THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 5, 1984
85
COOKING
Special recipes to celebrate Succot holiday
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BY GLORIA KAUFER GREENE
If the weather is agreeable, this
_,Sunday is boundto be a day of
busy building, for it is a mitzvah
to begin construction of a succah
.shortly after the end of Yom Kip-
L pur.
All over the world, members of
Jewish households will erect and
decorate ritual "huts," "booths,"
"tabernacles," or "cabanas" — as
the word succot (plural of succah)
ip variously translated into .
English — in preparation for the
>upcoming joyous festival which
begins on the 15th day of Tishrei
(this year, corresponding to
Thursday). They will set up succot
in backyards, on porches, in gar-
dens, against houses — wherever
_ere is a bit of room and open sky.
In Israeli cities, where apart-
ments sire much more com-
monplace than detached houses,
tiny succot will even dot the small
-balconies that cover the sides of
every multi-level residential
building. Sometimes, the occup-
ants of such a dwelling will pool
their efforts, and build one mas-
sive succah in the garden for all to
share and enjoy.
Following are some foods which
are appropriate for Succot, and
the holidays which immediately
follow it: Shemini Atzeret and
-Simchat Torah.
HONEY-SPICE
CHIFFON CAKE
7 large eggs, separated
% cup sugar, divided
% cup honey
% cup vegetable oil
2 cups enriched all-purpose or
unbleached white flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
'/4 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground allspice
% tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt
% cup water
Confectioner's sugar (op-
tional)
In a large mixing bowl, use an
electric mixer to beat the egg
yolks with cup of the sugar and
the honey until light. Beat in the
oil until well combined. Mix to-
gether the flour, baking powder,
baking soda, cinnamon, allspice,
cloves, nutmeg, and salt, and add
these dry ingredients to the batter
alternately with the water. Mix
until completely combined.
In a clean bowl, with clean
beaters, beat the egg whites until
frothy; then gradually add the
remaining 'A cup sugar while con-
tinuing to beat just until stiff
peaks form. (Do not overbeat the
whites or they will be difficult to
fold into the batter.) Stir about
one-fourth of the whites into the
batter to lighten it. Then gently
but thoroughly fold all the batter
back into the remaining whites.
Pour the batter into an un-
greased 10-inch angel-food tube
pan (preferably one with a remov-
BNAI BRITH
BBWomen cite Linda Bloch
Linda Bloch will be honored at
/-' the B'nai B'rith Women's Annual
Special Gifts Luncheon to be held
at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 13 at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek. This luncheon is
being held in conjunction with the
B'nai B'rith Women's Youth and
Services Appeal Campaign.
Mrs. Bloch is being honored "for
er dedication and support which
has aided many humanitarian,
' educational and cultural causes
both in the United States and in
the State of Israel."
There is a charge for the luncheon
and proceeds will help to support
the Youth Serving Agencies of
B'nai B'rith Women, which in-
clude the B'nai B'rith Women's
Children's Home in Israel, the
B'nai B'rith Youth Organizaiton,
the Hillel Foundations on college
BBWomen program
!ooles at Broadway
President of the B'nai B'rith
Women's Council of Metro De-
; troit, Esther Applebaum, invites
the community to attend a city-
wide program sponsored by B'nai
B'rith Women on October 16 at
Temple Beth El at 8 p.m.
The featured artists will be
Cantor Harold Orbach, Maria
Cimarelli and Mark Vondrak in
"An Evening On Broadway."
--, B'nai B'rith Women's Program
Chairmen are Carol Wellner and
Sema Shaw.
Transportation will be provided
for ten or more residents, purchas-
', ing tickets for the show, from the
various senior citizen complexes
in the Southfield, Oak Park and
West Bloomfield areas.
For ticket information, call the
1
B'nai
B'rith Women's Council
I
office, 552-8150, Monday-
Thursday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Linda Bloch
campuses and the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith.
Council President Esther
Applebaum has appointed Eadie
Albion as overall Special Gifts
chairman and Linda Moss as
luncheon chairman.
For information or reserva-
tions, call Mrs. Albion, 557-3318;
or the B'nai B'rith Woinen's
Council Office, 552-8150.
able bottom), and bake in a pre-
heated 325-degree oven for about
60 to 70 minutes or until the top of
the cake springs back when
lightly pressed. Remove the pan
from the oven, and immediately
invert it on its legs or on a bottle to
cool upside down. When the cake
is completely cool, run a knife
around the edge of it, and remove
it from the pan. If desired,
sprinkle the cake lightly with
sieved confectioner's sugar
shortly before serving. Makes
about 12 servings.
TURKISH-STYLE
STEWED MIXED
VEGETABLES
Similar to the French dish,
ratatouille, this is good both hot
and chilled.
2 medium-sized onions, thinly
sliced
2 tbsps. olive oil (or vegetable
oil)
3 medium-sized zucchini, cut
lengthwise in half and then
into 1-inch pieces
2 medium-sized green peppers,
cut into %-inch side strips
1 medium-sized eggplant, par-
tially peeled in strips and
then cut into 1-inch cubes
1 9- or 10-oz. package frozen
Italian green beans,
slightly thawed
1 10-oz. package frozen whole
okra, slightly thawed
2 16-oz. cans tomatoes, includ-
ing juice, coarsely chop-
ped
5
% tsp. salt
% tsp. black pepper, prefera-
bly freshly ground
In a large pot or Dutch oven
over medium-high heat, cook the
onion in the oil until it is tender
but not browned. Add the zuc-
chini, green peppers and
eggplant, and cook, stirring,
about 2 minutes longer. Then add
the remaining ingredients, and
stir all the vegetables gently just
until they are evenly distributed.
