7. "Ai i WI; it- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Fuel for Iraq Still Dangerous Mitterrand Told Readers Forum) Materials submitted to the Readers Forum must be brief. The writer's name will be withheld from publication upon request. No unsigned letters will be published. Materials will not be returned unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. 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. - 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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