Little Foxes Fine Gifts

cordially invites you to meet Harry Frost, Curator of the
Dyson Perrin's Museum in Worcester, England

ROYAL WORCESTER SPODE

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"And I say, 'Yeah, they will
laugh at first, but then they won't.
You have to go out of your way to
be funny,”
In his private life, Lovitz iden-
tifies himself as a Jew but shuns
the organized part of the religion.
He stays, as far as he can, away
from people who, under the guise
of religion, pass judgment on oth-
ers regarding issues of assimila-
tion and practice.
Once, while attending a bar
mitzvah celebration for a friend's
child, he overheard the rabbi ask-
ing the children about their in-
terests. After one boy shared that
he liked to play soccer and the
saxophone, the rabbi told the boy
that the sax was not a Jewish in-
strument. He instructed the boy
to try the violin.
'What is he doing? He just bar
mitzvahed this 13-year-old kid
and now he is being all judgmen-
tal, saying the saxophone is not a
Jewish instrument," he said. "He
is probably thinking that these
kids are assimilating and not re-
taining their Jewishness.
"My opinion is, why can't you
have your religion and your in-
terests?" he said.
Conversely, Lovitz is also at-
tracted by the kind of worship he
witnessed in Israel when he was
visiting relatives in 1978. There,
he attended Shabbat services in
an Orthodox shul with his cousin.
"The neat thing about it was
that it was not in this fancy build-
ing. It was plain," he said. "And
there wasn't a leader, so anyone
could get up and lead the service."
"To me, that was just more
pure religion," he said.
Growing up, his father left the
formal Hebrew education up to
Jon.
"My father said, Do you want
to go to Hebrew school?' and I
said, No.' What kid does?" said
Lovitz.
"So [my father] said, am not
going to make you. In King
David's time when you were 13,
you were a man, because then
people died when they were 35."
Being Jewish to Lovitz is more
than just Hebrew school. Instead,
it is an intangible way of being.
"I am not religious, but I know
I am Jewish because I think that
way. To me, it's about morals," he
said.
"Being a Jew, there are cer-
tain things you just don't do.
The biggest thing to me is the
Ten Commandments. They say
do this, don't do that," he says,
gesturing with his hands. "God
said, 'Here are these things;
don't do these things. Do what-
ever you want, but these, don't
do.' " 0

For a review of High School
High, see page 93.

Presents Afternoon Tea

Friday, November 1,1996
3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Tres Vite Restaurant
2211 Woodward Avenue • Detroit

Mr. Frost will discuss the historical background of porcelain and will help identifyYOUR porcelain treasures.
also MEET JENNIFER WILKENSON, representative of

"TRADITIONAL HOME" magazine

Royal Worcester representatives will pour tea, in the traditional English manner.
Enjoy complimentary cookies, mini-muffins and scones along with music provided by a harpist.

FREE PARKING will be provided in lot south of Fox Theatre (on Columbia)

Pat your service

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