SEEDS from page 12 Seeds' founder Wallach agreed. "The response has to be not to freeze, but to redou- ble our efforts into the next generation," he said Tuesday, as he prepared to drive a van filled with Seeds staff members back to New York. The young people who appeared at the gala all attend or are preparing to attend school in the United States, he said. So far, Seeds of Peace has pro- vided 60 scholarships for its graduates to attend preparatory schools and colleges in the United States. On a political level, Wallach called the United States "the only moral force in the world" and said that our country's support for Israel must continue to be unwavering. "But's that not the whole answer," he said. "We have to address the roots of the problem — the suf- fering of the Palestinian people. There are a lot of good Palestinians and bad Palestinians, just as there are a lot of good Jews and bad Jews. The people who killed [former Israeli Prime Minister] Yitzhak Rabin are no better than these terrorists." The Mission Of Seeds Seeds of Peace camp, in Otisfield, Maine, was the first organization in the United States to fly the Palestinian flag alongside the Israeli flag and the Jordanians, Egyptians, Tunisians and Jordanian flag. Qataris. "The mission of Seeds of Peace is Others come from other areas of whatever one side demands for itself," conflict, such as the Balkans, Kosovo, Wallach said at the Seeds gala. "We Macedonia, Yugoslavia, Greek and believe that internationally recognized Turkish Cyprus, Greece and Turkey. countries should recognize one another A few Indians and Pakistanis were as full citizens of the civilized world." added to the mix last summer. The organization's masthead car- American teens who have attend- ries the following subtitle: "The true success of Seeds of ed the camp include Ariella Lis of "Empowering the Children of War Peace will be seen in years to Farmington Hills and Daniel to Break the Cycle of Violence." come," said Secretary of Energy Horwitz of West Bloomfield. At camp, young people who would Spencer Abraham, former U.S. Among the young speakers at the have been on opposite sides of con- senator from Michigan. Monday night gala was Mariam flict at home find themselves singing Bazeed of Egypt, who has received a as well as crying, sharing cabins while Seeds scholarship to attend New York's Manhattanville sharing anxieties. They work with a staff of highly 2002. College as a freshman in January qualified facilitators in small coexistence sessions made "For 16 years, I had not had one thought that was up of young people from their region of the world. And they do the regular camp things — play volley- actually mine. I was this female, this Egyptian, this Muslim," she said, looking over the podium into a sea ball, water-ski, have sing-alongs and take field trips. of multi-ethnic faces. Gradually, the enmity breaks down and is replaced Then she went to Seeds of Peace camp. by friendship. "Just because I'm a Muslim, I don't have to agree Today, 22 countries are involved in Seeds of Peace at with suicide bombings," she said. "Because of me, other the governmental level. people feel they, too, can object to what's going on. Of the roughly 1,800 teens who have attended [Seeds of Peace was] the best platform for me to jump are from the Middle East. In Seeds camp, about 1,200 beyond myself." addition to Israelis and Palestinians, these include ❑ Rallies Called Off Stones For The Dead IsraelNow rallies in Detroit and New York will not be held on Sunday. JCC creates a memorial to fallen Americans. In a press release, the UJC said it had canceled the New York rally to Copy Editor respect "the need of all civilized people to grieve and begin healing from the n Sept. 11, four airline jets horrific events of Tuesday, and in full were hijacked and used as support of law enforcement and public jet-propelled terrorist safety officials who are performing weapons against targets in their duties under extreme conditions." New York City and Washington, D.C.. In addition, the organization, which : With the full implication of these represents 189 Jewish federations and unthinkable events still unknown, United 400 independent communities across Jewish Communities (UJC) and the North America, has opened the UJC Federations of North America will not Emergency Relief Fund to assist in the hold the IsraelNow and Forever Solidarity Rally scheduled to take place in Midtown recovery, relief and rehabilitation of the victims of this tragedy and their families. Manhattan on Sunday, Sept. 23. All proceeds of the UJC Emergency , Locally, the Jewish Federation of Relief Fund will go directly to assist Metropolitan Detroit and the Jewish individuals, families and other relief Community Council of Metropolitan organizations. Detroit have postponed the local Solidarity The UJC family expresses its great Rally for Israel also scheduled for Sept. 23. sadness and horror at the recent "Given the tragic events of Sept. 11, attacks and calls on all Americans to we feel that a rally in support of Israel stand in solidarity and to act with without taking the horrible domestic continued compassion and generosity, terrorism into consideration would be inappropriate at this time," said Penny the press release stated. Checks should be made payable to Blumenstein, Federation president. UJC Emergency Relief Fund and sent "We urge everyone to pray for the vic- to: 111 Eighth Ave., Suite 11E, New tims of terrorism, both in the United York, NY 10011. States and in Israel." DIANA LIEBERMAN 0 17N 9/14 2001 14 ❑ DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor T he Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit has created an interactive memo- rial display to give members, staff, guests, officers and board members the opportunity to remember the victims of Tuesday's tragedies in Washington, D.C., New York and Pennsylvania The memorial is in the lobby of the West Bloomfield JCC. It consists of memorial candles and stones for people to place in memory of those who died, according to Jewish tradition. Draped in black with American flags and red, white and blue ribbons, the display bears the English word "Remember" with the Hebrew equivalent, "Zachor." It also bears a message: "In Loving Memory, Sept. 11, 2001, God Shed His Grace On Thee. In loving tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragedies of New York, Washington, D.C., and else- where around our great nation, we take a stone and place it in the jar to keep their memories alive. The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit." „=Y "This is not just a Jewish response to Tuesday's tragedies; it is an American response," said David Sorkin, JCC executive director. "We are part of the American family, and we have lost some of our family members." The display is open to the public. ❑ Correction • In the editorial "The Triumph Of Hate" (Sept. 7, page 30), Mauritania, a nation in Africa's western Sahara, should have been named as a state where slavery is still practiced, not Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. • A photograph of Vivian Zabel was incorrect in the story "Central High: Happy Days Again" (Sept. 7, page 11). • The 53rd Annual Emmy Awards, scheduled to air Sunday, Sept. 16, on CBS (see "Another Win for the Wing?" on page R50), have been postponed.