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and the Jewish Community
Council are trying to coordinate
a meeting at a later date.
Kamal Shouhayib, Druse co-
chair of the American Arabic
and Jewish Friends, was heart-
ened by the outpouring of calls
he received from Jewish ac-
quaintances. "They were ab-
horred" by the massacre, he
said, "and did not want these
people to get their way."
"Everyone is upset. This is
just as horrible as if it happened
the other way. My people feel
the settlers should be disarmed.
Israel has a strong army, so the
settlers don't need guns. We
have to keep working together.
This kind of thing should con-
vince us that the peace process
is the only way."
Hannah Gladstone, one of
the Friends' Jewish co-chairs,
said the Round Table statement
soothed the situation in the lo-
cal Arab community. "We have
worked very closely, and it was
very appropriate that we reach
out. This is not a political state-
ment, but a statement of em-
pathy," she said.
Terry Ahwal, president of the
Detroit chapter of the American
Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee, also said she was
thankful for the many calls she
received from area Jews.
"It's been overwhelming," she
said. "It just shows that there
is a real need for peace, and per-
haps something good can still
come of all of this." ❑
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R
abbi Aaron Bergman
of Beth Abraham
Hillel Moses was
ready for Sabbath ser-
vices last weekend.
His sermon was prepared, and
aside from the snowstorm,
which was bound to keep some
congregants home, it was busi-
ness as usual.
But on Friday morning,
Rabbi Bergman and the rest of
the world awoke to the news of
Dr. Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli
settler who walked into a
mosque in Hebron and began
killing Palestinian worshipers.
Shortly before services, Rabbi
Bergman got rid of his original
sermon and decided to speak
on what happened earlier that
day in Israel. The only other
time he changed his sermon at
the last minute was when the
peace agreement was signed be-
tween Israel and the Palestine
Liberation Organization in
September.
Rabbi Bergman and other lo-
cal rabbis handled the news of
the killings in different ways.
Some, like Rabbi Bergman and
Rabbi Efry Spectre, of Adat
Shalom Synagogue, changed
their sermons.
Rabbi Eliezer Cohen of
Young Israel of Oak-Woods did
not even mention the incident.
"The range of opinions in the
congregation is such that I don't
want to get involved in Israeli
politics," Rabbi Cohen said.
Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg
of Bais Chabad of West
Bloomfield told his congrega-
tion the message of Purim deals
with two realities, what's re-
vealed and what's concealed.
What happened in Hebron also
deals with two realities, he said.
"The two realities of this in-
cident are the moral obligation
we have to condemn this hor-
rendous act, and the reality that
they (Jewish settlers) are living
in a war zone," Rabbi Silberberg
said. "When people are in a war
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Rabbis Aaron
Bergman (top) and
Daniel Polish ad-
dressed the issue
of the incident in
Hebron last Friday
night during
religious services.
zone they can snap. We
as Jews don't have to be
ashamed because he
snapped."
In the wake of
Friday's killings and
the violence it has
sparked in the Middle
East, the world has
been left to wonder
how the peace process
will be affected.
When Temple Beth
El's Rabbi Daniel
Polish spoke, his re-
marks were on that
topic.
`This is a tragic ac-
tion," Rabbi Polish
told his congrega-
tion. "It underscores that peace
is imperative and we have to
work harder to bring it sooner.
"We have to come to terms
with reality. There are people
in the Jewish world who want
to kill peace and this incident
was a calculated effort to kill the
peace process."
In a statement released by
the Council of Orthodox Rabbis
of Greater Detroit, Rabbi
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Shaiall Zachariash, a presidi-
um member of the council, said:
"We deplore all acts of violence
against innocent people. At the
same time we condemn the me-
dia for their one-sided criticism
and also the government for
contributing to this state of af-
fairs." ❑
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