THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 2, 1984 11
WHEN YOU CLOSE THE CURTAIN
TO VOTE, WILL. YOU BE CLOSING
IT ON YOURSELF?
Can It Happen Here? A Time For Soul Searching.
For The First Time, In The Depths Of My Soul, I Wonder
What Does The Democratic Party Really Stand For?
HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF THE SAME QUESTIONS
I AM ASKING MYSELF?
Where is the Democratic Party going in 1984? Has its direction actually changed from liberalism to an undemocratic
ideology? From speaking out against bigotry to remaining silent to gain votes? I cannot forget that less than 50 years ago
in Germany, the people stood silently by while the Nazis smashed synagogues and beat and murdered Jews. The silence
was devastating. It was a silence heard round the world. A silence that allowed a genocide unparalleled in the history
of mankind. I ask myself how can I vote for a party that would compfomise religious freedom for a few votes?
THE ANSWERS I GET ALARM ME.
I see a party embracing a would-be candidate who sounds as if he is a spokesman for The Third World.
I see a party failing to speak out against overt anti-Semitism.
I see a party more interested in party unity than uniting against what is right and just.
I see a party that has failed to speak out strongly against the Russians' treatment of its Jews and dissidents such as Sakharov.
I see a party unclear about the strengths and future of America.
AND SO I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR BETTER ANSWERS
IN THIS, IMPORTANT ELECTION YEAR.
I find myself agreeing with what President Reagan and the Republican Party are saying and doing.
I find a Party and a President who speak out against anti-Semitism.
I find a Party and a President who speak out against the venom of Louis Farrakhan.
I find a Party and a President who speak out to the UN to stop its anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Semitic tirades.
I find a Party and a President who are not naive and gullible about the policies and plans of the Soviet Union.
I find a Party and a President that Israel says is one of the best administrations they have ever dealt with. One that fully realizes
the importance of Israel as a friend and strategic ally.
I find a Party and President who have consistently come to the aid of our friends and allies around the world.
I am taking the time and my own money to express all this because I believe this is a time for soul searching. When I close
the curtain of the voting booth I want to be sure I'm not closing it around my future as a Jew, an American and a patriot.
I have examined the issues that are important to me and I know where I'm going.
Because I Believe.ln Democracy,
I AM VOTING REPUBLICAN.
I am not raising funds so please
do not send money, just your comments.
This is a personally paid ad to express my personal feeling.
Meshulam Riklis
888 Seventh Ave. 44th Flr.
New York, N.Y. 10019