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Tamarack Camps is proud to be a leader in this field and is prouder still to maintain its 105-year tradition to pro- vide a Jewish camping experience for all Jewish children from Metro Detroit, regardless of their family's financial situation. Please join Sara and me in supporting Tamarack Camps' Contribute to the Send a Kid to Tamarack scholarship campaign so we can continue the tradition. tion that children get in their homes; Jewishness is portrayed not as a privi- lege but as a burden. There's a need for more and expanded Jewish schools and the reduction in the penalty that parents have to pay for sending their children to such schools. Every Jewish child needs to have the option of going to Jewish schools, which need to have an innovative curriculum, including the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, and emphasis on our heroes, Nobel Prize Laureates, Jewish thinking and the like. We need to have a team of teachers that is knowledgeable, innovative, enthusiastic and proud who will guide our children. These are the best investments that we as parents and Jews can make. It is so embarrassing to find that a Baptist child is so much more knowledgeable of the Jewish Bible than Jewish kids. American Jewish parents have to take regular classes in Judaism, Bible and his- tory of the Jewish people. The word "indoctrination" has a bad connotation. It means that if we want to perpetuate Judaism and not be assimi- lated, we have to make sure our children follow a Jewish path. Muslims are right to "indoctrinate" their children to pursue the Islamic way of life. Isaac Barr, M.D. Southfield David Grossman Bloomfield Hills Improve Jewish Learning Your article "Flag Debate" (May 24, page 25) did not come to me as a sur- prise. The debate is long overdue. In my contacts with Jewish students, I found that many have identified with the radical left, which is promoted regularly by professors at many universities. Not only do they question displaying Israel's flag, but also question the legitimacy of the Jewish state. Accusations of Israel in connection with the "occupation',' apartheid" and "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians — "worse than Nazis" — are constant themes in radical left literature and a lot of it comes from American Jews. Why does it happen? Children are forced to go to Hebrew schools that become a traumatic experience. 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Those countries that honor this religious quest, allowing its citizens to pursue and freely practice the uni- versal and eternal truths that religions reveal, should also be honored. Israel and America are such countries; by flying their flags ("Flag Debate,' May 24, page 25), we honor these countries that provide a safe and nurturing place for this religious search. isnnoiol4 geN eta to sionpuns Liamisuy