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I applaud the IN for taking on
the task of "healing hunger"
("Help Heal Hunger:' Sept. 29,
page 56) as a focus for New Year
5766. It is appropriate during this
season of teshuvah to be aware
not only of our individual fail-
ings, but also of our failings as a
community and society.
As part of the paper's ongoing
effort to build support for pro-
grams such as Yad Ezra, please do
not fail to educate your readers
concerning the systemic, struc-
tural causes of hunger that are
the direct result of budget deci-
sions by the Bush administration
and its Republican allies who
control both house of the
Congress, including cutbacks in
programs such as food stamps,
women and infant nutrition and
Medicaid — the hard-hearted
refusal (for the first time in
American history) to extend
expired unemployment benefits
to workers, and much more.
There is no way that private
relief efforts such as Yad Ezra,
Mazon, Gleaners, Forgotten
Harvest, the Salvation Army and
others can fill the huge and grow-
ing gap left by the Bush adminis-
tration's relentless effort to reduce
the helping hand of government
for those most in need. In addi-
tion to donating money and vol-
unteer energy to these worthy
private organizations, concerned
citizens should also make time
for political action: let's make it
clear to our local, state, and feder-
al officials that its time to change
course and do the right thing.
May we all pay close attention
to the words of the Yom Kippur
haftarah and open our hearts to
Isaiah's call for social justice. Let's
resolve in New Year 5766 to con-
front the policy-makers whose
actions have put so many at risk.

Nancy F Kaplan

West Bloomfield

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I write to condemn the vitriol
of Columnist Harry Kirsbaum in
his petty column focused on
Oprah Winfrey's alleged lapses of
judgment ("Oh-OH-Oprah," Sept.
29, page 10).
We are in our season of taking
stock of our own shortcomings,
and sniping at Oprah Winfrey is

beneath all of us. What would Mr.
Kirsbaum write if an African-
American magazine columnist
had taken pot shots at some of our
own prominent philanthropists?
This did none of us proud, sir.
I suggest Mr. Kirsbaum aim his
penned pettiness at a worthier
target. Would Mr. Kirsbaum pre-
fer endlessly impeccable manners
from Ms. Winfrey and a tighter
purse string?
I was dismayed that this was
deemed worthy of the space it
occupied. I hope future editions
will spare us such drivel.

Kelly Goldberg

Farmington Hills

Corrections

• In "Our Christian Friends"
(Sept. 8, page 5), it stated the
National Christian Leadership
Conference for Israel "had repre-
sentatives at each major church
convention to build opposition to
anti-Israel resolutions and
• empower moderates to expose
the lies of the Palestinian
Authority, the Middle East
Council of Churches and
Palestinian sympathizers like the
Sabeel Ecumenical Theology
Liberation Center in Jerusalem:'
Actually, Dexter Van Zile, a
member of the Novi-based
NCLCI executive committee, was
at several church conventions,
including the United Church of
Christ and the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, but
he was not there representing
NCLCI; he was there as the
Christian outreach director for
the Boston-based David Project
for Jewish Leadership.

•The talk by noted historian Sir
Martin Gilbert UN Sept. 29, page
16) was sponsored by the Jewish
Historical Society of Michigan in
cooperation with the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, the Jewish Studies
Program of Michigan State
University, the Cohn-Haddow
Center for Judaic Studies of
Wayne State University and
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Cultural Connections. The event
was made possible through the
generosity of Judge Avern and
Lois Cohn and Elaine and
Michael Serling.

October 6 • 2005

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