JCC SUMMER CAMPS 2001 A camping tradition since 1935 CHECK OUT OUR EXCITING SUMMER LINE-UP: Camp JCC Traditional 4-week camps. Give your child an enriching outdoor camp experi- ence in a Jewish setting: Wide range of activities, including arts and crafts, canoeing, R.O.P.E.S. course, nature hikes, petting farm and much more! New! Teva Trek Outdoor Adventure (Fifth-Eighth Grade) Four two-week sessions for campers to explore the great outdoors. Campers will learn the basics of camping, including outdoor cooking, fire building, setting up tents, canoeing, hiking, orienteering and wilderness survival. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! NOW MORE OPTIONS! Imagitivity Camp "Imagitivity...where imagination and creativity meet!" New this year are: Museum Madness, Dance Fever, Musical Theatre and new programs from the Living Science Foundation. Plus these favorites: Second City Kidz Improv, cooking and clowning. One-Week Maccabi Pro-Sports Camps Now with more programs! New this summer: In-line hockey at our profes- sional-quality InLine Hockey Center, Gold Medal Swimming, girls volleyball. SESSION DATES: Session I June 18-July 11 • Session II July 15-Aug. 8 To support our mission of inclusion, the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit enthusiastically welcomes everyone to use our facilities and participate in our programs. Individual - inclusion assistance is available by calling Nancie Furgang, special needs director, (248) 661-7737. Give your child a memorable.summer experience. Let us help-you design a sum- mer program specially tailored for your child. For brochure and more information, call the JCC Summer Camps office, (248) 661-1010. News Digest Reno Shul Attacked Again Belarus Shul Firebombed Los Angeles/JTA — Thirteen months after five skinheads firebombed Temple Emanu-El in Reno, the same synagogue was attacked in the first hour of the new year. Police said an arsonist apparently used a flammable liquid to ignite the fire, which engulfed the temple's front entrance and charred the entryway The flames were discovered Monday at 12:45 a.m. and were quickly extin- guished. Police officials, who classified the attack as a hate crime, had few clues other than a poor-quality surveillance photo of the arsonist. Moscow/JTA — Unidentified assailants threw two firebombs at a synagogue in the capital of Belarus. One of the bombs in the Dec. 27 attack set a curtain on fire, but a security guard at the Minsk syna- gogue extinguished the flames and no serious damage was done. Expressions of anti-Semitism have become increasingly frequent in the former Soviet republic. Queen Honors Lubavitch Leader London/JTA — A Lubavitch rabbi was honored by Queen Elizabeth in her New Year's Honors List. Rabbi Nachman Sudak, the princi- pal of the Merkas Menachem School in London, was granted an Order of the British Empire because of his serv- ice to young people. Also honored was filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who was chosen for a knighthood. The 53-year old director, whose films include Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, will accept the honor at a Jan. 29 ceremony at the British Embassy in Washington. Bush Picks Jewish Aide Washington/JTA — A Jew will be fielding questions from White House reporters starting later this month. Ari Fleischer, a campaign spokesman for George W. Bush, will be the president-elect's press secretary. Shoah Efforts To Continue? JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT 411. 4 1/5 2001 22 b. Dan and Betty Kahn Building • Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield • (248) 661-1000 Jimmy Prentis Morris Building • A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus 15110 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park • (248) 967-4030 JCC Washington/JTA — U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat is con- cerned about what will happen to the Holocaust restitution efforts he has cham- pioned for years now that the Clinton administration is coming to an end. "It's not an issue that, so far as I know, is on the radar screen of the incoming administration," Eizenstat said. Australian Official Apologizes Sydney/JTA — The governor-general of Australia recently wrote to the nation's Jewish leaders to express his "sincere regret" that any member of the Australian Jewish community has been subjected to anti-Semitic acts. Sir William Deane, Queen Elizabeth's official representative in Australia, wrote the letter following a series of attacks on Jewish institu- tions, including synagogues and the home of a rabbi. In his letter, Deane said he wanted to express "how absolutely abhorrent every decent Australian finds the recent attacks on synagogues and Jewish property." Orthodox Draft Exemptions Okayed Jerusalem/JTA — Israel's Knesset approved a special order extending by another four months the draft exemptions granted to Orthodox yeshiva students, until the matter is permanently resolved through legisla- tion. The measure was approved. with backing from Likud leader Ariel Sharon, who seeks Orthodox backing in his race for the premiership. Prime Minister Ehud Barak opposed the measure. School To Hold Mock Elections Jerusalem/JTA — Following an out- cry from students and educators at Ramat Gan's Blich High School, Israel's Education Ministry reversed a decision to bar the school from hold- ing mock elections later this month.