1 ■ •••en.s... •r•• ,, • , ' • 1 ■ %!0;71. YrIT a meg.se.MI•Ivele,e .. TfrIPTI ni t Y dYI ,f.,17,-,141 i1A macancrismansvulpanaisgusssi UUUUU OOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — ENTERTAINMENT ADS GET. RESULTS Keeper of the Sephardic flame Continued from Page 45 B'nai David.) Although the Sephardic community here is miniscule in comparison with other North American cities (there are only be- tween 100,000 and 150,000 Sephardim in the United States, and perhaps another 50,000 in Canada), Behar hopes the Detroit commu- nity may one day start its own school. The local Sephardic community holds their High Holy Day services at the Zonist Cultural Center. Membership dues are rela- tively low, $35 per family, and Behar says the money the community has saved by not building its own synagogue may someday be used to establish a Sephar- dic Community Center. Dr. Morton Plotnick, executive director of the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, once offered space at the center for 'a permanent display honor- ing the Sephardic commu- nity, Behar said, but negotiations fell through over such issues as the size of the display cases. To Be- har, it was but one more frustrating example of the Sephardim having to go to the Ashkenazim for help. Sephardic services are a group effort, and Behar ex- plains that "whatever rabbi we have has to pay his dues Call as a group member." But the differences in tradition only begin there. Perhaps one of the most appparent is the naming of the children in Sephardic families after Local Sephardic services are a group effort and Behar explains that "whatever rabbi we have has to pay his dues as a group member." loves ones who are still alive (the Askenazim only name children in honor of family members who are de- ceased.) Other differences are found in traditional holiday observances. For instance: Sephardi use oil lamps and not candles on Chanukah (oil lamps are also lit to honor the departed, pre- sents are given on Purim not Chanukah, and Bimuelos, puffy donuts di- pped in powdered honey or sugar, are eaten on Chanukah in place of latkes. And on Succot, the . succah is never built at the synagogue but only outside of one's home. On Yom Kippur, Sephar- dic children are blessed by their parents and they are asked foregiveness. For the priestly blessing, all the children of the family stand under the tallit of the head of the family. The Sephardim (their name, incidentally, origi- nates from Sepharad, the medieval Hebrew name for Spain), played an important role in Colonial American history. The first 23 Jews to land in New Amsterdam (that's old New York) in 1654 were Dutch Sephar- dim. they established the first synagogue in America, Shearith Israel, later that year. (The oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere, Mikve-Israel, was estab- lished by Dutch Sephardim in Curacao three years ear- lier.) The largest wave of Sephardic immigration to the United States occurred between 1900 and 1924. During those years, an es- timated 40,000-50,000 Sephardim (including Be- har's parents and brother) passed through Ellis Island and saw the Statue of Lib- erty, which bears a poem by Emma Lazarus, a Sephardic Jew. Official: study snot in progress on U.S.-Israel defense pact interest, giving priority at- tention to the threat posed by increased Soviet activity in the region." Murphy added. "We are concerned 'about the influ- ence gained by the Soviet Union through its major arms supplies to Syrians; they have made major supplies through Iraq." Asked whether the United States and Israel are engaged in contingency planning, he said that the two governments have dis- cussed possible joint exer- cises but that the only agreement that has been made public is for joint med- kal exercisesdie stated. Murphy reaffirmed the Administration's commit- ment "to ••seeking progress toward a just and lasting peace wherever progress is possible. We also remain' committed to the positions in the President's initiative of Sept. 1, 1982." Murphy was asked by the Congressmen whether "the peace process now is in abeyance until after our election."Jie replied that U.S. policy has been to sup- _ port opportunities to Behar's husband, Marcel, whom she married in 1955, was born in Egypt, but his mother (like Judith Chicorel) was born in Izmir. Marcel, a mechanical engineer with the Ford Motor Co., attended the same school — Victoria Col- lege in Alexandria, Egypt — as did King Hussein of Jordan and actor Omar Sharif. The Bqhars have four children: Mark, 27; Jerome, 26: Richard, 23; and Lisa, 17. Shirley Behar is fond of pointing out that Sephar- dim can be found in the most unlikely places. She cites the example of Dannon yogurt, excitedly exclaim- ing, "Dannon (sic), the founder, he's a Sephardic Jew!" So one raises a cup of Dannon yogurt in a toast to Behar and her crusade. May she have as long a life as those Bulgarian mountain folk (also of Sephardic des- cent, Behar says) who are often shown on television consuming Mr. Dannon's discovery. L`Chaim. Or the Sephardic equiv- alent. iw=l rnov stings The Jewish News Advertising Dept. BERKLEY THEATRE 2990 W. 12 Mile Rd. Berkley U 2-0330 ALL SEATS 61.00 AT ALL TIMES 424-8833 Robert Redford & Glen Close in "THE NATURAL" (PC) Fri., Sat. & Weeknights 7:05 & 9:35 Sun. 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:35 licZt7pVill" FREE GLASS OF. 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Atcepted w itrrs Wilarlow ogr Fashion Shows NEWS Washington (JTA) — The United States is not about to announce a bilateral de- fense pact with Israel (as has been reported in the press) and "no such study is under way," Assistant Sec- retary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Richard Murphy stated in testimony before the Hamilton Subcommit- tee of th•House Foreign Af- fairs Committee. Murphy.was asked by subcommittee chairman Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.) whether there are talks be- tween the United States and Israel on how to.counter the Soviet Union in the region, referring to talks under the joint political- military group. Murphy ye- plied: "Those talks which have gone two rounds — one in January and one in July, the first in Washington, the second in Israel — have been carrying out what the •President announced last November when he de- scribed the creation of the group, which is to study possible ways of cooperation and our mutual --security Friday, August 3, 1984 53 achieve movement in the peace process, but he added, "I think our elections are a major factor in the calcula- tions of our parties." Murphy stated that the "next step as visualized by the Administration is to broaden the talks to include Jordan and represent the Palestinians . . . in the overall peace process. That remains probably the next essential step. How to create that framework for that step to be possible, re- mains to be seen." Diabetes cure from Technion? Haifa (ZINS) — Research by Technion scientists has revealed that a thorn grow- ing in the northern regions of Israel is effective in the treatment of diabetes. 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