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COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM
Earl 'The Pearl" To Star
At Camp For Orthodox Youth
N
BA Hall of Famer Earl
"The Pearl" Monroe will
join the Israel Basket-
ball Academy's sports camp for
observant Jewish youth, to be
held this summer in Israel.
The camp, for boys ages 11-
17, is a six-week program fea-
turing basketball clinics and
scrimmage games. It also pro-
vides daily Torah learning and
glatt kosher meals.
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, chief
rabbi of Efrat, is rabbinic ad-
viser for the Israel Bas-
ketball Academy. He
will coordinate the
learning and Torah
atmosphere for
VIS, the camp.
The program
will depart July
5 and return
Aug. 12. It costs
$3,999, which
indudes airfare.
For information,
write Bobby Ka-
plan, camp direc-
tor, P.O. Box 817,
Monsey, NY 10952, or
call (914) 352-1175; fax
(914) 352-1252.
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Up, Up And Away
L
ooking for a new way to
see Israel?
How about from the
clouds.
Haifa is home to Israel's new
Sky Club, which has more than
160 regular members and is af-
filiated with the Federation of
Aeronautics International.
The club was started by
to take a first jump:
The Tandem Jump follows
30 minutes of instruction (don't
worry — novices are attached
to an instructor for the jump).
The Static Line Course in-
cludes three days of instruc-
tion, including classroom
learning and hands-on para-
chute folding.
The Professional Circle
businessman Ami Pili and fea-
tures a skydiving school.
"People from age 16 to 60
come here to learn to skydive,"
says instructor Mordi Elmali-
ach, who learned to skydive in
the Israeli army.
Sky Club offers three ways
The Accelerated Freefall
Course consists of six sessions
with jumps from 10,500 feet.
For information, contact
Ran Pili at the Sky Club, P.O.
Box 48268, Tel Aviv, Israel,
972-50-218367.
Snicker, Snicker
F
irst it was the Almond
Joy.
Then came M&Ms.
Now, kosher Snickers are
available in Detroit. (Is nothing
safe for the kosher dieter?)
The candy bars, the most
popular brand in the world, are
being imported from Australia
and are certified kosher by
the Mizrachi Kashrut Commit-
tee of Australia, in association
with the Chief Rabbinate of Is-
rael. They have been specially
packaged in boxes of eight
"fun-size" bars, with proceeds
benefiting YACHAD, the divi-
sion of the National Conference
M il ivah Found In Utrecht
A
msterdam (JTA) —A mikvah, or ritual Jewish bath, dat-
ing back more than 200 years may have been discovered
during excavations in the Dutch city of Utrecht.
Dutch authorities were cautious when making the announce-
ment, saying the site will need closer examination.
Jews were not allowed to reside in Utrecht until the end of the
18th century. Before then, they could trade in the markets, but
they had to leave the city before nightfall. As a result, they usu-.
ally lived in the neighboring village of Maarsesen.
When Jews were allowed to reside in Utrecht at the end of the
18th century, synagogue services were first held in a private house
at a site near where the mikvah has now been discovered.
The Fax On Halachah
T
he Halachah Hotline,
which for 10 years now
has addressed questions
about Halachah (Jewish law)
on subjects from clef to tav, , re-
cently opened a FAX line to pro-
vide written responses to
questions.
The head of the National Ha-
lachah Hotline is Rabbi Joshua
Wohlhendler, a teacher and
Talmudic scholar from
Williamsburg, N.Y.
When the hotline began,
Rabbi Wohlhendler and his col-
leagues dealt mainly with is-
sues of Jewish divorce. Today,
questions cover everything from
sitting shiva to going to the mik-
vah.
Callers may remain anony-
mous.
The FAX number is (718)
782-3645. The phone number
is (718) 963-1236.
of Synagogue Youth that
serves the developmentally dis-
abled.
The candy bars cost $3.50 a
box for two or less, or $3
for those buying three boxes
or more. For information, con-
tact Shayndee Lasson, 968-
5958.
Peace Blooms
N
eve Shalom-Wahat Al-
Salam, the Israeli com-
munity for Jews and
Arabs, will plant an olive tree in
the village for a donation of $25.
The honoree is sent a card,
and proceeds from the tree
planting and the olive oil help
support NS-WAL programs for
youth at the School For Peace
and continued
development
of the vil-
lage.
Neve
Shalom-
Wahat al-
Salam is
located mid-
way between
Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv. Founded
in 1972, it is home to
Jewish and Palest
inian families of Is-
raeli citizenship.
Ongoing projects in-
clude seminars for
administrators in
Jewish and Arab
schools, semi-
nars for
"conflict
groups"
(such as
Catholics
and Protes-
tants in North-
ern Ireland), and
leadership training
programs for Arab and
Jewish youth.
For information, con-
tact American Friends of Neve
Shalom-Wahat Al-Salam, 121
Sixth Ave. Suite 502, New York,
NY 10013, or call (212) 226-
9246.
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