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sraeli telecommunications and frivolous."
company Bezeq has apolo-
Eytan Levy, Bezeq vice presi-
gized for running what some dent of marketing and customer
considered offensive commercials. services, issued the apology.
The action was taken after the
"It was not our intention to
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
hurt anybody's feelings
received numerous complaints
and we're sorry
that Bezeq was pro-
about what
moting calls to Israel
happened,"
by using insulting
he said.
caricatures
"The cam-
of Jews.
paign was the
In a letter
first that Bezeq
to Bezeq,
- conducted out-
ADL nation-
side Israel. It was
al director
our intention to raise
Abraham
wareness of calls to Is-
Foxman
rael by using humor and
told the company
a light-hearted touch.
that the commer-
"In future commercials, we
cials "utilized stereo-
will take into consideration the
types of American
comments made about this cam-
particularly American Jewish Paign."
women, as cheap, materialistic
This Tailgating Is No Party
Meet The
Beasty Boys
r ust in time for Chanukah,
singer Paul Zim has re-
leased "Zimmy Zim's Zoo
and Noah's Ark, Too," a collec-
tion of music for children which
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are featured on the
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postage stamps released by
the new Soviet republic of
Abkhazia. No, not THE
Lenin and Marx — John
Lennon and Groucho Marx!
The colorful stamps, which
are four times the size of a reg-
ular U.S. postage stamp, depict
Lennon and Marx surrounded
This Abkhazia stamp is a hit with collectors.
by icons of peace and love.
Because of their subject
For information on purchas-
matter and the fact that these are ing the stamps, contact the In-
the first legal tender postage ternational Collectors Society,
stamps issued by a tiny emerg- 10045 Red Run Blvd., Suite
ing nation, the stamps have be- 170PL, Owings Mills, MD 21117
come hot collectibles.
or call 800-624 4427•
or-rowing a concept from
the "for-profit" world, the
Jewish National Fund
(JNF) has introduced a benefit
for its supporters called the Fre-
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quent Funders Awards Program.
As Frequent Funder members
contribute to the JNF, they re-
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for gift certificates that can be
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count.
Playchecks were created by
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about respecting all of God's cre-
ations.
Mr. Zim is accompanied by
the Zimmy Zim Children's Cho-
rus and the Noah's Ark Band.
Cassettes and Cds of "Zimmy
Zim's Zoo and Noah's Ark, Too"
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"The aim of the Frequent Fun-
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ailgating is fun before a foot- itor).
ball game, but it isn't a very
MAROM is a lightweight,
good idea on the highway. portable tailgating and speed de-
Especially in Israel, which has tection system. Using state-of-
one of the highest road accident the-art technology like computers
death rates in the Western world. and video cameras, the device
In an effort to stop drivers in measures the speed of all vehi-
the country from tailgating, Is- des in a traffic lane as well as the
rael's traffic police are using a distance between the vehicles.
new device developed by the
Best of all for the police,
Jerusalem College of Technolo- MAROM can provide pho-
gy called MAROM (the Hebrew tographs of the rear license plate
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ore than
20 chil-
dren and
their mothers
who live in a
Pontiac shel-
ter for the
homeless went
to the circus in
style this week.
The residents of
HAVEN (Help
Against Violent En-
counters Now) were dri-
ven by chauffeurs in stretch
limousines to the Ringling Broth-
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1G TOP
ers and Barnum
and Bailey Cir-
cus at Joe
Louis Arena in
Detroit.
Aristocat Limou-
sine Service at the
Kingsley Inn in
Bloomfield Hills pro-
vided the drivers and '
vehicles.
"These kids and their moms
rank among our top VIPs," said
Susan Jarvis, the owner and
president of Aristocat.