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can come destroy that. The Jewish
News is that "person."
I have been sorely disappointed and
offended at the seriousness with which
The Jewish News addresses its role in
the community. Since my return to
Detroit two years ago, I have been
shocked at the articles which encour-
age Jews to intermarry and the lack of
articles which tell the positive and ful-
filling aspects of living a committed
Jewish life.
The Jewish News is a source of
Jewish education. This is a great
honor, which I am not sure you realize
you have, nor do I think you realize its
impact. I, and many others like me,
both professional and lay people, dedi-
cate our lives to raising committed
Jews who are proud of their commit-
ment. The stories you choose to cover,
and those you chose not to cover, have
an effect on our jobs and lives.
I will tell you the same thing I tell
my students: We are all role models,
but it is our choice on whether we use
that positive or negative effect. I
implore you to take your role as a
source of Jewish education seriously
and to make the choice to be a posi-
tive Jewish role model for this com-
munity.
Rabbi Michele Faudem
West Bloomfield
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a Detroit chapter. First he called on
his fellow Holocaust survivors, then he
approached fellow dentists and then
the whole Jewish community.
Said Nancy Newman Adler, dinner
co-chair with Judith Grant Granader,
"Thirty years ago a few friends got
together. Who would think it would
grow to something like this?"
Part of the reason for the growth is
the continued sense of "a few friends
getting together," even
though the annual dinner
Sept. 17 at Adat Shalom
Synagogue will attract
300.
When the caller two
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Mrs. Mames asked her if she would
like to see one that was parked in the
driveway of her Southfield home.
"Would you like me to come and pick
you up?" Mrs. Mames asked.
As of last week, Mrs. Mames had
three new ambulances parked in her
driveway, discretely screened by trees
because of a neighbor's complaint in
the early years. And, as the years have
gone by, so have the costs of those
ambulances: $48,900 for a regular
unit, $66,900 for a mobile intensive
care unit and $68,900 for a bloodmo-
bile.
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recent years when MDA in Israel spec-
ified that the units must use diesel
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engines. The ambulances are GMC
vans, purchased in the United States
and outfitted by a company in
Pennsylvania, then shipped to Israel.
Most of the fundraising comes
from individual contributions and the
pre-dinner patrons' event. The group
tries to keep the dinner itself a lower-
cost affair to involve as many as possi-
ble.
"We're trying to get younger people
involved," said Nancy
Newman Adler, age 35.
"This organization crosses
all bounds. You don't have
to agree with Israel's poli- •
tics; this is a life-saving
effort.
"People of my generation
need to hear about this. Every dona-
tion, big or small, makes a difference
and virtually everything donated goes
to the cause."
Mrs. Mames admits that she could
have more help — paid or volunteer
— but she doesn't want it. Before
John died, she sent in his resignation
letter as president of the local chapter.
"But then he left, and I continued —
he's up there laughing at me," she
said.
"When John was alive, this was his
hobby. He kept copies of everything
— every speech, every letter. So in
that way it is easy for me. I'm just fol-
lowing what he used to do."