Community Views Save 20%-25% -- Celebrate the rebirth of tradition during our Renaissance Sale. Today, people everywhere are enjoy- ing a renewed appreciation for the tradi- tions in their lives. Rediscovering the joys of simpler pleasures — like the entire family gathered around for dinner, or entertaining close friends in the home. Setting a warm, inviting table helps make these special times even better. And right now, during Heslop's Renaissance Sale, you'll save 20% to 25% on elegant china, crystal and silver from the.largest in-stock selection of patterns and styles anywhere. So celebrate the renaissance of tradition—at home, and at Heslop's. • SAVE 20% 25% on dinnerware. Fine china and everyday dinnerware by Block, Dansk, Fitz & Floyd, Gorham, Lenox, - Ann Arbor (313) 761-1002 Dearborn Heights (313) 274-8200 Grand Rapids (616) 957-2145 Kalamazoo (616) 327-7513 r Mikasa, Noritake, Royal Doulton, Royal Worcester, Spode, Wedgwood and more.* SAVE 20% 25% - elegant flatware. Ster- ling, silverplated, goldplated and stainless flatware by Fraser, Gorham, Mikasa, Oneida, Reed & Barton, Retroneau, Towle, Yam azaki and more.* SAVE 20% 25% on - Sale dates June 4th - 13th. •Offer may not be combined with any other discount and does not apply to previously discounted merchandise. Other restric- tions may apply. Please ask your salesperson for details. Lansing (517) 321-6261 Livonia (313) 522-1850 Novi (313) 349-8090 Okemos (517) 349-4008 Rochester (313) 375-0823 DESIGNS IN DECORATOR LAMINATES T H E D E TR O IT J E WIS H N E WS For High Quality Formica Always At A Great Discount 6 on crystal stemware. Atlantis, Gorham, Lenox, Mikasa, Noritake, Sasaki, Schott Cristal, Wedgwood and more.* SPECIALIZING IN: • Wall Units • Bedrooms • Dining Rooms • Credenzas • Tables • Offices ALSO SPECIALIZING: • Woods • Glass • Stones • Lucite Roseville (313) 293-5461 Southfield (313) 357-2122 Sterling Heights (313) 247-8111 Troy (313) 589-1433 A FATHER'S DAY HINT... DOES YOUR SPECIAL MAN HAVE A NEEDLEPOINT TAUT BAG? Accents In Needlepoint Contemporary Designs 626-3042 Rochelle tniber's Knit, Knit, Knit IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COST A FORTUNE . . . ONLY LOOK LIKE IT! CALL LOIS HARON 851-6989 Allied Member ASID 855-2114 In Orchard Mall West Bloomfield 1•111111111 — IP, Inseilim. PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS page 5 not the same. History (upper case H), derived from critical analysis of documents and events, strives for objectivity. Memory (or history, lower case h), derived from person- al and individual histories, evokes emotion and subjec- tivity from the past. One without the other renders an unbalanced past and an in- adequate grasp of its mean- ing. Historians do not obsess over the Holocaust. Remem- bering is not necessarily ob- sessing. To the extent that it is possible, we examine, ana- lyze and interpret it. The Holocaust, paradoxically, must not be perceived as sim- ple; no word can be spoken about it without controversy. Its complexity, and the gen- eral failure to recognize it as the antithesis of simple, has driven some, like Primo Levi, to suicide. The U.S. Holocaust Memo- rial Museum refuses to re- duce the Holocaust. It combines memory with his- tory; and it will draw visitors, as do all the national muse- ums. Part of its memory, along with the breathtaking tower of photographs, stems from the haunting and im- passioned final exhibit, the one hour and 15 minute film, Testimony. Of the 18 or so survivors on , the film, four — Agi Rubin, Ruth Webber, Stefa Kupfer and Emanuel Tanay — are from Detroit. Their poetic grace personifies the integri- ty of the whole museum. Tes- timony, remarkably life- affirming, presents visions of Jewish life before, during and after the Holocaust. It in- duces in viewers the essence of the Holocaust: loss; yet it insistently exhorts us to hon- estly acknowledge an am- bivalent attitude of the survivors, painful yet tri- umphant. "When you come to the mu- seum," says one of them, "re- member that these things...were our precious possessions, our memories." And another, recalling liber- ation, when he was lifted delirious from a boxcar, re- lates the words of his rescuer: "Don't be afraid. I'm not go- ing to kill you. I'm an Amer- ican." Non-Jewish producerSan- dra Bradley demonstrated re- markable sensitivity, skill and depth in her interviews and composition of the pro- gram. She won the hearts of the survivors and then of all those who have and will watch the film. Those in Detroit who have expressed uninformed or jad- ed opinions about this new in- stitution in Washington ought first to examine their sources and their motives. We cannot maintain that the Holocaust must be recognized by the greater world and then insist that its implications only apply to Jews. This mu- seum has accomplished the task of revealing how and why the paradox of unique- ness and universality can complement each other through the careful blending /‘ of memory and history. That history stands as a warning to all human beings, just as the Jefferson Memorial, the first thing one sees upon ex- iting the museum, represents hope for all of us. Some of us would like to share our experiences of the Washington museum with others in the community, Sunday, June 6, at the CHAIM (Children of Holo- caust Survivors in Michigan) sponsored program at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, beginning at 10:30 a.m.1=1 Israel Accepted On Committee United Nations (JTA) — In another milestone in Israel's slow road toward a normal role in the United Nations, Israel has for the first time been accepted as a member of one of the world body's committees. The United Nations Corn- mittee on Information decid- ed, without a formal vote, to accept Israel's application for membership. That approval requires confirmation from the Gen- eral Assembly, which is ex- pected when that body reconvenes in the fall. Oppo- sition was voiced by some Arab countries. The information corn- mittee oversees the world body's publicity offices and 18 information centers, worldwide. On this corn- mittee, unlike most other U.N. panels, there is no limit to the number members, and seats are not assigned on a regional basis. Those requirements have excluded Israel from joining < committees, among them the Security Council, because the Arab states have prevented it from joining the Asian regional caucus. Israel's efforts to be ac- ) cepted into the Western Eu--/\ ropean and Others group have not yet been successful, despite prodding from the United States. France and England re- main opposed to Israel join- ing their regional group.