• 7.; The Lord is Mine, and I Shall Not Fear This year has seen an increase in anti-Semitic actions, from cemetery desecrations to the terrorist bombings of Jewish institutions. Yet, the greatest danger to the Jewish people comes when we are afraid to stand with each other in public and declare our love for God, Torah, Israel, and each other. We have survived, even flourished, all these thousands of years, be- cause Jews of every generation have proudly expressed their deepest feelings of solidarity, no matter the risk. During these Days of Awe come to the Synagogue and stand together with us, your people. We Wish You a Year of Sweetness and Peace 5)3e 31ziG The Conservative Rabbis of Metropolitan Detroit Rabbi David A. Nelson Rabbi Aaron Bergman Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses Rabbi Daniel Nevins Rabbi Leonardo Bitran Adat Shalom Synagogue Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel Center Rabbi Elliot Pachter Rabbi Noah M. Gamze Congregation B'nai Moshe Downtown Synagogue Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper Rabbi William G. Gershon Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses Congregation Shaarey Zedek Rabbi Efry G. Spectre Rabbi Benjamin H. Gorrelick Congregation Beth Achim Adat Shalom Synagogue Rabbi Irwin Groner Rabbi Herbert A. Yoskowitz Congregation Beth Achim Congregation Shaarey Zedek CULTURE page 157 has attended an annual theatri- cal innovation, the Festival of Al- ternative Theater in Acre. Art: Israeli art owes its place in the plastic arts to a combina- tion of two factors: in the first place, a classical European tra- dition brought here by the coun- try's early painters and art teachers, and second, the influ- ences of the special qulaity of the light, and the natural attribut- es of the country. In the space of nearly 90 years (since the establishment of the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem in 1906), an Israeli vi- sual art has been created, pos- sessing. its own individual character. Israeli artists have ex- perimented with all the move- ments and trends of the contemporary art world from ex- pressionism to cubism, from Russian social realism to envi- ronment and performance art. Among contemporary Israeli artists who have managed to make the quantum leap from lo- cal to universal recognition are Ya'acov Agam (whose kinetic room at the Pompidou Center in Paris is a seminal work), Menashe Kadishman, Avigdor Arikha, Mordechai Ardon, Joseph Zaritsky and Avigdor Stematsky. Two sculptors, Dany Karavan and Ygael Tumarkin, are well- known abroad, and their work can be seen all over Israel. Mar- cel Janco (1895-1984), founder of the Dadaist movement, Reuven Rubin (1893-1974) with his lyri- cal large-scale canvases, and Anna Ticho (1894)-1980) with her exquisite drawings and washes of her beloved Jerusalem hills, have also gained a major inter- national following. ❑ For Immediate Help Dial 100 In Israel CARL ALPERT SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I The Alan Bishop family & the Crew at Mr. Alan's wish you and yours a happy and healthy New Year! MU. ALAN'S Southfield SUPER STORE Pontiac/Waterford SUPER STORE On Ten Mile Road On the Corner of West of Greenfield Telegraph & Huron 559-7818 334-3917 Dearborn SUPER STORE West Bloomfield 584-3820 626-3362 On The Boardwalk 15219 Mich. Ave. Orchard Lake Road East of Greenfield South of Maple Roseville Eastland Mall 29523 Gratiot In Cloth. Whse. 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A woman reported that a group of prostitutes were gath- ered on a nearby street corner. Her complaint: They were all smoking, and the smoke was en- dangering the health of the neigh- bors. "A man telephoned and threat- ened me," declared a woman. "What time did this happen?" she was asked. "On Tuesday, at 4 o'clock in the morning, two years ago!" A male, identifying himself as a visitor from northern Israel, in- quired if the police would recom- mend a reliable brothel, with reasonable rates. An excited voice: "A stark naked man is standing in the middle of Allenby Road with his hands in his pockets." A woman reported that her 5- year-old son was lost on the Tel Aviv beach. She has gone home, she said, but she asks the police to continue the search and let her know when they find him. A man informs the police that he saw a truck, with Gaza license plates, pull up at a local public swimming pool, and under cover of darkness unload a vicious look- ing alligator into the water. "I have good news! The Messi- ah has arrived — but he can't get around because his donkey has bolted." A hysterical female voice: "God is speaking to me from the re- frigerator. Would the police please arrest him." After investi- gation the police reported to her: "Everything is under control. We have banished him to another fridge." A man with an indignant com- plaint: "A neighbor has just yelled so loud that he disturbed my rest hour. "A patrol car reported that the yell came from a neighbor who had jumped or fell from the building and had been killed. The police always aim to pro- vide satisfactory solutions. One woman told them that every night terrorists shone lights on the window blinds in her bed- room. The police ascertained that she lived near an intersection where many cars made turns, hence the lights. She was advised to close her blinds tightly, and then the police told her they had prevailed on the terrorists to go bother somebody else. She called again the next day to commend the police. Complaint from a woman that her neighbors upstairs, using a remote control, deliberately an- noyed her by erasing the color from her television. `-\