…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Move to Allow Conservative Weddings in Israel Blasted NEW YORK (JTA) — The Rabbinical Alliance of America protested to Premier Yitzhak Rabin and Religious Affairs Minister Yitzhak Raphael over the recent decision by Israel to grant recognition to Con- servative rabbis to per- form weddings in Israel. In a strongly worded telegram signed by Rabbi Abraham B. Hecht, pres- ident of the alliance, the Orthodox organization ...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6 Friday, December 24, 1976 The third Lateran Council of 1179, prohi- bited Jews from having Christian servants, ac- cepted the testimony of Christians against Jews in all lawsuits, and de- clared that "Jews ought to be subject to Christ- ians." GRAEME FLOWERS BILL CAPLAN 12711 W. 7 MILE RD. 341-3366 FREE ESTIMATES AT YOUR HOME FOR ALL PARTIES How Butzel Viewed Jewish Center Objectives . Editor's Note: The lat...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS JDL Members Sentenced for Weapons Violations NEW YORK (JTA) — One of the five Jewish De- fense League members sentenced last week on weapons charges in a fed- eral indictment is in cus- tody here awaiting a deci-: sion on where he will serve his sentence, three will surrender to federal marshals this month and next, and one was given a suspended sentence for cooperating with the prosecution. Those sentenced were Russe...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8 Frijoy,.December 24, 1976 JDC Aiding Israel's Visually Impaired Youngsters (Continued from Page 1) teacher. Only three such sets are now in use in Is- raeli schools: in Beersheba, Tel Aviv and Natanya. Money is to be allocated for the purchase of raised maps and globes, special devices needed by blind children to do their mathematics lessons, and other didactic aids. Additional funds are r earmarked for the purch...…
…Friday, December 24, 1976 9 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS fly Aweigh DELUXE 17 DAY ORIENT TOUR visiting TOKYO, NIKKO, KAMAKURA, HAKONE, ATAMI KYOTO, HONG KONG, BANGKOK AND SINGAPORE APRIL 22 — MAY 8 MAY 20 — JUNE 5 from DETROIT 7-DAY AIR/SEA CRUISE to Miami, Nassau or St. Maarten, San Juan and St. Thomas INCLUDING: • ROUND TRIP JET AIR TRANSPORTATION FROM DETROIT ON NORTHWEST AIRLINES (747) • COMPLETELY ESCORTED THROUGHOUT. • ELEGANT ACCOMM...…
…'! • P. • .4 10 Friday, December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS UIA Chairman Predicting Difficult Future for Israel NEW YORK (JTA) — While the "trauma" of the Yom Kippur War has faded in Israel, "the Is- raelis face a future of lower incomes, higher prices and the specter of unemployment—the cost of maintaining their life- sustaining defense," Melvin Dubinsky told the United Israel Appeal's annual trustees meeting. Dubinsky, who was re...…
…rnaay, uecemaer z4, MIL IPUUII JEVII1311 Delta to Fix Threats Follow Newscast on Valerian Trifa (Continued from Page 8) cause of "technicalities in its bylaws" as tragically "reminiscent of the moral numbness which permit- ted "procedural difficul- ties' to silence the de- mands of conscience" during the Holocaust. "While the National Council of Churches has appointed a committee to re-examine its own pro- cedures and has asked the Orthod...…
…12 Friday, December 24, 1976 Of a total of 13.7 million Jews all over the world, some 4 million still speak, read or write Yiddish. 40 newspapers and periodi- 11111111111111111111111111111111- THE DETRoingifinniEWS cals are published in Yid- dish, and 40 stage corn- panies present plays or musicals in this lan- guage. BURGLAR ALARMS LL THE ROTT BR Ai( fpie 4 el3acY M‘tt eipv fkmet YES—to the Jewish National Fund JNF land supports th...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 24, 1976 13 For 6 Days Only STARTS SUNDAY DECEMBER 26th THROUGH FRIDAY DECEMBER 31st 10c iS CLOTHES ADVANCE during which suits, sport coats, raincoats, topcoats, the ENT' RE STOCK OF CLOTHING WILL BE and MORE LEISURE SUITS VALUES $110 t o $175 00 now $ THIS ITEM CASH AND CARRY. GEOFFREY BEENE,Ltd ENTIRE STOCK of SUITS LARGE SELECTION of MURPHY BALLY SHOES and BALY JOHNS 2 0% m m THIS ...…
