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 Face It A Bloomfield Hills dermatologist's skin-care product is used worldwide. —$1 EQUALS 3.0510 NIS (shekels) - Close Price 7-27-94-- Lehman Brothers In Tel Aviv 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." FRANKLIN DOHANYOS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Firm Will Market Drugs M Biotechnology-General Corpo- 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- FACE IT page 45 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). Bank leumi Biggest In Israel 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.