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Leasee has option but is not obligated to purchase vehicle at lease end. To get total of pymts, multiply pymt. by term plus 6 % use tax. All incentives to dealer. "Must be eligible for Chrysler Employee Purchase Plan. Plus tax, title, registration and destination. — Plus tax, title Plates. Expires 1/6/97. he synagogue on the corner pers typically coming to Friday was a striking sight — an evening services every week. The day school, which opened expansive white building with a soaring dome, grace- three years ago as the first such ful windows and a Star of David school in the northern Rhine area, has been expanding over the entry. Th e rapidly ever since. It now I rememberd it well from a visit to Dusseldorf three synago gue in has 90 students enrolled in years earlier, when this Dussel dorf, four grades. Over half are Germ any. children of Russian-Jewish was the first modern syna- origin. gogue rd seen in Germany. As in other German cities, it is The adjoining community center was the first German Jewish com- the Russian Jews who have re- vitalized this community. In all, munity center I visited. They are located in a city on they now make up two-thirds of the Rhine River just north of the Jewish community. They have helped make Dusseldorf the Cologne. With many museums, fourth largest Jewish communi- a lively "old town," a Parisian- ty in Germany, after Berlin, style boulevard lined with elegant shops, Dusseldorf is a cos- Frankfurt and Munich. The distinctive synagogue is a mopolitan city that is sometimes known as the "Paris of Ger- major site for visiting students. About 600 from secondary schools many." in Germany visit the JCC every As for me, the real highlight had been the opportunity to see month. College students, too, are frequent visitors. Then there are a modern Jewish community which was thriving in the north- the tourists — either individuals or groups — who come to the syn- ern Rhine area. Now, returning agogue, located in a quiet, resi- to the city, I was eager to get reac- dential area not far from the quainted with Jewish Dusseldorf center of town. On this visit, I found that the Jews from abroad come with Jewish community is still flour- ishing and, in fact, has marked awareness that modern Ger- many is not Nazi Germany ac- several important firsts since my cording to Mr. Szatei-Heise. "The last visit. guilty ones are the previous gen- Michael Szatei-Heise, execu- eration. And Jewish life must tive director of the Jewish com- continue in Germany. If Jews munity, met me in the lobby. Before going up to his modern of- were not living in Germany, then fice, we stopped to see the sanc- Hitler would really have won. "This Jewish community and tuary with its unusual design. The architect, Herman Zvi others have been given another chance." Guttman, purposely planned a Now, more than ever, he is space with no straight lines, only optimistic about the future of curves. "His favorite shape is an ellipse," explains Mr. Szatei- Dusseldorf s Jewish communi- ty. "Even five years ago, I Heise. This synagogue is the pride of thought Dusseldorf was on the the Jews of Dusseldorf. Here edge. Maybe it would survive, Rabbi Michael Goldberger con- maybe not," Mr. Szatei-Heise re- ducts daily minyans every morn- called. "But now, I'm absolutely ing as well as Shabbat services; convinced that Jewish life will continue to thrive for many and these services are well at- tended, with about 200 worship- years." ❑ 41. CHRYSLER sHurnan 4kt. Jeep, motor sales, inc. Plymouth walled lake, mi 669-2010 Treasures of Annie's Antics Oakland County's ONLY Women's & Children's OUTLET CLOTHING STORE (810) 669-.6010 AT COMMERCE PLACE 2045 W. 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