewelry & Watch Repait SUITE 318 ADVANCE BLDG 23077 Greenfield at 9 Mile (313) 557-1860 • 353-9566 Local Technion chapter cites Michigan Dorm contributors Can Cut Your Air Conditioning • Costs Up To 50% Take advantage of Detroit Edison's Interruptible Air Conditioning Motoring I 398- 51 oo I Shown holding their Technion awards are, front row from left, Rhea Brody, Lenore Miller, Betty Kahn, Judith Elson and Lorraine Shapiro. Second row, David Holtzman,Deedie Holtzman, Samuel Kovan, D. Dan Kahn, Leo Brodman, Jeffrey Brodman and David Hermelin. Top row, Robert Brody, Rosalind Schiff, Samuel Schiff, Sandra Miller, Evan Miller and Dr. Joseph Epel. Sid Feldman and Stuart Weisblatt 9!..1.11.11". 1■A l At a recent meting of nomic problems by increas- ing exports. What is holding contributors and supporters of Technion at the home of back those exports is the lack of people with the skills Doreen and David Herme- lin, the Detroit Chapter of and training in technology, the American Technion he said. Alpert noted that one of Society honored con- the things about Israel little tributors of rooms in the known or appreciated in Maas Michigan Dormitory. America is that Israel has A special award was also the lowest rate of unem- presented to Hymie Cutler, ployment of any Western chairman of the program country. In fact, there is a committee of the Detroit shortage of skilled help in Chapter, for his services to Israel. the chapter in its monthly He said the Technion is educational meetings. The told that it is the bottleneck plaques to the honorees in the economy — that it were presented by Carl Al- should provide the addi- pert, former Technion tional equipment and executive vice chairman. D. Dan Kahn, who chaired the meeting, said the Technion provides the means for the Jewish "brain-power" in Israel to be converted into engineering skills, to produce high- technology products, and make Israel into another Switzerland. Dr. Joseph N. Epel, the president of Technion's De- troit Chapter, told about the dream of the early leaders of the chapter in 1948 that the Technion would become the M.I.T. of the Middle East, that would make possible the industrialization of Is- rael. Alpert pointed out that during the past 60 years the Technion has turned out engineers. He said it is dif- ficult to imagine what the Yoel Sharabi State of Israel would have been if this cadre of trained Yoel Sharabi, a young Is- engineers were not avail- able through the years. Al- raeli singer, will be the fea- pert noted that Technion is tured entertainer at the turning our approximately Young Israel of Greenfield's 25th anniversary dinner at 1,200 engineers per year. There are jobs available the Sheraton-Southfield for many more. He said the Hotel on June 13. . Sharabi began his career demand on the Technion is increasing from Israel's performing for his fellow booming science-based in- soldiers in the Central dustries, the industries that Army Band in his native Is- are solving Israel's eco- rael. He has traveled exten- facilities so more engineers can be trained. At the meeting, room con- tributor plaques were awarded to Rhea and Robert Brody, Deedie and David Holtzman, the Skillman Foundation by Samuel and Dorothy Kovan, Betty and D. Dan Kahn, the Elson and Shapiro families, the Brod- man family, the Harold Goodman family in memory of Rose Goodman by Leo- nore Miller and Sandra and Evan Miller, Rosalind and Samuel Schiff and Stanley and Madalyn Rosen and family. Israeli singer to entertain at YI-Greenfie Id dinner Other Custom Sizes at Equal Savings Measuring, Installation & Design Service at Nominal Charge Daily 9:30-6.00 Mon. & Thurs. 9:304:30 Closed Sunday 30858 Orchard Lake Rd. Farmington Hills (313) 826-4313 sively, performing on stage, screen and television in Is- rael, Europe and the United States. Cocktail hour begins at 5:45 p.m. and dinner at 6:45. There is a charge. For reservations, call the syna- gogue, 967-3655, daily be- tween 12:30 and 4:30 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Ancient trade topic of volume_ A collection of 12 studies on the economic and social history of the Greek and Roman empires is presented in Ancient Trade and Society by Lionel Casson (Wayne State University Press). The book offers a com- plete analysis of the affects of cultural interchanges be- tween East and West, with a concentration on maritime commerce.