Jewry's Role in Human Advancement NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES Crusaders for Peace , Sterns, BBYO Create Community Service Award newly installed executive board members are Paula Goldman- Spinner, chairman; Darrin Elias, .Stuart Novick, Michelle Soltz and Deborah Stern, vice chairmen; Francine Snyder, secretary; David Bittker, Bruce Gorosh, Ruth Grey and Steve Schanes, ex- ecutive committee. General board members serv- ing until 1999 are Irwin Alter- man, Stacy Arsht, Jacob Braslaw, Eric Bronstein, Rebecca Dia- mond, Jessica Erlich, Allan Feuer, Doug Finegood, Sherry Kanter, Josh Lefkowitz, Steve Lezell, Rachel Margolis, Pam Sal- ba, Michele Siegal and Judy Zim- merman. BBYO's Arnold J. Weiner, Sam Fisher and Paula Goldman-Spinner present a General board members serv- menorah to Judith and Max Stem. ing until 1999 are Sue Adler, The Mickey and Debbie Stem En- and BBG chapters for their out- Sheri Benkoff, Henry Goldberg, dowment was recently created by standing community service work Fred Goldenberg, Ilene Lubin, the Stem family for Michigan Re- during each program year. Elie Morris, Bruce Rosenblatt, gion B'nai B'rith Youth Organi- A gift of a menorah was given Shelly Rubenfire, Sheri Schiff, zation. In return, BBYO has to Max and Judith Stern at the Sharon Schwartz, Rick Segal, established the Max and Judith recent election and installation Eva Shapiro, Mickey Stem, Hol- Stem Community Service Award, program of the Michigan Region li Targan and Barbara Newman 0-11, which will recognize the top AZA BBYO board of directors. The Zack. June 19-22 Events For State JWV OP Jewish War Veterans National Commander Robert M. Zweiman and National Ladies Auxiliary President Pearl H. Tyler will ad- dress the Michigan JWV and Auxiliary at their 56th annual con- vention at the Best Western Hotel, in Farmington Hills on June 19-22. A banquet honoring Commander Zweiman will kick off the convention activi- ties 7:30 p.m. Thurs- Pearl Tyler day, June 19. Twenty-six area students' achievements will be highlighted with $500 scholarships during a special Shabbat ceremony 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 20, at the JWV Memorial Home in South- field. Many area veteran dignitaries will also be recog- nized at the pro- gram. Congregation Beth Achim will honor Jewish vet- erans at a 9 a.m. service Saturday, June 21, as part of Robert Zweiman the convention ac- tivities. A dinner-dance will pay tribute to State Commander Iry Marshall and State Auxiliary President Elaine Zeron at 7:30 p.m. Past members of JWV and Auxiliary will be re- membered at a memorial service at the Best West- ern.9:30 a.m. Sunday, June 22. Business sessions will follow a 10:30 brunch. General chairmen for the Convention are Past Deputy Commanders Milton Klein and Jack Schwartz, as well as Past Deputy Auxiliary Pres- ident Shirley Marshall and co-chair Ruth Klein. The Friday evening awards program is open to the public. MENABEM BEGIN (1913-92) SIUMON PERES YITZHAK RABIN (1923-) (1922-95) "...and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks." This message of peace which resonates in the books of Isaiah, Joel and Micah has lingered in Jewish consciousness since antiquity. Peace in one's own land, a dream long unrealized by Jews suffering dispersal and geopolitical hostility has become more concrete in recent decades. Inch by tortuous inch, peace has edged forward through strength and diplomacy by Israel for which only an honorable peace assures survival. Among those who advanced its promise are: Polish-born Menahem Begin studied law and rose in the Zionist hierarchy before escaped the invading Germans. He joined the Free Polish Army, was dispatched to Palestine in 1942 and following discharge commanded the Irgun Zvai Leumi resistance force. Begin headed the nationalist Lildaid party and was elected prime minister in 1977 within a coalition government--soon after engaging Egyptian President Sadat in peace talks mediated by President Carter at Camp David. The accords led to a treaty which earned 1978 Nobel Peace Prizes for both former combatants. The hero of the Six-Day War in 1967 and army chief-of-staff was much a peace-maker as a warrior. was born in Jerusalem, fought in the War Yitzhak Rabin was of Independence and served as ambassador to the U.S. (1968-73). Rising through the ranks of the Labor party, Rabin succeeded prime minister Golda Meir. Resigning in 1976, he was appointed minister of defense in the Shimon Peres government which he reclaimed in 1992. Tough on terrorism, yet a realist, Rabin sealed a peace agreement with PLO chairman Arafat which won them Nobel Peace Prizes in 1994. Within a year, he was assassinated by a fanatical right-wing Jew. A third recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize was a consummate political figure--Shimon Peres, a Harvard-trained former kibbutznick who negotiated details of the Israel-PLO pact and twice ruled the country as its prime minister. The Polish-born statesman played many roles during a distinguished career: as head of Israel's navy, minister of defense, finance and com- munications, and chairman of the Labor party. It was he who withdrew Israeli forces from Lebanon in 1985 and vigorously championed a moderate and conciliatory approach to relations with Palestinian opponents. -- Saul Stadtmauer The oft-repeated word "shalom" in Jewry's holy scriptures evokes what profoundly distinguishes the bible--its 3,000 years of enduring wisdom- with a reverence for peace. "Love peace and strive for peace," said the great Rabbi Hillel. One's heart and spirit must be steeped in peace to be human. And even in the Kaddish, Judaism's most familiar doxology, shalom appears three times. -- Walter L. Field Dr Martin Mozes chief of kidney and pancreas transplantation at Henry Ford Hospital spoke need for t the Zedek Men 's ‘911. a own w t Mazes, cn are aver recipient Arlene Leve son and programF c..ha , , of `Mlchlln. a. COMMISSION FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF JEWISH HISTORY Harold Berry & Irwin S. Field, Co-chairmen Harriet F. Siden, Secretary Founders/Sponsors: Walter & Lea Field