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In his March 1 story on
Jewish mobility in Detroit,
Phil Jacobs quoted the figure
of an annual net loss of 1,300
families in Southfield. He ob-
tained this statistic from a
draft of the forthcoming
report on "Neighborhoods
and Mobility: The Geography
of the Jewish Community of
Detroit," one of a series of
reports presenting findings of
the Detroit Jewish Population
Study.
Unfortunately, we made an
error in reporting this
statistic. The correct estimate
is 1,300 persons, representing
about 600 households.
The experience of the
1984-89 period suggests net
loss from Southfield at this
level. Active community ef-
forts, such as the Neighbor-
hood Project, will have a
positive effect and should
reduce outmigration levels in
the future.
We regret any misunder-
standing this may have
caused.

Steven M. Cohen

Consultant, Ukeles Associates, Inc.
New York

Judith Krantz

Why A Writer
Like Krantz?

I can't believe The Jewish
News wasted space (Feb. 15)
on a writer like Judith
Krantz. She has almost
nothing of value to say to the
Jewish community, and don't
you think she has enough at-
tention paid to her already by
weighty magazines like
People?
Why not let readers of The
Jewish News know about
serious and thoughtful
Jewish writers for whom be-
ing Jewish is a constant and
enduring focus of their
writing? For instance, you
could profile Irena Klepfisz;

who survived the Warsaw
Ghetto, and writes powerful
poetry in English and
Yiddish.
Surely such work is
noteworthy; surely she
deserves your valuable space.
Or are you planning a feature
on Stephen King, perhaps?

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Okemos

Making The Best
Of The Worst

"With lemons you make
lemonade?'
A small note has come to
my attention from Jerusalem.
Farrago leathers, a small
leather company that caters
to tourists, has been in a
slump due to the lack of
tourism.
But Israeli ingenuity comes
through even in a crisis. Far-
rago is the only company in
the world to manufacture
designer bags for gas masks,
and business is booming.

Mayer Fox

Oak Park

Abortion
And Halachah

The two opinion articles on
abortion caught my attention
in The Jewish News (Feb. 22).
On the one hand, Kimberly
Lifton valiantly argues the
need to preserve the right of
a woman to wield her own
destiny and to decide for
herself how to deal with her
body and her life. Along
comes Elizabeth Applebaum
who stuns everyone by reveal-
ing her secret weapon, the
Halachah (Jewish law).
Once Ms. Applebaum
opines that the Halachah is
on her side, there's no use
talking. After all, she speaks
with a dauntless and unim-
peachable authority. Once
she cites the Halachah as be-
ing on her side, what else is
there to say? .. .
The funny thing is that Ms.
Applebaum doesn't cite the
Halachah at all. She just
drops that name, Halachah,
and then she retires to her
corner with the smug grin of
a contender who knows her
battle has been won.
Ms. Applebaum opines,
"the Talmud says . . . Halach-
ah permits . . . Jewish Law
Continued on Page 36

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