ORDER A NEW JEWISH NEWS SUBSCRIPTION TODAY AND RECEIVE ONE OF THESE VIDEOS, A $22.95 VALUE, ABSOLUTELY FREE! NEIGHBORHOODS page 4 ceptable and the height of denseness!! I can just imagine suggest- ing to my fine neighbors that we move back from our beau- tiful homes, clean areas, safe neighborhoods, excellent schools and good city services to go live in corruption! HA! I can hear them all laughing now. Leon I. Schoichit Farmington Hills Getting Along Is No. 1 Priority - ,11r1 itiCt$ , - Mem*: ' . cdixot Intrud by Lights A Hannukah Video Sing Around The Seasons Chanukah Chanukah Gifts No One Can Hold A Candle To. T hese are gifts your children will never outgrow. Award-winning videos that celebrate Jewish traditions and communicate them with original music, brilliant characters and fun loving animation. A new subscription to The Jewish News makes a great gift for yourself, friends or relatives. 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We have preached "love thy neighbor," but practice "fear thy neighbor" and "leave thy neighbor alone." We continue, thoughtlessly, on our journey through mediocrity and iso- lation. When Israel was in danger — many times — we put our shoulders to the wheel and did whatever was necessary to help the fledgling state. When there was an opportu- nity to obtain the release of Soviet Jews, we did pitch in and help. This effort contin- ues. Most of us reacted to hatred and fear of Arabs in the Mid- dle East and carried it over here. We have the United States' largest Arabic popu- lation. Some of us saw the need to build bridges between our communities. These ef- forts were met with enthusi- asm by the leaders in the Arabic community. Our lead- ers have come along and now participate fully in this effort. Since the historic signing on the White House lawn, maybe more of us can help tear down these walls. Maybe we can help Middle East peace by example. Let's roll up our sleeves and work at it. Every organization can be a part. It should be our No. 1 priority! .. . . Metropolitan Detroit has been the leader in so many ar- eas of Jewish activities. We have led in many inter-faith, inter-ethnic and ecumenical efforts. Let us resolve in this new year to build those efforts into hate-shattering move- ments and again be an exam- ple of how brother can get along with brother — at least here in America. There has never been a sit- uation so urgent. Let's get se- rious. Let's just do it! Let's expand on what Southfield is doing and repeat it in every community. The pattern is set. Our leaders should set up a task force and get to work now. Arnold Michlin Farmington Hills HOLOCAUST MUSEUM page 5 Innocent victims wearing striped prison garb were pho- tographed in three different pos- es. Did any of them survive? Next, I saw the display of rusty scissors used to cut the hair from dead bodies. I cried. These faces could have been ours. Women, men, children. Their crime: They were Jews. To many of the children of the survivors, the trip was educa- tional. Most of their parents haven't opened up to them. They were searching for an- swers, for some more history. To me, the experience was both a journalistic dream and a terrible nightmare. It was not fun, yet it was important. When a person cried, I wanted to pro- tect him or her from the cam- era. Our camera. At times, I wasn't sure if I should take notes or console the survivors. No matter how much I learn, how many movies I see, how many museums I visit, I still re- act. I went to a Jewish day school. I've visited Yad Vashem, and I have been to the Holo- caust Memorial Center in West Bloomfield on numerous occa- sions. But this is not enough. Each time I see a photo of a Nazi in uniform or Jews board- ing death trains or a skinny child with large, haunting eyes or a Jew wearing blue- striped jail garb or even a photo of a pile of bodies atop one another in a pit dug by other Jews, I cry. Each time I hear another sto- ry of a survivor, I cry. I pray my tears never dry up, and I hope visiting a memorial to Six Mil- lion — or to any victim or group that has been oppressed — al- ways feels overwhelming. If I cry, I won't forget. ❑ If the Germans want to put the yellow Jewish star in Denmark, I and my whole family will wear it as a sign of the highest distinction. —King Christian of Den- mark