HAVEN'T YOU ALWAYS WANTED A FRIEND IN THE CAR BUSINESS? THEN PLEASE CALL DAVID GIBER. 'ad, .4) NOTEBOOK `Dear Editor' Letters To Israeli Newspapers The Elegant Spirit of Cadillac CARL ALPERT Special to The Jewish News Ili 644-1930 CRISSMAN CADILLAC, INC. 1350 N. Woodward Ave., Birmingham, MI BE A WINNER, PLAY 111E CLASSIFIEDS Cali The Jewish News Today 354-6060 AFTER HOLIDAY 11 HOUR SALE FRIDAY, JAN. 2nd 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Chanukah Greetings to All 411 -..6eknagu6-- TALLY HALL 'LINTERS _ MARE 16 Friday, December 26, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ORCHARD LK. RD. AT 14 MILE ROAD FARMINGTON HILLS, 855-3444 EXTENDED HOLIDAY HOURS MON., TUES. & THURS. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. WED. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. . FRI. & SAT. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. SUN. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. aifa — There is no as- surance that readers' views as expressed in the letterbox of daily papers do indeed represent the voice of the people, firstly because only the articulate members of the population express themselves through this medium, and sec- ondly because most papers are highly selective of the letters they publish. Still, such mis- sives do illustrate an interest- ing aspect of public opinion. We select and digest the follow- ing from recent issues of daily papers in Israel. Advice for Reform Jews. Reform Jews in America have taken up the cudgels for reli- gious pluralism in Israel, and seek to abolish the monopoly on religious affairs now held by the Orthodox. My advice to all these good people is to come settle in Israel and carry on your battle from here. When there are a million Reform Jews here, they will have no problem in their confrontation with the rabbinate. So long as they live in the U.S., however, let them enjoy the religious pluralism of that country, and be satisfied with that. — Miriam Bar-Yosef in Maariu Only One Holocaust. Too common, use is being made of the word "holocaust," as people speak of an economic holocaust, in reference to the collapse of Israel's bank shares, a political holocaust, etc. In this way we are minimizing the significance of th., word, which should be applied only to what happened to the Jews under Hitler, and to nothing else. No possible comparison can be made be- tween other tragedies and catastrophes, and the fate of the Jews, which was a historic phenomenon which we hope may never be repeated. — Yael Slavin, in Bamachane Break the Habit. I call upon all my salaried colleagues to destroy their credit cards, yes, this moment, take a pair of sci- ssors and cut them up. The in- creasing use of credit cards here is artificially inflating our purchasing power, and giving their users the feeling that their earnings have increased. It is an illusion, and when the time comes to pay the bills they won't have the wherewithal. The use of credit car& is as tempting as the first dose of a habit-forming drug, and then it becomes impossible to break the habit. Unless we do some- thing about it, we shall again find ourselves in a dizzying spell of inflation. — Zvi Ben-Mordecai in Yediot Acharonot How 'to Treat Violent Arab Agitators. Perhaps we are making a mistake in the way we react to Arabs who throw stones or Molotov cocktails, burn tires, and at- tack police and soldiers. We ought to ascertain how such ac- tions are handled by the police of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and other Arab lands, There should be no problem finding out how the police of ,those countries put down violent demonstra- tions. Andif we are not able to provide the Arabs of Judea, Samaria and Gaza with their own Arab rule, for our own good reasons, then we can at least provide them with a measure of Arab justice and proper law enforcement (when required) according to the cus- tom of their own people. . Peretz Tura, in Maariu Back to 'Which Roots? There are those who call upon us to return to our Jewish roots. If they mean refusing to serve in the Israel army, the burning of bus shelters and the Israel flag, refusing to recog- nize the state, . infusing the youth with hatred for other na- ". . When there are a million reform Jews here, they will have no problem with the rabbinate . . ." tions as well as for other Jews, then I for one, who loves Jewish tradition, refuse to rec- ognize this as a return to our roots. Those so-called Torah Jews who tear out of the siddur all prayers for the welfare of the State of Israel are preach- ing a false messianism. Those who see danger in this trend are called upon to raise their voices in protest, and not to cite a false authority whose roots are diseased. — Eliezer Palnizki, in Davar Leave it to God. As a member of a traditional fam- ily, I can not understand why the religious zealots picket outside the movies on Friday night, disturbing their own Sabbath, and compelling the police to violate the Sabbath as well. Why not leaire the job of enforcement of Jewish laws to the Holy One, blessed be He, who demonstrated his ability to take care of violators as far back as the days of Noah and the Ark? — Miriam Greenberg, in Maariu Accord Hailed New York — Reform Jewish leaders hailed their move- ment's "historic agreement" with the Jewish National Fund through which money raised at special JNF events honoring prominent Reform Jews will be earmarked for JNF projects in Israel under Reform auspices.