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Teen Pioneers
I write regarding Frankel Jewish
Academy student Emily Goodman's
article "USY Returns" (IN Teen2Teen,
Nov. 19, page 2). Emily hits the nail
on the head when she writes that
"MCUSY has already positively
affected local teens."
With many bemoaning the fact
that Jewish young adults are avoid-
ing a return to Metro Detroit for
other Jewish communities, the
energy of these young people will
change this unfortunate trend
in the future. The Jewish teens
in the Motor City USY (United
Synagogue Youth) group are mak-
ing a difference in our community
through their activities — social
action initiatives, educational pro-
gramming and social endeavors.
Like teens in other local Jewish
youth groups, they are forging last-
ing friendships with other Detroit-
area high school students. Hope-
fully, following college or graduate
school, they will opt to return to
this community to reunite with
their friends from USY.
As a USY alumnus, I am excited
to witness rejuvenation in the
program locally. With the able guid-
ance of Jodi Gross (ATID's liaison
to youth programming) and Vadim
Avshalumov (MCUSY adviser),
these teens are serving as the pio-
neers for a Jewish renaissance in
the local Conservative Jewish com-
munity. They truly will affect our
Jewish community in positive ways.
Rabbi Jason Miller, director
ATID: Alliance for Teens in Detroit
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Racist Cartoon?
The Dry Bones cartoon that
appeared on Nov.26 (page 53) seems
to take portraying President Obama
as overtly simian a bit too far. I
understand that the JN uses the dry-
bonesblog.com cartoons often, but I
wish you would have chosen not to
print this particular comic strip.
It is borderline racist and
seems to suggest that our presi-
dent and the U.S. Congress are
not doing a great deal to prevent
Islamist extremism from harming
Americans or American interests.
I happen to know for a fact that
Congress and the Obama admin-
istration are doing a great deal
in terms of preventing Iran from
gaining nuclear weapons.
And I applaud the efforts of our
elected officials like Congressman
Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield
Township, and Senator Carl Levin,
D-Mich., who have continu-
ously worked hard to protect both
American and Israeli interests.
Hy Safran
6 December 10 • 2009
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