A Century of American Jewish History,
Culture and Thought

The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit and the Frankel Center for Judaic
Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; invite you to the final lecture in our
exciting series that looks at the Jewish experience in America over the past 100 years.
As a new century approaches, join us and take a closer look into our shared past.

Thursday, June 3 • 7:30 p.m. • Free of charge
Jimmy Prentis Morris Building

LETTERS

just cause by evil means. NATO is
committing war crimes to stop the
crime of ethnic cleansing.
Dr. Emanuel Tanay, clinical
professor of psychiatry
Wayne State University
Detroit

The Fraudulent
Peace, Election

\ Regina Morantz-Sanchez, Ph.D.

Becoming Modem: American Jewish Women in the 20th Century

Reception to follow the lecture

This series is supported by:
the Boaz Siegel Culture Fund and the Institute for Retired Professionals

For more information, please call (248) 967-4030

Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit

Jimmy Prentis Morris Building • A. Alfred Taubman Campus • 15110 West Ten Mile Road • (248) 967-4030
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building • 6600 West Maple • (248) 661-1000

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Come view the Maag-nificent collection from
Jenne Maag for Fall '99. Choose from an extensive
collection of outerwear and sophisticated separates and
occasion suiting. Representative Shane Limbacher
will be in the store to assist with your selections.

Friday, June 4th, 10Am-8pm
Saturday, June 5th, 10Am-6pm

Refreshments will be served.

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6525 Telegraph Road at Maple • (248) 203-9050
Hours: Monday-Friday, 10-8 • Saturday, 10-6 • Sunday, 12-5

Contrary to the presumed joy at Ehud
Barak's election as the new Israeli
prime minister, there are tens of thou-
sands of Jews who are appalled at his
rise to power — appalled because
most nations still criticize and con-
demn Israel and wish to recreate a
"palestine" on all or part of Jewish
soil.
Further, they accuse Israel of being
"illegitimate and "oppressing the
Arab people." However, Israel is legiti-
mate, and not because of the 1948
vote of the U.N. General Assembly
nor Israel's willingness to accept
refugees from various wars as so many
claim. Rather, (it's) because of Israel's
willingness to face all the nations of
the world with force of arms and
when pressed, to use them in 1948,
1956, 1967 and 1989 for Israel's sur-
vival and goals.
Unfortunately, more than a million
Israeli-Arabs voted to destroy Israel's
future by contributing to its misfor-
tune. This time, the Arabs voted for
Ehud Barak, preferring him to
Binyamin Netanyahu. Barak could,
and will, sacrifice the very territory
that was the cornerstone of ancient
Israel, payment to those Jews who
felt that territory was less important
than Jewish lives. If the United States
felt the same way, it would cease to
exist and so with Israel.
U-nfartunately, "Land for Peace"
will give Arabs the hills of Judea-
Sumaria to use as a launching pad
for more land. Importantly, Jews
will not be allowed to enter those
hills, to visit Ramallah, Jericho,
Bethlehem or even Hebron because
it is all "palestine" and forbidden
to religious infidels.
The claims of each people, Jew or
Arab, are pointless, of interest only to
students of international lave. It is the
force of arms and the willingness to
use them that determines legitimacy.
The peace process, sponsored by the
U.S., is but a fraud.
Michael Drissman, president
Committee for the Jewish Idea
Troy

Teen Trip
Had Impact

The 1999 Detroit Teen Poland-Israel
Experience/International March of the
Living had an amazing impact on the
42 Detroit and 14 Israeli Partnership
2000 participants.
As the Jewish News covered so infor-
matively, the teens learned a lot about
the pre-war richness of Jewish life in
Poland, the Holocaust experience and
the establishment of Israel as the Jewish
homeland after World War II.
A special aspect of our Detroit mis-
sion, generously subsidized by the Jew-
ish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,
was the coming together of Jewish
youth representing the Conservative,
Orthodox and Reform movements with._/
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their Partnership 2000 counterparts.
This opportunity has opened doors of
communication, understanding and
friendship between young people who
otherwise would never have met.
The students agreed to be sensitive
to, and respectful of, each individual's
personal observance of Judaism
throughout the trip. They were
encouraged to participate in, and ask
questions about, the traditions prac-
ticed by their new friends.
The Israeli and American teens
became aware of the Israeli teens' com-
mitment to serving in the army and

maintaining Israel as a home for all the
Jews in the Diaspora. They took full
advantage of building bridges between
-
the movements and cultures as they
explored their common past and looked
forward to their bright future.
Upon their return, the teens have
continued to talk, get together and
e-mail their Israeli friends. They are
preserving the bonds that were
formed and will take them into their
leadership roles in their schools,

