We Condemn
Syria's Denial of the Holocaust
We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the publication of an editorial in the official Syrian government newspaper
Tishrin calling the Holocaust "a myth" and saying that Israeli policies are worse than Nazi policies.
Lecture Room-East. Information: (734)
763-9047.
INTRO TO JUDAISM
Rabbi Amy Bigman teaches 10-week
course 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays, through
March, at Temple Kol Ami. Fee. Open
to the public. Information: (248) 661-
0040.
CLASSES AT THE SHUL
Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov offers course on
the Kabbala 7:30 p.m. Mondays
through March 20. Free. Itty Shemtov
leads Jewish History 101 11 a.m.
Thursdays through March 16. Free.
Information: (248) 788-7131.
AISH HATORAH CLASSES
Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt teaches Jewish
Learning 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays; and
Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism 8:40
p.m. Wednesdays at the Aish Center,
555 S. Old Woodward Ave., Suite 611,
Birmingham. (248) 737-0400.
B'NAI MOSHE
STUDY GROUP
The congregation's
Perek Yomi study ses-
sions on the Tanach
led by Rabbi Elliot
Pachter or by the
members 10 a.m.
Sundays and 8 p.m.
Thursdays.
Information: (248)
788-0600.
The January 31, 2000 editorial, by Tishrin editor Mohamed Kheir al-Wadi, declared that Israel invented "the myth of the
Holocaust" and "invents stories about the Holocaust and exaggerates it to astronomical levels" in order "to receive more
money from Germany and other Western establishments" and to silence "anyone opposed to Zionism and its expansionist
policies". The editorial claimed that Israel "keeps on committing against the Arabs crimes that are uglier than the ones
committed by the old Nazis. The Nazis, for example, did not drive out a whole nation from their homeland and did not
bury people alive, which is what the Zionists did." (Reuters, Jan. 31, 2000)
Unfortunately, this is only the latest in a series of outrageous and offensive statements and actions by Syria concerning
the Holocaust. Syrian government publications have repeatedly denied the Holocaust and claimed that Israeli
policies are similar to, or worse than, the policies of the Nazis. In addition, after the Holocaust, Syria gave shelter to
numerous Nazi war criminals, and to this day harbors the most-wanted Nazi war criminal in the world, Alois Brunner.
We call upon Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to publicly denounce the Tishrin editorial; to replace Tishrin editor
Mohamed Kheir al-Wadi, who wrote the editorial; to take steps to ensure that Syrian government publications in the
future refrain from denying or distorting the Holocaust; and to surrender for prosecution all Nazi war criminals
presently being sheltered in Syria.
Prof. Elie Wiesel
Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg
Holocaust Theologian
President, Jewish Life Network
Abraham H. Foxman
National Director
Anti-Defamation League
LUNCH AND LEARN
RABBI BUCKMAN AT YAD EZRA
Talk on organ donations at Lunch and
Learn program noon, Thursday, Feb.
24. $5. Open to the public. RSVP by
Feb. 22: (248) 548-3663.
Prof. Alvin Rosenfeld
Director, Borns Jewish Studies Program
Indiana University
Dr. Alex Grobman
Former director, Simon Wiesenthal,
Los Angeles; former director,
American Society for Yad Vashem
Rabbi Marvin Hier
Dean and Founder
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles
Malcolm Hoenlein
Exec. Vice Chairman, Conf. of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organizations
Former Executive Director, AIPAC
Former Director, Department of Justice
Office of Special Investigations
(the unit for pursuing Nazi war criminals)
Lonny Kaplan
President, AIPAC
Sam Bloch
Prof. Michael Berenbaum
Ida E. King Distinguished Professor
of Holocaust Studies,
Richard Stockton College; former
director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum Research Institute
Prof. Saul Friedman
Director, Holocaust & Judaic Studies,
Youngstown State University
Gary Erlbaum
Former Chair, U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum, Phila. Campaign
Prof. Yaffa Eliach
Department of Judaic Studies,
Brooklyn College; Creator of the
"Tower of Life" at the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Vicki Eribaum
Immediate Past National Chair,
Israel Bonds Women's Division
James Rapp
Mandell Ganchrow, MD
President, Orthodox Union
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
NOTES: Items may be submit-
ted to Community Calendar in
three ways. Write: Sharon
Luckerman, Editorial Assistant,
the Jewish News, 27676 Franklin
Road, Southfield, MI 48034;
fax: (248) 354-6069; or e-mail:
sluckerm@thejewishnews.com
The deadline for submissions is
Thursday noon, 8 days prior to
issue date. For more informa-
tion, call (248) 354-6060, ext.
265.
Prof. Emil Fackenheim
Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Neal Sher
Irwin Hochberg
Chair, International Affairs Division,
Anti-Defamation League;
National Campaign Chair,
Israel Bonds; Past Chair, New York
UJA-Federation
Rabbi Pachter
Andrew Mellon Prof. of Religion and
Philosophy, Boston University
Founding Secretary, American
Gathering,/Federation
of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
Member, National Board,
Zionist Organization of America
Morton A. Klein
National President,
Zionist Organization of America
(Child of Holocaust survivors; born in
a Displaced Persons camp in Germany)
President, World Federation of
Bergen-Belsen Holocaust Survivors
Prof. Franklin Littell
Member, International
Council, Yad Vashem;
Founding Member of the Board,
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum;
Prof. Emeritus of Religion, Temple University
Prof. Steven T. Katz
Director, Center for Judaic Studies
Boston University
Prof. Monty N. Penkower
Selmanowitz Professor of Modern
Jewish History, Touro College
Prof. Zsuzanna Ozsvath
Director, Holocaust Studies
University of Texas - Dallas
President, Dallas District,
Zionist Organization of America
Prof. Malvina Halberstam
Prof. of International Law, Cardozo Law School;
Co-organizer. Holocaust conference, Cardozo;
Member, National Board,
Zionist Organization of America
For a free, detailed report on Syria's Holocaust-denial, contact the Zionist Organization of America: 248-569-1515
or e-mail us at: emailgzoa.org or write to: ZOA, 17100 West 10 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075
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