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WHERE IMAGINATIONS
RUN WILD.
petition points out. "Visitors to Yad
Vashem need to know that, although
too many people were silent during
the Holocaust, there were some who
spoke out. Publicizing this fact can
help inspire future generations to
speak out against injustice
Signatories include Rabbi Eric
Yoffie, president of the New York-
based Union for Reform Judaism;
Rabbi Daniel Nevins, dean of the
Conservative movement's Jewish
Theological Seminary in New
York City and former spiritual
leader of Adat Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills; and Orthodox
Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, chancellor
of Yeshiva University, New York City.
Another notable signer was Franklin
D. Roosevelt's great-grandson, Rabbi
Joshua Boettiger.
JN Editor Robert Sklar
contributed to this report.
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Developments
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• The U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington, D.C.,
recently installed a new display
recognizing the achievements of
the Bergson Group, including a
photo of the rabbis' march.
• More than 130 prominent
Israelis, including past and
present Knesset members, cabinet
ministers, Supreme Court justices,
writers and artists last year
signed a petition to Yad Vashem,
urging recognition of the Bergson
Group.
• Research by the Wyman Institute
revealed that then-Congressman
Thomas D. Alesandro Jr., father
of current House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, was an active supporter of
the Bergson Group. In her recent
memoir and in speeches, Pelosi
said she is "deeply proud" of her
father's link to Bergson.
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February 12 • 2009
The Zionist Organization of
America-Michigan Region will wel-
come Zion Uness as the guest speaker
for a February community program
in honor of Black History Month. The
event will take place on Wednesday,
Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Max M. Fisher
Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township.
Uness was born in 1977 in Ethiopia.
At the age of 7, he and his fam-
ily walked from Ethiopia to Sudan to
be airlifted in the infamous covert
Operation Moses to Israel. He served in
the infantry of the Israel Defense Forces
and has worked to improve Ethiopian-
Israeli education and community life
ever since.
Uness will speak about his journey
from Ethiopia to Israel. He will also
talk about Israel's unique record of
taking black people from slavery to
freedom and other Israeli humanitar-
ian aid efforts.
General admission is free. Make res-
ervations by Feb. 16.
This event is co-sponsored by
StandWithUs-MI, Dr. Natalia and
Ravna Kogan, Stuart and Chervil
Israel.
For information, contact Sarah
Lorenz, (248) 282-0088, or sarah@
mizoa.org.
Answering
Israel's Critics
The Charge
In his new book, former U.S.
President Jimmy Carter says of
Hamas, "Even adversaries can one
day live together in peace. You've
got to talk to deal with Hamas." He
infers that Israel's opponents are
not terrorists.
The Answer
Carter does not confront Hamas'
commitment to terrorism and to
Israel's destruction, or recognize
the world's isolation of the Gaza
regime. Better he should use his
influence to try to get Hamas to
change.
— Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Relations Council
of Metropolitan Detroit
Jewish Renaissance Media, Feb. 12, 2009