Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
ed for a year.
The last to light candles
were Manya Feldman and
Nate Garfinkel. Garfinkel liv-
ed for more than five years in
labor and death camps; he
also survived a death march.
Feldman, her parents and
five sisters and brothers lived
with two families in two
rooms in the ghetto until
1942. That year, her mother
and two sisters were led to
prepared graves and shot.
Together with her father,
sister and brother, Feldman
escaped to the forest and join-
AS AMERICAN JEWS, who are working for and deeply committed to the survival of a secure,
democratic Jewish state of Israel and to the dignity and human rights of all peoples, we are
distressed at the tragic events in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Attempts by the Israeli military
to quell the civil uprising have led to the deaths of scores of Palestinians. Casualties are grow-
ing as the confrontations continue.
ISRAEL'S CURRENT POLICY will not restore order in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Instead,
it is undermining Israel's democratic character, straining its economic and military resources,
and increasing the suffering and frustration of the Palestinian people. The way to stop the
violence is through a negotiated settlement that will end the occupation and ensure security
and the right to self-determination for both Israelis and Palestinians.
AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT: We call for an international peace conference, guaranteed
by the United States and the Soviet Union, and attended by all parties involved, including the
PLO, as representatives of the Palestinian people. We call upon the US government, the Israe-
li government and the PLO to take immediate positive steps toward convening of such a
conference so that the Israeli-Palestinian-Arab conflict can be resolved.
ed the partisans. Only
Feldman survived.
After the closing benedic-
tion by Rabbi Charles Rosenz-
veig, director of the Holocaust
Memorial Center in West
Bloomfield, many of those
who had participated in the
program walked to the bus
that would take them back to
Detroit.
It was a quiet journey home,
except for the voice of one
woman who walked up the
center aisle of the bus asking
the travelers if they would
like a piece of candy.
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Dor L'Dor Concert Set
More than 100 Jewish
youngsters and seniors will
join in song on Thursday to
present the community's
fourth annual Dor L' Dor
concert.
The program, a culmination
of five months of pen-pal let-
ter writing and music rehear-
sals, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at
Adat Shalom Synagogue. It
has been organized and is
jointly presented by the Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Sec-
tion; the Jewish Community
Center's Senior Adult Depart-
ment; and the Hillel Day
School. The theme of this
year's program is "Freedom
for Soviet Jewry."
The project, patterned after
an inter-generational choir
experience depicted in the
Academy Award-winning
documentary film Close Har-
mony, was originally planned
by NCJW's Public Affairs
Department in 1985. Hillel
sixth graders and a group of
"adopted grandparents" first
exchanged letters and even-
tually came together to
rehearse and present the
musical program. So • suc-
cessful was that first ex-
perience that the concert has
become an annual communi-
ty event. This year's seniors
are from the Jewish Center
Senior Adult Department.
NCJW Dor L'Dor Co-
Chairmen are Gerry Paster-
nak and Fran Wigod.
Miriam Sandweiss and
Judy Blustein have
represented the Center, and
Rochelle Iczkovitz has served
as Hillel coordinator for the
joint enterprise. Musical
director is Raquel Gershon.
The concert is offered free-
of-charge to the public. Coffee
and cake will be served.
NCJW's "Up and Out Pro-
gram" will provide bus
transportation for its par-
ticipants from several pick-
up-points to the synagogue.
Those interested should call
the NCJW offices, 258-6000.
Volunteers To
Sell Bonds
Volunteers from the Metro
Detroit New Leadership and
Women's Divisions will par-
ticipate in a nation-wide
Israel Bond Telethon project
beginning Monday. The
telethon is geared to
upgrading the purchase level
of tens of thousands of regular
bond buyers who normally in-
vest $1,000 to $4,000 annual-
ly in State of Israel 4 percent
Bonds, announced Doreen
Hermelin, local Women's
Division chairman of the
project.
During "10 Days for Israel's
40th," running through May
4, the volunteers will call
these investors to advise
them of Israel's newer $5,000
Individual Variable Rate
Issue Bond (IVRI) which is
currently paying 6 3/4 percent.
Barbara Stollman, Metro
Detroit Israel Bond Women's
Division chairman, and
Lawrence Wolfe, of Metro
Detroit New Leadership, are
serving as national
co-chairmen.
"10 Days" will begin on the
morning of Yom Ha'Atzmaut
(Israel Independence Day);
the last day of the project will
fall on what would have been
Golda Meir's 90th birthday.
Additional telethon
volunteers are welcome, for
either morning or evening
sessions, all to be held at the
Israel Bond offices, 24123
Greenfield, Southfield. In-
terested persons can call
Israel Bond representative
Gerry Berkal, 557-2900.
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DETROIT ZIONIST FEDERATION FORUM
PEACE PROCESS Ay"
Peace and Security for Israel? — Four Viewpoints
PANEL:
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SHERWIN TUKEL
JEFFREY SHERMAN
HENRY FAIGIN
I-IYMIE CUTLER
Zionist Org. of America
Herut USA
Labor Zionist
Committee for a Safe Israel
MODERATOR .. .
NORMAN NAIMARK
President, Detroit Zionist Federation
ISSUES .. .
• State Department Peace Plan
• The Arab Uprising
• International Conference
• Jerusalem
• Jewish Settlements I Autonomy I Borders
• United Nations Refugee Camps
Come . . . join the discussion with your questions and comments
Thursday, April 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth Achim
21100 West Twelve Mile Road, Southfield
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