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link between Detroit and its
suburbs.
JCCouncil executive direc-
tor David Gad-Harf hopes to
chieve several goals during
the town meeting. He hopes
he audience and panel will
define the nature of the
Eight Mile Road barrier and
then discuss why the barrier
exists.
"We'll talk about what we
as individuals and Jewish
organizations can do to over-
come the barrier," said Mr.
Gad-Harf. "Also, we'll talk
about why we should be con-
cerned about the barrier.
Our hope is that the
panelists describe why it
hould be of concern for the
Jewish community to care
that there's an inter-
dependence between the city
and the suburbs."
Mr. Gad-Harf said the
Jewish community cannot
ignore the issue of racism,
and steps will be suggested
' so that citizens can better
..,t their personal race relations
with neighbors.
"We're going to try to br-
ing it all to a head through
our focus on actions — tips
hat people can take to their
homes, synagogues, schools
and Jewish communal
organizations," said Mr.
Gad-Harf. "What we want is
for people to leave the forum
with the feeling that they've
taken an affirmative step,
that they haven't just come
o be entertained."
Council president Jeannie
Weiner, who will be elected
to her second one-year term,
expressed concern that the
issue of race relations isn't a
high priority within the
Jewish community.
"I think for the people who
are deeply concerned and
caring the issues seem over-
whelming and perhaps in-
solvable," said Ms. Weiner.
"But there's another aspect
in the community as well.
There are people who don't
go downtown into Detroit,
whose husbands, whose
wives don't go into the city.
They will say to you,'Why do
I need Detroit?' I'm not cer-
tain they're interested in
finding out why they need
Detroit. They don't see it as
a concern."
Ms. Weiner said for some
Jews, racism is an unfor-
tunate part of their attitudes
toward Detroit. But, she
said, dealing with racism is
more than just identifying
an attitude, it's taking
positive steps.
"It's incumbent upon the
Council to follow up after
this town meeting and to
take a leadership position.
It's a huge challenge," she
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