The Social Action Committee Council,
In Cooperation With Resettlement Service
Announces:
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The Helping Hand Drive
For New Arrivals
Can you imagine trying to pack your life into two suitcases?
Russian families arrive in our community with 2 pieces of luggage per person.
You can help provide our new Americans with basic living needs —
join the Social Action Committee of your synagogue or temple.
From September through June, the Helping Hand Drive For New
Arrivals will be collecting items for the new Americans. To make it
even easier for you to help, each participating synagogue and temple
will be a collection point for donated items.
November-Decernber
Donation Needs:
Small Appliances
(Irons, Hair Dryers, Vacuum Cleaners, Dustbusters, Etc.)
EXTEND YOUR HELPING HAND To OUR NEW AMERICANS!
For drop-off point locations, call
642-5393
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Congregation B'nai Moshe, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Congregation Shir
Tikvah, Congregation T'Chiyah, Temple Beth El, Temple Emanu•El, Temple Israel
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occurred during the Holo-
caust," according to Mr.
Krupnikov.
"While there is no political
anti-Semitism or pogroms,
grass-roots anti-Semitism ex-
ists here," according to Mr.
Krupnikov. However, there is
little or no security at Riga's
Jewish institutions.
Mr. Crane discovered that
the community is determined
to ensure that the Holocaust
not be forgotten. "They have
memorialized the Romboli
Forest (where 50,000 Jews
were killed by the Nazis in
November 1941) and the old
main synagogue, which was
set ablaze after 500 Jews were
herded into it."
Since the 1960s, Latvians
have been holding demonstra-
tions at Romboli in defiance
of Soviet authorities, accor-
ding to Mr. Krupnikov.
"Continued aid is necessary
since the Jews will be the first
to suffer if the economy
breaks down," Mr. Crane said.
"The prospects for Jews are
uncertain because there is lit-
tle economic and political
stability there," said Mr. Vic-
tor. A delegate to the Jewish
Agency Assembly in Jerusa-
lem, he said, "The Agency
already is positioned for
emergency rescue and relief
of Jews in the Commonwealth
of Independent States. But
you can't get people to leave
even one day before they are
ready."
Mr. Krupnikov shares Mr.
Victor's uncertainty about
the long-term survival of the
Jewish communities in the
former Soviet Union. "But for
the foreseeable future, there
will be a Jewish community
here, and it is up to us to
determine how strong it is."
❑
Miracle Mission
Deadline Nears
A $50 discount will be given
to those who pay the full
Miracle Mission fee, $1,993,
by Nov. 16. Although spaces
on the April 18-28 mission to
Israel have been filled, the
mission office has begun ac-
commodating participants on
the waiting list as openings
become available. Those on
the waiting list will be mov-
ed up to fill those spots on a
first-come, first-served basis.
With 1,284 persons already
signed up, the mission is the
largest from any U.S. state. It
will mark the first time that
El Al jumbo jets will land at
Detroit's Metropolitan Air-
port.
In the coming weeks, par-
ticipants will receive notices
of pre-mission informational
briefings and gatherings.
The Michigan Miracle Mis-
sion is sponsored by the
Jewish Federation of Metro-
politan Detroit in cooperation
with The Jewish News and
many congregations through-
out the state.
For information and appli-
cation, call the mission office
at Federation, 642-4260.
Travel Series
Goes To Tahiti
Southfield Cultural Arts
travel series will be 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 20 in the municipal
building.
Explore the underwater
Coral Gardens, the volcanoes,
the customs and traditions of
Tahiti. The film will visit
Bora Bora, Moorea and
Papeete.
Tickets are available at the
door; or call Marlowe
Belanger, 354-4717, for
information.
Two Mayors
Are Retiring
Jerusalem (JTA) .— The
charismatic mayors of
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv both
say they are stepping down.
Teddy Kollek, 81, and
Shlomo ("Cheech") Lahat,
65, said they will not seek
reelection next year.
Mr. Kollek has been in of
27 years and Mr. Lahat
19.
The Jerusalem mayor,
however, has agreed to
postpone his official an-
nouncement for two months
to allow the Labor Party to
choose a candidate as his
successor in the high-
visibility post.
Mr. Kollek backs his depu-
ty, Amos Mar-Haim, for the
job, which involves sensitive
relations with the Arab
population of east Jerusalem
and administration of a city
sacred to three religions.
But Labor fears Likud
might field a strong can-
didate, such as Ariel Sharon
or Ehud Olmert, who would
be hard to defeat with a
relative unknown like Mr.
Mar-Haim.
The mayor, however, made
clear to Labor leaders that
he is firm in his decision not
to run again, a spokesman
for Mr. Kollek said.
Mr. Lahat, a maverick
Likudnik, called a news con-
ference to announce he
would not seek a sixth term.