Continue heating until the
juices come to a boil. Reduce the
heat, cover the saucepan, and
simmer about 30 minutes or until
all the vegetables are tender.
Gently stir once or twice during
the cooking period. Makes 8 to 10
servings.
NEWS
Shamir meets Gromyko, raises issues
of Soviet Jewry and Mideast peace
New York (JTA) — Israel's De-
puty Premier and Foreign Minis-
ter Yitzhak Shamir met in New
York last week for 90 minutes
with Soviet Foreign Minister An-
drei Gromyko. The meeting,
which was requested by Israel,
was held at the Soviet Mission to
the United Nations. Both Shamir
and Gromyko were in New York
for the 39th session of the General
Assembly.
This was the second meeting
between Shamir and Gromyko,
who met at the General Assembly
three years ago, and the first high
level contact between Israel and
the Soviet Union since then.
According to Judith Dranger, a
spolaeswoman for the Israel UN
Mission, Shamir raised with his
Soviet counterpart the issue of
Soviet Jewry and asked that the
Soviet government "let all those
Jews who wish to do so to emi-
grate to Israel." Gromyko told
Shamir that the Soviet Union had
already permitted many Jews to
leave for Israel, the Israeli
spokeswoman reported.
The Soviet Union severed dip-
lomatic ties with Israel after the
1967 Six-Day War, but despite it
Jews have been leaving the Soviet
Union for Israel since then. The
emigration of Jews from the
Soviet Union dropped, however,
sharply in the past two years.
Gromyko raised the issue of an
international peace conference on
the Mideast with the participa-
tion of Israel, the Arab countries,
the Palestinians and the Soviet
Union and the United States.
Shamir replied that Israel favors
direct negotiations as a way to
reach a solution in the Mideast,
noting that negotiations have
proved to be more effective than
conferences in dealing between
Israel and the Arab countries.
Appearing in a television inter-
view, Shamir described his meet-
ing with Gromyko as "very good, a
very long discussion."
Meanwhile, Leon Dulzin,
chairman of the World Zionist
Executive, charged that Gromyko
furnished Israel's Deputy Pre-
mier and Foreign Minister Yit-
zhak Shamir with "false informa-
tion" when the two met in New
York last week.
In a cable to Shamir, Dulzin
pointed out that since 1971, the
Soviet authorities received more
than 642,000 applications for exit
visas by Jews but that only
261,000 were permitted to leave.
The rest are still waiting for their
visas, while many others are af-
raid to apply, Dulzin stated.
Dulzin disclosed that President
Reagan has asked seven top
Western European leaders to lend
their help in efforts to alleviate
the plight of Soviet Jews.
Dulzin, just returned from a
meeting of the presidium of the
World Conference on Soviet
Jewry in London, also disclosed
that future appeals to the Soviet
authorities to allow Jews to leave
will be based on "repatriation" to
Israel rather than family re-
unification which has been the
rationale until now.
Dulzin said that a senior U.S.
diplomat, Max Kampelman, the
American ambassador to the
European Security Conference,
delivered Reagan's letter to the
European statesmen, including
Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher of Britain and-President
Francois Mitterand of France.
He announced that from now on
the key element in the struggle
for Soviet Jews, inside the USSR
and abroad, will be repatriation,
meaning the right of Jews to re-
turn to their homeland, Israel.
The switch from family re-
unification was decided because,
among other things, not all Rus-
sian Jews seeking to leave have
relatives in Israel.
Dulzin claimed the repatriation
theme would have "a very clear
connotation regarding the nos-
brim" if and when the gates of the
USSR are re-opened, which, he
believes, is possible during 1985.
"Noshrim" is the term applied to
Soviet Jews who, after leaving the
USSR, opt to settle in countries
other than Israel.
According to Dulzin, repatria-
tion has persuasive precedents in
Soviet jurisprudence. He recalled
that in 1956, the Soviet
authorities allowed Polish Jewish
scattered throughout the Soviet
Union to be repatriated to Poland
— from where many subsequently
left for Israel. Similarly, the
Soviets have in the past granted
the right of repatriation to ethnic
Germans, Spaniards and Greeks
living in the USSR, Dulzin said.
In New York, the Rev. Billy
Graham, just back from a 12-day
tour of the Soviet Union, said that
oppression of Soviet Jews has les-_
sened in recent years as compared
to the period immediately follow-
ing the Bolshevik revolution and
the years of the Stalin regime.
Since the regime of Leonid
Brezhnev in the 1970s, Graham
said, "there seems to be far less
oppression" of religious freedoms
in the Soviet Union. He added
that this "trend which started
under Mr. Brezhnev seems to be
continuing."
. In a statement distributed to
reporters prior to the news confer-
ence, Graham noted that he vis-
ited synagogues in Moscow and
Leningrad, and "I talked with
several Jewish leaders in those
cities about their religious and
cultural life, aspirations and
problems. I talked with Soviet of-
ficials about the possibilities for
more Jews to emigrate as the
number has decreased in the last
two years."
Graham said he raised the issue
of matters of concern to the Chris-
tian and Jewish community when
he met privately with Soviet offi-
cials. He said he would not elabo-
rate on these private meetings. It
is understood that the issue of
Jewish emigration was raised in
these private meetings.
In London, representatives of
Jewish communities throughout
the free world expressed grave
concern about the deteriorating
plight of the 2.5 million Jews in
the Soviet Union and appealed to
world leaders to intercede on their
behalf with the Kremlin.
In Jerusalem, the Cabinet is
scheduled to devote a special ses-
sion soon to the plight of Soviet
Jewry.
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