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Holiday For Vets

The Jewish War Veterans of USA and
ladies auxiliary will sponsor a holiday
party on Christmas Day for 300 patients
at the Battle Creek VA Hospital.
State Commander Harmon Tron and
Auxiliary President Elaine Klein will
oversee activities, which will be chaired
by Jerry Schlussel, Sandy Pliskow and
Art Lipman.
Participants will board the bus at 8
a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, at the JWV
parking area, 24901 Northwestern Hwy.
For information or donations, contact
Jerry Schlussel, (248) 541-1251, or
Sandy Pliskow, (248) 399-1548.

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Alliance Seeks
New Chapter

There will be a meeting to organize a
local chapter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom,
the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace,
3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25.
This organization strongly supports
both the State of Israel and the peace
process.
The meeting is for those who favor
(or at least are open to) the Geneva
Accord, wish to learn about the "call to
bring the settlers home" and want to
bring a strong peace perspective to the
metro Detroit Jewish community.
For information, including location,
the temporary e-mail address is
detroitbtvshalom@aol.com For infor-
mation about the organization see
www.btvshalom.org

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Hillel Packs
Birthright Trip

New York/JTA — Hillel is sending
its largest contingent of students on
Birthright Israel trips since the
intifada began.
Hillel is running tours for 2,300
students on winter programs of
Birthright, the free trip to Israel for
18- to 26-year-olds who have never
been there on a peer tour.

French Jews Back
Yarmulke Ban

Paris/JTA — Most French Jewish
leaders are backing a recommenda-
tion to ban visible religious insignia
in French state schools.
Roger Cukierman, president of
CRIF, the umbrella organization of
French Jews, said the recommenda-
tion by a presidential commission
represents "a body blow to Islamic
fanaticism."
In its report to French President
Jacques Chirac on Dec. 11, the Stasi
Commission proposed nonvisible
items such as small crosses, Stars of
David and miniature Korans be
allowed. The commission also rec-
ommended that Yom Kippur and the
Muslim festival of Eid al-Adhar
should become holidays in all state
schools, and that the two days could
be taken as paid holidays.

Where's The
Menorah?

New York/JTA — A Christmas tree
controversy has erupted at Indiana
University.
The dean of the university's law
school replaced a Christmas tree
with two smaller trees and a sleigh
after some students and Florence
Roitman, a Jewish professor at IU's
law school, complained that the tree
constituted a religious display.
The dean says the new display rep-
resents Indiana woods and has no
religious meaning. But both

