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MOTORCOACH TOURS:

In Today's Economy

PHANTO M OF THE OPERA— $255
TORONT O

Can You Afford To Gamble
With Your Passover Vacation?

HOTEL • BEST SEATS! • THEATRE TOUR
MAY 1-3; 29-31 & WEEKENDS THRU SEPT.

AGAWA CANYON SNOW TRAIN

$239

OUR MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GUARANTEES YOU
THE FINEST HOTELS, FOOD AND SERVICE.
$849 — $2239

FEB. 14-16; 21-23; 28-30;
MAR. 6-8
HOTEL • FULL DAY TRAIN • 2 DINNERS •
1 BREAKFAST

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S
"ASPECTS OF LOVE" — TORONTO

Palm Springs, CA

Miami Beach

MARRIOTT'S
DESERT SPRINGS
RESORT & SPA'

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HILTON'

Itasca, IL

NORDIC HILLS
RESORT'

MARCH 13-15;
APRIL 24-26
HOTEL & GREAT SEAT! • THEATRE TOUR

$235

"MISS SAIGON" — NEW YORK

$479

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MAY 29-JUNE 2
SHOW • TOUR OF STATUE OF LIBERTY &
ELLIS ISLAND • MEALS • TOUR LOWER
MANHATTAN

PGA NATIONAL
RESORT & SPA'

Pocono Mountains

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RESORT®

WASHINGTON, D.C.
& GETTYSBURG

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Westchester, W

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Featuring
Ram Caterers

MAY 21-25
HOTELS • TOURS • MEALS • THEATRE

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("ROMEO & JULIET" &
"HMS PINAFORE")

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St. Maarten

GREAT BAY HOTEL

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JUNE 26-30

including air!

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HOURS:
Mon.-Fri. 9,5 *restrictions
Sat. by Appt. apply

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Lake Rd. Betsy.
12 & 13 Mile Rds.

Gail Chicorel Shapiro (Owner)

METRO CARS

"The Official and Exclusive Luxury Sedan Service of
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At rates much less than a limousine and
only a fraction higher than a taxi.

AM Departures

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Complete packages from '289"

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CITY

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From
sin Transfers
TUES. & WEDS.
$ 99 90 Per Persnn
and Receive
,850 BONUS PAK.
oa•It nntrdct Required

BALLYS

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(INCL. LUNCH & SHOW)
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MARCH 28
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"CARMEN" ADRIAN, MI
APRIL 5

$43
$54

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VEGAS

$449

ONE DAY TRIPS

from $799

DEPART—SUN MON.. THURS.. FRI.

$159

MAY 16-17

7-day
Cruise

LAS

$ 69

MAY 16

Passover is our business 365 days a year

For Reservations Call:

FROM $215

HOLLAND TULIP FESTIVAL

97-77 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, NY 11374
718-997-0070 • Fax 718-997-9220 • 800-338-6010

(313) 946-5700

$189

2 DAYS
MAY-OCT. DATES

cor Hotels will be Cisei Kosher I infer strict Orhafox Rabbirial supervisico of nefionally r•cognized )(estrus supervisor. Cal fa details.

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Fr. $ 49

1 DAY

Featuring
Stuart Morginstin of
Danziger Kosher Caterers

All Passover packages include luxury accommodations, 3 gourmet meals daily,
2 traditional Seders, religious services, entertainment and planned activities.

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$389

THE SPA HOTEL®

Hong Kong Tou rist Assoc iation

Glatt Kosher

* WE HAVE CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY INSURANCE *

BERKLEY TOURS AND TRAVEL, INC.

559.8620 or 1.800-875•TOUR (8687)

The Hong Kong Cultural Centre is a new addition to the
Tsimshatsui waterfront.

Hong Kong Houses
A Jewish Community

Seventy years ago, a bare-
back rider with a visiting
Russian circus gave birth to a
boy on Hong Kong Island.
The boy was given his official
name by the visiting rabbi of
the synagogue. So the entire
Jewish community — then
about 500 — celebrated in the
garden of the Jewish Recrea-
tion Club, along with tigers,
trapeze artists, jugglers and
clowns.
While this was hardly the
most profound event during
the 150-year-old history of
Judaism in Hong Kong, it was
certainly the most bizarre.
Hong Kong's Jewish com-
munity has always been staid
and business-like, reflecting
the most solemn membership
of the territory.
Yet, if not bizarre, the
genesis of today's Jewish com-
munity was ever a colorful
one. The first settlers were
Sephardic Jews from
Baghdad, and their influence
remains today. The following
settlers came from around the
world, including China itself;
some of these settlers came
along the Silk Road from
families which presumably
did business with Marco Polo.
Many Jewish settlers in
China had suffered from
pogroms and persecution, but
at no time has anti-Semitism
ever reared its head in Hong
Kong. Its expatriate popula-
tion comes from virtually
every country in the world.
Since the business of Hong
Kong is business, there is no
room for demagoguery or in-
tolerance. Jewish families
make up 2,500-4,000 of the
5.8 million population of the
British territory.
The earliest settlers pro-
bably came from Macau after
1841. Since Judaism could
not officially be practiced in
the Portuguese enclave, they

felt that Hong Kong offered
reasonably more oppor-
tunities. Still, until 1858,
they felt that Macau was
more "stable."
The first Jews to have in-
fluence in Hong Kong came
from Iraq at the end of the
1800s. The dominance of the
first Sephardic Jews still
prevails, though the social
pattern has changed. In fact,
many of the present com-
munity refers to their most
successful businessman, Lord
(Lawrence) Kadoorie, as their
"patriarch," a word never
heard in European circles.
(Ironically, Lord Kadoorie was
the very first Hong Kong-
born citizen to become a
nobleman of Great Britain.)
Lord Kadoorie's father was
one of the Iraqi Jews, descend-

Actual Jewish
historical sites in
Hong Kong number
only two, but they
are of interest.

ed from ancient agents for
nomadic shepherds. With the
Sassoon family, they were the
first to settle in Hong Kong.
A rare memoir published by
Lord Kadoorie relates how
these Baghdad Jews (original-
ly sent to exile in Babylon
with the Diaspora) had been
sent as business agents to the
Far East during the 19th
century.
While the Rothschild fami-
ly had settled throughout
Europe, the Baghdad Jews —
who could speak Arabic as
well as Hebrew and European
languages — were of great use
throughout India, the East
Indies and finally China.
Sir Elly Kadoorie went to
China in 1880 as a clerk but,
after a dispute with his boss