COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM
Jewish Star Trek
You Audit Know This Good News
London-based organiza-
tion is hoping some
els and adventurers
from around the world will be
able to raise funds to help re-
settle immigrants from the for-
mer Soviet Union.
The One to One Trek has
been working for more than 25
years on behalf of Russian Jews.
Its latest campaign, "From
Mount Sinai to the Promised
Land," will be held Nov. 19-27
and aims to raise money for
Russian-Jewish children, se-
niors and one-parent families
making aliyah.
The five-day trek aboard
camel begins with a climb up
Mount Sinai to see the sunrise.
It's followed by a five-day jour-
ney that traces the biblical path
of the children of Israel.
Trekkers will sleep under the
stars and eat meals around the
campfire. The program will con-
clude with a day of rest at the
Hilton in Taba.
Participants will be required
to pay a registration fee and
raise funds for Russian reset-
tlement. For information, con-
tact The One to One Trek,
Pannell House, 779/781 Finch-
ley Rd., London NW11 8DN.
mpire Kosher Poultry
is no chicken when it
comes to dealing with
as tortuous an occasion as tax
time.
For the second year in a
row, Empire is offering a free
chicken to anyone who sends
a copy of his audit notice to
the company's Mifflintown,
Penn., headquarters.
"Above all, the
tax-paying Amer-
ican must remem-
ber buck, buck,
buck, buck re-
ceipts, buck,
buck,
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Taking A Bite
Out Of Tourism
erusalem (JTA) — Israel has a new
tourist attraction: men doing bat-
tle with crocodiles.
The scene of the unusual gladiatori-
al contests is a kibbutz at the southern
tip of the Golan range, Hamat Gader,
which has been raising crocodiles — both as a
tourist attraction and for their hides — for sev-
eral years.
Taking notice of similar ventures abroad, the kibbutz de-
cided that Israelis would enjoy the sight of specially trained
men pitting themselves against the toothy reptiles.
The measure drew a slew of complaints. Envi-
ronment Minister Yossi Sarid said the contests, if
not actually cruel to the animals, cer-
tainly cause them discomfort. Local an-
imal rights activists petitioned the courts,
which ruled in favor of the kibbutz.
Mr. Sarid has since appealed to the kib-
butz — so far to no avail — to desist from
what he terms "unnecessary violence in a
society that has quite enough without this
tasteless display."
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Building
Israel's Flag
Brick By
Lego Brick
T
el Aviv (WZPS) — Is-
rael's Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin is set next
week to place the last brick in
a flag quite unlike any Israel
has ever seen.
The flag, being built entire-
ly of Legos, will stand 18x13
feet when completed and com-
prise 350,000 bricks. It will be
displayed at the Tel Aviv Mu-
seum, in honor of Israel's 46th
Independence Day.
The bricks will be purchased
for $2 apiece from various
groups, with proceeds benefit-
ting the nonprofit organization
Nitzan ("bud" in Hebrew)
for the Advancement of
Children and Adults with
Learning Disabilities. The mon-
ey will provide diagnosis and
treatment for the 6,500 chil-
dren who attend Nitzan's 32
branches.
The flag project began in
1993 and was designed at Lego
headquarters in Denmark. Clal
Marketing and Commerce, the
sole distributer of Lego in Is-
rael, has committed $100,000
to the project.
etroit's own Specs
Howard has just com-
pleted a new documen-
tary focusing on the private
lives of those nice Jewish boys,
the Three Stooges.
"Stooges: The Men Behind
the Mayhem" is a 48-minute
documentary featuring footage
and recordings on the Stooges'
personal lives. It includes in-
terviews with Lila Fine (Larry's
sister) and Jane Hanky (Curly's
daughter), among others.
Specs Howard alumnus Bill
Hunt served as executive pro-
ducer of the documentary, with
Paul Gierucki as director.
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Where Heaven And Earth Touch
C
hildren's rock-and-roll su-
perstar Craig Taubman
of Craig 'n Company has
just released a new recording,
Where Heaven and Earth
Touch, 10 songs that explore
the Jewish lifecycle.
Among the pieces on Where
Heaven and Earth Touch are
"Ayeshet Chayil" (A Virtuous
Woman); "Wandering," which
welcomes Soviet Jews; and
"Hamakom" (The Place), a song
to comfort mourners.
Mr. Taubman has been per-
forming for more than 10 years.
His other albums, on the Dis-
ney label, include "Rock 'n To-
gethef' and "Rock 'n Toontown,"
which has guest appearances
by Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
A resident of Los Angeles,
Mr. Taubman is the founding
director of Yad B'Yad, a teen
performing arts program, and
recently appeared at a chil-
dren's concert at the White
House.
The Craig 'n Company tapes
are available at the Disney
Store, Sam Goody and Tower
Records. Heaven and Earth
may be ordered through Sweet
Louise Productions, P.O. Box
6061-115, Sherman Oaks, CA
91423.
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Stems
buck, buck, buck, oh yes and
buuuccckkk buck buck," said
a spokesman for Empire.
But there's more.
Those who pass their audit
without owing any further
money can receive a free
kosher turkey as part of the
Empire "sympathy swap."
Send copies of audit
notices to H&R Chicken, do
Empire Kosher Poultry, P.O.
Box 165,
Mifflin-
town, PA
17059.
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Craig Taubman