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MUSEUM ISSUES
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f you're a Jew-
ish woman
and you've
served in any
branch of the U.S.
military, the Na-
tional Museum of
American Jewish
Military History
wants to hear from
you.
The museum is
preparing an oral
history archive
and exhibition on
"Women in the Military:
The Jewish Perspective,"
which is scheduled to open in
1997. Many World War II veter-
ans have contacted the museum,
but submissions from subse-
quent years have been few and
far between.
"No definitive figures exist, but
it has been estimated that dur-
ing World War ll, 2 percent of the
nurses and 8 percent of the oth-
er female members of the U.S.
ith Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur fast ap-
proaching, Micah Publi-
cations, Inc., the publishing arm
of Jews for Animal Rights, is of-
fering a new handbook titled
Vegetarianism and the Jewish
Holidays.
The 28-page paperback, writ-
ten by Roberta Kalechofsky, an-
swers general questions, focuses
on specific holidays and provides
meatless recipes like a chick pea
and rice casserole "for a Yom
Kippur crowd."
`There is no blessing for meat
in Judaism, but there are many
blessings for vegetables," Ms.
Kalechofsky writes.
For fur-
ther informa-
tion on the
handbook,
write to Mic-
ah Publica-
tions at 255
Humphrey
St., Marble-
head, MA
01945.
w
mili-
tary
were
Jewish," said
museum director/curator Leslie
Freudenheim.
Stories and memorabilia
should be sent to Ms. Freuden-
heim at the National Museum of
American Jewish Military His-
t,ory, 1811 R. St. NW, Washing-
ton, DC 20009.
Jews, Muslims Park Stereotypes
parking lot in suburban closer together because they
Toronto is the subject of a shared a concern that the war
video documentary pro- would claim innocent lives.
Their worries were justified.
duced by filmmakers Coleman
Romalis and Karen Shopsowitz. Iraqi Scud missiles killed and
Sounds like a boring topic, doesn't wounded people in Israel, and in
Saudi Arabia, home of some of
it?
It isn't. According to a story in the holiest places in Islam.
Visits between members of the
the Canadian Jewish News; this
tract of land is used for overflow Reform temple and the mosque
parking by both a Reform temple began during the war and
and a neighboring Shi'ite even though relationships re-
main guarded and some discus-
mosque.
For more than a decade, the sion topics are taboo, leaders at
two congregations had little con- both congregations agree that
tact with each other. Ironically, some stereotypes have been torn
the 1991 Gulf War brought them down.
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Housing
ecause of the growing
numbers of observant
Jews in Israel, develop-
ers there have stepped up efforts
to build housing for them.
Standard features for reli-
gious apartments include two
kitchen sinks (for meat and
dairy), a Sabbath timer to turn
lights on and off, an additional
sink outside the bathroom for
washing before meals, and pre-
programmed Sabbath elevators.
No Political Ads On This TV Station
srael's first commercial tele-
vision channel has some strict
regulations for advertis-
ers.
According to a
World Zionist Press
Service report, ads
for cigarettes, gam-
bling, private in-
vestigative
agencies, cults,
escort services,
contraceptives,
firearms and
ammunition,
pornography
and political
messages are not accepted.
Ads for alcoholic beverages, di-
rect marketing, dating
services, financial ser-
vices and vita-
mins for
children
are lim-
ited.
Popu-
lar tele-
vision
stars
cannot
appear in
ads one hour
before or one hour after
their TV programs and 75 per-
cent of the ads must be original
productions made for the Israeli
market.
"We decided to base our regu-
lations on the British/European
model instead of the American
one," said Ayelet Metzger;.'com-
menials and ratings control man-
ager for New Channel 2.
"We make sure ads aren't
longer than 90 seconds or less
than 10 seconds and we allow a
maximum of six minutes of ad-
vertising per hour. U.S. stations
are allowed 12 to 14 minutes per
hour."
These Games
Are For Fun
mental disabilities a chance to
compete in sports like swimming
and track and have some fun.
Morning and afternoon activ-
ities, which are open to the pub-
lic free of charge, will run from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The opening cer-
emonies are slated for 10 a.m.
The 7-11
p.m. evening
segment, for
participants,
staff and spon-
sors only, in-
cludes the
closing cere-
m onies,
awards and a
dinner dance.
Among the
athletes at the
Games will be
about 100
members of the
JCC's Special
Needs Pro-
gram. To vol-
unteer for the
Games and for
further infor-
mation, call
Special Needs
director Leanie
Gunsberg at
661-7687.
The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Games.
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t will be a special day this
Sunday, Aug. 21, at the
Maple/Drake campus of the
Jewish Community Center.
The eighth annual Michigan
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Games will give Jewish adults
with varying levels of develop-
Chanukah On Video
ny decent parent on the ducers Amy Weintraub and
face of the Earth knows Brooks McEwen have come up
all about the wonderful with the first "Hanukkah Tales
world of Backyard Enterprises and Tunes."
The tape features new songs
videos for children. There's John
Lithgow's "Kid Size Concert," by Debbie Friedman and perfor-
"Tales and Tunes" and anything mances by Dan Crow, Fred
and everything by Hap "Baby Sokolow and Caren Glasser.
Among the numbers are "Mira-
Songs" Palmer.
(Otherwise completely ratio- cles Aren't Just Magic," "Light
nal Moms and Dads — whose the Menorah," "The Dreidel
Song" and "Mi
children love, love,
Yemalel" (Who
love these tapes —
Can Retell).
have been known to
"Hanukkah
wake in the middle
Tales and Tunes"
of the night singing
has animation,
such Palmer clas-
sing-alongs, origi-
sics as "Wiggle your
nal stories and
piggy toes" and "It's
puppetry perfor-
just fun, jumping
mances (with K.J.
up and down" and
from "Tales and
"Birdies in the nest
Tunes") as well.
go tweet, tweet,
The video is
tweet, calling for a
available at stores
wiggly worm to eat.
nationwide, or
Tweet, tweet,
may be ordered
tweet, tweet, tweet
through Backyard
— it's gettin' up
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Now Backyard
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