Standard Club North Has Closed 8
Fran Lebowitz: A Comedienne With Punch
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Michigan Athletes Prepare For The Jewish Olympics 88
Larry Coe Is Working Hard By The Station
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SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
THIS ISSUE 50
Hussein Courting
The Easy Answers
BY WOLF BLITZER
King Hussein
Washington
— Jordan's King
Hussein is a
savvy survivor.
He has been
around the inter-
national circuit
for more than
three decades.
His most recent
visit to Washing-
ton last week un-
derlined some of
impressive
political skills.
Senior U.S. officials are quite
.fond of the monarch. They always
have been. He is seen as genuinely
moderate and reasonable, certainly
when compared to so many other
leaders in the Arab world. His many
"secret" encounters with highrank-
ing Israeli leaders over the years are
well known. The Americans simply
assume, therefore, that Hussein is
prepared to enter into some sort of
equitable arrangement with Israel.
The problem, as seen by Washing-
ton, is creating a climate of opinion
within the Arab world which would
allow him to do so.
Hussein, for his part, has been
quite forthright in his discussions
with the Reagan Administration. He
has expressed optimism that the
time is currently ripe for a peaceful
settlement — once and for all — of
the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is pre-
pared to make a deal.
To back up his case, he has spo-
ken privately of the great opportu-
nity which currently exists because
three of the major countries involved
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Family Uses TV
To Malign Jews
Local group produces
questionable show on
Southfield cable station.
BY SHERI PICKOVER
Staff Writer
A family of half-breed American
Indians have produced a television
Births
anal Mitzvah
Classified Ads
Editorials
Engagements
Obituaries
Purely Commentary
Danny Raskin
Singles
Synagogues
Women's News
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show for Continental Cablevision of
Southfield that maligns Christians
and Jews for alleged crimes against
Indians.
The purpose of the show, accord-
ing to Gene Littlebery, producer and
main spokesman in the program, is
to point out that today, "If you don't
believe it (in God), you'll be killed."
He claims that the Indians lost their
culture when they were forced to ac-
cept the white man's God.
Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tik-
vah was recently sent a computer-
printed postcard advertising the pro-
gram shown on Continental Cablevi-
sion's Channel 18 in Southfield and
Oak Park. The postcard, sent by
Family of Seven Productions from a
post office box in Farmington Hills,
uses inflammatory language in
promoting the show.
The post office box on the post-
card is registered to a business,
John's Weatherseal in Southfield,
owned by John Whalen, one of the
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Is Gerald Greenwald
destined to follow
Lee Iacocca's path
at Chrysler?
BY NOAM GELFOND
JUNE 7, 1985