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U S. Rep. Eric Fingerhut,
a freshman legislator
from Ohio, came to town
to give the Detroit Jew-
ish community what he consid-
ered a frightening message.
"This is a treacherous time
for Jewish people in this coun-
try," he said during a speech on
Sunday at a grass-roots politi-
cal action workshop, hosted by
the Jewish Community Coun-
cil and sponsored by seven other
Jewish organizations.
"I have never felt so alarmed
or that it was so necessary for
Jews to be involved in politics."
Rep. Fingerhut said his fear
stems from a number of factors,
including a recent debate on the
House floor. The debate was
about condemning a speech by
the Nation of Islam's Khalid
Abdul Muhammad, who ver-
bally attacked Jews, Catholics,
whites and gays during a Nov.
29 speech at Kean College in
New Jersey.
"If you listened to the debate,
it was all directed to one par-
ticular speech," he said. "But
there was not just one incident
of anti-Semitism. Speeches like
that are given every day on
college campuses."
He also mentioned last Fri-
day's incident in Hebron, when
a Jewish settler killed 40
Muslims.
We as Jews have an obliga-
tion to put this incident into con-
text for the rest of the world, he
said.
Other Jewish leaders
brought similar messages to the
political workshop, held at the
Max M. Fisher Building, as they
tried to persuade members of
the Jewish community to get in-
volved at all levels of politics.
Declared candidates for various
Eric Fingerhut
upcoming elections were also in-
vited to attend and recruit cam-
paign volunteers.
"Our Jewish values, history
and status as a minority are all
reasons to take a political role,"
said David Gad-Harf, executive
director of the JCCouncil.
"We need to focus our atten-
tion on the local and state levels
which can be springboards to
higher offices. It's also impor-
tant to make sure Jews are in-
volved with candidates of both
political parties."
Following Rep. Fingerhut's
address, Larry Deitch, a Michi-
gan Democrat, and Harriet
Rotter, a Michigan Republican,
spoke about their parties and
jokingly took stabs at the oppo-
site political affiliation. But their
message was the same: politi-
cal party does not matter —just
get involved.
To conclude the program,
Suzanne Goldstein, a Southfield
City Council member, State
Rep. David Gubow, D-Hunt-
ington Woods, and Mindy
Nathan, a Bloomfield Hills
"Our Jewish values,
history and status
as a minority are all
reasons to take a
political role."
— David Gad-Hart
school board member discussed
their political careers and
echoed the same "get involved"
message. ❑
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