If you hunger to make a difference you'll find . : Januar %,,. . ___.. .,. . ._ a veritable banquet. It's the first community-wide Social Action Day, to be held /4 l•• •• from 1-5pm at the Maple- •.• I. \ r. Drake Jewish Community Center. More than 30 social service agencies will come together for one purpose: to show how you can help the homeless, the abused, and the environment-basically, how you can make a difference. Plus, author Danny Siegel will be on hand to discuss the value of community service. The cost ..,...,,„.„....,......__,.....,_,....„,__...z.....,..........,.. to partake is one can of food. - tunity which awaits you, that's a pretty small price to pay. - r SOCIAL ACTION D A y CLUARY 9, 1994 s•, . More than just luxury.. elegance! Only wegive you both! DoralAtesort AND COUNTR Y CLUB MIAMI, FLORIDA Dorrelterrgperd * * (4.-A ET WriStiLa 114( WretkviStON For over 15 years the leader , in ctooleet PeaSover holidays CADILLAC TRAVEL UNIVERSAL KOSHER TOURS I 19 N. ParicAvc Ruckvilk (.::rwe. 11570 (516) 766-5140 800 - 221 - 2791 Art at new heights. 203 E. Maple • Birmingham • MI • 647-4007 — Find It All In The Jewish News Classifieds Call 354-5959 Giulio Andreotti, who push- ed legislation through the Italian Parliament to help fund the Russian translation of the Talmud. "Let my people know," Rabbi Steinsaltz's favorite phrase, was repeated throughout the evening. It is his personal take of Moses' call to Pharaoh to "let my people go." In this modern instance, says Rabbi Steinsaltz, it re- fers to the delivery of the Russian Jews from religious oblivion. It also expresses his desire to educate all Jew- ish people. Rabbi Steinsaltz, born a secular Jew to socialist parents, has been working about 25 of his 56 years on the Talmud. The head of the Israel Institute of Talmudic Publications in Jerusalem, he talks about his yearning for the unity of the Jewish people. ❑ Sunk Ship Imperils Fishing To register call 810-642-5393 PASSOVER FROM OUR FAMILY. . .TO YOUR FAMILY New York (JTA) — Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz of Israel, a world- renowned Talmudic scholar who amazed the scholarly and religious world by translating the Babylonian Talmud into modern Hebrew and Eng- lish, is again in the limelight with his translation of the first volume of the Jerusalem Talmud into Rus- sian. The undertaking is un- precedented and allows access now to a people who ..Considering the feast of oppor- f' Co sponsored by Social Action Committee Council, Jewish Community Council & The Jewish News. Ad created by WB. boner & Company Steinsaltz Translation Has New Appeal Adin Steinsaltz: Work is unprecedented. have been religiously cut off from their Jewish religious roots for most of this cen- tury. On Nov. 22, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, a sponsor of the Steinsaltz Yeshiva in Moscow —officially known as the Judaic Studies Center — and a major benefactor of Jewish education in the former Soviet Union and throughout the world, hosted a reception at the United Nations in recogni- tion of Rabbi Steinsaltz's ac- complishment. Ambassador Milton Wolf, president of the JDC, pre- sented ambassadors Yuli Vorontsov of Russia and Gad Yaacobi of Israel with copies of the first volume of the work. The ambassador of Italy, Francesco Paulo Fulci, an honored invitee, was unable to attend. One of Rabbi Steinsaltz's friends and disciples is a former Italian prime min- ister and foreign minister, Tel Aviv (JTA) — Fishermen at the port of Ashdod have complained that peace ac- tivist Abie Nathan sank his Voice of Peace floating radio station in an area that imperils fishing waters. Israel's Environment Min- istry said it would in- vestigate to determine whether the ship, which Mr. Nathan sank Nov. 28, had been sunk at an authorized location. When Mr. Nathan first announced that he would stop broadcasting because he could no longer afford to maintain the vessel at sea, he said he had obtained permission from the au- thorities to sink it off the Tel Aviv shore, opposite the site from which, for more than two decades. Mr. Nathan made a last- minute agreement with then Tel Aviv Mayor Shlomo Lahat not to sink the Voice of Peace, when Mr. Lahat said he had found a spot on the Tel Aviv shore where the ship could be beached and turned into a museum. Mr. Nathan accordingly sailed the ship to Ashdod un- til suitable arrangements could be made but ultimate- ly decided to lay the ship to rest "gracefully. ❑