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Backs Rally Appearance
Wary Of Secular
As an active board member of the
Jewish Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit, I was surprised
that another board member would
write a letter to the Jewish News
against our executive director, David
Gad-Harf.
During David's 17 years at Council,
he has developed a national reputation
for outreach and conciliation. I and
many other board members support
his efforts, including his speaking out
against prisoner abuse at the mosque
in Dearborn.
As David has resigned his post to
take the position of chief operating
officer of a major Jewish federation in
suburban New Jersey, it seems appro-
priate to honor him rather than to be
so critical, even if one doesn't agree
with everything that he does.
I am afraid that if we are blessed
with a movement toward peace in
Israel, some will want to dwell on
hatred in both the Jewish and Arab
communities.
Last week's Torah Portion ("Lesson of
America," June 23, page 66) appears
to have confused which land is holy
and which is secular. Ten of the
"spies" sent by Moses to scout out the
Promised Land turned away from
God's commandment to enter the
Land of Israel, ready to return to the
secular "golden land" of Egypt.
Last week's commentary apparently
mistook the Land of Israel as a place
for secular success. Rather, it was the
place for B'nai Israel to live as a holy
people, as priests unto the nations.
Whereas, we had fallen 49 levels of
depravity from the wealthy land of
Egypt as a result of the wrong choices
we freely made after becoming free
from servitude.
That only Joshua, Calev and Moses
had faith in God's promise that they
would prevail in taking the Land
should be surprising, considering B'nai
Israel had literally received the Torah
at Sinai, witnessed the open miracles
of the 10 plagues, and the splitting of
the sea.
Had we maintained our faith and
committed to live as Jews, rather than
trading our identity for the inviting
attractions of this secular American
culture that welcomes us as equal par-
ticipants, we would be a stronger peo-
ple.
We survive as a people when we
engage our surrounding secular society
from the strength of Jewish practice
and tradition.
There is an old saying, that "more
than Jewish have kept the Sabbath, the
Sabbath has kept the Jews."
Harvey Bronstein
Southfield
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If one ever doubts the power of the
press, Robert Sklar has proven it exists
with his Editor's Notebook account of
Hebrew Free Loan's life-sustaining role
in our community ("Uplifting Loans,"
June 9, page 5).
As a direct result of his compelling
report, a check for $10,000 arrived in
the HFLA offices from Duluth,
Minn., donated by a woman whose
father once borrowed $100 from
Hebrew Free Loan before relocating
with his family out of state. She cred-
ited the agency with saving her family
and — although the loan had been
repaid long ago — now wanted to pay
it forward so others could be helped.
She was not the only one who
responded. A woman in Illinois, whose
Detroit relatives sent her a copy of Mr.
Sklar's account, sent $2,500 in recogni-
tion of Hebrew Free Loan's compas-
sionate assistance to those in need.
Just as our borrowers are grateful for
the assistance our agency provides at a
difficult time in their lives, so our
donors, staff and volunteer leadership
are grateful to Mr. Sklar for calling the
community's attention to the great
need in our community.
Thank you for reminding us so elo-
quently of the talmudic statement: All
Jews are responsible one for another.
Richard Broder
president, Hebrew Free Loan Association
Bloomfield Township
Nathaniel Warshay
Oak Park
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