■ A;; Politically Correct, And Yet Entertaining • ":1)11 11, 1 '; 01 Li d R( 0,1 1 1WPoi BOAZ DVIR SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I sraeli children can finally look forward to easy transitions from frenzied days to tranquil nights. Their parents now have A Sto- ry For Every Night, an antholo- gy of 365 children's tales that can put even the most hyperactive kids to sleep, according to Yediot Aharonot. That's because the stories are politically correct. What in God's name, you won- der, needs to be corrected polit- ically in Israel? It's not like Jewish parents have been read- ing anti- Semitic or racist stories to their children, have they? According to an editor at Yediot Aharonot, which pub- lished the 12-book anthology, many children's books have ei- ther ignored or spoken in nega- tive terms about Sephardic Jews and women. This anthology represents every aspect of Israeli society, in- cluding natives and new immi- grants, religious and secular, urban and rural, Sephardic and Ashkena 7i c, Yediot Aharonot re- ports. "We have tried to repair the damage that has been done to the general public in past an- thologies," Miri Baruch told Yediot Aharonot. "We have found and included stories in Eastern orientation ... and, in addition to stories about towns in Poland, we have included stories from Iraq, Iran and Yemen." The anthology, which is writ- ten in simple language, provides stories for every holiday and sea- son, Yediot Aharonot reports. The editors considered 4,200 stories for the anthology, but only approved 325 of them. They had to commission the rest to authors around the country, Yediot Aharonot reports. It's not easy finding political- ly correct stories. Career Changes Gregory Luftinor has made a career change since moving from the former Soviet Union to Israel a year ago. The 54-year-old father of two, who used to head the national bank of the Republic of Georgia, now cleans the Israel Bank branch in Jerusalem. At this point, it is his only op- portunity, he told Yediot Aharonot. "I am not disappoint- ed and I don't feel bad about it. I Boaz Dvir is a staff writer for our sister paper, the Atlanta Jewish Times. feel good. I didn't lose my self-re- spect. I feel that I am the same man I was, and it is not impor- tant what I do. As far as rm con- cerned, it is the person who makes the personality." Computer Illiterate Israel has more personal com- puters per capita than any oth- er country except Germany and Holland. But many Israelis have no idea how to use them. Ten percent of the country's 600,000 PCs are not in use, ac- cording to Yediot Aharonot. Furthermore, 58 percent of Is- raelis do not use computers, 53 percent don't know what DOS is, 61 percent don't know what the Internet is and 68 percent don't know what a modem is, Yediot Aharonot reports. "More than 50 percent of Is- raelis," psychologist Ruth Bar told Yediot Aharonot, "suffer from technophobia."' The End Of Olympia zee Vd, Vi‘eelt 74e 6,,t ofte-t 49-rot se .. The restaurant of choice for Is- rael's movers and shakers re- cently closed its doors, Maariv reports. Moshe Francis closed Olympia in Tel Aviv, he told Maariv, be- cause the restaurant, which has been serving Greek food for 35 years, was losing customers faster than it could spin its gy- ros. To commemorate the closing, Maariv ran a two-page spread with mug shots of the celebrities that used to frequent Olympia. They include: the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, new Prime Minister Shimon Peres, the late Gen. Moshe Dayan, statesman Abba Eban, and re- tired Gen. Ariel Sharon, among dozens of others. What, Me Afraid? Israelis have an image of be- ing brave people. But, in reality, they are scared to death. A recent study by Yediot Aharonot shows that 44 percent of Israelis fear a terrorist attack, 42 percent a fatal disease and auto accident, 36 percent that a loved one will be killed, 20 per- cent that a loved one will be killed during military service, 17 percent that a loved one will be raped, 10 percent that something bad will happen during a bus ride, and 6 percent that they won't have enough money, 5 per- cent that they will be robbed, and 3 percent that something bad will happen during an airplane ride. ❑ International Physique Champion • TV Celebrity Anchor PERSONALIZED TRAINING BY PETER NIELSEN & CO, at home, office or Eye of the Tiger Health Club at 4119 Orchard Lake Road at Pontiac Trail in West Bloomfield (810) 855 - 0345 01 fo Free Consultation Call Find It All In The Jewish News Classifieds Call 354-5959 • Turn Ycir Furniture into a Work of Art • C\J • Ltni-c--il- ‹ j .--14bn i> Abby • 810/682-8905 • Linda • • a