I ANN ARBOR HOUSE CALLS MADE FOR NAIL AND FOOT CARE DR. SEYMOURE BALAJ HOUSE CALLS BY A JEWISH DOCTOR Excellence Fosh.on for Me Young al Neu. , 69'19 Orchard Lake Rd. • West Bloomfield, MI 8555528 . _ Not So Funny WOW! IT'S ALREADY MARCH! 398-2815 the Aarobtallc IPI$DJ GET REMITS Call The Jewish News 100 N. WOODWARD • BIRMINGHAM (N.E. corner of Maple& Woodward) 646-5660 354-6060 13740 W. 9 Mile Next to . Oak Park Post Office SPECIALIZING IN LASER THERAPY IN ADDITION TO THE TREATMENT OF L Bunions H Corns Callouses ❑ Ingrown Nails H Warts ❑ Pediatric Foot Care L Diabetic (- Foot Care Heel Pain Sports Medicine Medicare and most insurance plans accepted as payment in full. DANIEL S. LAZAR, D.P.M. 548-6633 rinir ■•■/ .1 A r•■ "I I Innn Continued from preceding page selves from other schools with larger Jewish populations — the so-called 'Oy Vey League." For Spencer, these types of behaviors indicated a confu- sion of identity, perhaps an element of self-denegration within young Jews. "Here's this very successful Jewish community but still somewhat marginal to the larger community," he says. Perhaps it's lost its way. What Spencer found at Syracuse wasn't unique. He says the same kind of things are happening in other universities, primarily larger urban schools with signifi- cant Jewish populations. Spencer admits that some of his colleagues felt that he was looking at a non-issue. "I got a very mixed response from my peers!' Others, like Jeff Ross, direc- tor of the department of high- er education and campus af- fairs at the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in New York, were pleased that he was giving attention to some- thing so omnipresent that people couldn't see its in- sidious quality. "The evidence seems to suggest that the phenomonon of JAP baiting is extremely widespread," says Ross. "And Gary is responsi- ble for sensitizing us to the problem?' Others seem to agree that it's an issue that needs to be addressed. Spencer's talks have attracted a lot of atten- tion from the media, from Jewish and women's organi- zations and from other uni- versities. "The good news is that it's been brought out of the closet!' Spencer says. At Syracuse over 500 people came to hear him; at the University of Michigan 250 filled the room in the Student Union on a snowy Thursday night. "The fact that so many came indicates that there's a problem and they want to know about it," says U-M stu- dent Sondra Panico. Many students at Michigan would concur. "I agree with what he's said. But first Jews have to stop calling each oth- er JAPs before they can ex- pect others to!' says student Beth Bernhaut. Though there may be no anti-JAP zones or bars in Ann Arbor, there is an omnipre- sent use of the term. "There's a lot of kike jokes, Jew jokes, JAP jokes," says Panico, who proposed the student assem- bly's JAP resolution. "You see it all the time?' The steps Jews at Michigan have taken to combat the JAP-baiting problem is a good beginning, Spencer feels. Actions that in- form others that their words Prof. Gary Spencer: A problem nation-wide. and sentiments won't be al- lowed or tolerated without some response are important. "It's peer pressure that allows it to continue!' says Spencer. ADL's Ross feels that students aren't the only one who need to take a stance. "The most important thing is that (university) administra- tions have to recognize it as a serious problem and make it abundently clear that it will not be tolerated?' 1=1 Holiday Debate In Ann Arbor A farcial debate on two Jewish delicacies, "The Latke vs. the Hamantashen," will be presented at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County in celebration of Purim. With such feature presentations as "The Early Roman Latke" and "Diseases Caused by Hamantashen," four speakers will address the issue. Defending the "Holy Hamantashen" against the "Lousy Latke" will be Profs. Paul W. Gikas, a medical ex- aminer and coroner, and Ger- da Seligson, University of Michigan a classics scholar. -Speaking for the "Lovely Latke" and against the "Hellish Hamantashen" will be Dr. Henry Appelman, pro- fessor of pathology at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Mel Gluckman, a pharmacologist. Carl Cohen, U-M professor of philosophy will be moderator for the event. For reservations, call the Washtenaw Jewish Center, 971-0990. There is a charge.