GLE JEWISH MOTHERS: don't need to search Ind this piece! Institute for Single Jewish Mothers Are you making a Seder for your family for the first time? Would you and your family like to join another family for Passover? Would you like to join some other single Jewish mothers and their children to make a Seder? Now I break the middle matzah and conceal one half as the afikoman. Later we will share it, as in days of old the Passover offering itself was shared at this service in Jerusalem. Among people everywhere, sharing of bread • forms a bond of fellowship." Will you be alone for Seder this year? The Institute for Single Jewish Mothers ■ provide you with resources and instruction to make your own Seder ■ match you alone or with your children with another family for Seder ■ arrange for small groups of single Jewish mothers and children to have a Seder together Please call and let us know your needs by March 17. by phoning us at 354-1050 and ask for the Institute for Single Jewish Mothers. ESTHER'S PASSOVER SELECTION 6t hers *J[10111C11 GIFrWORLD Inside Crosswinds Mall Orchard Lake at Lone Pine (810) 932-3377 One of 60 Different Seder Plates to Choose From LU YOU NAME IT ESTHER'S HAS IT! LU i-- LU Matzos (Handmade round "Shmura Matzos") Will Ship One Pound Anywhere in USA for $16.50 • Haggadot • Seder Plates • Kiddush-cup/Wine Goblet • Matzo Covers • Passover Books • Cookbooks • Games • Songs • Videos • Candlesticks U1 58 Complimentary gift-wrapping. We ship worldwide. Hours: Sun. 10:30-5:30; Mon., Tues. 9:30-6:00; Wed. 9:30-7:00; Thurs. 9:30-8:00; Fri. 9:30-2:30; Closed Saturday Conference Urges Attack On Racism Strasbourg, France (JTA) — More than 100 participants from Europe and North • America convened at the Palace of Europe here last week to attend an interna- tional conference on racial intolerance. The conference, called "Europe Versus In- tolerance," was held March 3 and 4 and was co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, the Council of Europe and the Foundation of European Science and Culture. The Council of Europe rep- resents 32 nations of Western, Central and East- ern Europe, making it more broad-based than the Euro- pean Union, which is com- posed only of Western Euro- pean countries. During his introductory speech, AJCommittee Presi- dent Alfred Moses noted that it was the work of interna- tional bodies, national governments, communal organizations and in- dividuals to combat racism and xenophobia. "In recent years the AJC has commissioned a number of attitude surveys in various countries in Europe, including the former Soviet Union," Mr. Moses said. "The picture is one of gen- erally high levels of anti- e Semitism both in countries where Jews are still present in significant numbers and in countries where Jewish communities hardly exist. The general level of xenophobia is dangerously high," he explained. "By narrowly defining the nation to include only those who are ethnically and re- ligiously pure, all others are excluded. In all cases Jews and Gypsies are excluded, but, depending on the coun- try, also excluded are Catholics, Moslems and Protestants and 'foreign' na- tionalities without distinc- tion. "The lesson of the past is that individuals do make a difference. Organizations do make a difference. But it is to governments that we must look and hold accoun- table for enacting and enfor- cing laws that protect minorities, civil rights and religious freedom, and it is to international bodies that we must look to oppose xenophobia and extreme na- tionalism that operate across international borders," he said. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel told the gather- ing that more progress has been made in the sciences than in ethics or philosophy. "Brains go faster than hearts. One word defines the fear felt by our contem- poraries. It's 'intolerance.' It threatens all that civiliza- tion acquired in the past 5,000 years," said Mr. Wiesel. "Political fanaticism has succeeded the religious fanaticism of the Middle Ages. The Europe we know, the Europe we wish for, is in danger of falling victim to intolerance, to violence resulting from it and to in- difference stemming from it. "I must ask for your forgiveness if I express my- self with some skepticism: Alfred Moses: Work involves everyone. Culture is not always an armor against brutality and hatred. The only remedy I know is memory. Let us recall to all today the evil and the misery that in- tolerance brought down yes- terday on mankind. Then, hope will be justified," said Mr. Wiesel. In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Catherine Lalumiere, secre- tary-general of the Council of Europe, spoke of the organization's moral com- mitment. "Since our inception in 1949, our mission has been to build Europe, to gather all peoples of Europe. But from the beginning our founders stated that Europe should be erected on the values of a pluralistic democracy and respect for human rights," she said.