Jewish National Fund LETTERS Detroit Region will be holding its annual Green S Phon-A-Thon on Nov 8, 2001 Our volunteers thank you in advance for taking the call and giving generously, The funds raised on Green Sunday will help JNF provide Israel with vital water resources. We Need Volunteers When: Sunday, November 18, 2001, 10 am. to 6 p.m. Where: Max Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills What: Volunteers needed to make phone calls in 2 hour shifts Featuring food, fun and prizes for all volunteers! Your involvement will help JNF increase vital water resources in Israel. For more information or to volunteer call Beverly Roth at 248-203-9111. Don Cohen, Green Sunday Co-Chair Shelley Nadiv, Green Sunday Co-Chair Robert H. Schwartz, Regkmal President Together, JEWISH NATIONAL FUND www.jnf.org 3 The War We Face Will Never Stop Synagogue Coverage Receives Thanks I certainly agree with the conclusions of last week's editorial ("Where's The Foresight?", Nov. 9, page 35) — nei- ther Israel nor the United States seems to have a clear idea of where they are going with war. The reason is quite simple. Neither country has truly embraced the fact that the war against Islam or "Islamists," the term David Pipes has euphemistically coined, will never stop. They are not conducting their, in fact, mutual war accordingly. The Americans have yet to identify these two wars as exactly the same. The Arabs will never stop trying to get rid of Israel, and Islam will never stop attempting to regain its supremacy over the West and regain its world dominance of the seventh to the 12th century. Their mosques have not, in 1,300 years, stopped preaching the superiori- ty of their religion and the inferiority of any competing ideology. Nevertheless, still lingering among many Israelis and Americans is the vague hopethat the Arabs of the Middle East will finally realize how Israel and the United States can truly help them. Perhaps in some millennium this will happen. Perhaps the "Islamists" and Arabs of the world will eventually see the light, stop their hatred of Israel and embrace Western concepts of free- dom and democracy and even relative- ly unfettered capitalism. But I would not hold my breath and certainly not base United States or Israeli foreign policy on such vain hopes. It is far too dangerous to our own survival to go around in such a bubble. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and the awful repercus- sions to Israel of his Oslo process, have proven that to all but the most irra- tional liberal. And, inexplicably, there are still many of those around. On behalf of the membership and board of directors of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, I would like to extend our warmest apprecia- tion for your recent coverage of our synagogue's estate sale and goodbye dinner for Rabbi Noah Gamze. We are especial- Rabbi Gamze ly grateful to Staff Writer Shelli Liebman Dorfman for her initial article and to Staff Writer Sharon Luckerman for the glowing article she wrote about the estate sale and our needs ("Hope Amid Hardships," Aug. 31, page 51). We continue to maintain our com- mitment to a Jewish presence in the city of Detroit and feel gratified when we experience support from the Jewish community. We are con- sidering some major changes in hopes of attracting greater member- ship and will keep you informed, hopefully as a means of keeping open communication with the Jewish community at large. Jerome S. Kaufman Bloomfield Hills Lorio Ross EgerrainmenrInc Call (248) 398-9711 505 S. Lafayette • Royal Oak • www.lorioross.com 6 Call The Sales Department =Arts • & Entertainment - SourceBook Proves A Valuable Help We recently received the newest ver- sion of the JN SourceBook (2001- 2002/5762 edition), which remind- ed me of just how useful this publi- cation has been, and is, to us. When my dad was beginning to fail and then up until his death, this book was a great source of informa- tion for adult day care programs, for finding assistance for his care and, ultimately, for hospice. Having a place to go to find people to contact made it easier to find what was needed. Thank you for this terrific book. - Ellen Kotler West Bloomfield Advertise in our Arts & Entertainment Section! 11/16 2001 We prefer letters that relate to articles in the Iewish News. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Brevity is encouraged. Letters must contain the name, address and tide of the writer, and a daytime telephone num- ber. Original copies must be hand signed. Mail to the Jewish News at 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034; fax to (248) 354-6069; or e mail to: rsklar@thejewishnews.com Carol Katz secretary, Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue Detroit (248) 3547123 Ext. 209 Dimon sum= NZ'S QM'