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Young Authors With
The Write Stuff
he Coalition for the Ad-
vancement of Jewish Educa-
tion (CAJE) will award
$1,000 to the winner of its fifth
anneal David Dornstein Memo-
rial Creative Writing Contest for
Young Adult Writers.
Writers ages 18-35 are asked
to submit an original short sto-
ry on a Jewish theme or topic
that has not been published or
received an award.
Only one entry per author per
year is permitted, and manu-
scripts of no more than 5,000
words must be submitted in a
typed, double-spaced format.
The deadline for this year's
competition is Dec. 31 and judg-
ing will take place between Jan.
1 and April 30. The winning sto-
ry will be published in the CAJE
journal, Jewish Education News.
For further information about
the contest, contact the CAJE at
261 West 35th Street, Floor 12A,
New York, NY 10001, phone
number (212) 268-4210, fax (212)
268-4214.
The contest was established
in honor of a 25-year-old former
CAJE staff member who was
killed in the crash of Pan Am
flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scot-
land, in 1988.
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Mrs. Leah Rabin, David Geffen, Barbra Streisand and Yitzhak Rabin.
srael Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin and leaders of the en-
tertainment industry rubbed
elbows recently at a private lun-
cheon in Los Angeles.
Hosted by David Geffen, the
luncheon was held under the aus-
pices of the Israel Policy Forum,
a New York-based organization
which fosters support in the Unit-
ed States for Israel and the Mid-
dle East peace process.
Among the luncheon guests
were Warren Beatty and Annette
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Bening, Michael Douglas,
Richard Dreyfus, Paramount Pic-
tures chairwoman Sherry Lans-
ing, Norman Lear, Jay Leno,
Sidney Pollack, Rob Reiner,
Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Maria Shriver, Barbra Streisand
and Elizabeth Taylor.
Mr. Rabin spoke and answered
questions from the crowd, pro-
viding an update on the peace de-
velopments in the Middle East
and the new opportunities they
are creating for Israel.
Mazon Makes Michigan Donations
azon: A Jewish Response to $4,000 to the Peace Neighbor-
Hunger has made a series hood Center in Ann Arbor for
a donations totaling meals for youth and adult sub-
$875,000 to 102 Jewish and non- stance-abuse prevention pro-
sectarian agencies serving hun- grams.
Since its formation in 1986,
gry people in the United States
Mazon has granted $8.6 million
and abroad.
Two of the agencies are in to agencies, including $251,000
Michigan. Mazon gave $18,000 to Michigan organizations. Total
to the Human Action Coalition of allocations for 1994 now stand at
Southeastern Michigan in De- $1.75 million.
troit for general support and
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For Abused Kids, This Tape Is Music To Their Ears
everal nationally-known
singer/songwriters from
Michigan have combined to
record "If We Dare To Care," a
cassette being sold
to raise funds to
fight child abuse.
The title cut, "If
I Care," was co-
written by Alyssa
Martina, publisher
of metroPARENT
magazine, and
Josh White Jr.
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Alyssa Martina
Proceeds from the sale of the
cassette will go to the Michigan
Committee for the Prevention of
Child Abuse and other related
charities.
To purchase a
cassette, call
metroPARENT
magazine in
Southfield, (810)
352-0990, or the
Self Esteem Shop
in Royal Oak, (810)
549-0511.
What's Cooking?
Ask Firelighters
fter four years of collecting,
testing and selecting, the
idea has become a reality.
The National Firefighters
Recipe Book, a compilation of 175
recipes from firefighters across
the country, has been released.
Five recipes are from Michigan.
Retired New York City fire-
fighter Louis DePasquale and
Candice DeBarr are co-authors
of the book, which is being used
as a fund-raiser for the Phoenix
Society for Burn Survivors.
The society is a global, non-
profit organization formed in
1977 which is dedicated to help-
ing severely injured and disfig-
ured survivors of fires.
To place an order for the recipe
book, send a check or money or-
der for $15 per book plus $3 for
shipping and handling (add 50
cents for each additional book)
to All Hands Publications, 2640
East Virginia Ave., Phoenix, AZ
85008. The phone number is
(800) 484-9750.
Grey Reynolds, David Nahmias and the dedication plaque.
dedication ceremony was
held for a forest of 10,000
trees planted in Israel in
memory of 20 American forest
fighters who were killed in a July
blaze in Colorado.
Representatives from the U.S.
National Forest Systems and the
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) Forest Ser-
vice were at the dedication along
with officials from the Jewish
National Fund (JNF).
The trees were planted in the
JNF's American Independence
c(cl
Park near Jerusalem.
Among the dignitaries at the
ceremony were Grey Reynolds,
deputy chief of the National For-
est Systems, and David Nah-
mias, the director ofJNFs Land
Development Authority.
The JNF and the USDA For-
est Service have been engaging
in cooperative ventures since
1987, when the Forest Service
sent experts to Israel to assist in
combatting the terrorist-set fires
which were sweeping Israel's
woodlands.
Here's How To TALK BACK
alk radio was big in 1991,
and it's even bigger in 1994.
That's why the American
Jewish Committee (AJC) has re-
released its Hate on Talk Radio
publication three years after it
first was made available.
Written by Kenneth Stern,
AJC's program specialist on anti-
Semitism and extremism, Hate
on Talk Radio takes an in-depth
look at how talk radio can be
used as either a
for
tool
hate or
one to foster
better inter-
group relations.
It also details how talk-
show hosts from across the
country have chosen to
deal with racist and
bigoted callers.
Mr. Stern's
blueprint for the
talk industry and
community groups to
work together to fight bigotry on
the air has served as a model
many times.
"Talk radio is, above all else,
cheap programming," Mr. Stern
said. "A host. An engineer. A pro-
ducer. And a telephone.
"The beauty of radio, and its
danger, is that it is instanta-
neous. Call-in shows are live and
anything can happen. The host
can say almost anything in re-
turn.
"History has shown us that ra-
dio and bigotry are a dangerous
mix. Hitler used radio. Stalin
used radio. And (Royal Oak's)
Father Charles Coughlin, who
was known for his vicious anti-
Semitism, was one of the most
powerful radio personalities
ever."
To obtain Hate on Talk Radio,
call the AJC in New York City,
(212) 751-4000.