A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Families.
SIMCHA
AN ORGANIZATION FOR JEWISH GAYS AND LESBIANS

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
PAM'S 12 MILE AND HALSTED SHELL
DARRELL'S 12 MILE AND ORCHARD LAKE SHELL

To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.

Archaeology:
A New Discovery

A unique inscription mentioning
the "House of David" was discov-
ered in Israel i the excavations of
the ancient city of Dan. This is
the first extra-biblical reference
to King David ever to come to
light.
The inscription is part of a vic-

PHOTO BY NAHUM SLAPAIVISRAEL MUSEUM

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
HERB AND FAYE SILVERMAN AND FAMILY
"PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SALES, INC."

LEO EISENBERG & THE NURSING
HOME GROUP, LTD.

May the New Year Bring
To All Our Friends
and Family — Health,
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life.

BEVERLY HILLS HAIR CARE FOR MEN
BOB, MEL, GUY, BOB,
LAURA, WALTER

L4

May the New Year Bring
To All Our Friends
and Family — Health,
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life.

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TH E DETROI T JEWIS H N EWS

CAL MOSS PLUMBING
CINDY, CAL MOSS AND FAMILY

May the coming
year be filled
with health and
happiness and prosperity for
all our
family and friends.

ZVI, YAFFA AND
LEEAT SHEVACH
DELFT DOOR INC.

May the New Year Bring
To All Our Friends
and Family — Health,
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life.

DR. RICHARD WILLIAMS AND
AFTCO ASSOCIATES

Basalt victory stele

tory stele apparently erected by
one of the kings of Aram, relat-
ing his triumphs over his ene-
mies. The reference to the
Davidic dynasty suggests that a
king of Judah was involved in the
events described. The fragmen-
tary inscription may be inter-
preted on the basis of a biblical
account of King Asa of Judah,
who bribed King Ben-Hadad of
Aram to attack the King of Israel:
"There was a war between Asa
and King Baasha of Israel... So
Asa took all the silver and gold...

The fragmentary
inscription may be
interpreted on the
basis of a biblical
account.

and sent them to King Ben-
Hadad... of Aram... Ben-Hadad
responded... He sent his army
commanders against the towns
of Israel and captured Ijon, Dan,
(1Kings
Abel-bethmaach..."
15:16-20).
The inscription is written in
Aramaic. It was engraved in al-
phabetic script on a large stone
which had been smoothed for
writing. The words are separat-
ed by dots. Only 13 lines of the
original text have survived.
The stele was smashed in an-
cient times and this fragment
was found in secondary use near
the outer gate of the city. It is the
first monumental inscription for
the First Temple Period to be dis-
covered in Israel, as apparently,
it was not common for the kings
of Judah and Israel to erect mon-
uments in their honor.