SUMMER
ravel
PLEASURES
Summer is just around the corner
and so is The Detroit Jewish News
Annual SUMMER PLEASURES
Supplement, which will be published
May 22, 1998.
SUMMER PLEASURES is
the summer duide for families
looking to make their summer one
to remember. From ideas for
exciting adventures the whole
family will enjoy to golf gear,
theme parties, travel - tips and
hundreds of other warm weather
activities. This special pull-
out-and-save supplement gives
y our business the opportunity to
make a splash with our readers.
SPACE RESERVATION
DEADLINE IS
MAY 8, 1998.
MOTOR COACH TOURS - AIR AND CRUISE TRAVEL
*
TORONTO TRIPS:
"THE LION KING" - NEW YORK
*
$589
* May 13-17 - Meals, Tours
"LEGENDS IN CONCERT"
(Includes Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty)
$249
July 17-19 thru Oct.
"RIVERDANCE"
fr.
$79
STRATFORD FESTIVAL
$298
July 24-26
* June 17-18 thru Oct.
1 & 2 Days
* "Man of La Mancha" & Other Plays
CHERRY FESTIVAL—TRAVERSE CITY
July 10-12
* HOLLAND TULIP FESTIVAL
fr. $69
* May 16 & May 16-17
$289
Parade, Meals & Show.
* "ALL STAR SHOW"
SMOKY MOUNTAINS
* Frankenmuth & Birch Run
$499
June 22-26.
$58
June 20 - Lunch and Show
(Meals, Tours, Shows)
* CROSWELL OPERA HOUSE—ADRIAN
SHAW FESTIVAL — 2 Plays! Dinner
July 19: "1776" - Aug. 9: "State Fair'
July 31-Aug. 2 & Thru Oct.. ...... fr. $239 *
* (Lunch at Hathaway House)
$65
GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECT TOUR
* MACKINAC ISLAND/MACKINAC CITY
Colchester, Ont. July 26 & Aug. 8...$56 *
June, August & Sept.
*
fr. $155
* Tours and Shows
"SOARING EAGLE CASINO"
*
* * Mt. Pleasant, MI
NOVA SCOTIA - August 3-12
$28
July 13 & Aug. 11
* Meals, Tours, Attractions
$1189
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AIR AND CRUISE SPECIALS
PRINCESS CRUISES
Alaska Cruise Tour - 14 Day Voyage of Glaciers
6 Night Land Tour, 7 nt. Cruise, 7/12 — fr. $2199
(Vs ind. pt. & land chgs. — air add'I.)
Alaska Cruise Tour - Featuring Canadian Rockies
14 Day Voyage of Glaciers, 6 Night Land Tour
Seattle — 7 Night Cruise, 6/16 — fr. $1999
(vs ind. pt. & land chgs. — air add'I.)
Cruise and air specials have restrictions and can be withdrawn anytime.
*Prices p.p. dbl. occ. Group Discounts. CALL FOR FLYERS, ADDITIONAL TRIPS & DETAILS
BERKLEY TOURS AND TRAVEL, INC.
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Magic Reviews im
N efttertaimaftead
David Bellin Travel Systems, POB
2172, Maalot 24952, Israel. The e-
mail address is dbellin@actcom.co.il .
Bessie Chase of Oak Park suggests
visiting the David Horodoker Orga-
nization projects: the Organization
for the Welfare of Jewish Soldiers in
Tel Aviv, the General Israel Girls
Home in Jerusalem, the Alyn Reha-
bilitation Center for Crippled Chil-
dren in Jerusalem and the American
Mogen David Adom Medical Center
in Ashdod. For more info, call
David Horodoker Organization
President Roz Blanck at (248) 626-
surrounding the gems are some truly
chintzy items.
Check out the Ilana Goor muse-
um, also in Jaffa. Goor is an artist
and collector who restored a pilgrim's
citadel that overlooks the old Jaffa
port and filled it with superb sculp-
ture, jewelry, furniture, etchings,
paintings and castings.
IN staff writer Julie Wiener recom-
mends checking out Haifa, a beauti-
ful city too often omitted from the
whirlwind tour itinerary. Built into
the mountainside on the northern
Mediterranean coast, Haifa is known
for its breathtaking views and relaxed
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Arab-Jewish relations. You can ascend
Mount Carmel by foot, using a net-
Sandra Silver of Huntington Woods
work of outdoor staircases, ride the
writes: "When in Israel last February,
winding roads by bus or car or you
I noticed a lot of changes that had
can speed up in Haifa's sleek subway
occurred since my last visit, in 1968.
Neon fast-food signs loomed among
system.
For those who don't keep kosher,
towering high-rise buildings. Amid all
be sure to sample the food at the
the modernity, I fell in love with the
city's Arab market in Wadi Salib.
mixed Arab-Jewish neighborhood of
Druze pita
Jaffa on the
smeared with lab-
Mediterranean
neh (a dairy
coast. Once a sep-
spread some-
arate city, Jaffa
where between
merged with the
yogurt and sour
municipality of
cream) and
Tel Aviv several
za'atar (a spice
years ago.
mix) is especially
"Strolling
delicious, fol-
through the Arab
lowed with
market, you will
kanafeh, an
see women prepar-
orange-colored
ing pita bread on
pistachio and
the stone grill in
cheese pastry.
order to prepare
Another off-
fresh falafel sand-
the-beaten-path
wiches. For art
delight: the train
fans, there are
from Jerusalem to
numerous galleries
Tel
Aviv. At two
showcasing the
Jaffa by the sea: Sandra Silver with
hours,
it takes
many talented
cousin Anat, Royr and Amir.
more than twice
local artisans.
as long as the bus
Beautiful tiles and
trip, but is infi-
Judaica keepsakes
nitely more
are available for
scenic, winding
purchase."
through canyons
A JN note: For
of the Judean
bargain seekers,
desert. For a
Jaffa also boasts an
schedule (only
enormous flea
two trains run
market where you
per day), call
can pick up sou-
Noah Lewkow catches up on his reading. (03) 693-7515.
venirs, jewelry,
rugs, Jewish ritual
Mot Lewkow of West Bloomfield
objects and clothing at prices far
suggests the following as his three
below what you will get at most
favorite places in Israel.
Israeli stores. The trick: it's all in the
Safed — located in the Upper
haggling. Don't get guilt-tripped into
Galilee is a beautiful, mystical place
buying things you don't want, and be
that has something for everyone. The
sure to exan- fine goods carefully —