UP FRONT I $2 Million Continued from preceding page suffer so grievously from now. When it comes to their responsibility for inter- preting Israel, too many fed- erations too much of the time repair to propaganda. Now they promise the same with regard to the rest of Jewish life. No religion? No politics? What's left? Rec- ipes? Treasures of the past? Either we start talking sense to the Jews, or they will fall asleep. And when they awake, they will search for more engaging offerings, offerings that demonstrate respect for their audience. Then there's another nig- gling little problem: We have a Jewish press in this country. Some of it is free. There are some Jewish newspapers and some Jew- ish magazines that are not sponsored by "fact- checking" bureaucrats. The quality of that press, over the last decade or so, has im- proved quite dramatically. In fact, some of the indepen- Isn't there one more worth carrying on? UJA Leaders Attend Washington Conference Friday night. 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I want to be a faithful reader of the Jewish O Why should I be the only one to enjoy? I'd like to News, I'd like to order my own subscription. send a gift subscription. Send my thoughtful gift to: Name My Address Address City State Zip City State Gift card to read Please send all payments along with this coupon to: Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034 Or call (313) 354-6060 and charge your order to Mastercard or Visa. 12 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1992 ❑ LOCAL NEWS 1 TRADITION. My Name dent papers are actually operating in the black. Does it really make sense for a central umbrella agen- cy of the Jewish community to enable a captive publica- tion to compete with the in- de p e ndents? Whatever happened the free market? It's bad enough that CJF wants to midwife a eunuch. But a eunuch that will then castrate the other players? For shame. Perhaps it's not too late. Perhaps other federations have not yet joined the blandwagon. Perhaps an- other investor will step for- ward with $2 million for a serious magazine (serious, not somber), a magazine that will not patronize the people it serves. But short of such unlikely miracles, it would behoove the Council of Jew- ish Federations to think before proceeding. On this one, thinking once would be enough. And then, just say "no." Zip Registration is still being taken for the Detroit delega- tion to the United Jewish Ap- peal Young Leadership Cabinets' Eighth National Washington Conference March 15-17, 1992, at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Fifty-five young adults from Detroit have registered to date. Nearly 2,000 young men and women — age 25-45 — are expected to attend. Titled "Our World at a Tur- ning Point . . . A Call to Ac- tion," the three-day event will include an analysis of domestic and foreign issues by Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Arens, Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D- Maryland, and Members of Knesset Avrum Burg and Chaim Ramon. Shoshana Cardin, chairman of the Con- ference of Presidents of major American Jewish Organiza- tions, will deliver the keynote address. There will be a pre- conference party on March 14, featuring the musical comedy troup Capitol Steps. A special guided tour of the as-yet-unopened U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will take place March 15. Par- ticipants will have the oppor- tunity to meet with legislators from their home districts. Dialogues with Jewish scholars, entertain- ment and celebrations are in- cluded in the conference schedule. The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will pro- vide a subsidy for persons who make a $365 pledge to the Allied Jewish Campaign. A dinner meeting for par- ticipants will take place 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in the home of Paul and Marlene Borman. Suzi Alterman is Region 2 recruitment chairman for the conference and Detroit area chairman of the Women's Young Leadership Cabinet. Dennis Bernard is the Detroit men's chairman. Gilbert Bor- man and Lynn Sachse are the local conference chairmen. Deadline for registration is Feb. 26. For details, call Shelley Milin, 642-4260, ext. 243. Correction A story in the January 31 edition of the Detroit Jewish News, incorrectly reported that Congregation Shaarey Zedek was founded in 1890. The congregation actually started in 1861. The same story also reported that the congregation became Con- servative by 1890. The Con- servative movement, however, did not get its start until 1913. The Jewish News regrets these errors.