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Building Bridges

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the world's events in
friendlier terms.
"We as Jews go through
some of the same problems
as the Chaldeans now are in
dealing with the negative
picture of Israel," Cantor
Orbach said. "In working
with the Chaldeans, we can
empathize with their feel-
ings."
Perhaps the real front line
between the Jews and the
Chaldeans is within the
public schools. And nowhere
is that more evident than at
West Bloomfield High
School — 41 different lang-
uages are spoken in the
homes of the students.
"I can happily say that
we're proud and pleased that
we've been sensitizing our
kids to each other's
backgrounds," West Bloom-
field High School principal
Dr. Gary Faber said: "You

can come into this school and
you'll see kids of varied
backgrounds walking
together and working
together. I'm not saying that
we're a panacea of peace.
But the environment here
requires that we will go on
and appreciate one another's
differences."
Temple Israel's Dr. Gad-
Harf said that there will be
programs set up in the
future for community youth
to get together and discuss
their feelings as they relate
to issues of the Middle East.
She said there is also talk
about an Outward Bound-
type program that would
have Jewish and Chaldean
youths in an environment
that would cause them to
work with one another.
But for now, the commun-
ity is looking to be connected
. . . by one little bridge. ❑

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Rosenbaum. This Torah scroll
came from the repository of
Holocaust Torahs at the West
London Synagogue in
England. The scroll original-
ly was at the synagogue in
Leipnik, Czechosolvakia,
which was destroyed by the
Nazis. The Sefer Torah was
dedicated in 1847.
The irony of this story is
that Rabbi Rosenbaum wrote
his rabbinic thesis on The Kit-
zur Shenay Luchot Ha'Brit by
Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz, the
noted 17th century scholar,
who lived in Leipnik! Niether
Rabbi Rosenbaum nor the
temple committee, which
secured this very special
scroll, knew of this associa-
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Leipnik Torah and thus the
memory of a proud European
Jewish community have
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area was sent a letter re-
questing information about
unusual Torah scrolls in their
congregation. Those that re-
sponded were reported in the
Oct. 12 article, "Every Torah
Has A Story."

Where Is
The Logic?

I'm having difficulty
understanding our politicians
and journalists, so please help

me out. Why is it that the In-
dian government kills 17
"separatists" and burns 400
homes and there isn't a
whimper in the press, nor the
TV, nor the United Nations?
No condemnations, No U.N.
investigative teams, nothing!
What about Tianamen
Square? Where was the U.N.
investigative team?
Countless attacks on Israel:
on busses, on beaches . . . no
outcry, no investigations.
Leaders of the world:
Where's the logic and
fairness? Is it fear, greed or
appeasement?
Purveyors of information:
What's your excuse? Balanc-
ed observation and commen-
tary would be welcome.

Ed Kohl
Farmington. Hills

B'nai David
Is Waditional

In the Oct. 19 issue, Alan
Hitsky incorrectly charac-
terized Congregation B'nai
David as traditional Con-
servative.
To set the record straight,
B'nai David is not and has
never been a member of the
Conservative movement or its
synagogue organization,
United Synagogue of
America.
We are a Traditional con-
gregation affiliated with the
Federation of Traditional Or-
thodox Congregations
(FTOC).

Rabbi Morton Yolkut
Congregation B'nai David