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VIDEO VIDEO PLUS PLUS AUDIO * *VHS & BETA* 4 hours 6 hours 8 hours Airport $135 $195 $250 $55 Gift Certificate Available Old Orchard SHOPPING CENTER Orchard Lake at Maple 855-4070 *VHS ONLY Apartheid, Soviet Jewry causes being linked c74. r .0 * $35.00 membership fee * Evergreen Plaza 12 Mile Rd. at Evergreen 569-2330 LOCAL NEWS 30100 Telegraph Road Suite 178 Birmingham, Michigan 48010 (313) 642.7646 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Shown at an interfaith Chanukah vigil at the South African mission in New York are, from left: Rabbi Balfour Brickner, Episcopal Bishop of New York Rt. Rev. Paul Moore, Rev. Herbert Daughtry of Brooklyn, and United Church of Christ president Rev. Avery D. Post. GET A BIG DEAL FROM MICHIGAN'S BIG "Opposition to the concept and practices of apartheid has been repeatedly voiced in Israel and the American Jewish commu- nity," said Alvin Kushner last week at a rally in front of the McNamara federal office building downtown. "Apartheid, the foundation upon which South Africa's gov- ernment and society is structured, strictly enforces the separation of people based solely upon dif- ferences of race and color, and formally institutionalizes racism in that country. Dissent is se- verely curtailed, families are forced to live apart, persons of color are subjected to economic hardships, social ostracism and peronal humiliation," said Kush- ner, executive director of the Jewish Community Council. "The support of the Jewish people for the struggle against ra- cism stems not only from a deep- rooted abhorrence of discrimina- tion based on race, color or creed, but also from the fact that for so long Jews themselves have been the victims of racial hatred. We take particular note of, and pride in, the long-held and oft-repeated opposition to apartheid expressed by the government of the Jewish state of Israel. We realize that the battle for individual freedom and respect is a universal fight; human misery and oppression anywhere diminish all people and commands our attention. In keep- ing with our own traditional Jewish commitment to human justice and dignity, we in the Jewish community deplore and protest the practice of apartheid and urge the United States gov- ernment to use its full influence with South Africa to terminate that offensive system. "It is most fitting from a Jewish perspective that we gather today, during the holiday of Chanukah, which marks the first historical commemoration of a people's fight for freedom. "As a Jew, I am proud and hon- ored to stand here before you, with my colleagues, in solidarity against apartheid." The Free South Africa Move- ment rally was repeated in many cities across the United States. YOU'RE BETTER OFF AT Buick Honda 28585 Telegraph Rd. Across From Tel Twelve Mall Southfield,Mich. 353-1300 * .1. ALM/ -03-ssyr.sr.re Ts :tp `•, 14.! r •. • 4. 4.4 4 • t 3, 7, ■ t. r, c. In New York, more than 20 members of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith demon- strated across from the South Af- rican Consulate on Park Avenue. Among the demonstrators were Kenneth Bialkin, the ADL's na- • tional chairman; Nathan Perlmutter, national director; Abraham Foxman, associate na- tional director; and Gary Zaslab, cht-drman of the ADL's New York Regional Board. .The demon- strators carried signs reading "Freedom and Human Dignity End Apartheid Now" and "Apar- theid Denies Liberty." The vigil and demonstration began with the lighting of three candles on a large menorah, marking the second day of Chanukah. In a written state- ment issued at the demonstration, Bialkin and Perlmutter said: "No government can in truth call itself free and democratic while at the same time denying millions of its citizens the basic freedoms of a democracy. Yet, this is the condition that exists today in South Africa where black citi- zens are not accorded the rights which we who live in democratic societies take for granted. "We call on the Pretoria gov- ernment to immediately begin the implementation of substantive, rather than cosmetic, changes that will see its system of racial separation dismantled. We are under no illusions about this being an organized process, but the transition toward a change in which all South Africans will have a voice in their country's internal and external affairs should begin in earnest." On Christmas, the American Jewish Committee sponsored an afternoon vigil at the consulate to allow apartheid protestors who are Christian a day away from the continuing protest. Last week, Benjamin Hooks, president of the National Associa- tion for the Advancement of Colored People, and Rabbi Ale- xander Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Con- gregations, issued a joint state- ment condemning apartheid in South Africa and the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union.