....
c1M40.41.1.MINIMMOSIMINIIISIMMINIONS

IN.01.1.OMMOMMINNIMMOMO4

Only 264 hours until the best party in town!
Make your reservation now for the
46th Annual Party of the
Detroit Chapter - American Technion Society
...you'll be so happy that you did!

Human Drama
In the Courts

CARL ALPERT SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

The Chapter's Board of Directors, members and
staff wish all of you a very
healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.

DETROIT CHAPTER
AMERICAN TECHHIOH SOCIETY - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

29645 W. FOURTEEN MILE ROAD • FARMINGTON HILLS, MI • 810 737-1990

GEHEMIL MTV CHAIRMEN

Michael Egren and Joel Tauber

PARTY CHAD:MEN

Richard Blumenstein, Connie Colman, Robert Colten, Gerald Cook, Suzan Curhan,
James Deutchman, Karen Egren, Dr. Joseph N. Epel, Aviva Friedman, Rose Rita Goldman,
Nancy Grand, Dr. David Harold, David B. Hermelin, Lawrence S. Jackier, Muriel Jacknow,
Mark S. Kahn, Bella Lesch, Louis Milgrom, Shelly Nadiv, Morris Rochlin, Nathan Upfal

James A. Safran, President • Lawrence A. Berry, Chairman of the Board • Isaac Lakritz, Executive Director

C.C)

Depattittg DON
Back To- Yewt eltaikeett

LU

Animation Apt Gallery
Cartoon Collectibles
A complete line of cartoon related
merchandigfrom posters to plashes
to cloth* to clocks to calendars.

IF ITS CARTOOK REMO,
ITS AT TILE AKIIKATIOK STNIOK"

0 0 NI A T lib

UJ

CC

LU

LU

This Week's Feature `The Lion King" Commemorative Serigraph

00

Weoickettett Squaw 550 Foot fluent PPApoutit, (313) 455-0190

STATION

I

sraels' courts are famous not
only for their administration
of justice, but also for their re-
flection of many aspects of the
human drama in the life of Israel.
For example:
A Dog's Day In Court. Yehu-
dit Guslaker appeared in court
to answer a charge made against
her by her poodle to the effect
that she mistreated it, beat it and
made life miserable for it. The ac-
cusation was written in Hebrew,
but was signed with the dog's
paw prints. Mrs. Guslaker
charged that the dog had been
put up to it by her husband, with
whom she was engaged in mar-
ital litigation.
Was the Sanke an Accom-
plice? Three Arab housebreak-
ers from Gaza devised a novel
warning system to alert them if
the home owners should return
while the men were "at work."
They deposited a snake at the en-
trance to the house, knowing that
if the owners did return they
would shout in excitement upon
seeing the snake, and thus warn
the thieves. However, the latter
failed to take into consideration
a burglar alarm which led to their
being caught.
A Grave Concern. After four
years of litigation, the Supreme
Court ruled that parents of the
deceased man had the right to
have their names entered on
their's son's tombstone, indicat-
ing parentage, but they did not
have the right to remove the
stone which the widow had put
up, nor to erase the new family
name which their son had cho-
sen.
Men Have Rights, Too. The
plaintiff, a religious man, single,
charged that some time ago he
met a woman who told him she
was unwed, and the two devel-
oped a romantic attachment. Af-
ter some time, however, he
discovered that she was married.
He demanded damages of 5,000
shekels because she had caused
him to commit adultery, a
heinous sin. He had endured
grievous mental suffering. The
judge's ruling: The complaint
sounded more like an attempt at
revenge, after she had broken off
their relationship, but he award-
ed damages of 550 shekels.
The Public Right to Know.
The Rondoplast Company, man-
ufacturers of insulation materi-
als, petitioned the court to stop
publication of a Guide to Con-
sumers in which their products
are criticized. The report gives
the impression that the findings
are based on laboratory tests,

whereas only questionnaires
were used among an unknown
number of consumers, according
to the company. Judge Drora
Pilpel, in the Tel Aviv District
Court, ruled in favor of the con-
sumer organization.
"I Only Took a Bus to the
Airport." A 31-year-old resident
of Kiryat Yam told the Magis-
trate's Court in Haifa that he had
promised his parents he would
pick them up at the airport. His
own car was n the garage, so all
he did was to take a bus to the
airport. The charge: He took it
without the consent of the bus
company.
Can You Beat This One? A
three-year-old boy, acting
through his lawyer, filed suit in
Jerusalem District Court against
his mother and her insurance
company for injuries which he
sustained when she was involved
in an automobile accident. At the
time, he was a two-month fetus
in his mother's womb, and the de-
fects revealed when he was born
seven months later were attrib-
uted to that accident. The boy
lives happily with his parents,
but had to bring suit against his
mother as well, in the companion
suit against the insurance com-
pany.
Christian Intolerance, She
Charges. A Muslim girl in the
village of Um el-Farm, who en-
rolled at a Christian school in
Nazareth, was told she could not
wear at school the white total
head covering, as is customary
among Islamic fundamentalist
girls. The IsraelCivil Liberties
Union took up her case on the
grounds that the school require-
ment violated her rights of free-
dom of religion.
And the Soldiers Rejoiced.
Belly dancer Barry Simon was
found guilty of income tax viola-
tions in TelAviv Magistrate's
Court, and Judge Chaya Chefetz
sentenced her to three months of
public service in lieu of prison.
Barry is to carry out the service
by performing her professional
skills before soldiers at hospitals
and homes for the aged.
They Look Alike, Too. Two
sisters who took the matricula-
tion exams had their exams nul-
lified for copying when it was
found that their replies were
identical. Their defense: They had
studied with the same teacher,
read the same books and gone
over the material together. They
went to court, and the final tail-
ing was in their favor on the
grounds of reasonable doubt. 0

