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The importance of the event was to
educate the Detroit Jewish commu-
nity about an interesting time in its
history, in a non-threatening, non-
academic manner.
The Purple Gang has been exposed
with their names (save two by request
of a prominent Jewish philanthropist),
70 years after their demise. Our corn-
mittee would not harm the integrity
of the exhibit by selecting photos that
would not receive captions. We fairly
represented that there were "bad Jews"
among us during the Prohibition era,
and we took care to give a history of
the gang from their juvenile delin-
quent school days to the gang's
demise.
It is within our first amendment
right, and we were proud that our
sponsor, The Detroit Jewish News,
agreed.
Whether we were first-rate, sec-
ond-rate or third-rate historians is an
opinion that Mr. Bolkosky may
express, but it was the committee as
a whole that made these decisions,
not Stephen Rosman.
The committee recognizes the con-
tribution Mr. Bolkosky made to pre-
serving Detroit Jewish history in his
book. It was used as a source to assist
us with captions. Perhaps in future
programs of historical relevance, Mr.
Bolkosky will want to volunteer nine
months of his time to assist the com-
mittee. It would be welcomed.
Despite all the controversy, we
thank our financial sponsors and we
thank all of you for visiting the "old
neighborhood" once again and for
sharing your stories with the Jewish
community.
Marilyn R. Natchez
West Bloomfield
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Thank you for printing my letter
("Historical Truths Fairly Shown?"
Oct. 31) about the exhibit on the
'20s and '30s. Unfortunately, I made
a rather serious error.
The Hayim Greenberg Shule was
not a communist school, but rather
the Farband Shule, a labor Zionist
organization.
The communist school was the
Hersh Lekkert Shule, and the two
schools were ideologically opposed to
each other.
Sid Bolkosky
Professor of history, U-M Dearborn
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Educational
Priorities
We congratulate Julie Wiener on her
Oct. 31 story ("The Learning Gap"),
describing the sad conditions of adult
Jewish education in Detroit.
Despite claims to the contrary (see
Linda Giles' letter, "Adult Education
Facts Missing," Nov. 7), the article
adhered closely to the truth, as we and
many others have observed. The plain
truth is that the Midrasha has been
dismantled as a provider of adult
Jewish education.
Texts for a Talmud class.
In addition, putting the Midrasha
library at the bottom of the AJE's pri-
ority list by cutting out funding for a
professional libraria, was a disastrous
decision. This is hastening the death
of what once was the Jewish commu-
nity's prime source for Jewish books.
The AJE's priorities in recent years
indicate a greater interest in the "bot-
tom line" than in furthering Jewish
education.
Dave and May Moskowitz
Southfield
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