ADL Honor
ISRAEL DIGEST
Specially compiled by The Jerusalem Post
Southfield businessman is named a life honorary
national commissioner.
STEVE STEIN STAFF WRITER
t has been an eventful sum- ty and the civil rights of Jews
mer for businessman Harold around the world."
The idea which launched the
Jaffa. The 71-year-old founder
of the Financial Investment ADL was born in Michigan in
Corporation in Southfield was 1913. Concerned about increas-
named a life honorary national ing anti-Semitism, B'nai B'rith
commissioner of the
Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith.
Mr. Jaffa, who launch-
ed his company in 1967,
is one of three life hon-
orary national ADL
commissioners from
Michigan (the others are
John Jacobs of Detroit
and Harvey Weisberg of
Southfield).
Mr. Jaffa has been a
member of the ADL's na-
tional executive commit-
tee for 16 years, the same
amount of time he has
considered himself semi-
retired from his business.
"I'm pleased and
proud to be considered in
such high regard by the
ADL," Mr. Jaffa said.
"The ADL is a very im-
portant organization
these days because it is Harold Jaffa: "Pleased and proud."
concerned about the safe-
members in Detroit decided a for-
mal organization was needed to
combat the hate.
Mr. Jaffa has been a member
of B'nai B'rith's International
Council for 12 years. He was in
Sao Paolo, Brazil, earlier this
year to help dedicate B'nai
B'rith's eight-story administra-
tive headquarters for South
America and join in the celebra-
Mr. Jaffa has been
semi-retired for
16 yeas.
tion for B'nai B'rith's 150th an-
niversary.
"B'nai B'rith is the most im-
portant social organization for
Jews in the world," he said. "I
wouldn't feel as Jewish if I didn't
belong to B'nai B'rith."
B'nai B'rith has about 500,000
members in 50 countries. In ad-
dition to providing community
services and attempting to unite
Jewish people, it supports Israeli
causes. LI
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The new office, which will open
this fall, will provide invest-
ment banking services to Is-
raeli corporations, institutions
and government agencies.
Lehman Brothers announced
it will open an office in Tel Aviv,
becoming the first major in-
vestment bank to establish a
permanent presence in Israel.
The Russians Are Coming .
Mosstroibank, the Moscow
Joint-Stock Commercial Con-
struction Bank, plans to estab-
lish a subsidiary bank in Israel
in partnership with Bank
Hapoalim and other Israeli in-
vestors. Mosstroibank will con-
trol 51 percent of the bank.
Exports of electro-o
equip-
__ can be expanded to $3 bil-
iyear th*ear 2000 if
scientific liffiiS4utture in this
field is developed, Israeli Sci-
ence Ministry directoreneral
Zvi Yanripa. said. -
During a touT4fAA) p and
other electro-ofitrOin-dustries
in the science park next to :the
Rehovot Institute; Mr. Yaai
said the world market forilec-
than $33 billion compared to
$41#11ion a decade ago. Israel
rieVehas a 3 percentshare of
the market.
If elq3ectations for a $100 bil-
lion market by 2000 are
afajpeved, Israel may go beyond
$tbillion in electro-optics ex-
pott§kVr. Yannai said. But in
order tado so, he said, industry
and research institutes must
invest in research and devel-
Israeli company Robomatix an-
nounced it will acquire a 49 per-
cent share in Display
Inspection Systems (DIS), a
Michigan-based firm. DIS de-
velops sophisticated surface in-
spection systems for flat panel
-
displays, The company called
the purchase "a signi49-#4-*P
forward in Robornatleg*to-
ing efforts to develop and mar-
ket products in the field of
sub-micron detection."
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ration, whose scientific and
manufacturing headquarters
are located in Israel, has re-
ceived exclusive marketing
rights in many countries to
ore than a dozen major
medical institutions, in-
cluding the Mayo Clin-
ic and Sloan Kettering,
prescribe it. So do more than
1,500 dermatologists and plastic
surgeons worldwide. Patients in-
clude movie stars and the Queen
of Sweden.
It has been featured in Vogue,
Elle and Allure magazines. In Is-
rael, it is distributed by Dr.
Michael Scheflin, president of the
country's Society of Plastic Sur-
geons.
Yes, Bloomfield Hills det Ina-
tologist Marvin Klein's Gly Derm
skin-care product is popular. Gly
Derm, which was developed by
Dr. Klein in 1988, is manufac-
tured in a 12,000-square-foot
building in Livonia and the cor-
porate offices are located in
Bloomfield Hills.
Research has long been a
passion for Dr. Klein, 57. That's
how he discovered Gly Derm,
which includes facial treat-
ments and a home facial pro-
gram. A masklpeel version is
planned.
"I've always been fascinated
with how to improve the differ-
ent skin treatments that are
available," Dr. Klein said.
"Sugar cane is a good source
of glycolic acid, which has a
beautifying effect on the skin.
But many people get skin irri-
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three anti-cancer drugs pro-
duced in China. One of the
drugs is the chemical equiva-
lent of Taxol (a Bristol-Myers
Squibb drug for ovarian, breast
and perhaps lung cancer).
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Dr. Marvin Klein: Dermatologist,
researcher, businessman.
Bank Leumi is Israel's largest
bank, according to The Banker,
a United Kingdom bankers.,,
magazine. Bank Leumi is
ranked No. 163, unchanged
from the previous year, on the
list of the 1,000 largest banks
in the world. Among other Is-
raeli banks, Bank Hapoalim is
ranked No. 182, down nine
places from last year, while
Bank Discount is No. 273, First
International Bank is No. 491
and the United Mizrahi Bank
is No. 563.