SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 50c Year Of The Spy DECEMBER 12, 1986 / 10 KISLEV 5747 CLOSE-UP From Pollard to Vanunu to Iran, it's been a painful year for Israel and her intelligence service HELEN DAVIS Special to The Jewish News \ _ Jerusalem — An Israeli nuclear technician exposes his country's al- leged top-secret nuclear weapons program to a British newspaper and then mysteriously disappears from his London hotel, only to materialize in an Israeli prison some weeks la- ter. All leads point to "Cindy," a well-built, slightly overweight blond American in her twenties, who lures the hapless technician to the South of France and then onto a yacht bound for a Mediterranean encounter .. . The Mossad strikes again. The abduction and return to Is- rael of Mordechai Vanunu, who has been charged with treason and es- pionage,. may be textbook stuff in the intelligence industry, but the reasons for the operation must stand in the front row of disasters for Is- rael's fabled intelligence services. How did a man as obviously un- stable as Mordechai Vanunu survive the rigorous security screening pro- cedures that are presumably em- ployed at the Dimona nuclear facility, Israel's most secret, most sensitive installation? How did the intelligence serv- ices fail to detect that, within the space of a few months, this Jew from a deeply religious Moroccan family Continued on Page 30 Oak Park . Hospice Plans Are Delayed At the same time, the Jewish Welfare Federation is studying the need for a Jewish hospice DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer Plans to move the Hospice of Southeastern Michigan from its cur- rent leased facility in Southfield to Dewey Elementary School in Oak Park are on hold for now, according to the hospice's acting executive di- rector and Oak Park's mayor. At the same time, the Jewish Amazing Marketplace Victor Bienstock Births Cooking Engagements Entertainment Obituaries Single Life Synagogues Torah Portion Women . ....... 108 44 100 80 95 65 126 103 86 56 .. 88 Welfare Federation will begin to assess Detroit Jewry's hospice needs. Moving into the Dewey School — closed five years ago because of dwindling enrollment — is the hos- pice's "number one option," accord- ing to acting executive director Dr. Paul Werner. An alternate plan to build a new facility on an empty plot of land would be far more expensive, even though the school building is in need of extensive renovations. Dr. Werner estimated that to build from scratch would cost at least $5 mil- lion, while remodeling the school would cost about $3.7 million. If the hospice moves to Dewey School, the facility would include 25 patient beds, a teaching center, a computer department, and adminis- trative facilities for the site and three other facilities the hospice plans to open in the metropolitan area, Dr. Werner said. The hospice has been designated to represent English-speaking countries by the International Hospice Institute, he Continued on Page 32 Are Detroiters getting what they pay for at the local kosher butcher shop? Page 14 ' ,4ciar cae• , -4' :b.:—