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It is an outrage that the Michigan Jewish
community no longer observes Jewish
Heritage Week (last observed in the
spring of 1999). It was celebrated for
four years with wonderful exhibits in
libraries and schools in Oakland County
as well as by Jewish agencies, schools and
organizations.
The Agency for Jewish Education of
Metropolitan Detroit, under Rabbi
Judah Isaacs, helped spread a wonderful
concept for Jewish children to learn and
know about the fabulous contributions
Jewish people have made to America
and the world.
Excellent materials for the exhibits are
available from the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit. I urge everyone to .
contact the Federation to place this holi-
day on the annual calendar for the total
community. A presidential proclamation
will designate May 4-11 as Jewish
Heritage Week nationally.
Ann Barnett
traffic winds up in the arsenals and
armories of the Middle East. Given that
disparity and the rabid disposition of the
Arab world, a return to the lines of 1967
would be a suicidal proposition. Solving
the Palestinian problem by condemning
Israel to an endless night of tears and
terror is a solution we can do without.
Mitchell Finkel
Silver Spring, Md.
Dr. King's Legacy
Resonates Locally
For the ninth year in a row, united they
walked. They were a beautiful kaleido-
scope of human beings, young and old,
men and women and children, black
and white and brown, Jews and
Gentiles. All braved the bitter January
cold as they walked the traditional mile
and a half of Orchard Lake ROad from
the West Bloomfield High School to the
corner of Walnut Lake Road.
They walked together in celebration
of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. And despite the unusual arctic
Southfield cold, the participation did not decrease;
it perhaps even grew, all eager to attend
the walk and the rest of the program, a
bit new and even improved this year.
The buttons that the hundreds of partic-
ipants wore with pride proclaimed the
Essentially, the "road map" is a rewrite of three themes around which the prograni
the now defunct Oslo Accords — except revolved: Celebrate, Educate, Appreciate,
that the timelines are far more taut and
Missing from the buttons this year
the advocacy for Palestinian statehood is
was the name of its host township, West
far more pronounced.
Blomfield. Nor was Oakland County
There is another exception. The nego-
mentioned, making the point that par-
tiations that ultimately lapsed into the
ticipation grew even beyond county
Oslo Accords were initiated, at least in
boundaries — the Allen Park High
part, by the Israelis while the road map
School choir and band participated the
was drawn up, or so it would appear, by
second year in a row — to become a
a global coalition, euphemistically called
community-wide celebration. What was -
the Quartet. Internationalization of the
added to the beautiful buttons was a
Arab-Israeli conflict will probably turn
white dove, a symbol to the peace or
out to be the Quartet's chief assignment,
lack thereof in a post 9-11 year when
which, by the way, has always been at
the war against terror is raging in Israel:1
the heart of Palestinian leader Yasser
and the United States, and war with Iraq
Arafat's desires. One would have to be
is looming.
perfectly innocent to believe that the
The printed program's front cover car,
Quartet will navigate through the road
tied the slogan "United We Walk" in
map without preference or prejudice.'
eight additional languages beside
But besides our misgivings about the
English: Chinese, Japanese, Hindi,
Quartet, the road map detours around
Russian, Aramaic, West African Hausa,
every claim that Israel might have about
Arabic and Hebrew — the Hebrew rep-
its biblical heartland while stopping at
resentative no doubt of the Jewish com-
every pit stop in order to bolster the
munity as a whole.
Arab claim.
Dr. King preached so eloquently
More than that, it bypasses Israel's
equality and harmony among the races
most imminent threat: that ring of
and the disparate ethnic groups in
implacable Arab states that arc around
America. I think he would be proud to
the Jewish state. That arc of fanaticism
see how his birthday has become a cata-
enjoys a staggering numerical advantage
lyst for diversity in metro Detroit.
in just about every weapons category.
Rachel Kapen
That advantage is easy to explain.
West Bloomfield
Roughly, 40 percent of the world's arms
Road Map
Off Scale