University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, April 5, 1988
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Israel to observe 40th anniversary
By Kathleen Faddis
Kansan staff writer
On April 21, 1948, the United Nations proclaimed Israel an independent state.
University of Kansas Hillel members will join Jewish people from around the world this month in celebrating that anniversary. Hillel is an international Jewish student organization.
"American Jews are deeply tied to Israel even though they don't live there," said Daveen Litwin, Hillel director.
Litwin said that the emotional bond to another country was hard to explain.
"The search for a Jewish homeland has prevailed since recorded history," Litwin said. "It was only 40 years ago that a Jewish state was established. Jewish people all over the world paid dearly to see it established."
One day after it became an independent state, Israel was invaded by
armies from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. Israel has fought intermittently with neighboring Arab states for its existence ever since.
"The roots of it come from our history and religious beliefs," Litwin said. But she said it was more than history.
"We are a part of making it a reality today," she said.
Dana Crow, Topeka senior and Hillet president, said that Hillet members were concerned about the violence that had occurred between Arabs and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
On Sunday, many Christian pilgrims, fearing violence, stayed away from celebrating Easter in the old city of Jerusalem, the site where most Christians believe Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
Jerusalem, along with all the Israeli-occupied territories, has
experienced four months of daily violence that has left more than 130 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier dead.
"We're not sure what to think or what to do." Crow said.
Litwin said she felt it was possible to criticize the current government for its actions without diminishing the emotional ties to the country.
the embroidered "I absolutely abbor what they're doing, but I still stand for their right to exist." Litwin said.
But Litwin said Jews and Palestinians did co-exist in Israel.
"People have to find a way to live and work together." Litwin said.
cination also will take place.
Grow! Crawdawn Hillel would celebrate Israel Week from April 18 to April 22. They have planned the following events:
April 19 - Israeli folk dancing will be performed in traditional dress by KU's Folk Dance Club at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Union. Instruction and parti-
April 20 — Holocaust Remembrance Day and Day of Remembrance for those who have fallen in the fight for Israel will be observed together. An information table will be set up in the Kansas Union. Six remembrance candles will be lit for the six million who died in the Holocaust. That evening a memorial service will be held for the victims at Hillet, 940 Mississippi St.
April 21 — An Israel Program Fair will be all day in the Gallery Room of the Kansas Union. Information will be available for students considering working or studying in Israel. There also will be music, balloons and a birthday cake.
Litwin said, "We're trying to raise consciousness about Israel, especially the positive things. Our purpose at a university is to foster dialectic and understanding for ourselves as well as others."
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
ately be made on cosmetic skin care products, and the types of claims that make skin products unapproved new drugs," wrote John M. Taylor, associate commissioner for regulatory affairs.
FDA bans claims of cosmetics reversing aging
King remembered in ROTC ceremony
By Kathleen Faddis
Kansan staff writer
tneir products might subject them to the same kind of regulation applied to drugs.
In the warmth of the early evening sun, an honor guard of KU's ROTC students marched slowly around the Memorial Campanile, as the words of Martin Luther King Jr. drifted down the hill.
A group of about 40 students moved aside as the four students in the guard, one representing each branch of the service, stood for the national anthem, their flags gently waving in the breeze.
"We believe that the FDA has clearly stated its views regarding the types of claims that can appropii-
Last night, on the evening of a highly anticipated basketball game, these students wanted to show their respects to King, who was assassinated 20 years ago yesterday.
Renee Guess, Kansas City, Kan. senior, said, "I'm really proud of
James Jackson, Baltimore graduate student, speaks the words of King's "Drum Major" speech with the power and feeling of the great orator. Then, holding candles that flickered in the wind, the group closed in together in a moment of silence.
Dannette Cooper, Topeka senior and president of the Cross-Cultural Communications Network, organized last night's vigil.
all the allacquisitions of King,
and not just for the black race. I wanted to be one of the ones who showed up to remember him.
"If King were alive today, I think he would be satisfied, but would still see there's a lot to be done. I think he would want us to keep pressing on."
Jacob Gordon and Dorothy Pennington, associate professors of African and African-American studies, also felt it was important for their students to know more about King. They showed the film "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: An Amazing Grace" to about 30 of their students in the Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union last night.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration told cosmetic companies yesterday that they have 30 days to stop claiming that their over-the-counter creams can reverse
"I think they have to understand the struggle for us in this country, both black and white, to make the constitution a true document for all Americans," Gordon said. was King's dream; the dream a reality for all people. And that dream is not over.
or retard aging of the skin.
or return a challenge. In letters to 22 companies, the FDA effectively cut off discussions that started last spring when the agency warned the manufacturers that some of the claims they were making for
"King's legacy to the young people of today is the continuance of the dream that Americans would not judge people by the color of their skin, but by the content of themselves as human beings."
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