"•`-2222-'4":".."2‘2,2 HaShana or they go overseas. Towards the middle of August, Israel's daily papers are full of travel agency ads that read: "Where are you spending the holidays? We can offer you a range of beautiful and exotic resorts all over the world, places where you will be living a life of luxury from morning to night." The destinations range from Cuba and the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean to Mauritius and the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Needless to say, the ads make no mention about the availability of synagogues at these destinations. ,t44V ' $ :•ilei'ditt1!2;# Calendar That Counts Though all official correspondence in Israel carries two dates — the secular and the Hebrew — most Israelis don't pay any attention to the latter, and would be hard put to even name the Hebrew months. Yet whatever their sense of Jewishness, they, unlike their diaspora brethren, live by the Jewish calendar. To w in e High Holidays.` We just want to get away from all the hubbub to enjoy a little peace and quiet," Nina said Then she added a more reveal- ing explanation: 'Also influencing us, I guess, is the fact that we cant stand hypocrisy, and we are annoyed when our friends — secularists to the core — tell us they are going to a synagogue on the High Holidays. So rather than stick around during a period when 'let's-pretend' religion dominates Israeli life, we head for the air- port," Nina concluded. American immigrants Mike and Martha Stein, on the other hand, are happy to be in Israel during the High Holidays, even though, as Mike put it, "I know that not everyone I see in my syn- agogue on Rosh HaShana will be there the following Sabbaths. Yet, all in all, I'm pleased to have moved from a country where only 3 percent of the Jews take their religion seriously to one where 30 percent do." . 444 ' 44t ri1P7M°* 7 I el 0 :7A NV II 4- Elderhostel iqqq Perlstein Resort & Conference Center WISCONSIN DELLS n For adults 55 and over crIc • Gateway. Travel Travel with the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago to Wisconsin for an affordable week-long Elderbostel getaway. The program includes stimulating I and discussions led by top-caliber instructors well as plenty of opportunities fiiit.reateatiiiif and entertainment. October lo-TS In Their Eyes: FatnOus Non-Jewish Thinkers' Views of Jews and Judaism Great Radib. and TV I lusband and Wife Teams Richard Wagnr. Evil Genius ROCHELLE LIEBERMAN And The Staff Of GATEWAY TRAVEL wish all our friends and clients a happy and healthy New Year! October.17-22 The Spirit ofjewish Humor Much Ado About Shakespeare on Film The Short Story and the Reader: A Journey Towards Discovery and Identity Fee: $415 (s1:1: day/fire night all-inclusire package) Register Today! 847 675.72oo JCC is a partner in serving our community, receiving support from the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation. Southfield Troy Franklin Center 29100 Northwestern Hwy. Southfield, Michigan 48034 248-353-8600 Northfield Market Place 5383 Crooks Troy, Michigan 48098 0 Don't Be A Drip! Get Your Faucet Fired! Check out the Plumbers in our Marketplace Home and Service Guide. -77 40.\ Italian Chop House 248-641-8877 The Newly Located Oliverio's Chop House t