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COMPILED BY STEVE STEIN

These Youths
Aren't Convinced

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sraeli Jewish youth aren't sold
on the peace process, accord-
ing to research carried out by
the School of Education at the
Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
Some 70 percent of the youths
surveyed believe Israel's agree-
ment with the Palestine Liber-
ation Organization endangers
Israeli security and 73 percent
believe Palestinian terrorist acts
will continue even if there is of-
ficial peace between Palestini-
ans and Jews.
Some 65 percent of the re-
spondents display an overall
negative attitude toward Arabs
and 56 percent believe that
whatever Israel does, most
Arabs hate Jews and want to an-
nihilate them.

Louis Farrakhan: Banned in Britain.

No Farrakhan In London

ation of Islam leader
Louis Farrakhan planned
to address a recent Lon-
don conference via a televised
satellite hookup, but the British
Jewish community had other
ideas.
The Board of Deputies of
British Jews, an affiliate of the
World Jewish Congress, called
on the British government to ban
the satellite link to a rally of the

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Islamic Peoples Trust at the
Wembley Conference Centre.
The board noted that Mr.
Farrakhan has not been allowed
to enter Britain since 1986
and "this satellite broadcast is
a blatant attempt to evade the
ban."
Following the board's protest,
the Wembley Conference Centre
canceled the Islamic Peoples
Trust booking.

Here's How To Stop Thieves

Playing the "Genetic Lottery."

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Everyone In The gene Pool

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he world of heredity and ge-
netics is explored through mi-
croscopes, puzzles, matching
games and computers in the
Splice of Life exhibit at the Cran-
brook Institute of Science.
One of the games is the "Ge-
netic Lottery." Participants can't

win millions of dollars, but
they can discover how the 23rd
pair of chromosomes determines
gender.
The exhibit will continue
through Jan. 8. For further in-
formation, call the Cranbrook In-
stitute of Science, 810-645-3200

Matchmaker, Matchmaker,
Make Me A Match

welve years ago, Rabbi efforts at dating only the kind of
Yeheskel Lebovic, an or- persons considered good mar-
dained Orthodox rabbi, and riage potentials for me and to do
his wife Pearl, a schoolteacher, so with the goal of eventual mar-
gave up their jobs at the request riage in mind."
The Lebovics, whose business
of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe to
open Likrat Shidduch — a is based in Morristown, N.J.,
matchmaking service for Jewish have more than 700 successful
matches to their credit and they
men and women.
To encourage men and women average one wedding a week.
While they regard their effort
to marry and have children at an
early age, the Lebovics have as a holy calling and invoke God's
drawn up a "Commitment Con- assistance daily, the Lebovics
tract" which is being distributed Make use of modern technology
throughout the United States such as computers, fax machines
and cellular telephones.
and Canada.
They can be reached at (201)
Among other pledges, the
signer promises to "make honest 285-1769.

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timely topic will be dis-
cussed at the November
general membership
meeting of the Greater West
Bloomfield Chamber of Com-
merce.
West Bloomfield police chief
Ronald Cronin will talk about
"Security for Businesses" at the
8 a.m. Nov. 16 meeting in the

Steven Spielberg: Israel Bonds
honoree.

ANOTHER Award

For Spielberg

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he State of Israel Bonds
Elie Wiesel Holocaust Re-
membrance Award was
established in 1985 to honor
prominent individuals who es-
caped or survived the horrors of
Nazi Germany and went on to
become outstanding national and
international Jewish leaders.
On Nov. 20, movie director
Steven Spielberg will 'break" this
rule when he receives the award
from Nobel laureate Mr. Wiesel
at the 10th annual Elie Wiesel
Holocaust Remembrance Award
Dinner at the Waldorf- Astoria
in New York City.
Mr. Spielberg won seven Acad-
emy Awards in 1993 for
Schindler's List, including Best
Picture and Best Director. Hun-
dreds of Holocaust survivors, in-
cluding members of Schindler's
list, are expected to be at the din-
ner.

Community Room of Hunting-
ton Bank of Michigan. A light
breakfast will be served.
For further information and
to make reservations for the
meeting, call the Chamber of
Commerce office, (810) 626-
3636. Non-chamber members
are welcome to attend the meet-
ing.

Epilepsy In November Spotlight

Arlene Gorelick is executive
or the fourth consecutive
year, Gov. John Engler has director of the Epilepsy Center
issued an executive decla- of Michigan. Founded in 1948
ration proclaiming November as and headquartered in South-
field, the Epilepsy Center is the
Epilepsy Month in Michigan.
In 1991, Gov. Engler became only statewide non-profit orga-
the first Michigan chief execu- nization that focuses solely on
tive to take such action. All U.S. epilepsy.
Epilepsy is a common neuro-
presidents since 1968 have de-
clared November as National logical disorder marked by sud-
den, brief charges in brain
Epilepsy Month.
function that result in
seizures. It affects more than
90,000 people in Michigan.
With regular use of medica-
tion, many who suffer from
epilepsy can live free of
seizures.

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Arlene Gorelick with Gov. John
Engler, "Winning Kid" poster child
Bobby McPherson and John Elkins,
president of the Epilepsy Center of
Michigan.