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EUROPEAN & AMERICAN
DESIGNER
Y.
Technion's Role
It is always stirring to see the Detroit
Jewish community, in all its diverse
expressions, come together to dem-
onstrate its absolute, unwavering
support for Israel.
I am very proud to count many
of those attending the Jan. 8 rally
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield as my friends and even role
models ("Yes, Israel!" Jan. 15, page
Al2).
I am very proud of the work we do
together, day after day, year after year,
to improve the lives of Jews here, in
Israel and around the world.
I listened to Gershon Kedar,
deputy consul general of Israel for
the Midwest, describe the equipment
used by the Israel Defense Forces to
maximize the effectiveness of their
operations while minimizing, as
much as possible, the harm to the
civilian population of Gaza.
And as he described the
unmanned drones, the sensors for
detecting tunnels, the satellite imag-
ery, I felt especially proud to repre-
sent the Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology, where many of these
devices and technologies were first
developed, along with medical devic-
es and protocols for treating those
IDF soldiers wounded in combat.
Many of these technologies are being
used in the daily fight against terror-
ism beyond Gaza and throughout the
world.
As president of the Detroit Chapter
of the American Technion Society, I
commend all those who are guided
by a steadfast vision of a safe, secure
Israel and a better world for all and
extend my admiration to those work-
ing tirelessly to make that vision a
reality.
Scott Leemaster, president
American Technion Society
Detroit Chapter
Farmington Hills
Still The Inventor
In the late 1950s, a much-younger Stan
Ovshinsky (with a moustache!) and his
late wife, Iris, were guests of Branch
7, Labor Zionist Alliance (today's
Ameinu) at the Labor Zionist Institute
at Schaefer and Seven Mile in Detroit.
Muni Mark, who was the director of
LZI, invited the Ovshinskys to speak.
Stan presented his inventions of the
future: all kinds of ideas to do away
with the need for electric power and
gas power. His mind was unbeliev-
ably fast. We were fascinated because
everything seemed so impossible.
But I could see from the IN article
("The Energy Of Business:' Jan. 8,
page C5) that many of the things he
talked about at our meeting are now
happening in everyday life.
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Southfield
Elusive Peace
Hamas has unequivocally pledged
in their charter to destroy Israel and
replace it with a Palestinian state.
Generations of Palestinian school-
children have been indoctrinated to
hate Jews. Palestinian militants use
their own women and children as
human shields by placing their mili-
tary operations at schools, mosques,
hospitals and in residential neighbor-
hoods.
Palestinians have indiscriminately
fired over 7,000 Katyusha and Kassam
rockets from Gaza at civilian targets in
Israel, intending to kill and injure as
many Israeli women and children as
possible.
Israel has not only the right to
defend its citizens but a responsibility
to do so. If Palestinians want peace,
they can start by recognizing Israel's
right to exist. No nation should be
expected to make peace with a neigh-
bor bent on their destruction.
Furthermore, until Palestinian
leaders place the interests of their
citizens ahead of killing Jews, peace
will remain nothing more than a
fairy tale.
Raymond Dubin
Farmington Hills
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