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agree with us or not. Our mandate is to engage our
audience and, for better or worse, it seems we're off to a
running start. Please keep the comments coming.

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ROTTEN FRUIT ...

Our family was eager to read Red Thread
about Dimitriy, the
boxer ["In The Ring," November 2010, page
18], and the tattoos ["The Stink Over Ink,"
November 2010].
Then we got to "The Cut" ["The Cut Heard
'Round The World," November 2010]. We rec-
ognize you want to promote the magazine
as controversial and provocative; however,
we must share with you that the graphic
was tasteless, no pun intended.
[Choosing] a banana, cut in a phallic way,
and [mimicking] soft pornography to stir
the senses of teenagers and adults in a
Jewish publication is creepy. Your readers
count on our community paper to
maintain our cultural dignity.
We realize Red Thread is trial and error. We
would only hope going forward you keep in
mind the Jewish News is a family paper, and
this kind of journalism borders on sensa-
tional.

... we enjoyed reading

Trunk Show
December 16, 17, 18

how"cute"the users of these words might
possibly be.
And another thing: My daughter is
blessed with dark brown curly hair, and I
can guarantee you that nobody in her wide
experience has ever made a "thing" of it.
Let's hope we can all stop being "cutesy"
with names that are, in real life, not exactly
complimentary!

— Euni Rose, Southfield

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I read your recent article in Red Thread
about circumcision ["The Cut Heard 'Round
The World," November 2010] and found
it hardly controversial. Next time, in the
course of offering so-called "interesting con-
tent"to "shake it up a bit," may I recommend
you offer more information than half a
paragraph to those people who are choos-
ing not to circumcise their children and why
they've chosen not to do it. I'd like to know
about how people like that can maintain
their Jewish traditions yet still choose not to
take part in the rituals around circumcision.
If your goal is to be "provocative and maybe
even controversial," tell us about how those
Jewish parents raise their uncircumcised
child — rather than a 20-year-old who had
to get a "redo" as an adult because it [wasn't
done] right when he was a baby. Good
luck with your future quest to be a relevant
publication.

— Adam Mehlhorn, location withheld

I must admit I enjoyed reading the
premier edition of Red Thread. The layout
was attractive and user friendly. I especially
enjoyed the"Highlights" section, with some
activities to do throughout the Metro
Detroit area. What I objected to was the
picture you chose for the article on
circumcision ["The Cut Heard 'Round The
World," November 2010]. It was too
provocative and bordered on pornographic.
With the understanding that the theme
of the magazine is to highlight the
tremendous assets we can find around us
in Southeast Michigan, I don't understand
your choice of picture ... just my two cents.

— Lisa Parshan, Southfield

— Jennifer Kroll, Birmingham

Great job. I don't think I need stitches
[from the staples used to adhere the
magazine to the Jewish News], but it was
dangerous.

— liana Liss, Birmingham

OUR BAD:

In last month's yearbook photo essay
["They've Come a Long Way, Baby!
November 2010, page 6], we were half-
right: We said that Jennifer Levin,
Southfield-Lathrup High School class of
1989, was voted "Class Artist /1' which, in fact,
is true. However, the wheel fell off the cart
when we identified our pictured Jennifer
Levin as now being Jennifer Levin "Teper"
(S-L Class of 1987), instead of Jennifer Levin
Zimmermann. Well, serves us right for
using a certain social media outlet to verify
an identity from more than two decades
ago. Our apologies to both Jennifer Levins
— and all the other Jennifer Levins in the
world — wherever you may be.

Zimmermann

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RED THUM

I have been simmering and gnashing my
teeth ... since I read the first issue of Red
Thread. The piece that has sent me into this
anger is "The Token Jew" [November 2010].
I have spent my entire life fighting
against derogatory names like shikse [non-
Jewish woman] and shaygitz [non-Jewish
male] and [other offensive names for
various ethnicities and races], including
"Heeb," which was a derogatory name my
dad endured as a truck driver many years
ago.
"Token Jew" is not exactly a favorite of
mine either.
Unlike to the author of this piece and
her friends, these epithets are anathema
to me. Ignorance is ignorance, no matter

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