MARKETING page 1 positive attitudes toward Jews and Israel. Mr. Tauber says a UJA mar- keting campaign already has been approved for 1995. "It's important that we don't lose the momentum of what we've cre- ated." The 1995 campaign "will sell positive themes: Jewish continuity and Israel's impor- tance to continuity." It will focus on designated giving for specific projects in Israel after individuals have contributed to their communi- ty's regular campaign. It also will include Partnership 2000, a successor to Project Renewal linking U.S. communities to specific Israeli communities. Mr. Tauber hopes that the 1995 marketing campaign will help boost Operation Exodus. "When we started, the four- year campaign was at the $820 million mark. Now we are at $870 million and clearly going over $900 million" by the time the campaign and Mr. Tauber's tenure end on May 21. That money has helped re- settle in Israel 500,000 Jews from the former Soviet Union, 25,000 Jews from Ethiopia, 1,000 from Yugoslavia and hundreds from Yemen and Syria. "If we could reach the $1 bil- lion mark, it would pay for the other 500,000 in Russia who want to come," Mr. Tauber says. "We will see them in Israel by the end of this centu- ry." Mr. Tauber, a former presi- dent of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, will move from chairman to presi- dent of UJA after May 21. He says his duties will be "more institutional, with a tad more free time." He also continues as a board member of the Jewish Agency for Israel. 111 Letters LAMEDVAVNIKS page 4 Its not every day that you're written about in The Jewish News. Just every week. And each day throughout the week you read about your community, neighborhood and synagogue. You find out about money- saving sales, new store openings, great places to eat and exciting entertainment. 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Tr For faster service call 810-354-6620 and charge it to your Visa or MasterCard between the hours of 8:30 an and 5:00 pm *im*: AD194 A 'Radical' Response borders on obfuscation. The truth of the matter is that it is unthinkable that Moses or Joseph married gen- tile women. Tzippora, the wife of Moses, converted to Judaism before he married her (Moed Katan 17B). Osnath, the wife of Joseph, was born of a Jewish mother, and never required con- version (Genesis Rabba 41.45). Moreover, the law concerning Jewish descent has never changed. According to the Halachah, tribal descent is always patri- lineal. The son of a Kohen is al- ways a Kohen. Every Jew is of the tribe of his father. It is only when we cannot determine who the father is that we turn to the descent of which we are certain, that is descent through the mother. When a marriage is unlawful because the parties to the mar- riage show that they have no re- gard for the Halachah, we cannot say for certain who is the father of such a woman's child. Since it could be anyone, we can only judge by the womb through which the child enters the world. Then, perforce, we de- termine that the child is what the mother is, regardless of the "titled" husband. Your April 8 article "Question- able Bedfellows" attempted to cover what the author assumed was the range of Jewish polit- ical views. If one poses a "free- market" position, one, therefore, must pose a "radical" position to prove that the range is, indeed, covered. I am sorry to disappoint your readers but the Workmen's Cir- cle/Arbeter Ring states in its mission statement, in part, that we foster "Jewish identity and participation in Jewish life among its members through Jewish, especially Yiddish, cul- ture and education, friendship, mutual aid and the pursuit of social and economic justice." The statement also includes, "We have a gender-egalitarian orientation and a liberal social and economic worldview" - not a very "radical" position, it would seem. In our nursery and Sunday schools our children learn Jew- ish history and Jewish values and how to enjoy Jewish holi- days in a secular humanist manner. Many of the children have one parent who is not Jewish. These families are ful- ly integrated into our organi- zation. Rabbi Jack Goldman Chair, Michigan District Workmen's Circle I Arbeter Ring West Bloomfield Selman Goode