• 70 Friday, August 9,1985 MAGICIAN Exciting entertainment for your organization. club or private party. Stage Shows Close up magic ' Audience Participation Mel Eisenberg 547-2464 MENTALIST THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS HELP KNOCK OUT BIRTH DEFECTS NOW AVAILABLE The Shalom Line Of New Years Cards At dp Join the wr.,09f.20.m.2§ PD0 7 FASPRINT CENTER 28966 Orchard Lake Rd. Farmington Hills Just N. of Color Tile 855-6020 your advertising dollars do better in THE JEWISH NEWS Call Us Today! 354-6060 NEWS California Approves Funds For Wiesenthal Museum New York (JTA) — The State of California will provide the Simon Wiesenthal Center with some $5 million in state match- ing funds to aid in construction of a "museum of tolerance" on the grounds of Yeshiva Univer- sity in Los Angeles. Governor George Deukmejian signed senate bill 337, which provides the state funds, last week following approval July 18 by both the State Senate and Assembly. Deukmejian, accord- ing to his chief of staff Steven Merksermer, supported the funding because he felt sym- pathy for the suffering of the victims of the Holocaust and other tragedies. The proposed funding for the museum triggered considerable discord within the Jewish com- munity of California, with the state offices of the Anti- Defamation league of B'nai B'rith, the American Jewish Congress and the American Jewish Committee, among others, voicing strong opposition to the Senate bill. Construction of the museum is expected to begin in early 1986. The total campaign for the museum is $35 million, accord- ing to Center officials. The Cen- ter has raised some $12 million from the private sector, and along with the $5 million from the state leaves the Center some Rabbi Marvin Hier $3 million short of the $20 mil- lion needed for the "bricks and mortar" aspects of the museum's construction. A campaign to raise a $15 million endowment for museum operations will soon begin, Center officials said. Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Wiesenthal Center, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in a telephone interview that the museum "will seek to explore the origins of hate and prejudice by utilizing the Holocaust as the watershed event of the 20th cen- tury," Construction, he said, is expected to take one year. It will be designed by Karl Katz, chief designer and planner for the Museum of the diaspora at Tel Aviv University. Israel Rejects Hospice United Nations (JTA) — Is- rael rejected Arab charges that the closure of the hospice hospi- tal in the old city of Jerusalem was the result of a political de- cision. Instead, Israel said "The Ministery of Health decided for purely medical reasons that the hospital in the hospice building should be closed." Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's Ambassador to the United Na- tions, said in a letter to Secre- tary General Javier Peres de Cuellar, that the decision to close the hospital was influenced by two major facts: the medical equipment in the hospital was out-of-date "resulting in in- adequate medical care" and the structure oithe building did not allow room for a suitable elevator. "Recently two women died in the maternity ward be- cause of poor medical treat- ment," the Israeli envoy pointed out. Last week, Jordan's Foreign Minister, Taher Masri, sent a telegram to De Cuellar demand- ing action to stop Israel from closing the hospital. He accused Israel of letting the hospital de- teriorate and deliberately with- holding funds for its develop- ment. Netanyahu said in his letter that residents of the Old City who received medical care at the hospice hospital "will now re- ceive medical care at the Sheikh Jarrah Health Center and at Jerusalem's other hospitals, with health insurance arranged by the Ministry of Health. A first-aid station will continue to operate at the hospice building and the doctors and qualified staff of the hospice will be of- fered alternate employment. New fashion interest: watches with a fine-jewel ambience. Like amber watch crystals set in gold-tone. Or the slender string of beads in black and gold-tone or silver-tone and gold-tone. Lassale translates highest technology into highest elegance. Give one to a woman who instinctively reaches for one-of-a-kind. Lassale. The heritage is obvious. FREE GIFT WRAP X Tappets Tappor's him tiofight gift for you., DASH REFUNDS Amm rimmy ormo 211400 faillimiwilabertismo waosesemsrmimmoseroum itootAterams 'bowsaws , ' woo ORM OY saw A "May You Go Safe" medal for travelers has been issued by the Israel Government Coins and Medals Corp, Admitting that amulets were frowned upon by the ancient rabbis, the company says the popularity of amulets was AO great with the people that many considered them appropriate under the dictum, "A danger to life even overrides the Sabbath,"