. •••••••• • THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LETTERS Friday, August 3, 1984 5 ite Workout Co. INC. Exercisers!! Beginner .. . Intermediate . . . Advanced 10 EXERCISE CLASSES for — $10 Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson Your article on Rev. Louis Farrakhan was most in- formative. The Jewish community should realize that a frightening episode has just taken place in American Jewish history. Jesse Jackson has risen to great political heights, thanks to the facilities of the Democratic Party. Freedom of speech is his right, but exercising this right by way of a powerful political party is another story. Jackson's anti-Semitic history is well known. His help in elevating Far- rakhan into our country's spotlight is also known. Both of these anti-Semites are now household words among the blacks and other minorities. All of this ap- pears to have come about thanks to the Democrats. Unfortunately, the blacks do not seem to realize that Farrakhan's attack and the threat against a black re- porter is also a threat to the rights and freedom that they have been striving to attain. We have all overlooked Jackson's credibility. Ac- cording to a news article, Jackson dropped out of di- vinity school and then joined a church and emerged a reverend. Later, he left the SCLC after some financial misappropriations were found. Ralph Aber- nathy did not prosecute Jackson or pursue the mat- ter after Jackson left. This is the background of a man who was running for President. A government of- ficial is dumped because he made an anti-minority re- , mark, but the Democrats allowed Jackson and his remarks to stand. To make things worse, there are Jews who support Jackson. A representative of one Jewish group wrote a letter to The Jewish News defending Jackson. This group overlooks the fact that although Jackson apologized for his remarks, he initially denied them, and then remembered them two weeks later. This group also overlooks Jackson's initial reluctance to criticize Farrakhan. The Jewish media and leader- ship were modest in their outcry during all of this. The individual Jew has a powerful weapon with which to fight back. Come November, we must vote against the Democratic Party. This will send a mes- sage to BOTH political par- ties that the newly emrging Haman and Hitler types should not be allowed to gain power through their auspices. Ivan C. Schatten, M.D. and members of the City Council, as representatives of all faiths and ethnic ori- gins, have appeared insen- sitive in signing the May 11th Testimonial Resolu- tion honoring Minister Louis Farrakhan. I do not condone anti-Semitic re- marks or slurs against any ethnic or religious groups. The resolution signed by me speaks of those contribu- tions made by Mr. Far- rakhan to the black com- munity — no other infer- ence intended or implied. I regret that there was room for misunderstanding to the narrow position stated in the resolution be- cause that was certainly not intended by me. This resolution, state- ments by Rev. Jesse Jackson and statements by Rev. Louis Farrakhan, have caused some persons in the Jewish community to say that black-Jewish relations have never been at such a low point. I disagree with this as- sumption because relations between two groups cannot be judged only by what pub- lic speakers may say. Every black person does not accept everything his/her spokes- persons may say, just as every Jewish person does not adhere to everything his/her more vocal persons may say. Black-Jewish relations should be judged by the na- ture of what happens when persons from each group come together. To that end, we must find ways to have more normal and natural ways of sharing with each other and then it would be- come very obvious that black-Jewish relations are still warm, friendly and cooperative. - _ Nicholas Hood, Detroit City Councl Regarding your news- paper's recent critical essay regarding the Reverend Mr. Jesse L. Jackson, may I re- spectfully suggest that Rev. Jackson has been a great force for good for all Ameri- cans. Rev. Jackson has spent a lifetime taking complex truths and reducing them to exciting language. By his own account, he is a public servant, not a perfect ser- vant, and one prays that the level of discussion by those who disagree with his views and positions on issues may yet be raised to a level that does civil debate credit. Rev. Preston D. 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