Fifth Annual
Tzedaka Fair
a planning area for major ac-
tivities, civic as well as
Jewish.
For example, Dora Ehrlich,
who made Webster Hall her
home after the passing of her
husband, Joseph, led in many
communal functions there.
She inspired Hadassah ac-
tivities, had many roles at
committee sessions here for
the United Hebrew Schools
Jewish
personalities lived
and worked in the
building.
and the Jewish Welfare
Federation Women's Division,
and in support of University
of Michigan, Hillel and other
causes.
Rabbi Leon Fram often con-
ferred with Temple Israel
leaders and others during his
residence here.
An interesting anecdote is
worth recalling. Bill (W.K.)
Kelsey, who was the leading
Detroit News columnist for
two decades with his editorial
page commentaries, related
to me about a lady fellow-
resident in Webster Hall who
approached him and said,
"Mr. Kelsey, very often I saw
you reading the Detroit
Jewish Chronicle. Now I see
you reading the Michigan
Catholic. Mr. Kelsey, are you
a Jew or a Catholic?"
When Webster Hall became
Wayne State University's
academic center, there was
much learning that was im-
parted there by scholars like
Prof. Samuel M. Levin who
conducted seminars on
economics and lectured there.
No matter the rubble which
Webster-Mackenzie Hall has
become. The enriching
memories about occurrences
and personalities there will
always be remembered. ❑
For Fifth Graders, Their Parents and Teachers
SUNDAY, March 10
9:30 a.m. - noon
at
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Telegraph Road at 14 Mile Road
Birmingham
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ADL Report Says Klan
Defanged, Almost Dead
New York (JTA) — The Ku
Klux Klan has been in
decline for a decade and
there is little prospect of the
hooded order once again
becoming a significant force,
according to a report issued
by the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith.
There are about 4,000
members of the different
competing factions which
together are known as the
KKK. During the 1980s, the
ADL estimated that Klan
membership ranged from a
high of 11,500 in 1981 to
4,500 in 1987-88.
Several factors caused the
decline, including the
implication of Klan mem-
bers in violent crime across
the country; highly publiciz-
ed criminal and civil trials in-
dicting Klansmen; the pass-
age of hate-crimes legislation
and anti-paramilitary train-
ing statutes in several states.
The Klan was also
weakened internally with
the departure of its most
effective leaders: David
Duke, Robert Shelton and
Bill Wilkinson.
Mr. Duke went on to found
the National Association for
the Advancement of White
People, which is "essentially
a Klan without robes," ac-
cording to Irwin Suall, direc-
tor of ADL's Fact Finding
Department.
Mr. Shelton's sect, United
Klans of America, was dealt
a fatal blow in 1987 when a
$7 million judgment was
levied against it. The United
Klaus was deemed responsi-
ble for a murder committed
by its agents.
Mr. Wilkinson left the
Klan when he was exposed
as an informant for the FBI
in 1985.
Their departure gave way
to a period of intense fac-
tionalism for the Klan, ac-
cording to the ADL report.
Another important factor
was the climate of the 1980s
in which the KKK
floundered, unable to
mobilize widespread support,
Anti-Semitism was more of
a factor than ever for the
Klan, which is obsessed with
the "Jewish question."
"Christian Identity, a
pseudo-religious doctrine
which holds that Aryans are
the true Israel and today's
Jews are the spawn of Satan,
is a widely held belief
throughout today's KKK,"
the report stated.
Some Klan leaders are try-
in g to convince their
followers to pattern pro-
paganda on the Duke model,
that is, to use code language
for their racist ideology, and
to avoid being implicated in
violent crimes which could
lead to the kind of suits
which bankrupted the Met-
zgers, the Fallbrook, Calif.,
father and son team that
heads the White Aryan
Resistance.
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