_mem Friday, March 4, 1983 21 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Jewish Elderly from. Detroit Feted on Purim Forty-three elderly resi- dents of Detroit's inner-city shared in the joy of Purim and discovered they are not forgotten Jews after all. Clients of the Jewish Vocational Service's Project Outreach program were in- vited by the Adat Shalom Sisterhood to a Purim party in their honor on Feb. 21. Plans began two months ago following an article in The Jewish News describ- ing the Volunteers for Iso- lated People (VIP) program. The article, which stressed Volunteer Saul Brenner, at left, presents shalakh the plight of the more than manot to Nathan Haskell. * * * 200 Jews living in inner- city nursing homes and tee walked among the changed and the sound of adult care facilities, was haverim, serving a Purim Purim songs filled the credited with bringing in 30 lunch that included the synagogue social hall. new volunteers to the pro- traditional haman- The luncheon was not the gram. tashen. At the same time, end of the party, though. As Project Outreach was they answered the ques- the JVS clients were helped initiated in 1980 with a tions of their guests into their coats, volunteers grant from the Jewish about the synagogue and distributed "shalakh Community Foundation the holiday that revealed manot," bags of gifts of United Jewish a religious and cultural supplied by synagogue Charities, the senior gap widened by the years members and area agency of the Jewish of isolation. Hands were businesses, then assembled Welfare Federation. (JVS held, hugs and kisses ex- by JVS volunteer Saul is a member agency of JWF and receives Allied Jewish Campaign funds.) "Our new volunteers . have made it possible to ex- pand our services," accord- NEW YORK (JTA) — A death" for his experimenta- ing to Faye Menczer, Project leading Methodist scholar tions on Jewish inmates in Outreach staff coordinator. and author asserted that possessed two "For one thing, we have the Holocaust, while a Auschwitz, doctorates and was edu- been able to start a search cataclysm in the history of cated in "the greatest uni- campaign to reach addi- the Jewish people, also "re- tional isolated members of mains , a massive event in versities of the world." Referring to what he our community." the life and death of Chris- termed a "credibility crisis New volunteers Alan tians." of Christianity," Littell said Gordon and Helene Stuts- "When the Christians ker have a list of 300 area understand the meaning of that "six million Jews . . . adult foster care homes they the Holocaust and what it were murdered in the heart are calling for information reveals of the spiritual con- of Christendom by baptized on possible Jewish resi- dition of Christendom, Christians." Noting that dents. They keep track of_ they will mourn it more these Christians were never the responses and turn than the Jews," the scholar, excommunicated nor re- them over to the JVS staff. Dr. Franklin Littell, profes- buked by the church, he de- In the past three years, sor of religion at Temple clared: "Adolph Hitler died the Project Outreach staff University and correspond- a church tax-paying Roman has been able to identify ing member of the Institute Catholic to the end." Littell, - the author of 20 more than 200 isolated per- of Contemporary Jewry at sons, of whom 175 are now the Hebrew University in books and 275 major arti- cles and a member of the taking an active part in the Jerusalem, said. U.S. Holocaust Memorial "haverim" (Friends) pro- His comments were made gram. They are visited by to-more than 2,000 people Council, said the Holocaust volunteers at least once a who attended the first pub- "must never be idle conver- month, although one volun- lic dialogue on the "Origins sation. It must never be teer makes weekly visits to of the Holocaust: entertainment. It must be his four haverim in the East Christian-Jewish Relations in the context of saving lives." He added: "We must Grand Boulevard area. in Historical and Contem- speak the truth that we Although they are porary Perspective," spon- know and the lessons to be asked to make only a two- sored by the Holocaust Sur- drawn from it." or three-hour commit- vivors Memorial Founda- ment a month, volunteer tion, at Avery Fisher Hall ACLU Studies Bob Singer finds his re- last week. cent retirement allows The dialogue, moder- Police Files on him to do much more. ated by NBC-TV News JDL, Nazis diplomatic correspon- It was Singer who came The American Civil up with the idea of having a dent Marvin Kalb, also Liberties Union has been volunteer on each bus used featured Prof. Yehuda given 248 pages of files by by JVS to transport the Bauer of the Hebrew the Southfield police on the clients to Adat Shalom. "I University; Prof. Raul activities of the New Jewish felt it would/be beneficial to Hilberg of the University Idea, the Jewish Defense both SEMTA (who supplied of Vermont; and Prof. League and neo-Nazi part of the service) and the Krister Stendahl of the groups at demonstrations in Harvard University Di- Oak Park and Southfield haverim," Singer said. the last two years. Mrs. Menczer agreed that vinity School. Littell contended that The ACLU obtained the the clients would find the there exists a "credibility materials under the Free- idea helpful. crisis" within the church "It's very unsettling for and the educational system. dom of Information Act these people to come out to He pointed out that the after it received separate the programs," she said. Holocaust was "planned, complaints from the groups "Those who have agreed to supervised and about police surveillance at attend sometimes get cold rationalized" by men and the demonstrations. Southfield police would feet at the last minute and women who supported the not disclose the contents of refuse to leave their homes. Nazi ideology and who had Seeing a familiar face.can graduated from the univer- the material. ACLU attor- ney James Lafferty is study- help with the problem." sity systems of Europe. ing the documents. He noted that the notori- Roz Katzman, program vice preSident of the sis- ous Dr. Joseph Mengele, Who escapes a duty, known as the "angel of avoids a gain. terhood, and her commit- Brenner. The bags contained noisemakers, haman- tashen, fruit, soap, makeup and perfume for the ladies, cologne and ties for the men. 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