I MEDIA MONITOR I Life On Life mi Continued from Page 20 OUR NEW EVERYDAY POLICY 25-50% O F F ALL MERCHANDISE* SAVE 25% . . . on all Diamond jewelry, all brand-name quartz watches, all pens by Mont Blanc, all 14 kt. Gold earrings, all gemstone jewelry and much, much more! SAVE 50% .. . on our entire selection of 14 kt. Gold chain and chain bracelets for men and women! Shop Shifrin and Save! First Center Office Plaza 26913 Northwestern Highway Suite 150, Southfield M F 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. 262-1100 - "Personal Touch" Jewelers • 'Sayings at "Personal Touch" location only The Secret's Out! App liq is opening on Saturday, December 3, 1988 ORCHARD MALL ile clothing • Uniq cess°r and d Ac 6369 Orchard Lake Road West Bloomfield, MI 48322 851 3699 Gov - S je 2 0 % to 50% Off 4-f/ et cloth -s Rhoda & Cindy Scott Fall and Winter Sale Continues in the NEW Store 22 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 "Who Is A Jew:" Redux As Jews bicker ever More vocally over the "Who Is A Jew?" question that is consuming Israel and world Jewry, two especially pointed comments have come forth about the issue. Neither will bring comfort to the propo- nents of changing Israel's Law of Return. In the Washington Post, Rabbi David Hartman, an Orthodox Jewish philosopher, said, "Where else [but in Israel] would a 200-year-old tribal feud dictate who is the next prime minister? Every- one from the Jewish past has come here to live and to strug- gle. We didn't succeed in creating a new Jewish society. And now we've ransomed our political freedom to people who believe in magic and curses, and they're the ones who get to decide who is a Jew and who isn't." New York Times' columnist William Safire was outraged at the "grab for ecclesiastical exclusivity" being waged by "a cabal of Orthodox politico- rabbis." If successful, this redefinition of "Who is a Jew" would "make a mockery of the Diaspora's tradition of diversity within unity. It would sacrifice Israel's na- tional security on the altar of religious rigidity." Bargaining With The Grim Reaper Two University of Cali- fornia sociologists have deter- mined that many Jews close to death manage to live until some important occasion. As reported in the Wash- ington Post's weekly health supplement, David Philips and Elliot King found a 25 percent increase in deaths among Jews in the week after Passover than during the week before the holiday. The researchers chose Pass- over because it is a gathering time for most Jewish families in the United States. During the week after weekend Passovers, when family gatherings are likely to be even larger than usual, there were 61 percent more deaths than in the week before. LOCAL NEWS Art to Wear ton ct-Pa- e d • Actor/director Leonard Nimoy: "I find the question, `Why are we here?' typically human. I'd suggest 'Are we here?' would be the more logical choice." • Sex therapist Ruth West- heimer: On Kristallnacht, "Hitler was testing the world to see how it reacted. And as we all know, the world didn't react. We are here to be vigi- lant, to be aware of the ter- rible things we can prevent — like the Holocaust, like Hiroshima, like hunger and want. There is a Jewish lul- laby that says we are like a river's shore, and deep, deep in us runs what has been, what we are now, and what is to be transmitted to the next generation?' Temple Will Honor Communal Leaders The Birmingham Temple will present Jewish Corn- munity Sabbath 8:30 p.m. to- day honoring service organizations within the Jewish community. Rabbi Sherwin Wine will present the first of a series of discussions entitled "Issues of 1989:"Ibnight's topic will be "Jews of Detroit — Coping with Changer Joel Tauber, chairman of the Jewish Welfare Federation Executive Committee and the national vice chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, will also speak. Other community leaders participating in the service include: Susan Yorke, Greater Detroit Hadassah; Daniel Clark, Jewish Home for Ag- ed; Al Ascher and Dennis 'Cayes, Jewish Vocational Ser- vice; Sherwood Sandweiss and David Jaffe, American Jewish Committee; Jerry Knoppow and Ofra Fisher, United Hebrew Schools; Mickey Behrman, Hebrew Free Loan Association; Richard Maddin, Jewish Community Center; Janet Arnoff, Kadima; Michael S. Feldman, Jewish Association for Retarded Citizens; Paul D. Borman, Jewish Community Council; Susan Eisenberg, Jewish National Fund; Herbert Blumberg, Orchards Children's Services; Ed Gold, Jewish Family Ser- vice; Alex Ornstein, Hillel Foundation; Peter A. Perlman, B'nai B'rith; Robert Steinberg, Sinai Hospital; Richard Komer, Fresh Air Society; and Dr. Herschel Sandberg, Jewish Federation Apartments. - 0i 0.4 IP.