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Bloomfield resident, is not a newcom-
er to political activism. She co-found-
ed the "Justice for David" committee,
which supports the extradition of a
Palestinian who allegedly killed 17-
year-old Daniel Boim in the West
Bank settlement of Beth El.
While the Isiaeli native says she is
working to secure a just peace in the
Middle East, and MATCKH is devot-
ed to generating awareness of the
Palestinian children's programming,
Resnick hopes to alert citizens to the
general danger posed by hateful mes-
sages in the media.
She says she would like to duplicate
MATCKH nationally and internation-
ally. She has fielded inquiries from
Florida, New York, New Jersey,

ocal activist Molly Resnick
was visiting New York City
last spring when a headline
in the New York Post caught
her eye: "Jihad for Kids on PLO-TV,"
it screamed.
When she finished reading the arti-
cle, Resnick set to organizing a grass-
roots political group she named
Mothers Against Teaching Children to
Kill & Hate (MATCKH).
When Resnick learned that
Palestinian children watch TV pro-
grams extolling the virtues of being a
"suicide warrior" and expressing a
commitment to a holy war, or Jihad,
against Israel,
she was
moved to take
action to edu-
cate commu-
nity members
and take a
stand against
what she sees
as the precur-
sor to terror-
ism.
"Some
experts blame
violence in
our schools
on messages
MATCKH members get organized. From left, Karen Katz,
from televi-
Rae Shaifman, Molly Resnick, Janet Aronoff and Toby Schlussel
sion, movies
and songs, so
how much more dangerous are direct
Pennsylvania and Toronto.
messages upon young children in the
Hassan, who often lectures on
Middle East?" said Resnick.
Israel-related issues, will discuss
At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, at
what she calls "the indoctrination
the Max M. Fisher Jewish Federation
to hate" among Palestinians. She
Building on Telegraph south of Maple
will
screen videotapes of recent
in Bloomfield Hills, MATCKH will
children's programming from the
host its first event, a talk by Jewish
Palestinian Broadcasting
activist Ferne Hassan, author of the
Corporation (PBC).
"Jihad" article that inspired Resnick.
Hassan described a February 1998
Wayne State University Clinical
show as seemingly benign, with a fes-
Professor in Psychiatry Emanuel Tanay
tive tone akin to "Sesame Street," that
will speak on the effects of indoctrina-
featured appealing young children in
tion on children.
costumes and parry clothes, enthusias-
Resnick, a 50-year-old West