8 Friday, September 7, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LOCAL NEWS . N)&z O ts‘ Continued from preceding page Thursday, Sept.13 midni ht Qne night only. Come to the internation xcharkji Wi ring our iniversary nd enter to vn one of ctificates: 1 00.00 wing- hei st 3 p. Mike Burstyn Claire Barry star of Broadway, films, TV and the night-club circuit, Mike Burstyn. Actor, singer, dancer, comedian, Burstyn won two Is- raeli Oscars, starred in his own Israeli television series, head- lined a Dutch television variety show and has entertained in night clubs from Acapulco to Australia. In Israel, he co-hosted the Mery Griffin Show and co-starred with Jason Robards in the film Death in Jericho. He has just completed shooting the third in a series of musical comedy films based on the folk-character "Kuni Leml." Co-starring with Burstyn will be Claire Barry, once part of the well-known singing team The Barry Sisters. In 1977, Barry launched her new career as a solo performer. Mack Pitt and his or- chestra also will be on the pro- gram. Chairing the Balfour Cele- bration Women's Committee is Mrs. Ira G. Kaufman. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Slomovitz are honor- ary co-chairmen of the Balfour Celebration. Mrs. Sidney Z. Leib is honorary women's committee chairman and Mrs. I. Walter Silver is chairing the Masada Scholarship Endowment Pro- gram. Proceeds from the ZOA Balfour Celebration are earmarked for ZOA's educational projects in Is- rael and its public affairs pro- grams in the United States. Jewish Reagan-Bush coalition is organized for Michigan The Jewish Coalition for Reagan-Bush '84 has announced the formation of its Michigan Committee. Honorary chairman of the Michigan Coalition is Max Fisher, who also holds the honor- ary chairmanship of the national group: He will be assisted by co- chairmen Edward C. Levy Jr. and Alan May. Staff director will be James Alexander. The coalition has opened offices at 700 E. Maple in Birmingham. At a meeting of the coalition last week, Levy stated, "We will put together a comprehensive campaign within our community to insure a significant contribu- tion to President Reagan's re- election. Since this election is cer- tain to be a hard fought, close race, the Jewish vote in Michigan Fre can be the swing vote this President needs." May, who currently serves as GOP chairman for the 18th Con- gressional District and as chair- man of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, added, "The coali- tion will function as an arm of Reagan-Bush '84, the President's Campaign Committee, and mount a strong grass roots organization. To do this takes an enormous number of volunteers, and we are actively seeking to include as many people as possible in this effort." Staff director James Alexander is a former campaign chairman of the Republican Committee of Oakland County. The coalition has set a goal of obtaining 50 per- cent of the identified Jewish vote for President Reagan. Fisher Fund oks project grants A total of $140,000 for innova- tive community projects has been approved by the Max M. Fisher Jewish Community Foundation, funded by United Jewish Charities of the Jewish Welfare Federation. Since its inception in 1964, the foundation has granted more than $1.6 million to Federation's be- neficiaries to conduct short-term demonstration projects not within the scope of regular operations. The newly approved programs range from the establishment of a centralized information and re- ferral service for the Jewish com- munity to the development of a community service utilization system for the non- institutionalized elderly. The Jewish Information Serv- ice has received $39,150. Staffed by professionals and trained vol- unteers, the program seeks to make information about services ofered by the Jewish community more accessible to the public through person-to-person contact. The project will operate both as a