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SPECIALIZING IN TOTAL-FOOT CARE WELCOMES NEW PATIENTS Complimentary Whirlpool L Exam Excludes Treatment Other Than Exam & Whirlpool With This Coupon Only FOR NEW PATIENTS TO OUR PRACTICE Expires 6.15-91 • HOUSE CALLS ARRANGED WHEN NECESSARY • EVENING AND SATURDAY APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE 21774 West 11 Mile Road (In the Harvard Row Mall) 11 Mile at Lahser FOR AN APPOINTMENT CALL TODAY SOUTHFIELD 355-4888 Advertising in The Jewish News Gets Results Place Your Ad Today. Call 354-6060 12 FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1991 Continued from Page 6 reached after months of thoughtful discussion involv- ing the leadership of the RCA and of the Orthodox Round- table. We all agreed that working as part of the RCA gives the roundtable a con- siderably stronger and broader base for its important work. As one who was involved with the Orthodox Round- table from the beginning, it was never the goal of the roundtable to serve as a "posek." Rather, the goal was to present position papers on a wide variety of issues, in the hope that these papers would stimulate further thought and discussion. This process, of course, will continue and even be enhanc- ed within the RCA. The pur- pose of the RCA Roundtable is not to serve as a "lobby," but as a stimulus to learning, thinking and discussing vital issues to our community. The decision to establish the RCA Roundtable is a dramatic example of coopera- tion and sensitivity among Orthodox leadership. It is an example of how individuals can transcend parochial con- cerns in order to adopt a more far-reaching goal. Intead of depicting this phenomenon as being a con- troversy of some sort, your reporter should have recog- nized its profound signifi- cance. The RCA Roundtable is a testimony to the winn- ingness of Orthodox leader- ship to work in a united and concerted fashion for the greater good of the community. Rabbi Mark D. Angel President, Rabbinical Council of America James Baker And Settlements In two hours of testimony before the foreign operations subcommittee of the House of Representatives, Secretary of State Baker correctly listed a number of ways in which the Arabs had failed to respond to his entreaties with regard to an Arab-Israeli negotiating session. Yet, he apparently could not resist the tempta- tion to single out Israel for special criticism, focusing on Israel's settlement policy in the administered territories and east Jerusalem as an "impediment to peace" Dr. Dore Gold, associated with the highly respected and non-partisan Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, writing in the Jerusalem Post (May 18), stated that "the Israeli government responded favorably to the 'new' Baker. It accepted the regional meeting . . . it freed 1,000 Palestinian detainees as a confidence-building measure. No reciprocal confidence- building measures came from the Arab side; Coca-Cola was removed from the Arab boycott list, but 110 new com- panies were added" .. . The claim that the set- tlements are an obstacle to peace is a "red herring." Sad- ly enough, Secretary Baker failed to see it for what it was — a transparent Arab ploy to obstruct the peace-process. As a matter of principle, however, the government and people of Israel will never ac- quiesce in the proposition that Jews shall be barred from living anywhere in the Land of Israel, the ad- ministered territories included. Dr. Leon H. Warshay Ezekiel Leikin Detroit District, Zionist Organization of America Correcting The Numbers I would like to make a cor- rection in Elizabeth Ap- plebaum's commendable arti- cle (May 17) on Temple Israel's 50th anniversary celebration. The article stated that the temple attracted 200 men and women to its first High Holy Day services in the auditorium of the Detroit In- stitute of Arts. Temple Israel was organiz- ed in July 1941. By the time of the High Holy Days, almost 600 members joined the new congregation. As one of the founding members of Temple Israel, my family and I were among the 1,000 men and women who attended the first High Holy Day services. Reuben Levine Southfield I LOCAL NEWS - 1■ B JWF Plans Picnic Brunch Young adults are invited to a picnic brunch to meet young adult Russian Americans 10:15 a.m.-1 p.m. June 9. The gathering is sponsored by the Jewish Welfare Federation Young Adult Division. Participants will meet at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center and proceed to the picnic in a carpool caravan. Families are encouraged to attend and to bring bats, balls, gloves, frisbees, etc., for sports activities. For • information, call 965-3939, Ext. 140.