-44101111fflapOsilimoommimmewil 56 Friday, May 9, 1986 THE DETRQIT JEWISH NEWS NEWS For Mother's Day `4P7:41.vs Nuclear Disaster Raises Concerns In Israel TAKE MOM TO DINNER E R (For Half Price) The Epicure Card allows you to save a full 50% off the food check at 35 of the Best Restaurants in Metro Detroit. Whether you choose the Hillside Inn or The Rhinoceros. Pike Street or The Summit. Or any of our 31 other restaurants, the Epicure Card will save you money. A full 50% on your food check, each time you try a new restaurant. And if you plan to eat out at least three times during the next 12 months, the Epicure Card virtually pays for itself in savings. For just $35.00, You Can Save Hundreds. To Order Yours, or Learn More about this Special Offer call: (313) 258-2818 Epicure Dining Society Inc. * Anita Tale s Catt some idle! Yes, it can happen to YOU! Our catering consultants can make your wedding, bar mitzvah, anniversary, whatever .. . the picture perfect affair you've always dreamed of. Just call Grace White at 879-2100 and tell her what YOUR dreams are made of. She'll take it from there! Northfield Hilton 5500 Crooks Rd. • Troy. MI 48098 (313) 879-2100 I Jerusalem (JTA) — A debate is shaping up in the government over the issue of nuclear power plants in Israel, according to reports last Monday. Officials insist the decision should be made on the basis of future energy needs and economic fac- tors rather than the concerns raised by the nuclear accident in Chernobyl, Ukraine. The Cabinet is divided. Gad Yaacobi, Minister for Economic Planning, and Gideon Patt, Min- ister of Science and Technology, advise against the purchase of nuclear reactors. But Energy Minister Moshe Shahal said it must not be ruled out under pressure of the disaster in the Soviet Union. Yaacobi noted at the Cabinet meeting that oil prices are ex- pected to stabilize at a low level and stay there for some time. "To say the least, it is much less urgent to take decisions con- cerning this matter (nuclear reactors) now than it was two years ago," he said. Patt pointed out that a reac- tor would have to be located somewhere in the northern Negev for safety reasons. But such a site would add 50 percent to the nominal price of a reactor because of the high cost of pro- viding water as a coolant. On top of this, he said, there was the cost of defense and security measures owing to the proximi- ty of the reactor to the Egyptian border. Yuval Neeman, the leader of the Tehiya Party and a nuclear scientist, said in a radio inter- view that any nuclear reactor in Israel should be located under- ground for security reasons. He also thought Israel should con- centrate on building its own reactor rather than purchase one abroad. Israel is said to have been negotiating for the pur- chase of a nuclear power plant from France. But the deal was stalled by problems of financing and credit. In other developments, Dan Michaeli, Director General of the Health Ministry, said that the nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union does not seem to pose a health problem for Israel and there is no cause for con- cern. The Environmental Health Institute has been monitoring reports of radioactive fall-out over Europe. However, the nuclear disaster has triggered concern among Russian immigrants in Israel for the safety of relatives in Kiev, only 60 miles south of Cher- nobyl. The Soviet-Jewish im- migrant community is alarmed over the health and safety of their relatives in Kiev, the third largest city in the Soviet Union, and surrounding areas. Their fears have been heightened by the secrecy of Soviet officialdom who have released scant details of the disaster and whose low casualty figures are considered implausible by most Western experts. Russian Jews here trying to reach Kiev by telephone have -/ been told by operators that their parties were not available or that all lines were busy. One woman who managed to reach relatives in Kiev by phone said the people she spoke to were sur- prised by her anxiety and in- sisted that conditions in Kiev- were completely normal. They _ said there was no exciment in the city or its environs, she reported. Kiev has a Jewish population of between 300,000 to 400,001 out of a total population of 3 tcl 4 million. The calm there may be the result of Soviet secrecy toward their own people. According to western souce5, the Russian population has been y given few details of the disasterr' by the official media and haste learned of its magnitude only F gradually by listening to broad- casts- from the U.S. and western Europe which are normally jammed. Israeli ham radio operators who have contacted amateur radio operators in Kiev receivea assurances that all was well. On- ly one Israeli operator heard a report of many casualties. Ap- parently, Kiev residents of the I accident five days after it hap- pened, and from what the Israelis could ascertain, nc special precautions had been taken in Kiev. Gizmo Contest For Children The Detroit Science Center in- vites students in grades five through 12 to enter its Gizmo I contest. Entranst must design a mechanical or electronic device which can help people in every- day situations. For entry blank, call the sci ence center, 577-8400. Deadline is May 16. Chorus Entertains The Oak Park Civic Chorus, under the direction of Charles Weiner and accompanied by Lila Hindmarsh, will present its an- nual spring concert "A Touch 'z'of, Broadway-Plus," on May 18 a,-( 7:30 p.m. at the Oak Park High School Auditorium.. There is an admission fee. Post-Concert Party Planned "Breakfast after Beethoven" is the theme for the post-concert party slated for May 17, at 10 p.m. in Orchestra Lounge in Ford./ Auditorium. The party is spOn sored by the Detroit Symphon-y-\ volunteer group Forte!