Something Extra
On The Fence
The president of Detroit Jewry's top
fund-raising and service arm says the
security fence and wall that Israel is
building along its West Bank border
should be called an anti-terrorism
barrier to better reflect its purpose.
"The security fence currently
under construction along much of
the frontier separating Israel from
the West Bank is not a barrier to
peace," said Lawrence Jackier, presi-
dent of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit. "It is a barrier
against terrorism. Why not call it
that? Israel's 'anti-terrorism barrier'
is a term people might better under-
stand.
"No other nation in the world
before this time has faced as relent-
less and intense a wave of terror as
Israel has," he said after returning
from Federation's Michigan Miracle
Mission 4 to Israel. "No other
nation in the world would tolerate
what Israel has endured."
Since September 2000, more than
970 Israelis and others have been
murdered by Palestinian terrorists
who infiltrated Israel to kill civilians
on crowded streets and buses and in
cafes, schools and homes, he said.
Terrorists obey no boundaries,
limits or rules. To those who find
the idea of a "fence" or "wall" offen-
sive, Israel has every right and
indeed the duty to defend its citizens
against terrorist attack, Jackier said.
— Robert A. Sklar, editor
On The Bench
With Gov. Jennifer Granholm, right, at his
side, Mark A. Goldsmith of Huntington
Woods was installed May 10 as a Oakland
County Circuit Court judge. He assumed
the general jurisdiction docket formerly
held by the late Judge Patrick Brennan.
Assisting at his investiture were judge
Benjamin J. Friedman, retired, and judge
Michelle Friedman Appel and attorneys
_lefty Appel and Susan and Mark
Lichterman. judge Goldsmith, 51, is a
University of Michigan graduate who
earned his law degree at Harvard. He spe-
cialized in commercial litigation with
Detroit-based Honigman, Miller Schwartz
Cohn LL1?
Beth Emeth Joins Symphony
Ann Arbor
Kol Haley (Voice of the
Heart), the Temple Beth
Emeth adult choir under
the leadership of Cantor
Annie Rose joined forces
with the Ann Arbor
Symphony Orchestra for a
gala Mother's Day concert.
An audience of more than
400 filled the Ann Arbor
temple May 9.
Under the direction of
Maestro Arie Lipsky, the
concert included the pre-
Kol Haley adult choir of Temple Beth Emeth
miere performance of
Sephardic Suite, a newly
rhythmic, modal, appealing sound of
arranged and orchestrated cycle of five
Judeo-Spanish culture, including a
choral Sephardic folk songs. Arranged
tango, a lilting love song, a lullaby, and a
by Cantor Rose, the songs reflect the
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driving, percussive finale.
Cantor Rose, in her
10th year at the temple,
joined with the sympho- •
ny's string section in an
encore presentation of a
four-movement Yiddish
suite for strings and voice.
In late June, the choir
will embark on its first
European tour, visiting
Jewish communities in
Romania, Bulgaria and
Greece. Included on the
tour are collaborations
with orchestras and
choirs from Sofia,
Bucharest and Thessaloniki.
"Today, when curious people are trying to be tactful
and say, 'Oh, were you born Jewish?' my response is,
`Yes, just not to a Jewish womb.' I say this because I
believe that my soul has always been Jewish. I was
meant to be a Jew but have had to find my way back
`home' by way of a variety of religious paths, from
Charismatic Christianity to Eastern spirituality."
— Alysa Stanton, a second-year rabbinical student at
the Hebrew Union College JewishInstitute of Religion,
in an interview about the signs that led to her conver-
sion and her quest for the rabbinate as an Ohio native
who is black; quoted in the spring issue of Reform
Judaism magazine.
Pipes At ZOA
Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle
East Forum in Philadelphia, speaks
on "The Palestinian-Israel War:
Where Did It Come From, How To
End It?" to a crowd of 450 at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center on
May 2. Zionist Organization of
America, Michigan Region, was the
sponsor To Pipes' left is ZOA
Michigan VP Dr Lester Zeff
Do You Remembe&
May 1974
State Department officials, concerned that Congress
will insist that the government take the issue of Arab
terrorism to the U.N. Security Council following
the recent massacre of 22 children at Mialot in •
Israel, succeeded in blocking the demand on
President Nixon and Secretary of State Kissinger.
The concern was that the condemnation would
lead to defeat of Kissinger's efforts to arrange disen-
gagement of Syrian and Israeli forces.
— Sy Manello, editorial assistant