OBSERVATIONS Lose inches with body tonin FR Hungary Continued from Page 50 survived whose birth year was between 1929 and 1945. Those were the children who were killed during the Nazi regime. The following genera- tion has a remarkable hunger for Jewish identity and education. HOLIDAY SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY VISIT 2 FREE VISITS WITH PURCHASE OF 10 VISITS • NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED • WITH APPOINTMENT ONLY • WITH COUPON ONLY New. Clients Only Call for your free appointment L 626-4442 7315 ORCHARD LAKE RD. • WEST BLOOMFIELD BEHIND I BROWSE BOOKSTORE 626-4442 futureshape Get ready for cooler weather with the hest look in outerwear. Tliecfinct 0 f created by the world's top designers. Only at Detroit's Leather Leader—Milano Fairtane Town Center Dearborn 52 FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 1987 MILANO FUR & LEATHER 271 W Maple Birmingham In Budapest, connected with the Dohany Street Synagogue, afternoon Talmud Torah classes are held three times a week. The hours are flexible in order to accom- modate students coming from other educational institutions. For the Talmud Torah ex- amination, 340 students from the country's smaller com- munities joined religious students in the capital in the year-end quiz of Jewish customs, prayers and history. Following this closing exer- cise, everyone is invited to a three-course midday meal at the kosher food factory's large dining room in the Pava utca. As is the customery holiday practice of this community — free of charge — 600 people were served soup, meat, vegetables and cake. Besides the food factory, there is a kosher community kitchen in Budapest. The ci- ty also has two choirs for religious services and the Jewish Museum displays ar- tifacts more than 1,000 years old. A center for Jewish studies was inaugurated in July at Budapest's Eotvos Lorand University, the first institute of its kind in Eastern Europe. A Jewish weekly, published in Budapest, Uj Elet, has a circulation of 7,000. It keeps memories alive of the once- flourishing community and deals with present-day Judaism in Hungary. It devotes a considerable amount of space to children's interests. In simple language it explains the meanings of the holy days, tells children's stories with a Jewish slant and offers riddles and puzzles for young readers. An increasing number of articles and books dealing with the Holocaust is being published in the Hungarian press. Recently, the first Hebrew-Hungarian prayer book printed since World War II came off the press. Another witnesss to the revival of Hungarian Jewry is the reprint of one of the most outstanding Passover Hag- gadahs ever published in Hungary. In 1942, braving the accelerating onslaught of the fascists, the charity organization OMZSA, created to help the suddenly unem- ployed and unemployable Jews, published a multi- colored Hebrew-Hungarian Haggadah. Writer Szep Erno, artist Bereny Robert and Gondor Bertalan, who later perished in Mauthausen's death camp, contributed their designs toward this masterpiece. This year, the Budapest rab- binical seminary — the only one in Eastern Europe — ceremoniously ordained four spiritual leaders. The three rabbis were Andras Schon- berger, Isac Fuchs, Jurij Korz- senevics. Zoltan Jary will take the positon of pulpit orator. The festive event was attended by the official State Clerical Vice President, Sarkadi Nagy Barna, and the entire Hungarian Jewish community leadership. Also present were the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Adolf Sajevics — a past student of the institute — and the chief rabbi of Rehovot, Israel, Dr. Karoly Jolesz. A few months ago in Siofok, one of the picturesque little lake resorts, a new synagogue was dedicated. In Balaton- fured — a children's Talmud 'Ibrah summer camp has been established. While Jews are no longer afraid to wear pendants in the shape of the Star of David, anti-Semitism has not disap- peared in Hungary. Overt anti-Semitism is strictly for- bidden by law, but manifesta- tions of anti-Jewish feelings come to the surface in resoun- ding ways. In a January 1987 soccer game, a microphone in- advertently left open picked up the jeering of the 3,000 spectators: "Dir-ty-Jews! — Dir-ty-Jews!" There are no Jewish players on the winn- ing MTK team, although Jews are among the team's managers and fans. There is some movement of late, toward warming of Hungarian-Israeli relations and re-establishment of for- mal diplomatic relations. The cultural exchange between the two countries is a promis- ing sign. In June, the Israeli Diaspora Museum, Bet Hatef- utsot, brought a traveling ex- hibit to the Hungarian capi- tal. Photographs of the Israeli collectors with Hungarian themes were displayed in Budapest. Contrary to practice a few years back, tourists can now travel to Israel and visitors from Israel are welcome in Hungary. Beginning this fall, a mon- thly magazine, Kutfo, appears as an Israeli-Hungarian co- production. The glossy liter- ary periodical is printed in Tel Aviv. Israeli humorist Ephraim Kishon — who was born in Hungary and emigrated to