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Our work's cut out for us.
Where do we start?
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Defining
Humanistic Judaism

AN EVENING IN

Israel

Wednesday, February 10
6:45-9 p.m.

A special international dinner and entertainment, an enriching
opportunity to experience the food, music and dance of
the Israeli culture. Entertainment provided by
The Hora Aviv Israeli Folk Dance Troupe.

Room 115 - Parks and Recreation Building - Southfield Civic Center
26000 Evergreen Road (at 10-1/2 Mile Road)

Advance tickets required • Tickets: $14/person

Tickets available at the Southfield City Hall main reception desk weekdays
8 a.m.-5 p.m.; or at the Parks & Recreation Building
evenings (5-7 p.m.) and Saturdays (9 a.m.-2 p.m.)

For information:
Southfield Community Relations Department, (313) 354-4854

SOUTHFIELD

AN INTERNATIONAL CITY

I was very pleased to see Eliz-
abeth Applebaum's interview
with and Glenn Triest's pho-
tograph of me come to life in
the "In Our Own Words" col
umn of Jan. 22.
One clarification relating to
my having said "...ideologi-
cally, we're not saying you
have to believe anything" (in
regard to intermarried cou-
ples feeling comfortable at the
Birmingham Temple). I was
referring to religious belief or
doctrine.
Humanistic Judaism is
founded on a definite positive
philosophy of life which is
based on reason rather than
faith. We have definite beliefs:
we are proud to identify with
the history and culture of the
Jewish people, we solve prob-
lems by relying on ourselves
and other people, indepen-
dent of supernatural inter-
vention, and we find truth by
looking at evidence.
In our school of Jewish cul-
ture, we emphasize values
such as rationality, courage,
competence, creativity, gen-
erosity, honesty, trust, hope,
human rights for all, and re-
sponsibility toward other peo-
ple. So, we do have beliefs
which guide us in making eth-
ical decisions.
Carolyn Soppy Borman

Birmingham Temple

World Events,
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HEALTHY FEET HINTS:

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As an American, as a Jew, I
find myself most depressed
about the current world state
of affairs, with particular ref-
erence to the former country
of Yugoslavia. While the
depth of deprivation is
nowhere near the Holocaust,
one cannot escape from cer-
tain similarities that the cur-
rent "ethnic cleansing" has to
the events of Nazi Germany.
Most unfortunately, there
are many lessons to be
learned:
1) "Never Again" will hap-
pen again. And again. And
again.
2) The world leadership
will fall short, dismally short
of taking 'effective action to
stop the atrocities.
3) One country acted. While
it could not stop the atrocities,
it could and did pull it's
brethren out of the country,
quickly, efficiently and with-
out fanfare. Israel.
How many would have

been saved from the Holo
caust if there was an Israel?
What we should never, eve
forget is the mission of Israel
— to be a safe harbor for Jews
all over the world.
Today, as the Allied Jewish
Campaign unfolds, it is o
own, very self-interest to give
as if our future depended
upon Israel's continued suc-
cess. It does.
Philip L. Elkus

Bloomfield Hills

The HarVest
Of The Nazis

They said it would never hap-
pen again! However, accord-
ing to the prediction made by
Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi
propaganda secretary before
his death in 1945, "Now our
Nazi party ideas are con-
demned, but in the future you
will harvest from the seeds
that were planted."
Are these "seeds" the con=
sequences of what is happen-
ing in Germany today? The -
German people are once more
standing by passively! Is this
the characterization of nor-
mal human behavior?
Nathan Garfinkel

Southfield

Nazi's Appeal
Is Dismissed

Amsterdam (JTA) — A Dut-
ch court this week dismissed

an appeal by Nazi col-
laborator Jacob Luitjens,
who was extradited from
Canada last month, ruling
he must serve out a 1948
sentence of life imprison-
ment.
Mr. Luitjens, 73, a retired
botany instructor, was jaile
in November on his return
from Canada after waging a
four-year battle against
deportation. Canadian
courts found he had lied
about his wartime past on
entering the country
1961.
Mr. Luitjens may appeal
the Dutch lower court rul-
ing. His brother has already
submitted a request for .mer-
cy to the Dutch crown.
Mr. Luitjens had sought a
retrial in the Netherlands on
the grounds he was not pre-
sent at the original hearing
where he was convicted in
absentia for helping the oc-
cupying German forces - cap-
ture Dutch resistance
fighters during World War