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was happening in the local Jewish
community or in the Diaspora ten,
20 and 40 years ago.

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TEN YEARS AGO

20 YEARS AGO

Israel admitted 100 refugees
from Vietnam. The cabinet decided
to grant entry to the refugees as a
symbolic gesture to encourage other
countries to aid the Vietnamese
refugees.

French President Charles de.
Gaulle of France declared a total
embargo of fighter planes and parts
to Israel. He was criticized by the
French politicians and the French
media.

The Crunchy Fudgy Brownies
recipe comes from Smart Cookies
by Jane Kinderlehrer (Newmarket
Press). The Mandel Brot recipe
comes from We're Cooking Again!
from the Centennial Chapter of
B'nai B'rith Women of Metropolitan
Detroit.

Brownies

/3 cup vegetable oil (preferably
olive)

1 /3 cup honey
2 tbsps. lecithin granules
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 tbsps. soy flour
1 /4 cup bran
2 tbsps. milk powder
1 /2 cup carob powder
1 /3 cup chopped walnuts
Grapenuts cereal, millet, and
sesame seeds for garnish
Preheat over to 325 degrees. In
food processor, blender, or mixing
bowl, blend the oil, honey, lecithin,
eggs and vanilla until smooth and
creamy. Add the combined flours,
bran, and milk and carob powders,
and process briefly until ingredients
are well-mixed. Mix in the nuts.
Spoon into an 8-inch-square
pan lined with parchment paper or
greased with a mixture of liquid

A Mixed-Up Holiday

Our friends are a little mixed
up today — help them
unscramble what they need for
Tu B'Shevat.
Asher and Aliya are getting
ready for their Tu B'Shevat seder.
Aliya said, "We will need four
. First
cups of INEW
a cup of colorless, white wine to
represent the cold
months.
ITWNRE
Second a cup of white wine with
a little red wine mixed in to
represent the late winter months
when the weather starts to get
. Third, a
ARMWRE
cup of red wine with a little white
wine to show that RSPNGI
is almost here.
Finally, a cup of red wine to show
that spring is here with all of its
beautiful OOCLRS
"You're right Aliya," Asher
replied to his sister. "But don't
forget the fruit that we'll need to
use for the EDSER
We'll need fruits with TSIP
in them to

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Detroit Jews protested the Iraqi
brutalities against innocent Jews
and condemned practices that
endangered the lives of 3,000 Iraqi
Jews.

40 YEARS AGO

A new kibbutz in Galilee was
established as the first all-American
collective settlement in Israel.
Native Detroiter, Richard
Ellmann, emerged as a leading
authority on William Butler Yeats.

Crunchy Brownies, Mandel Brot Tu B'Shevat Treats

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Detroiters Florence and Irving
Hermelin received the National
Community Service Award of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1989

represent people who are good
on the outside, towards others,
but inside, (once one gets to
know them), they are not always
good people. We could use
EAPHCES
for this
fruit."
Aliya added, "We'll also
need fruit that has a NISK
on it that we can't
eat, that we have to peel off first,
like a BNNAAA
These fruits are like those people
who are not so nice when you
meet them, but once you get to
know them, you see that they're
good people inside."
"That leaves fruits that have
no skin or pit — that we can eat
all of the way UOHTRHG
, like ERGPAS
," Asher told her.
"These fruits represent people
who are good on the DIOSTUE
and on the NSIIDE
! Now we're ready
for our Tu B'Shevat seder! When
do we eat?"

lecithin and oil. Top with 1 1/2-inch-
wide rows of (alternately) Grapenuts,
millet and sesame seeds. Bake for
20 to 25 minutes. Cut into 1 1/2-inch
squares. Yield: 20 squares.

Mandel Brot

4 eggs, beaten
1 cup sugar
1 cup salad oil or melted shortening
1 tsp. almond extract
3 1/2 cups flour
3 tsps. baking powder
1 cup coarsely chopped almonds or
walnuts
1 /2 cup sugar mixed with 2 tbsps.
cinnamon

Beat eggs and sugar until thick
and light in color. Add oil or
shortening and extract; beat until
thoroughly mixed. Stir in flour and
baking powder; beat until well
blended. Mix in nuts. Shape dough
into long rolls (1 inch by 2 inches
wide). Place rolls on greased cookie
sheets. Bake 20 minutes at 350
degrees until baked but not brown.
Remove from cookie sheets and
slice at an angle in 1-inch slices.

Lay flat on cookie sheets and
sprinkle with mixture of cinnamon
and sugar. Bake additional 15
minutes or until brown and crisp. -
Makes 4 dozen.

An Itz Chaim' Torah Cake

The Torah is a "tree of life!" Celebrate Torah by creating this
unusual tree-t! Get out your Bible and look for the clues to the
ingredients in the verses indicated. The Torah learning is in the
search — so involve the whole family!
. (Samuel II 16:1,
For about 5 minutes, boil 1 cup yellow
second food named) in 2 cups (Genesis 21:19), until
only about 1 cup of liquid remains. Let this cool. Drain, and add 1
teaspoon (Exodus 12:19) to the liquid.
(Jeremiah
In a large mixing bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups
(Isaiah
(Samuel I 6:13) and 3
6:20), 3/4 cup
(Leviticus
10:14). In another bowl, mix together 3 cups
(Exodus 30:7), 1 teaspoon
6:13), 1 Tablespoon
(Song of
(Proverbs 7:17), and 1 teaspoon
Songs 4:14, 4th to the last word and last word) and 1 teaspoon
(Exodus 12:19). Now mix together, alternately, the dry
ingredients and the liquid into the large bowl. Add the
(Samuel II, 16:1, second food named) and about 1/2 cup chopped
(Song of Songs 6:11).
Put into a 9 x 13 inch cake pan that has been greased and bake for
about 30-45 minutes in a preheated oven, or until a toothpick, stuck in
the center, comes out clean. Let cool completely in the pan.

FROSTING

(Optional)

(Psalms 55:22),
In a bowl beat 2 3-oz. packages of
that have been brought to room temperature. Alternately add 1 pound
(Jeremiah 6:20) and 3 to 4 Tablespoons
powdered
(Deuteronomy 27:3, second food named), and beat until
smooth. If you want a thinner frosting, add some
(Deuteronomy 26:15, first food named). Frost the cake, and sprinkle
(Genesis 43:11, last food named).
with about 1/4 cup

Ann Seeskin of Cincinnati and Gail Seeskin Weiner of Los Angeles created this
recipe.
Answers On Page L-5

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