48 Friday, November 22, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS cRoAr C"IC4 W .1 n ENJOY EXCITING HAWAII GLATT 0 KOSHER BY LAND AND SEA Visiting: Hotel THE CROWNING TOUCH FOR A ROYAL HOUDAY ON AN AMERICAN EXPRESS VACATION A Different Sort of Student Studies At Machane Yisroel Enjoy All the Facilities for a Wonderful Vacation 2 Glatt Kosher Meals daily • 3 on the Sabbath and Holidays • Heated Olympic Pool • Full Block of Private Beach • Oceanfront Boardwalk • Beautiful Accommodations with Color TV • Health Spa • Sauna • Exciting Entertainment • Dancing • Shows • Daily Synagogue Services on Premises Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii This Grand Combination Includes . . . • Round trip air from Detroit including neighbor island flights. • Combination 3 or 4 nights cruise and 4 to 5 nights hotel accommodations in Hawaii • All transfers, baggage handling, tax and tips to porters • And Much, Much More. 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While Baalei-Teshuva are blossoming Yeshivot everywhere in Israel, Machane Yisroel is a unique and very different kind of venture within the movement. It is a rehabilita- tion program for ex-convicts where classes in basic Jewish beliefs are conducted and Halacha is taught with special emphasis placed on the mitzvot (duties) between man and his fellow man. The Yeshiva has also initiated a number of highly successful programs which enable prison inmates to visit and learn about the Holy City while participating in learning sessions at the Beit Yisroel campus. The head of the Yeshiva, Rabbi • Aharon Feinhandler, boasts of a success rate with the ex-convicts exceeding 90 per- cent. The warden of the prison claims that "our rehabilitation program is the best in the coun- try. Once the former inmate understands how unethical and immoral his previous life was, he usually doesn't return to prison." And when asked why his project has not received offi- cial recognition he responds by challenging government policy: "The government realizes how effective we are yet what they don't understand is that the clubs and recreation centers they build in the development towns invariably become drug- dealing centers which in turn keep the country's prisons well- stocked." Realizing that men cannot live by religion alone, adminis- trators have set aside afternoons for teaching trades such as metal-working and locksmithing and the work they do learning these profesions pays for their room and board while studying at the Yeshiva. Recent efforts to combine work and study has culminated in Kfar Gidon, an agricultural settlement north of Afula. In spite of the fact that the secretary of the regional council of the Emek Valley is a member of Kibbutz Mizra (one of the largest producers of non-kosher meat in Israel), Kfar Gidon was recognized and invited to join the council. Says Rabbi Feinhandler, "during the meet- ings with the kibbutzim we put it to them plain and simple. We said we want our students not only to study about the 'Love of Eretz Yisrael,' but to actually till the soil and feel the beauty of the land. I explained to them how this was difficult to do from the center of Jerusalem. We dealt with them on a level they could understand." Machane Yisroel's religious emphasis is Sephardic. As 90 percent of the students are Jews from Arabic countries, every ef- fort is made to cultivate Sephardic customs and tradi- tions, and as Rabbi Feinhandler put it, "To make the students feel that Torah is as Sephardic as it is Ashkenazic." (The major- ity of Torah commentary has come from .Ashkenazi-Eastern European origins). "The major- ity of Sephardic Jews in Israel come from religious homes," ex- plains the ex-Chicago rabbi. "They believe in Torah. They know how beautiful the Shabbat can be. They are believing people who have difficulty bringing Torah into their daily lives. We help bring their hearts and their minds together." World Zionist Press Service. Rescue Ship Data Sought Los Angeles — The Simon Wiesenthal Center is attempting to identify persons who were saved from the Holocaust through the efforts of William Perl, or who worked with Perl organizing the illegal rescue ship operation that became known as Die Aktion. Among the ships Perl guided to safety were the Gepo, which sailed in December 1938 from Tulcea, Romania; the Katina, which sailed in January 1939 from Balchik, Bulgaria; the As- tir, which left from Varna, Bul- garia in March-1939; the Leisel, which departed Tulcea in May 1939; the Parita, which sailed from Galatz, Romania in July 1939; the Noemi Julia, which sailed in August 1939 from Con- stanta, Romania; and the Sakarya, which departed from Sulina, Romania in February 1940. • Anyone with information re- garding these missions may con- tact Rabbi Abraham Cooper at the Simon Weisenthal Center, 9760 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90035. Rabbi Warns About Kashrut New York — Rabbi Dr. H. Zecharia Senter, of the Kaf-K Kosher Supervision Service, warned against relying on in- gredients listings on product Ta- bles in a lecture Nov. 10, "Kas- hrut in Today's Marketplace" at the Young Israel of West Hempstead. "Many of the ingredients in today's foods are listed by their technical names. "Furthermore, some of the common ingredient descriptions found on product labels, such as `emulsifier,' natural flavor' or `artificial flavor' can legally be used to describe a broad range of ingredients, some of which are kosher and some of which are not. Without further infor- mation on their source, not usu- ally provided on the label, the consumer cannot determine whether the specific ones in any given product are kosher or not." r/