An pen Letter

TO THE 3-EWISI-A-
CO 1311T\L
OE DETROIT:
re the days
d-urIng which
-we -rededicate ourselves, in. our synagoguesand
ancestors. prayers as we repeat the

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a to our Jewish f aitin and the Laws
Temples,
of in the Diaspora faithful to our traditions
eople
rel-IESE
entral in -most of our thoughts it is a living, vibrant people re-

tore
kpt o
Was
(VE, theme should. be c
But it
hallowed words which have eur, p
retz ISrael is not the dream of the fu
- i - Iitle r
fill-mei-it we still prayed.
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heir
a reality. It
--that now
made our dream overe
t-ur-ned, after 2,000 -years, o
years alone—not
ago it -was ours,
still a not
dream
for of.
-whose
Vi not, prayer
those
our brothers who -were " is laced" by y the
man of us were

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was devotion, dedication., blood, sacrifice gh and.,
. -which
gave
Israel
signty
our
lo-yalty.
These
-we aye,
and
fe-w -yes,
of. us dollars,
-were _ aslced
to die,
holocaust, and not -even those of the-Jews in
-
hou
our time and all o
dignity in the family of. nations. T
is Israel, nurtured and cherished
brethre n.

asl-ced for -part of our resources, much of_
an

its arras to to thousands of . our ael ask of
Israel was born and grew.
at a time hen the ancient
open. in
adain
to
arr iv ed
homes, reduce our diets, in ease our taxes, crowd our
OW we
are
-whose
existence
is threatened by new forces-D hate and bigotry.An.d Nvhat does Isr
by. Jews ever-yWhere, is as
grity. she asks that
01,1T
d to giVe
,,, .
s ask that we share
ill o erseli.
hila
f ael li onas
r
State o an
us?
Does
she a W
and
SI-IE,
asks -us for
renewal of. -faith in I-ler -poll i al and economic _inte nthropy,
cities? -No, -these
through
our purchase of
this. faith by incteasing the
measure-ofou

ew victims of h-ypocrisy and greed v,Tho ca-n go no-whete else
- - inVestillg
in hex f-utur e
dive.content; tO
t,1-16x 'ancestral llorne; then Israel -must be made
- vi e
th -where
is faith by
cannot
stay
they are. If this absorption is be accomplished without creating aclass
bi
e-vidence
a bsorb then
Itt.
ica that they Must
..
-se that she.rnay
dignity beyo nd its present 'horizons. Amer
share of
' ithout
s. The
.
aig
of -unernpo-yabeS, peo-ple w
-next of 3'/.1 rnonth
Nlinister
of
Israel,
has
to-14
the
JeNvs
camp
strong and her economy e-x_panded far
de
is in $i3O00,000. This is not a
State of Israel Bonds
vve must accon:1141 if we are to discharge
llTiae-WTit,
-E.,\TI Eshkol, the din
what
is asked to
111-4 buy and sell $35,000,000
Jewry in
Day sales at out Ilo-uses of W"orShip, an__
it a propaganda "goal," this is
this sum isDetroit
.
ached'
, nor
figure
will be n-iernet
app
obligation. honorab
You
be made y. to naake every Jew in Detroit a -workng,
I -vesting
of this

Our -N TIA-F., corning -months, beginning with Nigh

money-.
- y our
t-wo -peoples who are really one.
lena
ork, to counsel with us. The afiirmation. of the
sincerity of. your pra-yers for
give your time and
t -will
Jewish Corn unit-y of Detroit to
historic partnership between
-Year..
the
eNNT
`
of.
Israel
will
be
the
wholeheartedness
with
-which
-you
a
Ilappy.
who
purchase, tow
wishes
bu t for the
with ray best
tonti-tan;
rel-IIS is a job, not for the few,
ilt/L.11;p
Israel,.
. I -which I address this plea to
Cinart, Detroit
}lair 13ond Corcpcti,gn

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—rage
Friday, September 233 1955

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