The Fresh Air Society and
Tamarack Camps
reported the murder of an Israeli by a
lieutenant in the Palestinian Preventive
Security Police.
Arming the "good cops" to control
the "bad cops" is futility when dealing
with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's
brigades, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, et al.
Harold Berry
Southfield
ORT Hails Olympian
I was thrilled by windsurfer Gal
Fridman's triumph in bringing home
Israel's first Olympic gold medal
("Israeli Gold," Aug. 27, page 12).
To hear "Hatikvah" played in Athens
is not only an immense source of pride
for Israelis who have grown accus-
tomed to making headlines for tragic
news, it is inspiring to Jews around the
world.
If you remember, the last time Israeli
Olympic athletes grabbed the head-
lines was in Munich in 1972, when 11
of the country's top competitors were
massacred by the PLO simply because
they hailed from the Jewish homeland.
As a member of the national board
of directors of Women's American
ORT, I was particularly heartened to
learn that Gal Fridman is a 1993 grad-
uate of ORT HaShomron High
School in Binyamina, where his pas-
sion for the sea was well known. His
math teacher, Sonia Gram, jokingly
admitted that he did sometimes arrive
late for lessons when there were good
waves.
Fridman epitomizes the ORT Israel
philosophy that character-building and
well-rounded pursuits are important in
developing the whole student.
A network of more than 150 educa-
tional institutions, ORT Israel edu-
cates more than 90,000 of the coun-
try's Jewish, Arab, Druze and Bedouin
citizens.
On his return to Israel, Fridman said
he planned to stop at the memorial in
Tel Aviv for the 11 murdered Israeli
athletes by the PLO. "The only thing I
can want is I would love to bring
peace to Israel," he said. "If you fight
someone, fight him in sport, to prove
who is better, not in different ways.
"This is our job as athletes — to
show the other side of the Israeli peo-
ple ... that we want peace."
Despite winning the top honor an
athlete can dream of, Gal, like all
Israelis, also dreams of a better future,
a future of peace. The international
games are certainly a wonderful arena
at which to start.
Janet Berman
Farmington Hills
Memories Of Joe Falls
Columnist George Cantor's apprecia-
tion of Joe Falls in the Aug. 20 issue
prompted my response regarding the
late columnist whose Detroit writing
career reached half a century ("Joe
Falls: An Appreciation," page 30).
My relationship and friendship with
Falls spanned 30 years with numerous
visits to the home of the other. We
collaborated on two projects, culmi-
nating in a three-hour audio tribute to
Tiger Stadium ("Echoes of Tiger
Stadium") featuring interviews with
numerous personalities and Hall of
Famers in a book (So You Love Tiger
Would like to thank all of our
MEDICAL STAFF
for a wonderful summer!
Michael Ambrose
Nancy Amhowitz Zeidman, R.N.
Dr. Steve Anton
Debbie Bernstein, R.N.
Dr. Stacy Bernstein
Roberta Blumberg, R.N.
Clara Elinger, R.N.
Stadium, Too).
Falls, a Catholic, was the son of a
New York policeman who loved liquor
and hated Jews. Joe, however, gravitat-
ed to Jews and hated the misuse of
alcoholic beverages.
Falls arrived in Detroit in 1953 at
the age of 24 and rented a room in
the Dexter section with a Jewish
employee of the Detroit Times. Sports
and Dexter became his beat and the
Dexter bus transported him to games
held in Briggs and Olympia stadiums.
He shopped at Dexter Davison and
fed his New York-bred appetite at the
Dexter delis.
Fame and fortune steered him to
the comfortable suburban life, but he
never forgot the downtrodden and ele-
vated the Special Olympics in our
awareness.
He was always generous with his
time and wallet to young writers and
kvelled in their success.
Our kosher eateries will miss his
patronage, one-liners and cackle laugh
while I'll miss my loud lunch partner.
Thanks for everything, Joe.
Irwin Cohen
Oak Park
Dr. Brian Gendelman
Jeffrey Gross
ttA
Dr. Corey Haber
Cathy Herman, R.N.
Dr. Irvin Kappy
Liz Kirshner, R.N.
Sue Lankowsky, R.N.
Dr. Marty Levinson
Andee Marcus, R.N.
Kathi Moss, R.N.
Julie Nitzkin, R.N.
Dr. Erica Remer
Stephanie Rosenbloom
Dr. Mark Rosner
Cathy Shafran
Dr. Vicki Solway
Dr. Beth Swartz
Renee Unger, R.N.
Corrections
• The last two words of "Courting
Teachers" (Aug. 27, page 29) were left
out from the quote by Josh Fixler, a
Denver college student who wants to
become a rabbi. It should have read: "I
want to be a normal father, a normal
husband. I have to balance what I want
to do for the Jewish community versus
what I want to do for my family."
• In 'Aiming For Detroit" (Aug. 27,
page 16) the counter-missionary Jews
for Judaism director Scott Hillman is
not a rabbi.
Amy Wechsler
Your hard work and dedication
helped provide all of our campers and staff
with a safe and healthy summer!
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