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A BORTZ HOME RECIPE k)
5 spoons of hope
4 cups of love I
2 spoons of tenderness
2 cups of loyalty
4 quarts of faith
3 cups of forgiveness
1 cup at friendship
lbarrel of laughter
Take love and loyalty,
mix it thoroughly with faith.
Blend it with tenderness,
kindness and understanding.
Add friendship and hope,
sprinkle abundantly with laughter.
Bake it with sunshine.
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We were delighted to see your
fine article of Feb. 11 outlining
the active role played by the al-
most 10,000 Jewish soldiers
who served during the Civil
War. We think that educating
our Jewish community on the
vital part Jewish people took
during the Civil War as well as
each successive war gives all
Jewish people a well-deserved
added pride in their heritage.
However, we thought your
readers would be interested in
carrying the Civil War article
one step further. They should
know that, despite the fact that
thousands of Jewish people
served their country in the Civ-
il War, they still suffered from
anti-Semitism because the sto-
ry was not told.
To tell that story and fight
anti-Semitism, some of those
Civil War veterans began an
organization in 1896 that is now
called the Jewish War Veterans
of the U.S.A. It is the oldest ac-
tive veterans group in the Unit-
ed States and we will shortly be
celebrating our 100th anniver-
sary.
The organization of today still
carries on the traditions and
goals started by those Civil War
veterans. We are involved in
such areas as lobbying for civil
rights in Michigan and Wash-
ington, awarding scholarships,
servicing hospitalized veterans
and, in general, speaking out
for all Jewish war veterans and
Jewish aims while working
with many other veteran and
community organizations.
Ely J. Katz
Commander, Department of
Michigan Jewish War Veterans
of the U.SA.
The Sad Lesson
Of Borman Hall
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32500 Northwestern Highway • Farmington Hills • 851-7540
For the past year or so, our com-
munity has been hearing, or
conceivably the problem is that
they have not been hearing, as-
sorted voices on the issue of Bor-
man Hall.
It has become apparent to me
that not enough has been said
about this matter, because no
one seems to be listening. I am
extremely outraged at the situ-
ation, and being a 15-year-old
individual, I feel utterly power-
less.
What truly bothers me is the
feelings that we, as a Jewish
community, are instilling in our
elderly. It seems to me, as it
does to most of them, that we
did not try hard enough to fix
the problem, but rather we de-
cided to terminate the Home
without consideration for the
residents themselves.
Throughout my entire life-
time, I have always been taught
that respect should be shown to
all. Lately, I have become more
aware of the remarks being
made by my parents' genera-
tion. "These days children just
don't have the same values that
we did when we were growing
up" and "If only children
learned respect when they were
younger ...
Wake up! It is a fact that chil-
dren learn from example. Ex-
actly what do you think you are
teaching the upcoming genera-
tions? Without the elderly you
would be non-existent. These
are people that deserve our ut-
most respect and attention.
What will you do, if one day, you
have to depend on the help and
care of others in order to sur-
vive?
There are some residents at
Borman Hall who have no fam-
ily. What happens to them?
Should we not be able to have
confidence in our own ancestry
as we grow older? Should we
not take care of our own people?
It is our duty to take care of the
elderly.
My deceased great-grand-
mother resided at Borman Hall;
therefore, I continue to visit par-
ticular residents with whom I
have developed personal rela-
tionships. I could not have said
it better myself than when a
resident of Borman Hall
solemnly stated to me, "If there
is a God ... and He looked at
Borman Hall ... He would not
be pleased."
Mara Hoffert
West Bloomfield
Yiddish Group's
Names Missing
Many members of the Yiddish
group Mama Loshen were very
disappointed that no mention
of our group or the names of
those present on Wednesday,
December 21, 1993 at our group
meeting at the home of Mickey
Pelzner was published in the
Jan. 14 Close Up.
The pictures of some of the
women present were shown on
Page 1 as well as Page 50. The
photographer did get the names
of those present. They included
Sadie Komisar, Freida Needel-
man, Rose Hechler, Ruth Gold-
stein, Ruth Wolfe, Mickey
Pelzner, Selda Friedman, Mil-
dred Hooberman, Rose
Kaluzny, Belle Gordon, Wilma
Katz, Betty Barsky, Dorothy
Schuldinger and Rae Wagen-
berg.
There are 28 women present-
ly in the group; they all belong
to B'nai B'rith, Morgenthau
Chapter. They meet at the
members' homes once a month
to help keep our Yiddish alive.
Mickey Pelzner
Oak Park
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