THIS WEEKEND! Your last chance to enjoy Metropolitan Detroit's First U.S. ROLE page 81 ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL Highly acclaimed films representing the best in drama, romance and comedy from Israel's vibrant and innovative motion picture industry! presented by THE AMERICA-ISRAEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF MICHIGAN Michael H. Traison, President Exclusive engagement at The Maple Theatre Maple Road (15 Mile) at Telegraph Road Saturday, April 12, 10:00pm LOVESICK ON NANA STREET '3 11311313 ni t COMEDY. When a romantic dreamer pursues a beautiful actress, the entire neigh- borhood becomes involved. Sunday, April 13, 2:00pm THE SUMMER OF AVIYA aim inu rpn DRAMA. A ten-year-old Holocaust survivor yearns for a normal childhood in newly independent Israel. (*) 4:00pm UNDER THE DOMIN TREE °inn irni-rn p11 - DRAMA. Sequel to "Summer." Aviya and other Holocaust youngsters seek escape from their pasts. (*) 6:00pm Repeated by popular demand ONE OF US - rriN DRAMA. Four young defenders of modern Israel are caught in a crossfire of conflicting loyalties. 8:00pm AN IMAGINED AUTOBIOGRAPHY 11'31 101 11 9131"31121N DRAMA. In making a film about her life, a young woman discovers new meaning to her existence. Films are in Hebrew with English subtitles. For mature audiences. An asterisk (*) indicates films that may be suitable for ages 14 or older. Admission $7 for each performance. Tickets at the box office, or call (810) 258-9270 * * * * * THE DETROIT JE WISH NEWS Presented with underwriting support from S2 • Deco-Grand, Inc. • Yair & Shelley Nadiv for NADIV • James V. McTevia & Associates, Inc. • B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (AZA • BBG) courtesy of the Ben N. Teitel Charitable Trust and Gerald S. Cook, Partner, Honigman, Miller, Schwatrtz & Cohn with additional support from • Labor Zionist Alliance • Habonim Dror • Young Judaea • Midrasha Organized for your enjoyment by • Michael H. Traison, Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone - Attorneys • Naomi Blumenburg, Midrasha - Agency for Jewish Education • Joseph F. Savin, the Sanbreen Co. - Architects • Shelley Nadiv - Amreal Remodelling Div. of YAD, Inc. • Neil T. Jackson, Madison Communications - Public Relations Jess Hordes: Negative reaction. semblance of justice to aging Holo- caust survivors, also will look into charges that some $6 million de- posited by Holocaust victims be- fore the war and seized by American authorities was never returned to victims, their heirs or Jewish restitution organizations. Much of the money in question was caught up when American of- ficials seized German assets in American banks — assets that in- cluded some private deposits by individuals who eventually were murdered by the Nazis. The issue was raised in a letter to Mr. Eizenstat by Seymour J. Rubin, a former State Department lawyer and representative of Jew- ish groups who helped negotiate a 1959 settlement by Congress providing $500,000 in restitution. Now, Mr. Rubin claims that the amount of that agreement was "paltry," and said that it should be re-evaluated. "Our assertion was that many of the so-called German assets seized during the war were Jew- ish assets," Mr. Rubin said in an interview. "Nobody showed up to claim them because in many cas- es the depositors were extermi- nated." - Mr. Rubin, representing the American Jewish Committee at the time, argued that some of the seized money should be turned over to Jewish restitution organi- zations. Congress agreed — but the $6 million originally request- ed was pared down to $500,000. The recent spate of stories about Switzerland's sluggish re- sponse to pleas for restitution con- vinced Mr. Rubin to raise the issue of this country's inadequate re- sponse to demands for restitution. In a sense, American officials after the war faced a similar dilemma to the one faced by Swiss bankers: how to determine own- ership of assets when no heirs sur- vived — although, unlike the Swiss, the U.S. government and the banks did not pocket the mon- ey, but used it for other war claims. Still, Mr. Rubin argued, the time has come for officials in Washington to face up to the gov- ernment's inadequate response before the last survivors die. Are We All Alone? Israel's leaders ponder mixed messages from the United States but clear ones from the Arabs. INA FRIEDMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS nce again an uncomfort- able mild anxiety attack or fear of "creeping isolation" has been gnawing at Is- rael's psyche. It's been sparked by messages of anger and affront from three different sources. They're expressed with vary- ing degrees of vehemence, though rarely politely. The source closest to home is obviously the Palestinians. At this writing, Palestinian Au- thority head Yassir Arafat was still not talking to Binyamin Ne- tanyahu. But the real problem was the break in contacts between the Is- raeli and Palestinian security ser- vices — the glue that holds the peace process together. Low-lev- el contacts continue in the field, and in places like Hebron that's nothing to sneeze at. High-level contacts have also resumed be- tween Israeli officers and Mo- hammed Dahlan, the head of the Palestinian Preventive Securi- ty in Gaza. But his counterpart O in the West Bank, the powerful Col. Jebril Rajoub, continues to snub the Shabak, or Israel's gen- eral security services. The reason for the enduring cold shoulder is the harsh charges cast by top Israeli com- manders, including Chief of Staff Amnon Shahak and Intelligence Chief Moshe Ya'alon. Col. Rajoub was particularly outraged at be- ing described (by an intelligence officer) as "a thug in a suit and tie." The day before that insult, he had promised Avigdor Kaha- lani, Israel's minister of internal security, to do whatever he could to stop the Palestinian riots. Col. Rajoub can actually do quite a lot. But he won't do much if peeved. Neither will his es- teemed colleagues. And that makes Israelis nervous. The second source of harsh messages is the broader Arab world. Meeting in Rabat, the Jerusalem Committee asked the Arab states to reconsider their relations with Israel. Eytan Ben-