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Noted Jewish Genealogist, Arthur Kurzweil, will
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family history. He is the author of several books
including From Generation to Generation: How

to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Personal
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spark a growing interest from all generations
about our past and our collective Jewish ancestry.

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Piecing
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Date: Saturday, October 19, 1996
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Jewish Community Center
Shiffman Hall
West Bloomfield

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A special exhibition of photographs of
the first American immigrants of
the families -of students from our
religious and day schools.

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DESSERT RECEPTION

iprocity" — Israel won't feel oblig-
ed to fulfill its obligations under
Oslo II unless the Palestinians
scrupulously fulfill theirs — Arab
governments have begun to call
attention to the diverse ways in
which Israel has on its own, and
not in response to Palestinian be-
havior, been remiss in fulfilling
its obligations, has, indeed, vio-
lated them.
This, in turn, threatens Israel's*
close friendship with the Unit-
ed States, and it was that threat
that formed the background for
Mr. Netanyahu's remarks on Is-
rael Radio:
"Regardless of the fact that our
relationship with the U.S. is of
the first rank of Israel's strategic
assets, it is not our supreme as-
set. The supreme asset is our se-
curity, those things that - are*
sacred to us, like Jerusalem."
Leave aside Mr. Netanyahu's
confusion between assets and ob-
jectives. Consider, instead, how
Mr. Netanyahu views the
prospect that the United States
will oppose Israel's unfolding
anti-peace policy.
If it comes to American oppo-
sition, Mr. Netanyahu relies on
precedent: Recalling President 14
Reagan's displeasure over Israel's
1982 invasion of Lebanon, he re-
marked, "This friendlyadminis-
tration, this friendly president,
imposed sanctions on us, such as
suspending delivery of F-16 fight-
ers. [But] we didn't say, There's
nothing we can do.' ... We also ac-
tivated our ties with various ele-
ments in the U.S. in order to
stand up to the pressure," he said.
Hmmm. Could it be that those
"elements" in the United States
are, well, us?
Because if that is so, and it is
not unreasonable to suppose that
it is, we are being dragged into
a fight — more accurately, used
— that many in our community
believe we have no right to take
part in..
The matter at hand is Israel's 1
security. The conventional Amer-
ican Jewish view has been that
it is Israel, and Israel alone, that
has the moral right, just as it
alone has the political power, to
decide on security issues. When
some American Jews have, from
time to time, weighed in with ei-
ther more dovish or more hawk-
ish views than those of the 44
incumbent Israeli government,
they've been told in no uncertain
terms to shut up.
But now, it turns out, we are
meant to shut up only when we
disagree with Israel's policies and
practices.
Someone ought to tell Mr. Ne-
tanyahu that things have
changed since 1982. The Amer-
ican Jewish community is not I
quite the automaton it was then.
Israel most of us have come to un-
derstand, is entirely capable of
making mistakes. We are no
longer quite so ready to b _ e flacks
for those mistakes. ❑

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