Please Don't Say
We Didn't Warn You

• On a portable radio: "Do not
f a word to the wise is sufficient,
place
lighted candles or live cigarettes
how much must be said to those
on
plastic
case."
less well mentally endowed?
•
With
an in-sink garbage disposal:
To judge from warnings and
"Turn power off before
similar notices on products
attempting
to remove an
used daily, not only are some
object
from
the disposal."
consumers unwise, they are
• With an electric hedge
downright stupid. Certain
trimmer: "Turn tool off
precautions are understand-
before
trying to unjam
able, but if we consider the
material
from blades. Never
following, we may be amazed
grasp
blades
or cutting edge
that the need for such warn-
when
picking
up the tool,
ings came about.
especially
if
power
is on."
• On a cardboard auto
Here
are
actual
label
instruc-
shade: "Do not use with auto
tions from consumer goods:
shade in place. Remove from
SY MAN ELLO
• Do not use hair dryer
windshield before starting
while
sleeping.
Editorial
Assistant
engine."
•
Product
will be hot after
• On an electric tooth
heating.
plaque remover: "Do not use
• Do not iron clothes on body.
while bathing."
•
This sleep aid may cause drowsi-
• On an electric broom: "Do not
ness.
use to pick up burning materials such
• These lights are for indoor or out-
as matches, live ashes or cigarette
door
use only.
butts."

• Open packet before eating nuts.
• Do not attempt to stop chainsaw
with bare hands.
Let the buyer beware and don't say
we did not warn you. However, this
whole problem is reminiscent of a sign
that I used to have posted on my front
door: "Warning! This home is protect-
ed by extreme poverty. Nothing inside
is worth stealing." The flaw lies in the
fact that the persons this is addressed
to probably cannot read! ❑

BECAUSE
ALL
CHILDREN
ARE PART
OF OUR
COMMUNITY

JARC
Merle and Shirley Harris
Children and
Family Division

Services for children with any
disability and their families.

(A little taste of Yiddish.)

Ven me lacht zlen alleh; ven me
mint zet trainer nislgt.

When you laugh, all see; when you
cry, no one sees.

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tiotables

"The heritage of our culture is as important as that of other ethnic groups and is worthy of being shown in a museum
like the Detroit Institute of Arts."
— Rabbi Mayer Rabinowitz, in his preview reception remarks for the exhibition "Treasures of Jewish Cultural Heritage From
the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary" running until June 6 at the DIA.

"We have always known how to die together. The time has come to learn how to live together."
— Israel's Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi Yisrael Lau, an Auschwitz survivor who began to weep when recalling the Holocaust
during an interview about internal Jewish strife.

"Today's a day off, so I want to put some Torah in my brain. Tomorrow, it's back to rock 'n' roll."
— David Fishoff; manager of former Beatle Ringo Starr, at the Edah modern Orthodoxy conference in New York City.

New Program Launched!

VARIETY INCLUSIVE
RECREATION INITIATIVE

will provide para-professional

aides so children with special
needs can participate side by
side with other children in

inclusive recreation activities:

"In the same manner that you have used these many years, Gene Siskel, you have lived a life that was indeed two thumbs up."
— Chicago Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, in the eulogy for the late movie critic who was a member of his Conservative synagogue
and active in Jewish affairs

• Sports teams

• Youth organizations,

such as scouts

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• Art and dance classes and

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other enrichment activities

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• Summer recreation

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programs

VIRI is funded by a grant

from VARIETY
The Children's Charity

For more information,
call JARC at

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248-352-5272

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28366 Franklin Road
Southfield, MI 48034
jarc@speedlink.net

JARC Does It With Heart

Detroit Jewish News

3/19
1999

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