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Why Detroit Matters
The editorial "Why Detroit Matters"
(Feb. 26, page A5) raises an important
rallying call: "Detroit still matters to us
because we still care about it!' Hats off
to Editor Robert Sklar for such a mean-
ingful article and for this impressive
reminder to our community.
The Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan is one of our communal orga-
nizations that has consistently focused on
the city of Detroit — not only on our his-
toric Jewish roots there, but especially on
the current connections and substantial
contributions of Jews to the well-being of
the city.
In celebration of its 50th anniversary,
the Jewish Historical Society, in coopera-
tion with the American Jewish Historical
Society, is particularly proud to present
a nationally acclaimed traveling exhibit
at the Detroit Historical Museum, "From
Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life
in America." The exhibit will open in
May and remain through August.
A Scholars Symposium on Sunday
morning, May 17, will bring together for
the first time the distinguished direc-
tors of the Judaic Studies programs at
Michigan's three largest universities,
Michigan State, University of Michigan
and Wayne State University.
We hope that every family, every
club, every organization will arrange in
advance for a docent tour and make a
Detroit outing to this special exhibit at
the Detroit Historical Museum.
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The Iranian Threat
It's crunch time. Estimates vary, but most
experts believe that the mullahs control-
ling Iran will be have the ability to pro-
duce nuclear weapons by the end of this
year. We know that these despots already
have the delivery capability because
they've been able to launch satellites.
The tyrants in Tehran are obsessed
with wiping Israel off the map and
will soon be able to do it. President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his hench-
men are turning up the heat and the
noise by stirring up their clients, Hamas
and Hezbollah, to commit acts of ter-
rorism and war. We're at the two-minute
warning. Nuclear armed and deranged,
the mullahs present an existential threat
that Israel can't accept no matter how
much pressure they are getting from the
European Union and the Obama admin-
istration. Those of us who care need to
get involved.
It took us almost 2,000 years to get
Israel back. If the Islamic fanatics suc-
ceed in annihilating the Jewish state, it
will result not only in the deaths of mil-
lions of Jews, but also will be the death
knell of the Jewish people.
We just don't have the numbers or
the drive in the diaspora to sustain our-
selves. It would take direct intervention
by God to prevent this catastrophe.
Those who care need to make your
voices heard loudly and clearly. And
working together as a people would cer-
tainly get God's attention in a positive
way. We need to protect Israel from her
bloodthirsty enemies before the final
buzzer sounds.
Douglas Miller
Franklin
An Unbridled Israel
Everyone who is pressing Israel for
a "two-state solution" is forgetting
something: The Palestinians have been
pretty clear that they will settle only for
a one-state solution, and that one state
does not include Israel. Even Fatah, the
alleged moderates in relation to Hamas,
have listed as constitutional goals:
• Article (12) Complete liberation
of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist
economic, political, military and cul-
tural existence.
• Article (13) Establishing an inde-
pendent democratic state with complete
sovereignty on all Palestinian lands, and
Jerusalem is its capital city, and protect-
ing the citizens' legal and equal rights
without any racial or religious discrimi-
nation.
How can it be any wonder to anyone
that no matter what Israel offers, wheth-
er 50, 90 or 100 percent of the West
Bank, it will not be enough since Israel
is not offering national suicide? And the
demise of Israel is the only offer that the
Palestinians will accept.
Trying to please the international
community by clinging to the illusory
two-state solution is as futile as try-
ing to please the Palestinians. As we've
seen from the reactions of the world to
Operation Cast Lead and every other
episode in which Israel has struck back
against terrorists in self-defense, the
international community doesn't quite
have Israel's best interests at heart. The
disappearance of Israel would please
more than just the Islamic community.
To depend on the feckless interna-
tional community, no matter what Israel
offers the Palestinians, is as foolish as
depending on the Palestinians to live
up to their promises of peaceful coexis-
tence. The only thing in this world that
Israel can depend on is its own strength
and its own resources.
Harry ()nickel
Ferndale