Peterman's campaign positions,
including her publicized endorsement
from Right to Life. He called Right to
Life's positions on abortion and gay
marriage "religiously and politically
extreme!'
"The signs are strictly a response to
her positions as a candidate Plas told
the JN.
"I do intend to draw attention to
those positions; the signs are a good
beginning."
As a Libertarian, Plas said he favors
"keeping government limited and
allowing citizens to have as much per-
sonal freedom as possible." A former
Republican precinct delegate, he hopes
to attract enough
Republican support
to win election.
Peterman urged
a campaign built
around the many
pressing issues fac-
ing Michigan, not
personal
attacks.
David
Other
Jewish
Wolkinson
candidates seeking
the 39th district
seat are Republicans
David Wolkinson
and Caryn Devaney
and Democrat
Lisa Brown. Non-
Jewish candidates
are Republican
Caryn
Donald
Elliot Jr.
Devaney
and Democrat John
Kuriakuz, in addition
to Plas. The primary
election is Aug. 5.
Devaney told
the IN she did not
interpret the contro-
versial signs to be
a product of anti-
Lisa Brown
Semitism, but rather
one Libertarian's
response to Peterman's Right to Life
endorsement.
Brown, meanwhile, said: "Any kind
of anti-Semitism is unacceptable. She
is not the only Jewish candidate in
this race. I haven't experienced any
anti-Semitism and I've knocked doors
in our community, talking to our resi-
dents, for months now."
Though Brown's comment is more
general, Wolkinson homed in on
Peterman's specific claim.
"As an observant Jew who has long
been active in the pro-Israel Zionist
movement and as one who has per-
sonally witnessed and been the object
of anti-Semitic attacks, I am very
sensitive to any accusation of anti-
Semitism," Wolkinson said.
"However, it is hard to understand
how these signs, deplorable as they
may be, are anti-Semitic in intent or
effect."
Wolkinson told the JN that he
abhors personal attacks. "One of the
reasons why I decided to run was to
try and bring a different, cleaner, cam-
paign model to the 39th house dis-
trict," he said.
"Too often, our political battles have
become personal; there is no good
reason for this!"
Citing the state's high unemploy-
ment rate, Wolkinson said, "We all
need to start thinking and working
toward solving Michigan's prob-
lems!' ❑
'High-Class'
Rummage
Congregation Beth Ahm Sisterhood
will hold its annual sale of clean and
selective clothing, housewares, elec-
tronics and many more items Sunday-
Tuesday, Aug . 3-5.
"We sell only the best items we
receive said sisterhood member Zita
Kirsch of West Bloomfield.
"Every year we have such wonder-
ful bargains. Everything is priced to
sell."
The sale will take place 10 a.m.-4
p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 3, and 10 a.m.-6
p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Aug.
4-5.
Beth Ahm is located at 5075 W.
Maple Road, west on Inkster, in West
Bloomfield.
For information, call the synagogue
at (248) 851-6880.
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