LETTERS

Children's Art
Worth Viewing

FittirSt494 Masts

0 % Off

-

up
to

final Price

\\,;%'

•

I

r;, •ssV,

.

—•""— ""

At this moment, a sensational, record-
breaking event is occurring at the Janice
Charach Epstein Gallery at the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield
("A Biblical Rainbow," Jan. 4, page 50).
The exhibit is named "Children of the
World Illustrate the Bible."
Children, aged 9-17, from 91 coun-
tries on five continents have submitted
150 artful pictures. Having worked
with children on every level, academi-
cally and psychologically for many
years, this display overwhelmed me.
One example, by an 11-year-old girl
form India, illustrates the story of
Noah. The animals were beautifully
made in color, proportion and relation-
ship of size and distance. On the bot-
torn is a note that says she chose Noah
because he was kind and gentle to the
animals that were standing beautifully
and peacefully together.
This total enterprise was accom-
plished by a publishing company in Tel
Aviv. These works have been put into a
beautiful book.
Take advantage of this experience. Go
see it. Take your children and behold a
torAy new way of inspiring the talents
of children.

Ann Barnett
Southfield

,

Unite To Save
Our Environment

40% OFF

1k ;MAZAIALAtt

.

Selected GOWNS, ROBES & PEIGNOIR SETS

30% OFF

ALL BALI AND MAIDENFORM BRAS

30% OFF

ENTIRE STOCK SWIM SUITS & COVER UPS

25% OFF

Jockey-for-her PANTIES

40% OFF

i f

SELECTED WARNERS BRAS

O tis DESIGNER LINGERIE CLEARANCE PRICED!

PERSONAL ATTENTION;

4;1

1/25
2002

6

[EXPERT FITTING!

-
laingede
G
Maple at Lahser (Next to Blockbuster Video) • Bloomfield Hills
Open 10-6 Daily • 248-644-4576 • Sale Ends Feb. 11, 2002

IAI G LUS G

Many contemporary Jews view- Tu
b'Shevat (Jan. 28 this year) as a Jewish
"Earth Day" and use the holiday seders
as occasions to explore the relevance of
Jewish values to environmental issues
(Tu b'Shevat preview page 45).
A Jewish voice on these issues is more
important than ever, given the many
ecological problems that threaten
human well-being and Israel's security, as
well as the integrity of God's creation.
Judaism teaches that "The Earth is the
Lord's" (Psalms 24:1), and that we are to
be partners with God in preserving the
environment. Tu b'Shevat — the New
Year for Trees, the date on which the
fate of trees is decided for the coming
year — is an opportune time to renew
our commitment to that partnership by
reversing the pattern of environmental
abuse: air and water pollution, water
shortages, destruction of tropical forests,
depletion of the ozone layer, soil erosion,
and the decimation of bio-diversity
around the world.

The world's leading climate scientists
project that the'eardis average tempera-
ture will increase by 2.5 to 10.4 degrees
Fahrenheit in a century. This "global
scorching" would have catastrophic
impacts on forest and other ecosystems,
and on human societies.
The events of the past year have rein-
forced the connection between environ-
mental issues and Israel's security. Our
addiction to fossil fuels has helped oil-
rich nations fund the forces of hatred
that threaten the Middle East in particu-
lar and the world in general.
We urge Jews to use Tu b'Shevat and
activities related to this increasingly
important holiday as occasions to start
to make tikkun olam, the repair and
healing of the planet, a central focus in
Jewish life today.

Michael Sklar
Lee Moore
Isaac Elnecave
Sara Bernstein
Michigan Coalition on the
Environment and Jewish Life
Bloomfield Township

Twain Not Guest
At Detroit House

In 1897, Samuel Clemens (Mark
Twain), quite ill at the time, sent a cable
from London to the Associated Press,
stating: "The reports of my death are
greatly exaggerated."
Samuel Clemens died 13 years later
in 1910. According to the splendid
Mark Twain retrospective directed by
Ken Burns on public television last
week, his death coincided with Halley's
Comet.
Therefore, my comment in my
Detroit 300 biographical sketch of
Detroit Symphony Orchestra conduc-
tor Ossip Gabrilowitsch ("Ossip
Gabrilowitsch, DSO'S Driving Force,"
July 20, page 35) — that Samuel
Clemens was a frequent guest in the
Boston Boulevard home of his daugh-
ter, Clara Clemens, and her husband
Gabrilowitsch — is also greatly exagger-
ated. Gabrilowitsch and his wife, Clara,
came to Detroit in 1919!
My information was based on inaccu-
rate Detroit lore and I apologize for the
error. As Twain said in Pudd'nhead
Wilson, "Man is the only animal that
blushes. Or needs to." I am blushing.

Judy Levin Cantor
West Bloomfield