Letters Pollard's View Congratulations to the Jewish News for continuing to keep its readers informed on the Pollard case, most recently in an inter- view conducted by Charley J. Lewis ("Jailhouse Encounters," March 16, page 36). In it, Jonathan Pollard points out that former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger considers the Pollard spy case to have been "a very minor matter." Yet Weinberger's secret memo to Judge Robinson, some 20 years ago, played a key role in the judge's decision to sentence Pollard to life in prison. Why, one wonders, does Weinberger's memo continue to be classified "secret" after 20 years? The answer, it would seem, does not involve national secu- rity. Sadly, such secrecy under- mines our justice system. Also discussed in the inter- view is the danger posed by Iran becoming a nuclear power. If this does happen, there is strong likelihood that a nuclear war will occur, a war possibly even more devastating than World War II. 'Then the question would be why did the United States not act pre- emptively to prevent a foresee- able disaster? This would be a fair question to ask except the United States has acted in Iraq with the goal of exporting democracy to Iran. The problem in accomplishing this goal has be tactical. The strategy is noble. Thus far, the failure to win the war on terrorism in Iraq can be largely attributed to a failure in intelligence gathering. For exam- ple, in locating leaders of the insurgency and either capturing or killing them. If intelligence gathering can be improved, if insurgent sup- Corrections plies can be interdicted, the Bush strategy can succeed, something we should all hope for and which seems compatible with the views Pollard expresses. Irving Warshawsky West Bloomfield Answer Lies On March 17, we attended a meeting of the regents of the University of Michigan. On the agenda was an attempt by four U-M faculty members to reintroduce the issue of dis- investment of U-M from any financial involvement with Israel.("Student Offers Defense," March 23, page 30). Each person for disinvestment was given five minutes to state his or her case. We were appalled by what we heard. The venom and lies against the State of Israel were most disheartening. Fortunately, Brad Stulberg of Farmington Hills, a sophomore at U-M, had signed up for a separate five-minute slot to rebut their case, which he did bril- liantly. If not for him, the opposi- tion would have gone completely unchallenged. The regents are to be com- mended for their consistent, principled stand against these obvious anti-Semitic and anti- Israel attacks. It is important, however, that lies not go unan- swered and our position be rep- resented to remind the regents of the true facts. It would be most helpful if the Jewish community, students, pro- fessionals, professors and Jewish organizations could join in and make their presence felt on these occasions.. Diane Savin West Bloomfield Margo Gardner Addressing Darfur Double Checking Robert Sklar's Editor's Letter about the situation in Darfur was important and timely ("Taking Stock Of Darfur," March 23, page 5). The way Robert Sklar wrote about Andi Nitzkin, just a regular morn who inspires us all, was outstanding. In a show of support for mil- lions of refugees displaced by the world's worst humanitarian cri- sis, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger has joined ranks with a highly respected global inter- national aid group to bring relief to starving children and their families in Sudan. To date, MAZON.org has dis- tributed $106,700 to the project. The funds are sustaining the efforts of Santa Monica-based International Medical Corps (IMC) as it works to battle chronic hunger in Sudan and neighboring Chad. Once again, the Jewish News is inspiring us all to get involved and do the right thing to help . others in need. I was saddened to see a pic- ture of David Gad-Harf, the former executive director, with negative comments from a current board member of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit. David was one of the finest people I have met and did an outstanding job as executive director ("In Writing," March 23, page 32). As a member of the board of the Council for many years, I sense now that people stay away from Council positions where they can be criticized in public for any move. The criticism of David was way off base. He did the cor- rect act as executive director. Therefore, I would advise the new executive director to be very careful. I would not make any decision without checking, rechecking and checking again to see if all people approve. Joel E. Jacob national vice chair MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger West Bloomfield ECO —Michigan Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (Ml-COEJL): Healing the Earth with Jewish Environmental Values. For more information, call (248) 642-5393, ext. 7, or write to mi-coejl@jfmd.org. Bloomfield Hills Goldfein srudA0 :Jamsuy March 30 • 2006 • In "Technion At ePrize" (March 23, page 14), the man above should have been identified as Matt Engelbert, East Central regional direc- tor of the American Technion Society. ePrize Headquarters was incor- rectly listed as being in Ferndale. It's actually in Pleasant Ridge. Reduce Your Junk Mail — Save Trees! Practice your own bal tashchit — do not waste or destroy trees. Get off direct mail lists. Write to the Direct Marketing Association, Mail Preference Service, P.O.B. 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008 and ask to be removed from mailing lists. Or use the on-line form found at www.dmaconsumers.org/offmailinglist.html. Until 2005, this country was the only member of the European Union to not have a synagogue. Name it. 6 West Bloomfield • In Celebrate! (March 26, page 34), the name and city of bride Lindsey Gross of Kansas City were incor- rectly published. Judaism mum 'cha Don't Know eCopyright 2006, Jewish Renaissance Media Leonard Trunsky • The contact information for the Night of Jewish Films at Congregation Shir Tikvah should be pressagent6551@aol.com . How to Send Setters We prefer letters relating to JN articles. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Letters of 225 words or less are considered first. Longer ones will be subject to trimming. Letter writers are limited in frequency of publication. Letters must be original and contain the name, address and title of the writer and a day phone number. Non-electronic cop- ies must be hand signed. Send letters to the JN: 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax (248) 304-8885; e-mail, letters@the jewishnews.com . 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