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I was one of the lucky 38 who par-
ticipated in Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah's first mission to Israel, and I
saw firsthand the needs of the funds that
are raised for Hadassah Hospital and
other beneficiaries by our community.
In the Nov. 29 issue, Publisher
Arthur Horwitz encourages the Detroit
Jewish community to "Re-balance the
relationship with all Israel-focused
philanthropy" ("Jewish Detroit Must
Save Itself," page A5).
While pointing out the amount
of funds the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit raised for Israel
in 2006 and the assets of our United
Jewish Foundation along with some
demographic studies of our Jewish
population, very little real information is
provided regarding local Jewish needs.
Mr. Horwitz states, "Local safety-net
agencies, like Jewish Family Service,
Hebrew Free Loan, JVS and Yad Ezra,
are serving record numbers of cli-
ents." He does not advise as to those
numbers, needs or shortfall that these
agencies are experiencing. He states
that "the volume of local residents
requesting financial assistance is
growing." Growing by what amount?
What is the extent of the problem?
Mr. Horwitz's concern may have merit,
but he fails to make his case. He states,
"Our top professional and lay leaders
must re-orient and re-educate our com-
munity to the needs we have here ..."
Good idea! I respectfully submit that we
know exactly what we are dealing with
before we advocate any "re-balancing" of
our philanthropic efforts for Israel.
Israel is a land that struggles daily just
to survive. We must be very careful when
we advocate any change in our financial
support for Israel and we better be very
certain of what we are talking about.
Sherrie Stern
V.P., communications and marketing,
Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
West Bloomfield
Liberal Edition Of JN?
Within the first handful of pages in
the Dec. 20 IN, I was treated to letters
explaining that the only way to deal
with the Palestinian and Arab terrorists
was to negotiate with them ("Negotiate
Peace," page A6) and that Hillary Clinton
and Barack Obama were the mod-
ern-day biblical Deborah and Barak
("Biblical Comparison': page A6).
Then two editorials, one from the JN
("Wither Iran, Or The CIA?:' Dec. 20,
page A25) and one by our esteemed and
honorable senator (Carl Levin) about
how the CIA and the Bush administra-
tion have destroyed America's standing
in the the world ("U.S. Must Restore
Image, Credibility Dec. 20, page A26).
A vast majority of Palestinians and
the Arab world would destroy Israel
and America and kill every living Jew
— including you and me if they could.
What else can they do to prove it? The
National Intelligence Estimate report
was shown to be politically motivated
and even contradicted itself many times.
And if the Saudis, with reports show-
ing 40 percent of the terrorists in Iraq
are Saudi and killing Americans, need
only to mention Guantanamo Bay or
Abu Ghraib in response to their pathetic
human rights record and support of
terrorism to scare away our members of
Congress, then we are in terrible shape.
President Bush may have made many
missteps, but unlike the "new" Deborah
and Barak, he knows that if we do not
fight, the Islamofacists will not stop.
Michael L. Kahan
Bloomfield Hills
Corrections
•"Outstate Outreach" (Dec. 27, page
A13) should have stated that Burton
Shifman had family in Bay City but
did not grow up there.
• "Whopper Didn't Get Away" (Dec.
20, page A9) should have stated that
Michael Katzman studied with Rabbi
Beryl Wein at Ohr Somayach.
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On Yom Kippur, we recite Al Chayt, a supplication asking
forgiveness for different types of sins. In ancient Israel,
the high priest's wardrobe fulfilled that function. Can
you name the eight garments of the high priest and their
atonements?
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