'Center Days' Are Doubled
By Vacation Schedule

ALAN HITSKY

Associate Editor

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James Abourezk and Hyman Bookbinder: Open dialogue or needless controversy?

Controversial Speakers
Are Slated For Book Fair

DAVID HOLZEL

Staff Writer

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wo potentially "controversial
speakers are scheduled to
appear at the 36th . annual
Jewish Book Fair, slated for Nov. 7-15
at the Jewish Community Center in
West Bloomfield.
One speaker, Bess Myerson, was
recently indicted for conspiracy, mail
fraud and bribery; the other speaker,
former Sen. Jame's Abourezk, is a
champion of the Palestine Liberation
Organization.

Wolverine Fever
Hitting Israel

Israel is bracing for an
onslaught of the Ann Arbor
flu of all things. According to
the Jerusalem Post, this A-
squared ague is one of three
viral strains expected to bat-
ter the Jewish. State this
winter.
But it isn't really a case of
anti-Zionism on the part of
the germ world. According to
Dr. Charles Whitaker of
Parke-Davis Laboratories in
Rochester, the maize-and-blue
microbes are one of three ar-
chetypal viruses which com-
prise this year's flu vaccine.
The `13'-type flu strain was
isolated last year at Ann Ar-
bor's St. Joseph Mercy
Hospital, hence the name.
The Ann Arbor flu was
chosen for the vaccine

According to Book Fair coor-
dinator Adele Silver, Myerson will ap-
pear Nov. 9 as scheduled with Susan
Dworkin, author of Miss _America

1945 — Bess Myer son's Own Story.
Myerson, accused of trying to in-
fluence a judge in her companion's
divorce case, plans to begin a promo-
tional tour for her book next week.
Abourezk will appear Nov. 15
with Hyman Bookbinder of the
American Jewish Committee. The
two will promote their book Through
Different Eyes, a debate on U.S. policy
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because it is the most
representative of the 93'
strains, Dr. Whitaker
explained.
The vaccine, also including
type 'A' Taiwan and Len-
ingrad strains, will be
distributed worldwide.
Whitaker was unable to say
whether or not this wolverine
fever is particularly attracted
to OSU and MSU students.

Brauns Prepare
For Reunion

Svetlana Braun of Moscow
and her husband Keith
Braun of Southfield are ex-
pected to be re-united in ear-
ly November. The couple, who
married three years ago in
Moscow while Keith was a
student there, have been told
by Soviet and U.S. officials
that Svetlana has permission _

he Jewish Community Center
will add a second session of
"Center Days" in December to
accommodate the varying vacation
schedules of area public school
districts.
The JCC's Center News published
a schedule this month which only
listed Dec. 21-24 for the Center Days
program. The West Bloomfield and
Southfield school districts have their
last day of classes Dec. 18, but Farm-
ington Hills, Birmingham, Oak Park
and Berkley — districts with substan-
tial numbers . of Jewish students —
will have school into the following
week.
The annual Center Days program
is for youngsters in kindergarten
through sixth grades. Fredelle
Schneider, director of child develop-
ment at the JCC, said an additional
session will be added, probably for
Dec. 28-31.
"We are trying to arrange it for
both weeks," said Schneider. "BBYO
is also using the building that second
week, but we understand some of
their programs will be outside the
Center and that will give us more
room." BBYO, the B'nai B'rith Youth
Organization, holds its regional con-
vention at the JCC each December,
attracting 500-600 Jewish teens.
Schneider said the JCC's Center
Days attracts 150-175 youngsters
each day for sports, crafts, and other

programs. Some activities, such as
rollerskating, are held at other sites.
Center Days normally has a
waiting list, and sign-up is on a first
come, first served basis. No preferen-
tial treatment will be given for the se-
cond session to youngsters who are
unable to attend the first,
The JCC's sister agency, the Fresh
Air Society, sponsors "Winter Camp"
programs during the same vacation
period, but has avoided the school
district conflict by scheduling the ses-
sions at the end of December. The pro-
gram for 2nd-5th grades will be held
Dec. 27-29 at Camp Maas in Orton-
ville. The program for 6th-8th grades
will be Dec. 29-31.
Enrollment for the younger
grades "has skyrocketed," said Dr.
Marvin Berman, resident director at
Camp Maas. Camp Tamarack resi-
dent director Jeff Metz is projecting
an enrollment of 250 2nd-5th graders
for Winter Camp. Berman is projec-
ting 130-140 6th-8th graders. Berman
said the projections "would cause too
big a drain on staffing and resources"
to have both groups at Winter Camp
at the same time.
Berman said school vacations
forced the scheduling of Winter Camp
"later than we wanted. It is also go-
ing to overlap" with Fresh Air's Fami-
ly Camp program, which is based at
the Butzel Conference Center at
Camp Maas. But, Berman said,
Winter Camp relies on the summer
camp staffs for each program, and on-
ly a few specialists will be used for
both age levels.

I ROUND UP

to leave. "All they are waiting
for now is the paperwork,"
said Noam Gelfond, an aide to
Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.).
Keith has conducted a
three-year public relations
campaign to win Svetlana's
right to emigrate to the U.S.
An official at the Supreme
Soviet in Moscow re-
confirmed last Thursday that
Svetlana had received permis-
sion. While still awaiting the
paperwork, Svetana traveled
this week to Leningrad to say
goodbye to relatives.
A Soviet Embassy
_spokesman in Washington
told Levin's office this week
that Svetlana has the
necessary permission.
Rozanne Ridgeway, U.S. assis-
tant secretary of state for
European affairs, said that
"as far as the State Depart-
ment is concerned, the case is
closed." -

Intimidation Bill
Clears House

An "ethnic intimidation'!
bill, imposing stiffer penalties
than a current law on crimes
motivated by the victim's
race, religion, national origin
or sexual orientation, has
passed the Michigan House of
Representatives by a vote of
70-20.
The bill, proposed in the
legislature by Rep. David
Honigman (R-West Bloom-
field) will now be considered
by the State Senate.
House Bill 4113 creates an

extra penalty of up to two
years imprisonment or a
$2,000 fine, or both, for in-
dividuals convicted of ethnic
intimidation. Under the bill,
the convicted individual
would serve a consecutive.
sentence.

The bill, prepared by the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith, has been passed
in 29 states.

Magarik Not
The Last POC

Jerusalem — Recently
released Prisoner of Zion
Alexei Magarik insisted in a
telephone conversation Oct. 1
that he is not the last
Prisoner of Zion as he is be-
ing touted and that others re-
main imprisoned for their
Jewish activism.
"Yosef Zisels is still being
kept in confinement in the
labor camp. I cannot com-
prehend why then I am being
labeled the last one."
Also kept in confinement in
a labor camp is David Blat-
noy, a refusenik since 1974,
imprisoned since 1981.

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