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ty. The flames of sinat chinam,
Immediately we, the supervisory
unjustified hatred, have burned out
staff, became alarmed; we had mis-
of control for many years. They
calculated. When you build a
burn still.
model that large out of Popsicle
A remnant of sanctity and sanity,
sticks and Elmer's glue, there is no
however, still stands, and it is from
need for kerosene! It was an infer-
this remnant that we must rebuild a
no, reaching almost to the top of
strong, loving, unified Jewish com-
the barn. We were all set to evac-
munity. I believe that the metropoli-
uate the building and call the fire
tan Detroit Jewish community will
department when, fortunately, the
lead the nation in this sacred
flames subsided; and we began to
endeavor.
The reason is simple:
The
passages
from
chant Eicha.
we are the beneficiaries of a very
Lamentations made a haunting
far-sighted, proactive and coura-
backdrop as we relived the
geous Jewish Federation leader-
tragedy of the destruction in our
ship; and we enjoy, at the risk of
hearts and in our minds.
sounding immodest, the leadership
As the chanting drew to a close,
of an outstanding group of rabbis
the flames also sputtered and went
an cantors.
out. We looked up to see that a
Together, we have created sin-
miraculous thing had happened.
gles' programs, March of the Liv-
There was one wall of our
ing experiences for Reform, Con-_
makeshift Temple still standing, and
servative and Orthodox teenagers
it just happened to be the Western
and a first-of-its-kind, young leader-
Wall!
I see this real-life camp program : ship mission to Prague and Israel.
We have brought to life a commu-
as a symbol for what has been
-wide Miracle Mission and Mir-
happening in our Jewish communi-

acle Mission for teens. We have
broken down so many barriers that
exist elsewhere.
There is much more to do, how-
ever, and we will be handicapped
in these efforts by the absence of
a true champion for /dal Yisrael
[the Jewish people]. Young Israel
of Oak Park Rabbi Steven Weil
has poured his very soul into so
many of these cooperative endeav-
ors. His loss to this community [the
Weils are relocating to California]
is a severe blow to us all. I
believe, however, that we can find
new partners, and that the work
that he began will continue to
grow and prosper.
At least, that is my prayer. After
all, although much of the temple of
klal Yisrael may have been
destroyed by the fire of sinat chi-
nam, we have all learned in the
century just passed, that a great
nation can be reborn — so long
as a tiny remnant, even a single
wall, remains standing.

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in the "civilized world." The practices
of ages gone by to impose religious
conformity cannot possibly succeed
any longer,_ if, in fact, they ever did.
It should be obvious that the only
way now to induce someone to
I accept our religious opinions is
through personal influence, example
and communication — all of wl-,:ch
are severely limited by sectarianism,
schism and partisanship. The only
real way to convince others of the
truth of our beliefs and lifestyle is to
demonstrate that through the prac-
tice of "our religion," we become
better people and live more con-

still respectfully allow others to "be
structive, happy and sanctified lives.
wrong"?
If God gives every human being
The Jewish people have achieved
"free will" to choose to believe and
so much throughout human history,
observe or not to, why can't we
in spite of the religious persecution
allow our fellow Jews the respect to
we have suffered. Imagine what
let them choose for themselves?
we could accomplish without exter-
Why does it gall us so much that
nal or internal religious sectarian-
someone refuses to accept what we
: ism.
perceive as religious truth?
Imagine what we could bring to
Why can't we afford each other
our own community and to the
the opportunity to "be wrong"?
entire world with absolute coopera-
Why can't we be sincere and
tion and mutual concern, with real
serious about our own religious
mutual love and respect, with true
beliefs and observance and still
unity and solidarity. ❑
refrain from judging others?
Why can't we "be right" and