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there before the creation."
In an emotional speech, Joel Tauber
of West Bloomfield, a businessman
and UJC executive committee chair,
thanked Dr. Giles not only for his
n Nov. 12, American
communal leadership — the two men
Jewry's largest charitable
have held many of the same organiza-
organization, the United
tion posts locally and nationally —
Jewish Communities, hon-
but also for 30 years of personal
ored a national leader from Detroit,
friendship.
Dr. Conrad Giles. The physician
After recognizing his wife, Dr:
played a pivotal role in creating UJC
Lynda Giles, who also has held a
out of three national agencies,
string of significant
including two that he
national and local lead-
personally had led.
ership posts, his chil-
At an informal recep-
dren and his grandchil-
tion ceremony Sunday
dren, an ebullient Dr.
night, attended by
Giles told the audience,
about 75 delegates to
"I feel good about what
UJC's annual General
all of us have done.
Assembly, Dr. Giles of
"And the thing that is
Bloomfield Hills was
most important to me,"
hailed for his energy,
he continued, "is that I
vision and willingness
believe that each of you
to Sacrifice his own
feels good about what
leadership titles with the
you
have done as well."
predecessor agencies for
Giles
noted that
the greater good of the
within
the
last 18
new organization.
months, the new UJC
Among those honor-
has had to merge three
ing Dr. Giles were
Dr. Conrad Giles receives
organizational struc-
Charles Bronfman, UJC
good wishes in Chicago.
tures, each with differ-
board chairman, and the
ent operational cul-
New York-based organiza-
tures, while continuing the services
tion's president, Stephen Solender.
each had provided.
Solender noted that the Chicago GA,
"This is a journey without end, a
which drew more delegates than the
journey
we are privileged to travel
4,500 it was able to house, "represents
together,"
he said. "Let us make cer-
the triumph of the organizational
tain that nothing deters us from the
structure that Connie [Giles] deserves
task we have ahead of us. Too many
enormous credit for creating. He was
lives, too many Jewish people, depend
upon all of us." ❑
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supporting the proposal h a d appeared
in the Jewish News on Nov. 3, the day
before his sign was destroyed.
None of the other lawn signs sup-
porting Proposal I in Rabbi
Bergstein's neighborhood was
touched, he said.
"I must say that certain issues
arouse passion in people because they
believe that they are right," . Rabbi
Bergstein wrote in a letter to the

get stoned or .have al Molotov cocktail
thrown at my door."
The violation he feels is no less, he
said.
lust because someone is in the
majority doesn't make the pbsition
right," he wrote. "Even if you are
right, this great country is built upon
the belief that - only through an open
freedom of
exchange of ideas
speech L-- can truth ultimately be vic-
torious.' Li

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