…14 Fridai!. D'ecember 24, 1976 M os THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS yan's Paper Lost Heavily (ZINS) e1,1 Moshe D lyWi newspaper, rr cl s, ...coWn last week after• the publishers, Is- raelis and outsiders, had lost 3,000,000 Pounds. One of the reasons cited The paper sold 50,000 copies per day its first week, but had dropped to 5,000 copies per day. LAD DEWICKI Has Joined The Staff Of EXCALIBUR The Hair Shop In The Heritage Building Evergreen ...…
…THE,DETROIT JEWISH NEWS WZO Comptroller Urges Reorganization of Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) — M. B. Meiri, comptroller of the World Zionist Or- ganization, said that the WZO must be thoroughly reorganized to eliminate waste, inefficiency, dupli- cation and other faults revealed in a study of its operations abroad. He said the worst de- ficiencies were found in the work of the Israel Aliya Center in North America and the De- partment of Torah Cul-...…
…- ^ . „ t : • 16 - -Fran, December 24; 1976 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS abin's Labor Alignment Government Resigns in Israel mergers and the newly formed groups seek to es- deon Hausner, tendered . tablish their identities their resignations rather with the electorate. than participate in a LABOR PARTY: While caretaker government Premier Rabin's ouster of from which ministers are the National Religious not permitted to resign Party from his...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Political Parties Begin Election Maneuvering (Continued from Page 16) Chaim Zadok Finance Minister {ehoshua Rabinowitz and the inf- luential Labor veteran Israel Galili, Minister- Without-Portfolio. All of them apparently agreed that the time had come to drop the NRP, an increasingly unreliable coalition partner. More ZEVULUN HAMMER important for Rabin's fu- ture leadership of the party, they all appeared prepared...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS . U N -Adopts Four New Anti-Israel Resolutions 18 Friday, December 24, 1976 UNITED NATIONS solutions "obscure the (JTA) — Four anti-Israel truth instead of high- rksolutions were over- lighting it" and that they whelmingly adopted by "only serve to prolong the the General Assembly dispute instead of resolv- last week. ing it." Three of them con- The resolutions were demned Israel's practices based on the report of the...…
…Y;' . ; THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Jewish Protest Spurs Change in Oxford Dictionary 'Insults' LONDON — Marcus Shloimovitz has won a victory of sorts in his bat- tle to have changed offen- sive definitions of words relating to Je-ws in the Oxford English Dictio- nary. Shloimovitz failed in the High Court to stop the Oxford dictionaries' pub- lishers from continuing to use definitions of the word Jew" which he de- scribed as "scurrilous." The pu...…
…20 Friday, December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Red Magen David Aids Quake Victims SCM Typewriter TEL AVIV — Magen David Adorn Israel's na- tional emergency medical health and blood services, shipped emergency med- ical supplies including dried milk, soya and a large quantity of blan- kets to the victims of the recent earthquake disas- ter in Turkey. SALE your trade worth $50-$100 New Office furniture and supply dept. Big Discounts ...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Dr. Lamm Heads Committee. to Halt Indian Jew's Extradition Holocaust Studies 'A Necessity' NEW YORK (JTA) National Jewish organi- zations have been called on to continue to expand their work to promote Holocaust studies, "hot out of choice but out of necessity." The plea was made by 0•E) Eli Zborowski, honorary president of the Ameri- can Federation of Jewish Fighters, Camp Inmates ▪ and Nazi Victims at the organizat...…
