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parked at the very entrance
to the camp (rather than a
distance down the road). The
entranceway is a big parking
lot. This summer was my
fourth visit to the camp over
a period of years, and as the
years go by, I find the place
taking on more and more the
atmosphere of a fairground.
The front building to the
camp has been turned into a
cafeteria. It's marked by a
sign, "Bar," a term generally
used in Poland for an infor-
mal eating place, but to a
foreigner it sounds like a
place for liquor. On each side
of the entranceway there are
small stands selling
souvenirs, camera supplies,
ice cream and other goodies.
Here and there, en route on
the roadway, one sees graffiti,
"Jews out of Poland," al-
though there are only a hand-
ful of Jews remaining in
Poland — in Krakow, 185. The
Nazis killed 3,200,000 Polish
Jews, nearly the entire
population of Jews in Poland.
On my visit this year to
Auschwitz, I could not help
but notice a group of some 70
college students from South
Korea (they were studying

Polish during the summer in
Krakow). At Auschwitz they
were light-hearted at the en-
trance, they were light-
hearted in the museum, and
they were light-hearted as
they left.
The de-Judaization of the
site, judging from the com-
plaints, appears to be a

The place looks
more like a lush
residential area
than a
concentration
camp.

greater affront to Jewish sen-
sitivity than this frivolity. I
wondered about the apprecia-
tion of the memory of the vic-
tims and what, if anything,
these visitors learned from
the visit. What have others
learned from it?
A placard at the entrance to
the museum carries San-
tayana's famous saying,
"Those who do not know
history are destined to repeat
it." 0

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"critique" the more educated,
observant, or baal teshuva.
The other minority is grow-
ing in professional stature,
education and economic
vitality. How often, how far
will we continue to run? How
many more millions will pour
into buildings with an ex-
pected "Jewish" usefulness of
25-30 years? How many more
"accomodations" to ritual
desires to attempt a boost in
member numbers in syna-
gogues? And what is it that
we strive to have survive?
We don't know. Because
we've lost our definitions. We
have forgone the use of
creativity in the Purim
costume for the Halloween
costume. We drive to shul and
forget to leave the chewing
gum in the ashtray.
What's the point of all this?
It's Huntington Woods,
Southfield, Oak Park, Birm-
ingham. It's Machon, Beth
Shalom, the Young Israels,
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah,
Emanu-El, Shomrey
Emunah. It's bookstores,
bakeries, a deli, butchers,
good homes on nice streets,
schools that would benefit
from our input, libraries,
seniors, and families.
It's Beth Achim. It's
building bridges, and keeping
them, on 12 Mile Road, and

elsewhere in these so-called
aged and childless suburbs.
It's time to stop running.
Because it is disgusting. Time
to pour those millions into
"re-invest" opportunities: a
Jewish high school,
Neighborhood Project sup-
port, better elementary
Hebrew studies, synagogue
membership development — a
real effort.
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, voters
decide the fate of yet another
Jewish establishment — Beth
Achim and the multi-faceted
issue of move-move/merge-
stay in Southfield.
No, it is not possible to go
back to Dexter, Twelfth,
Wyoming and Curtis. Not
half-jokingly it is said, "What
is after Farmington?" Just
when does it stop?
Beth Achim members of all
ages have a unique oppor-
tunity to make a heretofore
never-made statement about
running and abandonment.
One-hundred thousand Jews
don't have to cram into one
suburban city. Southfield is a
test of Jewish values.

Barry Silver

Oak Park

Yitzhak Navon, who became
Israel's fifth president in
1978, was the first Sephardi
Jew to attain that post.