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visit, they bought a door harp
made by a young couple who
say they are the first harp mak-
ers in Israel since the time of
King David. (On days that
aren't especially busy, the
owner will play her harp for vis-
itors.) The couple also makes
larger harps, which the Israeli
government gives to visiting
dignitaries.
"My father saw an ad for the
store, then he went on a hunt
for it," Miss Katz recalls. Finally
he found it — Harrari Harps —
down hidden alleys off Zion
Square in Jerusalem.
The Bernard children call
their parents' home "the Jew-
ish museum."
Henri and Anaruth Ber-
nard are consummate collec-
tors of Israeli art. Ms. Bernard
insists she does it strictly for the
Israeli economy. "Of course, my
husband says I do that very
generously," she says.
The Bernards, who live in
Southfield, made their first trip
to Israel in 1970. They have re-
turned many times since, al-
ways bringing back gifts "with
meaning."
One of Ms. Bernard's favorite
purchases is a pillow made by
Bukharan women, who sell
their handicrafts at a co-op
called Kuzari. The Bernards'
pillow is mauve with pink, pur-
ple, black and rust embroidery.
Pillows may be custom-made
and are "absolutely affordable,"
Ms. Bernard says.
She also owns several pieces
of olive wood painted in vibrant
blues, greens and golds, and a
unique mezuzah, made by a for-
mer American actor who has
since become observant and
now resides in Jerusalem. The
wooden mezuzah is attached at
the bottom by a small wire, but
is suspended at the top (held in
place with magnets). "Just
when you think everything has
been done..." says Ms. Bernard,
a private money manager.
The Bernards have returned
from Israel with a rug, with
tablecloths woven by the blind,
with a paper cut by Luba Bar-
Menachem, and with a sketch
of Ruth. The artist told the
Bernards the figure is based on
a woman she saw riding on the
bus.
Mrs. Bernard has an "Israel
Shopping Guide" she gives to
friends who have had all of the
"JerUSAlem" T-shirts and Old
City earrings they can take. Her
list includes the name of Isaac
Levy of Jerusalem, who makes
"outstanding" pearl jewelry;
Sarah Einstein, who utilizes
bits and pieces of precious stone
to create one-of-a-kind jewelry;
and Yad T,akashish, a workshop
and giftshop for crafts made by
the elderly.
Among those especially
eager to see the Bernards
when they return home are
the employees at the office of
Dr. Bernard, an ophthamol-
ogist.
The Bernards always
bring a small gift for each of
the workers, who have been
so impressed with the Dead
Sea hand creams or illumi-
nated note cards that they
frequently ask the couple,
"So, when are you going
back?"
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ham knew from the moment
she saw it that she wanted the
painting.
She was in Israel in 1969, on
a trip with her late husband
that included stops in Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem and Haifa. They
stopped in a gallery, where Mrs.
Sasson saw a work by Nachum
Guttman. It was blue and
soothing, she says, an abstract
of a sailboat in a harbor.
Today, the piece hangs in
Mrs. Sasson's office at Allen
Home Health Care, where she
serves as director of community
relations.
Mrs. Sasson has lived in
many cities since that first trip
to Israel, so she is very familiar
with the cleaning and throwing
away that inevitably accompa-
nies moving.
"A lot of my things have come
and gone," she says. "But I've
always had this."
Leslie Katz, a senior at
Michigan State University, re-
turned from her junior year
abroad at Hebrew University
in Jerusalem with a dreidel she
says she simply couldn't resist:
It bears the letters nun, gimmel,
hey, peh, for "Nes gadol haya
po," a great miracle happened
here (dreidels from everywhere
else read "Nes gadol haya
sham," a great miracle hap-
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