NOTEBOOK rimmulmimumigimml Yeshiva Gedola Ateres Mordechai of Greater Detroit presents a special evening address by the renowned Holy Collateral Continued from preceding page RABBI DR. NOTA SCHILLER Founder/Dean of Ohr Somayach Institutions Worldwide Rabbi Nota Schiller, dean of Ohr Somayach, responds to question from President Chaim Herzog. — Rabbi Schiller was honored by the President of Israel, Chaim Herzog, for his leadership in Jewish education and international affairs. — Interviewed this past winter by the Wall Street Journal, BBC and the New York Times on political and financial trends in Israel. — Quoted extensively by Thomas Friedman in his best seller "From Beirut to Jerusalem." 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 1990 at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Ruby 6090 Pickwood Ct., W. Bloomfield (men and women invited) Reservations should be made by contacting Rabbi Eric Krohner at the Yeshiva Gedola office, 968-3361. There is a nominal fee for this event. 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Where Your Progress Is Our #1 Priority CAROL E. MANN, Director 354.6060 52 FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990 Call The Jewish News And there we were — a nonprofit institution with a $2,500 judgment against us! Accused, judged, and fined! Should we appeal and hope that we would win in a second round in court? Perhaps, but the consensus of the leader- ship was that it was better to be finished with the case and move on to other matters. That's why the legal decision was accepted and no protest was made over the schedule of payments. And, so it all seem- ed resolved — the president moved on to other problems, the office manager resumed her duties, and life in the con- gregation continued. Until one day .. . The bailiff arrived early one rainy morning asking when the judgement would be paid in full. It was at this point I recalled an earlier conversa- tion with a court officer. "The court has the right," he said, "to claim material property if the payment is not met. If need be, a sefer Torah may be seized." I was shocked, aghast, as pictures of martyred genera- tions flashed through my mind. When I completed my studies at rabbinical school, I had never envisioned that I would be threatened in a way ( that would require physically trying to protect a Torah. Yet, there I stood — me and an of- ficer of the law, clearly op- ponents in this issue. Can you imagine a Torah being taken from a synagogue because a secretary accidentally double- booked a wedding. Yet it almost came to be! What happened? Beth Shalom paid the judgement, and our sefer 'Ibrah is safely housed in the ark, guarded by the Ner Tamid Both couples are married, and we have improved our procedures for booking wed- dings. We do not want a repeat performance — the president said he'd quit if it happened again, and we can't afford to lose good leadership. I hope the couple lives hap- pily every after, and we would still give them a free year's membershp because of our mistake, and we would cer- tainly wish them a mazel tov, and only regret that we couldn't share their party. After all, we paid for part of it. Rabbi David Nelson is spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park. NEWS) Bush Qualifies Words On Israel, Hostages Washington (.JrA) — Pres- ident Bush came close Thursday to accusing Israel of taking hostages, but promptly backed away. Bush said he believes Israel is holding hostages, but conceded it was a matter of definition. Israel views the Shi'ites it has in custody as legitimate prisoners, the president said. Bush made his comments at a news conference, where he said "the United States is opposed to taking hostages." He added personally, "I want to see all hostages released." When a reporter asked if he considers Sheikh Abdul Karim Obeid, spiritual leader of the Moslem fun- damentalist group Hez- bollah, and 400 other Shi'ites held prisoner by Israel to be hostages, Bush indicated agreement. He said, however, that there are "definitional prob- lems" regarding Israel's view of its prisoners. Pressed to explain, Bush replied that "some people view people they hold as having broken their laws, some don't, and it is not for the United States to make these determinations." He added, "It is for the United States to say we op- pose the taking of hostages and holding people against their will, just to effect some kind of political change." Israeli sources said Thurs- day that all detainees held by Israel were arrested be- cause they were connected one way or another with ter- rorist activities. Some have been charged and convicted, while others are still under investigation, the Israelis said. Bush repeated that the U.S. policy against making any deals for hostages still holds. But the president said he would approve a "goodwill gesture" toward Iran, for its role in the, release of two American hostages held in Lebanon. Robert Polhill was freed April 22, after three years of captivity. Frank Herbert Reed, kidnapped in 1986, was released in Beirut on April 30.