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Israeli Culture
At Dearborn Hotel
JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER
Jeff Kaye
if
isiting the Ritz-Carlton
in Dearborn next week
should be a lot like trav-
eling to Israel.
As part of the 1994 Interna-
tional Cultural Festival, spon-
sored by the Ritz-Carlton and
Ford Motor Company, begin-
ning Feb. 15, the hotel will host
a variety of Israeli cultural
events, including food and
dance.
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"Every year we try to pick
a few new countries," said Lin-
da Jennings, director of pub-
lic relations at the
Ritz-Carlton. "The decision to
include Israel in the festival
was based on suggestions
from our customers and staff.
This community has great
ties to Israel."
The economic minister to
North America for the gov-
ernment of Israel, Giora S.
Meyuhas, is slated at the
festival to discuss business
trends as they relate to the
Detroit-area and Israel.
Also on the agenda for Is-
rael week: Jeff Kaye, the
community shaliach, will
discuss the cultural side of
doing business in Israel; the
bra Aviv Israeli Folk Dance
Troupe will perform and Israel-
native Dalia Wasserberg's art-
work will be on display.
During International Cul-
tural Festival, which lasts sev-
en weeks, food and culture from
various countries are high-
lighted. So far, Germany,
Japan, India and Brazil have
been featured. France and Italy
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2 45 Of loyalty
5 spoons of hope
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3 cups of forgiveness
4 quarts of faith
1 cup of friendship
1 barrel of laughter
Take love and loyalty,
mix it thoroughly with faith.
Blend it with tenderness,
kindness and understanding.
Add friendship and hope,
sprinkle abundantly with laughter.
bake it with sunshine.
Serve daily with generous helpings.
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Cabinet Decision
Hits El Al Airlines
Tel Aviv (JTA) — A decision
by the Israeli Cabinet to lib-
eralize aviation policies will
mean good news for tourists,
but bad news for El Al
Airlines.
The Cabinet this week
unanimously approved an
"open skies" policy for
flights to and from Israel
that was proposed by
Transportation Minister
Yisrael Kessar.
The new policy, whose goal
is to increase tourism to
Israel, will cause the nation-
al carrier, El Al, to face in-
creased competition from
other airlines.
Under the new regula-
tions, to go into effect on
March 1, El Al's guaranteed
share of passenger traffic
will decrease from 50 per-
cent to 40 percent, with for-
eign carriers taking up the
remaining traffic.
Mr. Kessar said that as a
result of the new policy, El
Al would have to become
more efficient in order to
compete with the many
airlines that want to fly to
Israel.
The new regulations will
also permit greater flexibil-
ity for both scheduled flights
and charters to add flights
during increased travel sea-
sons and will reduce to 20
the minimum number of
passengers needed to estab-
lish a group fare.
The regulations were in-
tended to reduce travel costs
by increasing competition
among air carriers.
But El Al is expected to
call on the government to pay
an increased share for security-
related costs. 0
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