COMMUNITY

Week Of Activities Will Mark Israel'

Professors Eitan Yefenof
and Edward Kaufman of the
Hebrew University of
Jerusalem will present a
briefing on Israel to kick off
the community's annual
Israel Independence celebra-
tion .7:30 p.m. May 3 at Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek.
The week-long celebration
marks Israel's 44th anniver-
sary of statehood and the
25th anniversary of the
reunification of Jerusalem.
In a program titled, "Israel
Now: Contemporary Issues
and Answers," Dr. Yefenof,
professor at the University's
Lautenberg Center for Im-
munology, will speak on
"Cancer and AIDS Research."
Dr. Kaufman, executive direc-
tor of the Harry S. Truman
Institute for the Advance-
ment of Peace at the univer-
sity, will speak on "Prospects
for Peace and Israeli-
Palestinian Relations."
Educated at Hebrew
University and at the
Karolinska Institute in
Stockholm, Sweden, Dr.
Yefenof also is visiting pro-
fessor in the department of
microbiology at the Universi-
ty of Paris (Sorbonne) and
pursued post-doctoral studies
at the University of
Michigan.
Admission is free. to the lec-
tures, co-sponsored by the
American Friends of the
Hebrew University, Jewish
Community Council of Metro-
politan Detroit, Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit and The Jewish News.

The week-long observance
will continue on May 4 and 6
.6:30 p.m. when puppeteer
Maureen Schiffman will pre-
sent an Israel show in the
Discovery Room of the Maple-
Drake - Jewish Community
Center. For required reserva-
tions, call Jewish Experiences
For Famlies, 661-1000.
On May 5, 7 p.m., Gen.
(Res.) Uzi Narkiss will ad-
dress a Yom Hazikaron
memorial service for Israel's
fallen soldiers. The program
will take place at the Maple-
Drake Jewish Center.
Teen-agers, including new
Jewish Americans, will join
for a production of the play,
Sparks . . . A Jewish Journey
7:30 p.m. May 7 at Temple
Emanu-El.
Teens in grades 9-12 will
join the Celebration at "Up
All Night for the Allied
Jewish Campaign" 10:30 p.m.
May 9 at the Maple-Drake
Jewish Center. The overnight
event, which benefits the
Campaign, will include
movies, sports and food. To

register, call Ellen Kriv-
chenia, 6424260.
The Simon and Garfunkel
of Israel, The Dudaim, will
entertain at a cabaret even-
ing 9:30 p.m. May 9 at the
Maple-Drake Jewish Center.
Benny Amdursky and Israel
Gurion will sing songs from
Israel and in a variety of
languages. Tickets are
available at the Maple-Drake
and Jimmy Prentis Morris
Jewish Community Centers.
The evening also will be the
occasion for two exhibits at
the Janice Charach Epstein
Museum/Gallery at the
Maple/Drake Jewish Center,
"A Day in the Warsaw Ghet-
to: A Birthday Trip in Hell"
and "Art History: The Artist's
Interpretation of the History
of the Jews."
The annual Walk For Israel
will climax the week's sched-

Kaufman

Yefenof

dule of activities May 10,
leaving from the Jewish Com-
munity Campus at 11:30 a.m.
Registration is at 10:45 a.m.
Participants in the walk will
have the opportunity to buy
trees through the Jewish Na-
tional Fund to be planted at
the Maple-Drake Center. For
each tree sold, a "twin" will
be planted in Israel. To
reserve a tree, call the JNF,
557-6644.

Irving Bluestone Speaks
At Tree Of Life Dinner

Irving Bluestone, Wayne
State University professor of
labor studies, College of Ur-
ban, Labor and Metropolitan
Affairs, will speak at the JNF
Tree of Life dinner 6 p.m. May
5 at Congregation Adat
Shalom in Farmington HIlls.
Mr. Bluestone joined the
faculty of WSU in 1980 upon
his retirement as vice presi-
dent of the United
Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement
Workers of America. During
1986-1989, he also served as
director of the university's
master's degree program in
industrial relations.
As UAW vice president from
1972 to 1980 and as co-
director and then director of
the UAW's General Motors
Department from 1970 to
1980, he led the union's ac-
tivities related to the negotia-
tion and administration of
the UAW-GM national labor
agreement. He also chaired
the UAW's Michigan Com-
munity Action Program, the

Irving Bluestone

political and legislative arm
of the union in Michigan,
from 1977 to 1980.
Frank Garrison, president
of the Michigan state AFL-
CIO will be honored.
For information and tickets
to the dinner, call Laurie
Nosanchuk Blum, 557-6644.

