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The Michigan chapter of
Seeds of Peace, an organization
dedicated to bringing Israeli and
Palestinian teen-agers closer
together, announced the post-
ponement via e-mail.
The program was scheduled
to feature guest lecturers Dr.
Yossi Beilin, former Israeli min-
ister of justice; Yasser Abed-
Rabbo, Palestinian Authority
minister of culture and infor-
Eric Abramson and Sarah Sawilowsky,
mation; and Edward S. Walker,
both of Wiest Bloomfield, showed their
president of the Middle East
solidarity with Israel at Maple and Telegraph
Institute, former assistant secre-
in Bloomfield Township on Monday
tary of state and ambassador to
Israel and the Arab Republic of
Egypt.
The event was to have kicked
off a national tour of the three speak-
ers; the postponement came at the
request of Palestinian Minister Abed-
Rabbo, said John Wallach, Seeds of
Not all of the casualties in Israel are
Peace president based in New York.
the direct result of suicide bombings.
That tour was to begin in Detroit
Betti Konforti, grandmother of Maya next week and will be rescheduled as
Abramson of West Bloomfield, was at
soon as possible," he said. "It is the
home in the city of Kiryat Yam when
intent of Seeds of Peace to do whatev-
she heard about last Saturday night's
er possible, at any and all times, to
bombing in Haifa. Panic-stricken at the further the peace process.
thought that one of her grandchildren
"Both speakers understand the situa-
had been killed in the blast, Mrs.
tion, have expressed their own desire
Konforti suffered a heart attack.
to remain close to their people, and
The ambulance was delayed because of have strongly re-committed themselves
the bombing. But finally she was trans-
to carry through with this commit-
ported to Ramban Hospital in Haifa,
ment at the earliest possible time."
where many of the bombing victims
— Harry Kirsbaum
were being treated. She died the next day
and was buried Monday, April 1.
Maya Abramson, along with her
mother, Ruth Chen of Berkley, flew to
Israel to bury their matriarch. The
grandchild she had worried about was
• The story "Scientists On Stage"
not hurt in the blast.
(March 29, page 78) was written
Eric Abramson, Maya's husband,
by Jewish News Special Writer Bill
was among those carrying signs of
Carroll.
support Monday in a public expres-
• In Appletree's Picture This!
sion of solidarity with Isiael that blan-
("How Matzah Is Made," March
keted six busy suburban Detroit inter-
22,
page 112), Douglas and
sections during rush hour.
Barbara
Bloom of Birmingham are
"I was proud that we were standing
shown
with
son, David, left, and
side by side with Israel, especially after
arandchildren, from left, Rachel,
what happened in our own family,"
and Sarah Bloom, 8 and 4,
said Abramson. Its very important
respectively, and Claire
that we get our message out."
Zuckerberg, 2, of Rochester Hills.
— Ronelle Grier
Ironic Fatality
In Israel
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Seeds Of Peace
Event Canceled
A day-long conference and benefit dis-
cussing peace in the Middle East sched-
uled for April 8 has been postponed
because of the deteriorating situation in
Israel and the Palestinian territories.