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Your article about an anti-Israel group
that gathered in a public space on the
Wayne State University campus cor-
rectly noted that it was made up of
no more than 25 people ("Anti-Israel
Propaganda': Oct. 19, page 21). A group
of Jewish counter-protestors, of equal
size, was right there to set the record
straight about Israel and her policies.
That's exactly as it should be on a uni-
versity campus.
President Irvin D. Reid's prompt and
unequivocal rejection of the demand
of this fringe group, many of whom are
not WSU students, that the university
divest from Israel has been widely pub-
licized and has received strong praise
from as far away as Manchester,England.
President Reid has traveled to Israel twice
during his presidency, has been working
with the Jewish Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit on another trip
in 2007 and is in discussions with four
Israeli universities to develop joint edu-
cational programs with WSU.
The suggestion in your Editor's Letter
("Isolation, Incitement': Oct. 19, page 5)
that the university supports anti-Israel
rhetoric is inaccurate. Consistent with
the mission of all universities, WSU
often hosts speakers with conflicting
views about important public positions.
Inviting such speakers is hardly sup-
port for what they have to say. While
WSU's Center for Peace and Conflict
Studies did have the Palestinian direc-
tor of Columbia University's Middle
East Institute as a guest speaker, it has
in recent years had such prominent
Jewish spokesmen on campus as former
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and
Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz.
The Israeli Consul General from New
York was also recently invited to speak
on campus and the internationally
known Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic
Studies brings in dozens of Jewish schol-
ars on a regular basis.
WSU's connection to the Detroit
J wish community is deep and long-
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Eugene Driker
WSU Board of Governors
Detroit
Special Moments
On Oct. 14, residents of Hechtman
Apartments as well as the Fleischman
Residence, the Danto Family Health Care
Center and the Meer Apartments, all
on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum
Jewish Community Campus, were given
a very special experience. About 45
members of Congregation B'nai Moshe
in West Bloomfield brought Simchat
Torah to us.
We especially enjoyed seeing all of the
children who came to the event.
We especially want to express our
appreciation to Rabbi Elliot Pachter and
Cantor Earl Berris, who came up with
this amazing idea and saw that it was
implemented. We loved every minute
and hope this becomes a regular event.
These kinds of outreach efforts are
very much appreciated by our Jewish
senior citizens, and we hope that other
congregations will also come visit us.
Lois Kirschbaum, president
Hechtman Resident Council
West Bloomfield
Correction
• In the "Ice Flashes" (Oct. 26, page
47), an incorrect Web address was given
for skater Jeffrey Fishman.The correct
address is www.freewebs.com/jifishman.
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standing. Three of WSU's eight member
board of governors are Jewish. As the
community's recent demographic study
noted, far more members of our com-
munity are graduates of WSU than any
other university.
In light of these bonds, your editor's
recommendation that the Detroit Jewish
community take a greater interest in and
more actively support Jewish students
and organizations on WSU's campus
(like its strong Hillel chapter) is particu-
larly appropriate. Such support is the
best way to overcome the strident voices
of a tiny group of Israel bashers.
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