De'roil

Our Best Wishes For
A Happy and Healthy
Passover

Three Faiths Gather
To Pray For Peace

LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER

W

hile many Detroiters
spent Sunday out-
side, enjoying the first
signs of spring,
Laraine Mogill Knoppow
watched the sun stream
through the stained-glass win-
dows of St. Andrew Lutheran
Church on Telegraph Road.
She and her husband, Ken,
wanted to send a message
about values.
"And butchering (people) is
not a Jewish value," Ms. Mogill
Knoppow said.
The sentiment was shared
by the small gathering of
Moslems, Christians and Jews
attending the interfaith memo-
rial service for victims of the

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Imam Mohamed Mardini of
the Foundation of Islamic Her-
itage in Dearborn offered words
like, "We are as one family un-
der God"; "We are one people,
one nation, as it says in the

Healing was the
theme presented by
leaders.

Holy Book"; "Let not the
tragedy discourage us in our
looking for a real peace."
Rabbi Efry Spectre, presi-
dent of the Michigan Board of
Rabbis, spoke of the concept of

for mine.' That is what most
Jews do most of the time."
Chor-Bishop Joseph Feghali
of the Maronite Catholic Bish-
op and the Rev. Edward Will-
ingham, executive director of
the Christian Communication
Council of Metropolitan Detroit
Churches, also offered prayers.
In hopes of making more
concrete efforts toward peace,
at least locally, the Interfaith
Round Table circulated fliers
asking individuals to support
the group's statement of soli-
darity and to host a dinner with
families of different faiths. The
papers were gathered at the
end of the service in a collection
plate.

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Hebron massacre. The event
was sponsored by the Greater
Detroit Interfaith Round Table.
Ms. Mogul Knoppow works
for a Lebanese Christian. They
often speak of the Middle East.
"I don't believe there is clear-
cut hate between Israelis and
Palestinians across the line.
Yes, there is tension," Ms.
Mogill Knoppow said. "But one
fanatic should not be able to un-
dermine the peace process. It
must maintain its focus."
Although the mosque
killings by Dr. Baruch Gold-
stein last month spawned the
service, healing, not dwelling,
was the theme presented by
leaders.

shalom.
"More has been written
about this idea by the rabbis
than anything else in Jewish
literature," Rabbi Spectre said.
"At Passover, we dip into the
cup of wine because a cup run-
ning over is a sign of happiness.
The Jew cannot have full hap-
piness knowing the pain the
Egyptians endured. That is
what most Jews feel most of the
time.
"I was in Israel in 1967, fol-
lowing the Six-Day War. There
were no victory parades. The
Jewish children in school wrote
letters to the Egyptian children
saying 'I hope your daddy
comes home soon. I'm looking

"If we can get 50 people to
break bread with 50 others of
a different faith, we're making
a beginning," said Robert Ar-
cand, executive director of the
Interfaith Round Table. "We'll
match up people and we'll start
building bridges. Hopefully
they (the bridges) can reach
over the water and around the
earth." ❑

CORRECTION

Jerome Glassman, presi-
dent of Glassman Oldsmo-
bile Saab Hyundai, Inc., was
incorrectly identified in a
business story March 11.