%u are cordially invited to attend The Agency for Jewish Education 75th Annual Meeting in celebration of aevoish education honoring Mandell L. Berman Why Sen. William Cohen Is Really Out Of This World ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR Q: What is chalav YisraeR A: Chalav Yisrael, literally Dmitri Shostakovich (1906- 1975), once a deputy for the "milk of Israel" or "Jewish milk," Supreme Soviet, said in his auto- is milk whose production has biography Testimony, "I often test been overseen by a Jewish su- a person by his attitude toward pervisor. Jews. In our day and age, any Because Jews often lived in person with pretensions of countries decency cannot be anti- where resi- Semitic. This seems so dents con- obvious that it doesn't need saying, but I've had to argue the point for at least 30 years." Shostakovich, whose works include with the ME Lffetitne Achievement in Jewish Education Award withguest speaker Charles R. Bronfman, P.C., C.C. Monday, June 13, 1994 at 7:30 pan. Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road, Southfield 31Leeting and Program at 7:30 p.m. Dessert reception at 9:15 p.m. Chairman Dr. Conrad L. Giles Honorary Chairmen Dr. Irving A. Smokier • Sylvia lwrey J or more information call (810) 354-105 0 x-A-7 AE L- vx To chalav Yisrael or not to chalav Yisrael. sumed milk from non-kosher animals, such as horses, the rab- bis mandated that milk and dairy products must be kosher. Most rabbis have ruled that when Jews live in a society where the gentiles themselves are care- ful about drinking unadulterated cows' milk, Jews may consume such milk without kashrut supervision. In this country, all states strictly regulate the production and sale of milk, and consumers can be certain the milk they buy — unless otherwise stated — comes from cows only. Nonetheless some Jews, most of them Lubavitch, do continue to require chalav Yisrael super- vision, so the additional heksher can be seen on some kosher dairy products. pieces based on Jewish folk mu- sic, at one point "broke with even good friends if I saw that they had any anti-Semitic tendencies." Other Russian composers who condemned anti-Semitism: Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Rims- ki-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov. NEWS WEEKLY WORLD Q: Are any Jewish senators really space aliens? A: Thank goodness we in the Jewish community have been spared this terrible problem run- ning rampant throughout the United States. The Weekly World News re- ports this week that 12 U.S. sen- ators are in fact space aliens. "It's all true," Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, told the pres- tigious journal. "We are space aliens. I'm amazed that it's taken you so long to find out." "As chairman of the Senate In- telligence Committee, I am quite distressed," added Sen. Dennis DeConcini of Arizona. "My highly classified cover has been blown." The list comprises men and women, Republicans and Demo- crats, Northerners and South- erners — but no Jews. But there remains cause for concern. Among the identified space aliens: Sen. William Cohen of Maine. Sen. Cohen is the son of a Jew- ish father and gentile mother, and a member of the Unitarian Church. His extraterrestrial ori- gin is still unknown. Send questions to "Tell Me Why" c I o The Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Rd., Southfield, MI 48034 Shocking confessions rock nation's capital 12 U.S. SENATORS ARE SPACE ALIENS! Q: Were any of the leading Soviet composers outspoken on the subject of Jews? A: Unfortunately, a number of , 41 them — like Mili Balakirev — were quite anti-Semitic. x.0C, GISte.ic - • • Agency for Jewish Education A Beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit 4.0 13.11t One of the former Soviet Union's greatest composers, how- ever, was a friend to the Jewish community and lifelong sup- porter of Jewish interests and human rights. 'America's destiny is being shaped by entities who aren't even human,' says expert Minute girl heals the sick DRACULA'S i College student killed with the touch of her !midi SKULL FOUND!! ann•wrestling whine! America's most distinguished weekly spills the beans on William Cohen. rat K