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of Iraqi poison gas plants to
Israel, he was endangering
the Reagan Administration's
political agenda, not the in-
telligence community's sour-
ces or methods. He thinks the
Israelis would have con-
sidered a pre-emptive attack
on the Iraqi chemical fac-
tories before they became ful-
ly operational.
It was his decision not to re-
main silent about the Iraqi
poison gas threat to Israel —
a decision that cost him his
freedom and subjected him to
a dehumanizing way of life.
Gloria L. Charnes
Oak Park, Ill.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1991
It has been with great in-
terest that I have been follow-
ing the recent articles and let-
ters dealing with the mobili-
ty and demographics of the
Detroit area Jewish
community.
As a youngster, I grew up in
the Central High School
district, and was part of the
Jewish movement that settl-
ed in the Mumford area. Ac-
companying this reloction
was the abandonment of ex-
isting institutions and the
reestablishment of them in
the new area.
Professionally, I have spent
the last 30 years involved in
the planning and develop-
ment process in Detroit. I
have watched the movement
of the Jewish community
from the city to the suburbs,
and the subsequent spreading
out to the far suburbs.
There is, however, a major
difference between what hap-
pened in Detroit and what is
now taking place. It appears
that the Jewish community is
finally recognizing it has a
financial stake in maintain-
ing the existing institutions
that are already in the area.
Abandoning and rebuilding
is both expensive and
wasteful. The Federation's
Neighborhood Project should
be applauded and expanded.
What we are witnessing
within the Jewish communi-
ty is a reflection of what is oc-
curring in the broader com-
munity. We are witnessing
development, both residential
and commercial, pushing fur-
ther and further away from
the central city, although
there has been no substantial
population increase in the
metropolitan area.
Along with this comes the
abandonment of the existing
infrastructure and the ex-
pense of replacing it in
another place. New roads,
sewers, water lines, schools,
community centers, syna-
gogues, etc., are built and we
must still pay to maintain the
older systems which are now
under-used.
There needs to be a refocus-
ing of priorities in the tri-
county area. The lessons
that we are learning from
the Federation's Neighbor-
hood Project need to be
presented to our elected of-
ficials as a guide to what we,
as a region, should be doing.
We need to better utilize our
existing resources instead of
duplicating them in other
places.
If we are truly interested in
stabilizing and strengthening
our existing communities, we
need to control development
with true regional planning.
We need to redirect devel-
opers to redevelop, and to use
our resources to improve and
strengthen our existing
institutions.
Sheldon D. Rocklin
Detroit
Southfield Report:
Wrong Emphasis
I was disappointed to read
the article on Southfield's
Jewish community in the
March 1 issue. While I have
no reason to disagree with the
information presented, I
believe that it is misleading.
This is counter-productive
to the avowed policy of the
Jewish Welfare Federation
(which released the informa-
tion) and other institutions
which are determined to
preserve this same com-
munity .. .
I certainly uphold your
right to print the news, but
under the circumstances, why
talk about the 40 percent?
Twelve thousand households
still represent 35,000 people.
Mr. Jacobs, who wrote the
article, is a good reporter, a
gentleman, and a resident of
Southfield. I expect more of
The Jewish News.
Harvey Bronstein
Southfield
Suspicious
Peace Moves
Every Zionist and Jew
agrees with President Bush
when he says there should be
peace between the Arab na-
tions and Israel.
America is now in the posi-
tion of being able to influence
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria
and perhaps even Jordan. If
President Bush can bring
those countries to the point of
recognizing Israel's right to
exist, he will be the greatest
peacemaker in history, and
surely he will be able to get
Israel to make some mutual-
ly acceptable compromises.