32 Friday, March 21, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ( A Naftaioff, NEWS Luggage Outlet LARK LUGGAGE 30% OFF EVERYDAY N.Y. Yeshiva Investigated • In the very unlikely event that you can purchase anything we sell at a lower price, tell us77177Ram prices! Tracy Stanton Nail Artiste has relocated to 11119 1 ■ 1 6694 Orchard Lake Rd. W. Bloomfield Plaza W. Bloomfield, MI 851-7688 • Nail Wrappings • Nail Extensions • Manicures • Pedicures New York (JTA) — An in- vestigation into an alleged $28 million money laundering scheme at a yeshiva in Man- hattan's Lower East Side will continue, following the guilty verdict against six companies involved in the case last week. The companies were ordered to pay a total of $42,500 in fines and restitutions. So far, 13 people have been found guilty of charges stemming from the con- tinuing investigation. The yeshiva under investiga- tion is the Mesivtha Tiferet Jerusalem, the oldest yeshiva in New York City. The investiga- tion is being conducted by Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's office. According to the charges, Rabbi Yisreal Eidelman, a vice president of the yeshiva, and Sendor Berkowitz, the head ac- countant, used 64 separate bank accounts and 12,000 checks to launder money for merchants, drug dealers and organized crime figures from 1981 to 1983. Eidelman and Berkowitz told the authorities that they laund- ered the money to keep the financially troubled yeshiva going. The two were given suspended sentences lat fall after pleading guilty to misdemeanor banking low violations. Investigators say that the yeshiva itself netted about $200,000 between 1981 and 1983 from the money laundering scheme. A spokesman for the yeshiva, Joshua Schloam, defended the yeshiva, claiming that anything that was done was done for the yeshiva to survive. There are presently 300 students at the yeshiva compared with about 700 to 800 a few years ago. The yeshiva was established in the early 1900's for teaching and training scholars and rabbis. 86 Soviet Jews Emigrate In Feb. New York (JTA) — Only 86 Jews were permitted to emigrate from the U.S.5.R. during Feb- ruary, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ) has re- ported. To date, a total of 165 Jews have been granted visas in 1986, reflecting little change in Soviet Jewish emigration, which has all but reached a standstill in the last four years. THE MOST EXCITING EVENT OF THE YEAR JEWISH IlATIOML FUI1D YOUNG WOMEN OF JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC. AVCIA BEST A ANNUAL AUCTION EVER (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC. Sensational and Valuable Items for Auction Including: • JEWELRY • HEALTH and RACQUET CLUBS • AN ORIGINAL BY RICHARD KOZLOW • FINE RESTAURANTS • CONCORD HOTEL and GROSSINGERS • TV SETS • OUT OF TOWN HOTELS • THEATRE TICKETS • GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM SAKS FIFTH AVENUF • OFFICE FURNITURE • PENS • GIFT CERTIFICATE TOWARD A CELLULAR MOBILE TELEPHONE • COMPUTER FURNITURE • SEE A TIGERS GAME WITH ERNIE HARWELL AND GEORGE KELL • TICKETS TO TIGERS, PISTONS AND RED WINGS GAMES • FINE ORIGINAL ART • AND MUCH MUCH MORE SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1986 Preview and Silent Auction 6:30 P.M. Vocal Auction 8:00 P.M. TEMPLE BETH EL 7400 Telegraph Rd Birmingham, Mich . . Coffee and Temptations DONATION: $3.50 For further information, please call JNF - 557-6644 Auctioneer: Richard Nucian of Norman Levy Associates, Inc DOOR PRIZES