summer 2009 Letters 1 & 2 Week Camp Programs at REDUCED FEES plus FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE available for Regular Sessions How to Send Letters We prefer letters relating to JN articles. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Letters of 225 words or less are considered first. Longer ones will be subject to trimming. Letter writers are limited in frequency of publication. Letters must be original and contain the name, address and title of the writer and a day phone number. Non-electronic copies must be hand signed. Send letters to the JN: 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax (248) 304-8885; e-mail, letters@the jewishnews.com . We prefer e-mail. Wooden Acres understands the difficult times people in Michigan are facing. We also know that there is nothing better than an overnight experience for your child. Located in Lexington, MI (90 min. from Detroit, north of Port Huron, on Lake Huron) white sandy beach with all waterfront activities fine arts program sports complex indoor rec hall dining hall and kitchen spacious bunks Choose from I or 2 weeks at a great rate! August 2 - 9 August 9-x6 August 2 - 16 For more info 148 ) 14,90680 THE INSTITUTE FOR RETIRED PROFESSIONALS PRESENTS Michigan's "First Gentleman" and author of Everyday Leadership: Getting Results in Business, Politics and Life Speaking on: "Everyday Leadership: Leading in Tough. Times" Wednesday April 1, 2009 - 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public Generously sponsored by a gift from Shirley Harris Stand With Israel We wish to express our appreciation to Editor Robert Sklar for highlighting the international Israel educational organization StandWithUs in his Insider commentary "Priming Our Defenses" (March 12, page A8). SWU's informative pamphlets, booklets, PowerPoints, videos and other materials are available to belea- guered Jewish college students who need Israel facts in order to challenge the demonizing anti-Israel statements encountered in their classrooms, in talks by visiting speakers and student rallies on campuses. The very recent Israeli Apartheid Week events are an obvious manifesta- tion of the anti-Israel hatred that is increasingly invading higher educa- tion environments across the U.S. and Canada. Our Michigan chapter, SWU- MI, provides local university student advocates with SWU materials to place in the hands of attendees at anti-Israel events. Thank you for publishing the national SWU Web site. Additionally, SWU publications can be more imme- diately obtained by contacting the Michigan chapter. In-state, SWU-MI provides educational materials, speak- ers and panels of college students to local religious schools to enhance their students' Israel education so they can become informed Israel advocates before they go off to college. Also, by providing materials to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, we are able to edu- cate many hundreds of touring stu- dents and educators from Southeast Michigan. Through the efforts of Michigan chapter volunteers, SWU has donated a variety of Israel education books, CDs and DVDs to public and private day school libraries as well community libraries statewide. Contact the Michigan chapter by e-mail at: swumichigan@standwi- thus.com or by mail: StandWithUs- Michigan, PO Box 251153, West Bloomfield, MI 48325. Eugene Greenstein, chair Please join us for a book sale and signing after the program Barbara Moretsky, education chair StandWithUs-Michigan West Bloomfield For information, please call IRP Director Sharon Levine, 248.967.4030 ext. 2018 THE CENTER INSTITUTE FOR RETIRED PROFSSS;ONALS Greco-Jewish Bonds Recently, the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills partnered with several Hellenic groups in the metro- politan area on an excellent and infor- Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield 1494840 A6 March 26 • 2009 mative lecture and slide presentation about the Holocaust and the Greek Jews. Those who came to the lecture delivered by Dr. Mimis Cohen from Chicago, a Greek Jew himself, learned about the horrors experienced by the Jews of Greece at the hands of the Nazis — 87 percent of the Jewish population was killed — and the extraordinary, unselfish actions of very heroic Greek clergy, police, politicians and ordinary citizens who risked their own lives to save the remainder. Not only was it an incredibly well received and attended event, the whole project also has been the beginning of what we hope will develop into a wonderful friendship between the Detroit area Jewish and Greek communities. The Holocaust Memorial Center's staff was touched by the warmth and camaraderie shown by those in the Greek community who assisted us in the organization of this event. We were honored by the presence at the event of the Greek general consul from Chicago, Ambassador Anastasios Petrovas. He provides Greek consular services to the entire Midwest. Also in attendance was His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit, a bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Large numbers of area residents of Greek descent turned out for this standing-room only event, alongside equally large numbers of the Jewish community. We thank the Greek com- munity for its support and interest. It is collaborations like this one that pave the way to greater understanding and acceptance among all of us. Steven D. Grant, M.D., chairman, board of directors Guy Stern, Ph.D., interim director Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus Farmington Hills Correction • In "Civic Pride" (March 12, page B10) about young musicians in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Civic Youth Ensembles, it should have stated that Arden Shwayder is a ninth-grader at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook and a serious cellist who studies with David Levine, formerly of the DSO. • In 'Honoring a Humble Titan" (March 19, page A22), the name of Jewish War Veteran Jack Backalar was misspelled in the photo caption.