…_INE7 22 Friday, December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS `NAFTALI Jewish Theatrical Program on WMZK F.M. 98 Every Thurs. Afternoon from 1-2 p.m. Featuring: All Jewish Theatre Songs by Jewish Actors & Actresses also world renowned cantors for further information Please write or call WMZK F.M. 98 2507 Broderick Towers Det., Mi. 48226 Phone 965-4500 NAT MAROOLIS,FURNITURE formerly of Detroit, Mich. serving you in Florida with qual...…
…Friday, December 24, 1976 23 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Services [Synagogue Dr. Fackenheim to Speak for SZ 'Great Weekend Dr. Emil Fackenheim, professor of philosophy at the University of To- CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 5 p.m. today and 8:45 ronto, will be guest speaker at Cong. Shaarey a.m. Saturday. Steven Semansky, Bar Mitzva. TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Zedek's "Great Weekend" Hertz will speak on "The Jew and Christmas...…
…24 Friday, Deleraber 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Goldmann Meets Ceaucescu, Addresses Bucharest Jews AL KLINE • DALGLEISH CADILLAC 6160 CASS AVE. TR 5-0300 BUCHAREST (JTA) — Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, confer- red last week with Presi- dent Nicolai Ceaucescu. -After the meeting, of which no details were re- leased, Goldmann and WJC political director Armand Kaplan left for Belgrade where they were du...…
…JL111141r1 IICY113 Israel Embassy, German-Israel Society at Odds Over Politics BONN - (JTA) — At- tempts are being made to resolve a dispute that has surfaced recently bet- ween the Israeli Embassy and the German-Israeli Society (Deutsch- Israelische Gesellschaft — DIG), a group or- ganized to promote better relations between West Germany and Israel. Israeli officials have accused DIG of meddling in Israeli politics instead of furthering soc...…
…26 Friday, December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LARCO'S Danny Raskin's Fine Italian-American Cuisine Delfoously Prepared for Discermng Taste LISTENING the • BANQUET FACILITIES POST Now: Open Sunday 12 Noon OPEN DAILY 11:30-10 p.m. (Monday Only For Dinner) COUNTRY INN B-B RIBS • B-B CHICKEN • • ITALIAN DISHES Individuals like Barry Kalakore, who gathered almost $1,000 in contribu- tions at a Michigan Ap- parel Club show an...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 24,4976 27 YOUR GUIDE TO GOOD DINING CHINESE' FOODS . CHINA CITY Owned & Operated By May & Stephen Tom Hon , , ARCHIBALD'S FOX & HOUNDS 555 S. WOODWARD 24535 W. 12 MILE RD. AT TELEGRAPH • Private Dining Room • Businessmen's Luncheons MON.-THURS., 11 a.m..-12 Mid. COMPLETE CARRY-OUT OPEN 7 DAYS FRI. & SAT., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. SUNDAYS, 12 noon-10:30 p.m. CHOP HOUSES 354-9077 THE GPEAT & :11•1• ...…
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…ms• • •14 r 30 Friday, December 24, 1976 ThO I6iiAkDiamond In- pliirming the es- tabli:Ohment of a museum and archNes covering the international diamond industry and trade. It will be built in a spacious area of the Diamond Exchange complex and will be open to the general public. I THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Research in Israel to Produce Corrected Beethoven Scores • CHARBURGERS • STEAK & EGGS • DELICATESSEN —ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT 11 a.m.-1:30 p...…
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…THE DETROIT JEWISH, NEWS 32 friday,,December14 1 1976 UAHC Asks Draft Resister Pardons qiTrtstians to Receive Award for Assisting Soviet Jews fusenik, 8:30 p.m. today rently live in Tel Aviv during the regular Sab- with their two children bath service at Temple aged 10 and 5. Mrs. Beth El. Mrs. Rubinstein Rubinstein is now a liter- is in Detroit as a guest of ary critic for the monthly Russian language the Jewish Community Council of Metro...…
