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There is no question that suicide-homi-
cide bombers are killing and maiming .
innocent bystanders [including] women,
children and infants ("Suicide Blast Kills
At Least 2," May 24, page 24).
The bombings are planned .and exe-
cuted by cruel people who take enjoy-
ment in the murder of innocents. This is
not a war of independence, but the
desire to satisfy the sadism from which
these people suffer. This is a crime
against humanity and if not contained
aggressively, will be repeated again and
again, hopefully not close to your home.
Dr. Isaac Barr
Southfield

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inability to concentrate,

suicidal thoughts,

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A dental hygienist by profession, I now
find myself promoting Conservative
Judaism to women age 45 and younger
as Women's League for Conservative
Judaism Michigan Branch Z'havah
chair. Z'havah, WLCJ's young women's
initiative is making its way across the
country and Canada this month as
branch chairs present this new concept
at spring conferences.
The Michigan branch spring confer-
ence was held on May 5 at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center. The
conference, "Beyond the Fringes — the
Ties That Bind Us," brought together
representatives from 10 Conservative sis-
terhoods in Michigan ("Women's
League Installs Board," April 19, page
39).
A full day of programming was
planned by chair Carol Weintraub
Fogel; the conference committee includ-
ed a women's Shacharit service, Torah
study, workshops and installation of offi-
cers.
Rabbi Lauren Berkun, one of our
community's new, young, dynamic rab-
bis, led the Torah study sessions. Jill
Davidson Sklar enlightened us about
our community projects that welcome
Jews by Choice. We learned about-
Shavuot with Robin Axelrod and
received new ideas for family celebra-
tions. Our consultant, Evelyn Seelig,
past international president of WLCJ
and president of MERCAZ USA,
addressed us at dinner.
My job was to facilitate a Z'havah
workshop titled "Weaving Our Heritage
into Contemporary Lives." I was hon-
ored to present the concept Z'havah to
an excited group of young women from
various Conservative sisterhoods.

He writes that he is happy about con-
servative support for Israel, but that's as
far as it goes. If there is something in the
conservative philosophy that leads it to
support Israel and something in the lib-
eral philosophy that leads it to condemn
Israel, maybe Jews ought to. investigate
and see why.
Rosenblatt writes, "Ever given any
thought, however fleeting, to voting for
Alan Keyes, the vigorously pro-Israel Fox
TV host, the next time he runs for presi-
dent?"
As someone who voted for him the
last time he ran for president in the
Michigan primary, I would like to raise a
few points. It is very important to note
that the current wave of anti-Semitism
sweeping the world is coming from the
left, not from the right. I feel that liber-
alism has been hijacked by the radical
left and is not the liberalism I grew up
with.
Many of the Jewish ideals and morals
have been forsaken by the liberals. I
loosely quote from Dennis Prager's book
Think A Second Time.. "For many gener-
ations a moral beacon, one which
regarded AmerIca as mankind's greatest
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick agreed hope for freedom and democracy, liber-
alism began in the mid-1960s to view
to his trade mission to Dubai, United
America
as an enemy of those precepts.
Arab Emirates, in the face of attacks by
Liberalism
in 1960 regarded society's
the Detroit Arab community on Detroit
battle
as
between
right and wrong; after-
Chief of Police [Jerry] Oliver's planned
wards,
it
began
to
see the battle as
participation on a trip to Israel spon-
between
blacks
and
whites, between
sored by the Washington-based Police
Executive Research Forum to study anti- men and women and between rich and
poor. In thus reconstituting itself, liberal-
terrorism efforts ("Building A Better
ism has played a major role in the moral
Detroit," May 17, page 5).
and
spiritual decline of America.
Mayor Kilpatrick capitulated to Arab
"Is
the liberal.position on church-state
pressure and cancelled the chief's trip.
separation
liberal or antireligious? Is
Chief Oliver's pathetic explanation that
looking at America through race-based
"they can't guarantee our safety at this
eyes liberal or racist? Due to liberal poli-
point" is ironic. During recent months
cies, large numbers of Americans have
as the mayor and the chief attempted to
become welfare addicts. The American
muster the backbone to stand up to
university has declined as it replaced the
local Arab pressure, there were daily
pursuit of truth with an ideological
homicide bomber attacks in Israel, yet
agenda. Criminals receive more compas-
they rightly defended the mission.
sion than their unprecedented large
Now that the situation has been
number of victims. The rate of out-of-
improved due to Israel's anti-terrorism
wedlock
births has risen beyond what
.efforts, KilpatriCk has lost his moral
anyone
could
have imagined a genera-
compass and caved in. As President
tion
ago.
And
the balkanization of one
George W. Bush said regarding the war
of the few countries to not have a
on terrorism, "Either you are with us or
Balkan-like problem has begun."
you are against us."
So as not to take him out of context,
David J. Chait
Prager
does add: "My criticisms of liber-
West Bloomfield
alism are not arguments on behalf of
conservatism. The only ism I care about
is Ethical Monotheism."
The historian Rabbi Berel Wein said,
"Generals always fight the last war." It's a
new world, Jews should investigate who
stands the closest to what Judaism stands
Gary Rosenblatt's Special Commentary
for, and cast our vote accordingly.
("Waking Up To The Right," May 24,
Joel K. Letvin
page 28) was a nice start, but doesn't go
West Bloomfield
far enough.

Janet Tobin, international WLCJ pres-
ident, conceived of the idea for Z'havah.
The mission of Z'havah is "to promote
and develop future leaders by assisting
sisterhoods to attract and involve
younger women by bringing them
together and enabling them to create a
variety of activities directed at their .
interests."
I am proud to be a part of WLCJ. As
past president of Adat Shalom
Sisterhood, I have been able to partici-
pate at the branch and international
level and understand the structure of this
important organization.
Seeing women of all ages coming
together on Sunday to share and net-
work was inspirational. May our move-
ment and all of our Jewish organizations
continue to go from strength to
strength.
Joyce Berlin Weingarten
Bloomfield Hills -

Mayor's Reasons
Are Questioned

No Leap Of Faith
From 'The. Left'