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You have added to this quality in my mind. Dr. Mark L. Rosenblum, co-director Hermelin Brain Tumor Center Henry Ford Health System Detroit 1540210 THE BEST BROADWAY FAMILY MUSICAL SINCE ANNIE! 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. HELP Needs Help The Nov. 1, 2007, issue of the Jewish News featured an article about our organization, Hispanic Education for Life Skills Project, and our new HELP school in Pontiac, which was located in the basement of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church. The HELP school is now entering its third year and has grown to include over 100 Hispanic adult students, 20 volun- teer tutors and dozens of preschoolers who eagerly attend our Activity Center where they are learning colors, numbers, songs and some basic English. But we now have to vacate the church by Dec. 15. We are urgently looking for a new location in Pontiac for our HELP school. Our HELP school is offering free classes at a time when most public and private ESL teaching programs have shut down due to lack of funds. We hope that one or more of your readers may own an unoccupied building in Pontiac that we could use. for our school. While we are unable to pay rent at this time, we acquired a 501(c)3 status from the Internal Revenue Service in June, which would allow an owner to deduct the value of the rent as a tax exempt contribution to a nonprofit organization. We need approximately 6,000 to 7,000 square feet of space, preferably on a single floor with seven or eight rooms that we could use for class- rooms, Activity Center facilities, and office and storage areas. We are confi- dent that family members of our stu- dents will volunteer to undertake any needed painting or renovation work, just as they did before we occupied St. Michael's Catholic Church in 2007. Please call our director, Dr. Ann Mandelbaum, at (248) 737-0516 if you have a building available. Al Swerdlow Farmington Hills Relationship Building Your commentary "Straight-Talk About Assimiation" (Oct. 22, page 37) forgot an important element in Jewish life. I have been active all my life in the Labor Zionist movement (now Amienu) and grew up in Habonim. I can say without any doubt that love is a two-way street. Common interest is a most impor- tant element in the ability to form a lasting relationship. Our youth camps provide this better than any other Jewish experience. Also, intermarriage can be a positive thing for us if the Jewish partner knows and loves our heritage. Jewish camps both religious and secular provide this. Perhaps we need more scholarships for our camps here in America; also, a survey of ex-campers. Bernard A. Schiff Huntington Woods Bergers Sought I am looking for relatives that lived in the Detroit area from 1920 to 1990. The father's name was Mendel Berger. He had three children that I know of: Isadore, Henttta and Harriet. Isadore and Harriet nItarried and had children. They were aNny father's first cousins. I doubt that they could still be alive but some of their children or grandchildren may still be in the Detroit area. Mendel Berger came from Kupiskis, Lithuania, to Michigan between 1910- 1920. My father Joseph Berger was his nephew who came to South Africa in 1930.1 still live in South Africa. If anyone can give me any informa- tion, please write to me at bergs47@ hotmail.com. It would be greatly appreciated. Ivor Berger, Braamfontein, South Africa Correction • Due to a scheduling conflict, actress Alicia Silverstone has canceled her Nov. 13 appearance at the Jewish Community Center's 58th Annual Jewish Book Fair ("Another Amazing Chapter," Oct. 29, page 45).