Is there such a thing as a soulmate?
How long does it take to find a
soulmate? Is a soulmate forever?

Find out the

JEWISH SECRETS

TO SELF IMPROVEMENT

"How To Find and
Keep Your Soulmate"

With Noted Lecturer Rabbi Shmuel Irons

Tuesday, May 6, 1997 • 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center
Maple/Drake Building

There is no charge for this program.
Refreshments will be served.

Call (810) 661-7649 to
pre-register for the lecture.

Jewish Secrets will be held on the first Tuesday of each
month. This lecture series is brought to you by Mr. Fred
Ferber and the Jewish Community Center.

Sperber's North Kosher Restaurant,
located inside the JCC, will now be
serving dinner until 8:00 p.m.

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can rap music such as Dr. Dre,
Cypress Hill and Eazy-E. More
listen to American bands and pop
artists than to Israeli stars such
as Achinoam Nini, Shlomo Artzi
or Rami Kleinstein.
Ms. Natanzon sees a direct
link between apathetic teenagers
and the introduction of American
fast-food chains, music and
lifestyles.
Pointing to the non-kosher Mc-
Donald's at Golani Junction, right
next to the Golani Brigade
Memorial and near several army
bases, she says, agitated, "It fills
me with anger, seeing memori-
als for soldiers and in front is a
McDonald's. The problem among
Israeli youth today is lack of mo-
tivation and ideology."
It's no secret that Israel is a di-
vided nation. Left-wing, right-
wing, secular, religious. Still, 'the
army needs to be a consensus,"
says Ms. Natanzon.
"Young Israelis could sit at
home and wait, but I don't know
who will come and save them. I

don't think the big burger of Mc-
Donald's will come and save
them."
In a speech about Ron Arad,
the Israeli fighter who was cap-
tured in Lebanon a decade ago
and has not been seen since, Ms.
Natanzon asked: "If you were a
commander, what would you do?"
She explained the difficulty of
that decision 10 years ago:
whether to risk more soldiers'
lives to go into Lebanon and
search for Mr. Arad vs. leaving
the young soldier, possibly alive,
somewhere, hoping to be rescued.
The IDF promises its soldiers
that it will do all it can to rescue
and support them. But at the
same time, the army admits that
sometimes it cannot succeed.
"How are young Israelis sup-
posed to be motivated to join
fighting units when at age 19
they have already buried
friends?" Ms. Natanzon says the
future of the Jewish state de-
pends entirely on the efforts of
these young people. ❑

A Separate Peace

Israeli Jews and Palestinians live together
in a small village.

GIDEON KEREN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

T

hose who believe Jews and set up a summer camp before in-
Arabs will never be able to augurating the village in 1978.
live together should visit Of the five founding families, four
Neve Shalom.
remain.
Perched on a lush, verdant hill
"He had spiritual reasons for
near Latrun, mid-way between starting up Neve Shalom, where-
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with a as we were thinking more on na-
majestic view over the Judean tional and political lines," Mr.
hills, the village of Neve Shalom Najjar says of the late Father
stands as evidence that indeed Hussar. "He established a du.-
there is another way in the com- mid, a house of silence, where
plex relationship between Israelis people, though divided by differ-
and Palestinians.
ences in creed or culture, may
"We are aiming for full equal- find a common sanctuary. We
ity between the peo-
ple here," says
Abdessalem Najjar,
the community's di-
rector of public rela-
tions. "And through
this equality we are
trying to explore the
possibilities of how to
live together with less
hatred, prejudice and
violence."
It all started in
1972 when Father
Bruno Hussar, a Do-
minican priest in
Jerusalem, put for-
ward the idea of cre-
ating a community
where people from
different religions
could live together.
This appealed to a
group of young Jews
and Palestinians
who started meeting The Neve Shalom kindergarten, where children are
over weekends and taught in Arabic and Hebrew.