LETTERS VALENTINES DAY SHOULD LAST LONQER THAN A DOZEN ROSES. Continued from preceding page Can it be improved? Certain- ly. However, it already con- tains a built-in process to im- prove itself and correct past mistakes. This system will take years to replicate. Why on earth destroy what already works and replace it with a question mark? Why re- invent the wheel? The Detroit Jewish com- munity cannot afford this kind of experimentation. It is one thing to require improve- ment, and quite another to order a complete replace- ment. It is in the interest of the Jewish community to en- sure the survival of the United Hebrew School Divi- sion. By doing so, we can en- sure the continuance of the Detroit Jewish community. Gerald H. Stollman, Ph.D. Chairman U.H.S. Division Many Reform Favor Conversion Steps Flowers are beautiful, but only live for a few days. Why not give a gift that will be cherished all year, every year— Jewelry lasts forever. 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IN ■ MEM MN VIM 11.1• NMI OM =IN 411•I• MB =MI II= IN THE ORCHARD MALL WEST BLOOMFIELD • Your January 17 issue con- tained a fine article, "The - Responses to Intermarriage I would like to comment on one aspect of the article, which I feel was left in- 11....mmilmmillim complete. The article states "Orthodox and Conservative leaders bemoan the fact that there is no conversion process required by the Reform move- ment for the children of non- Jewish mothers to be con- sidered Jews." While it is true that there is no mandatory conversion process required for these children to be considered Jews, many Reform temples actively encourage this step. Regretfully, the Orthodox movement will not accept conversions done with the traditional requirements of milah and tevilah (circumci- sion and mikveh) if there is no promise to live an Or- thodox lifestyle, i.e. according to Halachah. Conservative Jews will, however, accept the conversion if it is done in ac- cordance with these tradi- tional steps. Perhaps all of our energies would be better spent in working towards a communal process of conversion, accep- table to all streams of Judaism. Rabbi Daniel Pernick Beth Am Temple Pearl River, N.Y. OPINION I Tlidjman Continued from Page 7 previously confiscated by the state to its rightful owners, the Jewish Community of Croatia. 2. I publicly endorsed the repeal of the "Zionism is Racism" resolution in the United Nations, which pass- ed the UN. 3. I offered to provide tran- sit to Jews wishing to emigrate from the former Soviet Union to Israel. Until the outbreak of the recent Serbian war of aggression against Croatia, El Al had regular direct flights from Zagreb to Tel Aviv. 4. Following the recent bombing of the Jewish Com- munity Center by unknown individuals, I attended a ral- ly of 40,000 Croatian citizens to express my solidarity and support for the 1,200-member Jewish Community of Zagreb. 5. As soon as the situation _in Croatia permits, I have every intention of traveling to Israel to meet with Israeli government officials and citizens, and to visit the Yad Vashem Memorial Museum on that occasion. I wish to reiterate my deepest sorrow and regret about the losses sustained by the Jewish Com- munities in Europe and to vow in their memory that such events will never happen again. 6. Twelve Jews serve in high-ranking positions within the Croatian govern- ment today, including the President of the Constitu- tional Court, two Judges of the Supreme Court, the Minister of Health, the Depu- ty Attorney General and the Deputy Foreign Minister. 7. A major street in the center of Zagreb will be dedicated in memory of the Croatian Jews who were persecuted during World War II. The people of Croatia are struggling to build lasting democratic institutions and to assure a free and democratic future for genera- tions to come. I urge you not to be misled and misinformed by propaganda from Com- munist sources and their agents seeking to falsely defame me and, thus, to manipulate for their own sinister purposes the serious subject of the Holocaust, thereby damaging the image and accurate identity of Croatia and its people. I look forward to establishing diplomatic rela- tions with the U.S. in the near future and enhancing the friendship that already exists between the people of our two democratic nations.