OAKLAND COUNTY'S PREMIER DIVORCE From the Inquisition to the pogroms, to the 6 million Jews mur- dered by the Nazis, history proves that Jew hatred existed on a global scale before the creation of the State of Israel. It would still exist in 2010 even if Israel had never been cre- ated. For example, one poll indicates that 40 percent of Europeans blame the recent global economic crisis on "Jews having too much economic power" — a canard that has nothing to do with Israel. Lie No. 9: Israel, not Hamas, is responsible for the "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza. Goldstone was right when he charged that Israel was guilty of war crimes against civilians. The United Nations Human Rights Council is obsessed with false anti-Israel resolutions. It refuses to address grievous human rights abuses in Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and beyond. Faced with similar attacks, every U.N. member-state, including the United States and Canada, surely would have acted more aggressively than the Israel Defense Forces did in Gaza. Lie No. 10: The only hope for peace is a single, binational state hole, obtained more water and was returning to the wounded man when he was killed by a machinegun bullet. Who knew that Congress gave medals for gemulut chasidim, acts of loving-kindness? Considering his action, Sawelson's six-pointed star should defi- nitely stand overlooking a place of water. He was from Newark, N.J., so why not a parcel overlooking the nearby Passaic River, which many environmental groups as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, are working to restore? Casualties of World War II have numerous memorials across the country. I will add another with my third nomination; a new memo- rial with a Star of David is in order for Gertrude Shapiro, a young Jewish army nurse who was sent to Hiroshima, Japan, to help care for survivors in September 1945, only a few weeks after the bomb had been dropped. On her return to the States, Shapiro suffered from a variety of ailments, and according to Hasia R. Diner and eliminating the Jewish State of Israel. The one-state solution is a non- starter because it would eliminate the Jewish homeland. However, the current pressures on Israel are equally dangerous. In effect, the world is demanding that Israel, the size of New Jersey, shrink further by accepting a three-state solution: a P.A. state on the West Bank and a Hamas terrorist one in Gaza. All this as Hezbollah, Iran's proxy in Lebanon, stockpiles 50,000 rockets, threatening northern and central Israel's main population centers. Current polls show that while most Israelis favor a two-state solu- tion, most Palestinians continue to oppose it. ❑ Rabbi Marvin Hier is founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Full versions of the brochure are available by e-mailing toptenlies@wiesenthal.net or calling (800) 900-9036. The online edition is available at www.wiesenthal.com/toptenlies. SPECIALIST "Thinking of getting divorced? Hire an attorney who will fight for you!" CALL: 248.643.6654 sgelman@sbccrlobal.net SANDOR M. GELMAN Protect what's important to you. GELMAN, ZUKIN & STEELE, P.C. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW ] 3001 WEST BIG BEAVER, SUITE 324 TROY, MICHIGAN 48084 PRACTICE LIMITED TO MATRIMONIAL LAW save the date...... Yad Ezra's 20th annual fundraising event Beryl Lieff Benderly in their book Her Works Praise Her, she died in 1972 "of a cancer probably caused by her exposure to nuclear radiation:' To honor Shapiro as well as other service personnel who died as a result of aiding atomic victims, a two-triangled star should stand in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles. There, in a several-block area of Japanese shops, apartment buildings, cultural center and Buddhist temple, on a bench sits a life-sized bronze statue of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who during his World War II service as vice counsel in Lithuania saved the lives of thousands of Jews by issuing them transit visas. The accompanying plaque quotes from the Talmud: "He who saves one life, saves the entire world." Placing the star nearby would com- plete a circle. It's not just playing with symbols. ❑ Edmon J. Rodman is a JTA columnist who writes on Jewish life from Los Angeles. Margot and Jerry Halperin 2010 honorees Monday, October 11th Strolling Supper and Short Program Congregation Shaarey Zedek Penny and Harold Blumenstein Beverly and Arthur Liss Jane and D. Larry Sherman Fundraising Dinner Co-Chairpeople Ken Bernard President For more information call (248) 548-3663 Yad Ezra 'F-es,:dingt-re Jewish Iliargry Check us out online! www.yadezra.org 1593670 May 27 Y 2010 33