.1' .1' 4P .1' :4: I NEWS Bring the entire family! Hillel Day School P.T.O. presents live from New York... •• • in their first Detroit area appearance "R CK and R*LL like you've never heard it before!" Sunday, February 5, 1989 at 2:30 p.m. Congregation Shaarey Zedek Tickets: $5.00 Available at the door. For more information: 661-4430 or 661-0680 Please, no Sabbath calls. Tf ~~ T.1 4I) JEWELRY APPRAISALS At Very Reasonable Prices Call For An Appointment Vhatelle5g/ ta n established 1919t. FINE JEWELERS 30400 Telegraph Road Suite 134 Birmingham, MI 48010 (313) 642-5575 GEM/DIAMOND, SPECIALIST AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GIA IN GRADING AND EVALUATION "BABES: Beginning Alcohol and Addictions Basic Education Studies" A special substance abuse prevention puppet show for children and families K to 3rd grade (children of all ages welcome) Presented by CAMPFIRE and the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Boys and Girls will also be able to find out more about CAMPFIRE groups and programs in this area! Monday night, February 6, 7-8:30 p.m. DeRoy Studio Theatre at the MaplelDrake Building For more information call 661-1000 ext. 267 Family Progams Director, Stu Rogoff • Motors Ltd. VOLVO 92 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1989 825 Woodward Ave. Pontiac, MI 48053 (313) 332-8000 Lotus DAILY 10-5:30 THURS. 10-7 SAT. 10-3 Soviet Refugee Flow Strains Budgets, Towns Rome (JTA) — The increas- ing flow of Soviet Jewish refugees into Italy is strain- ing the budgets of Jewish relief organizations. It is also creating potential problems in the towns where they are temporarily housed awaiting visas for the United States and elsewhere. Officials of Jewish relief agencies say that in light of tightened U.S. immigration policy, an effort is being made to encourage the Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel instead of to the United States. The sources said about 7,200 Soviet Jews are present- ly in Italy as transmigrants, in addition to another 2,000 en route here who currently are at refugee processing centers in Vienna. The Soviet Jews are concen- trated in the small seaside resort of Ladispoli, north of Rome, and in one or two other towns nearby. In addition, about 1,000 Iranian Jews are said to be in Vienna or Italy. American immigration authorities have been more selective in issuing refugee status to Soviet emigrants. So far, about 600 Soviet Jews have been refused U.S. refu- gee status, once accorded automatically to Jewish emigrants from the Soviet Union. Those who have been denied refugee status could go to Israel without any prob- lems. But many do not want to do so. "We will have problems if these people decide to go underground and stay in Italy," said a Jewish official. "The agreement with Italy is that they can come through here, but won't stay here," the official said. Sources here say the Ameri- can Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which provides housing, cultural activities and financial assistance to the refugees, is very hard pressed to meet everyone's needs because of the in- creased numbers. They said per diem allow- ances given by the Joint to each refugee have had to be cut by 10 percent — from $10 to $9 a day — and that further cuts may take place because "the numbers are so huge." Sylvia Hassenfeld, presi- dent of the distribution com- mittee, visited the refugees last week in Ladispoli and at a small hotel on the edge of Rome that serves as a way station for them. "Ladispoli is becoming a problem," she said, because of the heavy concentration of refugees in the town. "We en- courage them to go elsewhere, but they want to go to Ladis- poli. They want to stay together." Her concern echoed that ex- pressed earlier last week by Ladispoli's mayor, who said that although the situation had not yet become critical, the rapid influx of people could be disruptive. Cantors Give Moscow Concert New York (JTA) — Miami philanthropist Haim Wiener and four master cantors from the United States and Canada just returned from the Soviet Union with a sense of accomplishment. Their mission was to re- juvenate and restore the can- torial arts in countries in Eastern Europe, where the music flourished for centuries until it was obliterated by the Nazis. Their objective seemed to work: About 2,000 wor- shipers packed Moscow's Choral Synagogue for the Sabbath service at which the cantors sang the liturgy, and for a concert of cantorial music a few days later. Wiener and his wife, Gila, a Holocaust survivor, founded and support the American Society for the Advancement of Cantorial Arts, which spon- sored the tour. Accord Reached On Cemeteries New York (JTA) — A major breakthrough for the preser- vation and enhancement of Jewish life in the Soviet Union has been reached in an agreement between American and Soviet committies. The historical agreement permits access to Jewish cemeteries and Jewish historical and religious texts; provides for the preservation and maintenance of Jewish grave sites; provides for separate Jewish burial grounds; and offers coopera- tion to locate, maintain and provide access to Jewish books. The agreement was reached between the Soviet Commit- tee to Support the Preserva- tion of Jewish Historical Monuments and the Joint Committee for the Preserva- tion of Jewish Heritage in the Soviet Union.