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…CD 34 . Friday, December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS , Women's Leader NEW YORK Aileen L. Novick has been named national director of Pioneer Women, it was announced by Mrs. Char- lotte Stein, national pres- ident. Better face a danger once than be always in fear. Zionist Revisionists of Detroit. NEW YEAR'S DAY BALL Sat. Jan. 1, 1977 8:30 P.M. Cong. B'Nai David 24350 Southfield—Southfield, Mich. Music by Eric Rosenow & his Continen...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Women's Pre-Campaign Meeting Draws A Record 150 Persons Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund Women's Division leaders share with Rev. John S. Grauel the results of the third Women's pre-Campaign meeting. Carolyn Greenberg, Division president, center, Jane Sherman, right, $500 section chairman, and Dulcie Rosenfeld, second from right, Women's Cam- paign chairman, were among the 150 women to attend the $500 mini...…
…46 FriAtay,,December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Local Rhodes Scholar a Member of Family Active in Jewish Affairs AI DAVID junior congregation members who have attended Shabat services 10 times were presented with spe- cial awards in the main congregation 2 - during Shabat services Satur- day. Boys who received specially inscribed yar- mulkes were: Steve Di- nes, Craig Freedman, Alan Gosman, Joel Kollin, Elliot Maness, David Nathan, St...…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ORT Federation Plans Conference NEW YORK — The 55th annual National Conference of the Ameri- can ORT Federation will be held Jan. 21-23 in New York City, it was announced by Shelley Appleton, conference chairman, and Nathan Shulman, co-chairman. For the Finest Wedding and Bar Mitzva Albums ' Call L. WINER And Associates 357-1010 I Martin Luther King Sr. Cites Men's Clubs] Jewish Civil Rights Aides BETH ACHI...…
…38 Fridiq;,-December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Month Sees Immigration Rise - :JaiILEM (JTA) — Some 1,838 immigrants lrrived in November, a slight increase from the same month last year. But whereas immigra- tion from Eastern Europe dropped from 1004 last November to 793 this year, the number of im- migrants from North TUTORING Children & Adults Bar Mitzva — Hebrew and Jewish Subjects BY A CERTIFIED and experienced teacher 557-903...…
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…40 Friday, December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LARRY FREEDMAN Orchestra and Entertainment 647-2367 The SHELDON Rorr ORCHESTRA Featuring .:JACKSARNES •I'DANC ,..CENTER . a.7Cibrchard Lake..fid: :W.-.:Ificionifield, hitich. I T.V. & Recording Artist VICKIE CARROLL "Professional Entertainment" 014§51:2400 543-72261 \.255-1599 The Most Profitable Way to Sell Your Household and Personal Possessions is through K & B ASSOCIAT...…
…THE INTROIT ••gvitsif NEws Schindler Opens Reform Kibutz 2 L 076 41 NY Jewish Agency Joins Federal Youth Food Plan I 1 1.11 additional responsibility NEW YORK — Some SAVE! r SAVE! 15,000 children from low- of BJE as a sponsoring income families had the agency is to contract with BUY DIRECT food vendors, after com- benefit of nutritious FROM THE petitive bidding, and meals this past summer monitor them to insure through their participa- IM...…
…• 42 Friday, December 24, 1976 1p FACIAL HAIRyi ERMANENTL REMOVED THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS U.S. Blasts Arrests of Soviet Jewish Scholars WASHINGTON (JTA) — -The arrest in Moscow Tuesday of at least six of the Jewish organizers of the Jewish cultural sym- posium that was scheduled to begin Tues- day and end Thursday was criticized by the U.S. government as inconsis- tent with the Helsinki ac- cords. According to reports from Moscow, the o...…
…▪ THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Waldheim Prepares for Reconvening of Geneva Mideast Peace Conference UNITED NATIONS The resolution, which (JTA) — Secretary Gen- was opposed by Israel and eral Kurt. Waldheim has the United States, also begun contacts with the asked the Secretary Gen- • parties of the Mideast eral to report to the Sec- conflict and the co- urity Council on his ef- - chairmen of the Geneva forts not later than next peace conference ...…
