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Call for a free brochure and consultation Register by phone or visit our new location 3080 Orchard Lake Road (810) 681-5376 OPEN HOUSE AND REGISTRATION 88 Aug. 28 10-5 pm Aug. 29 & 30 1-8 pm Sept. 6 & 7 10-8 pm Israel Has Plans For A Casino Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel's first legal casino could be operating within a year and a half, Tourism Minister Uzi Baram said. His comments came in the wake of a recent crackdown by po- lice on illegal gambling houses. A special committee headed by Moshe Gavish of the Discount Mercantile Bank is scheduled to prepare legislation on the legal- ization of gambling. The commit- tee also is to determine where the casinos would be set up and who would run them. The issue has sparked heated debate in the past, but is being viewed differently as a result of the developing peace economy. Israeli tourism industry offi- cials said they are concerned that the public would shy away from Israeli resorts if a gambling ban continued. Another Cabinet minister in fa- vor of legalizing gambling is Ed- ucation Minister Amnon Rubinstein. He argued that if people are go- ing to gamble, they might as well do it under proper supervision. He said the casinos would prob- ably be established in a limited area, probably Eilat. However, the head of the anti- casino lobby in Eilat, Uzi Avneri, told Israel Radio that legalized gambling would have detrimen- tal effects on the local tourism in- dustry. Mr. Avneri said legalized gam- bling would raise crime rates in the city. A public opinion poll for the Tourism Ministry found that 60 percent of those surveyed sup- ported legalizing casinos. The manager of the casino in Taba, Egypt, just over the Israeli border, told Israel Radio that 500 to 600 Israelis visit the establish- ment weekly. Police Fail To Find Brunner New York (JTA) — French police have failed to locate Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner in Ar- gentina after receiving tips that he left his hideout in Syria. The head of the manhunt sec- tion of the Paris police, Gerard Bronne, told a French television station that members of his unit had traveled to northern Ar- gentina last month. The trip was an effort to follow up on information from Uruguay that Mr. Brunner had settled in Argentina along with other Nazi war criminals wanted by Inter- pol, the international police agency. Mr. Brunner served during World War II as personal secre- tary to Adolf Eichmann, Hitler's chief aide. The person whom Eichmann once described as his "best man" orchestrated the deaths of some 128,000 Jews from Austria, Greece, France and Slovakia dur- ing the war years. Mr. Brunner was listed earlier this year in the German news- magazine Focus as one of Inter- pol's 12 most-wanted people. According to the magazine, which quoted information from the Interpol center in Lyon, France, the former SS officer who was previously believed to be liv- ing undisturbed in Damascus, Syria, had obtained an Austrian passport under an assumed name and moved to Argentina. As far back as 1992, diplomats in Syria maintained that Mr. Brunner was dead. A similar as- sessment was made by French lawyer and Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld. If Mr. Brunner is alive, he would be 83. Less Homophobia In America New York (JTA) — America may be full of homophobic politicians and military leaders, but gay and lesbian Jews from around the world say the U.S. Jewish gay scene has a few things to teach their own countries. Although most of the approxi- mately 600 participants at the 14th International Conference of Gay and Lesbian Jews, held in New York City, came from the United States, some 65 people from 13 countries also attended. Through three days of net- working, more than 100 work- shops, a film series and a keynote address by Knesset member Yael Dayan on the legislative gains made by gays and lesbians in Is- rael, the international visitors gave conference participants an opportunity to compare notes on the gay scene in different coun- tries. he conference was hosted by Beth Simchat Torah, the gay and lesbian synagogue in New York City's Greenwich Village. For David Freedman, president of Beit Haverim, the only gay Jew- ish organization in Paris, the con- ference "is very important because it's difficult for someone who nev- er leaves Europe to see the world- wide success and spirit of the Jewish gay and lesbian move- ment." With about 30 paying members and 100 sympathizers, Beit Haverim meets monthly for open discussions at the recently opened gay and lesbian center in Paris. Only in the past year has Beit Haverim had dialogue with the mainstream Jewish community, after years of writing letterSto oth- er Jewish groups that never got answered. c.