!OPINION NIBBLES & NUTS Send it for Less at ... Vrc_ag Spiritualism Continued from Page 7 covenant by bringing the Messiah in His time. We can shape the world by our deeds, yet there is still a God-given plan. This is not so different from the Marxist and secular belief in the inevitability of historic trends or tides — as in, "the triumph of socialism is in- evitable," or "the Third World is the wave of the future." The waves and processes exist, but they are not mindless. Jews have only given up their sacred homeland when driven out by force. The harder the "Jordanian op- tion" is pressed, the less in- terested King Hussein seems to be. Is his heart being "hardened?" Why, against good advice and Israeli pleading for peace, did he make war in 1967, allowing Israel to regain its lost land? If Hussein came forward now, agreeing to Foreign Minister Shimon Peres' formula for an international peace con- ference, Israel would be forc- ed to negotiate and concede territory for "peace." Heaven forbid! And perhaps it does. The crises of Jewish ex- istence are purposefully here. They awaken us, urge us, push us, and sometimes force us to act whether or not we are sensitive to God's will for us as individuals and as a people. Israel's problems stem from under-population of Jews, not too many Arabs. Many who sit in the United States urge Israel to give up our land because of demographics. If the land is truly ours, God- given or bought, then we must keep it. Individual Jews may have valid personal reasons to stay put, but if the collective will of the Jewish people does not take enough of us to Israel to secure the character of the state, as Zionism postulates and as the Torah commands, then all our plans may come to nothing. We may lose our state unless other, as yet un- seen factors, take a hand. Many religious authorities who believe the lifestyles of secular Jews are not to be ad- mired, and who, do not accept the ideological tenets of the Zionist movement, nonetheless see in that move- ment the hand of God work- ing to bring the Jews back to their land. Jews who fear that "religious fanatics" are tak- ing over the state should simply make aliyah and vote them down. Some Jews worry that because of the Sephardic majority, Israel is becoming "too Levantine" in character. We cannot change Israel from here. Perhaps some of us should be packing. Perhaps the time will come when we will be compelled to move, whether by the force of our own understanding and desire, or something less plea- sant. Perhaps I should be writing this in Efrat, or Yerucham. Eichner Named Reform Jewish School Chief Margaret Silverman Eich- ner, PhD., is the new head- master for the Yavneh Academy, the Reform Jewish day school of Detroit, schedul- ed to open in the fall of 1989. Her responsibilities include curriculum development, teaching and staff selection, student recruitment, grant proposals, overseeing physical plant and budget. Eichner was formerly direc- tor of education and youth ac- tivities, Temple Emanu-El, Oak Park. Before that she was the educational director of Ivriah, The Jewish Religious School of Flint. Eichner is a member of the National Association of Tem- ple Educators Council for Jewish Education, CAJE and vice president, Jewish Educator's Council of Metropolitan Detroit. She is a board member of Congrega- tion B'nai Moshe and serves on the Holocaust sub- committee of the Jewish Com- 2523 W. MAPLE ROAD BIRMINGHAM 0 The Perfect Welcome Basket Gift Baskets and Trays for all occasions our specialty 19827 W 12 Mile • r 433-3070 MasterCard ) 443-5550 • ( Within Mailboxes Etc.) Local & Nationwide Delivery Kosher & Sugarfree Available 41•1111•1•111., Tapper's Makes Your Summer Fashions Sizzle! Hot savings on freshwater pearl necklaces Special Sale Price only $89.00 32" endless strand of freshwater pearls and your choice of onyx, lapis, coral, amethyst and 14 kt. gold beads. Retail: $143.99. Special Sale Price: $89.00. Special sale prices good while quantity lasts. Margaret Eichner munity Council. Eichner has a bachelor's degree in elementary educa- tion from Wayne State University, where she also completed graduate courses. She has a master's degree in secondary social studies and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Summer Savings at Tapper's.. Get them while they're hot! rf Now Available Tapper's Preferred Customer Charge Card. fine jewelry and gifts STORE HOURS: Monday-Friday 10 AM until 5:45 PM, Thursday until 8:45 PM and Saturday 10 AM until 5:45 PM. 26400 W. 12 Mile Rd. (N.E. corner of Northwestern) in the Franklin Savings Center. Phone 357 - 5578. MasterCard, Discovery and Visa Accepted. Cash refunds and free gift wrapping. THE DETtIT JEWISH NEWS