RESIDENTIAL-COMMERCIAL DESIGN INRECON BUILD NICHE page 24 1-800-421-4141 lege (including even charter secu- lar private schooling with religious services in the afternoon), as I see it, must be geared to the develop- ment of a Jewish identity and af- filiation by the next generation of non-Orthodox Jews. If not, given current demo- graphic trends, Conservative and Reform Judaism, as now prac- ticed, most likely will disappear in the next several decades. Howard L. Green West Bloomfield Is Downsizing Worth It? Jvs College Students: Looking for a summer internship that pays? Apply now for an eight-week summer internship and earn $1,500 through the Jeanette & Oscar Cook Jewish Occupational Intern (JOIN) program. You'll gain valuable on-the-job experience and develop professional contacts by working with those already in the field. Take advantage of this outstanding opportunity — because JOIN students have that competitive edge needed to land a job after graduation. You must be a tri-county area resident and a full-time undergraduate or graduate student ready to learn about and work in metro Detroit's Jewish community. Written applications are being accepted and personal interviews will be held through January 31, 1997. For an application and more information, call Jewish Vocational Service at (810) 559-5000. I read with regret and disap- pointment your article on Leah Arm Kleinfeldt's dismissal from the Jewish Community Center (an oxymoron if there ever was one). The decision of the "leader- ship" to save over $100,000 by the elimination of Ms. Kleinfeldt's po- sition was, in my opinion, strict- ly an economic one without any sufficient thought to its broader effects upon the JCC as well as on the Jewish community. No doubt, one could make an argument that $100,000 saved is a significant amount of money; and if the JCC were a "for profit" organization and run strictly as a business, the decision would be much easier to accept. But the JCC is more than just any busi- ness. I thought that the Jewish Com- munity Center was supposed to be different than the alternative clubs around town. I thought that our Center was intended to help the people of our community by providing a place where Jewish ideals and values were on display. Not merely in the form of art, but in real life. I can think of no other person who better represents the values and morals of Jewish life than Leah Ann Kleinfeldt. Ms. Klein- feldt solicited my husband for a donation to the JCC when he was branch manager of a Dean Witter office in Southfield; Ms. Kleinfeldt called to ask if he would be willing to donate Dean Witter's used of- fice furniture to the JCC since she had learned that the company was relocating to Livonia. Many mov- ing vans later, the JCC had pro- cured tens of thousands of dollars' worth of office furniture and sta- tionary supplies all due to Leah Ann Kleinfeldt's hard work and salesmanship. When Ms. Kleinfeldt found out that my husband's secretary had just relocated to Michigan from Florida, she went out of her way on many occasions to help accli- mate her to the Jewish commu- nity by opening up her heart as well as her home. It is this kind of compassion that the JCC is giving up for its administrative down- sizing. Show the community a mistake has been made and reappoint Leah Ann Kleinfeldt to her posi- tion and find other ways to make up for that "savings." Judith S. Fogel Bloomfield Hills Whose Side Are You On? How good of The Jewish News to finally come out with a clear-cut editorial policy discarding all pre- tense of balance. Up until now, the reader has been subjected to the totally left- wing declarations and opinions of just about all of the News' colum- nists. Now management itself steps forward. As a result, between The Jew- ish News and the widely heard voices of other "friends" of Israel — such as Mike Wallace, Evans and Novak and Peter Jennings — presenting only one brand of facts and opinions, is it any wonder that even the Jews are confused as to their own best interests and those of the State of Israel? And what became of the basic canard that we all heard when Ra- bin-Peres were still in power as a result of just one vote in the Knesset: 'We must all support the democratically elected govern- ment of Israel." Has The Jewish News forgotten that convenient dogma? Last week, the paper came out strongly against the develop- ment of the communities of Judea and Samaria. It accused the Netanyahu government of bring- ing Israel to the "brink of disas- ter." The paper is in very good com- pany making these accusations. Fellow accusers include James Baker and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Refusing to sign on to this one- sided maligning of Netanyahu were such respected figures as George Schultz, Henry Kissinger and Alexander Haig — all former secretaries of state. Every country in the world is in a constant battle to defend its cit- izens and its right to exist and to grow and prosper. The great pow- ers of the world have understood that concept for centuries. The United States, the British, the French, the Russians, the Arabs and all others spend billions of dollars and put the lives of their citizens on the line every moment of the day in order to defend vi- tal interests. There is no free lunch from one's enemies. If Israel is to continue to exist, some Israelis and some Jews of the Diaspora will have to come to this stark, not at all profound, re- alization. Jerome S. Kaufman President, Metro Detroit Chapter, Zionist Organization of America cr.