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Akiva Victim
Editor, The Jewish News:
I am a victim of the
holocaust.
Not the Holocaust which
took place in Europe during
the war, but the holocaust
which took place in our own
community as a result of the
war between administra-
tion and labor at Akiva He-
brew Day,School.
I am a victim of the
holocaust.
I have been stripped of
my dignity, my pride, and
my self-respect. I have
been verbally tortured
and publicly humiliated.
I have been financially
destroyed. Worst of all, I
have been deprived of my
privilege as a teacher to
impart knowledge and
ideals to the Jewish chil-
dren of our community.
I am a victim of the
holocaust.
Former Akiva Teacher
Confidence
in Israel
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Editor, The Jewish News:
Investors in Israeli stocks
and bonds need not be too
overly concerned about Is-
rael's economy. Foreign
citizens and organizations
have some $17 billion on
deposit with Israeli banks
— which is the best proof of
the stability of the Israeli
banking system and the
country's economic
strength.
Even without credit from
the international banking
community, Israel could
lean on the foreign branches
of its banks (120, located
worldwide). They control
large sums of foreign cur-
rency, in addition to the $3
billion in currency reserves
which the- Israeli govern-
ment has on deposit in these
foreign banks.
S. N. Gourse
New York
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Did Paper
Label Group?
Editor, The Jewish News:
In its. Dec. 16 issue, The
Detroit Jewish News car-
ried an article and an edito-
rial on an Ann Arbor ballot
initiative committee, The
People for the Reassess-
ment of Aid to Israel
(PRAI), which seeks to have
the City of Ann Arbor peti-
tion Washington to reduce
the level of American aid to
Israel.
Our community opposed
PRAI from the start of its
campaign and is thoroughly
familiar with the content
and tone of PRAI's ballot in-
itiative. The purpose of this
letter is to correct what we
feel is a serious misun-
derstanding about the
motivation and goals of
PRAI.
The case for continued
American support of Israel
is overwhelmingly strong.
Therefore, we feel that
nothing is gained by label-
ing our opponents as anti-
Semites unless such accusa-
tions can be shown to be
true.
Although PRAI's cam-
paign was marred by a
number of inaccurate
and misleading state-
ments, it made no con-
scious appeal to bigotry
and fell well within tne
boundaries of permissi-
ble political activity.
The Detroit Jewish News
is an important voice of the
Jewish community of
Southeastern Michigan,
and, as such, it should have
been more cautious in
charging that PRAI is sim-
ply one more hate group
until it had more facts at its
disposal.
Our view is that PRAI is
motivated by Arab
nationalism rather than by
anti-Semitism, and that
eventually it will realize
that indiscriminate opposi-
tion to Israel benefits no
one, not even the Arabs.
Stigmatizing such groups
as bigots is more hindrance
than help in our efforts to
present Israel's case to the
American public.
The Community
Relations Committee
Washtenaw County
Jewish Community Council
Israeli Politics After Begin
Topic of Community Council
Prof. Ira Sharkansky,
who directed the MA degree
program in public adminis-
tration at Hebrew Univer-
sity of Jerusalem from 1980
to 1983, will discuss "Israeli
Politics After Begin" at the
delegate assembly of the
Jewish Community Council
of Metropolitan Detroit at 8
p.m. Jan. 10 at Cong. Beth
Achim.
Currently a visiting pro-
fessor of political science at
the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Dr.
Sharkansky has authored a
number of textbooks and
many articles on public pol-
icy and the political process.
He has been a consultant
to the Israel Ministries of
Defense and of the Interior
and to Israel's state com-
ptroller.
A graduate of Wes-
leyan University with a
PhD from the University
of Wisconsin, Dr. Shar-
kansky is a member of
the National Academy of
Public Administration.
The program is open to
the community.
Also on the Assembly
agenda will be a report on
recent Council activities by
Executive Director Alvin L.
Kushner.
at Center's Morris Branch
The Jewish Community
Center's Winter Dance Ex-
travaganza II at the Jimmy
Prentis Morris Branch will
be in full swing today.
At 9:30 a.m., Harriet
Berg will teach a class in
dance for youth age 4 and 5.
Beth White will teach
Dance-a-Story at 11:15 for
children in grades three,
four and five.
At 1:30 p.m., Wendy
Shifrin will teach modern
dance for juniors in
grades six through nine.
Gina Buntz will teach im-
provisation and choreog-
raphy for youth in grades
six through nine at 3:15
p.m.
For information, call the
Center, 661-1000, ext. 164.
Lecture Slated
for Senior Adults
The senior adult depart-
ment of the Center will pre-
sent a program in its Friday
Lecture Series at 1 p.m. Jan.
6 at the Morris Branch,
room 13.
Patti Liss of the Jewish
Community Council media
staff, will speak on "Jewish
Programming on Cable
TV."
`Readiness' Is
Nursery Topic
Cong. Shaarey Zedek's
Beth Hayeled, nursery
school and kindergarten,
will sponsor a program on
"Assessing School Readi-
ness" at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 in
the synagogue youth
lounge.
Guest speaker will be
Stephanie Riley, director of
the Lowry Preschool at
Oakland University and a
member of the national lec-
ture staff of the Gessell In-
stitute.
Admission is free, and
guests are welcome. Re-
freshments will be served.
For information, call
Rosaline Gilson, Beth
Hayeled director, 357-5544.
Seniors are invited free of
charge. For details, call Al-
lison Barash, 967-4030.
Dance for Teens
at Morris Branch
A "Flashdance" for teens
will be held 8 p.m. Jan. 7 at
the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Branch of the Center.
There is an admission
charge. Refreshments will
be served. For information,
call the Morris Branch,
967-4030.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 30, 1983 37
Named to Post
A Sanhedrin was con-
vened in France by Napo-
leon in 1807.
Former Detroiter, Julie
Liss-Katz, the daughter of
Richard Liss of Lathrup Vil-
lage and the late Mrs. Flor-
ence Liss, recently was ap-
pointed assistant to the
president at Miami Valley
Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.
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