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The story on butchers gave several other rea- sons for the dwindling number of shops. Still, one thread runs through all these incidents: Suspicion of others and the rise of "stricter- than-thou" standards of kashrut is killing the kosher food business here. Those who refuse to patronize a Vaad-supervised establish- ment because its new Vaad-su- pervised butcher is supposedly "less kosher" than its previously Vaad-supervised butcher are asserting nothing less than that the local Council is inadequate. According to Al Rosenberg, at least some members of the Vaad wouldn't eat at his restau- rant, which they supervised. If his story is true, then Council hashgacha wasn't good enough for the Council members them- selves. If you don't accept Mr. Rosen- berg's version, consider the un- deniable fact of the Vaad rule that only the observant may now ap- ply for supervision of a new butch- er shop. Never mind how to define "observant"; we know that some local butchers don't meet the requirement and keep their hashgacha only by being "grand- fathered." Now, if these same people could not get a heksher today, then ac- cording to the Vaad's own stan- dard, their kashrut must be somehow inadequate. Thus you have the anomaly of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis supervising establishments they do not them- selves trust. I disagree with many of the Council's rulings because I find them too strict. And for that rea- son, I know that when they say a product or establishment is kosher, I have no reason to doubt it. I trust them. But in any case, unless you, the shomer kashrut, are willing to grow or raise everything you eat, you have to trust others to pro- vide kosher food for you. If you don't accept the supervision of the city's most prominent rabbonim — if they don't accept it them- selves — whom will you accept? And how can the community hope to keep a restaurant going when virtually nobody is "kosher enough"? Elliott Shevin Oak Park A Prayer For `The News' This letter is in response to your smarmy editorial of March 7, ti- tled "A Prayer For Alabama." I would like to propose an alterna- tive prayer, which I shall rever- ently call "A Prayer for The Jewish News." "May The Jewish News be granted the wisdom to realize the silliness of some of its ultraliber- al positions and how much dam- age they could cause to the Jewish community." Why does The Jewish News find the Ten Commandments, one of the foundations of Western civilization which expresses val- ues held by most people around the globe, an offensive document when it is displayed in a court- room? This is carrying separation of church and state to absurd ex- tremes. Dr. Herschel L. Schlussel Garden City High Quality, Standards Needed It comes as no surprise to any- body who both eats kosher and travels to other cities that Detroit cannot sustain a full-service kosher restaurant ("Thing Of The Past?" March 7). The Detroit community will not frequent a restaurant (nor will the gentile community) that serves lousy food in an unap- pealing environment. Jews in oth- er major metropolitan areas have enjoyed the kosher fare at restau- rants that have retained their ap- peal to the entire community for generations because of the con- sistently high quality and cre- ativity of the fare, the cleanliness and charm of the setting and the competence of the waitstaff. Sadly, none of the recent at- tempts by local kosher "restau- rateurs" has come close to meeting these standards. It also disturbs us that Rabbi Goldberg would presume that the Jewish community is "tired" and prefers '`N going home each night rather than going out to a restaurant. Perhaps this is true on occasion, but he and I must be a part of two very different Jewish communi- ties. The Jews I know are energetic and hard-working men and women who thirst for a comfort- able place to go and meet family and friends while enjoying ex- (-' ceptional food and drink. The ....11 prospect of this place being kosher would be at best a great attrac- tion and at worst, irrelevant.