I NEWS I Jewish Protests Follow Rally these are only a few of the features you'll find weekly in The Jewish News order a subscription or gift subscription today! riumaoluatamasiumaiDaDawasessealsammaismommlui. I The Jewish News 1 20300. Civic Center Dr., Suite 240 I Southfield, Mi. 48076-4138 1 — I Gentlemen: 1 I Please send a (gift) subscription: I e NAME I 1 ADDRESS 1 I CITY ZIP STATE 1 I I I From: I I If gift state occasion 1 year - $24 — 2 years - $45 — Out of State - $26 — Foreign - $38 1 I Enclosed $ I 1 1 1 I I I I I 1 I I I I 1 1 16.......m.septes.....•...............1....1..................i 124 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1987 Washington (JTA) — While Soviet leader Mikhail Gor- bachev was meeting with President Reagan on Dec. 8, 15 Jewish demonstrators were arrested for protesting within 500 feet of the Soviet Embassy. The protestors, led by Rab- bi Avraham Weiss and Glenn Richter of the Student Strug- gle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ), had crossed police barricades set up two blocks away from the embassy. Wearing talleisim, they sat near the embassy for five minutes, singing Hatikva, Am Yisrael Chai and other Hebrew songs before police excorted them to a police bus. One of the protestors blew the shofar. On Dec. 7, just hours before Gorbachev arrived in Washington, the SSSJ and the North American Jewish Students' Network demonstrated outside the of- fice of the Soviet Union's Aeroflot Airlines to protest the $2 billion in loans from American banks to the Soviet Union each year. Representatives of the groups placed dozens of fake checks of $2 billion each payable to Gorbachev inside the security fence guarding the office. Both demonstrations featured former Soviet Jewish refuseniks including Yosef Mendelevich, Leon and Anna Charny and Irina Dashevsy. Meanwhile, about 10,000 school children and Soviet Jewry activists packed the Yad Eliahu sports stadium in Tel Aviv, Dec. 7 in a rally for the right of Jews to leave the Soviet Union. They were addressed by the country's top leaders — Presi- dent Chaim Herzog, Premier Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres — who aimed their remarks•at Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Hussein Rejects Meeting Israeli Tel Aviv (JTA) — King Hus- sein of Jordan told a Beirut newspaper that he rejected an offer to meet with an Israeli leader during the Reagan- Gorbachev summit meeting in Washington last week, Davar, reported Monday. Davar quoted the newspaper A-Safir; which said Hussein explained that he turned down the idea because it would lead only to interim settlements, rather than a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict by means of an international conference. I OBITUARIES 1•''" Jascha Heifetz, Violin Virtuoso Los Angeles — A soloist and teacher, violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz left an imprint on the classical music perfor- ming genre that will be miss- ed by audiences and fellow musicians alike. Mr. Heifetz died Dec. 11 at age 86 after a life of solo performances, teaching and fund raising for Israel. Born in Vilna, Russia, Mr. Heifetz began the study of violin at age 3 and first per- formed in public at age 7. By 9, he was accepted for study with Leopold Auer at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He left for the U.S. shortly after the outbreak of the Bolshevik Revolution and became a U.S. citizen. He volunteered to serve in World War II and under the auspices of the USO, Heifetz performed throughout the world. Heifetz made his American debut in Carnegie Hall at age 16. Later he played at benefit concerts in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with his longtime friend, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, to raise funds for Israel. Heifetz, Piatigorsky and Artur Rubinstdin became known as the Million Dollar Trio. Breaking into the world of popular music, Mr. Heifetz took the pen name Jim Hoyl and wrote a 1946 tune, When You Make Love to Me, Don't Make Believe. After he retired, he taught violin through the extension division of the University of California at Los Angeles and at the School of Music at the University of Southern California. Mae Berman Mae D. Berman, past presi- dent of the Business and Pro- fessional Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women, died Dec. 14 at age 81. Born in Chicago, Ill., Miss Berman lived 54 years in Detroit. She was the former owner of Circle Cleaners in Detroit (1934 until her retire- ment in 1966). She also was a member of Temple Beth El. She leaves nieces and nephews, Michael and Charlotte Berman, Merrill and Sandra Berman of Plano, Tex., and Audrey and Ben Shmetterer of Chicago. Inter- ment Chicago.