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sonal problem. Israel, he
said, is not only threatened
externally, but internally.
"I can not think of many
countries that experience
life with such a tangible and
tragic density of fear," he
said. What has occurred,
however, is that Israelis
have internalized that fear
and transmitted it into a
"banality of evil." Although
careful not to compare the
Holocaust to the Israeli oc-
cupation of the West Bank,
he said that the Nazis, too,
had prodded humanity's
willingness to go along with
an inherently evil system,
provided it was a system.
"There was something in
us that makes us wonderful
collaborators in every
system," he said. "Most of us
are moral people, but there
is a moment when we decide
not to decide."
Michigan will be holding a Presidential Primary Election on March 17.
Every U.S. citizen has a responsibility to participate in the future of our
country by voting on that day.
Here's what you can do to take part:
In order to vote in the Primary, you must register to vote by February 17.
* You can register at any Secretary of State office.
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You may also need to complete a Presidential Party Preference Declaration
form. The forms are available at your city or township clerk's office, and
may be available at your polling place on March 17.
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Blacks, Jews
Is Program Topic
"Black/Jewish Relations —
From Civil Rights To Crown
Heights" will be the topic of
the second event in the four-
part Jewish Federation Young
Adult Division Political
Awareness Series, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 26, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue.
The program will feature a
national perspective by Diana
Aviv, associate executive vice
chairman of the National
Jewish Community Relations
Advisory Council and discus-
sion of local concerns by Ber-
nard Parker Jr., chairman of
the New Detroit race rela-
tions committee. David Gad-
Harf, executive director of the
Jewish Community Council,
will be moderator for the
session.
Ms. Aviv's work with
NJCRAC, the advisory coor-
dinating body of the Jewish
communal relations field,
helps identify and act on
issues of concern to the
organized Jewish community.
A native of South Africa, she
was active in her Jewish com-
munity's Zionist Federation
and, through her Jewish af-
filiations, worked to oppose
apartheid.
Mr. Parker is executive
director and co-founder of
Operation Get Down, a
Detroit-based organization
that provides clothing, food,
day care and recreational ac-
tivities to some 2,000 low-
income families and seniors
every week. A Wayne County
Commissioner, his ties with
the Jewish community in-
clude a project with Temple
Israel that pairs temple
members with residents of
Detroit's Wilshire neighbor-
hood.
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If you want more information about the candidates and their views, attend the free
community-wide forum at 7:30 p.m. on February 16 at Congregation Beth Achim,
21100 W. 12 Mile in Southfield. Representatives of Presidential candidates will answer
your questions about the issues facing all of us, and the League of Women Voters
will be on hand to register voters.
This message is presented as a public service by The Jewish News and the Jewish
Community Council.
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