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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 1, 1981 15

AN OPEN LETTER
TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF
METROPOLITAN DETROIT

From Marvin H. Goldman and David S. Mondry, General Chairmen
1981 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund

"I feel that I have been robbed, my freedom is being robbed from me,

my home and all the familiar streets I loved so much. I have been cut

off from all that is dear and precious to me. Tears come to my eyes.

All our helplessness, all o\Cfr loneliness lives in the streets, there is no

one to take our part. And we ourselves are so helpless! So helpless!"

Those words were found in a diary written in
the Vilna Ghetto, by 16-year-old Yitschak
Rudashevski. Today; on Yom Hashoa, 38 years
after his death, we mourn his memory. It is a
mourning not with tears but with clenched
fists. With resolve. With strength and unity.

In less than four decades, we have helped
achieve the rebirth of the Jewish nation. We
have stood up to challenge after challenge from
those who would relegate us to a chapter in the
history books. With all the concerns yet to be
met — of the aged and assimilated here at

home, of the disadvantaged in Israel, of the
victims of oppression in many lands — we
refuse to be silent and steal away. We refuse
to be helpless.

On Wednesday evening, when we bring to a
conclusion the 1981 Allied Jewish Camaign,
we will celebrate more than the close of this
massive undertaking. We will celebrate our
community's commitment to survival. Arid, in
that celebration, we will honor a young man
named Yitschak.

CAMPAIGN CLOSING CELEBRATION

Wednesday, May 6, 1981, at 8 p.m.

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Jewish Welfare Federation

WE ARE ONE

163 Madison Avenue • Detroit, Michigan 48226 • 965-3939

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