ISADORE GLICKSMAN LEONARD EDELMAN Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in his memory at 11 a.m., Sun- day, August 2 at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Rabbi Gordon will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. Announces the unveiling of a monument in his memory on Sunday, July 26, 1987 at 11 a.m. at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. OOTHE FAMIL Y SUGGESTS -THAT MEMORIAL CONTRIBL ITIONS BE MADE TO -THE AMERICAN CANCER The Family of the Late TILLIE GERMANSKY Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in her memory on Sunday, August 2 at 10 a.m. at Cloverhill Cemetery. Rab- bi Irwin Groner will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. fsociEry 44 The Family of the Late ANNA GODFREY Acknowledges with grateful appreciation the many kind expressions of sympathy extended by relatives and friends during the family's recent bereavement. 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The goal is to bring the message of Israeli achievement into every nook and cranny of America through traveling exhibits, performing arts festivals, symposia, pro- grams in the public schools, and prime-time television specials. "The emphasis will be on getting as many Americans as possible involved in these activities," said Asher Naim, Information Minister for the embassy. "And not only Jews; we are very in- terested in getting our message across to every religious and ethnic group in American society." That message, Naim said, has several components. First is the idea of the uni- que bonds between the Jewish people and the land of Israel. "Only when people return to Israel do they redeem the land," Naim said, "and the Jewish people can be redeemed only through the redemption of the land. This is something we hope to make much more clear to the people of the United States." The second theme of the celebration will be the achievements of the first 40 years of the reborn nation. Primary among those achievements, Naim said, is the fusing of more than 125 distinct communities with 98 languages into a single people; a people unified in their commitment to the idea of Israel, if not always in their views on how that commitment should be ex- pressed. Another focus will be the continuing friendship bet- ween the United States and Israel, a relationship that has proven strong enough to weather everything from the oil crisis of 1973 to the Pollard affair. This friend- ship, Naim stresses, is at the root of Israel's modern development. At the same time, it is an important part of American culture. "We need to point out the ways the concept of Israel is in- grained in the American consciousness:' he said. Finally, the festivities will offer a special message for the American Jewish com- munity: don't take Israel for granted. "Israel needs nourishment," Nairn said. "If you lose Israel, you will lose something vital to your lives. Personally, I believe that if we lose it, the Jews will be finished." The mechanisms for the anniversary celebration are already being developed. Every Jewish federation and organization in America is being asked to established 40th anniversary commit- tees. Many non-Jewish groups are being encourag- ed to do the same. The em- bassy, Naim said, will serve primarily as a resource center, offering "menus" with a range of possible ac- tivities for local groups. "Getting into the schools is particularly important to us,' Naim said. "We are go- ing to the school systems themselves and to the teachers unions; we very much want to see Israel dis- cussed in social science classes." Teachers' kits will be distributed, and many schools will be visited by traveling exhibits depicting Israeli society. There will also be essay contests in all 50 states, with winners from each state receiving a free trip to Israel. There will be a heavy em- phasis on increasing tourism in Israel during the year-long celebration. Accor- ding to Naim, many Jewish federations are currently organizing anniversary trips; the embassy, he says, is encouraging these groups to organize similar tours for their non-Jewish neighbors. Also being planned are a number of "encounters" in larger cities, including a presentation on Israeli theater in San Francisco, an Israeli dance symposium in Chicago and a session on music in New York. There will also be more modest productions by traveling groups of performers in smaller cities and towns across the country. "We are going to the school systems themselves and to the teachers unions; we very much want to see Israel discussed in social science classes." Teachers' kits will be distributed, and many schools will be visited by traveling exhibits depic- ting Israeli society. There will also be essay contests in all 50 states, with winners from each state receiving a free trip to Israel. There will be a heavy em- phasis on increasing tourism in Israel during the year-long celebration. Accor- ding to Naim, many Jewish federations are currently organizing anniversary trips; the embassy, he says, is encouraging these groups to organize similar tours for their non-Jewish neighbors. Also being planned are a number of "encounters" in larger cities. Finally, the embassy is working on a two-hour net- work television program to be aired on April 23, 1988, a glittery gathering of some of the most important talent in Israel and the United States. Naim emphasized that local groups are being en- couraged to develop their own programs, a fact which is expected to result in con- siderable variety. Naim points out that the 40th anniversary has special significance for Israel. In Jewish tradition, forty years represents a full generation. "And we are confronting-a new genera- tion," he says, "the people who never experienced a world without Israel. So for this new generation, we want to stress the fact that Israel is not just another country, but it has a central place in Jewish survival:' 1 °1'1 'ml NEWS 1'1' Poor Scores For Israelis Jerusalem — Israeli high school students in their 12th (final) year who are not study- ing science have been shown to have the lowest level of achievement in scientific knowledge of students in the comparable grade level in nine advanced countries, a survey taken at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows. The achievement of Israeli 12th graders who were taking science subjects during that year were shown, however, to be average to good,