Community-Wide Yom HaShoah Program
SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2007 • 7:00 PM
CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK SOUTHFIELD
27375 BELL ROAD • SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034
featuring special guest speaker Gerda Weissmann Klein
and clothing in terror attacks.
HRW's blatantly false reports
during last summer's war with
Hezbollah further lower this organi-
zation's credibility.
In many places, the language of
the State Department report imitates
the rhetoric of the anti-Israel NGO
network. Atomic spy Mordechai
Vanunu is incorrectly termed a
"whistleblower, adopting the term
used by Amnesty International and
other groups. A "whistleblower"
reveals illegal behavior by oth-
ers, while Vanunu acted illegally in
revealing national security data.
Such actions are illegal under U.S.
law; the report's characterization
reflects the double standards applied
to Israel that have been copied from
NGOs.
These and other flaws in this
report do not mean that Israel
should be immune from criticism for
real violations of human rights when
they occur.
In responding to terror, Israelis,
Americans and others make mis-
takes and should be held account-
able. But this objective is inconsistent
with the exploitation of human
rights for demonization and political
warfare by politicized NGOs; the U.S.
State Department should not be part
of this process.
Gerald Steinberg is executive director of
NGO Monitor and heads the program on
conflict management at Israel's Bar-Ilan
University.
Answering
Israel's Critics
The Charge
Israel's opponents in America
charge that Israel and American
Jewish groups that support the
Jewish state enforce a general
philosophy that Jews should not
criticize Israel.
The Answer
A recent survey of Israelis by the
Reform movement revealed that
more than half of Israeli Jews
support the right of diaspora Jews
to criticize Israel on particular
issues.
— Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Relations Council
of Metropolitan Detroit
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one Survivor Remembers
Gerda Klein's account of living through the Holocaust is documented in
her autobiography, All But My Life, in print for 46 years in 55 editions.
The book depicts her view of the dark years of the Holocaust, a
progression that ultimately led to her liberation from a death march by
her future husband, Kurt Klein, an American intelligence officer. The
Klein's last book together was The Hours After: Letters of Love and
Longing In War's Aftermath, a follow up to All But My Life. The Hours
After contains actual correspondence between Gerda and Kurt Klein
following the war. Gerda's more recent book, A Boring Evening at
Home (2004) is a collection of uplifting stories and memories that drive
home the importance of friends, family and love.
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The Kleins' story is portrayed in the film Testimony, a permanent exhibit
at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Gerda Weissman Klein's appearance is generously sponsored by The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation in Memory of Morris D. Baker,
the _Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Men's Club and Cultural Connection
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The Frankel Institue for Advanced Judaic Studies presents:
Place and Dispfacement
April 22-24y 2007
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
University of Michigan
202 S.Thayer St.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Special'
Presentations
Benjamin Harshav & Anita Norich
Opening Session
Sunday/April 22, 3:30 pm, Rackham Amphitheatre
Yiddish Literature: Texts &Translations
Enjoy an evening of incredible literature with readings of Sholem Aleichern,Chava,Rosenkirb & David Bergelson in Yiddish &
English, Features some oftoday best translators: flonjamin & Barbara Harchavdaisph Sharman, Aliztibevrin &others,
Sunday, April 22,6 pm, Rackham Amphitheatre (Preceded by a reception at 5pm)
Michael Alpert: My Father's Shtetl has a Homapaga Now
A lecture-concert examining aspects of the evolving Yiddish culture and identities of today, (In English )
Monday, April 23, 7;30 pm, Mendelsohn Theater
All Events are Frei & Open to the Public, For More Information and
Full Events Schedule Call (734) 6154503 or VIA httpiliwww,Imumids•edutjudak
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