. .(1.11 I ti The committee of "they" in the Jewish news- paper business always tabs the summer as a slow time of the year for news and events. Our neighbors, our friends, after all, are up north or too busy getting the kids ready for school. Detroit, however, never fails to provide a mag- ical sense of ongoing community stories that aren't sensational, yet are heroic for their com- mitment. Three stories. Shoshana Rubinstein, a social worker with JARC's Independent Living Pro- gram, helped create a social action committee of JARC residents that has its members out working for the good of our community. These are developmentally disabled neighbors of ours whose commitment to caring defies any stereo- types of shut-in life. Rubinstein was awarded the 1997 Elizabeth Monroe Boggs Young Leadership Award for her work on the project. The President's Commit- tee on Mental Retardation bestows the award annually on future leaders in the field of de- velopmental disabilities. Then there's the story of Murray, Ina, Erin and Jeffrey Pitt, who have donated a home to Kadima, the organization in this community that helps people with mental illnesses who are not quite ready for a fully independent lifestyle. But then again, Sam and Carol Sobel also saw the great service of an organization such as Kadima, and they donated a house. So did Gloria Hamburger, in the name of her son, Bill Howard. Now Kadima will operate four group homes and 12 apartments and condo- miniums. Again, these aren't stories that are going to change most of the life of Jewish Detroit. But for the community that is served, these are ma- jor, major events. In the chemistry that is Jew- ish Detroit, these are examples of why, despite its challenges, this is such a forward-thinking community. Need another example? On Aug. 13, Warren and Margot Coville were cited for donating $1 million to the Group Apartment Program for the Elderly, a program run by the Jewish Fam- ily Service . This might not have anything to do with your life or the lives of your loved ones. One day, though, it might. In this community's infrastructure, there is quality of life. These people and programs are just an example. There are many more. So many times, people from outside of Detroit joke about what it must be like to live here. Then, if they're in the know about Jewish De- troit, they want to know why we're a success- ful community. We know. So do you. So do the Covilles, So- bels and others. Yes, it's still summer. There's really a great deal happening, isn't there? JEWISH NEWS Restrain Both Sides Of Border Confrontations I- 0 Cr 1 - w uJ 1- 26 Be it a bomb shattering the lives of innocent shop- pers in a marketplace or missiles slamming into residential areas of northern Israel or southern Lebanon, the danger and the risk of irresponsi- bility and possible war seems to be on the in- crease. Israel's wounds are caused by suicide bombers within its borders and terrorists with missile launchers to the north. Yet at almost every junc- ture Israel is asked to be more responsible and show restraint. While we worry that the South Lebanese Army, a small force of Christian Lebanese, act- ed without Israel's knowledge during recent shellings of the Lebanese town of Sidon, there is also a greater concern on the horizon. Recently, Lebanese Army artillery fired side- by-side with Hizbollah terrorists into northern Israel. The town of Kiryat Shmoneh sustained direct hits as 30 rockets struck residential areas. The appearance of the Lebanese Army's in- volvement, a corps under the thumb of the Syr- ian Army, which has some 30,000 troops stationed in Lebanon, is the major danger. Syr- ia's forces shadow the activity at Israel's north- ern border like a wolf getting ready to pounce. The bottom line: Too many citizens, Israeli and Arab, fear for their lives. Even more are in dan- ger if the puppets controlled by Syria and by Is- rael are not restrained. Priorities: Envoys of peace and the focus of the U.S. government and the world seem to be point- ed only at Jerusalem. The focus needs to also be on the north. The battle lines are getting too close to the Syrian Army at this point. The fear is, "close" is exactly where the Syrians want it to be. Israel can control the South Lebanon Army. Syria can control the Hizbollah. The missiles coming into Israel show just what that control can do. T H E PROMISED LAND THE CONTINUING STORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE DIASPORA by Jordan B. Gorfinkel BECCA BETH BERNIE the Ee m. Ut.a, Skeplx SeAEE YAEL the Perplexed LaS ZAYDS EUBS the Me Me Rebel Trad4...y.', YOUR CONTEMPORARY GUIDE TO JEWISH HEAD COVERINGS THREE - MY-A-YEAR 5111-6 (also known as FOREIGN DIGNITARY or TEEPEE FOR THE JEWISH NEWS GROU P CJ 1 99 7 BY JORDAN B GO RFI NKEL ALL Some Really Great 'Things' Keep Summer Moving Letters Thanks You For Awareness Re: "Controlling the Pain" Aug. 8 — we are grateful and thank Rabbi Bunny Freedman for arranging for this article. We thank editor Phil Jacobs for the beautiful write-up. We sincerely hope Jewish Hos- pice will benefit from this arti- cle. Gert and Lew Honigman Oak Park Mr. Ross Not The First In your July 25 issue you fea- tured an article ("Relentless Boss") on Doug Ross and his plans to run for governor of the state of Michigan in 1998. One of his reasons for seeking this office was to be the first Jew- ish governor of a Midwestern state. I would like to inform Mr. Ross that in 1932 the Honorable Henry Horner, an active Jew, was elected governor of the state of Illinois on the Democratic tick- et. Governor Homer ran for re- election and won a second term in spite of strong opposition from the powerful Kelly-Nash politi- cal machine in upstate Illinois. Governor Horner's re-election was made possible by unusual support from downstate Illinois which is mainly a conservative Republican area. Unfortunately, Governor Homer died before completing his second term. His adminis- tration was so outstanding there is no telling how far he would have gone in national politics — the first Jewish president? Bert Weil West Bloomfield c=\ -