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I am writing to express my
dismay at your reference to
the Purim parade as a Jewish
Mardi Gras. Purim celebrates
the victory of the Jewish peo-
ple over Haman the Aggagite
who sought to destroy us.
Mardi Gras is the Tuesday
before Ash Wednesday which
ushers in 40 days of prepara-
tion for Easter.
Both are joyous celebrations
which occur at a similar time
of year; otherwise there are
no similarities and no com-
parisons should be drawn.
Purim is not a Jewish Mardi
Gras, Passover is not a Jewish
Easter, and Chanukkah is not
a Jewish Christmas!
When we as Jews allow
ourselves to transform
Judaism into Christian
terms, we cheat our children
and ourselves of the wonder-
ful heritage that our fore-
bears worked so hard to
preserve.
Susan C. Pollack
Oak Park
March Of Living
Sponsorship
My family and I read with
great interest the article in
your April 24th issue on the
Detroit area teen-agers par-
ticipating in the March of the
Living program. We were,
however, disappointed that
the article gave the impres-
sion that all 12 of the par-
ticipants from our area were
attending the program under
the sponsorship of BBYO. In
fact, three of the 12 teens
were representing other
Jewish youth programs. For
example, our daughter Elana
is representing Young
Judaea, the Hadassah-
sponsored Zionist youth
movement, and the Agency
for Jewish Education. . . .
and a general criminal look.
When we are reminded of
these stereotypes, we are told
how awful they were — that
they were racist and anti-
Semitic portrayals. And we
are warned of this type of
thing happening again.
Yet, most Fridays, The
Jewish News runs the same
general appearance of the
Arab on its editorial page. In ,
"Dry Bones," the Arabs have
big noses, dirty appearances,
guns and bombs in the
pocket, and criminal
outlooks. It almost reminds
me of the Nazi cartoons of the
Jew . . .
I encourage The Jewish')
News to lead our community
by ceasing the publication of
"Dry Bones." Such an action
would demonstrate compas-
sion and represent a stand
against all stereotyping.
Alan J. Woronoff •=-(
West Bloomfield
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column in the March 27 issue
of The Jewish News.
Our family and guests en-
joyed it very much, and now
it will be a regular during our
Passover holidays of the="
future.
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'Dry Bones'
And Stereotypes
The Jewish News has been
printing the cartoon, "Dry
Bones," on its editorial pages
for some time now. The car-
toon is neither funny nor ap-
propriate. Rather, it is among
the ugliest forms of stereotyp-
ing that we are currently ex-
posed to in the Jewish press.
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the Nazi characterization of
the Jew. It includes the dirty
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Torah
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and said,
"Eloheynu,
Veylohey avotaynu, our God
and god of our ancestors, we
ask Your forgiveness. We
mean no harm — quite the
contrary, we mean only to
serve You and to do Your will
with perfect hearts and in
perfect faith.
"We ask for your
forgiveness and pledge to do
our best in the future to pro-
tect Your teachings and carry
Your truth proudly and
humbly. Be with us, dear God,
as we move forward now to
serve You and to bless Your
Name." And then I placed the
Torah back in the ark.
We ended the service by
singing the Mee Shebayrach
prayer, asking for healing on
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our community and on our
congregation. After the ser-
vice everyone made their way
around in an attempt to hug 7.<
everyone else who was there
and express their support for
one another and for our
community.
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