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mon discourse and be vital to
both communities. The mes-
sage should be appropriate
to the occasion."
Rabbi Nelson said Beth
Shalom has invited Chris-
tian groups before.
"We've had (Christian)
eighth- and ninth-graders at-
tend our services," Rabbi
Nelson said. "I always ex-
plain the service afterward.
One time a nun in charge of
a group asked me to bless
the group according to the
Jewish tradition. So I gave
them the priestly benedic-
tion."
Rev. Norman Osborne of
Bethel AME Church has
never delivered a sermon at
a synagogue. He didn't think
any of his Methodist con-
gregants had ever been in-
side a synagogue. The rever-
end is scheduled to exchange
pulpits next month with
Rabbi Lane Steinger of
Temple Emanu-El.
"But just recently, I
stopped into Shaarey Zedek
for the first time," Rev.
Osborne said. "I've always
wanted to stop in, but I
never did. I used to pass it
years ago when I rode the
bus. To me, it looked like Mt.
Sinai."
Rev. Osborne is the pastor
of the oldest African Ameri-
can church in Detroit.
Bethel AME, which received
its charter in 1841, was a
stop along the underground
railroad before the Civil
War.
"I'm very excited to be
participating," Rev. Osborne
said. "I haven't met Rabbi
Steinger yet, but I've heard
his congregation is very ac-
tive in social action.
"I think blacks and Jews
have things other than op-
pression in common," he
said. "I could talk about self-
affirmation, the feeling of
being part of a providential
relationship with God or the
quest for a true Shalom,
peace."
Rev. Osborne said he
thinks black-Jewish rela-
tions have deteriorated over
the years.
"We were once a lot more
together and united under
causes," he said. "I lament
the fact that we're not where
we should be. There's so
much more we could do."
The reverend felt more
blacks should visit the Holo-
caust Memorial Center in
West Bloomfield.
"Everyone needs to see
and hear that story," he
said. "We need to see what
happens when racism and
bigotry go to an extreme. We
all need to see what hate can
do."
Rabbi Sleutelberg hopes
people will be open-minded
in accepting the concept of
pulpit exchange.
"We're all people of God —
we all believe in the same
God," he said. "This is an
opportunity to share and to
learn and teach. It's an op-
portunity not to be lost." ❑
Walking The Beat
On Multicultural Lines
NOAM M.M. NEUSNER
Staff Writer
M
ulti-cultural com-
munities can
challenge even the
most seasoned police officer.
In Oak Park, a Jewish
man who had been stricken
by a heart attack on a holy
day refused assistance from
electricity-using resuscita-
tion machines.
In Southfield, some Chal-
dean families would kill a
goat and hang it in their
garage until the blood ran
out of the animal's body, in
preparation of a holiday
meal. The sight would shock
neighbors — and police —
until the situation was
resolved.
About 20 years ago,
Southfield's police wore high
leather boots, black
Eisenhower leather jackets
and used German Shepherd
dogs, all of which frightened
Holocaust survivors who had
moved into the community
and whose memory of simi-
larly-clad Nazi storm-
troopers would never leave
them. The uniform was
changed.
And a routine traffic cita-
tion to a recent immigrant
from the Soviet Union seem-
ed like a summons for an ex-
tended jail term.
In Oak Park and
Southfield, such incidents
belie the diversity of the
communities. Both are
multi-ethnic fabrics woven
with several colors, creeds
and religious groups. A
police officer can, with an
unintended gesture or word,
potentially hurt the feelings
of a citizen.
"Police work depends on
several things," said
Richard Lobenthal, director
of the Michigan Region of
the Anti-Defamation
League. "One of the things it
depends on is confidence and
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