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I truly hope that the publication of this story will help thrust forward a communitywide engagement with the city of Detroit and its residents — and with our own his- tory and connections to the city itself. My film Our School will be screen- ing at 9 a.m. Friday, July 17, as part of the Allied Media Conference, an amaz- ing social action conference geared at empowering people through media. I am, however, continually looking for venues to screen the film and would love to make it available to my com- munity. Thank you for your interest in my work and my passions. I hope that this article will yield continual positive growth in the city of Detroit. Oren Goldenberg National Jewish Committee on Scouting/ Boy Scouts of America ourschoolproductions.com West Bloomfield Emeritus For Evelyn I agree 100 percent with Judy Miller's letter "JET Revisited" (July 2, page A8): Detroit would not have had a Jewish theater if it were not for Jewish Ensemble Theatre Founding Artistic Director Evelyn Orbach. This Jewish community owes much to her and her determination to bring Jewish theater to our area. She is "Detroit Jewish theater" and, as such, should be named JET's artistic direc- tor emeritus. 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You can thank, honor and recognize them by a nomination to the BSA 100th-anniver- sary National Hall of Leadership. Share your story by visiting the National Hall of Leadership section at www. Scouting.org/100years. The Jewish community has a long and distinguished relationship with BSA. The National Jewish Committee on Scouting was founded in 1926 by Mortimer Schiff, then vice president of BSA, and Cyrus Adler, who was to become chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. The strength of that relationship con- tinues to this day as the Boy Scouts of America gets ready to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Having been involved for the past 10 years with the National Jewish Committee on Scouting, I never cease to be amazed at the friends and col- leagues who will stop to share a story about either the impact Scouting had on their own lives as a Cub Scout or Boy Scout, or will acknowledge the good works — the tikkun olam (repair of the world), which is part and parcel of being a Scout, a Scout leader or a volun- teer with the Boy Scouts of America. With 40,000 Jewish children affiliated with BSA, clearly, the Boy Scouts are far and away the largest youth program Buckmans Will Be Missed I wanted to acknowledge the beauti- ful article that Senior Writer Shelli Liebman Dorfman wrote about Rabbi Lee Buckman and his family ("Fond Memories," July 2, page A17). When my daughter applied to the Frankel Jewish Academy two years ago, she did not pass the math portion of the entrance exam. Rabbi Buckman personally went over her test with her and explained to her the mistakes she made. He told her that she would need to retake the test and get a passing score to be admitted to the Academy. He found an older student who was willing to tutor my daughter at a very reasonable cost, and she retook the exam and passed it. He was very accommodating and supportive in try- ing to help her get into the Academy. The Katherine and Jacob Greenfield Hebrew Academy in Atlanta is very fortunate to get Rabbi Buckman. In addition, my son had his wife, Rachel Buckman, for a teacher in Judaic stud- ies at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit for the past two years and had a wonderful experience, too. I just wanted to share our good feel- ings and respect for the Buckmans. Suzanne Sondheimer West Bloomfield