UP FRONT Ethnic Center Continued from Page 5 INTRODUCES 1989 ITS COLLECTION FURS & LEATHERS OF FOR MEN & WOMEN LAKESIDE MALL STERLING HEIGHTS 271 W. MAPLE BIRMINGHAM TWELVE OAKS MALL NOVI CROSSWINDS MALL WEST BLOOMFIELD FAIRLANE TOWN CENTER DEARBORN People who love beads . . . shop at the . . HAGOPIAN'S OAK PARK SHOWROOM ONLY SALE ENDS SATURDAY Birmingham Bead Store Create your own necklaces, bracelets and earrings. MADE 7O-ORDER or DO-IT-YOURSELF ?,42, E 5F, ALifc LF REMODELING SALE SAVE 40-70% ON EVERY RUG HAGOPIAN is remodeling its Oak Park Showroom to make way for a brand new concept in oriental rug retailing. Now is your chance to save 40-70% on Oak Park's entire beautiful selection. In the Great American Bldg. next to Crowley's 280 North Woodward Birmingham 644-7609 Contemporary A _J- -c% Women's Fashions 20-60%0ff HAGOPIAN WORLD OF RUGS The Original Since 1939 Manufacturers and Direct Importers Birmingham Bead Store Hot Summer Savings! OAK PARK CALL 546-RUGS 14000 WEST 8 MILE ROAD SHOWROOM WILL BE CLOSED AUG. 43-SEPT. 4.1989 • DROP-OFF CLEANING WILL STAY OPEN 855-4464 Hunters Square • Farmington Hills 18 FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1989 creating commotion for notoriety. Fieger added, "We don't care if it is Jewish, Chaldean or Japanese — we just do not want development. We don't want West Bloomfield turned into an urban center." Some Jewish leaders said the incident has exasperated to a point that increases ten- sion between the two communities. Yet the American, Arab and Jewish Friends group said they don't believe the opposi- tion stems from prejudices. Members did not discuss the issue during a recent ex- ecutive board meeting. "It doesn't appear to be a Chaldean-Jewish issue," said American, Arab and Jewish Friends Co-Chairman Larry Horwitz. "The fact that Jewish people live nearby doesn't really seem that rele- vant. I would hate to think this would create tensions." David Gad-Harf, executive director for the Jewish Com- munity Council, added the Council has been building good relations with the Chal- dean and Arab communities. He said the JCCouncil wants to schedule meetings with Jewish and Chaldean people in the West Bloomfield area to "diffuse any tensions and build bridges to better rela- tionships." Gad-Harf said Shenan- doah's sale caused a misunderstanding between a few people that he hopes this issue will not strain relations. He said many Chaldeans are moving into the West Bloomfield neighborhoods, causing some concern among Jewish neighbors. "It's hard to get a handle on it, but there is some hostility," Gad-Harf said. "We will ap- proach the issues as they arise. Our focal area of con- cern wil be making sure the schools present multi-cultural programs to help diffuse ten- sions and prejudices." Gad-Harf said JCCouncil members plan to meet with public school administrators within the next two weeks. C I NEWS I More Soviet Jews Immigrate To Israel New York (JTA) — A total of 4,537 Jews left the Soviet Union in July, the second highest monthly figure to date, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported. Of that total, 648 Soviet Jews, or 14.3 percent, went to Israel, an increase of some 3 percentage points over June. As many as 100 additional Soviet Jews may have chosen to immigrate to Israel from transmigration facilities in Vienna or Italy, according to NCSJ spokesman Jerry Strober. Strober said the NCSJ Soviet Jewry Research Bureau is unable to account for Soviet emigrants who travel to Israel via Italy, some of whom decide to settle in Israel only after they have been denied permission to enter the United States as refugees. But if the unofficial estimates prove accurate, they would indicate some suc- cess on the part of Jewish assistance groups, which have been trying to convince Soviet Jews to choose Israel over Western countries. Most of the emigrants leave the Soviet Union on Israeli visas and then decide to set- tle in the United States. The number of non-Jews leaving the Soviet Union on Israeli visas came to 1,157, according to the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. These include Pentecostal Christians, for whom Israel has agreed to issue visas. The July figures bring the Soviet Jewish emigration total for 1989 to 26,688. If More than 600 Soviet Jews, or 14.3 percent, went to Israel, an increase of some 3 percentage points over June. that rate is maintained, the total number of Jews let out of the Soviet Union in 1989 would reach 45,750 by the end of the year. LOCAL NEWS Pinsker Gives Scholarships The Pinsker Progressive Aid Society will present $2,000 scholarships to Susan Sinai and Rona Kleinman at a brunch noon Sunday at Congregation B'nai David. For reservations, call Man- nie Ekelman, 542-4391; or Sheldon Fridson, 661-6954.