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The New
Not just another hotel
The Dan Eilat on Israel's Red Sea with 380 rooms
all facing the sea, 7 places to dine and drink,
2 pools, health & beauty spa, shopping bazaar
and Danyland for the children.
Starting at
Per person
in double room
including breakfast
+15% service charge
Enjoy the ideal combination
of the DAN EILAT and the
famous KING DAVID for as
low as $83 per night or
combine any of these hotels
with the DAN TEL AVIV,
DAN CARMEL or DAN
ACCADIA.
Valid Nov. 19, 1995-Feb. 29, 1996 standard grade rooms. Minimum 7 nights
combination of 2 or more hotels, not valid in Eilat Dec. 22 Jan. 6.
For information and reservations,
please call your travel agent or
Israel Hotel Representatives
(212) 752-6120 or outside New York
State Toll Free: 800-223-7773/4
or FAX: (212) 759-7495
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The Music ofNature
The new JASON CANTATA is one of our
most luxurious baths for several reasons.
Thanks to JASON'S exclusive new
RippleWallTM, the CANTATA brings the
soothing and sensory experience of sound to
your bath. As water cascades over the
RippleWall, it's easy to imagine yourself in a
babbling brook. Jets in this bath are strategical-
ly placed for soothing and simultaneous mas-
sage of back, body...even your neck. Ahh.
Proportions are generous, and the greater
depth of this bath provides an even higher
level of comfort and relaxation. There's ample
room for two, with lumbar support and a
recessed UltrassageTM back jet for each of you.
And as a member of the JASON Signature
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Series, the list of luxury features goes on and
on. Welcome the new JASON CANTATA.
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(810) 669-7474
Visit Phoenix
For Fun And Sun
LEWIS ERIC LACHTER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Come see the full line of Jason whirlpool baths
at Metro Detroit's newest bath showroom.
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Valley of the Sun in the Arizona desert
hoenix offers visitors 300
days of sunshine. People
love the cool night air
from the desert, and the
soaring mountains are won-
drous sight to behold.
You can stay at a modest mo-
tel or the unbelievably pricey
Arizona Biltmore (do visit the
beautifully landscaped grounds
and lovely lobby—no charge).
A tourist haven, but not in the
summer when temperatures an
climb to 110 degrees, Phoenix
has several fine art museums, a
recently rebuilt downtown shop-
ping and dining area called Ari-
zona Center, a top-flight
professional basketball team
and the nearby, charming
Scottsdale.
This was not what the Jews
found when they first ventured
to Arizona in 1871. It was rough,
tough country, but the Jewish
pioneers were a hardy lot.
Included in their number was
Big Mike Goldwater from
Poland. He and his family had
their economic ups and downs,
but finally hit the right formu-
la. They started with one de-
partment store. The store grew
into a very successful chain, and
one of the family workers be-
came a famous U.S. senator and
a presidential candidate. The
venerable Barry Goldwater still
lives in the 48th state.
Another Jewish family suc-
cess story is the Solomon clan.
They started with a store, de-
veloped a hotel, and then opened
a bank to supply credit for the
local farmers and ranchers. Be-
cause they were the owners of
the only secure safe in town, the
family's bank grew and pros-
pered. It became today's Valley
National, the largest bank in the
state.
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Another Jewish pioneer,
David Abraham, carried a set of
Shakespeare with him as he
toiled as a copper miner and
road builder. Solomon Barth en-
joyed great success in the real
estate business. The story goes
that at one time his land hold-
ings included the Grand
Canyon. Hard to believe, but a
great story.
Fast forwarding to the era af-
ter World War II, the Jewish
population of Arizona grew by
leaps and bounds. It now stands
at about 80,000. Phoenix has the
largest Jewish community in the
state with about 50,000.
Temple Beth Israel
houses a fine
Jewish museum.
A recent survey by the Jew-
ish Federation of Greater
Phoenix showed 45 percent of
the area's Jews live within the
city limits; 32 percent live in
nearby Scottsdale (my favorite
town); 19 percent in Tempe,
Mesa and Chandler. Four per-
cent of our people live in the
huge Sun City retirement vil-
lage.
In 1921 the Phoenix Hebrew
Center opened its doors. It is
now called Temple Beth Israel.
The city has a total of seven Con-
servative, three Orthodox and
with Reform synagogues.
For information about today's
Jewish community, send for a
copy of the annual magazine
Jewish Living, published by the
Greater Phoenix Jewish News,
7220 N. 16 St., Suite G, Phoenix,
AZ 85020.