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Daniel Pipes, Ph.D.
JN's Apology To Alpha Omega
On behalf of the Jewish News, I wish to acknowledge to the members of
the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity our deep apology. The organization
celebrated the historic event of marking 100 years of service and, due
to our error, we ran an incorrect version of the fraternity's ad (Sept. 27,
pages 32-33). The correct ad is being run this issue on pages 4-5.
We realize the importance of celebrating 100 years, and the tremen-
dous commitment the organization and its members have made in
the community and to the profession. So again, we apologize to Alpha
Omega Dental Fraternity for our error.
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As parents of two Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit children
and active participants in our West
Bloomfield congregation, Temple Israel,
we have our own concerns about Hillel
Day School becoming the center of
the Conservative movement in our
area ("Emboldening The Conservative
Movement:' Sept. 13, page 43).
While Hillel is officially affiliated
with the Conservative movement, it is
important to recognize that Hillel is
a day school for all of Metro Detroit
Jewry. There are numerous families
from Reform and Orthodox Jewry
at Hillel, and Head of School Steve
Freedman and the staff have been wel-
coming to us all. While the Conservative
movement may be in particular trouble,
it is up to all of us to ensure that Jewish
values, learning and community con-
tinue to thrive in Detroit.
We are taken aback when repeat-
edly asked why we send our children
to Hillel if we belong to Temple
Israel. As Reform Jews (who grew up
Conservatively), should we not value
the importance of a strong Jewish
identity, an emphasis on Jewish learn-
ing and a love for Israel and its people?
We suggest any solutions to the prob-
lem of declining demographics will be
more effective if they include collabo-
ration across all of our religious and
cultural institutions.
The Conservative movement can
and should play an active role in this
effort, but certainly not the only role,
as you seem to describe. Let us all par-
ticipate in such a worthy project.
The Drums Of War
It is easy to feel good when we watch
American Jews protesting Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad in New York City and
at the Holocaust Memorial Center in
Farmington Hills after he was invited
to speak at Columbia University, the
United Nations and on 60 Minutes.
The hatred he inspires reminds me
of our jingoistic fury toward Saddam
Hussein in the 1990s, all the way until
the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, up until
Hussein was hanged at the end of 2006.
Now, the next war train is hum-
ming toward Ahmadinejad whom so
many regard as evil (even the Detroit
Jewish News in its Sept. 27 lead article,
"Naming the Evil:' page 25). And the
message pounded into us from our
current administration is that Iran is
building and will eventually use "weap-
ons of mass destruction!' The message
is simple: Iran must be stopped.
We should remember that
Ahmadinejad is an elected president
who is not even popular within his
own country. In a July poll, 62.5 per-
cent of Iranians who voted for him in
2005 said they would not vote for him
again. He seems more like the Iranian
version of George W. Bush, who barely
listens to the majority of Americans
who want our soldiers to begin to
leave Iraq.
We must speak out against leaders
who spout hatred, but we must also be
skeptical and careful when the drum-
beats of war begin pounding louder
and louder.
Who will be left to fight in Iran? Our
kids, just one war away from a draft.
Elena and Andy Kollin
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