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Each chapter works diligently to create songs, banners and athletic teams that compete each year at regional convention. This five-day convention is a time to make new friends, bond with old ones and share in "friendly competition." This year's convention was warm and wonderful on many levels; this was not conveyed in the article at all. Don't get me wrong; I enjoyed reading about broken traditions and the ones that live on, and am proud that you included Hanna LoPatin, a member of my chapter, who has won the storytelling competition for all four of her regional conventions. However, BBYO is a youth group for males and females, and the BBG half of it would have appreciated a little more recognition for our regional convention experience and involve- ment. Ashley Bella West Bloomfield Not only does Mr. Berk offend Jews of all sects and backgrounds, but he offends Jews in interfaith mar- riages as well. When he berates Alan Arkin and Eli Wallach for their assim- ilation, he states, "That's what some- times happens when you marry out of the faith," blaming the gentile spous- es for their lack of Jewish participa- tion. It's the assimilation that causes the interfaith marriage, and not the other way around. How does one become an "hon- orary Jew''? Mike Meyers must be Jewish since he loves his Jewish wife and her mother, too, right? Who knew it was so easy to become Jewish? Certainly not Kate Capshaw. The only positive and accurate comment in the entire four-page article was by Alan Alda, who, although his wife is Jewish, does not claim to be Jewish and, in fact, states that he is not — but his children are. Kimberly Ford Farmington Hills Begin The Year By Offending I would like to respond to "Just How Jewish Is Hollywood?" by Philip Berk in the Jan. 1 Jewish News. What a way to begin the new year — by offending everyone! Mr. Berk gives a list of people with one Jewish parent — what is the point? That doesn't tell us who is Jew- ish and who is not, nor what their identity to Judaism is. Throughout the article, he refers to people as half Jewish. By Halachah, you cannot be half Jewish. You're either Jewish or you're not. By his def- inition, all people of Arabic decent are really Jewish since they are all descended from Abraham through patrilineal decent. Mr. Berk refers to Kate Capshaw as a "convert"; apparently, he is igno- rant of the fact that those who choose to be Jewish (rather than those who are Jewish by chance) do not like to be referred to as converts. Then he mentions that she is devoted to Judaism. Aren't most people who choose Judaism devoted to it? Espe- cially those who choose Orthodox Judaism? He implies that, normally, people who choose Judaism are not devoted to it. 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