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would resent being pestered by
my beloved's co-religionists to
convert to Judaism
After all, if the object of my
Rav Irons, the rash kollel (head
passion wanted to marry a Jew,
of Detroit's Kollel Institute for
why did he/she get involved
advanced talmudic learning) is
with me at all?
a tremendous Talmud chacham
In all honesty, I am not fa-
(scholar) and one of the most
miliar with the outreach pro-
brilliant minds in our commu-
grams operating "on the left."
nity.
However, on the "right" there
Although he is an exceeding-
are numerous organized efforts
ly modest individual and would
by individuals as well as groups,
surely never take personal of-
operating literally day and
fense, it must be pointed out
night, on college campuses and
that your article heading,
in metropolitan communities
"Shmuel Irons Leads Program"
throughout the length and
(June 4), omitting his title of ray
breadth of North America (and
or rabbi, was extremely disre-
beyond), with the goal of edu-
spectful.
cating our people at every age
Sincerely,
level, and at every degree of re-
Dr. Robert Tawil
ligious or non-religious back-
Oak Park
ground.
With all due respect to Rab-
bi Polish, what is needed here
is not another series of meetings
An Answer
and the appointing of research
To Intermarriage
committees to study what
Rabbi Polish ("Stopping Our De-
strategies may or may not stem
cline" June 11), asks us to focus
the tide of intermarriage. We
our concerned attention on sev-
need additional classes in every
eral sets of statistics dealing
synagogue and every temple,
with the rate of intermarriage
devoted towards the goal of
and the failure of the Jewish
teaching authentic Jewish val-
partner to convert his/her non-
ues to our members of every age,
Jewish counterpart.
young and old alike.
The rabbi's comments also
If our leadership is serious
contain a dig at "those on the
about ending the plague of in-
right" who, in his opinion, are
termarriage, the answer lies in
not dealing realistically with the ' honest and complete Jewish ed-
intermarriage problem, prefer-
ucation.
ring to "hide their heads in the
A. Pinchas Shapiro
sand" and pretend that they are
Southfield
unaffected.
By way of balancing his crit-
Old Memories
icism, I suppose, Rabbi Polish
mentions the inadequacy of the
Via Candyman
too-few outreach programs of
I enjoyed the "Candyman" arti-
"those on the left."
cle (June 4) very much.
The above references provide
Two of my foremost memo-
a selection of points from the ar-
ries from my youth are my
ticle which are in need of further
mother throwing candy from the
clarification. Prominently ab-
balcony of a shul on Elmhurst,
sent from the sets of statistics
and Cantor Louis Klein palm-
are the numbers which would
ing candy and slipping it to sur-
tell us the percentages of Or-
prised people as he exited the
thodox, Conservative, Reform,
bimah.
etc. Jews who are represented
David Wolock
in the intermarriage activity.
Royal Oak
Such data should prove in-
valuable in enhancing our ap-
preciation for the respective
Letters Policy
levels of responsibility for the
overall problem. I would addi-
Letters must be typewritten,
tionally find useful the statistics
double-spaced, and include
on failed intermarriages —
the name, home address,
mixed as well as conversionary.
daytime phone number and
Pm not entirely clear on the
signature of the writer.
logical reasoning behind the
suggestion that members of our
Brief letters (less than a
community be more proactive
page), arriving by noon Tues-
in reaching out to mixed mar-
day, will be given prefer-
rieds, and encouraging the non-
Jewish partner to convert.
ence.
If I were that partner, and I
had fallen in love with someone
who is Jewish by birth (al-
Israel's defense budget con-
though not in practice, other-
stitutes 24 per cent of the
wise why did he/she not abort
country's
Gross National
our association in its earlier
Product, while in the United
stages, before our emotions of
States, defense accounts for
love rendered us irresponsible
just 6 per cent of the GNP.
for our actions?), I think that I
.
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