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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Fuel for Iraq
Still Dangerous
Mitterrand Told

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PARIS (JTA) — French
scientists have warned
President Francois Mitter-
rand that even low grade
nuclear fuel sold to Iraq
could result in the produc-
tion of a nuclear weapon.
The scientists said, in a
recent report, that the con-
struction of a new Iraqi
reactor based exclusively on
"Caramel," the code name
for a non-military fuel,
could "still be highly
dangerous" and enable Iraq
to eventually build atomic
weapons.

Tombstone and Ann Arbor History

Editor, The Jewish News
I was most interested in
your article on "Recording
History as a Duty" that ap-
c' peared in your Purely
Commentary column of
r -if 5. For the past 18
.ths I have been engaged
in intensive research on the
early Jewish history of Ann
Arbor — as a result of the
discovery of a tombstone in
a local fraternity house.
This tombstone — well-
preserved, dating to 1858,
and engraved in beautiful
Hebraic script — was
turned over to Rabbi Allan
D. Kensky, spiritual leader
of Beth Israel Congrega-
tion. At his urging, and in
concurrence with your
statement that recording
Jewish history is an obliga-
tion on our part, I undertook
the investigation to dis-
cover the origin of the stone.
To date I have been able
to determine that there was
indeed a very viable and
active Jewish community in
Ann Arbor during the
period from 1845 to the
1870s. To correct an error in
your column, this commu-
nity was very Orthodox and
was sustained largely by
' the Weil family, which
formed the nucleus of the
Jewish community at that
time.
To quote from Irving
Katz' book "The Beth El
Story," "The brothers
ti - were Orthodox in their
religious observances,
maintained a kosher
household, and con-
ducted, the first
minyanim here in Michi-
gan."
The first Jewish cemetery
in Michigan was founded by
members of the Well family,
Moses Rindskopf, and
David Wiedenfeld in the
name of "The Jews Society
of Ann Arbor." It was lo-
cated at the site of the pre-
sent U-M Rackham Build-
ing. In May 1900 the re-
mains were re-interred at
the Forest Hill Cemetery,
and it was from there that
the tombstone of Rosa Well
made its way to the local
fraternity house.

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The Well family left Ann
= Arbor in the 1870s to pursue
their tannery business in
Chicago and New York, and
lthough some Jewish
imilies remained in the
area through the 1880s,
they were unable to main-
tain a viable community. It
was not until the turn of the
century, with the arrival of
Osias Zwerdling, the
Lansky family and others,
that the present Jewish
community in Ann Arbor
was founded. Beth Israel
Congregation, the oldest

The Jewish communities
of Algeria in 1940 prepared
Passover Seders for 1,500
Jewish legionnaires in the
French Foreign Legion.

Friday, March 26, 1982 13

Jewish congregation in Ann
Arbor, was incorporated by
1920.
An application has just
been processed with the
state of Michigan, in con-
junction with the Michigan
Jewish Historical Society,
for an historical marker to
be placed at the site of the
original Jewish cemetery,
commemorating the early
Jewish community.
Plans are under way to
publish a comprehensive
history of the Ann Arbor
Jewish community in
"Michigan Jewish History,"
the official publication of
the Michigan Jewish His-
torical Society.

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