10 Friday, December 20, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS BE A THINNER WINNER! IlDenelogw's Thinners No e ( ?;riE5 G reen PURELY COMMENTARY HERE'S TO SEEING LESS AND LESS OF YOU! Notable Records Continued from Page 2 fine jewelry and gifts 357-5578 Holiday Shopping Hours Open Evenings & Sundays STARTING NOV. 29-DEC. 23 Mon.-Fri. 10:00 - 8:45 Saturday 10:00 - 5:45 OPEN SUNDAYS 12:00-4:45 Make this holiday even more special Give a gift from Tapper's butions as a religious leader. His essay What the Jews Be- lieve became a guideline for many, was reprinted as a special volume, was a best seller for several years. His labors in defense of Jewish rights during and after World War H made his name an inerasable one among Jewish activists. There is great interest in the continuing Sholem Aleichem saga with the passing on Nov. 30 of the famous author's last surviving child, Marie Waife. She was 94 and had an interest- ing way of honoring the memory of her father and of lending con- tinuity to his achievements. Marie was the widow of B. Z. Goldberg and as such she also Arye Zimuki had a part in her husband's affairs to the American military many communal and political in Europe in 1946, he continued activities. He was a leftist and tasks he had begun in behalf of was not apologetic about it. Yet survivors from Nazism in impor- B. Z., together with Marie, lent tant roles representing major glory to the name of father and Jewish movements on a global father-in-law Sholem Aleichem. Sholem Aleichem specified in scale. A product of the Jewish Institute of Religion when it his will a desire that his de- was the theological school or- scendants assemble on the an- ganized by Stephen S. Wise, be- niversary of his death to read fore it merged with Hebrew from his works. Such sessions Union College — he was or- held in the Waife West Side dained by Stephen Wise — New York apartment, conclud- Bernstein made notable contri- ing at her father's suggestion Philip Bernstein with the serving of tea and cookies, became "an institution." Notables in the Jewish com- munities, and some non-Jews craved the privilege of being participants in such assemblies. Marie Waife was the author of My Father Sholom Aleichem. It is heartening to learn that Sholem Aleichem's descendants will continue the adherence to the ceremonies prescribed by the great huinorist as a way of re- membering him. – ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION VIDEO HOUSE 29960 12 Mile Rd. By Middlebelt Farmington Hills NORTHWEST VIDEO 26317 12 Mile Rd. E. of Northwestern 855-9030 Southfield 357-5340 VIDEO HOUSE (formerly VIDEO EXPRESS) 29572 Orchard Lake by 13 Mile Rd. Farmington Hills 851-0301 • full line of BETA & VHS movies FREE 1 YEAR MEMBERSHIP ALL CHILDRENS MOVIES 1 9 each