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Detroit President Alan E. Schwartz,
called a meeting of a small group of
Jewish leaders to back Phil Slomovitz in
creating a new English-Jewish newspaper
for Detroit. It was felt that Detroit need-
ed what Phil had to offer.
Leonard and his lifelong advertising
partner Larry Michaelson liked the idea
and decided to put up some money
together with the others to get the paper
started. In a short time, the paper was a
success and they were all paid back.
Although Leonard Simons and Phil
Slomovitz are no longer with us, I am
sure they are watching from above and
are very proud of your accomplishments.
The Jewish News not only publishes
the news, but also helps make it. Best
wishes on your next 60 years in business.
Joel E. Jacob
West Bloomfield

You may not even realize the degree to
As the murders in Israel of our people
which your Editor's Notebook remarks
go on ("Seder Of Terror," March 29,
("Healing The Children," March 22,
page
10),
we
start
to
see
signs
of
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and his two sons, and the father and a
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affiliations. Many are Israeli institu-
son and daughter, who were murdered
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tions. Our research director, Dr.
in Haifa by Palestinian terrorists.
William Lyman, had, in fact, met with
There is no mention of the United
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Yaakov Matzner, medical school dean at
Nations workers who were killed by
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"heroes."
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mention
of
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of
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dissident
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all
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Pertinent to your article, as the lead-
who
were
murdered
because
of
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robotic surgery training site for the
laboration"
with
Israel.
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world,
our first group of visiting robot-
There
is
little
mention
of
the
Jewish
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ic trainees at the Maxine and Stuart
synagogues that were burned in
Frankel Computer Assisted Robotically
France, or the Pat Buchanan anti-
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Enhanced Surgery (CARES) program
Semitic rhetoric.
were a group of surgeons from an
All in all, there is a growing anti-
Islamic country, Turkey!
Jewish bias. We must get organized,
Despite the Israel military bottling up
We hope all nations will be able to
demonstrate in the streets, write e-
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in
focus on the needs of sick children and
mails and letters and make telephone
Ramallah, the war against the Arabs and
adults. We at Children's are always
calls. We must say, "You cannot mess
the Palestinians is going nowhere
with the Jewish people." If we don't do reaching out to collaborate and share
("Tight Rope," March 29, page
our expertise with other nations. We
this, we will be hit hard one day. This
YOUR
Arab suicide bombers explode almost
even helped the Turks secure a surgical
day in Detroit is not far off.
daily;
hundreds of Jews die and are
CLOSET
Isaac Barr, M.D. robot similar to our own.
wounded; and still "stateless" Arabs resist
I
thought
you
took
some
interesting
Southfield
SPACE
the worthless efforts of Israel. Indeed,
editorial risks in pairing tzedakah
Jewish soldiers are dying for nothing.
[worries],
[righteous
acts]
with
tsores
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The response of Israeli Prime Minister
not unlike a musical concerto in which
estimate eir counseling
Ariel
Sharon indicates he is empty of
the soloist spars with the full orchestra.
appointment
Good Closet Keeping -Systems
thought.
Two months ago, Sharon
Philanthropists like the Frankels
talked
of
putting walls around Jerusalem
accomplish great mitzvot against the
for "purposes of safety." All the prime
Your Editor's Notebook ("Healing The backdrop of illness and conflict in the
minister accomplished was to recall Jews
Children," March 22, page 5) com-
world. You pulled the story off. The
hiding from Nazi Germans during
mingles two diverse newsworthy sto-
message of choices between good and
World War II. Only now, it's Arabs who
ries: the philanthropic support of cut-
evil came through.
ting-edge medicine, and the abhorrent
Richard L. Kramer do the searching.
Jews were supposed to hope that eager
effects of terrorism on Israeli youth.
executive director, development
— Closet
Arab
enemies would overlook the grov-
The potential and benefits of the first
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Quality
eling
Jew hiding behind Sharon's "securi-
have little bearing on the horrific
Detroit
tailored to
ty walls."
nature
of
the
second.
your taste,
The only way out of the political
What is significant and important
clothes.
dilemma is for Jews to re-occupy the
for
our
community
and
the
world
at
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Judean-Samarian hills. That or there will
large is that this first-ever computer-
be no post-Afghanistan Jewish home-
assisted robot-enhanced pediatric sur-
land.
gery takes minimally invasive surgery
the Jewish News'
Congratulations
on
Thus, Jews must overthrow the parti-
to the next level. The procedure has
60th anniversary ("Sixty!, March 29,
tion
plan of every prime minister since
the potential to reduce pain and trau-
page 11). Reading the special issue
1967. Unfortunately, Jews — with Arab
ma and result in quicker recovery, as
brought back a fond memory of lunch
votes — have continuously elected the
well as enabling skilled surgeons to do
10 years ago during the 50th anniversary wrong Jew.
procedures on children remotely from
with our great community historian
Jews must vote Jewish. Then, the Israel
their facility with the patient in a par-
JN news
Leonard
N.
Simons.
Former
Defense
Forces will be able to fulfill its
ticipating facility anywhere. ,
reporter
Kim
Lifson
and
I
listened
to
duty
to
protect
the Jews from Arabs by
As with others in our community,
Leonard
Simons
recount
the
story
of
moving
them
to
the other side of the
the quiet philanthropy of Maxine and
how
it
all
began.
Jordan
River,
the
eastern part of
Stuart Frankel is making the world
Leonard told us that late in 1941,
Palestine.
better.
Michael Drissman
Lewis Tann Maurice Schwartz, the father of our for-
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