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History s Lessons
MAHAL
From India
I found Jay R. Shayevitz's letter most
disturbing ("What Are The March's
Benefits?", May 18, page 6).
True, Judaism has a 4,000-year his-
tory and is more than the Holocaust.
However, those who do not learn
from history are destined to repeat it.
My daughter Audrey, a Yeshivat
Akiva student, was a March of the Liv-
ing-Detroit Teen Unity Poland/Israel
Experience participant. For her, it was a
life-changing experience. _Having had
grandparents who went through the
Holocaust, she connected to her roots
and strengthened her Jewish and Ortho-
dox identity. Having experienced the
trip with Jewish teens of all denomina-
tions, she saw there is more that unites
the factions than divides them.
Our children are the links to the gen-
erations that went through this horror.
They are charged with relating what
they have seen and experienced to their
peers and the next generation with the
intensity and conviction they feel now
so that Judaism can survive for the next
4,000 years and beyond.
Mr. Shayevitz should have his
daughter speak to her friends who
went on the march. Better yet, he
should speak to them and attend
forums that discuss the experience.
They'll gain much more than they
would in two weeks of any of the
activities that he mentioned.
No one has to miss the trip because
of money considerations. The subsi-
dized cost by the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, $1,900 (the
actual full cost was well over $4,000),
could have been further subsidized
with available scholarships.
The trip and its benefits are very
much in line with the Akiva philoso-
phy. While Akiva teaches English litera-
ture, chemistry, Gemarah, Mishnah
Berurah and Jewish law and history, it
also reaches how to be a well-rounded,
moral person with a strong Jewish
identity and love for the Land of Israel.
- Leslie Kleiman
Yeshivat Akiva board member
Southfield
March Provides A
Reason For Thanks
. In Response to Mr. Jay R. Shayevitz's
letter ("What Are The March's Bene-
fits?", May 18, page 6), when I wake
up, I thank God that I am alive, safe
and able to tell the uninformed about
the Holocaust.
When I'm in school, I learn for
those who never had a chance for edu-
cation. When I socialize with my
friends, I realize how fortunate I am to
have them, and I am thankful for the
ability to laugh and have a good time.
When I eat, I think of pictures in
Auschwitz of what can't even be called
bodies — just bones. When I lie down
in bed at night, I shudder as visions of
ashes, gas chambers, scratches and cre-
matoriums flash though my mind.
Even some of my dreams have become
nightmares.
You ask me what I got out of this
trip? You ask if there are benefits? A
day doesn't go by that I don't think
about the March of the Living-Detroit
Teen Unity Poland/Israel Experience
and its importance. Don't base your
opinion on my reaction though; go
see for yourself. I dare to bet on the
fact that you will change your mind.
Aliza Weisberg
1 1 th grader, Yeshivat Akiva
Southfield
To Be There
Is To Know
As a modern Orthodox Yeshivat Akiva
parent, I was one of the staff who
joined the 35 students on the March
of the Living-Detroit Teen Unity
Poland/Israel Experience. To disparage
a program without having firsthand
knowledge of its impact is irresponsi-
ble ("What Are the March's Benefits?",
May 18, page 6).
The privilege of traveling through
history alongside two Holocaust sur-
vivors, Alex Kuhn and Mickey Mil-
berger, is not something that can be
measured in "concrete benefits."
Listening to Mr. Kuhn recall the
beatings he endured for praying on
Rosh Hashanah in 1944 while at
Auschwitz/Birkenau reminded us of
how precious our freedom to pray is.
Mr. Kuhn taught us that even in the
face of evil, faith can prevail.
The point of the March of the Liv-
ing is not about "measurable benefits."
It is about Jews from all walks of life
and levels of faith coming together,
remembering our history and seeing
to it that we march out of the ashes
and into the living.
Thank you, Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, for wisely sup-
porting a program that for me was