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Letters
No DeVos Fan
While the letter "Principle First"
about Dick DeVos not speaking to
the American Arab Public Affairs
Committee pleases me (Sept. 21,
page 8), I still can't vote for the
man.
Anyone whose family is willing
to donate $10,000 to support a
Christian fundamentalist boycott
against Ford Motor while claim-
ing to support jobs in Michigan'
is a hypocrite (source: http://gal.
org/trianglefoundation/notice-
description.tcl?newsletter_
id=2269225).
Anyone that supports teach-
ing creation in the public
schools and tries to pass it off
as "science" instead of religion
probably doesn't have the Jews'
best interest at heart (source:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .
dll/article?AID=/20060920/
NEWS99/60920015).
The difference between the
Jews and Christian fundamental-
ists is that we're Jews, and they
don't have to be. We Jews don't tell
Christians how to worship. I don't
have the same faith in the other
direction.
Gary Rimar
Bloomfield Hills
young people are searching for
the intimate learning when in fact
it is shared with many older citi-
zens who are searching for more
meaning in their prayers and a
desire to look at Torah study as an
active versus passive endeavor.
Synagogues need to actively
search for the balance between
the glitz and learning, entertain-
ment and social activities, young
and old.
IlLErnEr
Mary Keane
executive director
Hebrew Free Loan Association
Bloomfield Township
West Bloomfield
West Bloomfield
Thanks, Martha!
Mitchell Shecter of Farmington
Hills and Jonathan Cohen
Bloomfield, all 13, at Hillel.
Plaudits To Hillel
As parents of three Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit
graduates and a current seventh-
grader, we are thrilled to see the
hard work and dedication of
Hillel's leadership come to frui-
tion with the completion of its
new Arts and Athletics facility
("Hillel Celebrates': Sept. 14,
p. 49).
The new facility is beautiful,
but more importantly, it will
enable Hillel's administration
I found out from reading JN of
the untimely death of Martha Jo
Fleischmann, the Yiddish-English
limericks writer I used to enjoy so
much ("A Memory Window," Sept.
21, page 16). Needless to say, I was
deeply saddened by her passing,
even though I didn't know her
personally.
So as one who wrote a lot
of limericks throughout the
years, albeit in my native Hebrew,
I would like to give her a little
tribute in her own style.
With spoonfuls of Yiddish and
insight and wit
She cooked up a tzimes with
tam* and so sweet.
It was only a bisle **
Just drops in a shisle***
But thank you, dear Martha,
you're missed quite a bit.
*Tam- taste, from the Hebrew
word, ta'am.
**A bisle- a little
***A shisle- a bowl
Rachel Kapen
West Bloomfield
HFLA Gratitude
Your Editor's Letter ("Last
Resort, First Lifeline Sept. 21,
page 7) has so captured the
story of the Hebrew Free Loan
Association and those we serve.
'cha Don't Know
-Goldfeln
eqn3 isnpds pas
Helping The Needy
Thank you so much for your
Editor's Letter on the Hebrew Free
Loan Association ("Last Resort,
First Lifeline': Sept. 28, page 7).
It is the perfect time of year to
run it. Helping fellow Jews hold
on to their dignity in their most
desperate moments constantly
underscores in my own mind how
richly blessed we are.
We feel safe and secure in
our lives with nice homes, good
health, cohesive families. But if
there is one thing I have learned
from dealing with our HFLA
clients, it is that, for many people,
security is a very fragile and elu-
sive thing indeed.
Scott Leemaster
HFLA board member
Franklin
Unwarranted Claims
The level of hyperbole has
reached a new level in those die-
hards that continue to support
the disastrous Bush presidency.
To suggest that a Bush admin-
istration during the time of the
Holocaust would have resulted
in many Jews saved is unbeliev-
able, in my mind (Letters,"A Bush
Defender," Sept. 21, page 11).
Every president since Harry
Truman has been a staunch sup-
porter of Israel. One of Israel's
best friends has been President
Jimmy Carter, who brokered the
peace deal between Israel and
Egypt in 1978. Interestingly, this
is the same president featured on
full-page political ads paid for by
the Republicans in an attempt to
discredit fervent support of Israel
by the Democratic Party. How
quick people are in conveniently
forgetting real, substantive sup-
port of Israel, as President Carter
provided, when it suits their
political agenda.
Make no mistake: the
Republicans are in deep trouble
this election cycle. Be prepared
for even more desperate claims
in support of this failed presi-
dency and the rubber-stamp GOP
Congress.
Richard S. Cohen
Detroit
Corrections
• In "Feeding The World" (Sept.
14, page 38), Joel Jacob referred
to the USDA. An editing error
changed it from the correct
reference, which is the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
• In a photograph from
"Dreams Surpassed" (Sept. 14,
page 26), the name of Nia Kepes,
4, of West Bloomfield was mis-
spelled.
• In Annabel Cohen's recipes for
Yom Kippur (Sept. 21, page 98),
an ingredient was missing from
the pear crisp. Under the "top-
ping" portion, it said "1/2 cup:'
It should have stated "1/2 cup
oatmeal:'
• In reference to "Last Resort,
First Lifeline" (Sept. 21, page 7),
the name of the local Hebrew
Free Loan Association's student
loan program has been changed
over the past year to the Jewish
Educational Loan Service.
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Where do the Jews of "holy spirit" reside?
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I was so looking forward to
your column. When I read it, I
was overwhelmed with emotion
of great compassion for those
who come to us ... and I live it
every day!
Lisa and Danny Kurzmann
Robert Kimmel
and Jake Canvasser of West
Finding Balance
I wanted to comment on two arti-
cles Sept. 21 that strike home with
me and my family: "Learning
Jewish" (Page 58) and Alternative
Minyans" (page 61). In rethinking
the role of shuls in our lives, we
seem to live in an era where the
newest band or magical clown are
used in an attempt to bring the
masses back to our shuls.
Our family belongs to a
Conservative and an Orthodox
shul plus attend a monthly neigh-
borhood minyan. Your article
seems to allude to the fact that
and faculty to enhance an already
stellar program that nurtures
the hearts and minds of Metro
Detroit's Jewish children. The
community will enjoy many
basketball games and drama
productions in the new space,
while the Jewish learning will last
a lifetime!
A hearty todah rabah to those
that helped make it happen.
Alwnwwo3 qs!mar news e s!
:JaMsuy
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