OMP IN A CELEBRATION Crime On Israel's Mind Wednesday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the beautiful Detroit Orchestra Hall LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent 0 n Sunday, the "Tel Aviv Serial Rapist," who has the city's women looking over their shoulders in fear, evi- dently tried to commit his 10th rape in the last six months, but police say he let his pleading victim go and ran off. On the same day, Police Minister Avigdor Kahalani advised Israelis to do two patrol shifts a month with the volunteer Civil Guard in their towns . ' and cities. "Every Israeli citizen has to under- stand that if he doesn't help protect himself, the police will be ineffective," Kahalani said. Referring to the tens of thousands of annual car thefts com- mitted by Palestinians in Israeli cities, the minister said, "Until a border is built between us and the Palestinians, we're going to have to guard our hous- es ourselves, like we did when we cre- ated the State of Israel and the period when we were living in tents." Saying "safer than America" isn't saying much. Three weeks ago, Kahalani thought he had solved the country's worst murder problem, by inducing one of two warring Israeli Arab clans in the Ramle neighborhood of Juarish to move out. But two weeks ago a mem- ber of a third clan in the neighbor- hood, the Abu Labans, was murdered. And one week ago a 16-year-old girl belonging to yet a fourth clan in the neighborhood, the Mugrabis, was shot to death while sleeping in her room. Police discounted that the girl's murder came in revenge for the Abu Laban killing, and surmised that it was one more "honor killing" of an Israeli Arab female. This is still anoth- er ingredient in Israel's crime cocktail: Israeli Arab women being murdered by a male relative, usually a brother, seeking to expunge the "stain" she left on the family's honor by violating the strict Arab code of female sexual morality. 100 Years of Zionist Vision and Fulfillment honoring Sam & Minnie Berman Who will receive the Awe Louis D. Brandas Award A modest, folksy man, Sam Berman was born in Poland, survived the Holocaust and after the war, set his sights on Palestine, the country of his dreams. Intercepted mid-way by the British Navy, he and his brother, Alter, spent eight months in Cyprus only to be released when the British departed Palestine. But his personal Odyssey didn't end there. Settling in a kibbutz and finding employment in agriculture, he enlisted in the Haganah and fought in Israel's War of Independence in 1948 and the subsequent Sinai Campaign in 1956. Alter, Sam's brother, died in combat in 1948. In 1957, Sam came to the United States, where he worked successively as an electrician, a partner in a landscaping company and, finally, as a partner in Mastercraft Leather of Auburn Hills. Minnie Berman, a native of Newark, New Jersey, graduated from Central High School, enrolled in Wayne State University, studied art at Cass Tech, OCC and the Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association. She was also a charter-member and partner in the former Artists Gallery of Farmington Hills. The Bermans' passionate commitment to Israel and Jewish education found expression in their support for Israel Bonds, Magen David Adom (where they endowed six ambulances), Yeshiva Beth. Yehuda, Machon L'Torah and ORT. starring LORNA LUFT ROBERT KLEIN A talented Broadway stage, film and TV star. A comedian of note earning a Grammy Award for best comedy album of the year. Starred in the "Sisters Rosenzweig" and winner of the famed theatrical award, Obie. . Music by Mack Pitt and His Orchestra * * * * Dr. Jerome S. Kaufman * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * President, Metro Detroit ZOA Dr. Lester Zeff Chair; Ba l four Committee Johanna Gordon Ann Newman Honorary Associate Chair Chair, Ezekiel Leikin Sam & Minnie Berman Executive Vice President Tribute Committee Leonard Herman Civic and community leader and a top business executive, she is a leading member and supporter of a score, of pro- Israel, religious and humani- tarian organizations. First appeared on Broadway with her mother, Judy Garland. Starred in Broadway's "Guys and Dolls," "Girl Crazy," "Mame," "Grease" and special appearances at the Hollywood Bowl and London Palladium. tuft is a musical star and actress in her own right. Hon. Ira G. Kaufman Dr. Sidney Z. Leib George P. Mann Milton Marwil Carmi Slomovitz Honorary Co-Chairs Anne Brand Margaret Kaufman Pauline Klein Billie Kramer Yvette Mandell Dr. Anne Mann Helaine Wolf Chairs, Women's Committee Menacher Glaser Ruben H. Isaacs Executive Committee Anne Gonte Silver Chair, Journal Committee Beverly Baker Harold Berry Hon. Avern Cohn Julian Cohen Carol Rae Cooper Bruce Goldstein Gerson Cooper Leo Goldstein Max Fisher Bethea Green Sam Green Irwin Green James Hack Irving Laker Sabina Heller Sheldon L. Miller Dr. Lillian Hurwitz Anne Gonte Silver Alta Kazdan Dr. I. Walter Silver Dr. Louis Kazdan Sidney Silverman Harry Krim Freda Steinhardt Marion H. Leib- Dr. Milton J. Malcolm Leventen Steinhardt Nathan Lipson Rabbi M. Robert Syme Seymour Rabotnick Honorary Chairs Elliot Ring Diane Savin Marty Abrin Abraham Shapiro Mitcheal Bloom Shapiro Sidney Brand Etta Mary Solway Albert J. Burke Bonnie Stone Dr. Diana Warshay Dr. Leon Warshay Balfour Concert Committee Barbara Rabotnick Executive Secretary Marsha Kowal Administrative Aide BALFOUR CELEBRATION COMMITTEE Zionist Organization of America — Metropolitan Detroit District — 17100 W. 10 Mile Road Southfield, Michigan 48075 (248) 569-1515 • Fax (248) 569-9945 Detroit Jewish News 8/21 1998 43