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Or, the truly stressed-out indi- vidual — the one who looks like cartoon characters after they've been hit by dynamite — can plan an entire day of Soothing rest. Visitors to the clinic in- clude everyone from profes- sional athletes to teachers to dentists to hairdressers (the latter two comprising a large portion of the clientele. The owners suggest this is be- cause both groups are gen- ernlly on their feet all day). Though their business is relaxation, Ms. Parker and Mr. Stutz say even they like to get away from work for awhile. Ms. Parker likes go- ing to movies and being out- doors. Mr. Stutz prefers a vigor- ous 40-minute walk each day, "with our dog." "Excuse me," his wife in- terrupts. "That's his dog." ❑ Reform Challenges Conversion Satute Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel's Reform movement filed a petition with the nation's Supreme Court on Feb. 23 in the hope of winning state recognition of Reform con- versions to Judaism per- formed in Israel. The Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel joined forces to challenge the Interior Min- istry's refusal to accept the validity of such conversions. The petitioners expect a protracted battle in what they describe as a con- tinuous effort to promote re- ligious pluralism in Israel, saying the case cuts to the heart of the issue for both sides. "What is at stake is whether Orthodoxy is going to have a monopoly over the definition of Judaism and Jewish status in Israel," said Uri Regev, head of the Reform movement's Re- ligious Action Center. The appeal challenges the claim by the Orthodox- controlled Chief Rabbinate that it has jurisdiction over conversion when it comes to state registration of religion. That, said Regev, is a civil matter. The petitioners say the ruling could have broad implications for an increas- ing number of non-Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union seeking non- Orthodox conversions here. The same parties won a landmark Supreme Court appeal in 1989 that required the government to grant citizenship under the Law of Return to non-Orthodox converts who immigrating to Israel. The Jerusalem District Court upheld another appeal of theirs only last week, ordering the Orthodox- controlled Interior Ministry to recognize as Jews all Israelis who undergo Reform conversions outside Israel. Regev said the aim of the new petition is to ensure the same religious rights for Israelis as those of new im- migrants. The petition was filed on behalf of Chava Passero Goldstein, who was born in Brazil and converted to Judaism under the supervi- sion of a Reform rabbinical court in Israel. The Interior Ministry has denied her re- quest for citizenship under the Law of Return. Abbas Hamadei Will Be Freed Bonn (JTA) — Abbas Hamadei, a Lebanese sentenced in Germany to 13 years in jail for terrorist acts, is expected to be releas- ed and deported from Ger- many next summer, seven years ahead of schedule, the German Press Agency re- ported. The planned release is re- portedly part of a deal work- ed out last year to secure the release of two Germans who had been held hostage for three years in Lebanon and were released last summer, the German agency said. Officials sources have not neither confirmed nor de- nied the report.