Reed Says What You Read Wasn't Right I Julie Bodnick and her mother Marjerie Kurzmann check out a 1917 swimsuit. On A Snowy Day, Memories of South Haven Beaches o, what was fashionable on the beaches of South Haven in 1917? The participants on a Jewish Historical Society of Michigan tour of a new exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society can answer that question. The exhibit was titled "Be- coming American Women: Cloth- ing and the Jewish Immigrant Experience, 1880-1920," and in one display was a sample of South Haven swimwear. The late Detroiter Lillian Kei- dan Levin was quoted in the cat- alogue for the exhibit. She described her mother's special 1890's Sabbath clothing as "shim- mering made-to-order silks, a S gold watch, and special hats that were carefully packed away and taken out once a week. It was a delight to watch mother prepare to go to the synagogue." The Jewish Historical Society's one-day trip to Chicago on a snowy Wednesday earlier this month also included a tour of the Spertus Museum, billed as the largest Jewish museum in the United States. The trip was led by Jewish Historical Society president Judy Cantor. With her were Harriet Alpern, Sharon Alterman, Julie Bodnick, Lillian Hurwitz, Mar- jorie Kurzmann, Barbara Satin- sky, Diane Savin and Gail Tukel. Students Will Learn About Each Other T his spring, upwards of a dozen college undergradu- ates concentrating in either Jewish or African-American studies will take part in a unique semester-long program. Sponsored by American Uni- versity's Jewish Studies Pro- gram, Howard University's Afro-American Studies Depart- ment and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the program will include lectures on African-Arner- ican history, the Jewish ex- perience in America and the history of black-Jewish relations. In addition, students will work in pairs (one from each univer- sity) doing internships with African-American or Jewish com- munal organizations or work on independent research projects on topics such as white supremacy and Holocaust denial. Toward the end of the semes- ter, the group will go through a session modeled after the ADL's "A World of Difference" prejudice awareness training. n the July 19 edition of the Wall Street Journal, Christ- ian Coalition executive di- rector Ralph Reed is quoted as saying the goal of the coalition is for Christians "to take back this country one precinct at a time" so "we will see a country once again governed by Christians ... and Christian values." Earlier this month, in a letter to American Jewish Congress ex- ecutive director Phil Baum, Mr. Reed wrote, "I never made any such remark. During my entire tenure at this organization, I have never made a comment that even remotely resembled Sculpture Honors Slain Athletes T he International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame has honored the memory of Jewish athletes slain during the Holocaust with a sculpture which is on permanent display at the museum, located in Ne- tanya, Israel. American artist Marcia Riff of Gainsville, Fla., designed the sculpture. The six-foot-high bronze piece depicts the Hebrew letter chai (life). Inset into the chai are six interconnecting rings, five broken and one left whole. Six gold-medal winning Olympians are known to have lost their lives in Nazi concen- tration camps. They include gymnasts Alfred and Gustav Flatow (1896), and fencers Os- kar Gerde (1908 and 1912), Janos Garay (1928), Attila Petchauer (1928 and 1932) and Endre Kabos (1932 and 1936). Former world flyweight box- ing champion Victor Perez (1931-32) died in Auschwitz. The Hall of Fame is a project of the U.S. Committee Sports for Israel. Started in 1979, the Hall of Fame has nearly 200 in- ductees. George Brett Is Treife! F ormer Kansas City Roy- als star and future base- ball Hall of Famer George Brett received an award re- cently at the Kansas City Jew- ish Community Center's SportsNite. According to the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, during his ac- ceptance speech, Mr. Brett said: "I feel like a pork chop at a bar mitzvah." In his letter to Mr. Baum, Mr. that which has falsely been at- Reed quotes from his book Po- tributed to me." Mr. Baum confronted Mr. litically Incorrect: The Emerging Reed following a late November Faith Factor in American Poli- meeting in Washington between tics. In the quote, Mr. Reed Jewish and evangelical leaders discusses "the enormous contri- during which Mr. Reed made re- bution that Jews have made in marks which contradicted the America" and calls the idea of a statements he made in the Wall Christian nation "something of an anachronism." Street Journal. Will She Convert For Artie? n upcoming episode of the Keyser, the executive pro- Fox television network's ducers/creators of "Party of "Party of Five" drama se- Five," wrote "Not Fade Away." ries focuses on 12-year-old Clau- They also have written for "LA dia's interest in converting to Judaism. "Party of Five" is the story about five siblings who are deter- mined to stay together after the death of their parents. In the episode "Not Fade Away," which will be Claudia and Artie discuss Judaism. aired at 9 p.m. Jan. 4, Clau- dia (Lacey Chabert) thinks about Law" and served as co-executive converting to Judaism for her producers and writers on good friend Artie (Michael "Sisters." "Not Fade Away" can be seen Shulman). Amy Lippman and Chris on Channel 2 in Detroit. Food For Thought: Kosher Meals In Jordan Israeli tourists who observe Jew- ish dietary laws. Jacco Klip, food and beverage manager at the hotel, told the JTA he was considering hiring a full-time Jewish cook to prepare the kosher food. The story did not indicate who is doing the work in the meantime. "We started serving kosher meals when Is- raeli tourists be- gan coming to Jordan," Mr. Klip said. At least 3,000 Israelis have vis- ited Jordan since July, when Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein signed the Washington Declaration which ended the 46-year state of war be- AP/NATI HARNIK tween the coun- Peace and kosher food have come to Jordan. tries. T hought you've heard every- thing? Well, you haven't. Would you believe kosher food is being served in Jordan? According to a Jewish Tele- graphic Agency (JTA) report, the government-owned Interconti- nental Hotel in Amman has be- gun serving kosher meals for