I LETTERS

"Great Tie.
Ultimo
on Oak Street?"

Jewish or otherwise, is taking
a public stand against this
man.
The campus Hillel has
decided to do nothing. Black
student groups are taking no
action. The ADL does not
return my phone calls.
But he's coming anyway. It's
too late to stop it. So now
Jews need to lose the "if we're
quiet, the anti-Semites won't
notice us" mentality. It's time
to make a stand.
Instead of ignoring Sharp-
ton, we should hit him with
everything we've got. On Oct.
29 I want Rackham
Auditorium to look like Tem-
ple Israel on Yom Kippur —
packed with thousands of
Jews. This "racial ambulance
chaser" (Esquire, Jan. 1991)
might have one hour to
speak, but we have two. Let's
give him a lesson he won't
forget. Remember, every
silent voice is an endorsement
of this man's bigotry.
Silence has gotten us
nothing but Holocausts and
Inquisitions. Please help me.
Let's not hide from people
like Al Sharpton, but tell
them that we are proud, show
them that we believe in
justice, and let them know
that we aren't going to take it
anymore.

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If the Jewish community
devoted as much time to sup-
porting our community or-
ganizations as we do to down-
grading those who run them
for us, our community would
be much better served.
Heading a non-profit organ-
ization is very stressful. The
hours are long and tiring.
These people are working
hard to provide a much need-
ed service to the Jewish com-
munity at a compensation
level significantly less than
what is available in a profit-
oriented environment.
Your recent articles regar-
ding the departure of Alan
Funk as executive director of
the Jewish Home for Aged
implied that Mr. Funk resign-
ed under pressure due to the
Home's financial problems.
The articles failed to state
that the economy is in a
downturn and that all Jewish
organizations have severe
competition not only from
secular organizations but also
for the use of public dollars.
The articles also failed to
point out that the Home's
financial difficulties began
long before Mr. Funk arrived
on the scene. Hidden in the
articles were comments from
the board of directors in-

dicating their regret that Mr.
Funk was leaving. However, I
must admit that I am baffled
that the directors did not
write their own letters on Mr.
Funk's behalf.
Although the news was im-
portant to the community, the
method of reporting it left
much to be desired. As a long-
time reader of your paper, I
much prefer it when your
editorials are left on the
editorial page and not put in
the midst of news articles.
I would like to thank all ad-
ministrators for devoting
themselves to running our
Jewish organizations for us. I
also wish Mr. Funk much suc-
cess in his future endeavors.

Mildred Pivoz

Farmington Hills

LTF's Demise
Was Expected

It was with great interest
that I read Noam Neusner's
article about LTF (Leadership
Training Fellowship) in the
Sept. 20 issue of the Detroit

Jewish News .. .
Mr. Neusner indicated that
why LTF ceased to exist "re-
mains a mystery." I don't
think it is a mystery at all.
There are at least three
reasons (two of which the
author identifies himself).
LTF's brand of elitism was
one of the major causes of its
demise. Elitism itself is not a
bad thing, if properly chan-
neled. Ideally, if we create an
elite which includes the "best
and brightest of the teen-age
ranks," we should do so in the
hopes that these same teen-
agers will serve as role
models and mentors for their
peers.
Unfortunately, this was not
the case with LTF. LTF
members were rarely encour-
aged to become active
members of United
Synagogue Youth. Instead,
their staff members often
publicly berated USY, label-
ing it as a "mass organiza-
tion." Rather than serving as
role models, many LTF'ers
isolated themselves and look-
ed down upon their peers. We
who were active in both
groups were made to feel
quite uncomfortable at LTF
Kallot .. .
By 1981, when LTF official-
ly ceased to exist, funding

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