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Gilad Updates
The Jewish News' continuing cover-
age of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit's
captivity, including the Jewish
Federation-sponsored Detroit pre-
miere of a film about him and his
family (Family In Captivity, Feb. 18,
page 9) is appreciated.
The outpouring of concern and
support by film goers earlier this
month was both moving and mean-
ingful. For those who wish to take
further action to help free Shalit,
please visit the special "Bring
Gilad Home" pages at the Jewish
Community Relations Council Web
site, /www.detroitjcrc.org/israel/
issues.php?page=23452.
Allan Gale, associate director
Jewish Community Relations Council
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Israeli Relief
Israel went into action immediately
after the horrendous Haiti earthquake.
The magnitude of the quake — with
loss of lives, injuries, destruction
and human misery — could not be
ignored.
As in past international humani-
tarian efforts, Israel, with its bitter
experience in dealing with the trauma
of death and destruction, dispatched
its experts and rescue teams, treating
trauma teams, field hospitals, sur-
geons, nurses and doctors. Even the
canine rescue team appeared.
Alyn Hospital, heavily supported
by our own Michigan Region, joined
IsraAID in helping Haiti with medical
experts in the rehabilitation of chil-
dren and adolescent amputees.
Israel's Haitian relief effort dem-
onstrated the human decency of the
United States and Israel. Though
America dwarfs the rest of the world
in aid, there were crowds of Haitians
cheering, "Good job, Israel!'
There are people, oddly enough, who
accuse Israel of hypocrisy — who view
its compassionate behavior as merely a
ploy to offset the action that Israel takes
in its rightful defense against Palestinian
terrorists. Palestinians in trouble might
consider cooperating with an Israel
that will help them instead of trying to
destroy the Jewish state.
Joseph F. Savin
executive committee officer
Herbert D. Sherbin, M.D.
Farmington Hills
Hunger Fighter
I read "The Wonders of Challah" in
jewish@edu section (Feb. 11, page 4)
with particular interest as the founder
of Challah for Hunger, Eli Winkelman,
is originally from the Detroit area, start-
ing this endeavor as a sophomore at
Scripps College in Calif., and remaining
the head of the nonprofit with active
chapters on almost 30 college campuses
and expanding across the U.S.
Her parents, Marc and Suzanne
Winkelman, are from here; three of her
grandparents still live here with one liv-
ing in New York City, but from this area.
Eli also was written up in Bill
Clinton's book Giving It would be so
nice to give her credit for coming up
with this idea and broadening it into
what it is today.
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More On Immigration
The editorial "Immigration Reform
Now" (Feb. 4, page 22) is strong on
emotion, but wrong in important ways.
Two of those ways deal with scape-
goating and jobs.
Scapegoating refers to an innocent
group or person made to take the
blame for an act or acts committed
by another. Illegal immigrants are
not being scapegoated as they are
not innocent. Indeed, they are blame-
worthy for taking jobs that should
be held by U.S. citizens and others
legally authorized to work in the U.S.
Keep in mind that illegal immi-
grants are here illegally and are work-
ing unlawfully. There is estimated to
be 11 to 20 million illegal immigrants
in the United States. Of those, millions
are working, made up of those who
came over the border taking low-tech
jobs and those who overstayed their
visas taking high-tech jobs. That's a lot
of jobs that are needed by U.S. citizens
and others authorized to work.
Although joblessness in the U.S.
and Michigan is due to factors in
addition to illegal immigrants taking
jobs, the high number of jobs illegal
immigrants are taking can be cur-
tailed if all levels of government and
businesses adopt the federal E-Verify
system.
This system prevents illegal immi-
grants from taking jobs by fraudu-
lently using forged documents. Views
on other illegal immigration issues
should be debated.
Michigan Region
Sally Winkelman
Birmingham
Southfield