Should
restitution
payments
be taxed?
A cartoonist
skewers some
sacred cows.
This
That
How much should the state of Michi-
gan collect in taxes from Holocaust
survivors who receive restitution from
Swiss banks?
None, says
Milton J.
Nieuwsma,
author of
Kinderlager:
An Oral His-
tory of Young
Holocaust
Survivors.
The former
Wayne State
University
professor,
signing copies
of his book in
Holland,
Mich. on
Sept. 19, will
be sending a
letter to Gov- Author Milton Nieuwsma.
on eruv Rosh
HaShanah Sunday and
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday
followed by a kiddush
luncheon for $8.
Call Aish for informa-
tion about Yom Kippur
at (248) 737 - 0400.
ernor John Engler, and
other Michigan legislators to
ask them to follow Califor-
nia's lead and grant tax relief
on restitution.
It's more of a symbolic ges-
ture," he said. "There won't
be that much to be gained if
they are taxed."
National Council of Jewish
Women will celebrate Rosh
Hashanah this year by pro-
viding a holiday dinner for
its nearly 200 Meals on
Wheels clients on Sunday.
Founded by the NCJW
26 years ago, Meals on
Wheels delivers two kosher
meals daily to elderly and homebound
Jewish adults.
Aish HaTorah of Metro Detroit
invites unaffiliated Jews to free High
Holiday services — in English — in
the DeRoy Theatre at the Kahn Jew-
ish Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
Services will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Yaakov Kirschen, cre-
ator of the internationl-
ly syndicated political
comic strip, "Dry
Bones," visited Oakland
County Wednesday in
an appearance before
the American Technion
Society at Knollwood
Country Club in West
Bloomfield.
He addressed life in
our times with wit and
candor, taking swipes at
Israeli politics, the
Middle East peace
process, the general
state of Jewish affairs
and today's news. The
'70s brought Kirschen to Israel,
where he developed "Dry Bones." It
appeared for 19 years in the Jerusalem
Post. It now appears in the Jerusalem
Report and is syndicated in 40 U.S.
Newspapers.
ATS is The Technion-Israel Insti-
tute of Technology's support organiza-
tion in the U.S.
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From the pages of The Jewish News
N for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50
II years ago.
1988
Two Nazi war criminals living in
the United States, Stefan Reger
and Juris Kauls, were denaturalized
by U.S. District Court judges for
their service in concentration
camps.
The Egyptian coast guard rammed
and seized an Israeli excursion boat
off the coast of Eilat.
Eva Shapiro was appointed admin-
M istrator of Temple Israel.
Rabbi Julian I. Cook was named
associate rabbi of Temple Beth El.
I
0
a 1978
$ Secretary of State Cyrus Vance met
v with leaders of Jordan, Saudi Arabia
and Syria for their critical support of
III •
the framework of the Camp David
Peace Accords.
Empire Kosher Foods, Inc.
announced its new line of frozen
kosher dinners that included sliced
turkey and gravy, turkey franks and
baked beans and turkey meat balls.
Carmi Slomovitz, business manag-
er of The Jewish News, was elected
president of the Jewish National
Fund Council of Greater Detroit.
The NBC-TV mini-series, "Holo-
caust," won six Emmy Awards for
best acting, directing and writing.
1968
Escorted by Max Fisher, presidential
canclidLte Richard Nixon addressed
B'nai B'.I;th, pledging to support
Israel.
Orthodox Rabbi Aaron Soloveitchik
told the national convention of Yavneh
(the Orthodox Jewish students associa-
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tion) that the United States' participa-
tion in the Vietnam war was an
immoral act and asked for amend-
ments to be made in the draft laws.
Max Fisher was elected chairman
of the United Israel Appeal, succeed-
ing Dewey D. Stone.
Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh
declared September "Hadassah
Month."
1958
A wave of police terror was evidenced
in Romania against the Jewish popu-
lation in opposition to Jews emigrat-
ing to safe havens in Israel.
Reports circulated that Ambassador
Abba Eban would resign his post.
Leonard N. Simons, a leading per-
sonality in the Detroit Jewish com-
munity, was one of the winners of the
annual Appreciation Awards present-
ed by St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church.
The Women's Sabbath League
pleaded for shoppers to curtail their
purchasing on Shabbat.
194 8
In response to the rising tension and
continual Arab shelling of Jerusalem
despite the UN imposed truce, Israel
demanded that the UN either stop
the Arab attacks or allow the Israeli
army to do it.
The government of Paraguay offi-
cially recognized the State of Israel.
The first Israeli assignment made
to a Detroiter went to Morris
Lieberman, chairman of the Labor
Zionist Organization. He was
authorized by the Consul General o f
the State of Israel to act for the
Israeli Consulate.
Harry Cohen, a Detroit commu-
nity leader, was honored community-
wide on his 65th birthday.
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