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Names Needed
For Torah Scroll

D

o you have a Jewish family
member, friend or neighbor
who is blind or disabled?
Do you know of one who lives in
an institution, hospital, nursing
home or rehabilitation center?

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Detroit Maccabi athletes at last year's games in Cleveland.

Hot Dog! A Fund-Raiser For
Maccabi Athletes

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ovies, Maccabi and kosher
Coney Island hot dogs.
Now, that's a perfect
combination for a Pand-raiser..
The first Movies for Maccabi
fund-raiser will be held Feb. 5
at the Showcase Cinema com-
plex on Telegraph and Square
Lake Road in Bloomfield Town-
ship.
Proceeds will benefit the Mac-
cabi Club of Metropolitan De-
troit's scholarship fund. The
fund provides scholarships for
Detroit athletes ages 12-16 who
would be unable to participate
in the annual Jewish Commu-
nity Centers Maccabi Games
without financial help.
This summer, Detroit athletes
will be attending regional games
in Houston and Los Angeles. Be-
cause they will be flying to those
sites, there may be more need
for scholarship money than usu-
al.
"We will never leave a kid
home because of money," said
Detroit Maccabi Club president
Alan Horowitz.

"The purpose of the games is
for Jewish youths to experience
the thrill of competition and the
camaraderie of meeting Jewish
kids from all over the world.
Money should never be an issue
when it comes to our kids."
Since its inception 13 years
ago, the Detroit Maccabi Club
has sent more than 2,000 ath-
letes to regional and North
American competitions. Each
year, about 15 percent of De-
troit's approximately 200 ath-
letes need help from the
scholarship fund.
The fund-raiser will begin
with a 3-4:30 p.m. buffet recep-
tion in the rear lobby featuring
kosher coneys and a 50/50 cash
raffle. Those attending can see
any movie in the 12-theatre com-
plex which starts between 3:30
p.m. and 6 p.m.
Tickets are $25 for adults and
$18 for youths (ages 18 and un-
der). To purchase them and for
more information, call Sandi
Matz, (810) 851-2660.

ADL Periodical Keeps Tabs On
International And Domestic Terrorism

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he Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) has launched a new
periodical that monitors
international and domestic
terrorist activity and describes
how the United States and other
nations are combatting these
actions.
The Terrorism Update is be-
ing made possible by a grant
from the William and Naomi
Gorowitz Institute on Terrorism
and Extremism. For further in-
formation on the publication, call
the Michigan Regional Office of
the ADL, (810) 355-3730.

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If your answer is yes, you
have been invited to submit the
Hebrew names of these people
for inscription on a Torah scroll
being written to honor the blind
and disabled Jews around the
world.
The project is being under-
taken by the Jewish Heritage
for the Blind in New York City.
For further information, call
(800) 995-1888.

Here's Some
Powerful Stuff

J

ews represent 3 percent of
the U.S. population, but
they make up 5.17 percent
of the power elite and 7.32
percent of the cultural elite.
Those are among the findings
of a study conducted by Purdue
University sociologist James
Davidson. Mr. Davidson stud-
ied the religious affiliations of
leaders in industry, govern-
ment, science, media, education
and banking.
At the top of Mr. Davidson's
power elite list are Episco-
palians. They make up 2.6 per-
cent of the U.S. population and
7.41 percent of the power elite.

He Wants You To Vote Republican

E

d Kutler would love
to see more of his fellow
Jews support Republican
candidates. Only 22 percent
voted Republican in the
November election.
The issues the Republican
party stands for,
like "family, edu-
cation and securi-
ty," are areas that
are "concerns of
most Jews," Mr.
Kutler told the
Cleveland Jewish
News.
Mr. Kutler isn't
your typical Jewish Republican.
The 41-year-old former Cleve-
land resident is the policy di-
rector for Newt Gingrich, the

controversial new speaker of the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Mr. Kutler has been on Rep.
Gingrich's staff since July 1992.
"I feel very comfortable with
the conservative movement, and
I'm sure other Jews will, too, as
Republicans get a
chance to explain
their views," Mr.
Kutler said.
"Many Jews
aren't comfortable
with the Republi-
can Party because
of the comments
made by leaders of
the religious right, which have
been overplayed by the media.
Plus, old Jewish habits like vot-
ing liberal die hard."

A Menorah For Mrs. Clinton

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irst lady Hillary Rodham BBW, are a believer in children's
Clinton, who was named the dreams," BBW vice president
1994 Woman of Valor by Barbara Rabkin said to Mrs.
B'nai B'rith Women (BBW), Clinton. "Your work with the
was presented a handcrafted Children's Defense Fund and as
glass menorah by BBW officers Arkansas' first lady consistently
during a ceremony in the White focused on children's issues."
House's Diplomatic Reception
BBW has been active in chil-
Room.
dren's causes for nearly a centu-
"This menorah is an appro- ry. One of its major projects is the
priate gift for someone who has BBW Children's Home in Israel
brought light into the lives of so for severely emotionally dis-
many children," BBW president turbed children.
Susan Bruck said during the pre-
The 1995 Woman of Valor
sentation, held on the fifth day honoree will be named at BBWs
of Chanukah.
"Prescription: Laughter" event
"You, like the members of in April in Washington, D.C.

Bar Mitzvah Boy
Is Ship-Shape

id you hear about the bar
mitzvah party in Kendall,
Fla., that lasted for a week?
Yep, guests at Seth Rubin-
stein's bar mitzvah enjoyed a
seven-day cruise aboard the
2,300-passenger Sensation from
Dec. 18-25. The bar mitzvah cer-
emony was held at Temple Beth
. Breira.
Seth is the son of Mrs.
Lawrence Fishkin, president of
the Cruise Line Inc.

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Susan Bruck, president of B'nai B'rith
Women.

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