rRing in the holidays with a NIBBLES & NUTS tray Justice Continued from Page 3 pocketed by a waiter. A video tape of the proceedings, when shown, allegedly revealed the waiter in the act of picking up the ring and hiding it. The waiter confessed with re- gret and returned the ring, but Ben-Yair demanded damages for the distress caused and for the cloud cast over the wedding. A Modern Portia. Judge Varda Alsheik was faced with two bitter contestants in = her Tel Aviv court: two former business partners, who had ended a long friend- ship with mutual charges and recriminations. After inviting each of the litigants privately to her chambers, she ruled that one must make a contri- bution equivalent to $7500 to the Soldiers' Welfare and Education Fund, and the other must invite his former partner to a family Shabbat dinner to mark reconciliation. Good Deeds of the Fathers. Two Arab members /- of the Kiirdayeh family in Jerusalem were charged with large scale tax evasion and faced long prison terms and fines. When it was revealed in court that in 1929 their family had at great personal risk saved the lives of 24 Jews in the face of Arab riot- ers, an act for which they were later ostracized by their neighbors, the court accepted an agreement between the two counsels, whereby the ac- cused pleaded. guilty as charged, and the prosecution waived the demand for im- prisonment. Right Trial, Wrong Wit- ness,. Judge Samuel Minzer, of Beersheba court, listened intently for over an hour as a defendant testified in a crim- inal case, and responded to leading questions. Not till the very end of the testimony did it finally dawn on anyone 2 that the witness was indeed a defendant, but not in the trial under question. The judge deferred the two trials till a later date, when the tangled strands could be un- ravelled. A great way to cheer on your favorite team New Year's Day. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy holiday season. Gift Baskets & Trays Our Specialty • Nationwide Delivery Kosher & Sugarfree Available 443-5550 MACES IN VOGUE °°'I which always offers you - 40% 20% OFF OFF7-- EVENING AND SPECIAL OCCASION ATTIRE PLUS . " . OUR UNIQUE LINE OF ACCESSORIES ALL HIGH FASHION DAYWEAR AND DESIGNER PIECES 30% OFF ALL HANDBAGS vIS4 I 111.1" 44 , 7- *all sale merchandise and evening wear final sales 338-9400 1919 S. Telegraph • Bloomfield Hills • Y2 mile N. of Square Lake Rd. rixx The Merkaz - The Laymen's Association of the Vaad Horabonim is pleased to invite you to the Sixth Annual Dinner featuring Rabbi Moshe Heinemann Hadassah Cuts Cigarette Ads New York (JTA) — The 72-year-old Hadassah maga- zine will quit publishing cigarette advertisements starting with its January 1987 - issue, according to Rose Goldman, the magazine's chairman. The decision by \ D Hadassah's executive corn- mittee makes the ten- times-a-year publication with a circulation of 385,000 one of only 36 consumer maga- zines to refuse cigarette ad- vertising, Goldman said. :The continued presence of cigarette advertising in ) Hadassah's national publica- tion is inconsistent with the organization's mission." r Rabbinic Administrator of the Vaad Hakashrus of the Orthodox Jewish Council of Baltimore, Maryland Wednesday, December 17th, 1986 15 Kislev 5747 Hors D'oeuvres — 6:00 p.m. Dinner — 7:00 p.m. Young Israel of Oak Woods 24061 Coolidge Highway Oak Park, Michigan R.S.V.P. 967-2667 $36. per person Please call between Sponsors $100* 9:00/11:00 a.m. and 8:00/10:00 p.m. Respond early. *Includes two tickets Limited seating. \liumminimmme ■ gr, • ! ,