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Letters
M.L. King Letter Was Bogus, But Thrust Is True
Regarding the Editor's Letter "The Vigor Of Who We Are" (Aug. 28,
page A5): According to a 2002 investigation by the Washington-based
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, it has never
been authenticated that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ever wrote a "Letter
to an Anti-Zionist Friend" or that such a letter ever was published in the
August 1967 issue of Saturday Review.
However, the basic message of the unauthenticated letter indeed reflects
King's sentiments, according to CAMERA.
In the letter, King is quoted as saying: "Anti-Zionist is inherently anti-
Semitic and ever will be so" and "When people criticize Zionism, they mean
Jews — make no mistake about that."
According to CAMERA: In a January 21, 2002, op-ed in the San Francisco
Chronicle, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D.-Ga., who worked closely with King,
shared the slain civil rights leader's views stressing Israel's democratic
nature and Israel's need for security. Lewis related that King did say:
"When people criticize Zionists they mean Jews, you are talking anti-
Semitism."
That authenticated quotation came from King's 1968 appearance at
Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
The JN received this clarifying information from a reader, who provided
a Web site link to the Jewish American History Documentation Foundation
based in Lathrup Village. We thank the reader for his vigilance. We always
strive for accuracy.
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The Missing Minyan
Our family was privileged to participate
in the mitzvah of hachnosses orchim
(welcoming guests into our home and
community) as part of the JCC Maccabi
Games.
The extraordinary efforts and attention
to detail were great to watch come togeth-
er and an honor to be part of. Our family
is still feeling the thrill of the Maccabi
Games and nothing can compare to our
Michigan State Fair picnic (Federation's
"A Fair to Remember," which included
the Maccabi athletes) with 16,000 of our
brethren together.
We only had one glitch regarding the
weeks events: We attended the required
orientation and our son brought up the
logistics of a minyan. We were told that a
morning minyan, along with afternoon
prayers,would be worked out since
one of the main goals was to provide
the athletes with a Jewish experience.
We were prepared to provide all of the
Macabbi-required material comforts of
our athletes.
Upon the Maccabi boys' arrival, we
re-inquired the availability of a minyan.
We were told there was not enough inter-
est; that's hard to believe with more than
2,700 Jewish athletes, coaches and guests
visiting. Our one home had 6 of the 10
required for a morning minyan.
The greatest mitzvah of all is to do a
mitzvah without acknowledgment. Our
Detroit community provides mitzvahs
24/7 without fanfare. Knowing our ath-
letes needed a minyan for traditional
prayers or those requiring a minyan for
Kaddish, we knew we had an obliga-
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tion to bring this to the attention of
the Maccabi directors since it was not
mentioned in the Maccabi handbook.
We never thought that arranging a min-
yan would be a burden to the already
arranged flow of the Games.
It was a heartbreak for us to see our
boys davening without a minyan in our
home in the very early morning since
no minyan had been coordinated. We
are still not sure why a minyan could
not have been available at the West
Bloomfield JCC at 7 a.m. prior to the day's
activities.
Hopefully, athletes, coaches and visi-
tors will remember our community as a
positive experience and forgive us for our
not honoring their spiritual needs.
Ed and Aviva Gordon and family
Oak Park
Here's To Maccabi
Something wonderful happened last
week in Metro Detroit. It was the JCC
Maccabi Games. Believe it or not, my
husband, Shelly, and I have never been
involved in Maccabi; what a joy it was to
be part of this fabulous happening.
All the visitors to our city will go home
to their communities and know that the
people of Detroit are truly warm, wel-
coming and great.
Elaine Greenberg
Farmington Hills
Correction
An incorrect sponsorship was listed for
the Senior Dream Cruise (Aug. 28, page
B20). The sponsor was Say-On Drugs
based in Southfield.