THE RUMORS ARE WRONG

RUMOR #1

LETTERS

REGENT STREET ASSISTED LIVING is the most
expensive assisted living in the area.

WRONG. Accommodations at Regent Street begin as
little as $3265.00 per month for a private room with
private bath.

RUMOR #2

REGENT STREET ASSISTED LIVING charges addi-
tional fees for all services.
WRONG. All prices include assistance with bathing,
grooming, dressing, medication management, inconti-
nence care, assistance to the dining room and activi-
ties, three meals daily, snacks, transportation to
appointments, linens and housekeeping.

RUMOR #3

REGENT STREET ASSISTED LIVING does not have
medical personnel in the building.
WRONG. Regent Street has licensed nurses on duty,
in the building twenty-four hours a day, seven days
week. During the day shift there is not only a Nurse
Manager but Floor Nurse as well. Therapy can be
arranged, hospice can be brought in.

Book Fair Missed
Two Great Books

I just finished reading two brilliant
non-fiction books by Jewish authors
published in 2001: Ex-Friends by
Norman Podhoretz and Old Wife's
Tale: My Seven Decades in Love and
War by Midge Decter. Both books dis-
cuss growing up Jewish and encoun-
ters with prominent Jewish writers and
intellectuals.
I looked in vain for either of these
books at the Jewish Book Fair
("Enduring Idea," Nov. 2, page 83).

Gita Raymer

RUMOR #4

REGENT STREET ASSISTED LIVING is very formal
and much too fancy.
WRONG. Yes, Regent Street is very beautiful but the
atmosphere is warm, comforting and secure. All the
services are designed to make everyone feel a little
pampered and most importantly, cared for by a dedi-
cated and well trained staff.

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Land For Peace
Or Land For Lives?

The philosophy of the "land for peace"
faction still governs Mideast
negotiations ("No
Surprises," Nov. 16, page
27). In reaction to an act of
violence, Israeli tanks and
soldiers enter Palestinian
villages and show a lot of
strength. This has finally
caused Palestinian
Authority leader Yasser
Arafat to sue for a cessation
of hostilities.
The result, unfortunately,
is that a day or two of non-
violence causes the military
to stage a withdrawal. No
time period for non-vio-
lence is required to prove
the "good intentions" of the
Palestinian leadership or the ability
(which has been questioned in the past)
of Arafat to really lead his followers.
Would there be any problem if Israel
were to declare a different approach?
Instead of "land for peace," how about
"land for lives"?
What would happen if the reaction to
violence were to be that "every Israeli
life lost will equal an acre of land taken
back from what we have been willing to
cede to you during this "peace process"?
Since individual lives are not impor-
tant to terrorists, if it helps them to
achieve their goals, why not combat
them on their own terms and make
them realize that Israelis and others who
are killed or injured by terrorist acts will
result in the permanent loss of what

their real goal is — getting back land
which they believe belongs to them.

Burton A. Zipser

Oak Park

We Must Live
Without Fear

It has been more than two months since
the terrorist attacks in New York,
Washington and Pennsylvania, and more
than a month since America and its
coalition partners began the war on ter-
rorism ("Time To Heal," Nov. 2, page
14).
I really don't want to sound glum, but
the terrorists are winning. How can I say
such a thing? Afghanistan has been liber-
ated; the world, to different extents, has
joined us in our fight. Yet we are losing!
Terrorism is not simply an attack
against a civilian population. It is the
after-affects that determine the effective-
ness of the attack. It seems that every-
where in society today, we live our lives

A jet airliner is lined up
on one of the World
Trade Center towers in
New York Sept. 11. In
the most devastating ter-
rorist onslaughts ever
waged against the
United States, knife-
wielding hijackers
crashed two airliners
into the World Trade
Center, toppling its twin
110-story towers.

responding to what has not yet taken
place (and hopefully will not). Everyone,
it seems, is expecting the next attack,
changing our lives, sometimes dramati-
cally, to protect ourselves against that
expectation.
Fear: that is how the attacker knows of
his success. That is the goal of terrorism,
to change the way people live, to create
fear, and sometimes even to achieve a
goal. Our constant focus on the events
of Sept. 11 may be helpful for some, but
probably not for most. If we really want
to defeat terrorism, we must start by
returning to normal lives, allowing our-
selves to enjoy life. When we accomplish
that, we win.

Lawrence Weiner
Oak Park