Hebrew Benevolent
Anniversary Dinner

Hebrew Benevolent Society
will celebrate 75 years of ser-
vice to the Metropolitan
Detroit Jewish community
with a dinner 5:30 p.m. May
31 at the Hyatt Regency
Dearborn. Presidents and
board members will be
honored at the event.
Rabbi Marvin Tokayer will

deliver the keynote address.
Rabbi Ibkayer, author of The
Fugu Plan, will tell how
20,000 Jews escaped the
Nazis and found a haven with
the assistance of the
Japanese government.
For information, call the
Society office, 543-1622.

Independence

Following the walk, there
will be an indoor Israeli street
fair with entertainment,
games, food, exhibits and
more. The B'nai B'rith Youth
Organization AZA basketball
league finals will take place
that afternoon. Students in
grades 6 and 7 will compete
for prizes in the seventh an-
nual Israel Quiz Bowl at 1:30
p.m. All three events will take
place at the Maple-Drake
Center.
The Detroit Zionist Federa-
tion, in partnership with the
Israel Independence Day corn-
mittee, will have a family
Yom Yerushalayim

(Jerusalem Day) celebration 2
p.m. May 31 at the United
Hebrew Schools building.
Sandra Johnson Ben-Dor
will sing Hebrew, English,
Russian and Ladino songs.
The afternoon will include a
cantata presented by the
B'nai B'rith Youth Organiza-
tion titled Jerusalem a shofar
blowing demonstration, dan-
cing with Young Judaea,
slides and more. Helen
Naimark is chairman of the
program.
For information about
Israel Independence Day ac-
tivities, call Shelley Milin,
642-4260.

Naftaly And Borman
Chair Days Of Decision

Robert H. Naftaly and Paul
D. Borman will chair a
special effort on behalf of the
Allied Jewish Campaign,
aimed at raising desperately
needed dollars for thousands
of people here and in Israel.
This program, Days of Deci-
sion, will take place May
31-June 5.
The Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit is con-
ducting this campaign in ad-
vance of allocations to its
agencies. The program aims
at reaching out to new givers
and urging contributors to
pledge now so that sufficient
dollars will be available. All
synagogues and Federation
agencies have been asked to
assist during Days of
Decision.
The campaign leaders say
the funds are vital to help
people who have been hit
hard by the recession and to
help the people of Israel
struggling to absorb many
thousands of immigrants.
Some examples: Thirty-
eight families are receiving
monthly rent subsidies from
the Jewish Family Service to
prevent them from becoming
homeless. Since January, 14
new homeless cases have
come to the JFS. Sixteen
families were referred to
shelters in February.
People needing job place-
ment or counseling services
from Jewish Vocational Ser-
vice must now wait at least
seven weeks.
In Israel, 170,000 persons
have immigrated in the last
year and 1 million are ex-
pected to arrive by 1994. It
will cost Israel nearly $40
billion to absorb, house and
educate the newcomers.
Former Allied Jewish Cam-
paign Chairmen Borman and

Naftaly

Borman

Naftaly have come back to
chair this special appeal.
Borman is a past president
and treasurer of the Jewish
Community Council and a
board member of the
American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee.
Naftaly is a vice president
of the Jewish Federation and
is on the boards of Wayne
State University, United
Jewish Foundation and the
Jewish Community Center.

Medical Reception
For The Campaign
Jewish medical and health
care professionals are invited
to a dessert reception on
behalf of the 1992 Allied
Jewish Campaign, 7:30 p.m.
May 7. The gathering, at the
home of Drs. Phoebe and Har-
ris Mainster, is sponsored by
the Jewish Federation Youth
Adult Division Medical
Section.
Attorney Jerry M. Ellis will
make a presentation on
"Asset Protection," and Dr.
Conrad Giles, chairman of the
Federation's Executive Com-
mittee, will address local
needs in the Jewish
community.
For information, contact
Shelley Milin at the Young
Adult Division, 642-4260.

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