58 Friday, February 7, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Join us at the PEOPLE 53rd finnaal It's In The Stars Intercongregation Men's Club Dinner Continued from Page 45 featuring the nationally acclaimed Jewish humorist Meyer Zaremba Meyer Zaremba is often described as the only CHINESE-SPEAKING, MARATHON-RUNNING, TENNIS TOURNAMENT-WINNING JEWISH HUMORIST AND SINGER IN THE COUNTRY . . . MAYBE EVEN IN THE WORLD! * Thursday, February 13, 1986 Cocktails 6:00 p.m. Dinner 6:45 p.m. featuring an epicurean's delight of international foods Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses 5075 West Maple • West Bloomfield, Michigan Couvert $25.00 For ticket reservations call 8516880 or contact your congregational Men's Club Dr. Shumaker points out a constellation on the star chart in his hospital office. FREE! Manischewilz. knowledge of astronomy was Babylon; and the Babylonians drew their knowledge from the earlier civilization of Sumer, which blossomed out some 6,000 year* ago. Abraham, I have shown in my most recent book The War of Gods and Men, called himself Ibri ("Hebrew") because he had come from the Sumerian scientific-religious center later known as Nippur. It was there that the calendar we still use was first introduced, where knowledge of astronomy was re- posited. The tales of the Hebrew patriarchs indeed are replete with indications of familiarity with the heavens. The Hebrew name for comet is Kokhau shavit, "Sceptre Star." This has a direct bearing on the Biblical tale of the seer Bilam. 1986 PASSOVER RECIPE GUIDE. Our new 1986 Passover Recipe Guide is more beautiful than ever! And we at Manischewitz hope it will make your holiday celebration more beautiful than ever, too. Our Guide features two menu suggestions plus speciallecipes for dishes like Stuffed Cornish Hens, Apple Fritters, and Cheese Cake. You'll also find a 150 coupon for delicious Manischewitz Some Stuff and a 250 coupon for any Manischewitz Cake Mix. Send for yours now and have a very happy and Kosher Passover! COUPONS EXPIRE APRIL 29, 1986 Mail coupon to: RECIPE GUIDE, P.O. BOX 484A, JERSEY CITY, N.J. 07303 Please send the Manischewitz Passover Recipe Guide to: 1 Name t 1 Address L State City One Recipe Guide Per Request. Request will not be processed without zip code. Otter good while supply lasts. I see it though not now, I behold it though it is not near: A star of Jacob shall course, A sceptre of Israel shall rise. (Numbers, 24:17) Did our forefathers deem Halley's Comet their Sceptre Star? Bilam, for sure, recognized it as the Star of Jacob and of the Children of Israel. ❑ Peres Tells Palestinian's To Make Choice On Fate And Receive400inCoupons '4 When the Israelites ended their wanderings of the Exodus and began the conquest of Canaan, the Moabite king summoned Bilam to accurse the Israelites. But Bilam, realizing that the Is- raelite advance was divinely or- dained, blessed them instead. He did so, he explained, because he was shown a divine vision: Zip PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY. _J Jerusalem (JTA) — Premier Shimon Peres last week called upon the Palestinian to decide whether they want to negoti- ate a solution to their problem or to continue supporting the Palestine Liberation Organiza- tion. "They have to make a choice between PLO without a solu- tion or a solution without PLO," the Prime Minister told the concluding session of the 8th plenary assembly of the World Jewish congress at the Knesset. But Peres stressed that the Palestinins and King Hussein of Jordan must make a deci- sion soon because "time is run- ning out for the Palestinians and the region." He said Israel is "ready to talk freely, direct- ly, as equals without in our heart and without the wish to dominate another people." Peres said the "Palestinian are not our enemies... and we would like to. see their prob- lems solved." But he stressed it can be solved "by diplomatic means" and not through con- tinued "Palestinian violence." Peres rejected any role for the Soviet Union n the Middle East Peace process "until they re-establish diplomatic rela- tions with Israel and open the gates (of emigration) to Soviet Jewry," t • •