Call for Nominees for the 8th Annual BERMAN AWARD for Outstanding Professional Service created by Mandell and Madeleine Berman Congress Funds Sought For New U.S. Embassy Eligibility for Nomination: honoring a Jewish communal professional employed by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit or a Federation beneficiary All Jewish communal professionals employed by Federation, its agen- cies, or its beneficiaries, who have been working in the Detroit Jewish community a minimum of five years. Criteria for Selection: The recipient of the Berman Award must demonstrate the highest professional standards in his/her chosen field. That professional must have: • made a contribution to the general good of the Jewish community • demonstrated leadership and innovation to his/her profession • applied creativity, dedication, knowledge and care to providing services to the Jewish community Nomination Process: Presentation Date: Submit nominations by letter to the Selection Committee. Names of the nominees will remain confidential, and they may be renominated in subsequent years. August 1995, in conjunction with a reception of the Jewish Federation Board of Governors Send nominations to: Michael Berke — Confidential Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit PO Box 2030 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-2030 Deadline for Nominations: June 30, 1995 If you are not wearing it... sell it!... or BORROW on it! You can't enjoy jewelry if it's sitting in your safe deposit box. Sell or bor- row on it for immediate cash. We deal in jewelry, watches & gemstones. AP: M AL \t" Fun Food Catering For Your Private Party! A Service to Private Owners, Banks & Estates Corporate • Bar Mitzvahs • Weddings Gem/Diamond Specialists AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GIA Fine Jewelers EST. 1919 IN GRADING & EVALUATION Lawrence M. Allan, President 30400 Telegraph Rd. • Suite 134 Bingham Farms 642-5575 Daily 'Til 5:30 Sat. 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Israel and the Palestine Lib- eration Organization are sched- uled to begin negotiations on final-status issues, including the fate of Jerusalem, next year and to finish the talks by 1999. Although the U.S. ambassador would not move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem until the status of Jerusalem is resolved in those ne- gotiations, the construction "would be a symbolic gesture sup- porting a unified Jerusalem un- der Israeli control," said one congressional aide familiar with the proposal. The latest effort goes one step further than a letter that 93 sen- ators sent to Secretary of State Warren Christopher last month calling for the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem at the end of the final status talks More than 260 members of the House have signed a similar letter. The embassy would most like- ly be built on a parcel of land in western Jerusalem that the Unit- ed States bought last year. At the time, the State Department said any future development of the site would be for "a place where a very senior diplomat would live." Officials refused to say whether the plot would be used for an embassy. Mr. Dole was expected to un- veil his proposal in an address here to the American Israel Pub- lic Affairs Committee, the pro-Is- rael lobby. The State Department has op- posed any plans to move the em- bassy, citing concerns that any effort could derail the Middle East peace process. PLO leader Yassir Arafat claims eastern Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state, while Israel maintains that an undivided Jerusalem will re- main its eternal capital. Mr. Arafat attacked the Dole proposal, saying, 'These latest at- tempts to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem are dan- gerous and in violation of previ- ous U.S. administration decisions." Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin told reporters after meet- ing with Secretary of State War- ren Christopher that the location of the U.S. Embassy does not af- fect Israel's claim to Jerusalem. 'We live by our laws," Mr. Ra- bin said. "We have got our posi- tion. If the other countries, including the United States, have not recognized [the unification of Jerusalem] for the last 27 — by now almost 28 — years, it's their problem." Mr. Christopher refused to say whether he supported Mr. Dole's initiative. `The parties to the Declaration of Principles themselves have confined the issue of Jerusalem The location of the U.S. Embassy does not affect Israel's claim to Jerusalem according to Mr. Rabin. to the second part of the negotia- tions," Mr. Christopher said, re- ferring to the Israeli-Palestinian agreement signed on the White House lawn in September 1993. In Jerusalem, meanwhile, Communications Minister Shu- lamit Aloni said even though Is- rael wants all the embassies to be in Jerusalem someday, now is "not the right time." Ms. Aloni, who heads the left- wing Meretz bloc, said beginning construction on a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem next year "has a smell of provocation and even in- volvement in negotiations that must be between us and the Palestinians." The latest flap over moving the U.S. Embassy comes as Pales- tinians continue to protest Israel's move to seize prime Arab-owned land in eastern Jerusalem. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said of the Israeli move, "It's difficult to see how this type of action, this land confiscation, can be helpful at this time in the negotiations." For their part, Palestinians re- taliated by trying to build onto the Orient House, the Palestin- ian Authority's de-facto office in Jerusalem, without obtaining needed permits. Israeli authori- ties forced builders to halt con- struction and ordered an illegal addition torn down.