Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
MORREY & SUSAN KATZ
BARBARA & CHARLES TOBIAS
IRVING & PEARL WEINGARDEN
HEAVENLY HAVEN YOGURT
& ICE CREAM SHOP
lanDrI ralz
TINY'?
won nalz mr?
to all
our friends
and relatives.
to all
our friends
and relatives.
RONNA, KEN, ROBYN &
AARON KING
THE KRITZERS
LARRY, FAY, MELISSA
& SAMANTHA
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
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to all
our friends
and relatives.
to all
our friends
and relatives.
NATHAN & SONIA NOTHMAN
SAM & MICKIE ORECHKIN
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
GERRY & BILL WARREN
formerly of Farmington Hills, MI
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
HOWARD'S BEAUTY SUPPLY
THE SILVERMANS-HOWARD, DEBBIE, JASON, NEIL & STEVEN
and Family.
DR. ARNOLD & DIANE GARTNER
JESSICA & JOSEPH
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
ARYANA, OLGA &
THE STAFF OF L'ARYOLA SALON
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends,
and Family.
MR. & MRS. SOL AMSEL & LARRY
Families and Clients.
ILENE BERKE & THE STAFF OF BERKLEY TOURS
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May the New Year Bring
To All Our Patients —
May the New Year Bring
To All Our Friends
Health,
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life.
and Family — Health,
FARMINGTON PHYSICAL
THERAPY, P.C.
LUIS KAHANOVSKY, P.T., DIRECTOR
ELANA SNAP
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
ROBERT MORRIS REALTORS
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
Russia To Israel
By Bicycle
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life.
CINDY & CAL MOSS
MOSS PLUMBING COMPANY
0
nce the decision has
been made and the
papers processed, a
new immigrant from
Russia can, after a smooth,
direct flight of no more than
five hours, find himself bid-
ding farewell to the Aeroflot
flight attendant and saying
Shalom to his new home in
Israel. Alexander Papir and
family did it differently.
With his wife and two
young children following in
their sturdy Soviet-made
Niva jeep, Mr. Papir traveled
the long, mountainous route
from St. Petersburg to
Jerusalem by bicycle. Loaded
only with emotional baggage,
their aim was to visit Jewish
communities in nine coun-
tries en route and learn what
they could about Jewish life
there. "Unlike my five cycling
companions, my family and I
left Russia not knowing what
affect the experience would
have on our future: Would we
return or would Jerusalem
be our new home?" and 2,000
kilometers later, Alexander,
Valentina, Ghenia, 11, and
Gleb, 8, finally made it to
Jerusalem — to stay.
Full of anecdotes and im-
pressions of their adventure,
the bearded, energetic,
46-year-old Mr. Papir, owner
of a flourishing construction
business in Russia, tells why
they made the trip. "I felt an
increasing need for first-hand
knowledge of my Jewish
roots. Neither my parents nor
grandparents identified with
Judaism or any aspect of
Jewish tradition. I wanted my
sons to have the educational
experience."
The group was given a rous-
ing send-off at the imposing
St. Petersburg synagogue by
a crowd of well-wishers and
Maccabi World Union (an in-
ternational Jewish sports
organization) representatives,
who, together with the
American Joint Distribution
Committee, helped organized
the bicycle tour. "Even after
a solemn trumpet solo
marked the start of the
journey, none of us quite
believed we were really leav-
ing for Jerusalem," says Mr.
Papir.
"Our first stop was the war
memorial in the town of
Pushkin, just 20 kilometers
from St. Petersburg.- His
voice wavers, "The inscription
on the small monument read,
In memory of 100,000 Soviet