THE JEWISH NEWS
THIS ISSUE 60';
SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY
JANUARY 8, 1988 / 18 TEVET 5748
Michigan Agrees To
Enforce Kosher Law
ALAN HITSKY
Associate Editor
The Michigan Department of
Agriculture agreed to a consent
judgment in Oakland County Cir-
cuit Court on Monday in which it
acknowledges its responsibility to en-
force the state's 1966 kosher food
statute.
The agreement between represen-
tatives of the state Attorney General's
office and the Council of Orthodox
Rabbis of Greater Detroit will mean
that the state will more actively in-
vestigate complaints brought under
the 22-year-old statute.
Assistant Attorney General David
Silver told The Jewish News that the
proposed settlement of a 1986 lawsuit
will force the Agriculture Depart-
ment to enforce the law "within its
budgetary constraints and consistent
with its other responsibilities."
Despite the law, the department has
until now allowed Orthodox rab-
binical groups which supervise the
production of kosher products to
police producers and retail outlets.
The rabbis typically issue warnings
or ultimately withdraw their super-
vision in the event of a serious
infraction.
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Israel Is Braced For
Deportation Fallout
HELEN DAVIS
Israel Correspondent
Jerusalem — The stage is set for
yet another showdown between
Washington and Jerusalem — this
time over the planned deportation of
Palestinian activists accused of in-
citing demonstrations and riots which
left 24 dead and hundreds more
wounded.
In the face of intense pressure
from Egypt and Jordan — two close
Arab allies which would be acutely
embarrassed by the expulsions —
Washington last week dispatched an
unofficial appeal to Israel to think
again.
But when it became clear that the
Israelis, while limiting the deporta-
tions to hard-core agitators, had no in-
tention of changing their minds,
Washington went public with its
protest.
The reaction was swift and sharp.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
described the pressure as misplaced
and insisted that Israel would take all
steps necessary to insure law and
order.
"Our position is that Israel knows
very well how to defend its security
and we will act accordingly. There
will be deportations," he said
emphatically.
To underscore the message of de-
fiance, Shamir chose to raise the issue
again when he addressed members of
the American-Israel Chamber of Com-
merce in Tel Aviv at the weekend.
"It is impossible to dictate from a
distance how a state should defend
itself against anarchy, riots, attacks
on its citizens, its peace and security:'
he said.
"The American public needs to
understand the problems of a
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Lew Weinstein in Santa Cruz.
Ex-Detroiters, living the
California good life, can't seem
to get the Motor City
out of their system