•• • COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM idy k' d Di (0, I . Lana Harkavi counts among her clients Demi Moore, Cindy Crawford and Diana Ross. None of them, however, comes for a consultation on Saturday. Mrs. Harkavi is the founder and president of Il Makiage, a New York makeup business established in 1972. She also is shomer Shab- bat, which means even clients like Cindy Craw- ford have to wait, no matter how desperate they may be for advice on where to put that rosy- pink blush. A native of Tel Aviv, Mrs. Harkavi introduced her first cosmetics line in the 1970s. She cre- ated everything from new colors to new tex- tures, as well as a pure henna now available in 13 different shades. Today, she not only offers a complete make- up line, but is the author of T11 Make You Beau- tiful and the head of the Il Makiage beauty 1 All ye nis Isr li school, which trains makeup and hair stylists from around the world. Mrs. Harkavi spent her early years touring the world as a professional dancer. Then she moved to the United States and, fascinated by transformations that could be made with make- up, she planned to become a special-effects makeup artist for film. She quickly found work at theaters throughout Europe, then returned in 1970 to New York, where she founded Il Makiage. For a catalog, call Il Makiage, 1-800-722- 1011. • • • Tztatimit Ifois Fowl OR/C/Ns I •• • • • • • • • • • II ) to • udapest (JTA) The Hungarian Jew- ish community leadership met late last month with Israeli officials to -,-., discuss importing kosher poultry to the -, Jewish needy in Hungary. The Israelis agreed that 20,000 "chickens will be sent next year for the Jewish Hospital, the Orthodox Jew- ••• ish school and the Day Care Center for ' Elderly Jews. Some 2,500 Jews in Hungary need kosher food, though no kosher slaughter- ers work there. 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • PelesT Zoins SpeeTvs fackATy • • • ather Waldemar Chrostowski, of the Academy of Catholic • f Theology in Warsaw, will serve as visiting professor at Chicago's Spertus College for Judaic Studies in winter 1994. Father Chrostowski's appointment marks the first time a Polish priest will teach at an American institution of higher •• • Jewish learning. • A key figure in the development of Polish-Jewish dialogue in • • Poland and abroad, Father Chrostowski will teach courses on Jewish-Christian relations. He is founder of the Polish Coun- • cil of Christians and Jews, the Israel-Polish Friendship Society • and the Foundation for the Commemoration of Victims of So Auschwitz-Birkenau. •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Marlier Recalls Survivors he American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors is offering a special marker to be placed on graves of survivors. Cast in solid bronze and measuring 5x7 inches, the mark- er is shaped like a Star of David entwined in barbed wire. It bears the words "Holocaust survivor" and may be attached to new or existing tombstones. Markers cost $50 each and may be ordered through the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, 122 W. 30th St., New York, NY 10001. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • T Study Finds Texts Filled With Distortions About Jews new study, conducted by the Washington-based American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), finds that high-school texts are "filled with egregious factual errors and specious analyses regarding Middle Eastern and Jewish history." "Rewriting History in Textbooks" examined 18 of the most widely used world and American history texts. It shows that anti-Israel bias is usually a result of factual inaccuracy, oversimpli- fication, omission and distortion. Common errors include getting dates of events wrong, blaming Israel for wars that were a result of Arab provocation, perpetuating the myth of Islamic tolerance of Jews, minimizing the Jewish aspect of the Holocaust, and suggesting that Israel is the obsta- cle to peace. One of the most flagrant examples oc- curring in more than one book is the failure to mention that Syria and Egypt launched a surprise attack against Israel in 1973 on Yom Kippur, ac- cording to AICE Executive Director Mitchell Bard. "The best way to correct the bias in textbooks is for parents to take an active role by examining the books their children are being assigned," Dr. Bard said. "If they know or suspect that Jewish history is being dis- torted, they should protest to the school, school board and publisher." A •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • But Can Thep Get It On Mars2 H elp has arrived for Jews living in far-off locations who are interested in learning more about their heritage. It comes in the form of a new program that uses modern technology to aid the study of Ju- daism and Jewish subjects. World Connection Jewish Learning Pro- gram will offer the opportu- nity to find learning partners through Internet, an exten- sive system of computer net- works that operates worldwide. World Connection is sponsored by Project Gene- sis, the Campus Movement for Jewish Renewal, in con- junction with the New York Israel Project of the New York State Education and Research Network. Access to World Connection • • is possible through any num- • ber of computer systems utilizing electronic mail. "We will be able to help partici- pants find partners with whom they can discuss a par- ticular area, work of Jewish philosophy, or even a talmu- dic tractate; and it doesn't matter whether she's a busy student in New York City or he's the only Jew at his uni- versity in Finland," said pro- gram director Rabbi Kenneth Menken. For information, contact Project Genesis, 39 Jacaruso Dr., Spring Valley, NY 10977, or call (914) 356-3040.