…44 Friday, December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Caricatures WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Friends Service • Committee, which has long advocated support for the recogni- tion of the Palestine Lib- eration Organization, has arranged a nationwide conference Feb. 11-14 at the Four H center outside Washington as part of an extensive campaign ac- ross the country to induce President-Elect Jimmy Carter and the new Con- gress to include the ...…
…• Young Appointment Is Met With Praise by Jewish Leaders Births (Sheilah Roth of Andover, Mass.), Franklin Pte. Dr., Southfield, a daugh- ter, Sarah Shayna. * * * Nov. 30 — To Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cotter (Claudia Grushoff), 3747 Auburn, Auburn Heights, a son, Jason Bryan. * * * Nov. 25 — To Mr. and Mrs. Philip Stahl (Andrea White), 14630 Borgman, Oak Park, a son, Jason Daniel. * * * Nov. 23 — To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Maddin (Donna Hartman), 3274...…
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…A48 friday, December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS OAK PARK 2C Flldroom brick ranch, paneled ermivia ,Azase., gas heat, new roof. Near ,schools, park & synagogue. Appliances optional. $24,000. 2 g 13641 Allan 399-8390 OAK PARK BY OWNER 3 bedroom contemporary brick ranch, 1 1/2 baths, pan. rec. room, custom drapes, carpeting, newly decorated. Assumable mortgage. Immediate oc- cupancy. 546-6932 OAK PARK ON THE PARK Custom 3 bedroom br...…
…Friday, December 24, 1976 49 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 19 — OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 25 22-B — DRIVER WANTED FERNDALE — Private, modern 3 room suite. Your choice, new furniture, $139.96. 548-6404, 358-0045. Married couple to drive my car to Florida. Arrive Jan. 15-17. 968 9551 To 12 noon or after 5 pm - 22 TRANSPORTATION LEAVING for Los Angeles Jan. 2nd.. Would like passenger. 474- 4686. Betty or Louis. — transportation Mon. thru Fri. fo...…
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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 24, 1976 SI, Interpol as Moscow's Connection Can It Harm Soviet Jews_?_-_: _t At this point in time or activities of a political, activities are clandestine files, reports and dossiers ness of Interpol to cotlabo- military, religious or ra- and concealed and the are kept on nationals of rate with the Russian there is no conclusive Special to The Jewish News originators of disinfor- many countries and...…
…S2 ^ Friday; December 24, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS „Hebrew U. Scientists Unearth New Phase of Hormone Action 9 4ERUSALEM — Two scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Prof. Michael Schramm and Yosef Orly of the De- partment of Biological Chemistry, have recently found that the hormonal activation system in the cells of the body consists of two components which can be separated and re- combined. One component, called the "r...…
…, THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS •• U.S. Racquetball Craze Finds Jews as Active Participants Red Tomatoes, Gold Sands BY GIL SEDAN (Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.) For four months the Jewish National Fund has operated 13 powerful Johnson tractors, biting hungrily into the desert land of the Rafah Open- ing. The giant tractors removed 1.5 million cubic meters of land at this northern edge of the Sinai Desert — eventu- ally getting almost 400 acres of ...…
…54 Friday, December. 24, 1976. Ins A Forgotten Federation Centennial BY JACOB R. MARCUS . THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Director, American Jewish Archives The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds was founded in 1932. That makes it 44 years old. Actually it is the out-growth of many agencies that preceded it. The oldest attempt to create a national Jewish federation of welfare societies goes back to 1876. Although the line of descen...…
