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lot recently from some very
unexpected sources. One of
my "teachers" is David Duke.
He taught me that a politi-
cian in the United States can
campaign on an issue of overt
racism and collect over half
the white votes in his state.
Some of the German people
have taught me quite a bit
recently also. The many riots
which have been occurring in
Germany against "foreig-
ners" has taught me that
Nazism is not very far from
the surface over there.
Obviously, what I have
learned from these phenome-
na and others is that the
Jewish people must be ever
alert against threats to our
existence, and that "it can't
happen again" are famous
last words.
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when you need us.
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Leaders' Survey
And Mr. Shamir
I couldn't help but feel
dismay about the content and
timing of the survey of Jewish
"leaders" released by David
Gordis of the Wilstein
Institute. •
One asks oneself by what
right does one who does not
jeopardize his and his family's
existence by the consequences
of the recommended policies,
presume to urge Israelis,
whose lives are at stake, to ac-
cept the same? Whatever
decision Israelis will reach in
this regard, I will readily ac-
cept. However, any utterances
of various businessmen and
professionals, regardless how
financially successful, are
nothing short of unmitigated
chutzpah.
Even more egregious is the
timing of Mr. Gordis' release.
It came on the eve of Mr.
Shamir's arrival in the
United States for the purpose
of clarifying some important
procedural matters regarding
the upcoming peace talks.
The release was apparently
designed to undercut Mr.
Shamir's bargaining position,
thus adding a Jewish,
allegedly authoritative, voice
to the hostile chorus. It
reminds me of another inci-
dent a few years ago when a
couple of Jewish senators
welcomed Mr. Shamir's ar-
rival in the United States
with an open letter critical of
his policies.
The impression arises that
this generation of American
Jewish leaders went a step
beyond such leaders during
World War II. The latter
merely decided to keep quiet
about the events in Europe,
while the current crop of
leaders does not hesitate to
potentially jeopardize Jewish
survival. They seem to have
learned the wrong lesson.
Henry Starkman
Bloomfield Hills
Remembering
Pearl Harbor
I was quite disappointed in
the Dec. 6 issue of The Jewish
News in not what I read but
what I didn't read. As most of
us know, on Dec. 7, 1941 (50
years ago) the Japanese at-
tacked Pearl Harbor and
plunged the United States in-
to World War II. Not once was
this event mentioned any-
where in the paper.
I realize that the paper
deals with national and local
Jewish concerns but the war
that we were in affected the
Jewish population as well. I
am sure that there were some
Jewish servicemen that were
stationed at Pearl Harbor at
the time of the bombing. And
what about the subsequent
war effort toward winning the
war by the whole country?
Why wasn't something
mentioned about this historic
period of time when the world
changed so dramatically?
Even one paragraph would
have been better than
nothing.
Bernard Glaser
Southfield
Editor's note: The Jewish
News and the Department of
Michigan Jewish War
Veterans were unsuccessful in
locating any local Jewish
veterans who were in Hawaii
at the time of Pearl Harbor.
It is always only a question
of a moment, for the pain
which has passed is no
longer present, and who
would be so foolish as to con-
cern himself with future
pain!
—Yitzhak Isaac of Kalev
Correction
An article in last week's
Jewish News, on the Jew-
ish Community Council's
7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 Dele-
gate Assembly at Temple
Beth El, did not mention
that even though the
meeting is open to the
public, reservations are
required. To make reser-
vations, call the Council,
962-1880.