LETTERS
A BRILLIANT IDEA
Buy your diamond from Tapper's
article and to print it was a
mistake. This was, of course,
recognized by the Free Press,
an apology rendered, and a
highly unusual acknowledg-
ment of the error written by
Editor Joe Stroud and carried
in the newspaper.
Where my view differs from
Berl's, is in the assertation
that letters to the editor of
the Free Press supporting the
printing of the article should
not have been published and
further, that the episode
raises suspicions about the
"Motives" involved.
Our community, above all
others, must stand for
freedom of expression. Many
of our parents and grand-
parents came. to America to
be able to express their views,
no matter how contrary they
were. Yes, there are boun-
daries, and certain comments
in Naylor's article crossed
them, but certainly view-
points disagreeing with that
conclusion are entitled to be
heard.
As to the other issue, that of
"motives," it is my personal
belief that while one can
question the judgment of the
handling of individual stories
and columns, the motives of
Joe Stroud and Free Press
Publisher Dave Lawrence are
simply unassailable. These
are decent men with the
highest ethical standards, ge-
nuinely committed to jour-
nalistic fairness and constitu-
tionally incapable of the kind
of anti-Jewish or anti-Israel
bias that questioning their
motives suggests.
As Berl Falbaum said in his
article, "A good newspaper
challenges, probes, criticizes
and yes, annoys." As a com-
munity, we have a right to be
annoyed sometimes, but we
should not let that annoyance
move us to seek to deny to
others the very freedom of ex-
pression we ourselves hold so
dear, or to condemn the
messengers who bring us
views with which we disagree.
Leon S. Cohan
Bloomfield Hills
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The caller needs money to pay
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It takes only a moment for
the JIS volunteer to locate
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JIS volunteers — including
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even a journalist — undergo
rigorous training to be able to
answer questions like this
one. With 10,000 items, the
JIS database has the largest
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"Our first source of referral
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Esther Greenhouse, a JIS
volunteer. "But we don't
hesitate to go to the broader
community if that's what it
takes to solve a problem."
JIS was created four years
ago as a recommendation of a
Jewish Welfare Federation
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Non-Institutionalized Elder-
ly. It helps members of the
Jewish community gain ac-
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information.
In the past two years, JIS
has received more than 9,500
telephone inquiries. In March
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for information on everything
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Callers asked where to find
a babysitter, what help 'is
available for an elderly
parent to remain self-
sufficient in his own home,
how to find a Russian-
speaking visitor for a nursing
home resident, which kosher
caterers serve the area, where
a downriver school could ob-
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about prejudice and even how
to spell the word menorah.
For Shirley Kramer, a
retired Sinai Hospital nurse,
some of the most satisfying
experiences have to do with
connecting people. She helped
a father living in Ohio who
was looking for a Jewish
matchmaker for his daughter
in Detroit.
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