10 Friday, April 5, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LOCAL NEWS Wishing The Jewish Community A HAPPY PASSOVER . CereJnte 181 SOUTH WOODWARD AVENUE BIRMINGHAM, MICH. 48011 Daily 9:30-5:30, Thurs. til 8 0 Fun-Filled Israeli Cabaret Closes Record AJC-IEF ert BY ALAN HITSKY News Editor Inc. 642-1690 Next to Birmingham Theater Adjacent Free Parking DETROIT AUTO BROKERS, INC, HARVEY FREEDMAN Serving the Southfield area for 15 years A JDC reproduction of a Seder plate made in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1948 was presented by Joel Tauber, left, to Campaign Chairmen Stanley Frankel and Robert Naftaly. • SAVE $$$ ON YOUR NEXT NEW OR USED CAR/TRUCK PURCHASE • ALL AMERICAN/FOREIGN CARS/TRUCKS AVAILABLE • TRADE-INS WELCOME • LOW FINANCING AVAILABLE • IMMEDIATE DELIVERY TUFF-KOTE RUSTPROOFING *FREE WITH NEW CAR PURCHASE • $189 VALUE Ii OFFER EXPIRES 4-30-85 WITH THIS AD RACQUETIME MALL 26400 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield, Mi. 48034 (313) 358-2100 To All A Happy Passover from BREATH OF SPRING FLORIST Now booking appointments for 1987 6636 Telegraph Rd. Birmingham, MI 851-5335 Balloons, flowers, Israeli songs and Middle Eastern dancing, falafel and other Israeli foods. All that was missing Tuesday night were fireworks exploding overhead, and the Allied Jewish Campaign provideda limited ver- sion of that with a record projec- tion of $23 million for its 1985 ef- forts. In a major departure from past Campaign closing events, Jewish Welfare Federation staff and Campaign volunteers celebrated their record efforts with a fun- filled Israeli cabaret. Speeches were kept to a minimum, and Federation President Joel Tauber set the irreverent tone for the evening, identifying himself in Spanish as Jose Tobleroni of the "Jewish Taxing Association." A four-page, tongue-in-cheek news- letter, "Community Undercur- rents," was given each Campaign volunteer. It was filled with lighthearted jabs at Campaign leaders and recipient agencies. The most serious note of the evening at Adat Shalom Synagogue was struck by Federa- tion Executive Vice President Wayne L. Feinstein and the chairmen who reported their Campaign division totals. Al- though the 1985 Allied Jewish Campaign has officially closed, Feinstein said that 4,900 previous contributors — "the fewest people at this point ever" — remain to be contacted. Those 4,900 represented $2,750,000 in 1984. If they give the same contribution as last year, Feinstein explained, the Campaign will reach its 1985 goal of $22.5 million. If they increase their pledges, the total will reach $23 million. Campaign director Michael Berke followed Feinstein and narrated a hilarious slide pre- sentaton featuring Campaign Chairmen Stanley Frankel and Robert Naftaly in "historic" photographs: signing the Camp David agreements, with Golda Meir, in bowling alleys, backyard scenes and "tactfully" soliciting Campaign prospects. The two chairmen took turns lauding each other, the Federa- . tion staff and the Campaign vol- unteers, and took a jibe from Tauber for the "lousy job" they had done. Halting the levity for a moment, they said representing Detroit had been "an honor and a privilege," with Naftaly telling c ) "how fortunate I feel to be here, to be an American, to be a Zionist .. . "I carry two stones from Bir- kenau in my pocket to remind me every day how lucky we are to be here. We get back 100-fold every- thing we give to this community." Feinstein called the 1985 effort c = "the best Campaign in North America." Detroiters also made cj separate contributions totaling $800,000 to Operation Moses to resettle Ethiopian Jews in Israel, and the six-year Detroit total for Project Renewal in Israel has now reached $6.8 million. A record total necessarily c, means record numbers for the in- dividual Campaign divisions, and the reporting chairmen did not disappoint the crowd. The proj- ected totals include $5 million for the Industrial & Automotive Di- vision, $4.5 million for Profes- sional Service, $4 million for Real Estate & Building Trades; $3 mil- lion each for the Women's Di- vision and the Professional Health Division, $2.5 million for Mercantile & Food, and a record $350,000 for Young Adult. The.< Metropolitan Division has col- lected $122,000. When the numbers ended, the celebrating resumed with singing and dancing. The Abraham Ben- Zeev Trio and singer Norma Har- paz performed a number of Israeli j melodies, including upbeat ver-c-, sions of the "Adon Olam" prayer and the international hit, "Hal- lelujah." The Hora Aviv Dancers per- formed several horas, and then re- turned in new costumes to per- form a debka with kefiyeh head- dresses, the Russian "Korobushka" and a Yemenite dance, representing some of the roots of Israeli folkdancing today. The dancers included Fran Levine, Uri Segal, Barbara Sil- berscheim, Rami Udi, Belle Greenbaum, Fay Knoll and Shelly Komer Jackier.