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(at Lone Pine) West Bloomfield • (248) 681-7200 Hillel Not Just Conservative 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. 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