UNBEATABLE DEAL See LARRY KAPLAN LETTERS Syria Continued from Page 6 that Syria will try to rein in the PLO, their master plan is to replace the PLO with themselves as the destroyer of Israel. Syria's goal is to annihilate the Jewish state and incorpo- rate the Land of Israel into "Greater Syria." Crushing Lebanon brings Syria closer to satisfying its lust, and shoves the Middle East towards another bloody con- flagration .. . THE UNBEATABLE DEALER Across from Tel-12 Mall 28111 Telegraph Rd. & 1-696 MARCH MADNESS $1000*** Cash Back (on select new car models) UP TO Douglas Miller Miami Beach, Fla. WILICILINIEKULLELIMEM maivi 3 / Pollard Affair Raises Questions When the Pollard story first broke, many in the Jewish community took a very strong public stand against him. Now that the case is closed I think it is time to put this incident in an historical perspective. Regarding the severity of the damage which Pollard caused our country, I think everyone will agree that this was far from being "the crime of the century." I need not re- call that the Walker family wasn't exactly selling Col. Sander's secret recipe to the Russians. It is important to make a distinction between spying on the Arabs and the USSR via U.S. intelligence sources and spying on the U.S. per se. Why wasn't the U.S. sup- plying the information which Israel needed in the first place? Jonathan Pollard is quoted as having said that the U.S. would give enough information to Israel "to make it paranoid" but not enough information for Israel to be able to defend itself. Is this the policy of an ally? I think that it would only be fair for those who have joined in the attacks on Pol- lard and Israel now to ad- dress these issues. Aaron Lerner 'THE UNBEATIIII Royal Oak 28111 Telegraph and 12 Mile at 1-696 )u4.Gozz6Arziue,( - 10 Friday, March 20, 1987 4,1 QUALITY SERVICE PARTS 355-1000 GM N.1011t C011•011.011 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS •plus tax, title, destination. *• plus tax, title, destination, cash alternative rebate included & bonanza cash included. •••Includes Celebrity, Camaro, Cavalier, Nova and Spectrum ef- fective March 12, 1987 thru March 31, 1987. Dealer will provide a cash incentive of $1000 on Celebrity (All) and Camaro, $750 on Cavalier and Nova, and $500 on Spectrum direct to the retail customer who purchases and takes delivery of an eligible vehicle during the program period. The Pollard affair should be cause for dismaY and great concern to American Jews . What is one to make of this scandal, which Abba Eban has called the worst crisis in the history of Israel-United States relations? Is it possible that ranking Israeli govern- ment officials were ignorant of the spy operation? And what is one to make of the position of Israel's political leaders that, beyond profuse apologies, there will be no independent investigation of the incident and no real punishment of wrongdoers? For the security of Israel and the preservation of its vital relationship to the United States, American Jews should protest long and loud against this outrage. It is bad enough that the inci- dent fuels the lie that Ameri- can Jews are afflicted with dual loyalties. It is even worse that this cynical and stupid spy operation jeopar- dizes the security of Israel .. . The security of the State of Israel is not synonymous with the preservation of its present political leadership. The vital interests of Israel and its American Jewish supporters have been badly damaged by this shameful af- fair, and American Jews should be in the forefront of demanding that the Govern- ment of Israel order a full in- dependent investigation into the matter and that responsi- ble individuals be held strictly accountable for their misdeeds. Joel M. Shere West Bloomfield Age No Barrier To Performance The profile of me by Be- verly Wolkind (Feb. 27) was very complimentary ... I feel it has created a host of good feelings among my contem- poraries. I was instrumental in trying to encourage them to greater participation that is made available in our community ... The article showed that age is no barrier to performance. There are still hills to climb if you can't make the moun- tains. Dorothy Storchan Southfield Spicehandler's Answer Ques- I refer to the March 6 let- ter by Ezra Spicehandler, na- tional president of the Labor Zionist Alliance, which pur- ports to rebut my criticism (Jan. 9) of the dubious elec- tioneering tactics of Friends of Labor Israel in connection with the upcoming World Zionist Congress. The fact that the Area Elections Committee of the American Zionist Federation, which supervises the Con- gress election process, has ruled to disallow Friends of Labor Israel from participa- tion in the elections is an indication that its bona fides are open to serious question. The Herzlian Shekel to which Spicehandler alluded in his letter has been many years ago incorporated in the membership dues of Zionist organizations. His claim that Friends of Labor Israel did appear on the ballot to the 30th Zionist Congress is hardly convincing. No elec- tions were held to that Con- gress, the delegates having been apportioned by prior agreement among the Zionist organizations.