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ed loss of innocent lives. There is no
moral equivalency of these two
actions.
The result of horrible terrorist
attacks are the great loss of life in
America and in Israel. More than
6,000 Americans were killed and
thousands of their family and friends
bear the ongoing suffering. In Israel,
more than 170 have been killed in
the last year, which is huge when
one considers that the population of
the United States is 50 times that of
Israel. This senseless killing must be
stopped now by all reasonable means
at our disposal.
The core issue for America and
Israel is the response to terrorism. As
has been said by our government,
many analysts and others, it will take
a long time to destroy terrorism and
it must be done in coalition with
other countries. We can't do it alone
because there are active terrorist
groups in well over 50 countries,
and unless you get all of them, they
will regenerate.
Whether or not the world is ready
to join in a long-term attack
on terrorism remains to be
seen, but at least they all
should now understand that
it is in their own interest.
No one is safe from global
terrorism — not Jews, not
Christians and not even
moderate Muslims.

Coalition Goals

America developed an initiative
Solidarity Nov — that allowed all
Jews and people of good will to par-
ticipate in programs in support of
Israel. The opportunities to support
Israel are: subsidized missions to
Israel; rallies organized by local fed-
erations throughout America; educa-
tional programs on the real facts in
Israel for students, our Jewish and
general community, media and gov-
ernment; and finally, a fund-raising
effort to raise hundreds of millions
of dollars for those affected by the
intifada.
UJC also recognized and assumed
their responsibility to develop a
response for our community to the
cruel and vicious attack on America.
All national Jewish organizations and
the various religious streams joined in
this effort, perhaps the first time
these disparate groups worked in uni-
son.
The various elements in this
developing plan are to evaluate and
recommend security programs and
systems for the Jewish and general

It appears that the strategy
of the consortium would be to
destroy the terrorist leaders in the
short term and then eradicate the
other groups over time. Much like
the dreaded and deadly disease of
cancer, first you kill the source, then
you bring many therapies and proto-
cols to kill the remaining bad cells,
knowing that some innocent healthy
cells will be killed in the process.
Even after the cure, we must
remain vigilant to a reoccurrence
because, if found, it must be treated
immediately.
In this worldwide response to ter-
rorism, we, as Americans and as
Jews, cannot be mere observers or
commentators; we must be partici-
pants. It is clearly a responsibility
and an obligation of every fortunate
citizen in a democracy to take mean-
ingful action.
As the leading American Jewish
organization, the United Jewish
Communities (UJC) and its mem-
ber federations throughout North

community, to form a clear message
of current events for the Jewish
community and media, to advocate
anti-terrorist and anti-discrimina-
tion legislation with likeminded
organizations, and to implement a
financial plan for humanitarian aid
to the victims of tragedy. You can
send donations to: UJC Emergency
Relief Fund, 111 Eighth Avenue,
Suite 11E, New York, NY 10011.
In order for me to retain my per-
spective and reason in such a horren-
dous period in our contemporary
world, I return to my love of
America and love of Israel. If there is
any sanity left, it is found in the
paramount value of Judaism and of
our great American democracy —
family. It is our strength and the real
significance of life.
So it is with this thought during a
difficult time that we should give a
little tighter hug, a tender kiss and
"I love you" to all those we hold
dear. ❑

DAVID TECHNER
Director of
Ira Kaufman Chapel

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