TRAVEL

Aish HaTorah Presents .. .

DON'T
PASS OVER
OUR
PASSOVER CLASSES

This year, connect the past with the present.

MOTOR COACH TOURS:

"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"
Toronto, Best Seats!
June 26-28, July 3-5
$255
& Wknds-Sept

KENTUCKY DERBY
May 1-3 (Hotel,
Admission, Breakfast) .Fr.$139

BRANSON, MO. & EUREKA SPRINGS, ARK.
Apr. 30-May 5; May 16-21, Oct. 17-22
(Tours, Cruise, Celebrity Shows -
Willie Nelson • Louise Mandrell
• Kathy Mattea, Hotels,
$599
Meals)

WASHINGTON, DC & GETTYSBURG
May 21-25; Sept. 17-21;
Oct. 6-12 (Hotels,
$389
Meals, Tours)

"MISS SAIGON" NEW YORK
May 29-June 2 or Nov. 27-Dec. 1
Shows, Tours, Meals
$479
Ellis Island

OTTAWA, MONTREAL, QUEBEC CITY
June 20-26 (1000 Isle Cruise,
$559
Meals, Tours, Hotels)

MACKINAC ISLAND LILAC FESTIVAL
June 10-12 (Hotel, Meals,
$225
Tour • Ferry

CAPE COD OR BOSTON
June 14-20, Sept.-Oct. Dates
Tours, Hotels,
Fr. $499
Attractions, Meals

RIVERBOAT GAMBLING, IOWA
Wknds. June-Sept. (Cruises
Hotels, Meals, Racing Fr.$199

STRATFORD FESTIVAL "ROMEO
& JULIET" & "HMS PINAFORE"
$189
May 26-27
Fr. $49
1 Day Trips
Other Dates June-Oct.

AMERIFLORA '92 Columbus, Ohio
July-Oct. wknds, Dinner
$140
Theatre, Hotel, Adm.

There's more to Passover than Matzoh, bitter herbs and wine.
These three seminars will present everything you want to know
about Passover, from the meaning of the Four Questions
and the Exodus to the significance of the Haggadah and the Seder plate.
So this year experience Passover the way your Great Grandparents
used to instead of hiding out with the Afikomen.

Preparation, Laws and Customs

Sunday, March 29th 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Gourmet Kosher PassoverCooking

(including dinner) Sunday, April 5th 6:00 to 8:00 pm

The Haggadah and a Model Seder

Sunday, April 12th 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Say Yes to Jewish Literacy! !

Babysitting will be provided.

Classes will take place at Congregation Ohel Moed
619 Farmington Road in W. Bloomfield

For reservations and further information

Phone 737-0400

ABH HATORAIVALEYNU
Rekindling the Jewish Spirit

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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992

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GOOD TIME MUSIC HALL April 28
StThomas, Ont. — Lunch . .$52
"COUNTRY MUSIC JAMBOREE"!

PRICES P.P. DBL. OCC. CALL FOR GROUP
DISCOUNTS ON THESE & OTHER TRIPS

WE HAVE CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY INSURANCE

PROTECT YOURSELF & BOOK WITH US!

BERKLEY TOURS AND TRAVEL, INC.

5598620 or 1•800.875-TOUR (8687)

Big Apple

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clude almond sponge cake
with praline mousse and
raspberry sauce, almond
flavored cake layered with
dark chocolate truffle, green
apple strudel served with
raspberries, and homemade
sorbet in white wine sauce.
As for kosher wines, the
restaurant offers over 50 dif-
ferent kinds.
All this is a big change from
the original Levana, which
was a simple bakery and
dairy cafe. Three brothers,
Moshe, Avrum and Sol
Kirschenbaum, opened the
cafe 10 years ago. Five years
later, they opened the present
restaurant.
"We graduated to a full-
fledged tablecloth restau-
rant," says Avrum. With its
grey slate tiling, circular bar,
and fresh flowers on the table
— plus a separate room for
private receptions — this is a
sophisticated place that at-
tracts a diverse group of
patrons.
On any given evening, they
include couples, families,
West Side regulars and
foreign visitors. "Our
clientele is so international
by now that you can usually
hear between four to five dif-
ferent languages every
night," says Avrum. He's
heard recent guests speaking
in Portuguese, Hebrew, Span-
ish and Polish: the chief rab-
bi of Poland has dined here
when he visited the U.S.
A number of Japanese
businessmen are also now
regulars. "They come because
they like the kosher steaks
and the generally high quali-
ty of kosher food," says Joann
Makovitzky.
But most of the regular
patrons, she says, are Jewish
and kosher, although they'll
often bring along guests —
friends or clients — who are
not kosher, to introduce them
to the restaurant. "They
know their guests won't be
disappointed," says Ms.
Makovitzky.
Neither will Jewish
travelers. Whether it's East
Side or West, haute cuisine or
down-to-earth cafe, New
York's varied kosher
restaurants prove that the
Big Apple is indeed a
culinary adventure. ❑

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l LOCAL NEWS 1"

Simcha Plans
Fourth Seder

Simcha, the organization
for Jewish lesbians, gay men,
their. partners and friends,
will celebrate a fourth
Passover seder April 12.
For information, call the 24
hour hotline, 353-8025.