18 Friday, May 24, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
FIRESTONE
HOUSE CALLS MADE
Wholesale Diamonds & Jewelry
Remounting Jewelry & Watch Repair
FOR NAIL AND FOOT CARE
JEWELRY APPRAIS6,LS
SUITE 312 ADVANCE BLDG.
DR. SEYMOURE BALAJ
Foot Specialist
111
GLASS' & MIRROR
23077 Greenfield at 9 Mile
(313) 557-1860
851-8058
We Will Beat
Your Best Price
BI-FOLD SUPER SPECIAL existing
Doors
$123.99 Installed
4 ft. openings
$128.99 Installed
$145.99 Installed
5 ft. openings
6 ft. openings
NEW MIRRORED BI-FOLD DOORS—FINEST QUALITY Slim Foldr) •
4 ft. openings
$190.00 Installed
$200.00 Installed
$250.00 Installed
5 ft. openings
6 ft. openings
' ored Walls, Furniture, Bars, Cubes, Etc. Heavy Glass Table Tops, Shelving, Beveled
Lowest Prices On All Types of Min
O. G . Edges.
Shower and Tub Endosures, Replacement Windows.
MIRRORED WALL SPECIAL —
12'x8' High
$425.00
Call today for free estimates: 552 0088 .
-
Atlas Glass & Mirror
PERFECTION IS OUR REFLECTION
Where quality work, discount prices and you
the customer make us #1
552-0088
BOOKS
Jewish Facts, Figures
Highlight Trivia Volume
Capsules of Jewish history, an
ingathering of personalities, re-
views of current and ancient his-
tory — every conceivable aspect of
Jewish experience is included in
The Jewish Trivia and Informa-
tion Book (Steimatzky Press).
In this paperbacked, 400-page
book, the editor-compiler, Ian
Shapolsky,_provides the accumu-
lated information in question-
answer form. The hundreds of
capsules emerge from this collec-
tion as a veritable encyclopedic
accomplishment.
There is need to appreciate the
effort that has gone into this
work. It is, indeed, an accom-
plished task, with an emphasis on
immense knowledge of current as
well as past historic events.
So vast are the areas covered
that they include .all ages, all
climes, personalities from many
spheres. It is a globally treated
work.
The best way to understand and
appreciate this intriguing ap-
proach to Jewish studies and his-
torical knowledge is by quoting
samples of the questions and an-
swers. Taken at random, here is
one of the exemplary sections in
The Jewish Trivia and Informa-
tion Book:
"CURRENT EVENTS: James
Keegstra, an anti-Semitic high
school leader in Alberta, Canada
and mayor of his village, taught
his class that Jews are the root of
all evil in the world, and he made
one even more outrageous claim.
What was this other widely re-
ported lie that he taught his class.
"ANSWER: That the Holocaust
never happened.
"ARTS AND CULTURE: This
hilarious Jewish comedian-
actor-musician was born with the
name Allan Stewart Koenigsberg
"ANSWER: Woody Allen.
"PEOPLE: What was Israel's
`Operation Ship to Shore?'
"ANSWER: The resettlement of
refugees in Israel — from their
"The Jewish Trivia
and Information
Book," compiled and
edited by Ian
Shapolsky.
Steimatzky Press.
embarkation in Europe to their
unloading in Israel.
"RELIGION: What is another
English name for Pentecost?
"ANSWER: 'The Day of the
Giving of the Law' or the 'Feast of
Weeks (Shavuot)'.
"HISTORY: The Jewish period
of prosperity in Spain became
known as . . .?
"ANSWER: The Golden Age.
"LANGUAGE: The holiday
food `kishkeh' is otherwise known
by this name . . .?
"ANSWER: Stuffed derma.
"GEOGRAPHY: The Jewish
Theological Seminary of America
is located in . . .?
"ANSWER: New York."
There aren't many works which
so extensively educate as well as
enlighten. The Steinatzky-
published paperback authored by
Ian Shapolsky merits highest
commendation.
— P.S.
NEWS
Interfaith Goals Pushed
New York (JTA) — The leaders
of Reform Judaism called on
American Jews and Catholics
Sunday to join in a new and wide-
ranging program aimed at prom-
oting inter-religious understand-
ing at the church and synagogue
level.
The action by the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations
(UAHC) is believed to mark the
first time a Jewish denomination
has sought to bring together
synagogue members and church-
goers in activities seeking to
create better understanding of
each other's beliefs.
The program was adopted by
unanimous vote of 150 members
of the UAHC Board of Trustees at
its semi-annual meeting in the
Grand Hyatt Hotel. In a resolu-
tion, the board urged the UAHC's
780-member-synagogues, com-
posed of 1.3 million Jews, to
undertake:• Catholic-Jewish
dialogues to explore the issues
that divide as well as those that
unite the two communities.
• The exchange of teachers and
team-teaching by priests and rab-
bis in Catholic parochial and
Jewish religious schools.
• Catholic-Jewish dialogue and
joint action in nuclear disarma-
1 4,1 ,14
ment, economic justice and other
issues on which the National Con-
ference of Catholic Bishops and
the UAHC have adopted parallel
policy positions.
The resolution hailed the 20th
anniversary of the issuance by the
Second Vatican Council of
"Nostra Aetate," which re-
pudiated the charge of deicide
against Jews and condemned
anti-Semitism.
Three Suspected
In Taxi Killing
Jerusalem (JTA) — Three Is-
raelis — a policeman, a soldier
and a student at the Hebrew Uni-
versity — were remanded in cus-
tody for 15 days by a Jerusalem
magistrates court this week on
suspicion of murdering an Arab
taxi driver, Hamis Tutanji, on a
West Bank road April 23.
The trio, arrested over the
weekend, were identified as
Danny Eisenman, 26, a police
officer who lives in Maale
Adumim in the West Bank, Gil
Fuchs, 20, a soldier on active duty;
and Michal Hillel, 24, a female
student. -